"This is... a whip... a deer whip!"

"

Wang Tianxiao nodded with a smile.

How did you get it?

“I always have a way,” Wang Tianxiao said, then downed the water in his glass, stood up to leave, as he was busy getting more wine and couldn’t afford to be late.

"Hey, how much do I owe you for this?" Zhang Wenyuan hurriedly called out to him.

"This is for you, it's free."

"How can that be? These things are very valuable now. The quality is so good, that deer must have been quite large."

“I really have it. If you were to give me money, I would leave the motorcycle with you in a bit and I wouldn’t want it anymore,” Wang Tianxiao said with a smile.

Zhang Wenyuan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly, "Old Wang, you really are a stubborn person. Let's keep things separate, the motorcycle was a gift from me..."

"Consider this a gift from me. Although this stuff is rare, it's not worth as much as a motorcycle. I'll also mix some deer blood wine later and give it to you then."

"And deer blood wine, that's a good stuff. Bring it over and I'll help you sell it."

"I told you it was for you."

Zhang Wenyuan's face fell, and he said unhappily, "Old Wang, that's not right of you. We're talking about personal relationships and business. You worked so hard to hunt this deer, how can I take advantage of you for nothing?"

"You don't want it, right? Then I won't give it to you. I'll keep it for myself."

“I’m telling you,” Zhang Wenyuan said with a sigh after a moment of thought, then smiled and said, “How about this: you deliver the goods to me, and I’ll sell them and we’ll split the profits 50/50. What do you say?”

"I said..."

“If you’re going to keep nagging, then don’t bother sending it. I can’t afford it anyway,” Zhang Wenyuan said, not backing down.

After thinking for a moment, Wang Tianxiao said, "Alright then, from now on, we'll split the profits from the deer blood wine 50/50 between the two of us."

Zhang Wenyuan was finally satisfied. "Let me tell you, Lao Wang, this is a scarce commodity. I'll take as many as you have, and I guarantee they'll all sell out."

"Not much, the first batch will probably weigh around 40 to 50 jin. Deer blood will make up about 20 to 30% of the deer blood wine. If it's diluted any more, it will lose its effect."

"Okay, then that's settled."

"I'll be going now. I need to buy some better wine. Since our clients aren't ordinary people, the wine we use can't be too cheap..."

"Hey, what are you looking for outside for?" Zhang Wenyuan jumped out from behind the desk and grabbed Wang Tianxiao's arm.

"I'll give you fifty catties of wine, that'll do. My winery has all kinds of wine, some of which are raw wine, bottled in barrels. I guarantee you'll enjoy them."

Wang Tianxiao laughed and said, "Then you'll have to spend money again. In the end, I'll have to pay less."

"What are you talking about? If it were just wine, what price could it fetch? The main thing is your deer blood. Here's what we'll do: have someone pack two 30-kilogram containers for you. You can keep the rest for yourself when you get back."

"I can't accept this..."

"Here you go again, Lao Wang. I've told you before, and you can see it yourself, I, Zhang Wenyuan, am a straightforward person. I don't like all those complicated and roundabout ways. That's why I like you. Can we agree to stop this back-and-forth politeness from now on? It's tiring for me, even if you're not."

Wang Tianxiao smiled slightly and nodded.

Now that things have come to this point, he couldn't continue to play along, otherwise Zhang Wenyuan would think that he was not very honest and difficult to get along with, which would only have the opposite effect.

"That's it."

Zhang Wenyuan pressed Wang Tianxiao down into a chair and laughed, "Let me tell you, Lao Wang, many people think that I, Zhang Wenyuan, don't have a head for making money and don't understand the costs of terminating contracts. They think I only have this little bit of business because of my family, so they look down on me."

Actually, they're just short-sighted. If you ask me, there's plenty of money in the world; how can one person earn it all? Everyone needs to work together to make money so that everyone has money to spend, don't you think?"

Wang Tianxiao nodded and said sincerely, "President Zhang, with your mindset and vision, you have already surpassed 90% of people in this era."

"Really? You're not just flattering me, are you?"

"Do I look like that kind of person? You don't know me at all. I've always been the truth."

“Haha, you are one of those people,” Zhang Wenyuan laughed, “but I like what you said. I think so too. If you want to make money, you have to think further and see further than everyone around you. If you keep focusing on your own little plot of land, you’ll never reach the big world. Don’t you think so?”

"Mr. Zhang is absolutely right," Wang Tianxiao exclaimed sincerely.

Zhang Wenyuan squinted at him and said, "I feel like you're just giving me the runaround."

"No, that's really not true. I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart."

"Never mind you, wait here for a moment, I'll arrange for someone to prepare the wine," Zhang Wenyuan said, about to leave, but Wang Tianxiao hurriedly called out to him, "Mr. Zhang, please also prepare twenty jin of Qingcheng Baijiu for me."

“Qingcheng Baijiu,” Zhang Wenyuan frowned. “What do you need that liquor for? Although it tastes alright, it has a very high alcohol content and is very strong. Only people who really enjoy drinking and have been drinking for many years can get used to it.”

"If you owe someone money, you can pay it for me, and I'll give you the money."

"I'll arrange it. Forget about the money; that stuff isn't worth much, just a few cents a pound."

After saying that, Zhang Wenyuan went out and left.

Wang Tianxiao was left alone in his office.

After Zhang Wenyuan left, Wang Tianxiao sat motionless in his chair, quietly looking at his hands without even glancing at anything else.

This is a rule he has always followed: not to pry into other people's privacy on their turf, especially when they are not present, so as to live up to the trust others have placed in him.

About three to five minutes later, Zhang Wenyuan came back in. He walked down the corridor and looked through the window, where he saw Wang Tianxiao sitting quietly.

Unlike his previous clients, who would always look around and ask all sorts of questions when they came to his office, and some even acted like they knew him well and touched his things without permission.

Wang Tianxiao waited quietly.

He was just an ordinary forest ranger, but the refinement he exuded surpassed that of many people of status and position.

"Haha, it's all arranged. It should be ready in about ten minutes. You're not going back this afternoon, are you? I'll treat you to dinner. How about you try the food at our Wen Yuan Grand Restaurant?"

Wang Tianxiao shook his head and refused, telling Zhang Wenyuan that his wife was being discharged from the hospital today and he needed to stay with her, so he couldn't leave for too long. He explained that he was bringing him deer antler velvet to prevent it from spoiling, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered him here.

Seeing that he was indeed busy, Zhang Wenyuan didn't stand on ceremony and said that they should get together properly next time, since they had known each other for so long but had never eaten together before.

Wang Tianxiao nodded in agreement.

A short while later, Wang Tianxiao was already driving on the road back to Shanda.