Chapter 86: I Am Your Uncle Master

After leaving Fang Qingfei's office, Li Dong went directly to Longhua Plaza.

When discussing sponsorship with the marketing department manager, Hu Yong couldn't help but complain, "Mr. Li, we do want to sponsor a few campus events to boost our visibility, but it has to be reasonable!"

"It's just a small college event. When the students from Jiangda came to talk to me, they kept asking for 100,000 or 80,000. It's just adorably naive!"

Hu Yong continued with a wry smile, "I asked them what they could offer in return for the sponsorship. Guess what they said?"

"Banners, handing out flyers on-site, things like that," Li Dong replied casually.

Hu Yong shook his head with a bitter smile, "That would have been fine, but the lead girl said she could help us distribute flyers for free."

Li Dong couldn't help but laugh at that.

Hu Yong shrugged and said with a hint of helplessness, "I told her that for 100,000 yuan, I could hire 2,000 people to distribute flyers for a day. The poor girl was almost in tears."

Li Dong, having finished laughing, shook his head. These students were truly naïve.

There are few fools who can make a business grow; everyone is in business, not charity.

After a moment of thought, Li Dong said, "Support is necessary. Students are the mainstream of the university town after all. Negotiate with Jiangda again; 100,000 yuan is definitely too much. If 10,000 or 20,000 is acceptable, just agree to it."

Hu Yong nodded. He could accept 10,000 or 20,000. It's just spending money to buy some reputation.

As long as the singing competition brings Yuanfang a few dozen stable clients, the money will be earned back eventually.

After saying this, Li Dong left Longhua Plaza. For such small amounts of money, he wouldn't usually get involved unless Fang Qingfei specifically asked him.

…

On his way back to Wanyuan, Li Dong remembered that his property certificate should be ready by now.

Since he had nothing else to do today, Li Dong decided to stop by the sales center.

As soon as he walked in, Xiao Chen, who had shown him the property earlier, quickly approached and warmly said, "Mr. Li, you're here to pick up the property certificate, right?"

Li Dong nodded and asked, "Is the property certificate ready?"

"It's ready. I'll get it for you. Please have a seat," Xiao Chen said, then hurried off to the manager's office.

Li Dong was about to sit down and rest when he felt like someone was looking at him. He turned his head and was surprised to find familiar faces—not just one, but two!

And they were two seemingly unrelated people; Li Dong hadn't expected to run into them here at the same time.

As Li Dong noticed them, Fang Qingfei and Wang Jia also spotted Li Dong.

Wang Jia hesitated a bit, but Fang Qingfei had already walked over, looked Li Dong up and down, and said in astonishment, "Li Dong, if we hadn't just met, I wouldn't believe you're Li Dong."

As soon as she finished speaking, Wang Jia exclaimed, "Qingfei, you know Mr. Li?"

"Mr. Li?" Fang Qingfei looked at Li Dong with a half-smile.

Li Dong remained calm and chuckled, "What a coincidence, Miss Fang and Miss Wang know each other?"

Wang Jia curiously examined Li Dong and Fang Qingfei, puzzled over how they knew each other.

Hearing Li Dong's question, Wang Jia nodded and explained, "Qingfei and I were university classmates. After graduating with my master's degree, she stayed at the university, and I went into the workforce. By the way, how do you know Qingfei?"

Before Li Dong could answer, Fang Qingfei smiled and said, "Jiajia, I forgot to tell you. The Mr. Li you mentioned is actually my student."

"What?"

Wang Jia gasped in shock, then quickly covered her mouth, her face full of disbelief.

She was not surprised by Li Dong's age, as he did look young.

What shocked her was that Li Dong was actually a student, and moreover, a student of her classmate. What a coincidence!

She also realized that if she had stayed at the university, Li Dong could have been her student, making her feel quite bewildered.

Li Dong frowned slightly and said, "Is it really so surprising? The country has been advocating for university students to start businesses for many years. I'm just following the national call."

Without giving the two any chance to react, Li Dong countered, "Teacher Fang, don't you still have work today? Are you skipping class?"

Fang Qingfei's face turned black with anger, and she said crossly, "Is it not okay for me to take a leave?"

Wang Jia, having just come out of her shock, quickly explained, "Qingfei is here to look at properties with me. She took leave in advance…"

Realizing halfway through her explanation that Li Dong wasn't a school leader and that Fang Qingfei skipping class was none of his business, Wang Jia snapped back to her senses and said, "Mr. Li—no, Li Dong, as a student, is it appropriate to speak to your teacher like that?"

Wang Jia felt a sense of satisfaction after saying this. It was a wonderful feeling!

When she worked at Longhua, Li Dong was a major client, and she had to serve him and address him as Mr. Li.

Later, when she was laid off and Li Dong wanted her to work for him, he was the boss and she was the unemployed one.

In any case, she was always in a disadvantaged position in front of Li Dong.

Now that Li Dong had become Fang Qingfei's student, Wang Jia no longer felt the need to be polite.

She and Fang Qingfei were classmates, so Li Dong should call her "Uncle Master"!

Cough, cough, "Uncle Master" sounds too awkward. Maybe that title is best left unsaid.

Li Dong smirked at the rapid shift in titles.

However, since Wang Jia was not his employee and Fang Qingfei was not his subordinate, Li Dong could only respond dismissively, "You two continue looking at properties. I won't disturb you."

Seeing Xiao Chen come out of the office with the property certificate, Li Dong quickly went over to him.

With the property certificate in hand, Li Dong didn't want to linger. He smiled at Fang Qingfei and the others, then turned and left the sales center.

As soon as Li Dong left, Fang Qingfei quickly asked Xiao Chen, "Did Li Dong buy a property here?"

Xiao Chen, who had seen Li Dong talking to Fang Qingfei, didn't think much of it and nodded, "Mr. Li bought it at the end of last year. Today he came to pick up the property certificate."

"What building did he buy?"

"This…" Xiao Chen hesitated, as revealing client information was against the rules.

But Fang Qingfei and Wang Jia were potential clients, and since Xiao Chen knew Li Dong, he hesitated for a moment before answering, "Building No. 8."

"Building Wang!"

Fang Qingfei exclaimed, realizing how deeply Li Dong had hidden his status.

If they hadn't met by chance today, she would never have guessed there was a big shot like Li Dong in her class.

Li Dong had been so low-key before. If it weren't for her connections at Yuanfang, Fang Qingfei might not have noticed him at all.

Connections at Yuanfang? Connections at Yuanfang!

Fang Qingfei seemed to understand something and quickly asked Wang Jia, "Do you know what Li Dong's company is called?"

"Yuanfang Supermarket. I heard it's quite large…"

Before Wang Jia could finish, Fang Qingfei understood completely. Li Dong had been pretending!

Earlier, when Fang Qingfei asked Li Dong to contact Yuanfang, he had hesitated, but it turned out he was the boss of Yuanfang!