Rebirth: I have Monopoly System

Chapter 141: Chapter 141: Bid Opening

"What do you mean, ’what’s up’?! Getting a boyfriend is a huge deal, and you’re only telling me now! Where is he from? Let me tell you! I don’t want someone from far away! Too far and you’d barely be back twice a year. But I don’t want someone too close either! Too close and you’ll be running home every other day!"

Because Wen Meng had the phone on speaker, Wu Yun clearly heard her mother’s fierce words. But Wu Yun thought it was completely normal, very Sichuan! After all, the Ba Shu region was famous for producing henpecked husbands.

Wen Meng said with dissatisfaction, "Oh, Mom, can you please stop trying to control everything! It’s too early to be talking about this!"

"How is it too early? Now is the perfect time! After you graduate and work for two years, you can have kids! Hurry up and tell me, where is he from? How old is he? What does he do?" Wen Meng’s mother fired off the three classic questions that concern every parent.

Wu Yun pointed at the phone, signaling that he wanted to talk to Wen Meng’s mother, but Wen Meng waved her hand to refuse.

"His name is Wu Yun, he’s from Jingyang, he’s eighteen, and he’s a freshman at our university!" Wen Meng replied in a helpless tone, her voice like a broken record.

"Oh! So you’re robbing the cradle! But that’s okay. Even if it’s not the grand prize, it’s still a pretty good catch."

Mrs. Wen’s comment made Wen Meng cringe. How could she talk about her own daughter like that? It would be so embarrassing if Wu Yun heard.

She turned her head and, sure enough, Wu Yun was holding back a smile.

"The young man must be quite handsome, otherwise you wouldn’t have been so shameless as to chase after him! Send a picture later so the whole family can have a look."

As expected, a mother knows her child best.

"What does the young man’s family do? Your aunt mentioned his family is very well-off! I haven’t even seen your social media post yet!"

Wen Meng hadn’t had a chance to speak, and she seized the brief pause in her mother’s speech. "Oh, Mom! Are you running a background check on him? Why are you asking so many questions!"

"Isn’t this all for your own good! Understanding his character and his family situation will benefit you in the future!"

Wen Meng’s mother paused for a moment before continuing.

"Our family might not be exceptionally wealthy, but we’re considered middle-class here in Mianzhou. Otherwise, where would we have gotten the money to send you to dance classes? If his family isn’t well-off, he can just be a live-in son-in-law. If his family is well-off, then that’s even better!"

Wu Yun had a very good impression of his future mother-in-law. At least she wasn’t like those families who only ever talked about money, as if they were selling their own daughter.

"Alright, alright! We can talk about this later!" After saying that, Wen Meng prepared to hang up.

Wen Meng’s mother seemed to have foreseen it. "Meng Meng! Be safe—"

The call disconnected.

Wen Meng let out a long sigh of relief, then turned to Wu Yun with a smile. "Don’t be scared. My mom’s bark is worse than her bite. She’s actually a very nice person."

Wu Yun kept one hand on the steering wheel and reached out with his right, placing it on Wen Meng’s thigh. "I could tell. Everything she said was for your own good."

"When you have time, how about I go home with you to visit?"

"Really? Let’s wait a bit. I’ll go home first and see what the situation is," Wen Meng said, her face first lighting up with joy before she made her decision.

"Okay! Just let me know when you’ve decided!"

"Mwah! I knew you were the best!" Wen Meng added in her heart, ’If only you belonged only to me!’

...

「A few days passed in the blink of an eye.」

Wu Yun didn’t attend the school’s military training. Instead, he would show up at the company each day to slack off, then pick up Wen Meng for lunch and dinner.

During these few days, Wu Yun had expected Li Yuantao to make a big move, but all he did was have the forum posts about him and Wen Meng arriving for registration in a Lamborghini pinned and featured. Everything else, including the rehearsals for the performance, was normal.

As for the three songs for the performance, Wu Yun had already decided. The first would be the originally planned "As Long As You Love Me." The second would be the Japanese theme song from *Slam Dunk*, "Until the End of the World." The third, a backup, would be the Russian song "Moscow Nights."

Wu Yun just wanted to show off a little and, at the same time, see what Li Yuantao was plotting.

Just in case, Wu Yun even spent money to buy two instruments: an electronic keyboard and a guitar.

If someone tried to mess with the backing track, he could just buy the Skills to accompany himself on an instrument and sing.

Of course, these were all minor details. After preparing everything, Wu Yun sent the list to Zhao Yuqing and didn’t think about it again.

On September 20th, the last day of military training, the final review performance was held.

Wu Yun had wanted to go watch, but he had to attend the bid opening meeting for the shared bike insurance, so he had to drop the idea.

The bid opening was held in the conference room of the Little Red Car Company.

At nine o’clock, all five bidding insurance companies had arrived early.

The staff from the consulting agency first verified the identities of the bidding representatives and the seals on the bid documents. Only after this step was completed did they announce the start of the bid opening.

Wu Yun sat in the main seat, his face calm but his mind curious about the bidding process. He had only heard about such things before but had never experienced it.

The sealed manila envelopes from the five companies were opened, and the bid books, prepared according to the tender documents, were taken out.

The bids for this tender were divided into commercial documents and other documents, with one original and two copies of each.

The commercial documents mainly consisted of responses and additions to the clauses in the tender document, as well as the preferential terms and quotes offered by each company.

The other documents included each company’s business license, solvency information, and case studies of similar claims.

The tender documents had been prepared by Li Qiuliang and other relevant personnel, together with the consulting firm. By providing certain specific clauses and allowing the insurance companies to add their own supplements and quotes, the final decision would be made by selecting the insurance company with the best overall value through a comprehensive evaluation.

"The reading of the bids will now begin!"

"Huaxia Ping’an Insurance Co., Ltd. First clause: short-term personal accident insurance for riders. The insurance amount is divided into accidental injury coverage and accidental injury medical coverage. The maximum coverage for accidental injury is 300,000 yuan, and the maximum for accidental injury medical is 10,000 yuan. If an accident occurs while riding in severe weather, the user will receive double compensation."

"Second clause: If a user has an accident due to a defect with the bicycle itself, resulting in death or disability, or causing third-party personal injury or property damage, and Little Red Car is held financially liable by a judicial or administrative authority, this compensation will be covered by Ping’an Company."

"Third clause..."

...

"The second company is a life insurance company..."

"The third is Zhong An Insurance..."

"The fourth is..."

"The fifth is..."

You had to admire the recorder from the consulting agency. Their fingers flew across the keyboard as if they had eight arms.

Every word read by the bid announcer was recorded verbatim on the public screen for everyone present to see.

Soon, the announcer had read out the terms from all the companies.