162: Engels coefficient

[Li Mengyao: "My dad said, since you provided the 'Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop · Gold Diamond Emerald Jewelry Design Drawing' for free, after the subsequent jewelry is made and officially sold, he intends to give you ten percent of the profits."]

[Li Mengyao: "If you really have no other objections, after our group finishes the internal procedures over the weekend, you should be able to come over and sign the contract on Monday."]

"Ten percent!"

He had long expected the Li family to be generous, but he hadn't expected them to be this generous.

"If Poyun Group really uses this opportunity to expand the brand, the pricing for this batch of jewelry certainly won't be low."

"There are twenty-four pieces of jewelry in total. Even if each piece earns a profit of five hundred thousand, ten percent would be one point two million!"

The appraisal for the design drawings from the intelligence was 260,000, and Ye Su's initial expectation was just to sell it for four or five hundred thousand.

Now, selling it for over a million all of a sudden was truly beyond Ye Su's expectations.

Of course, Ye Su also knew that Poyun Group could offer him such an astronomical price because Li Shanhai was looking at him in his capacity as a "prospective son-in-law."

"It's over, things seem to be getting out of hand!"

When Ye Su first agreed to Li Mengyao's request to go home with her and pretend to be her boyfriend, it was entirely out of trust in television dramas, believing that a wealthy family like Li Mengyao's would certainly not easily accept a "prospective son-in-law" like him who had no background.

Now it seemed that not only Wang Lijuan, but even Li Shanhai seemed to have really taken a liking to him.

"Sigh!" Ye Su could only heave a long sigh: "I'm just too outstanding; I'll have to be more low-key in the future."

Narcissism aside, he still had to resolve the issue of the ten percent profit-sharing that Li Shanhai had offered.

["To be honest with you, that book of design drawings, if sold normally to antique collectors, would only be worth around two hundred thousand."]

["Although I don't know how much you plan to sell that batch of jewelry for, it should be a lot more than two hundred thousand."]

He was only a fake boyfriend hired by Li Mengyao after all, and he certainly couldn't use her connections to scam such a large sum of money from Li Shanhai, so Ye Su had no choice but to tell the truth.

As for how Li Mengyao would handle this ten percent commission, Ye Su had no choice but to leave it up to her.

He didn't believe Li Mengyao would do something like not giving him even the original two hundred thousand.

[Li Mengyao: "Yo, has your conscience finally kicked in? You actually disclosed the base price of the design drawings to me. Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word and take back the ten percent profit-sharing I offered you?"]

["Of course I'm afraid, but who told me to have such good character since I was a child?"]

[Li Mengyao: "Good character?"]

[Li Mengyao: "You?"]

Li Mengyao sent a [Kitten Speechless] sticker, which was accompanied by an "I believe you" meme.

["What do you mean, you don't believe me?"]

["Go ask around, throughout the entire area, who doesn't know about Ye Su's character? It's top-tier!"]

After waiting for a while, Li Mengyao sent Ye Su a selfie. In the photo, Li Mengyao was pointing a long, beautiful middle finger at the camera.

[Li Mengyao: "Since your character is so good, do you still want the ten percent profit-sharing?"]

["Yes!"]

Ye Su replied without the slightest hesitation.

[Li Mengyao: "Alright, I know what you mean."]

[Li Mengyao: "But since I've already said it, I don't intend to take it back. Just take the ten percent commission with peace of mind."]

[Li Mengyao: "My dad also said that this time, using the 'Fei Wenyuan Silver Shop' design drawings for marketing, it doesn't matter how much money we make; what's important is whether we can further expand the 'Poyun' market."]

Since Li Mengyao had said as much, Ye Su naturally stopped being polite.

Taking ten percent of Poyun Group's profits would at most be about a million, right?

If Poyun Group could use this opportunity to successfully expand into markets outside the province, the increase in stock price alone would be worth countless millions.

Thinking about it this way, Ye Su instantly didn't feel like the ten percent profit-sharing was a hot potato.

["Since you put it that way, I won't stand on ceremony with you."]

["Thank you, Miss Li!"]

[Li Mengyao: "Are you just going to thank me with words?"]

["Then what should I do? You can't expect me to offer myself to you, right?"]

[Li Mengyao: "Who wants you to offer yourself!"]

[Li Mengyao: "I haven't thought about how you should thank me yet; I'll tell you when I think of it."]

She was a wealthy young lady, lacking nothing. What could he possibly offer her as thanks?

He couldn't really sell his body.

As the image of Li Mengyao in her formal wear at the office this morning appeared in his mind, a voice instinctively sounded in Ye Su's head:

"It doesn't seem like a loss to sell my body, right?"

While his mind wandered, Ye Su casually sent a reply.

["No problem."]

[Li Mengyao: "Also, look at those two at my house; they seem more and more satisfied with you. You need to think carefully about how to end this in the future."]

"Wait, what?"

"The idea was yours, the person hired was you, and now that you don't know how to end it, you're dumping the problem on me?"

"What kind of employer is this!"

While complaining about Li Mengyao's unscrupulous capitalist behavior, Ye Su edited a message for her.

["If it really comes to it, in a while, you can just tell your parents that I went out and 'met with an accident'."]

["Then you'll be heartbroken for me and want to stay a widow for three years; you won't want to date anyone for these three years."]

[Li Mengyao: "Can you make up something more outrageous?"]

[Li Mengyao: "If someone 'meets with an accident' in Yangcheng, do you think my dad can't investigate the whole process of the traffic accident?"]

["Then I have no other ideas."]

Ye Su kicked the ball back to Li Mengyao.

["Your little brother's ability is truly limited; I'll have to leave it to you, Miss Li."]

[Li Mengyao: "I don't care, you have to help think of a way to solve it!"]

"Wait, can it really be like this?" Ye Su was dumbfounded: "She's actually blaming me for this!"

["Anyway, your parents certainly won't bring up marriage so quickly."]

["There will definitely be plenty of time later to find an excuse to break up."]

The contract for the ten percent profit-sharing hadn't been signed yet, so Ye Su had to endure the exploitation of the capitalist and give Li Mengyao some bad advice.

Little did he know, upon receiving the string of bad advice he sent over, Li Mengyao was so angry her cheeks puffed up.

"Back and forth, it's either about a car accident or breaking up; it's obvious he's just fobbing me off!"

The more Li Mengyao thought about it, the angrier she got, and she threw her phone onto the quilt, no longer replying to Ye Su's messages.

Ye Su waited for a while, but didn't receive a reply from Li Mengyao, assuming she was still busy with something, so he didn't take it to heart.

It was Friday, time to improve his quality of life again.

Seeing that the time was about right, Ye Su drove to the downstairs of Chen Xinyi's company, and while waiting for her, he used a delivery app to pick a restaurant that looked like something he would enjoy.

It was also at this moment that Ye Su realized why netizens always said that the [Engels Coefficient] was not suitable for China at all.

Ever since he bound the system, his wallet started to bulge, and he didn't lack money to spend.

In other areas, Ye Su didn't feel much of a difference, at most he went from taking the subway to driving.

However, in terms of eating and drinking, his standards had truly risen in a straight line.

Like other countrymen, when they have a bit of money, they can't wait to spend it all on food.

With such a unique consumption style, it would be a miracle if the [Engels Coefficient] actually fit.