I Raised a Big Boss in the 90s

He Donglin brought some of the machines. He wanted 5,000 units. It’s just that he was afraid that Su Weiwei’s sales would not be able to keep up. He would have to bring them back. So he brought a part of it first. If it can be sold out, the rest will be left. Just find someone to drag it from the suburban warehouse.

"Are you planning to do activities in the bookstore?" Su Weiwei fixed the event venue in the bookstore, which surprised He Donglin. Although he had thought about holding publicity lectures in the bookstore before, it was all related to technology, but when it comes to sales, bookstores are not. Especially suitable.

Su Weiwei hooked his lips, "Yes, I plan to try."

"Do you want me to help you contact other venues?"

"No, the bookstore is pretty good, and..." She wants to talk about cooperation with the bookstore owner.

When Su Weiwei came in with the child, the bookstore owner was putting the books to be sold on the door. This time the bookstore received a sales task and needed to sell a set of political-related books, many hardcover books, and the sales volume of this book. It’s always been bad, and the bookstore also has a headache after receiving the task, but when the task is up and down, the books that should be sold have to be sold, otherwise the task will not be completed and the face will not look good. Thinking about this, the bookstore owner’s face will not look good.

"Boss, I..."

"Walk around!" The boss was in a bad mood, and said without looking up, "We don't accept sales, you want to sell things to other places."

Su Weiwei has been here in the past two days, and he is generally impressed. Goodbye, Su Weiwei is holding the BP machine and the paging station's leaflets. He immediately assumed that Su Weiwei was here to distribute the flyers, so he didn't have a good face. Su Weiwei didn't care, and just smiled: "Boss, how much is your book?"

Upon hearing that she was going to buy a book, the boss suddenly looked up, and then looked at her in surprise, "You want to buy a book? This set?"

"Of course, this book is beautifully bound, unique in design, and it writes about national events with positive energy. It is especially suitable for people like me who need ideological education to read." Su Weiwei said with a red heart on his face.

People around her frequently look at her. This kind of reading is obscure and difficult. If you don't like the leader of XX, there is no need to buy it back to occupy a place.

When the boss heard that she was going to buy it, he immediately smiled. His bookstore has a very good business and the people who bought the books are logical. He doesn’t need to be happy because of this list. It’s just that the book is really hard to sell. It takes up more space in this bookstore. There was no place for the book at all, and he was very worried. When he heard that someone wanted to buy the book home, he was excited to not want it.

"Little girl, are you very enlightened! Yes, yes, yes, we all need to improve our mental realm through reading. It is good for you to have this kind of enlightenment. Then, if you want, I will give you 18 sets! Look, the price of this book is not cheap. You can buy such a stack of books for 18 yuan, which is simply a bargain."

Su Weiwei couldn't help laughing, "18 yuan, right? So, let me order 5000 copies of your book, and I promise to sell it for you within a week."

When the boss heard the words, his smile was stagnant. Hearing that Su Wei wanted to buy such a set, he was not only unhappy, but rather complicated. 5000 sets? He was already scolding in his heart. Does she understand the concept of 5000 sets? Is this the fool who is doing MLM tricks on him? Isn't it because you want to use him to do illegal things? Otherwise, he really couldn't think of any way to sell 5,000 copies of such a slow-moving book.

The boss frowned, and his face was beware, "Little girl, you can eat rice, but you can’t talk nonsense. Do you know the concept of 5000 sets of books? There are several books in this set, and 5000 sets of books may not be able to be put down in my bookstore, and I To tell you the truth, this book is really hard to sell. I haven’t sold 3 sets for a month. The price is expensive and it’s not a professional book. The ones that came to buy were from related units. They came to complete the task. 5000 sets."

The boss snorted coldly, the meaning was very clear, thinking that Su Weiwei must be fooling him.

Su Weiwei couldn't help but smile: "Boss, you can't talk nonsense, but you can't eat food. Since I have spoken, I will definitely help you achieve your sales goals. If you don't believe it, we will make a bet. If I can't get it done. Sales, I'll give you a fine of 1,000 yuan, if I finish it..."

The boss became interested and asked with a smile: "If you are done, what do you want? Let me give you 1,000 yuan? I don't have that much money for you."

