Chapter 29

"Throwing your weight around outside, then running home to Daddy whenever you hit trouble. Not surprising at all." Gu Chen smiled politely. "It fits your spoiled rich second-generation heir persona perfectly."

Yao Yuan: "..."

He had not expected Gu Chen, who had seemed gentle and taciturn before their parents, to have such a sharp tongue. Yao Yuan was immediately put at a disadvantage. "You look down on me that much?"

"Is that surprising?" Gu Chen asked with a smile. "Even your own father looks down on you. I'm an outsider. We're not related by blood, and I don't have any family filter when it comes to you. Isn't it perfectly normal for me to look down on you?"

"Or tell me," Gu Chen paused before asking, "what is there about you that deserves my respect?"

Before Yao Yuan could speak, Gu Chen added, "Other than being born to a good father."

Yao Yuan: "..."

"Hm?" Gu Chen fixed his burning gaze on Yao Yuan's eyes and asked lightly, "You useless waste?"

"Are you angry?" In a flash, Yao Yuan suddenly understood why Gu Chen's attitude had changed so abruptly. "Is it because I said your dad wasn't good enough?"

Gu Chen did not deny it.

Yao Yuan sneered. "Didn't expect a guy who sells apartments to have such self-respect."

"I also didn't expect someone who lives off his father to be so ill-mannered," Gu Chen said calmly. "Did President Yao and Mrs. Yao never teach you that children should be civilized and polite?"

Yao Yuan flew into a rage from embarrassment. "I'm not a child!"

"Mm!" Gu Chen nodded and gave a solemn assessment. "You're a brat."

Yao Yuan returned to the private room with a disgruntled look on his face.

President Yao could tell at a glance that his son had suffered a setback at Gu Chen's hands, but he said nothing and warmly invited Gu Chen to eat.

After the meal, Gu Chen returned to the sales office. His colleagues from Sales Team One gathered around him, sighing enviously. "Gu Chen, where on earth did you dig up these clients? Why is every single one so rich? President Yao paid in full for his house too. That's nearly forty million in sales, and another one hundred twenty thousand in commission."

Gu Chen had only been working at the sales office for three weeks, and he only came in on weekends. Yet every time he worked, he sold at least one property. By now, he had earned nearly three hundred thousand in commission alone.

"I've been here for two years and haven't sold many homes paid in full. How come all these wealthy big shots keep falling into your lap?"

Most clients who came to buy homes in a place like this were social elites with keen financial sense. No matter how much money they had on hand, they preferred taking out mortgages and using the rest for investments, stocks, or funds. People who could casually pay tens of millions in full were rarer than giant pandas.

"Good thing you only work two days a week. If you were full-time, you'd probably be this month's sales champion."

Gu Chen merely smiled and said nothing.

Liu Mei moved closer to Gu Chen and said in front of everyone, "I need to thank you for President Sun's deal. But don't worry. You handled it beautifully, and I won't let you lose out. The sales credit for President Sun's deal goes to me, but I don't want the commission."

Gu Chen was somewhat surprised.

The others in Sales Team One also stared at Liu Mei in disbelief. "Liu Mei, what's gotten into you?"

"You'd better think this through. Don't regret it in a couple of days and go making trouble for Gu Chen again."

Everyone had worked with Liu Mei for over two years and knew her character well. She valued money above all else. Usually, she would freeload whenever she could, whether it was a meal or a bottle of water. Yet today, she was being so generous.

Something was definitely off!

The colleagues looked at one another, all waiting for Liu Mei to explain.

"Don't underestimate me." Liu Mei sneered. "I know that in your eyes, I'm stingy, greedy, and always looking to take petty advantage. But I have a conscience in how I do things. I've figured out President Sun's deal too. Without Gu Chen, President Sun might not have come here to buy a home at all. Even if I was the one who received him on his first visit, Gu Chen was the one who worked hard to close the sale afterward. It had nothing to do with me. The sales credit for this deal is under my name because Gu Chen follows the rules. I won't turn it down, but I can't take the commission."

At that, Liu Mei looked at Gu Chen. "We'll split it fifty-fifty. I keep the sales credit, and you take the commission. Fair enough, right?"

Gu Chen shook his head with a smile. "Sister Liu, there's no need."

"There is!" Liu Mei waved her hand. "We can't let honest people get taken advantage of. If this keeps happening, who will dare help someone else negotiate contracts in the future? Who would have the nerve to ask you for help?"

Just as Gu Chen was about to speak, Liao Chunhua said, "Since Liu Mei has put it that way, Gu Chen, just accept it. Actually, I've wanted to talk about this too. Gu Chen has often helped you negotiate contracts and calculate mortgages because he has team spirit. Since you've benefited from it, remember Gu Chen's kindness. Don't just listen to whatever Manager Cao says."

"Think further ahead. What does this tiny bit of petty profit amount to? Let me tell you, the group headquarters has announced this year's benefits for the annual champion team. As long as Sales Team One works together and wins this year's team championship, there will be ten Porsches and twenty million in bonuses and benefits." Liao Chunhua raised her index finger and made a ten in front of herself. "Everyone, ten Porsches! Twenty million! If you relied on yourselves alone, how many homes would you have to sell to earn enough for one Porsche?"

"Besides, even if you earned enough, how many of you would be willing to spend two million on a car?" Liao Chunhua said earnestly. "But now, as long as we work hard enough and win this year's team sales championship, these two-million luxury cars will be free."

"Ten Porsches? Is that for real?" The colleagues of Sales Team One cried out in surprise.

"Why is headquarters being so generous this year? They're really bleeding money!"

"I don't know about that." Liao Chunhua smiled. "But we don't need to know that much. We just need to find a way to get our hands on that year-end bonus."

Liao Chunhua paused slightly. "All this time, as the leader of Sales Team One, I've only managed to work hard enough to make myself the individual sales champion. I admit that I still have some shortcomings in management. So this year, let's all work together and strive to win this team sales championship."