"But I'm not completely lying." Bai Fan said calmly, "If you guys continue to ignore this card pool, maybe after a while, Ke Jin will really have to serve the guests."
When Sun Xuan opened his mouth for the first time just now, Bai Fan recognized this President Sun - after all, Sun Xuan made such a big fool of himself on the stage on the opening day, so it was easy for him to recall the scene at that time.
Although Bai Fan is not from Qixing City, he has some understanding of the feud between Qixing City Card Pool Bureau and Resource Committee because of his cousin Bai Ran. The Card Pool Bureau is now weak. Although they want to force Ke Jin's SSR card pool, they don't have enough funds and strength to support it. The Resource Committee is rich, but they have turned a deaf ear to the existence of this SSR first draw card pool until now, and it is clear that they will not support it. Every time Bai Ran mentions it to Bai Fan, he is so angry that he curses.
Ke Jin has a good attitude and good temper, and he doesn't look like someone who understands the power game behind the scenes, so he has no problem with the Resource Committee not supporting him. But in the eyes of an insider like Bai Fan, he thinks that group of people are really bullying him - aren't you just seeing that Ke Jin is an ordinary civilian with no background or backing that you dare to be so negligent? If this was a card pool controlled by a big chaebol, would you still dare to try this? Beating you to death is not a light punishment!
Sun Xuan had been in the officialdom for many years, so how could he not hear the sarcasm and criticism in Bai Fan's understatement? However, he knew he was in the wrong, so he lowered his posture and spoke sincerely.
"Before, we were too busy with work, so we didn't put the issue of support on the agenda. It's not that we don't value it... Now I'm here in person, right? I want to have a good talk with Envoy Ke Jinka about this matter. Please believe in the sincerity of the committee!"
Bai Fan stared at Sun Xuan for a long time before he slowly spoke.
"The Kachi Courtyard is being renovated recently, so it's temporarily closed." He said, "Ke Jin is currently staying at the 'L** Novel Kachi' in Dadas Town." If you need anything, you can find him there."
After a long journey, his emotions went up and down countless times, just like riding a roller coaster. Now that he finally heard the definite answer, Sun Xuan was so excited that he almost burst into tears. After hurriedly thanking him, he left quickly.
Bai Fan watched President Sun happily jogging towards the town. He thought about it and felt a little worried, so he simply didn't go to the card-making room to make a card and walked towards the town.
***
After breakfast, Gu Qianqian and Ke Jin were sitting at a small stone table in the Kachi courtyard discussing something when they suddenly saw a man rushing in breathlessly. Gu Qianqian stood up instinctively and smiled habitually.
"Welcome..." She was stunned when she was halfway through, "...Huh? President Sun?"
Ke Jin raised his head and recognized President Sun Xuan, but before he could say hello, the other party rushed over with shining eyes, grabbed Ke Jin's hand and shook it excitedly.
"Envoy Coca!! I finally found you!!"
Ke Jin & Gu Qianqian: “???”
"Uh, President Sun, what do you want to talk to me about?" Feeling that the other party was in a bad mood, Ke Jin asked cautiously.
"I..." Sun Xuan opened his mouth. The previous ordeal almost made him forget all the prepared words. It took him a long while to utter a word.
"This... this is a long story..."
***
After listening to President Sun's intermittent explanation of the whole story, Ke Jin suddenly understood.
Oh, so this President Sun wanted to bring people to his card pool, so he came here to check it out? He found out that the card pool was under renovation, so he came here?
Sun Xuan was a shrewd man after all. Seeing that Ke Jin had a good attitude, he had some thoughts again. He did not tell all the facts, but only said the parts that he had to explain. He also expressed the committee's apology for the neglect of the card pool in his words. He hoped that Ke Jin would forgive him for the past and cooperate with him to entertain this group of guests well.
Gu Qianqian was listening on the side, and Ou Luoyi also came out of the house. The two of them frowned as they listened, obviously doubting the "sincerity" of President Sun's words.
Bai Fan happened to rush over. When he entered the room, he saw President Sun explaining the interests involved to Ke Jin earnestly. He immediately winked at Gu Qianqian, walked up to her and whispered a few words.
Gu Qianqian immediately revealed a knowing and sly smile. She nodded, then moved the small stool towards Ke Jin and President Sun and squeezed in between the two of them.
Sun Xuan glanced at Gu Qianqian, didn't pay much attention, and continued to discuss the opening of the card pool with Ke Jin.
"Those people will come in three days?" Ke Jin frowned in embarrassment. "President Sun, you know the situation in Kachi Courtyard. It is impossible to repair it in three days, so..."