"No, I don't want your money. I only want you to share a copy of the previous monthly examination papers of Weihai High School and give it to you, and then share your copy of the study book and the notes of the champion."

The boss smiled unclearly. He stared at Su Weiwei for a long time, as if he wanted to see her purpose and plan from her young face. However, unexpectedly, although she was gentle and polite, she spoke slowly, and his eyes also Always smiling, it seems to be easy to pass away, but in those eyes it makes people unable to see the emotions.

Su Weiwei’s request is not excessive at all. After all, the review book and the champion note were obtained by their bookstore in previous years. They are printed and sold every year. The students from the school next door will come over to buy a set. The sales are good. Wei Hai’s monthly exam paper is here. There are also many monthly examination papers from previous years. They were obtained for the purpose of binding them into books and selling them to students from other schools. These items can be bought for less than 20 yuan, even if he does not give them, but if Su Weiwei really wants to get them , You can get things with a little money, it would be better for him to take this opportunity to accept the bet.

20 yuan to 1,000 yuan, he won't lose no matter how much he counts. Besides, although this kind of book is not profitable, if it sells a lot, it can be praised by the top and gain a good reputation, which will help the elite of the bookstore in the future.

Moreover, he wanted to see what Su Weiwei was going to do.

The boss pushed his glasses and smiled, "Okay! That's a deal. When will you start selling books for me?"

"Right now."

"Okay, little girl, don't cry if you lose 1,000 yuan! To prevent you from cheating, let's make a note!" the boss asked tentatively, wanting to say that if Su Weiwei was fooling him, she would definitely not dare to make a note. Yes, but who knew that Su Weiwei immediately agreed.

"I can't ask for it." Su Wei raised his eyebrows and smiled.

He Donglin furrowed his brows and looked at Su Weiwei's back with a scrutiny gaze. In winter, most people wore very bloated. Su Weiwei also wore a plain cotton-padded jacket. If most people wear this way, they have to look like a bear, but her The legs are straight and slender, wearing a wide cotton-padded jacket that looks broad and loose, adding a bit of thinness to the beauty.

The person on the paging station has already arrived. He probably guessed what she wanted to do. If he was only surprised just now, then he has to re-evaluate Su Weiwei. This kind of reverse marketing idea is not available to everyone. Su Weiwei not only has it, but he can also combine two completely unrelated things together, which is really surprising.

Su Weiwei's book-selling stand was quickly set up, and the red cloth strips were hung up, with a few large characters written on it with a brush-buy a book for 50 yuan and get a pager for 880 yuan.

"Take a look! Don't miss it! You can take a set of books home for 50 yuan, and a pager of 880 yuan is included, which is only 50 yuan! Only 50 yuan! You can't buy it at a loss for 50 yuan. If you can't be fooled, let's take a look!"

She yelled like this, without waiting for passers-by to question, the owner of the bookstore slapped her thigh first and yelled: "I said girl, don't be stupid! My book is only 50 yuan, and you also gave me a pager for 880 yuan. This is all you have to lose!"

Is this girl stupid? She sold the pager alone, which could sell for 880. After bundling his books, not only did she not charge money but also had to post it upside down. This was silly! Too stupid! Don’t do activities like this! You said that you gave the pager for free. As long as you are not stupid, you will definitely come to grab it. But the question is, what is this picture?

"Yeah," a middle-aged man walked over, glanced at the book and said, "The book is a good book, and the pager looks good, but the problem is, no one is stupid. You can get a book for 50 yuan. An 880 pager? Although this pager mall cannot sell 880, it still has to sell for 6,700. How can there be such a good thing in the world!"

The man is a teacher. He always thinks that there will be no pie in the sky. He rushed to this set of books this time. After all, the school stipulates that every teacher must buy a set. He has no choice. The bookstore buys about 20 yuan. Right now, the stall sells 50, but a pager is given, which means that you can buy a pager for about 30 yuan. Such a good thing is more than a pie in the sky? You must know that he has always wanted to buy a pager, but unfortunately he is shy in his pocket. He usually makes money to support his family. He is really reluctant to spend seven or eight hundred to buy a pager. He has been studying pagers for several years, and such a good pager only costs so much money. ,how can that be possible?

