Chapter 42: Give Each of Them a Card

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Give Each of Them a CardIn the next hour, Zhang Jingdong went to different dorm buildings, first conducting verifications and then making the final payments. The girls’ dorm buildings had no issues; mostly, the dorms that were called acknowledged that a girl had indeed distributed the restaurant’s flyers there. However, every building except for Building 7 in the boys’ dorm area also had no issues. Zhang Jingdong hired three boys from Building 7, who all shared the same dorm room. There was no issue during the first phone call made by Zhang Jingdong, but during the next three calls, the recipients all said they hadn’t received anything. After hanging up, Zhang Jingdong questioned the leading boy among them: "Tell me, did you guys only distribute on the first floor and neglect the other floors?" At first, they denied it: "We distributed to all floors, but some rooms’ doors were locked, so we just slipped the flyers under their doors, maybe they just didn’t see them." Zhang Jingdong calmly replied, "So you mean to say, by coincidence, the three dorms I just called happened to have their doors locked?" The guy stiffened his neck and said, "Probably." Zhang Jingdong, chuckling, shook his head: "Alright, I won’t quibble with you over a mere one or two hundred, just get out." But unexpectedly, the guy retorted, "Then settle up with us. We can’t just work for you half a day for nothing!" With a glance to the two comrades beside him, they stepped forward, menacing looks in their eyes. Zhang Jingdong was fully amused now: "Guys, what now? You want to gang up on me?" "My mood today is quite good. I’ll just consider that 100 yuan as feeding the dogs. It’s best you recognize the situation, don’t try to take advantage and act smart here!" Yet, unexpectedly, that guy was pretty audacious: "How the hell do you speak to us? Because of what you just said, if you don’t give us the remaining 200 yuan today, don’t think about leaving!" That’s when Zhang Jingdong had enough of the talk and approached with a standard technique of Li Sanjiao. Instantly, they stopped talking. Zhang Jingdong gave them a look and then turned to leave the scene. After leaving the campus, Zhang Jingdong returned to the restaurant to rest a bit. Around 9 o’clock, first Sun Mian called to say everything was handled, followed by others from the dorm. Zhang Jingdong then returned to West University, where he along with others managed to cover every viable spot with 100 posters, including the hot water room and student supermarket entrance. After finishing, Zhang Jingdong let them go back to dorms, then went to settle payments with the girls he had hired in other female dorm buildings. That’s when Lin Shishi finally called. After picking up, Zhang Jingdong immediately went to East Female Dorm Building. Lin Shishi and Liu Siwen were there waiting for him. Seeing Lin Shishi’s face still covered in sweat, Zhang Jingdong felt touched, "You’ve worked hard!" Lin Shishi smiled gently, handing over the remaining flyers to Zhang Jingdong, saying, "It’s nothing." Then Liu Siwen added, "Boss Zhang, it’s amazing you could open a restaurant so quickly!" "We really pushed hard just now, not only distributing flyers but also introducing it to everyone. Especially Shishi, she even vouched for your restaurant using her reputation in our school!" Zhang Jingdong was visibly moved, "Thank you, I won’t waste words - let me offer something tangible instead!" As he spoke, he took out his wallet and pulled out two cards, one gold and one silver. He handed the silver one to Liu Siwen: "This is our restaurant’s membership card; with this, you can get a 40% discount." Liu Siwen glowing with excitement, accepted the card: "Thank you, Boss Zhang, I knew you wouldn’t have me work for nothing!" Zhang Jingdong smiled, then handed the gold one to Lin Shishi: "This gold card usually offers a 70% discount, and this one, being number 001, has the maximum discount." Lin Shishi hesitated and did not take it: "No need. Your restaurant has just started, and the discounts mentioned on the flyers are already significant; I don’t need this card." Zhang Jingdong playfully