"It doesn't matter if it's not fixed!" Sun Xuan was waiting for Ke Jin to say this. Of course, if the other party could go and talk to Mr. Wu and the others in person, he would be able to completely shirk his responsibility. "We can also try another plan..."
"Those people? Who are they?" Gu Qianqian asked suddenly, "President Sun, why don't you introduce them to me first?"
Sun Xuan was stunned for a moment: "Uh... they are all my friends..."
"The 'friend' who can be accompanied by President Sun in person must be of an unusual identity, right?" Gu Qianqian raised the corner of her mouth and smiled harmlessly.
President Sun's eyelids twitched: "Not bad... not bad."
"But it's a pity. President Sun, you just heard from Envoy Ke Jin that his card pool cannot be opened now." Gu Qianqian sighed exaggeratedly, "I definitely can't receive you in three days."
"I know and understand." President Sun felt that Gu Qianqian was difficult to deal with, so he tried to avoid her and turned his attention to Ke Jin again. "So I want to buy some ready-made circulating cards directly from you, Ke Kashi. Of course, if you can open a card pool, I can draw them right away!"
Although Mr. Wu and his friends said they wanted to come to the card pool, it was normal that they couldn't come if the card pool was under renovation. But the cards here must be obtained. Only an idiot who has never been in the officialdom would say "Sorry, we can't go" to Mr. Wu empty-handed!
Just as Ke Jin was about to speak, he felt Ou Nuo tugging at the corner of his clothes. On the other side, Gu Qianqian also took over the conversation very naturally.
"President Sun, I think you misunderstood what Card Envoy Ke Jin meant." Gu Qianqian's smile was still warm and bright. "He said, 'My card pool cannot be opened', which means literally - it cannot be opened! Drawing cards is impossible. As for what you said about directly purchasing circulating cards..." Gu Qianqian suddenly looked at Ke Jin, "Xiao Ke, I remember you said that you don't have any inventory, right?"
At first, Ke Jin was a little surprised why Gu Qianqian suddenly rushed to speak, but after hearing her words and seeing Bai Fan hinting with his eyes from behind, Ke Jin immediately understood about 70% of what was going on. He immediately put on an embarrassed expression and cooperated with Gu Qianqian in acting.
"Yeah." Ke Jin shook his head and sighed, as if he had forgotten the more than 10,000 circulating cards in his card library. "I don't have any extra cards here. Who would believe me if I told you that? But I'm so unlucky that I don't even have any stock... I'm such a failure as a card user!"
Oloy started coughing loudly beside him - this guy's acting was too fake! He might as well not say anything!
Chairman Sun didn't believe that Ke Jin didn't have any stock, and thought: Is he going to raise the price? So he smiled and asked in a friendly manner.
"Money is not a problem. Besides, your cards are very popular outside now, so it's normal to sell them at a high price. I wonder how much an SR card costs now?"
Hmm? Are my cards popular out there?
Ke Jin was slightly stunned, but thinking that the other party was deliberately complimenting him, he didn't take it too seriously. Gu Qianqian stretched out a finger and waved it in front of Sun Xuan.
"One hundred star coins?" Sun Xuan guessed.
Gu Qianqian smiled and continued to shake the finger at him.
"One thousand star coins?" Sun Xuan felt that this should be the limit.
Gu Qianqian shook her head, continued to extend the finger, and smiled mysteriously.
"Isn't it 10,000 star coins?" Sun Xuan was a little impatient - this is simply a blatant lie! It's just a snack card, even an SSR card shouldn't be so expensive, not to mention it's just an SR!
"Ten million." Gu Qianqian announced the answer with a smile.
What the hell? !!! Ten million? !!!
——The common voice of Sun Xuan and Ke Jin.
"Ms. Gu, please don't joke with me." President Sun laughed dryly, while fixing his eyes on Ke Jin - he had figured out that Gu Qianqian came here deliberately to cause trouble, and he had to communicate well with Ke Jin and take back the initiative.
Ke Jin was under a lot of pressure at this time.
He was also shocked by Gu Qianqian's offer, but because they still had to act together, he could only pretend to agree and simply nodded - he better not speak up and let Gu Qianqian perform her performance!
"We're not kidding." Gu Qianqian put away her smile and said seriously, "I just said that Xiao Ke doesn't have any stock, so if you want to buy it, you can only withdraw it and buy it later. And this 10 million is of course not the price of a single card, but the pool opening fee."
"Huh?" It was the first time that President Sun heard this term. "Opening, opening pool fee?"