Su Weiwei smiled brilliantly, "Big brother, you are a literate person at first glance. You are right. There are indeed very few pie in the sky, but it is not uncommon. I am selling for the manufacturer this time, so this is a chance. , I swear, everyone only needs to pay 50 yuan to bring this book and this pager home. Of course, I have a prerequisite, that is, I must purchase the paging service on the X paging station, but I don’t think that. It's hard to achieve, after all, you must be connected to the Internet after buying a pager."

"It doesn't matter if you enter the Internet, you have to do it anyway, but the question is, can such a cheap price really make a mobile phone for nothing?"

"It's true. If you don't believe me, you can buy it and try it, but I'm going to make it. Only the first 5000 copies are allowed. After this village, the phone will be restored to the original price of 880. Don't miss it!"

The male teacher ranked first was said to be tempted. He could still get 50 yuan. Anyway, the book was to be bought. It was such a good thing as a pager, and everyone wanted to try it.

"Little girl, are you a liar?"

"It's a lie to me! You see, this is the salesman of X paging station, who wears official clothes, and he is directly connected to their network. I can lie to you, X station can't lie to you, right? "

The clerk on the side was surprised by Su Weiwei's skill in throwing the pot, but Su Weiwei was right, they were indeed official.

When the people heard it, they immediately yelled: "I'll buy a set! Pick me a machine with no scratches."

"I also want!"

"When are you leaving? I'll go home and find my wife to get the money!"

"I don't need the book, I need a pager!"

"I want a book! I want a pager too. I can give it away when I buy a book. It's a pity to throw it away."

Everyone paid for it, and the male teacher hurriedly squeezed forward when he saw it, "I'm number one! I'll come first! Everyone line up, line up!"

As a result, the salesman He Donglin brought was surrounded by a bunch of people, and soon the entrance of the tree shop was taken by people. The line took several hours, so the expensive pager could be bought for only 50 yuan. , Such a good thing must be told to the people around you, but it is still important to queue up, if you miss it, it will not be easy to take advantage of this in the future.

Besides, those who paid the money got the machine and connected to the network, and they were all normal and practical. This kind of cheap and not greedy puppies!

In this way, He Donglin led people to deliver the machines, and those who joined the network helped to join the network. The people walked down through a process, and each one seemed to have picked up a treasure.

Su Weiwei leaned to He Donglin's side and whispered, "Leave me four."

When she leaned over, a seemingly non-existent scent came, and He Donglin was taken aback and quickly looked away.

"Hey, I'm talking to you." Su Weiwei frowned. Why did this person suddenly turn around?

"Got it." The man's low voice came.

Su Weiwei glanced at him, what was the evasive attitude? She is not a plague.

This event was very successful, and the sales volume was as Su Weiwei thought. It sold very quickly, but because it is necessary to ensure that customers get the pager while also successfully accessing the network, and successfully get the rebate from the paging desk, Su Weiwei has to help each customer carefully. It took some time to handle the network access service. Soon, the paging station knew that her sales were hot, so they sent more salespersons to assist in the process. In this way, in the 10 fields below, Su Weiwei was doing business every day. After 10 days, she still hasn't sold out 5,000 units, but there are a lot of people in the queue.

Early in the morning, Cai Yun got up and cleaned up, and he was ready to go to the hospital with a food basket.

Su Yuanyuan pouted, "Mom, I haven't woken up so early yet."

After coming to Ye's house, she hasn't worked for a long time. She is busy shopping and making friends every day, watching TV late at night, and wakes her up at 7 o'clock. She hasn't slept enough yet.

Cai Yun said patiently: "I haven't been to see your brother for a long time. Your brother is recuperating outside. Why should you visit him after a month when you come back."

Su Yuanyuan frowned, a little unwilling, she didn't want to run out of the warm bed in such cold weather, besides, she had never seen her brother and had no feelings at all, but Cai Yun was cold, she didn't dare to say anything. After getting up, I got to know him well and followed Cai Yun to the convalescent hospital.

Ye Zexi has been in poor health since his mother’s birth. In order to keep him healthy, the Ye family bought a quiet house in the suburbs so that he could go out for a walk every day. Some time ago, it was winter and the weather was cold. Ye Zexi had an asthma attack and toss. For a while, Ye's family thoughts about Su Yuanyuan so much that they neglected to take care of him. Cai Yun loved this little son very much, and felt a little self-blaming at the moment.

