HLnovel Chapter 440 Wang Manni's Curiosity
Chapter 440 Wang Manni's Curiosity
Chen An and his companion walked into a restaurant where the average consumption per person was around 500 yuan.
The decoration design of this restaurant is very exquisite. From the artistic paintings on the walls to the exquisite tableware on the dining table, every detail shows elegance and taste.
The lighting is soft and warm, creating a cozy and romantic atmosphere. The dishes are very novel, and each exquisite dish is presented to the diners like a work of art.
The most important thing is that the restaurant is full of small private partitions, providing customers with relatively independent space, which is convenient for two people to chat. It really feels like a couple's restaurant.
After ordering the dishes, Chen An showed a somewhat apologetic expression on his face.
"I'm sorry for what happened just now. I made you suffer misfortune with me."
"It's okay, Mr. Chen. I actually envy that girl named Guan Guan for having such a loyal best friend." Wang Manni smiled faintly and directed the topic to her focus, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
Chen An spread his hands and explained helplessly: "Yingying is usually a very good person. She is my roommate and best friend, but she is a little naive, so she met a scumbag. Now everyone looks like a scumbag or a vixen to me."
"Is that the girl who is in internship that you mentioned last time?" Wang Manni blinked and asked curiously.
"Yes, I'm interning at a Fortune 500 company right now." Chen An didn't give Wang Manni a chance to ask again, and changed the subject: "Manni, judging from your accent, your hometown should be in Jiangsu or Zhejiang, right?"
Wang Manni couldn't help but marvel at what she heard. "My hometown is Quzhou, Zhejiang, but I've been in Shanghai since I started college. It's been ten years, and my accent has long been assimilated. I didn't expect you to recognize it right away. You're amazing, aren't you?"
"I have very sensitive ears. Plus, I used to work in the service industry, so I can often judge someone's personality by their accent. It's easy to get closer to each other by just one word. I'm sure you understand this." Chen An smiled indifferently, his smile full of confidence.
Wang Manni agrees with this statement.
"You're right, but I'm not really good at distinguishing accents except for those with more distinctive accents. For example, you can tell the Northeastern accent right away."
"That's true. After all, our Northeast's traditional culture is so well-known." Chen An couldn't help but think of the person in his previous life.
They have performed brilliantly on the Spring Festival Gala stage for several years and have promoted the traditional culture of Northeast China.
"Manni, you have been in Shanghai for ten years. Have you been selling luxury goods before?" Chen An's understanding of Wang Manni was limited to the original drama, which was not comprehensive enough. Naturally, he would want to learn more about her when he had the chance.
Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. Only life experiences can reflect her character and the way she behaves.
Speaking of this, Wang Manni couldn't help feeling a little depressed. She lowered her head slightly, with a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
I didn’t do well in school, so I was admitted to a second-tier university. I was unemployed after graduation. My parents called me several times a day to ask about my job. I didn’t want them to worry, so I lied and said I had found a job. ”
"Later, most of my classmates had returned to their hometowns. I watched my money getting less and less, so I had no choice but to start from scratch as a salesperson in a supermarket."
"Later, I sold coffee, cosmetics, and clothes. Later, by chance, I started selling luxury goods. It has been more than three years, but so far, I am still just a small salesperson." Wang Manni's tone was filled with reluctance and helplessness.
Chen An naturally understood her situation and comforted her seriously.
"In fact, there is no need to belittle yourself. Every day, people from all over the country come to this cruel big city with dreams or hopes, but how many people can gain a foothold in this city?"
Wang Manni waved her hand and smiled, "Don't praise me like that. I can't say I've established myself here. As the old saying goes, I don't have a house or a piece of land. At best, I'm just struggling to survive in this city."
"This is a very fitting description, struggling for survival." Chen An said with emotion, "In fact, each of us is struggling for survival in different environments. Without exception, we all have our own troubles."
"Mr. Chen, you are young and successful in your career, do you have so many worries?" Wang Manni asked curiously.
“The poor want to become rich, the rich want to become even richer, the rich and powerful want to live forever, the ugly want to become beautiful, the monks want to become Buddhas, the Taoists want to become immortals. It seems that no one in the world, except fools, can truly get rid of their worries. Once people lose their worries, they also lose the motivation to move forward.”
Wang Manni couldn't help but chuckle, "Mr. Chen, if you weren't right in front of me, I would even think that this is something that only an old man who is about to die can say."
"I may be the one in the legend, whose mental age is much greater than his physical age, little Manny." Chen An joked.
Wang Manni gave Chen An a coquettish look.
"By the way, Mr. Chen, this is the first time I've seen a literary company. What exactly does your company do?"
"I am in the same line of work as you..."
"Sales?" Wang Manni asked with a hint of doubt in her tone.
Chen An explained, "In fact, in addition to being a businessman, I am also a writer."
Wang Manni was a little surprised at Chen An's words. She looked Chen An up and down. No matter how she looked at him, he didn't fit the image of a writer at all.
"I'm not a traditional type of writer. My main job is a novelist." Seeing Wang Manni's eyes, Chen An explained.
"Romance or martial arts?" Wang Manni asked with great interest.
"I'm currently writing a fantasy book, that is, a book about cultivating immortals. As for what you said, maybe I'll consider it in the future."
Wang Manni was not familiar with these things, but she had a preliminary understanding of Chen An's worth, and she developed a strong interest in the profession of writer.
"Mr. Chen, is writing a book very profitable?" After saying that, he felt that his question was not appropriate, so he quickly explained, "I'm just curious. Among the people I know, you are the first writer."
"In our industry, the disparity is huge. Some people only earn 1,000 or 2,000 yuan a month from writing articles for the sake of love. Those who earn a few thousand yuan are the mainstream. Those who earn more than 20,000 yuan are basically a minority. Those who earn more than 100,000 yuan are at the top."
"It seems like Mr. Chen doesn't belong to these types, right?" Wang Manni said with certainty.
"My current conservative estimate is that my monthly income from royalties is over seven figures. Of course, for someone like me, royalties only account for about one-third of my income." Chen An looked calm, as if seven figures were nothing to him.
Even though she was mentally prepared, Wang Manni couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise.
Looking at Wang Manni with her rosy lips and white teeth, Chen An really wanted to treat her to something to eat.
Wang Manni relaxed her mood and looked at Chen An with admiration, "Mr. Chen, you are really amazing. I, who have no literary talent, can only shed tears of envy."
"In fact, strictly speaking, we are in the same industry."
"What colleagues?"
"We are both salespeople, but you are selling luxury goods, and I am selling my works. Aren't we in the same industry?"
"According to what you said, it seems that we have quite a lot of colleagues."
"Manny, you have to understand that sales are the most important part of any business."
"There is no industry, almost no industry, that can escape this category. The common food, clothing, housing and transportation, high-tech companies selling technology and more high-end services, some insurance and financial management, and even education are actually selling anxiety."
"I once read a survey that found that 40% of the heads of the Fortune 500 companies are experts in the sales industry, so this is an industry with no upper limit and huge potential."
Watching Chen An talking so eloquently and confidently, Wang Manni admired and loved this man even more.