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Chapter 941: Exorbitantly Priced Cigarettes

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After the family dinner, the Huang family politely escorted the Jiang family to their car and only returned home after the car had left. This made the Jiang family feel the respect that the Huang family had for them.

Principal Jiang sat in his chair with a radiant face, stroking his sparse hair with one hand, and remarked with admiration, "Your in-laws are such nice people, so approachable."

Ji Lan said with no small amount of pride, "You're right. Back then, I even asked someone to inquire about it. Otherwise, how could I have felt at ease letting Da Rong date Huang Dahai?"

Ji Lan brought up the past again.

Jiang Shan and Wu Xin were unaware of this matter, and upon hearing this, they immediately became interested, especially Wu Xin.

She turned around from the front row and looked at her mother-in-law, asking, "Mom, what's going on? Tell us!"

Ji Lan glanced at her daughter-in-law: "Don't you already know about this?"

"I know that Da Rong and Da Hai were introduced by someone back then. I really didn't know when you asked someone to inquire about this. Do you know Jiang Shan?" Wu Xin even asked the man.

Jiang Shan replied truthfully, "I don't know either."

Seeing that her son and daughter-in-law seemed eager to find out the truth, Ji Lan opened up: "Actually, it's quite normal. Parents always want to be involved in their children's marriages. Da Rong is different from you two; you fell in love freely, so I didn't worry about it much. At that time, we didn't know much about the Huang family, so we only heard some things from the matchmaker. Sometimes, you can't completely trust what the matchmaker says, so I asked someone to inquire and found out that the Huang family was a respectable family. Only then did I truly agree to Da Rong and Da Hai's relationship."

Wu Xin agreed, saying, "It has to be our mom. How could I not have thought of that?" Wu Xin paused here, glancing at her daughter who was busy texting in the passenger seat, "When Fei Fei has a boyfriend in the future, I should learn from our mom and find out more about the guy's family."

After arriving home, Principal Jiang, still tipsy, took a shower and went to bed. However, his wife, Ji Lan, discovered the two cartons of cigarettes he had brought back. Without even asking, she knew that they must have been given to him by his father-in-law. She couldn't help but glare angrily at Principal Jiang, who was already snoring.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up the two packs of cigarettes and went upstairs to find her daughter, Jiang Rong. However, when she passed by the living room, she saw her son, daughter-in-law, and daughter Jiang Rong sitting there, chatting about something.

"Mom!" Jiang Rong saw her elderly mother coming towards her with two packs of cigarettes, but she didn't know what was going on.

Ji Lan angrily placed two packs of cigarettes on the coffee table, pointed at them and said to Jiang Rong, "Your dad is really shameless. We've already treated your in-laws quite well, and he still has the nerve to take their gifts. Could you return these to your father-in-law when you have time? Besides, I'm planning to get your dad to quit smoking. He coughs terribly when it gets cold."

Jiang Rong laughed and said, "Mom, I think we should forget about it. My father-in-law has already given these cigarettes to my dad, so it's not appropriate to take them back."

When Jiang Shan saw the two cartons of cigarettes, his eyes widened. He remembered this kind of cigarette. Once, he saw a news article online that said a tobacco group in China had produced a batch of cigarettes, with each carton costing as much as 30,000 yuan. That is to say, a pack of cigarettes costs 3,000 yuan, and each cigarette costs 150 yuan.

These two packs of cigarettes look exactly like the ones in the news photos. Could these be the same kind of cigarettes? This is the first time he's ever seen them in person.

He gasped, reaching out to touch it. He wondered if he'd drunk too much and was seeing things. He needed to confirm, and the result was obvious: the two packs of cigarettes were genuine. This was very special, because there was no such method for producing cigarettes at that time.

He swallowed hard and advised, "Da Rong, you should take this cigarette back to Da Hai's father!"

Jiang Rong was puzzled when she saw that her brother also supported returning the cigarettes: "Why? It's just two packs of cigarettes!"

Jiang Shan realized that his sister didn't know the price of the cigarettes either.

He had no choice but to ask, "Do you know how much a carton of these cigarettes costs?"

"How much?" Jiang Rong didn't care. In her opinion, a pack of cigarettes cost at most a thousand yuan.

Jiang Shan held up three fingers: "These cigarettes cost 30,000 yuan a carton."

Ji Lan initially thought her son was referring to the three thousand yuan a pack of cigarettes when he held up three fingers, but she was shocked to learn that he actually meant thirty thousand.

"What? Thirty thousand?"

Jiang Rong and Wu Xin both exclaimed in surprise at the same time, "Thirty thousand?"

Jiang Rong then thought Jiang Shan was joking with her: "Brother, don't joke with us, this isn't funny at this hour."

Jiang Shan panicked: "I'm not kidding you guys, these cigarettes really do cost 30,000 yuan a carton. I saw the report online, that's why I remember it so clearly."

After a long pause, Ji Lan spoke up: "You can't accept these cigarettes, Da Rong. You should send them back to your father-in-law tomorrow. Your dad can't afford to smoke such expensive cigarettes! This isn't something he should be smoking."

Jiang Rong nodded in agreement this time; she hadn't expected the cigarettes to be so expensive.

On the way back to Huang Xiaochuan, Gao Song told him about Jiang Rong's private request to him.

Huang Xiaochuan nodded: "Okay, I understand. Go and make the arrangements!"

These are all minor matters, just arranging an internship. Let alone an internship, arranging a job is not a big deal either. However, it is impossible to arrange a management position from the beginning; one must start from the bottom.

Gao Song could have chosen not to tell him about this, but he did, which shows that he knows his limits, knows when to advance and retreat, and doesn't act on his own. Although he agreed to it first because Jiang Rong was his boss's sister-in-law, he reported it to his boss truthfully afterwards, which shows that he knows what he should and shouldn't do.

This made Huang Xiaochuan even more satisfied with Gao Song. He said to Gao Song, "Tomorrow, go and talk to HR about raising your annual salary by 30."

Gao Song was taken aback at first, because he had just adjusted his annual salary last year. According to company regulations, the annual salary would be adjusted again at the end of the year. In this way, he would get a raise in advance, and it would not affect the salary adjustment at the end of the year. At the end of the year, the annual salary would be adjusted according to company regulations based on the new adjustment. He quickly realized that this was a reward from the big boss.

He quickly expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Huang!"

In addition to his annual salary, Gao Song also received some shares in Kerui Pharmaceuticals. Although Kerui Pharmaceuticals is not listed, these internally traded shares are currently worth tens of millions. If KRB01 is listed and sold, his shares could easily double in value, and doubling would be a conservative estimate.