Chapter 107: The Airplane
However, it wasn’t long before Gu Wanrong’s interest began to wane. Her initial excitement faded, replaced by the feeling that every car looked more or less the same. She felt like she should either buy them all or simply not buy any.
Manager Liao accompanied Gu Wanrong with cautious attentiveness. Seeing her expression grow bored, his heart tightened. She couldn’t possibly dislike all of them, could she? Her eyes were sparkling when she first walked in!
Manager Liao tentatively asked, “Miss Gu, is there any sports car in particular that you fancy now?”
Gu Wanrong thought for a moment and nodded, but then immediately shook her head, leaving Manager Liao completely baffled about what she was thinking.
Then, she spoke up, “I feel like these cars are all pretty much the same. How about I just pick a few at random?”
Manager Liao’s eyes lit up. Proposing to buy several sports cars at once right off the bat—she truly had deep pockets and spent lavishly. But then the words “pretty much the same” echoed in his mind, and the mouth he had opened to ask which specific cars she wanted snapped shut.
This major client had money, but if she couldn’t find a sports car that truly satisfied her at their Auto City, it would likely be difficult to secure her business a second time.
He couldn’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish!
Manager Liao turned it over in his mind and suddenly remembered a very unique sports car.
That car had been custom-ordered by a young man who had waited six months, longing for the stars and the moon, for it to be shipped to the country. Just as he was finally about to take the car home from the Auto City, he had suddenly angered his family, resulting in all his bank cards being frozen. Helpless, he had no choice but to leave the car with Manager Liao to sell for cash.
The young master who ordered this car was an expert enthusiast; hopefully, this sports car would spark Gu Wanrong’s interest.
“Miss Gu, how about I take you to see one that you might like?” The more Manager Liao thought about it, the more plausible it seemed, so he asked Gu Wanrong if she had the patience to look a bit longer.
Gu Wanrong nodded noncommittally, agreeing.
Although the sports cars she had seen so far were beautiful, none had truly grabbed her attention. However, since Manager Liao was recommending it so enthusiastically, she might as well take a look. She had no other plans for the day, so she had plenty of time.
Seeing Gu Wanrong agree, the smile on Manager Liao’s face grew even brighter. He hurriedly guided Gu Wanrong toward the other side of the showroom.
Along the way, Manager Liao kept introducing the features and advantages of every model they passed, trying to spark her interest in other sports cars as well.
Soon, they arrived at the other side of the exhibition hall.
Parked there was a sports car with a white and blue color scheme. Its body lines were fluid, and its design was unique. It was precisely this color scheme and shape that made Gu Wanrong think of an airplane at first glance; she couldn’t help but be drawn to it.
Standing beside the car was a man whose eyes revealed his reluctance to part with it.
Is this the one Manager Liao was talking about? Gu Wanrong suppressed a smile and glanced at Manager Liao.
Sure enough, Manager Liao led Gu Wanrong straight toward the sports car.
“Young Master Liu, you’ve come to see the MC12 again today!” Before they even got close, Manager Liao warmly greeted the man beside the car. Manager Liao thought very clearly: even if Young Master Liu had to sell his car to survive right now, he was still the biological son of the Liu family, so his attitude toward him had to remain as respectful as ever.
Hearing the voice, the man looked up at them. “Manager Liao, brought someone to see it again?”
As they spoke, the group had already arrived next to the sports car.
“This is Miss Gu; she’s here to look at cars,” Manager Liao introduced warmly. Then, he turned to Gu Wanrong and continued, “This is Young Master Liu, the owner of this sports car.”
Following Manager Liao’s introduction, the man nodded politely to Gu Wanrong, smiling in greeting. Gu Wanrong returned the friendly smile.
“It really does look like an airplane… from this angle,” Gu Wanrong muttered to herself, taking a few steps back and leaning back slightly to align her line of sight with the car’s body.
The owner of the sports car wasn’t far from Gu Wanrong, and the word “airplane” clearly reached his ears. As if finding a kindred spirit, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned to face Gu Wanrong instantly.
“You think it looks like an airplane too?”
The man’s voice was full of excitement, mixed with a hint of surprise and expectation.
His sudden outburst made Gu Wanrong pause for a moment, but then she subconsciously nodded in agreement.
“I knew someone would see it! I didn’t change the color for nothing. Hahahahaha…” The man seemed even happier receiving Gu Wanrong’s affirmation, raising his eyebrows triumphantly at Manager Liao beside him.
From that single sentence, Gu Wanrong knew there must be a story behind this.
In the next second, the man took a step forward, getting a little closer to Gu Wanrong, and introduced himself, “My name is Liu Ji.”
Since the other party had proactively introduced himself, Gu Wanrong responded politely, “Gu Wanrong.”
Then, Liu Ji began chatting enthusiastically with Gu Wanrong about the sports car.
“I specifically found someone to change this Maserati MC12 from sapphire blue to this blue-and-white scheme. No one else understood my creativity, but today I finally met someone who understands me!”
Following Liu Ji’s words, Gu Wanrong’s gaze shifted to the trident logo on the sports car, recognizing it as Maserati’s classic emblem.
“I saw it from a distance, and at first glance, I thought of an airplane.”
“Hey! You’re the first person to tell me that. A kindred spirit! Others don’t think it looks like one; only we have the same brainwaves.”
“I was quite surprised too; its appearance is really interesting. What made you think of changing the color scheme to this?”
“I just thought it would be fun! Imagine, other people’s sports cars are just sports cars, but mine is like an airplane. Driving on the road is like flying a plane. I am me, the unique me.”
An image floated into Gu Wanrong’s mind: the white-top, blue-bottom MC12 speeding along a dark gray asphalt road, with green grass on both sides—it was practically a picture of flying through blue skies over green fields.
She immediately laughed out loud along with Liu Ji.
Manager Liao, who had been disdained by Liu Ji for not understanding his vision, stood by the side unable to comprehend why the two were laughing so strangely, but he played along and smiled as well.
After laughing, Liu Ji looked at Gu Wanrong with sparkling eyes and asked, “Gu Wanrong, do you want to buy it?”
“I do. I like it very much.”
“Since you understood my design concept immediately and took a fancy to it at first glance, it means it’s destined for you.”
In just a few words, Gu Wanrong and Liu Ji decided on the purchase of the Maserati MC12.
Although Liu Ji was reluctant to part with it, he agreed quite freely. He was satisfied to find a new owner who could appreciate and genuinely like his precious sports car, which he hadn’t even driven once.
Manager Liao, who had been waiting by the side and listening to the whole process, spoke up again, “Miss Gu, do you have any thoughts of looking around more?”
“Do you have any other sports cars like this to introduce to me?” Gu Wanrong’s interest was reignited by the MC12, and she looked at Manager Liao expectantly.
Manager Liao was about to speak when he was interrupted by Liu Ji.
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