Rebirth: I Am Not the Movie Queen This Time-Chapter 24: The Second Generation Rich

They first arrived at the Wu Family Noodle House.

The Wu Family Noodle House had just opened its doors, and the owner was in the back kitchen making dough, while the landlady showed a smile upon seeing the two.

"My husband and I were just talking about your pickled cucumbers. The ones delivered yesterday were really tasty. Our whole family loves them. You can rest assured, I’ll make sure to recommend them to our customers."

The landlady sure knew how to deal with people. Wan Chu’er, learning from her, also put on a smile and said, "That’s wonderful. Let’s hope for a rolling in of wealth for both of us."

The landlady burst into laughter.

Bai Zhixi watched, dumbfounded, not knowing when Chuchu had learned to smile so brilliantly.

"This is the four pounds of pickled cucumbers you ordered. Here’s the delivery receipt. If everything’s okay, please sign for it," said Wan Chu’er as she handed over a bag of pickled cucumbers along with the delivery note.

The landlady lightly weighed the pickled cucumbers and knew right away it was four pounds, no less. She took the delivery note suspiciously and looked it over carefully.

It read: Wu Family Noodle House today received four pounds of Bai’s Pickles pickled cucumbers. Money to be collected after five days, totaling four yuan.

After a moment of thought, the landlady understood that Wan Chu’er was worried they might deny the debt. As a single mother with a daughter running a small business, it was understandable. Noticing that Wan Chu’er and Bai Zhixi still had a lot of pickled cucumbers in hand, she asked with a smile:

"Are the ones you’re holding also ordered by other restaurants?"

Bai Zhixi smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Wan Chu’er added, "Yes, we still have to deliver to ten restaurants today. Everyone thinks our pickled cucumbers are tasty, so they all placed orders, including the Wutong County Hotel which ordered eight pounds. And if they like it, the county hotel might order even more in the future."

She said this intentionally to let the landlady know their pickled cucumbers were in demand, that it wouldn’t be a problem selling them elsewhere, and the same rules applied to anyone else.

The landlady, who was also astute, felt that the pickled cucumbers were indeed good and wouldn’t have to worry about selling them. Thinking that they’ll need to maintain cooperation in the future, she briskly agreed and said with a smile:

"It’s only four pounds. No need to sign the delivery note. I’ll pay you directly. If we can’t sell them, we’ll just eat them ourselves—they are delicious."

Upon hearing this, Bai Zhixi and her daughter were overjoyed.

The two thanked the landlady, and Wan Chu’er even managed to blurt out a flattering comment.

After leaving the Wu Family Restaurant, Bai Zhixi was very happy and couldn’t help saying: "Chuchu, I didn’t expect you to lower yourself for our family business. It must be hard on you."

Wan Chu’er smiled, saying, "It’s nothing about being hard. Whether it is doing business or interacting with people, it’s just about putting on a smile, we don’t lose anything."

After saying that, Wan Chu’er became a little lost in thought. Initially, her words were meant to comfort Bai Zhixi, to tell her not to overthink. But as soon as she uttered them, she felt that what she said was indeed true.

Just a smile, if it makes others happy and gets you what you want, why be stingy?

Along the way, Wan Chu’er pondered, reevaluating her way of conducting herself and dealing with people. For the past years, she had harbored deep resentment towards the world and was unwilling to have any deep interactions with others, always guarding herself with an icy façade.

But now, Bai Zhixi was still around, her life hadn’t turned into a complete mess, the world was still lovely, and she now had aspirations for the future. It was essential to interact with more people, so maybe she should consider making some changes... freёnovelkiss.com

The two successfully delivered to another three small restaurants.

In the end, they still had eight pounds of pickled cucumbers left, which were to be delivered to the Wutong County Hotel.

The Wutong County Hotel was the largest and most upscale hotel locally, much like the early form of those glittering grand hotels that would appear a decade or so later.

