"It's a pity it wasn't you who stayed with me until the end."
The next day at noon, Xiao Chen, who was cultivating, was awakened by a phone ringing. He casually handed the phone over, pressed the answer button, and heard President Chen's voice.
"Is this Mr. Xiao? The money has been transferred. Have you received it?"
Upon hearing President Chen's words, Xiao Chen looked at his phone, where a text message showed that two million had been deposited into his account.
"received."
Xiao Chen said calmly.
"Thank you for receiving it. It's a pleasure doing business with you!"
After saying that, President Chen hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Chen slowly stood up, looked at the sunlight outside the window, and muttered, "Is it already noon? It's time to go to the black market and buy a fireplace or something."
Although he was immune to the cold due to his cultivation, Xiao Chen still preferred the feeling of warmth.
Most importantly, who can resist showing off their comfortable life to their hungry and cold neighbors, making them envious and jealous?
Xiao Chen quickly set off for the renovation shop.
After hearing Xiao Chen's request, the shop manager hesitated. Was this guy crazy? Why would he want to install a fireplace in this sweltering heat? But guests are guests, and the manager felt bad about kicking Xiao Chen out.
“Yes, I need to install a fireplace in my house, preferably in every room.”
Xiao Chen said earnestly that it would be even better if his current house, with its four bedrooms and two living rooms, could have fireplaces installed in every room.
"It can definitely be installed, but the price might be a little bit expensive."
The shop owner said with a somewhat hesitant expression.
"How much? Money is not a problem, just tell me."
Currently, Xiao Chen's bank account contains about one million yuan in savings, excluding the two million yuan loan he previously took out. In other words, Xiao Chen currently has around three million yuan.
"Judging from your situation, it will probably cost around 300,000."
The shop owner quickly estimated the amount and said, "Since the other person doesn't lack money, I'll just say it."
"Three hundred thousand? That's not a lot, but I need you to get it done for me within two days."
Xiao Chen thought of something and quickly said, "Although the rain won't affect their work, after a day of rain, the water is basically knee-deep, and the construction team will inevitably have to stay."
"Two days? That's way too much."
The shop owner was about to refuse when Xiao Chen spoke up next.
"I'll offer five hundred thousand!"
"Okay, I guarantee it will be finished within two days!"
The shop owner gritted his teeth and agreed. After all, it was an extra 200,000 yuan, and he was willing to hire more people to take on the order.
So after Xiao Chen transferred 200,000 yuan as a deposit to the shop owner, the shop owner planned to take people to Xiao Chen's house to carry out renovations.
Before the shop owner left, Xiao Chen thought of something and stopped him.
"I have paranoia and I always feel that the windows, doors, walls, floors, and ceilings in my house are not very sturdy. I wonder if you could help me renovate them?"
Xiao Chen thought for a moment and then said that although he was not afraid of the crisis, those lousy neighbors would inevitably try every means to bother him, so it was still necessary to renovate his house.
"this."
The shop owner was about to refuse, but the next second Xiao Chen once again demonstrated his financial power.
"I'll pay you a million, all you need to do is make sure the house is sturdy."
Xiao Chen said slowly.
"Damn, that's it. Don't worry, I'll definitely renovate your house and make it look really nice."
The shop owner took a deep breath and agreed. According to his calculations, this deal would directly earn him a year's worth of profit.
According to the shop owner's estimate, this deal could earn him 300,000 yuan.
Thinking of this, he smiled happily, and Xiao Chen transferred 500,000 yuan as a deposit to the other party. He only needed to pay the remaining 800,000 yuan when the project was completed.
"By the way, we're working on this for the next couple of days, so you'll probably need to find somewhere else to sleep, since you need to finish within two days."
The shop owner seemed to remember something and offered a reminder.
"I see."
Xiao Chen did not refuse, after all, if he wanted to speed things up, he would have to work day and night.
After leaving the renovation shop, Xiao Chen headed out of the city.
After all, how could a place like a black market possibly be located in the city center?
Soon, Xiao Chen arrived at a large mountain. He had once been fortunate enough to visit the black market with a big boss, so he was fairly familiar with its location.
"If I remember correctly, this should be the place."
Xiao Chen looked at the wooden house in front of him and thought to himself. There was an old man sitting at the door of the wooden house. He looked like an old farmer.
Who would have thought that this old man was actually the gatekeeper of the black market?
Xiao Chen quickly and easily arrived in front of the old man.
The old man took a puff of his pipe before looking up at Xiao Chen and asking slowly.
"Young man, what are you doing here?"
"Old man, do you know how to get to the Heavenly Road?"
To enter the black market, one needed to use a code word, and Xiao Chen remembered the code word that the important figure had given him.
"How do we travel the Heavenly Road? By boat."
The old man said with a solemn expression after hearing this.
"Wrong, it flies."
Xiao Chen said slowly.
"Young man, come on in. Have fun inside."
After Xiao Chen uttered the code, the old man gestured for Xiao Chen to go inside.
As soon as Xiao Chen walked in, he saw a slight tremor next to the large bed in the room, and the next second a tunnel appeared in front of him.
As Xiao Chen's figure disappeared into the tunnel, the tunnel's mechanisms slowly closed, as if the tunnel had never existed at all.
Meanwhile.
The construction crew's activity in Building 5 of the Xingfu residential complex quickly attracted the attention of all the apartment residents.
"Is someone renovating their house? There's such a commotion."
Zhao Xiaohua looked upstairs in confusion, while Chen Shuisi noticed that the construction team seemed to have entered Xiao Chen's room.
"Xiao Chen didn't even tell me about the renovations. Isn't this a waste of money?"
Shen Shuisi said with some heartache, "Although I haven't become Xiao Chen's girlfriend yet, I've already been treating Xiao Chen's money as my own."
After seeing this commotion, I realized it would probably cost a lot of money, and I immediately felt a pang of heartache.
"Xiao Chen didn't tell you about this? Why don't you go ask Xiao Chen?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Qing quickly replied.
Only then did Shen Shuisi belatedly realize that she had to take out her phone and call Xiao Chen, but the call was temporarily unavailable.
Just kidding, how could there be a cell phone signal in the black market? And since the call couldn't go through, Shen Shuisi could only calm down and plan to wait for Xiao Chen to come back before asking him for clarification.
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