Becoming a Russian Oligarch After Rebirth
Chapter 417: A Female Classmate Is Looking For You_1

Chapter 417: Chapter 417: A Female Classmate Is Looking For You_1

"This...all of this is Moutai and Zhonghua? How...how much money are we talking about here?"

Everyone present recognized the brands. They rarely had exposure to Moutai liquor and Zhonghua cigarettes, but they had an approximate idea of the cost.

So when they saw these few boxes of Feitian Moutai and Zhonghua cigarettes, everyone collectively started to salivate.

Tens of thousands of CNY, for those living in little county towns in the mainland, it wasn’t a small sum at all!

If one was using this amount of money to buy a car or land, others could understand. But to use so much money to buy a few cartons of liquor and cigarettes...

Using layman terms, this kind of behavior was excessively lavish!

Wang Ye’s dad came back to his senses, found the carton of Zhonghua cigarettes, tear off the seal on top, opened it and found it stuffed tight with packages of red Zhonghua!

His outstretched hand was slightly trembling, this was all money!

Even though he knew very well that his son was becoming a rich man, and a box of Zhonghua probably meant nothing to him, as a father, he still couldn’t help but feel pained...

What a wasteful child, spending so much on cigarettes, and even Zhonghua!

He took out a carton of cigarettes, opened it up, and generously gave two boxes to each neighbor.

Everyone smiled awkwardly and accepted the cigarettes, no one declined. After all, even a packet of such cigarettes was worth a hundred CNY...

After passing around the cigarettes, Wang Ye’s dad chatted with everyone for a while, then went to start the car, and went out cruising around.

When the Mercedes Benz’s engine started, and that "Growl" sound roared out, the neighbors finally got a taste of what a two million-dollar luxury car felt like!

Driving the Mercedes Benz carefully on the spacious cement road from the south to the north, then from north to south, after two rounds, Wang Ye’s dad spotted an open garage on the side of the road and hurried over to get the car cleaned.

After the dust on the body of the car was cleaned, the Mercedes Benz seemed completely transformed. With its shiny black finish and imposing figure, anyone who knew something about cars could tell that it was a luxury car!

......

Wang Ye, of course, was oblivious to what was happening outside.

He was at home, drinking porridge and chatting with his mom.

Today, his mom was wearing the mink coat Wang Ye had brought back, and you got to say, it made her look several years younger.

The coat was beautiful indeed, but it was inconvenient for doing chores. Whenever she wanted to do something, she had to be extremely careful not to scratch or damage it.

After a while, she couldn’t stand it anymore. She took off the mink coat and swapped it with her old down jacket. She instantly felt much more relaxed.

"The coat is fine, but... it’s uncomfortable to wear. This is not a kind of coat that a regular worker like me could wear." His mother sighed.

It was true though. With a cost of tens of thousands of US dollars, most people couldn’t afford such a coat...

But Wang Ye just smiled and reassured her. "Don’t worry too much. It’s just a coat, after all. You can wear it as you like. If it gets damaged, I’ll bring you two more next year."

His mother quickly shook her head. "No! This kind of coat is too expensive. Having one for visiting relatives is already enough, no one really wears this kind of coat at home."

Seeing his mother insist, Wang Ye just shook his head, not trying to persuade her anymore.

His mom had been prudent throughout her life, even if he was (suddenly) becoming wealthy. Her living habits would not change overnight, and he didn’t intend to force his parents to change.

"By the way, there are still a few days before the Spring Festival. What are your plans?" His mother asked again.

Wang Ye was taken aback momentarily, then replied instinctively, "Not doing anything, just staying at home and spending time with you and dad."

It seemed that his mother was not quite satisfied with his answer. "You’re a college student now. It wouldn’t do to stay at home all day during your break. You should go out and have fun. Do your high school classmates not organize reunions or something during the New Year? Oh right, last Spring Festival when you didn’t come home, one of your high school classmates came by to look for you."

Last Spring Festival...

At that time, Wang Ye had only been in Moscow for just over a month, and of course he did not come back for the New Year.

However, a high school classmate coming to look for him was quite surprising to Wang Ye. He seemed to recall there weren’t many classmates who knew where he lived. Who could it be?

"Who came to find me, do you know their name?" Wang Ye asked.

"It was a girl. She said her name was something...oh my memory! I can’t remember it!" His mother frowned and thought for a while, but she couldn’t recall the girl’s name.

It was normal for his mom could not recall after a year, and Wang Ye did not take it to heart.

"Right, you young people like to surf the internet, right? Your dad applied for dial-up internet a while ago, and the computer in the study can be used. If you want to surf the internet, go ahead." His mother reminded him.

Wang Ye’s family was probably one of the first in the county to have a computer, having obtained one when Wang Ye was in his first year of high school.

He didn’t know how they got it, but it appeared it didn’t cost them anything.

However, a computer from four years ago, was now practically an antique; it had that spherical CRT monitor, a flat box-shaped computer, and as for its specifications, it was just about usable...

This time Wang Ye brought back home an IBM THINKPAD T series laptop, the highest configuration!

The price was not cheap, about 50,000 CNY.

He wasn’t really interested in using the home computer, but being able to dial up to the internet was good news.

When they graduated from high school, the classmates didn’t keep many means of contact with each other, because none of them had computers or mobile phones, and almost none had a QQ account...

Moreover, since Wang Ye had gone abroad, their connection had been severed.

If he wanted to find his old classmates now, it wouldn’t be easy.

However, this wasn’t a problem for Wang Ye, as he remembered that the most popular site at the time was the ChinaRen Alumni Directory.

A few days ago in the capital, he saw ChinaRen Alumni Directory’s advertisements all over. At this point in time, this website should be quite popular in China, since it hasn’t been acquired by Sohu yet and was in its best operating period.

He still remembered those two ad slogans.

"Go on ChinaRen Alumni Directory, I’ll be waiting for you."

"Go on ChinaRen Alumni Directory, don’t be late."

......

After eating, with his dad still out cruising, Wang Ye went upstairs to the study, took out his laptop, and dialed up the internet.

The internet speed at this time was incredibly slow, both domestically and abroad, so Wang Ye rarely used the computer for work.

However, when it came to surfing the internet, he was far from unfamiliar.

After turning on the computer and connecting to the internet, he expertly typed in the URL for ChinaRen and pressed ENTER.

After waiting a few seconds, the simple main page of ChinaRen appeared on the laptop screen.

Selecting province, region, county town...

Wang Ye’s hometown was a small county town with only two high schools. Therefore, the alumni directories for the two high schools were displayed.

As for middle school, while middle school students in big cities perhaps might have already been online, that was not the case for small towns.

Inside the alumni directory of his high school, there were sections for different graduating classes. Clearly, all were created by old alumni who were in college now. Wang Ye easily found his class.