Looking at their appearance, Lu Yuan's heart sank. They were clearly planning to exploit them again.
"Brother, we're here to buy catalyst ore. We're looking for Boss Peng, but we don't know if he's here." As he spoke, Lu Yuan secretly slipped another piece of gold into the other man's hand.
The other party weighed the gold in his hand, a satisfied look appearing on his face.
"Oh, you're buying catalyst ore? Okay, I'll go inform them right away. You guys wait here and don't wander off."
Lu Yuan nodded quickly, watching the other person's departing figure, feeling a pang of heartache for his lost gold.
After waiting for a while, the other party waved to Lu Yuan.
"Go inside, Boss Peng is waiting for you there."
Lu Yuan quickly followed the other person inside. Finally, they arrived at a luxuriously decorated place, where Lu Yuan saw a man wearing a mink coat and with his hair slicked back, sitting at a card table playing mahjong with several other people.
"Boss, the person has been brought here, look..."
Without even lifting his eyelids, Boss Peng casually tossed out a mahjong tile and said, "Let them wait."
The guard hurriedly ran out, bowing and scraping, and pointed to a few cold benches on the side with a serious expression, saying to Lu Yuan and his group, "Sit here and wait. Our boss is playing cards right now. He'll call you in when he's done."
Lu Yuan and his companions could only sit on the side and wait, but in their hearts they were all cursing these guys for putting on such airs.
After waiting for about an hour, a burst of welcoming laughter came from inside. Then, several luxuriously dressed men walked out with a group of beautiful women in their arms. Another man with a slicked-back hairstyle saw the group out with a smile before calling out to Lu Yuan and the others.
"You're from Caoshan, right? Come in."
Lu Yuan quickly stood up. Xiao Shan and the others were about to follow him when they were stopped by several guards.
"Only one person can go in at a time. Don't you know the rules?"
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth, looked back at Xiao Shan and the others, gave them a comforting look, and then went inside alone.
Peng Laoda sat on a large sofa with his feet propped up on a mahogany coffee table, smoking a cigarette, while two women massaged his shoulders and legs beside him.
"Buy catalyst ore?" Boss Peng raised his eyelids and glanced at Lu Yuan before speaking.
"Yes, I'm here to buy catalyst ore. I wonder if Boss Peng still has any left."
"Are you kidding me? I'm a miner, how could I not have catalyst ore? Otherwise, how do you think my thousands of brothers would survive?"
Lu Yuan nodded and gave a few perfunctory replies, then asked, "I wonder how much the catalyst ore is sold by Boss Peng? I'm planning to buy some to tide me over."
"The catalyst ore is still being mined, and I don't have any on hand at the moment. However, I can guarantee that it will be delivered to you in two days, but you will have to pay first."
"This... it will take another two days? But my brothers over there might not be able to wait any longer."
"That's not my problem. Take it or leave it."
Lu Yuan frowned and pondered for a moment. He was somewhat suspicious of whether the other party really had catalyst ore, but he dared not ask this question directly.
This Boss Peng in front of me is clearly not someone to be trifled with; it wouldn't be good if he turned around and accused me later.
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Of course we want it, how could we not? Does Boss Peng have any left in stock? I'd like the brothers to take some back with them."
Peng Laoda was furious. He stood up abruptly, pointed at Lu Yuan's nose, and cursed, "You little bastard, can't you understand what I mean? I told you to wait, and there's not a single ore left."
Lu Yuan couldn't figure out why the other party suddenly got angry, but he could only suppress his anger.
After Peng's anger subsided somewhat, he shouted to a man beside him.
"Take them to the guest rooms to rest for a couple of days. Tell them to come find me in a couple of days."
The assistant next to him quickly nodded, then went out alone to arrange the room, while Boss Peng kept a close eye on Lu Yuan.
How much catalyst ore do you want to buy?
"Well... of course, the more the better. I wonder how many you can sell, Boss Peng?"
"Heh, you've got quite the appetite, aren't you? The more the better. To tell you the truth, I don't exchange these catalyst ore for gold right now. If you want some, one cow for a level one ore, one pig for a level two ore, and a sheep for a level three ore. You decide for yourself. Did you bring all of these things?"
Lu Yuan felt a chill in his heart. This was an outrageous demand. Although he had never bought catalyst ore before, he had heard those people talk about it.
Catalyst ore is not easy to obtain, and the catalyst itself needs to be upgraded, but it shouldn't be this expensive. Originally, a pig could be exchanged for about ten to twenty pieces of level one ore, but now the other party is asking for a cow and a piece of ore. This is simply treating me like a fool and slaughtering me.
"Brother Peng is really joking. The price of this stuff is really rising fast. I heard before that a pig could be exchanged for twenty ores, how come the price has suddenly increased so ridiculously?"
"Take it or leave it, it's the price anyway. With a major disaster coming, do you think prices won't go up?"
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth. He didn't want to be taken advantage of, but in order to verify the catalyst ore, he had no choice but to suppress his anger and nod.
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