remarked, "Whether you use it or not is one thing, but whether I give it or not is another. School sister, we are friends. You helped me so much today, it would be utterly ungracious of me not to show my gratitude!" At this point, he quietly gave Liu Siwen a look. Liu Siwen immediately got the hint, and then began to persuade: "Shishi, just accept it, this is a gesture from Boss Zhang. Also, if you don’t take the card, then I can’t take mine either..." Zhang Jingdong then continued: "Senior, actually giving you this card, I also want you to come to our restaurant more often." "We’ve just opened, and there are certainly many issues. I am hoping you can give us more feedback, so we can make timely corrections!" Seeing that he had put it that way, Lin Shishi felt it would seem rather bad if she didn’t accept it, so she said: "Okay then, I’ll try my best!" Zhang Jingdong saw that she had finally agreed and immediately handed the card over to her. He accidentally touched her fingers in the process. Lin Shishi quietly bit her lip. "Host initiated physical contact with the target person, rewarded 20,000 yuan!" Zhang Jingdong felt delighted and then said: "Alright, you guys must be tired, go back and rest early." Lin Shishi nodded: "Hmm... you must have been tired too, preparing the restaurant. Make sure to rest well too." "Host received spontaneous care from the target person, rewarded 30,000 yuan!" Zhang Jingdong became completely cheerful: "Don’t worry, I will!" Then the two chatted a bit more, after which Lin Shishi and her group returned to the dormitory, and Zhang Jingdong went to the west area. After settling things in other dormitory buildings smoothly, Zhang Jingdong was originally planning to go back to the dormitory, but then his phone suddenly rang. He sighed, took out his phone, and, indeed, it was Xiao Fei! He looked up at the starry sky, and then answered: "Hello..." "Mr. Zhang, where are you? I’ve finished, can you come over?" Zhang Jingdong originally wanted to lie, but hearing the obvious fatigue in her tone, he couldn’t bear it. He said: "Alright, I’m at West Third right now, I’ll come over immediately." Five minutes later, when Zhang Jingdong arrived under the West One female dormitory buildings, Xiao Fei’s previously pleasant face was immediately covered in fatigue. She walked over and boasted: "Mr. Zhang, I delivered to every dorm, and I also kept recommending your restaurant to them until my throat was almost hoarse!" Zhang Jingdong knew she was putting on an act, but since she genuinely helped, he responded: "Good, you did well today indeed, I’ll teach you diligently in next week’s class!" But Xiao Fei pouted: "Mr. Zhang, is... is that all?" Zhang Jingdong feigned ignorance: "Huh? Isn’t that enough?" Xiao Fei then blinked her lovely eyes: "Mr. Zhang, since you’ve opened a restaurant right at our school’s entrance... and our cafeteria’s food is so unpalatable..." "And now we have a mentor-mentee relationship... could you perhaps give me a platinum card or something... you know, the kind where you don’t have to pay for meals?" "Oh... you mean a membership card?" Zhang Jingdong pretended to be troubled, "We do have those, but... well, seeing that you performed well today, I’ll give you one." Speaking, Zhang Jingdong took out his wallet, pulled out a silver card, and handed it to her: "Take this card to the restaurant, and you can get 40% off!" "Just 40% off?" Xiao Fei glanced at the card in Zhang Jingdong’s hand, and hesitantly said: "Isn’t there another card with a bigger discount?" Zhang Jingdong solemnly said: "This is already the card with the largest discount, we only have 5 of them!" "My restaurant has just opened, and the flyers already offer such big discounts, if I start giving out discount cards, can my restaurant even operate profitably?" Seeing that she still hesitated, he then said: "Alright, if you think it’s not sufficient, never mind then, I was just about to..." Before he could finish his sentence, Xiao Fei snatched the card from his hand. "Who said I didn’t want it? Of course, I’ll take it... Thank you, Mr. Zhang!" "Host received thanks from the target person, rewarded 20,000 yuan!" Zhang Jingdong smiled and shook his head: "You’re a smart one!"