33 Meeting Ye Yibai, TOST

Su Zhen only practiced violin for a few hours in the afternoon.

In the morning, he made a promise with Ye Decai to go see the villa in the afternoon, so the time should be more or less right now.

When Su Zhen came downstairs, the weather was just right, but he still chose to drive the car instead.

When he drove past the security booth of the community, he saw that Gang Haifeng was playing with his phone.

Recognizing Su Zhen's car, Gang Haifeng quickly trotted over to greet him.

"Are you going out, Brother Su?"

"Yeah, I'm going to inspect my new house. If nothing goes wrong, I will move out sooner or later."

"What? You're going to move out?"

Gang Haifeng was stunned. Although he didn't why a rich guy like Su Zhen came to live in the rental apartment here, there was nothing strange that Su Zhen had a house of his own. He was stunned because he might not be able to encounter Su Zhen often in the future, and maybe his dream would run away from him.

But there was nothing he could do about it, he could only sigh sadly.

Su Zhen didn't know the complicated thoughts of Gang Haifeng, after chatting a bit more, he rolled the window up and drove out of the community.

Su Zhen didn't go straight to his villa in the New Moon Villa Community but stopped by an Apple store first.

Currently, he was using a Samsung Galaxy Note 9 that he bought in 2018, but he didn't feel at ease having the Golden WeChat on his main phone at all, therefore, he planned to buy another phone to act as a secondary phone instead.

Of all of the phones available on the market, Su Zhen felt that iPhones had one of the best security features and their physical appearance was in line with his aesthetic.

Stepping into the store, he was greeted by a female guide instantly.

"Hello sir, what can we help you with?" The female guide asked with a smile.

"I want to buy the latest iPhone and..."

Su Zhen didn't spend a long time in the store. Not long after, he came out holding a bunch of Apple bags that included the latest iPhone, iPad, MacBook, and several more Apple products. Overall, he spent 77,000 yuan on these things, which gained him 7 Golden Points.

After putting these things in the backseat, Su Zhen drove to his villa the New Moon Villa Community.

At this time, Ye Decai was in the yard, smoking while playing with his phone. When he saw Su Zhen, he got up and walked over, "Little Su, you're here."

"Yeah, let's inspect the villa."

…

Su Zhen walked around the villa with Ye Decai and listened to Ye Decai's simple explanation about how some parts were done.

After checking it again and again, Su Zhen was very satisfied and felt that the craftsmanship of the decorator was quite good.

From the perspective of their background in decoration for decades, these masters were still quite powerful.

Now, a lot of the materials inside and outside the villa were made of wood with ancient but not too complex designs. Said to be a Chinese classical style, but the term "traditional" was better suited, and many parts of the modern style could still be seen.

The integration between tradition and modernity had been done perfectly. To make sure that security was still up-to-standard, Ye Decai didn't replace all the windows and doors with wood at all, but he instead cleverly added precious wood with fine decorations to the frames of windows and doors in the villa.

Between each large area, such as the living room, dining area, and kitchen, a large partition wall with Chinese patterns was built so as to separate one particular area from another according to the traditional style.

The walls and ceilings had expensive wooden tiles decorated and attached to the surface. The living room, dining room, and kitchen looked unique and one of a kind belonging to the classic category. Of course, the bedrooms, dressing rooms, and bathrooms had also been decorated to look traditional but still retained a sense of modernity.

From the view of Su Zhen, the entire villa didn't look so much like the old-era traditional style but modernized traditional style instead.

After the decoration was complete, the rest was left to buy furniture and necessary appliances.

There was also the need to settle the final payment for the decoration for Ye Decai.

Now, Su Zhen still had around 50 million yuan left in his account, so he directly paid Ye Decai the final payment for the decoration, and spent a lot of money on the furniture.

Su Zhen spent more than 7 million yuan to buy several pieces of furniture made of fine wood, all of which were about the same as the cost of decoration and spent an additional 400,000 yuan to buy all the necessary appliances.

Naturally, the task was left to Ye Decai and he also let him help arrange the furniture and appliances in the right place.

So, technically, this villa wasn't completely ready yet, if Su Zhen wanted to move in, he needed to wait several more days.

Therefore, in the meantime, Su Zhen planned to buy two more houses in other. After that, he would move on to buy cars.

Since getting the Golden WeChat, this was the first task that Su Zhen spent the most time on. If this kept going on, he didn't know when he would level up.

