Chapter 150: Hurry, Come Rescue Me!

The weather in May is like the face of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl—changes at the drop of a hat.

When she just stepped out of the ‘Shi Ning Ji’ store, the sun was shining brightly.

But after just a few minutes of riding, the sky suddenly darkened.

Then—

Boom!

A bolt of lightning streaked across the clouds overhead.

Seeing this, Miss Jiang quickly searched for a place to shelter from the rain.

She stood still.

A few seconds later—

Whooosh…

A torrential downpour poured from the sky, as if the heavens were trying to dump all their water down to earth.

Looking at the heavy rain, it clearly wasn’t going to stop anytime soon.

Miss Jiang thought for a moment, then took out her phone and dialed a certain paparazzi secretary’s number.

Two rings.

The moment the call connected, a sweet voice answered:

“Boss! What are your orders?”

“Your boss is surrounded by heavy rain—hurry and come rescue me!”

“You got it! I’ll be right there to save you!”

After giving her location, Miss Jiang hung up.

The rainy scenery was beautiful.

But staring at it too long became tiresome.

So, Miss Jiang looked around idly.

She was currently standing at the entrance of a liquor and tobacco shop.

To the left was a pharmacy—lit up like electricity didn’t cost a cent.

God knows how those places make money; there wasn’t a soul inside.

To the right was a fabric store, probably the kind where you buy cloth and get custom clothes made.

Miss Jiang wasn’t interested in that, so she looked farther ahead.

Then she spotted a bicycle shop.

It even seemed to be a sports brand.

Jiang Ning stood there for a moment.

Then she simply wheeled her bicycle through the drizzle to the entrance of that shop.

She parked and looked up.

Antjie.

A name brand, as expected.

“Hey there, sheltering from the rain?”

At the sound of a voice, Jiang Ning looked over and saw a man in his early thirties sitting in a chair, spinning the tire of an upside-down bicycle.

“Yeah, the rain’s too heavy outside. Do you mind?”

“No problem, come on in.”

With his permission, Miss Jiang propped her bike on the steps beside the shop, then entered the name-brand bicycle store.

And sure enough—

It lived up to its name.

These bikes—whether in design, color, or price—were all quite distinct.

At a glance, the few discounted sports bikes in the center of the hall were each priced at over a thousand yuan.

Not to mention those fierce-looking mountain bikes hanging on the wall.

“What do you think? Like any of them?”

“They’re all nice…”

“Want to pick one?”

“Can’t afford it…”

“No worries, I’ll give you a discount.”

Unexpectedly, the young shop owner was very enthusiastic. Jiang Ning quickly waved her hand and declined:

“No, no, the one I’m riding is perfectly fine.”

Hearing that, the owner glanced outside.

When he saw the pink bicycle Miss Jiang rode, he chuckled in surprise:

“A Yongjiu, huh?”

“Yeah, it’s pretty durable.”

Miss Jiang just gave a silly smile in response to the teasing.

At that moment, her eyes caught sight of a few rugged-looking bicycles in the corner.

Well, not exactly rugged—just larger than average.

And under the main frame, they had a large square box attached.

Noticing this, Miss Jiang raised her brows in surprise and walked over.

“Those are electric bicycles,” the young owner’s voice explained.

Jiang Ning nodded, her eyes examining the front of the bikes.

“Why aren’t there price tags?”

“How much are these?”

“2,999 yuan. If you want one, I can do 2,800.”

The shop owner clearly knew how to do business—he gave a price off the bat.

Miss Jiang could only shake her head helplessly.

“The price isn’t bad… they’re just so ugly.”

She didn’t expect that as soon as she said that, a woman’s voice came from the back of the shop:

“Girl, you’re absolutely right.”

“I’ve always thought those e-bikes were ugly.”

“And they’re not even cheap.”

Following the voice, Jiang Ning saw a woman with a sweet face and a round figure walking toward the electric bikes, looking full of disdain.

She patted one of the silver e-bikes.

“If they looked a bit better, they probably wouldn’t be this hard to sell.”

“Are they hard to sell?” Jiang Ning asked curiously.

The next second, the lady boss sighed dramatically:

“Ugh, don’t even get me started.”

“Just yesterday, a couple asked about this e-bike. Wanted to buy it for their daughter for school.”

“But when they brought her over, the girl refused to buy it no matter what.”

“Said it was too ugly, and riding it to school would make her a laughingstock.”

Is it really that bad? Jiang Ning imagined riding that thing to school, and if Luo Shanshan and the other girls saw her…

Okay.

Maybe not full-on ridicule.

But she’d definitely get a lot of weird looks.

“If there was a good-looking and compact electric bike, would you consider stocking it?” she asked.

“Good-looking and compact? Do those even exist?” the owner flipped a bike upright while rubbing the tire, raising his own doubt.

Just then—

A girl wearing a cap walked in from outside.

She strode over to the lady boss, handed her a flyer, and said cheerfully:

“Here’s a stylish and compact electric bike.”

“If you’re interested, feel free to contact us.”

—————

Ten minutes later.

The rain was still falling.

But inside the car, it was unusually quiet.

Jiang Ning curled up in the seat, studying a colorful flyer in her hands.

She examined it for a long time.

“Which of these new models do you think will sell best?” she asked.

“The Xiao Ning No. 3.”

“Why?”

She pointed at the small electric bike with a red flame decal on the flyer, puzzled.

“Because of the color?”

At a red light, Wang Jianguo glanced at the flyer in her hands and said:

“Boss, don’t you think out of the three, this smallest one looks the best?”

The smallest one…

Jiang Ning’s eyes dropped back to the flyer.

The three electric bikes were divided into large, medium, and small categories.

Named Xiao Ning No. 1, 2, and 3.

Model No. 1 was the biggest—designed like a scooter, using a high-capacity lead-acid battery.

60v, 40 km range…

Model No. 2 resembled a regular bicycle more, with its battery hidden under the seat.

It looked nearly identical to a normal bike.

Battery capacity was average—48v, 30 km range…

As for Model No. 3, the one Wang Jianguo mentioned—Its design and frame were the smallest of the three.

It also used a 24v battery, with a range of just 15 km.

But—Judging from her tone, It sounded like Xiao Ning No. 3 was actually the most popular one.

Jiang Ning thought hard but couldn’t come to a conclusion.

Because all three models were still in pre-sale.

The lead-acid battery production line had just been set up.

The factory processes weren’t complete yet.

They didn’t even have samples.

The first production batch wouldn’t be ready for at least half a month.

Yet even so—Jiang Ning had already put the factory’s marketing department to work.

After all—If they waited until the bikes were made to start building the market…

Too much time would be wasted going back and forth like that.

Time is money.

On this point, no one understands it better than Miss Jiang.

(End of Chapter)