Urban Super Medical Saint

"Are you the manager of Jiang Region Jewelry?" asked Ge Dongxu as he approached the woman with a badge on her chest.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

However, inside, he felt something odd, as the woman seemed somewhat familiar.

"Yes, I am Tang Yahui, the manager of Jiang Region Jewelry. May I help you with something?" Tang Yahui, seeing a young man approaching her to speak, showed a trace of puzzlement on her face, but remained very gentle in her manner, not putting on airs due to Ge Dongxu's young age.

"It's like this, I came to your store to look at jade stones. But whenever I asked to take a look at the jade, this salesperson, without waiting for me to finish, forcefully took it to show to another customer. Can Manager Tang give me an explanation? Is this how you treat customers?" Ge Dongxu pointed at the sales assistant with a melon-seed face, and asked Tang Yahui.

"Of course not!" Tang Yahui replied briskly, then turned to the sales assistant with a slightly stern face, "Chen Xiaoling, what is this customer talking about?"

"Manager Tang, this Manager Zheng is one of our regular patrons. He just happened to be interested in the piece of jade the customer was looking at, so I thought I'd let Manager Zheng have a quick look first. I didn't mean anything else by it," Chen Xiaoling replied with a slight look of unease, and, inwardly, she was annoyed with Ge Dongxu for making a scene.

"Yes, indeed, Manager Tang, I've been a loyal customer of your shop for years. I visit three to five times a year and spend thirty to forty thousand yuan. Miss Chen was just embracing the customer-first approach, there's really nothing wrong with that!" Manager Zheng stepped forward to speak for Chen Xiaoling with a rather haughty tone. The implication was clear in his words—I'm a big spender in your store, spending tens of thousands of yuan a year; what's this kid compared to me?

Considering that Jiang Region Jewelry's annual turnover was only a few million yuan, the thirty to forty thousand yuan spent by Manager Zheng did make him stand out.

Upon hearing this, Tang Yahui's expression changed slightly, and a moment of hesitation flickered in her eyes before she finally said, "Manager Zheng is indeed our valued regular customer, and naturally, we strive to provide the best service possible. However, since this customer showed interest first, he should have the chance to view it first, don't you agree? Here's what we can do: today, if you take a liking to any piece of jade, I'll give you a 30% discount. That's the discount only middle-level personnel from the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources can enjoy."

Because Jiang Region Jewelry emphasized professionalism in their line of work, their pricing wasn't as inflated as other department store jewelers, and discounts were generall rare. However, since Jiang Region Jewelry was a business unit under the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, people from the Bureau often received a higher discount, similar to an internal employee discount, and naturally, the leaders received even greater discounts.

In doing so, Tang Yahui was adopting a typical businessperson's tactic—pleasing both sides without offending either.

"Haha, well, I must thank Manager Tang for that. I agree with your principle too, of course. However, it should depend on who that principle applies to! For the likes of a young man who clearly can't afford jade yet wants to put on airs, without knowing his own limitations, why bother treating him like a customer at all?" Manager Zheng, having gained an advantage from the dispute, felt quite pleased but couldn't help showing disdain for Ge Dongxu, glancing at him scornfully after reaping the benefits, still feeling that Tang Yahui was siding with Ge Dongxu in principle.

Tang Yahui saw that even after she had spoken, Manager Zheng still wanted to kick the young man while he was down. She frowned slightly, quite unsure how to smooth things over.

"Heh, a customer is a customer. Even if he can't afford it now, can you guarantee he won't be able to in a few years? If we were really to treat customers with such short-sightedness, I can assure you that this jewelry store would not last very long. Moreover, who said that my friend here can't afford it?" Just then, a male voice came from behind Manager Zheng.

"Dad, why are you here?" Tang Yahui saw the man who had spoken, a look of surprise and delight appeared on her face as she quickly called out.

The man who had arrived was Professor Tang Yiyuan.

When Manager Zheng heard someone defending Ge Dongxu behind him, he was initially quite irritated, but upon seeing Tang Yahui calling the man dad, his heart skipped a beat in shock. He quickly turned his head to look, and immediately blurted out in surprise, "Are you Professor Tang?"

"Do you know me?" Professor Tang Yiyuan said, not recognizing Manager Zheng.

"Yes, you've treated me before," replied Manager Zheng.

"Professor Tang, we meet again. No wonder Manager Tang looked somewhat familiar to me; turns out she's your daughter," Ge Dongxu said as he naturally noticed Tang Yiyuan and reached out to shake his hand.

As Ge Dongxu spoke, both Manager Zheng and the melon-seeded face salesperson's expressions became incredibly animated as they suddenly remembered the words that Tang Yiyuan had just spoken.

"I didn't expect you to be buying jade. If I had known you were interested in jade, I would have said something and accompanied you here," Tang Yiyuan hurriedly stepped forward to shake hands with Ge Dongxu and said.

Even though he didn't address Ge Dongxu as "Doctor," he still used the respectful "you" when speaking to him.

Seeing the elder and the younger shaking hands, and Tang Yiyuan even using "you" to address Ge Dongxu, Manager Zheng and the melon-seeded face salesperson's expressions turned even more splendid, while his daughter's mouth slightly agape, her face a picture of surprise.

She knew well that her father was a master of traditional Chinese medicine in Jiangnan Province. Although seemingly humble on the surface, he carried a sense of pride in his bones, not necessarily showing this level of respect and courtesy to some of the provincial leaders. She didn't expect to see him acting so polite and respectful to a young man today.

"How should I have foreseen the world to be so small, your daughter would be selling jade? But now that I know, it's not too late. I was just fretting over how expensive these jades are; with you here, your daughter can give me a bigger discount. That one, like the 30% discount for mid-level officials of the Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources," Ge Dongxu, having seen Tang Yiyuan arrive and speak up for him just now, couldn't be bothered to deal with Manager Zheng or Chen Xiaoling any longer and said with a smile.

"Hehe, naturally, as my father's friend, we will give you the maximum discount. But I wonder which piece of jade you are interested in?" Tang Yahui didn't wait for her dad to answer and already took over the conversation with a smile.

"Just this level of jade, the best-shaped ones, if you have them, bring me two hundred pieces. Remember, I need a 30% discount, otherwise I won't have enough money to pay you," Ge Dongxu said after picking up the pendant that Chen Xiaoling had taken away, feeling it in his hand, and then giving it some thought.

"Two... two hundred pieces!" As soon as Ge Dongxu uttered those words, everyone including Tang Yahui widened their eyes in shock, their mouths gaping wide open, aside from Tang Yiyuan whose expression remained somewhat normal.

This was a piece of jade worth seven thousand yuan, and even with a 30% discount, two hundred pieces would cost nine hundred and eighty thousand yuan!

What did nine hundred and eighty thousand yuan represent? That was enough to buy seven or eight apartments in the provincial capital, and their locations wouldn't be bad either, all being at least one hundred square meters in size.

And here was this young man, nonchalantly throwing out nine hundred and eighty thousand yuan with a single sentence!

Manager Zheng, who had just been sneering that Ge Dongxu couldn't afford jade and boasted about spending thirty to forty thousand yuan a year on jewelry in the Jiang Region, suddenly felt his cheeks burning with painful embarrassment.

His face had indeed been slapped resoundingly!

Chen Xiaoling, that is, the salesperson, was now pale as a sheet, inwardly filled with regret so intense that even her insides felt green with remorse. Ninety-eight thousand yuan! How much commission she could have made this month!

Even Chen Xiaoling in her shock and regret had forgotten that their store couldn't possibly have two hundred pieces of the same type of jade! Nor did anyone buy jade in such a manner!

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