When the inspection was done, Ye Decai proposed, "How about we have a meal together? It just so happens that my brother is free today, so we can get to know each other."

"I'm afraid I can't for today. How about tomorrow instead?"

"That's fine too."

"Good, where are you going next? I can send you."

"It's fine, my nephew will come over soon."

The two talked as they walked out of the villa.

Right at this moment, a white Mercedes-Benz S560 came over and stopped behind Su Zhen's black BMW.

Seeing this car, Su Zhen felt a little familiar, but when he saw the driver that came out, he was surprised.

The driver was also surprised when he saw Su Zhen.

"Su Zhen?"

"Yibai?"

The two didn't expect to meet here. What a coincidence it was!

Su Zhen knew that Ye Yibai's family was in the construction business, but he didn't expect that Ye Decai and Ye Yibai were related.

Seeing that the two seemed to know each other, Ye Decai was also surprised, "You two know each other?"

"Yeah, we used to be classmates in high school, and we just met at an auto show a few days ago."

"Huh, that's such a coincidence! Little Su is the owner of this villa." Ye Decai smiled.

Ye Yibai was shocked. From what he knew from his uncle, the villa in front of him cost as high as 60 million, and the decoration alone was 6 or 7 million. If Su Zhen continued to put expensive things in, this villa would soon turn into a 100-million-yuan villa for sure.

He knew that Su Zhen was rich now, but he never thought that Su Zhen was so rich!

"Dang, Su Zhen, you really are a hidden boss!" After being shocked, Ye Yibai rushed to Su Zhen and almost wanted to hug his leg.

After calming down, Ye Yibai asked him, "Are you going to have dinner with us?"

"No, I'm busy after this. Let's do it tomorrow." Su Zhen smiled and spoke.

This evening, he made an appointment to have dinner with Wu Jin and the latter's mother, so it was impossible to go with this guy.

Knowing that Su Zhen was busy, Ye Decai took the initiative to say, "Then we're leaving first. I will start the furniture and appliances buying spree based on your list tomorrow, when everything is ready, I'll inform you."

Su Zhen nodded, "Go slowly."

…

Since he was going to visit a friend's house, how could he go empty-handed?

As an ex-bartender, Su Zhen knew almost all of the wine stores in Fuzhou City, and after staying in this business for many years, he also knew which store was good and which store was bad.

The so-called good store naturally had it all, a variety of wine, authentic wine, and an honest price. And the so-called bad store was exactly the opposite.

Blossom Wine Store. This was one of the stores that sold genuine wine in Fuzhou.

A middle-aged man that looked like a scholar could be seen sitting on the counter, wiping a black bottle of wine carefully. Even with the white gloves on, he was still very meticulous when wiping, as if afraid of leaving fingerprints on the wine bottle.

Seeing that a customer was coming in, he put the wine bottle back in its box and stored it in the glass cabinet behind him.

He finally looked at Su Zhen with a smile, while adjusting his glasses, he started, "Hello little brother, how can I help you?"

Su Zhen quickly glanced around the store and asked the man, "Do you have TOST?"

Considering that there was Wu Jin's mother this evening, Su Zhen chose to buy TOST, a non-alcoholic champagne. To his knowledge, TOST was an elegant, dry blend of white tea and ginger, formulated to pair beautifully with meals in general.

This champagne came in two flavors. The original flavor featured a white tea and white cranberry base with notes of ginger and citrus to give it a little verve, while the rosé offered a splash of elderberry for that pretty-in-pink glow. These two were perfect for guests who weren't drinking alcohol but still wanted to join in on the festivities and toasts.

Not many wine stores sold this champagne, and not many people knew this champagne, but Su Zhen remembered that this Blossom Wine Store happened to be among the few stores that had it.

The middle-aged man, or the boss, raised his brows in surprise. Most people never heard of TOST, and not many knew that his store had it. It was not that it was a kind of rare champagne, but that it was too expensive for most people. But even so, his store still had it, after all, some rich people liked it.

"Good choice. It's best for both summer and winter nights with its refreshing taste. Which flavor do you want?"

"Give me both flavors."

"Okay, please wait a minute."

The elegant boss walked to the back of the store and came back a short while later with two boxes of champagne in his hands.

"How much is it?"

"2,100 yuan."

Su Zhen directly transferred the money via mobile banking without a word.