Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 500 Mercedes-Benz

It was already midnight when Lu Shaohua and his three companions returned to the villa from the airport. They were exhausted after a four- to five-hour flight, so they went straight to bed without even taking a shower. I don't know if it was because the bed in the villa was more comfortable or because he felt at ease, but Lu Shaohua slept very soundly. When he woke up, the sun was shining brightly outside the window. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock in the room. It was already past eleven o'clock. "Oh! It's so comfortable!"

After Lu Shaohua finished washing up, he came downstairs. Chen Guobang was sitting on the sofa with his feet on the table, watching TV leisurely. He heard a sound on the stairs, turned around and realized it was Lu Shaohua.

"Xiaohua, go and eat something quickly. It's inside." Chen Guobang pointed in the direction of the kitchen.

"I see. By the way, where did Mr. Liu go?" Lu Shaohua got up and walked through the lobby on the second floor, then to the lobby on the first floor, but did not see Liu Mingzhang, so he couldn't help asking.

"He went out early in the morning. I asked him what he was doing, but he didn't tell me." Chen Guobang answered without turning his head, his eyes fixed on the TV.

"Oh!" Lu Shaohua knew where Liu Mingzhang went. He was simply going to learn about the Hong Kong stock market and find information about listed companies. He couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "Not bad."

In fact, Lu Shaohua did not know much about Hong Kong at that time. He only knew about companies that were more famous in later generations, such as Mr. Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Industries and the Fok family's companies. However, Lu Shaohua at this time only wanted to make money, so he would not acquire their stocks. What he wanted was to acquire some stocks of potential listed companies, which he could then sell for cash. After all, the Japanese stock market crash of 1989 was not far away, and he had to plan and prepare in advance.

As for acquiring shares of famous companies in the future, that would have to wait until after the Japanese stock market crash. He did not have the strength to make acquisitions now. Some things could not be achieved by just having money. In addition to having money, one must also have power. Otherwise, if one took a wrong step, there might be an abyss ahead.

After a simple breakfast, Lu Shaohua returned to the hall and sat down next to Chen Guobang, with his feet on the table like Chen Guobang and his back leaning on the sofa. "Brother, let's go buy a car, otherwise it will be inconvenient to take a taxi all the time."

In fact, Lu Shaohua had wanted to buy a car for a long time. In his previous life in Shenzhen, the streets were filled with BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes, and he could only look at them with envy. Now that he has money and a house, he certainly cannot let go of the car as a means of transportation.

After hearing what Lu Shaohua said, Chen Guobang took his eyes off the TV and looked at Lu Shaohua. He rolled his eyes and seemed to be thinking about something. After a long time, he said, "Well, it's really inconvenient. Let's go buy one."

"Well, I'll go change my clothes and leave right after that." Lu Shaohua stood up and walked towards the stairs. He was impatient and would buy anything he wanted. After all, he had money now. In this era, a good car would only cost a few hundred thousand or a hundred thousand yuan, which was not an exaggeration.

"Okay, I'll wait for you here." Chen Guobang responded and took the remote control to turn off the TV, as if to say, I'm ready.

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"Master, let's go to the largest car dealership." Lu Shaohua said to the taxi driver as soon as he got in. In fact, he was not familiar with Kowloon. He didn't know which place sold cars, nor did he know which place was better, so he could only choose the largest car dealership.

"Okay." The driver smiled and nodded.

Starting from the villa area, after more than 20 minutes' drive, Lu Shaohua finally arrived at a large car dealership. From the outside, the area covered by this dealership was as large as the playground of a government school. The surrounding walls were made of glass, and one could see all kinds of cars inside by standing at the door.

"Let's go in." Lu Shaohua glanced at the car shop in front of him, turned around and nodded to the taxi driver, indicating that he was satisfied with bringing them to this shop.

"Yeah." Chen Guobang nodded as a natural reaction, but his eyes were fixed on the car inside without blinking, his face full of greed, and he stood there stupidly.

"Let's go inside and take a good look." Lu Shaohua pulled the corner of Chen Guobang's clothes and shook his head helplessly.

