Chapter 330: Rapid Progress
Xu Youyou and his group spent five days in Taiwan before returning to Shanghai.
Only when she was sitting on the return flight did Xu Youyou finally have the time to patiently look at the key in her hand.
This is a key with exquisite workmanship and simple shape. If there are two ancient seal characters on the top, Xu Youyou doesn’t quite understand what they mean.
As soon as I got off the plane, Lu Jingyao was waiting downstairs.
"Are you tired?" Lu Jingyao asked softly.
Xu Youyou shook her head. The plan for the next five days of travel was very loose. They would only visit one or two attractions every day. How could they be tired?
After getting in the car, Xu Youyou handed the key to Lu Jingyao: "Do you know these two words?"
Lu Jingyao took the key and looked at it carefully for a long time before saying, "Jun Nuo."
"You are knowledgeable, do you know what this key opens?" Xu Youyou asked.
She searched online these days but didn't find any relevant information.
I didn't expect Lu Jingyao to give a positive answer, but I didn't expect him to frown and think for a long time before saying, "I seem to have heard someone say these two words."
Xu Youyou immediately looked at him expectantly.
Lu Jingyao: "Why don't you ask He Zhilan? The He family is a long-standing antique family. Maybe she knows something."
Xu Youyou took a photo of the key and sent it to He Zhilan. They hadn't been in touch for a while since they parted in Hong Kong City.
He Zhilan always responded to Xu Youyou's messages quickly, but this time he waited for five hours before calling Xu Youyou: "I didn't recognize this key at first, but my grandfather knew it and said it represented a safe deposit box."
"Safe deposit box? Is it the safe deposit box used by banks to keep physical objects?" Xu Youyou asked.
He Zhilan said: "Ms. Xu, if you want to understand it this way, it's fine, but the custodian is not a bank, but a ticket exchange."
"Ticket number?" Xu Youyou was puzzled.
He Zhilan explained: "Financial institutions in the Ming and Qing dynasties were called Piaohao, and their main task was to exchange silver."
"Is this Junnuo Bank very famous?" Xu Youyou asked.
"It's famous, but it's also unknown. Its fame is only spread in a small circle. Junnuo Bank is different from other banks. They only exchange gold. According to my grandfather, there were traces of their activities in the early Ming Dynasty. What really made them famous in the circle was that they helped the Zhu family in the late Ming Dynasty to keep a batch of property in the early Qing Dynasty."
Xu Youyou asked: "According to what you said, this batch of property was successfully redeemed to the Zhu family? How could such a secret matter be known to outsiders?"
He Zhilan explained: "The descendants of the Zhu family took their money to Taiwan in the early Qing Dynasty, but it was embezzled by a big family in Taiwan at that time. This matter was spread by the people of that family. For such a scandal, everyone felt that they had no need to lie."
"Miss Xu, my grandfather said that he once heard my great-grandfather say that every key to the Junnuo Bank represents a fortune worth thousands of gold."
Xu Youyou paused for a moment, then asked, "Does this bank still exist?"
He Zhilan sighed and said, "During the Republic of China period, there were still traces of their activities, but probably before liberation, they suddenly disappeared completely."
Holding the key, Xu Youyou felt like a person who had no appetite despite being surrounded by delicious food.
"No trace at all? Then what about the treasures they kept?" Xu Youyou asked.
He Zhilan said: "I thought they disappeared, but my grandfather told me that when a big family like this encounters a major change, they will hide themselves like a treasure."
Treasures hide themselves. This was not the first time Xu Youyou had heard these four words. It meant that when a treasure feels that it should not be born, it will hide its light in a low profile and dim its divine light so as to not be easily noticed by others.
"Then does your grandfather know how to contact them? I have the key and I want to get the corresponding safe." Xu Youyou said.
Unfortunately, He Zhilan gave a negative answer: "My grandfather has only heard of them and has never seen them, so he has no idea how to contact them. More importantly, in order to get the corresponding safe deposit box, it is said that not only the key but also the corresponding password is required."
Xu Youyou's first reaction was the note on the Lamborghini she got in Hong Kong City. There was a long string of characters written on the note. She asked tentatively: "Is it possible that this password has also kept pace with the times and has both Arabic numerals and English letters?"
This time it was not He Zhilan who answered, but an old voice.
Xu Youyou had also met Mr. He in Hong Kong City. The other party's voice on the phone was full of peace. "Ms. Xu, according to what my father said, the people of Junnuo Ticket Office are both mysterious and old-fashioned. They are mysterious because no one knows where they put the safe deposit box. They are old-fashioned because their passwords are always in parallel. I think they probably don't use Arabic numerals or English letters."
After hearing this, Xu Youyou could only feel regretful. She became more and more confused about what the note with characters on the second-hand Lamborghini meant.
After the call was hung up, another call came in.
The person who called was none other than Xie Ran.
"Boss, since you're back in Shanghai, I'd like to meet you tomorrow. Is it convenient for you?"
Xu Youyou's mind was still full of thoughts about the key. After hearing what Xie Ran said, she was still a little dazed. She asked casually, "Did something big happen? You can make the decision about the company's affairs. You don't have to look for me."
Xie Ran said: "It's not a big deal. I want to report to you about the company's situation this quarter."
Xu Youyou was stunned. She looked at the calendar and realized that a quarter had already ended.
Xie Ran had gained Xu Youyou's trust, and he was the one who set the rules. Initially, he planned to report the company's situation to Xu Youyou once a month, but Xu Youyou felt it was too troublesome, so he changed it to once a quarter.
It was said to be a report on the company's recent situation, but it sounded more like reading good news to Xu Youyou.
Xu Youyou's company has hardly encountered any setbacks since its establishment. Every time Xie Ran reports on his work, the content can be roughly summarized in seven words: "The company has made a lot of money again!"
Xu Youyou asked directly: "How much has the company earned during this period?"
"This quarter's profit has increased compared to the previous quarter. According to preliminary calculations, the net profit for the second quarter is about 8 billion."
Xu Youyou couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "How do you make so much? Which business has made great progress?"
She felt that Xie Ran was not helping her manage the company, but rather helping her open a printing factory.
As for what does a printing factory do? Of course, it prints money.
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