"Yes." Gu Qianqian nodded heavily. "President Sun, you should be very clear about the situation of Ke Jin's card pool. Although the card pool bureau approved 80,000 star coins, all of them were used to renovate the card pool courtyard. Moreover, he was already heavily in debt in the early stage of hiring a transporter. The location of the card pool is so bad, and there is no publicity and support from the relevant departments. Now the customer base is bleak, and the energy of the card pool has long been exhausted. Without an additional investment of 10 million star coins, there is no way to open the pool smoothly and continue business!"
Gu Qianqian spoke in a very clear and concise manner, and Ke Jin wanted to laugh. However, when he saw President Sun giving him a puzzled look, Ke Jin quickly tightened the corners of his mouth and made a sad expression.
"I'm really poor, so poor that I can't even afford to eat... Oh no, I can't even afford to buy cards!"
President Sun: “…”
Well, he finally figured it out. This was a roundabout way of asking their Resource Exploration Committee for support funds!
In fact, before Sun Xuan came, he had already thought about providing assistance to Ke Jin's card pool. However, as he was in a high position, he received countless applications for support every month. Most of the replies used the same official rhetoric, and now he instinctively used that official language again.
"Well, I understand your needs very well, and I sympathize with your difficulties, but this matter is not something I can decide alone. It needs to be reviewed, discussed, and approved by all levels, and then..."
"Oh, you can't afford the pool opening fee, right?" Gu Qianqian interrupted President Sun without any hesitation, then nodded, "Well, we understand. President Sun, if you have nothing else to do, please go back. We are very busy and have a lot of things to do."
"Eh? I..."
Gu Qianqian ignored him and just raised her hand and pointed towards the door.
"Xiao Fanzi, show the guest out!"
Bai Fan: “…”
***
Then President Sun was politely "invited" out by Bai Fan.
***
Gu Qianqian closed the gate generously, turned around and burst into earth-shaking laughter, not afraid at all that Sun Xuan might hear it outside.
“Hahahaha! Did you see his face?” Gu Qianqian laughed so hard that she slapped the table. “It’s almost turning the color of liver!”
"He deserves it." Oloy snorted. President Sun had questioned his first card draw, and he still had a very bad impression of this person.
"He must be hiding something from us." Bai Fanyan also nodded, "Since he is not willing to show 100% sincerity, you can't blame us for kicking him out."
In fact, Ke Jin didn't have any bad feelings towards President Sun. Although he had questioned his first card draw in the card pool, Ke Jin didn't think he had strong malice. At most, he just couldn't believe that such a thing would happen in Qixing City. It was normal. But when they talked about the later stage just now, Ke Jin also vaguely felt that the other party was vague and seemed to be avoiding the main point.
"I don't know why he won't tell the truth." Ke Jin asked in confusion, "Are the people coming here special?"
"President Sun is a man who cares a lot about his reputation. He probably doesn't want to reveal his cards completely and lose face." Gu Qianqian also guessed.
"The status of those people should be higher than his, and they are the ones he needs to please." Oloyi suddenly said, "But their influence is not enough to affect him immediately, at least not in the short term, so he still needs to maintain his deterrence and authority in front of you. Naturally, he can't lower his status too much to ask you to cooperate with him. The final result is like this - on the one hand, he asks you for something, but on the other hand, he is evasive and pretentious."
The yard was quiet for a moment, and all three people looked at the boy in surprise. After a while, Gu Qianqian murmured.
"Xiao Nuonuo, did you come up with this yourself?"
Oloy was speechless for a moment - as a former superior, he could see clearly the little thoughts of the people below him. He could probably guess what kind of person he was just by looking at the other person's eyes. This experience was of course unimaginable for the three commoners, let alone telling them.
"I just guessed." This was all he could say vaguely in the end.
"I think it makes sense." Bai Fan was the first to agree. "But if he is that kind of person, why would he know about Ke Jin's card pool? His card pool is in such a remote location and is not well-known at present. It is difficult for the people above to know about it, right?"
Gu Qianqian thought about it and suddenly clapped her hands: "Ah! Didn't President Sun just say - 'Kekashi's cards are very popular outside, so it's normal to sell them at a high price'?"
"I think I said that..." Ke Jin recalled, "Isn't this just a polite remark?"
"I don't think so." Bai Fan shook his head and suddenly asked, "Ke Jin, have you bought your communicator yet?"
Ke Jin nodded.
"You can get a new one this afternoon." Bai Fan said, "Maybe something else happened when we didn't know. If that's the case, besides President Sun, there must be someone else who wants to contact you. Maybe then... we will know what happened."
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