Chapter 781: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 781: A Nice Surprise for Her Best Friend

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

"What good news?"

Liu Mei Qi received this call from Yao Xueqin and hurriedly asked.

But Yao Xueqin deliberately kept her in suspense:

"We'll talk while shopping later. Will you come out yourself, or should I come pick you up?"

Liu Mei Qi said:

"Then come pick me up downstairs at my building."

Very soon, Yao Xueqin arrived downstairs at the residential complex where Liu Mei Qi lived.

After meeting up with Liu Mei Qi, the two went out shopping together.

They shopped for a while, ordered two cups of milk tea at a milk tea shop, and sat down to rest for a bit.

Liu Mei Qi really couldn't hold back anymore:

"Xueqin, what exactly is the good news? Hurry up and tell me."

Yao Xueqin asked with a smile:

"What do you think, with your ability, if you went to work in Guangzhou, roughly how much salary could you get?"

Liu Mei Qi was puzzled:

"Why ask this?"

She had never thought about going to work in Guangzhou at all.

After all, the apartment was bought in the county town; if she went to Guangzhou, wouldn't the county town house just sit empty?

But Yao Xueqin said:

"Just tell me, just say whatever."

Liu Mei Qi thought for a moment and answered seriously:

"I'm unfamiliar with the people and place in Guangzhou; I estimate I could get seven or eight thousand at most."

At this, Yao Xueqin asked:

"Then if there was a job opportunity with a monthly salary of twenty thousand, letting you work in Guangzhou, would you be willing?"

"Twenty thousand a month?" Liu Mei Qi's face was full of surprise, disbelieving. "Xueqin, you're joking with me, right? You'd have to be a leader-level to get that kind of salary?"

But Yao Xueqin said:

"Not lying to you. This business trip, I ran into a peer friend in Guangzhou. Her company is hiring a senior female salesperson, offering a monthly salary of twenty thousand. Do you want to go try for it?"

Liu Mei Qi was stunned:

"The good news you mentioned is this?"

"Exactly, this is it. Twenty thousand a month — it makes me want to go try for it too. Too bad I've already joined Huangsheng. If I wanted to quit now, Zhang Sheng absolutely wouldn't let me go. Missed a great opportunity, sigh!"

Yao Xueqin sighed with endless regret.

Liu Mei Qi half-believed, half-doubted:

"How come a female salesperson gets such a high salary?"

Yao Xueqin said:

"Senior female salesperson — the work required is definitely more than an ordinary salesperson, and the performance requirements will be stricter too. But I think with your ability, Mei Qi, you should be able to handle it easily. After all, you used to be the female Sales Champion of Huangsheng Group."

Hearing this, Liu Mei Qi instantly understood what Yao Xueqin meant by these words.

That it would very likely require her to sacrifice her chastity.

Yao Xueqin continued:

"You're about to divorce Wang Erhai. After the divorce, Wang Erhai certainly won't give you living expenses anymore. You should be self-reliant too. In this small county town, finding a good job isn't easy. The only choice is to go back to Huangsheng Group and do sales. But even if you're willing to return to Huangsheng Group, Zhang Sheng probably wouldn't be too willing to take you back. And you'd have no way to give Zhang Sheng an explanation, because he's always been persuading you not to divorce Wang Erhai. Now you're going behind his back to get the divorce. So I think, going to a big city to strive, changing your living environment, should be the best choice for you."

Liu Mei Qi slowly nodded, feeling her best friend was absolutely right.

Deep down, she actually wanted to leave this place of sadness.

Only by leaving this place could she completely walk out of the shadow of divorce.

"Can I really get a job with a monthly salary of twenty thousand?"

Liu Mei Qi still found this salary somewhat hard to believe; after all, this salary was really too high.

"You can. You have to believe in your ability!" Yao Xueqin encouraged patiently, and also said:

"You don't know — real estate development in big cities right now is extremely rapid. They're short of people everywhere. With your ability, you absolutely can handle it easily. It just depends on whether you're willing to take this step."