The two of them took the family car and went to the suburbs. Halfway through, the driver frowned and said, "Madam, I think there are a lot of people gathered in front of them and the road is blocked. I will go down and ask what's going on."

The driver ran out of the car and came back soon. "Madam, it’s not surprising that someone is engaged in activities. They say that they can get a pager with a book of 50 yuan. The pager is worth 880 yuan. It’s so good. thing?"

When Cai Yun heard it for the first time, he frowned and said, "Isn't it a lie?"

"I don't understand it. I will come back and have a look after get off work. If I really want to, I will buy one too, so that Mr. Chang will not find me often to find it."

Cai Yun thoughtfully said: "If you want to buy it and get us off, get off work early." She understands his situation. She must not be able to afford the 880 pager. Now for activities, you can get a pager for 50 yuan. Not to mention cheap as the driver, but she was a little moved.

The car finally reached the suburban villa. Su Yuanyuan looked at the villa by the lake and was amazed. The villa was built on the edge of a famous lake-view park and surrounded by tourist attractions, but the house was very quiet and not at all. Noisy, this kind of bungalows are not small, and they are in a provincial capital where the land is very rich. The Ye family is really big, so rich, but it takes a long time for her to buy clothes from Cai Jun, and Su Yuanyuan feels unhappy for a while.

She followed with a smile, "Mom, is this house worth a lot of money?"

Cai Yun smiled, "It is said that the old man gave this house, but in fact, your elder brother paid a lot of money."

"My eldest brother?" Su Yuanyuan was surprised, she couldn't believe it immediately, Ye Chendong? Ye Chendong said few words, his momentum was compelling, coupled with the innate nobleness on her body, so that every time she saw him, she would have an unspeakable low self-esteem in her heart. .

Ye Chendong is such a cold person, who never looks good to her, and he does not seem to be a kind elder brother, so he would buy such an expensive villa for his younger brother? Su Yuanyuan couldn't help getting excited. Ye Shendong could buy Ye Zexi, and she could buy it for her. Her sister has been living outside for so many years, shouldn't Ye Shendong compensate her? She immediately grabbed Cai Yun and asked tentatively: "Mom, is Big Brother very rich?"

Speaking of his eldest son, Cai Yun was full of pride, "It's still rich, and now the company pays taxes in one year and ranks among the top in this city. He also bought a villa overseas last year. The star lives in the neighbor."

Su Yuanyuan looked hot inexplicably. It turned out that Ye Shendong was so rich. She clearly remembered that when she was buying clothes a few days ago, Ye Shendong's expression was sullen, as if she was unhappy. Ye Jia often criticized her for being lavish, my God! These people are obviously so rich but reluctant to spend on her, Su Yuanyuan can't help but start to think more.

She came back late, thinking that the Ye family would treat her well and spoil her as a little princess. After all, the Ye family prepared a princess room for her and bought a closet of clothes. They were all transported in and out of the car. This treatment is She didn't dare to think about it before, she thought it was good enough. But during this period of time, she found that she was thinking too much. Her name was Su Yuanyuan. If the Ye family really cared about her, why didn't she change her surname Ye? The Ye family said that they care about her very much, saying that she is the only girl in the Ye family, and that she is a princess, but the Ye family is cold to her. She is not like a princess in the Ye family but rather like an outsider, a complete outsider.

It must be because of her living outside, she did not live with the Ye family, so the Ye family did not kiss her.

Not even as good as her adoptive parents, Sun Hongying and Su Youcai.

Such a family makes her not like it.

Besides, she doesn’t have much affection for the Ye family. That grandma is always cold. Grandpa is always pedantic. His father is very dignified and unsmiling. Her elder brother is so imposing that she can’t get close. A few cousins ​​are even more frosty. The family is not doing well, so it is better to make plans earlier. If Ye Chendong can be coaxed to buy a house for her, then she will have a support in the future.

"Mom, my brother is so good." Su Yuanyuan said with a smile.

Cai Yun loves to hear these words, she immediately squinted and smiled, "Ye family, our family, Shen Dong, is indeed excellent. Everyone in the compound must say a few words about it. He has studied well since he was a child and is good at physics. Your grandpa hopes him. To be able to inherit the mantle and become a scientific research talent, it is a pity that he has no intention of physics, and has to go out and start a company. At first, the old man disagreed with him life and death. Fortunately, Shen Dong was upright and soon made the company bigger. "

The first thing Ye Chendong did after making money was to buy a villa for Ye Zexi to recuperate. His brothers had problems getting along with each other, but her two sons got along very well, which made her very pleased.

