Chapter 162: Competition of Wealth?

The phone's luxurious appearance and grand design immediately attracted many people's attention.

Cao Ruobing was initially surprised, not expecting Ye Bufan to have such a good phone.

However, she then realized that this phone was neither the popular Fruit brand on the market nor the famous Huawei; in fact, she didn't even recognize the phone's logo.

He then mocked, "Haha…haha…haha…I wondered why you didn't want to show your phone to everyone; it turns out you're just using a no-name brand."

"It looks good, the technology for imitation goods is really getting better and better now, but unfortunately, it's worthless."

Yang Jincai grabbed the phone and showed it to his classmates one by one, chuckling, "Have any of you seen a phone of this brand?"

Most of the people present were ordinary individuals living at the bottom of society; few had seen such luxury phones, and even fewer had heard of the brand. Everyone shook their heads.

Yang Jincai became even more smug, finally handing the phone to Du Juan: "Du Juan, show Ye Bufan this phone and see how much it's worth. See if it can compare to a single button on Da Shao's phone."

After his antics, all the classmates present had mocking expressions, except for Du Juan, whose expression was serious.

She reached out and took the phone, examining it carefully from top to bottom, then said with an excited expression, "This is Vertu's new model for this year, with a nationwide uniform price of 358,000."

"Did you hear that? What kind of crappy phone is this? It only costs 358,000. How can it compare to Da Shao's latest Fruit model…"

Yang Jincai said this with a mocking expression, then suddenly realized something was wrong, and the smile on his face instantly vanished.

"Du Juan, what did you say? How much did you say this phone costs?"

Everyone else's expressions also changed. No one expected the price Du Juan quoted to be so high—over 300,000. Wouldn't that be dozens of times more expensive than Sun Dongwei's?

Then everyone shook their heads again. How could there be such an expensive phone?

They were just ordinary people; in their minds, Fruit phones were already the highest-end existence. They had never imagined there could be anything more expensive.

Du Juan said, "358,000, this phone is worth 358,000!"

Cao Ruobing exclaimed with an incredulous look, "How is that possible? How can a no-name brand phone be so expensive?"

Du Juan said, "This is not a no-name brand; this is a Vertu phone."

Xu Qiuyuan asked, "What brand is Vertu? Is it better than Fruit?

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Du Juan said, "Fruit, Huawei, Samsung—no matter how high-end the models of these phone brands are, they are commonly used and can be seen anywhere on the street.

Vertu, however, is different. It is a luxury item among phones, only truly wealthy people can afford it, and it's rarely seen in daily life.

The one in Ye Bufan's hand is Vertu's latest model this year. Aside from custom-made phones, it is the most expensive, with a global uniform price of 358,000."

After speaking, she carefully returned the phone to Ye Bufan. She was just a phone salesperson with a monthly salary of a few thousand yuan; she couldn't afford any scratches to this phone.

After her introduction, everyone in the private room was stunned. No one expected such a phone to be so expensive.

Cao Ruobing's face burned. She had just called his phone a no-name brand, but it turned out to be a luxury item among phones. It was her own ignorance.

Yang Jincai was the same. He originally thought that Ye Bufan, from a poor family, must be using a cheap phone worth a few hundred yuan, but it turned out he pulled out something worth over 300,000.

He had just been clamoring for someone to be humiliated, and now he was truly humiliated, and quite resoundingly.

Now, it wasn't that Ye Bufan's phone was inferior to a single button on Sun Dongwei's; it was that all of their phones combined couldn't even match half of his.

Xu Qiuyuan said, "Du Juan, are you mistaken? How could he use such an expensive phone? Is it a fake?"

Du Juan said, "Other phone brands might have fake versions—Fruit has them, Huawei has them, Samsung has them—but Vertu doesn't.

Think about it, ordinary people don't recognize this brand, so who would buy a fake phone?

And those who do recognize this brand are from the upper class; how could they buy fakes? They'd be laughed at if discovered."

"This…"

Xu Qiuyuan was speechless, and everyone else also dismissed the idea that the phone was fake.

Gao Daqiang punched Ye Bufan on the shoulder and chuckled, "When did you get so well-off, kid? Even your phone costs over 300,000?"

Among those present, he was the only one genuinely happy for Ye Bufan. His good brother had become successful, and he felt no jealousy, only joy.

Ye Bufan waved his hand, "It's just a communication tool, nothing big."

He then put the phone away.

"It's just a phone, what's so great about it? At most, it's only 300,000. My Dongwei's

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car is 1,000,000."

It was Cao Ruobing speaking. At this moment, her emotions were somewhat out of control, and she slapped a string of Mercedes keys onto the dining table.

Unlike others, she had been rejected by Ye Bufan back then, so she couldn't accept his excellence, couldn't accept that his phone alone cost over three hundred thousand.

Subconsciously, since she had chosen Sun Dongwei, Sun Dongwei should be more excellent and richer, and Ye Bufan deserved to be poor his entire life.

Because of this, she couldn't bear this huge psychological gap now. Since she couldn't win with phones, she immediately brought out her newly bought Mercedes.

"That's right, a phone is nothing. My top-of-the-line Highlander also costs over 400,000."

Yang Jincai was also filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred for Ye Bufan's phone. He pulled out a set of car keys and slammed them onto the table.

Strictly speaking, comparing a car to a phone is inherently asymmetrical, or as ordinary people would say, a bit undignified.

But there was no other way now; he could only use this method to preserve his pitiful self-esteem. In his opinion, anyone could be richer than him, except for Ye Bufan.

Looking at the two aggressive individuals, Ye Bufan shook his head slightly, finding it truly meaningless.

However, this expression in Cao Ruobing's eyes turned into mockery. She again exclaimed, "What car do you drive? Take it out and let everyone see."

Sun Dongwei had been sitting there silently, originally wanting to show off his strength in front of Zhao Xiaodie, but Ye Bufan had stolen his thunder.

Although he didn't directly stand up, he didn't mind his woman and lackey fiercely stepping on this oblivious classmate.

Ye Bufan said, "This is just a class reunion, not a wealth competition. There's no need to compare like this."

"Not a wealth competition? I think you have no wealth to compete with!" Yang Jincai said, "You were originally a poor man; how could you possibly have a car?"

Gao Daqiang shouted, "What's wrong with not having a car? Is it shameful not to have a car? We're all classmates; there's no need to be so snobbish."

Cao Ruobing said with a mocking expression, "A grown man without even a car, and he still has the nerve to say it's not shameful. I'm embarrassed for you."

Yang Jincai said with a mocking expression, "Gao Daqiang, you and Ye Bufan, you poor people, are destined to be poor. If anyone can produce a car, I'll call you Dad today!"

He spoke with full confidence because he had seen it when he arrived: Ye Bufan had walked in, and Gao Daqiang had ridden an electric bicycle.