But he still understood Chen Guobang. After all, he had been a special forces soldier and had encountered all kinds of cars before, but he had not encountered any since he left the army, so he had the current expression. As for Lu Shaohua, he had seen too many cars in his previous life, and the models at this time were far less beautiful than those in his previous life, so he was not interested at all. He bought a car just for convenience and to satisfy his vanity.

As soon as Lu Shaohua walked into the door of the car shop, a saleswoman in uniform came up to him immediately. She first took a look at Lu Shaohua's attire. He was wearing a white shirt under a neat suit with a bow tie on his collar. He looked like a real nobleman.

"Welcome, are you looking to buy a car?" The saleswoman smiled sweetly. In her opinion, Lu Shaohua must be a wealthy or noble young man.

Lu Shaohua nodded gracefully.

"What kind of car do you want to buy? I can introduce it to you." The car salesman was very happy. A young man from a wealthy family like this would definitely buy a car when he walked into the car shop. He would get a commission if he bought a car, so it was inevitable that he was happy. Who doesn't want money?

"Well, do you have a Mercedes here?" Lu Shaohua clearly remembered a saying from his previous life, 'If you want to drive, drive a BMW, if you want to sit, sit in a Mercedes.' Now Lu Shaohua is still young and can't drive by himself. He can only sit in a car, so Mercedes is his first choice.

"Yes, we just got a Mercedes-Benz 500 that was launched this year." The saleswoman made a please gesture and looked in the direction of the Mercedes-Benz.

When the car sales team made this gesture, Lu Shaohua immediately understood that the Mercedes-Benz was parked over there, so he walked towards that direction, and Chen Guobang followed closely behind him.

"This is the Mercedes-Benz 500 that was just launched this year." The sales team walked to the side of a Mercedes-Benz, touched the door and said.

"Yeah." Lu Shaohua nodded lightly. In fact, when he heard about Mercedes-Benz 500, he knew it was that model. In his previous life, Lu Shaohua often looked at pictures of cars on the Internet.

The sales team saw Lu Shaohua's expression and thought he was not interested in the Mercedes-Benz 500. When they were about to introduce its advantages to Lu Shaohua, Lu Shaohua spoke first. "Can I test drive it?"

"Oh!" The sales team was full of doubts and hadn't reacted yet. But after a moment's pause, they realized what was going on and quickly said, "Sure, there's an open space behind our store for customers to test drive."

"That's good. Big brother, you try it." Lu Shaohua glanced at the car sales team, turned around and said to Chen Guobang who was standing behind him.

Chen Guobang didn't waste any words. He opened the car door, got in, touched the steering wheel with both hands to get a feel for it, then closed the door and started the car slowly...

The car slowly drove towards the back door, and when it was out of sight, Lu Shaohua turned around and asked the sales team, "How much is this car?" In fact, Lu Shaohua had already decided to buy it when he learned about the Mercedes-Benz 500, and he asked Chen Guobang to try it just to see if there was any problem with the engine.

"Since this car was just launched this year, it is more expensive. The current selling price is 45." As the price was really too high, the saleslady was afraid of scaring Lu Shaohua, so she first explained that it was because it was just launched this year, and then told him the price last.

"Yeah!" Lu Shaohua nodded, pondered for a moment and then asked, "Can you help me get a driver's license?" Chen Guobang didn't have a driver's license, so Lu Shaohua could only ask them to get one when they bought the car. In the 1980s, because fewer people could afford to drive a car, getting a driver's license didn't require taking an exam like in the past. As long as you showed your ID card, the car shop could help you get it.

"We can help you with the driving license and everything else, we can do it all for you for free." The saleslady was secretly happy, because she knew that Lu Shaohua asked these questions because he had decided to buy the car.

As soon as the sales lady finished speaking, Chen Guobang drove the car back, opened the door and got out, nodded at Lu Shaohua to indicate that there was no problem with the car's engine, and then turned the car around to see if there were any scratches or anything like that.

After learning that there was no problem with the car, Lu Shaohua was too lazy to bargain. 45 was nothing to him. "Then please trouble Miss to complete all the formalities. Big brother, give her your ID card and ask her to get a driver's license."

"Good."

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