Su Yuanyuan looked at her, she couldn't help being stunned. Cai Yun seemed familiar when she squinted and smiled.

Who is it like?

Forget it, I don't want to, she put her arms around Cai Yun's shoulders and smiled to please: "Mom, do you think I can have such a big house in the future? I really like it here."

Cai Yun was startled. She was not a fool. Su Yuanyuan's words were clearly asking for a house. She still smiled on her face, but she couldn't help feeling a little unhappy in her heart. For some reason, she felt that this daughter was not kissing her. Their daughter and mother can chat together. Su Yuanyuan never cares about the relationship with the Ye family, she only knows to ask for money for shopping. Now, she started asking for a house after she came back more than a month?

She smiled and said, "When you are married, our Ye family will not fail to express it."

Su Yuanyuan was stunned. Cai Yun's remarks obviously contained something. What does it mean to express? How much does it cost to show you? Cai Yunming said that he didn't want to answer directly, but why? Isn't she the little princess of the Ye family? My brother has such a big and beautiful bungalow, why can't she have it? Didn't it mean that the Ye family petted her alone? He also said that the Ye family boy is worthless, but the girl is worth it! Is this all lie to her?

What else did Su Yuanyuan want to say, Cai Yun turned the topic off, and the two of them entered the room. Cai Yun called upstairs and took out the food from the lunch box. Su Yuanyuan looked around and saw that although the decoration in this villa was very simple, there was an unspeakable beauty, simplicity and fashion, much like those decorations in foreign movies.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Su Yuanyuan raised her eyes, and saw a man wearing a white loose-knit sweater walking down. His body seemed to be very weak. His steps were very light when he walked, his movements were slow, and his hands were still holding the stairs, but his appearance was real. It's amazing, even Su Yuanyuan couldn't help being surprised. Ye Zexi is different from Ye Chendong. Ye Zexi looks stunning, a little bit ridiculously beautiful, with a pale face and bloodless lips, it looks sickly. Beauty, this morbid state makes his beauty even more thrilling. It seems to be a fragile jewelry, beautiful and fragile.

This is her brother?

Su Yuanyuan was unspeakably suffocated for a while, God is really unfair, a pair of twins, Ye Zexi is so outstanding, but she looks ordinary, if she is as beautiful as Ye Zexi, then she doesn’t need it. It's so hard.

Ye Zexi got closer and closer. During this time, he stared at Su Yuanyuan. Although the corners of his lips were slightly hooked and a smile appeared on his face, his eyes were like a thousand-year-old fountain, with layers of coldness hidden in them. Such an expression made her inexplicably familiar, and with this look and outline, she always felt very similar to one, but she couldn't think of who it was for a while. Su Yuanyuan frowned and thought. After a long time, she suddenly widened her eyes and took two steps back. , As if being scared by a certain fact and speechless.

"Sister?" Ye Zexi's voice was very soft.

"Brother?" Su Yuanyuan laughed dryly, and soon couldn't laugh. She lowered her eyes and restrained the shock in her eyes. She was really frightened by her own guess. How could Ye Zexi look like Su Weiwei? She must have been thinking too much, obviously she is the child of the Ye family. Su Weiwei is Sun Hongying’s biological daughter, but, it’s really alike. The same looks on people of different genders might not seem at first glance. There are too obvious similarities, but Ye Zexi looks thin and has a female profile, which makes him look the same as Su Weiwei from a certain angle, even the curvature of the bridge of the nose is the same, as well as lips, eyeballs...

Su Yuanyuan was so frightened that she could only answer their questions indiscriminately. Cai Yun cared about her son and quickly took a blanket and put it on Ye Zexi, "You, let you go to the hospital and you won't go back so early."

"I'm sick," Ye Zexi coughed, his eyes fell on Su Yuanyuan, "my sister's body is healthy."

Cai Yun coughed, saying that Su Yuanyuan is a little bit fatter, "Hey, if you two can neutralize it, it would be nice if Yuanyuan is thinner. If you are a little fatter, I don't need to worry so much."

