As they were talking, a noise suddenly came from inside the room. Fu Wan was stunned for two seconds before she realized that it was her cell phone ringing.
She rushed into the house, grabbed the phone, and pressed the answer button.
"Hello, Wan?"
Fu Wan initially thought it was a call from the factory, but when she heard the voice on the other end, she was immediately surprised.
"Sixth Brother Qin?"
Qin Fu's hearty laughter rang out, "Haha, it's me, Awan, long time no see!"
Fu Wan laughed, "It has been quite a long time since we last contacted each other. I was just saying I'd give you a call when I had some time these past few days."
"Sixth Brother Qin, how's Third Master doing lately?"
Qin Fu responded, "Hmm, not bad. He's recently become obsessed with listening to music and keeps asking Uncle Liu to go out with him all the time."
Fu Wan couldn't help but nod as she listened. It was wonderful to be captivated by music. Otherwise, if Master Ning spent all his time at home burning ambergris like mosquito coils, not only would his wallet suffer, but his health would also be in jeopardy.
Even the best ambergris is no good if consumed in excess.
"That's good. Call me now, so it's possible to start construction on the land in Shanghai?"
Qin Fu snapped his fingers. "Yes, I've made several trips to Shanghai in the past two months and contacted the person you gave me the phone number. Awan, I haven't even mentioned you yet. You didn't tell me that the owner of that phone number was the secretary to the mayor of Shanghai, did you?"
"Huh? Didn't I say that?"
Now it was Fu Wan's turn to feel embarrassed. "Hehe, I'm sorry, Sixth Brother. I guess I was too busy and forgot."
"But Secretary Gao is a very nice person. Did your communication go smoothly?"
Qin Fu replied helplessly, "It's alright. Secretary Gao is very supportive of our work. He tries to solve any problems we encounter during development."
Fu Wan wasn't surprised by this. Gao Mingsheng and Qiao Zhenguo certainly hoped they would develop the land as quickly as possible, because if the land in Pudong could be developed during their tenure and drive Pudong's economic development, it would be a good political achievement.
"Put the development procedures aside for now, Wan, I'm calling because there's something else."
Qin Fu continued, and Fu Wan couldn't help but ask in confusion, "What is it?"
"Guess," Qin Fu said, keeping everyone in suspense.
"Are you worried about not having enough money during development?" Fu Wan boldly guessed. Before Qin Fu could answer, she laughed and said, "Sixth Brother, don't worry. I don't have a problem with the money in the early stages of development. If it's not enough, I'll ask Secretary Gao to see if we can get some loans from the bank."
Qin Fu laughed along, "Haha, it's not about that. Third Master said that if you don't have enough money, just ask. He happens to have money but nowhere to spend it!"
"I wanted to tell you that I'm on the train right now, with the design drawings and all that stuff, and I'm going to Longhai City to finalize the Shanghai development plans with you!"
"You're on the train?!"
Fu Wan stood up in surprise. "Sixth Brother, how can we let you make this trip yourself? You can just make a phone call, and we can arrange to meet in Shanghai!"
Qin Fu is a very busy man. Because she is usually too busy, Fu Wan has already felt a little guilty about leaving all the development work to him.
"Oh, we're all family, no need to be so formal."
Upon hearing this, Qin Fu quickly explained, "But I didn't come here solely for this matter, haha. Why don't you guess who's next to me?"
"And...sister-in-law?"
Fu Wan was completely clueless and could only guess wildly. If Qin Fu hadn't mentioned that Third Master had recently become obsessed with listening to music, she could have guessed it was Ning Third Master.
"Haha, no!"
After Qin Fu finished speaking, a burst of static suddenly came from the other end of the phone. Before Fu Wan could react, a different person was speaking on the other end.
"Little Fu, do you know who I am?"
"You are... Uncle Feng?!"
Fu Wan was shocked. What was going on? Feng Ji's voice came from the other end of the phone!
"Haha, it's me. I'm with Qin Fu. We should be arriving in Longhai City soon."
"I saw what you sent me, so Qin Fu and I came over specifically to check on that big thing of yours. Don't go out these next couple of days; wait for us. I want to take a good look at it."
Big guy?
Fu Wan was puzzled, but Fu Laoda, who had been listening for a while, immediately realized what was going on and pointed towards the backyard.
Fu Wan couldn't help but slap herself on the forehead. Damn it, how could she forget about that thing!
"Uncle Feng, are you talking about petrified wood?"
Feng Ji responded, "Yes, that's it. It's not convenient to talk about it now. Just wait at home, and we'll talk about it when we arrive this afternoon."
After saying that, he hung up the phone. Fu Wan found it a bit strange because Feng Ji hung up so quickly, and it seemed like someone was talking next to him the whole time he was on the phone.
Fu Wan shook her head. Since Feng Ji told her to wait at home, she would just wait and see.
Before that, she also had to go to her backyard to check on the ebony tree that she hadn't taken care of much.
Seeing Fu Wan walk towards the backyard, Boss Fu couldn't help but follow her.
"Ah Wan, what's wrong? Has someone come to see that piece of ebony?"
Fu Wan nodded, "Yes, Uncle Feng and Qin Fu are here."
"Father, it looks like my brother and I won't be able to go to sea."
Fu Laoda waved his hand dismissively, "It's alright, then let Brother Lin and Brother Liang lead the team."
They're not children; with experienced helmsmen like Dong Haiyang and Chen Balang around, there shouldn't be any major problems setting sail.
Fu Wan sighed. She had been talking to Fu Ming about going to sea while she was eating breakfast, but plans changed quickly.
Speak of the devil, and he appears; just as we were talking about Fu Ming, this man returned from outside.
"Wan, why are you still at home? I thought you went to the dock. Didn't you say the speedboat would arrive this morning?"
As soon as Fu Ming entered the door, he started shouting. He had been thinking about this matter since he woke up today. When he went to discuss the sea trip with Fu Liang earlier, he didn't dare to waste any time and ran back after only a few words.
However, Fu Wan was not in the front yard at this time. Fu Ming searched around and found out that Fu Wan and Boss Fu were in the back yard looking at the big log.
Yes, Fu Ming didn't know that this thing was petrified wood. After all, Fu Wan had dragged it back and then left it alone, so he just assumed that it was ordinary wood that Fu Wan planned to get later to make furniture.
Fu Wan walked around the backyard. The ebony wood had been well protected by Boss Fu. Not only had it not been gnawed by rats or anything, but even its color was almost the same as when she had retrieved it.
In fact, the colors look even better.
Fu Wan was very satisfied. Then she heard Fu Ming mentioning that he wanted to go to the dock. She raised her hand to look at her watch. It was almost ten o'clock. It was indeed about time.
"Okay, let's go check out the docks first!"
Fu Ming is right, she needs to hurry to the dock, otherwise the cargo ship won't be able to find her after delivering the speedboat.
On a train hundreds of kilometers away from Longhai City, Feng Ji couldn't help but glare at Xu Baoguo next to him before returning the mobile phone to Qin Fu.
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