After the breakup, I joined the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection

The students were all stunned, with a lot of questions in their heads: Didn’t they say the machine was free? Why did they have to pay for it?

Mu Qinghong held her breath, and Mu Chenggang's heart was in his throat.

They were very worried that their classmates would call them liars and then cause a big fuss, making it difficult for them to continue their business.

Only Lu An remained as steady as an old dog, with a matter-of-fact expression: "Of course you have to pay. You need to log in to the network before you can use the pager. Our company promises to give you the phone for free, but you still have to pay the network fee and subsequent service fees. Do you think you can use the pager as soon as you get it?"

Several student union cadres were a little embarrassed because they had never used a pager and really didn't understand what it was.

Only one classmate who looked like he had a wealthy family nodded and agreed with Lu An's statement: "I heard from my dad that pagers seem to be quite expensive."

After confirming that Lu An was not fooling them, a classmate immediately asked, "Then...how much is the network access fee?"

"Hanxian's original network access fee was 260 yuan per unit, but now our company is offering a promotion, so we can give you a discount of 199 yuan per unit. The original service fee was 15 yuan per month, but now the promotion is available at 9 yuan per month." Lu An said.

Mu Chenggang was confused after hearing this.

不是说好了入网费200，每个月服务费10块的吗？怎么成199和9块9了？

Yes, Lu An started his routine again.

This is a method that has been overused by shopping malls in later generations for sales promotion. Although the price has only been reduced by one dollar, from 200 to 199, in the eyes of consumers it is equivalent to a price of over yuan being reduced to over yuan, and the perception is completely different.

As expected, after listening to Lu An's words, the wealthy classmate immediately jumped up and said, "Okay! I'll buy it. The network fee is only over a hundred yuan. It's really cheap!"

Then he encouraged the students next to him: "If you have money, buy it together. I tell you, it's really cheap!"

The students were originally hesitant, but after his encouragement, they immediately made a decision: "Okay, we'll buy it too!"

He also discussed with Lu An: "Classmate, we will definitely buy it, but we don't have that much money on us right now. Can you wait for us to go back and get the money? You must keep the pager for us, we will be there soon!"

Lu An nodded in agreement, and then he suddenly had an idea: "Of course no problem, and as you are the first batch of lucky ones in our company, I can give you another discount on behalf of the company. If you can bring your classmates to support our business, I can also waive your first month's service fee!"

The students raised their hands and cheered, then turned around and left in a hurry, not forgetting to turn back and remind them: "Classmates, you must wait for us, and you must keep it for us!"

Mu Chenggang watched all this in amazement, and only came to his senses when his classmates disappeared through the school gate.

He still couldn't believe it: "Is our BB machine open for business? Is it that simple?"

Lu An nodded and said that it should be so simple. They were already giving away the machine for free, so what difficulty could it have?

Mu Qinghong noticed another point: "Lu An, you said the network fee is 199, and the service fee is 9 yuan. Do you have any special plans?"

Mu Chenggang just remembered this: "Yes, didn't we agree that the network fee is 200 yuan and the monthly service fee is 10 yuan?"

Lu An explained to them that this was a sales technique.

After hearing this, Mu Qinghong suddenly realized what was going on.

Mu Chenggang looked at Lu An with horror, wondering if all college-educated people were so cunning. He felt that he had to remind his sister not to sell her to Lu An and help him count the money.

When Lu An and the others were laughing and talking, suddenly a very discordant voice was heard.

"Hey! Where are you from? Don't you know that we are not allowed to set up stalls here?"

Lu An and the others turned around in surprise, and saw a scoundrel-looking man with a shaggy hairdo, wearing a white vest and flip-flops, staggering towards them.

"Who are you? Why do you allow us to set up a stall here?" Mu Chenggang asked with a frown.

Seeing that Mu Chenggang dared to challenge him, the man also got angry: "I'm from the university security department! I told you that you can't put it here!"

Lu An stepped forward and said, "My friend, no one said that we can't set up stalls to do business in front of Jianghuai University, and we also borrowed tables and chairs from the student union. If we really can't set up stalls, the student union cadres wouldn't lend us these tables and chairs!"

The man was unhappy. He slammed the table and said, "Why are you talking so much nonsense? I told you not to put it there, so you can't put it there. What's wrong with you not understanding me?"

Mu Chenggang was a little annoyed: "Then what do you want to do?"

The man held up two fingers: "Two hundred fine!"

Mu Chenggang was so angry that he laughed: "Good fellow, you came all the way here to collect protection money! And you asked for two hundred yuan, why didn't you ask for two thousand?"

The man rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, you are so arrogant, kid. I'll listen to you and fine you two thousand. Pay the money."

"I'll pay your grandma!"

Mu Chenggang waved his fist in anger: "See my fist as big as a clay pot? Get out of here if you know what's best for you!"

The man took a few steps back, seemingly frightened by Mu Chenggang.

He gnashed his teeth in anger: "Okay, you guys have guts, don't regret it later!"

The man said these harsh words and turned away.

Mu Chenggang was still not satisfied and took two steps forward and shouted: "I never regret anything I do. Come again if you dare!"

Mu Cheng just remembered something after he finished speaking, and turned to go to Brother Long and his group.

"Brother Long, you guys are so disloyal. Didn't I agree that you would come up and help if someone is in trouble?" Mu Chenggang said.

Brother Long and his group laughed disdainfully.

"Who the hell asked you to help?"

"Who the hell are you to order me around?"

"You really think of me as your bodyguard, don't you? Believe it or not, I'm going to beat you up right now!"

A group of younger brothers pointed at Mu Chenggang's nose and cursed him, while Brother Long stood aside with his arms folded, watching with a smile on his face.

After a while, Brother Long pointed over there and said, "Instead of wasting your time here, you should think carefully about what you should do next."

Mu Chenggang looked in the direction of Brother Long's finger and his expression changed immediately.

Because he saw the gangster just now, and he actually brought a group of guys in uniform over.

"Uncle, look, these are the guys. They are setting up stalls here. It's clear that they don't take you seriously!" the man said loudly with a smug look on his face.

The leader of this group of uniformed men was a fat man. He walked up and rudely picked up a baton and hit Lu An and the others' table hard.

"What's wrong with you? Who allowed you to set up a stall here? Do you know that this is the entrance to Jianghuai University? You'll be fined 20,000 yuan. Pay the fine quickly, or I'll arrest you all!"

Mu Qinghong's pretty face turned pale. They hadn't even opened the store yet, so how could they have the money to pay the fine?

The scoundrel just now stood aside with his hands on his hips, looking very proud: "You are a bunch of bastards. I just tried to talk to you in a nice way, but you didn't listen. It's no use begging me now!"