That day, she mustered her courage to enter the county hotel and negotiate a cooperation with the person in charge, who didn’t send her away but listened to her pitch. Casually, they agreed to try eight pounds first without mentioning payment upon selling out.

Indeed, it’s a place of great wealth and bluster!

When the two arrived in front of the County Hotel, Bai Zhixi felt rather uncomfortable and was even more astonished that her daughter could actually manage to handle a place like this. Having never set foot in such an upscale location in her life, it was natural for her to be nervous.

Wan Chu’er reassured her not to be nervous and led Bai Zhixi straight to the back kitchen of the County Hotel, where a chubby chef received them.

"Director Chen has already given the heads-up, just hand over the pickled cucumbers to me, then go straight to the front counter to get your money," he said.

Bai Zhixi thanked him, "Sorry to trouble you, thank you."

The man waved his hand, "No thanks needed, I’m just a chef following orders," he said, and he seemed quite amiable.

Going to the counter to get paid meant going to the restaurant at the front. Wan Chu’er asked Bai Zhixi to wait outside while she went in to fetch the money. The cashier, upon seeing the kitchen’s goods receipt handed over to her, settled the payment of eight yuan without a word.

Wan Chu’er secured the money, and as she was heading out, she ran into Manager Bai from Heavenly World face-to-face, and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly: What a small world! How come I run into this person everywhere?

She saw that Manager Bai had not yet noticed her, so she quickly stepped to the side, facing the wall, waiting for him to pass by before she herself would leave.

"Ha ha, no need to pretend, I saw you a long time ago."

Manager Bai’s smug voice rang in Wan Chu’er’s ears.

Wan Chu’er had no choice but to turn around and say, "Good morning, Manager Bai," as a form of greeting and attempted to head outside, but after only a step, Manager Bai caught her by the collar.

"What’s the hurry? Let’s talk for a bit."

Wan Chu’er sighed, turned her head, and said helplessly, "I’m busy, and you are a busy man too. There’s not much for us to talk about."

Manager Bai chuckled to himself and said, "I’m not busy, how fateful we are to have met three times in just a few days, more often than I see my girlfriend."

Wan Chu’er gave a forced chuckle and quipped, "What bad karma!"

"Hahaha..." Manager Bai laughed heartily and said, "What brings you here? Tell me, maybe I can lend a hand."

Seeing Manager Bai looking so idle and keen on getting a satisfying chat, Wan Chu’er felt a headache coming on. She couldn’t just curse him out, especially as she needed his favor, so she said:

"The County Hotel agreed to buy our pickled cucumbers, so my mom and I came to deliver some."

Upon hearing this, Manager Bai raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Oh, then I must try some later. If it’s good, I might buy some from you too."

Wan Chu’er found it absurd, "A nightclub selling pickled cucumbers, doesn’t that seem completely mismatched?"

"Who said it’s for Heavenly World use? Our family has several large hotels too, have you heard of the Jinghua Hotel? That’s owned by our family."

Upon hearing the name ’Jinghua Hotel’, Wan Chu’er widened her eyes in surprise. It was a very famous hotel in Wutong County, rumored to be owned by the richest person in Wutong. Comparable to the County Hotel, which was government-run, while Jinghua Hotel was privately owned, hence it had better business.

Seeing Wan Chu’er’s reaction, Manager Bai proudly said, "Look at how out of touch you seem, your eyes are about to pop out."

Wan Chu’er ignored his teasing, instead clicking her tongue twice and said, "I hadn’t realized you were a second-generation rich kid."

"Second-generation rich?" Manager Bai laughed, "That term is quite apt."

Wan Chu’er continued, "I’m just an ordinary citizen, I really don’t associate with your kind. Enjoy your meal, I’m leaving." After saying that, she didn’t wait for Manager Bai’s loud shouts and quickly walked away.

Really, he doesn’t act like the wealthy, what kind of rich second generation makes such a racket?