My name is Duan Shenxing, a pawnshop owner. I thought I would live an ordinary, uneventful life, but the dragon-patterned jade pendant and handwritten notes left by my grandfather led me to uncover...
After listening to Su Jialiang recount his past experiences with Fengmen Village, I also felt a bit terrified.
I have personally witnessed the ruthlessness of the Su family members and the caution of Su Jialiang.
However, according to Su Jialiang's account, the Su family was like a blank sheet of paper in the eyes of Fengmen Village, and no action or plan could escape their notice.
While I was pondering these things, Su Jialiang thought I was frightened and reminded me, "Xiao Duan, I've been in the antique business for half my life, and I'm still no match for Fengmen Village. You're so young, stepping into that kind of dangerous place is just suicide. To tell you the truth, a few years ago someone approached me for cooperation, saying he could get in touch with Fengmen Village and help us get our goods out of the black market. I thought it over and over again, but I didn't dare to do anything with these people."
I wasn't that worried about Su Jialiang: "Master Liang, you're overthinking it. In the martial arts world, you're a powerful figure, while I'm just a nobody. Fengmen Village approached you because there was a conflict between the two organizations. I was just trying to investigate some things in Fengmen Village. I don't have access to such high-level people, so you don't need to worry about me too much."
"You're just a newborn calf that doesn't know the fear of tigers. You don't understand how deep the world is, and why people can drown."
Su Jialiang sighed: "Fine, since you're so determined, I can't stop you. I'll prepare the ten things you want as soon as possible, but you must remember my words: be careful, very careful, and extremely careful when you go to Fengmen Village!"
I smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Liang, I will do what I can and won't try to be a hero."
Thanks to the Su family's powerful network of connections, what I needed was delivered to Tianjin the following evening. Jiang Tianyi said that this was a matter of great importance and he needed to handle it carefully, so his prepared items would not arrive until the third day.
In the villa room, I looked at the ten bronze artifacts that Su Jialiang had sent and dialed Monkey's number.
As soon as the call connected, Monkey's complaining voice came through the receiver: "Young Master Duan, where have you been these past few days? Although I am the legal representative of the company, you are the actual boss. Although I am quite capable, you can't treat me like a donkey, can you?"
"Come on, I only feed my donkey some hay, but Hongyu Company gave you 10% of the shares."
Listening to Monkey's tired voice, I knew he was really exhausted lately: "How are you? Are there any difficulties at the company? Do you need me to go back and help?"
"Wow! You've learned nothing but hindsight and empty promises, but you've mastered them to perfection!"
The monkey gave me a disdainful remark before getting to the point: "The busiest time for the company is over. We've successfully connected with the accounting firm, and we can leave the rest to them. If all goes well, we should be able to open for business by the middle of next month."
I heard that everything was going well at the company, and I felt relieved: "I remember you hired a vice president, right?"
The monkey replied, "That's right, he's a college graduate from a 211 university, majoring in business administration, and I think he even studied for the NBA abroad... His abilities are far superior to those of us common folk. Even though we're just a shell company, we still need a professional to drive the carriage!"
"You have quite a wide social circle, huh? You've even gotten involved in the basketball world."
I replied with a smile, "Since everything's alright at the company, take Manjing and Linque, buy a train ticket for tomorrow and come to Tianjin. I'll take you on a trip, consider it a company team building activity!"
Monkey was a playful person, and after being tired for so long, he immediately perked up when he heard that we were going out to play: "As the saying goes, plans can't keep up with changes. I might get stuck with some trivial matters at any time. Let's not wait until tomorrow. I'll go downstairs now and drive to find you tonight."
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I won't go into the details of saying goodbye to Jiang Tianyi. The following evening, after the Jiang family had finished their preparations, our group boarded two RVs and, escorted by four off-road vehicles, set off for Yunnan.
After boarding the vehicle in the city, Monkey looked at our huge convoy and asked me, completely bewildered, "Young Master Duan, didn't you say we were going on a trip? Isn't this convoy a bit too big? And I think I just saw Jiang Man in another RV. By the way, when did you get involved with this woman?"
Lin Que grinned and said, "Isn't this normal? Big brother is so handsome, and he lived with Miss Jiang for so long in the Far East. The two of them were like dry wood meeting a raging fire, so it's hard to guarantee that they won't spark something."
"Don't talk nonsense. Jiang Man and I are not in the kind of relationship you think we have. We just became friends and traveled together. The caravan was arranged by the Jiang family. We just hitched a ride."
I smiled at them and said, "We'll also be participating in an art competition. We'll be doing art business in the future, so just taking a stroll there will broaden your horizons."
"You mean, all these vehicles were provided by Jiang Man? I thought you'd developed a nouveau riche mentality after starting your company."
The monkey looked at the luxurious RV and couldn't help but marvel: "I didn't realize Jiang Man was such a rich woman."
We chatted casually along the way, and the car started moving.
For the next two days, we ate and slept in the RV. Except for short rest stops at service areas, we spent almost all our time on the road, which made Monkey complain a lot. He said that this was not a vacation, but a trip to suffer.
The following evening, we arrived at a city in Yunnan as planned, but instead of entering the city, we parked the car at the highway exit.
When I saw the convoy stop, I thought something had happened and was about to get out of the car to check when Jiang Man got into our car first and said to me, "Our destination is still 200 kilometers away from this city. This is a border city, and it would be too conspicuous to continue driving in a motorhome. I have already arranged for local vehicles, and we will be traveling by private car from now on."
"No problem, I'll follow your instructions."
Although I've been in a relatively comfortable RV for the past two days, it's definitely not as comfortable as living in a room. Now that the RV has finally stopped, I greeted the driver and prepared to get out for a smoke.
As soon as I reached the car door, I stopped, causing the monkey behind me to bump into me unexpectedly: "Young Master Duan, what happened? Why did you suddenly stop walking?"
I pointed to the four Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars speeding towards the city center and frowned, saying, "Those cars all have Shenyang license plates, the license plates are consecutive, and the models are the same, so they must be from the same group."
"A Shenyang license plate? You don't actually suspect they're from the Changwei Group, do you?"
The monkey paused for a moment, then asked me, "Young Master Duan, what exactly are we doing here in Yunnan?"