Reborn in 1999: Starting as a black marketeer

"It's just a means of transportation, it's not expensive, everyone will buy one in a couple of years. I bought it because I need it for work. Okay, you guys go ahead, I'm going back to my dorm first." Wang Feiyang waved his hand and walked into the dormitory building.

Watching his departing figure, Hu Xiaoyun and Guo Juan were filled with emotion.

Guo Juan shook her head and said, "I really didn't expect that when Wang Feiyang was training with us in China, he had to borrow money from us to buy a cell phone. At that time, we thought he was similar to Zhang Liang, except that he was a bit more handsome than Zhang Liang, and there was nothing special about him. But after we went abroad, the difference quickly became apparent. He was driving a company car and buying luxury cars. And look at Zhang Liang, he's just playing games and killing people in the dormitory every day."

Hu Xiaoyun laughed and said, "Zhang Liang is the kind of normal student. Look at all the boys in the building, most of them are just like Zhang Liang. There's only one like Fei Yang, you can only say he's too amazing."

By the way, do you know how much this car costs?

This car costs almost a million in the country!

I don't know how much it will cost in Moscow, but it certainly won't be cheap.

When Fei Yang said it was just a means of transportation, he was being modest. I reckon his company must be very profitable, otherwise he wouldn't have bought such an expensive car after less than two months of operation.

Guo Juan was stunned when she heard that the car cost over a million.

She looked at the car again with disbelief, and asked somewhat suspiciously, "Isn't this a Toyota from Japan? How can it be that expensive?!"

"Yeah, my uncle just bought one last year, so that's how I found out it's so expensive," Hu Xiaoyun replied casually.

"Tsk tsk, how much money does Fei Yang's company make? They can even afford luxury cars worth millions! Is doing business here really that easy? Maybe we should give it a try sometime?" Guo Juan said enviously.

Hu Xiaoyun shook her head with a smile and said, "Let's forget about it. Doing business isn't that easy, and neither of us are cut out for it. Besides, not everyone who does business can make a lot of money. Look at Brother Zhang, isn't he working even harder than Brother Feiyang? He gets up at five o'clock every day to go to the market. After working for half a year, how much money do you think he made? We can't just see the thief eating meat and not see the thief getting beaten."

"That's true. Judging from Brother Zhang's stingy appearance, he's probably just earning a meager living through hard work," Guo Juan said thoughtfully.

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Wang Feiyang was trying to keep his car purchase low-key, but after Guo Juan saw it, the big mouth immediately spread the word throughout the entire floor, telling everyone that Wang Feiyang had bought a million-dollar luxury car…

"Brother Feiyang, I heard you bought a luxury car worth millions, but you didn't even tell us you were coming back. Are you afraid we'd take advantage of you and ride in your car? That's so unfair!" Liu Yingying said to Wang Feiyang with a hint of reproach.

Wang Feiyang shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You've been listening to Guo Juan's nonsense again. What million-dollar luxury car? That car only costs a little over 60,000 US dollars, which is about 500,000 RMB. It's far from being a million-dollar luxury car!"

"Wow, a car worth over 500,000 yuan! That's a luxury car! The best car I've ever driven was a Santana 2000, which only cost 2000 yuan. It's worlds apart." Liu Yingying joked. A Santana 2000 costs more than 2,000 yuan; it would cost over 200,000 yuan after taxes and fees.

Wang Feiyang was amused by her. "Haha, according to you, my car is an LC100, which is only worth 100 yuan. It would take 20 of them to exchange for one Santana 2000."

Joking aside, Liu Yingying still dragged Wang Feiyang to see his newly bought car.

Other classmates might be too embarrassed to make this request, since they are not familiar with Wang Feiyang and don't have many opportunities to meet and talk to him.

But Liu Yingying and Wang Feiyang are very close. In fact, their relationship is even closer than that of Zhang Liang, Hu Xiaoyun, and Guo Juan.

Helpless, Wang Feiyang could only put his down jacket back on, grab his car keys, and go downstairs with Liu Yingying.

Liu Yingying was very pleased to see the tall and imposing car. She opened the car door, sat in the passenger seat, and looked around. She even urged Wang Feiyang to take her for a spin.

Unable to persuade her otherwise, Wang Feiyang could only start the car and drive her around the nearby streets twice.

"Tsk tsk, sitting in my own car feels so different from squeezing onto a bus! The scenery outside looks so much better now. By the way, it'll be much more convenient to go out on weekends or to big supermarkets. I can buy whatever I want without worry. Let's go to IKEA this weekend. I heard it's huge and sells a lot of practical things at reasonable prices." Liu Yingying leaned out the car window with great interest.

Wang Feiyang smiled and nodded, "Okay, just call me when the time comes, and I'll drive you there if I'm in the dorm."

He was more patient and considerate towards Liu Yingying, after all, the two had a connection in their previous life.

If it were Guo Juan, Wang Feiyang probably wouldn't bother with her at all; he'd rather sleep in than waste his time...

When Hu Yang learned that Wang Feiyang had bought a luxury car worth millions, he was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred; he was practically grinding his teeth to powder!

He even took advantage of a moment when no one was around to go downstairs and take a look at the car. Guys usually know a lot about cars, and when he saw that it was the famous Land Cruiser, Hu Yang also thought that it was indeed a million-dollar luxury car, because gangsters and contractors in China liked to drive this car the most. Of course, he didn't know that this car was actually not that expensive in Moscow.

He had originally planned to secretly scratch Wang Feiyang's new car a few times with the key, but then he noticed the burly security guard at the gate staring at him menacingly. He immediately felt guilty and quickly pretended to be just passing by.

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Buying a car has indeed made things much more convenient; I no longer have to ride in that beat-up black car with trepidation.

After arriving at the company, Wang Feiyang called Anna into his office and asked bluntly, "If the company were to expand its product categories, do you have any good suggestions?"

The company's Levi's replica jeans have already gained a reputation and accumulated a customer base, but selling jeans alone is not enough. In order to meet the massive funding needs of the brand chain company, Wang Feiyang plans to speed up the pace and add some product categories, taking advantage of the market chaos and lack of oversight to make more money.

After a moment's thought, Anna replied, "I think CK jeans would be a good fit, especially the high-quality replicas. They're similar to the Levi's jeans we sell now, and our regular customers can get them directly to resell. Plus, CK is a very well-known brand in Russia, so they should sell well. We shouldn't expand into other product categories blindly for now; it's better to take it one step at a time."