But Liu Mei Qi still hesitated:

"But if I go work in Guangzhou, what about my house in the county town?"

Yao Xueqin said:

"You can rent it out, or sell it. If you can't bear to rent it, and can't bear to sell it, then just leave it vacant. Come back and stay on weekends when you have days off. Anyway, Guangzhou isn't that far from our county town. Us sisters, meeting on weekends or whatever, is quite convenient too."

Liu Mei Qi felt Yao Xueqin made sense.

But inside, she still had some fear of the unknown new environment and new job, so she remained undecided.

Yao Xueqin urged her on:

"Hurry up and decide. Loads of people are scrambling for this job. Opportunity fleeting, can't afford to hesitate."

Liu Mei Qi still hesitated a bit.

Yao Xueqin said again:

"Actually, I think you going to work in Guangzhou is a win-win; on one hand you can get a high salary, on the other you can start a new life. There are so many handsome men and beautiful women in Guangzhou — who knows, you might even find your Prince Charming there. In this small county town, everyone knows you married Wang Erhai and had an abortion; in Guangzhou, no one knows those experiences of yours, you can completely start a brand new life."

Liu Mei Qi felt that every sentence Yao Xueqin said was right, every sentence was spoken with her best interests at heart.

So in the end she nodded in agreement:

"Then when can I go to work?"

Yao Xueqin said:

"Very soon. I'll give my friend a call later, and you can go work for her."

Liu Mei Qi asked again:

"What's your friend's name?"

Yao Xueqin answered honestly:

"Li Jiahong. She's also from our county town, but you don't know her."

Liu Mei Qi hesitated a bit more:

"Thing is, Wang Erhai and I haven't finished the divorce procedures yet. How about I go to Guangzhou after the divorce is finalized?"

But Yao Xueqin said:

"No need. After the cooling-off period passes, you can come back and get the divorce; it's just a matter of taking half a day off!"

"Alright, alright..."

"Wait for my good news. I'll talk to Jiahong about it later today; you should be able to report for duty in Guangzhou tomorrow."

And so, this matter was settled just like that.

Although Liu Mei Qi felt uneasy inside.

Her intuition was giving her some bad feelings.

But faced with the temptation of a high-paying job with a monthly salary of twenty thousand, plus her trust in her best friend, she still couldn't resist such temptation.

After Yao Xueqin and Liu Mei Qi finished shopping, she returned to her residence alone, and only then called Li Jiahong.

"Jiahong, I've got something to tell you."

"What is it? Introducing a client to me?"

Yao Xueqin said:

"Not only introducing a client to you, but also sending money your way."

"What do you mean?" Li Jiahong was utterly puzzled.

"You help me act out a scene, and I'll give you ten thousand yuan as a fee."

Yao Xueqin spoke like this, and she also said:

"As long as this play succeeds, when the client buys the house, you don't have to give me any referral commission — the commission is all yours too."

Li Jiahong was stunned:

"There's such a good thing?"

Because previously Yao Xueqin hadn't said she wanted her to help arrange a job for Liu Mei Qi; Yao Xueqin persuaded Liu Mei Qi first, then went to discuss and scheme with Li Jiahong, so only now would Li Jiahong have this reaction.

Yao Xueqin actually had a sudden inspiration.

Before, she simply wanted Liu Mei Qi to go to Guangzhou to buy a house.

Later she felt that if Liu Mei Qi didn't have a high-paying job, she'd probably find it hard to make up her mind to buy a house.

So she arranged a high-paying job for her first, to numb her nerves a bit, then coax her into buying a house.

That would definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Of course, this high-paying job was definitely fake.

If there really were a high-paying job with a monthly salary of twenty thousand, she, Yao Xueqin, would have taken it herself — why would she let her best friend Liu Mei Qi get such a bargain?