Su Yuanyuan felt very uncomfortable when she was said to be fat. What she always wanted was that no matter how she convinced herself, she couldn't get past the hurdles in her heart. When she thought of her guess, she was like sitting on pins and needles, and she wished to ask Sun Hongying to ask her questions.

"If my sister likes this, you can come and play often." Ye Zexi leaned on the chair, folded his hands, and said softly.

Su Yuanyuan nodded indiscriminately. Cai Yun wanted to help Ye Zexi clean the house. Although Su Yuanyuan grew up in a rural village, she was used to her since she was young. She really didn’t know how to do housework, so she escaped and went to a small shop outside and secretly gave it to Sun Hongying. Made a call.

When Sun Hongying received her call, she was very pleasantly surprised. Su Yuanyuan had not heard from her for so long. She was really worried to death. When she received the call, she cried, "Why are you so cruel, I don't know how to call her parents." !"

Su Yuanyuan was upset, too lazy to comfort her, just asked: "Mom, is there anyone by your side."

"No, what's wrong." Sun Hongying wiped her tears, and she was relieved when she heard her daughter's voice.

"Mom, you said, am I really the daughter of the Ye family?"

After a long silence, Sun Hongying answered very calmly: "What do you mean?"

"Mom, I'm afraid you are mistaken. Just now I saw the second son of the Ye family, Ye Zexi, who was born with me. He, he, he...he actually looks a lot like Su Weiwei! You say in the world How could there be such a coincidence? Obviously I am the Ye family's own birth! Obviously, Ye Zexi and I are twins, how could it be possible that they look alike."

Sun Hongying frowned, she didn't seem to have expected this. For a while, she said, "Don't panic, what about looking like? Su Weiwei is a rural person, the sky is big and the earth is big, so what if the Ye family knows it? Are they they Can you come back and find it? Don't worry, you went to the Ye family for more than a month and didn't say anything. This shows that the Ye family recognized your daughter, so just stay at ease."

Su Yuanyuan was struck by lightning, and it took a long time to ask: "What do you mean? What do you mean? You mean I am not the Ye family's own daughter?"

She burst into tears, she always thought she was a princess, after all, which girl had never had such a dream? She thought she was different from Su Weiwei, her fate was not comparable to Su Weiwei, but in the end, she turned out to be a fake! The real princess of the Ye family is Su Weiwei!

Su Yuanyuan couldn't cry, and Sun Hongying frowned and said, "What are you crying? It doesn't matter whether you are really true or not. What matters is that Ye Jia treats you as real. In that case, why are you panicking? Wipe away your tears to avoid being suspected by the Ye family."

"But it shouldn't be like this, I'm not the daughter of the Ye family, what am I doing here?" Su Yuanyuan said to herself.

"What are you doing? Of course you are going to enjoy the blessing!" Sun Hongying frowned, and said: "You are now the little princess of the Ye family, you are the meat bumps that the Ye family holds in the palm of your hand, it is impossible that you want to abandon the glory of the Ye family and continue Come back to be an elementary school teacher?"

Primary school teachers? That elementary school teacher had been snatched from Su Weiwei, and Su Yuanyuan understood why Sun Hongying was so good to her. It turns out that Sun Hongying was not partial, just because she knew that Su Weiwei was not from Su's family at all.

She has already tasted the taste of glory, and of course she is not willing to go back to be a poor trainee teacher!

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Name of the text: "Scumbag Predecessor Dressed as Three Big Brothers"

Author: Hun Yuan Sanxi

Copywriting:

Cheng Dongtong penetrates into the dog-blood novel and becomes a vicious female partner of the same name.

The wealthy boyfriend broke up in a high-profile manner, berating her for deceiving herself, and regardless of years of love, quickly engaged to Cheng's cousin.

According to the plot, she should do everything possible to grab someone from the poor cousin of the heroine Xiao Baihua.

Ke Cheng knows how to count his account balance and look at his rich father. What do you think of a man? She wants to buy, buy, buy, beautiful! Also accidentally red.

at this time,

The three big men she used to be scumbags came to her door.

Gangster 1: Young and rich.

Gangster 2: The emperor superstar.

Gangster 3: Academic genius.

The three big guys said: This woman lied to my feelings, I tried to forget her for so many years, but she appeared on a high profile, and she was damned alluring!