Chapter 47 Chapter 47 You are valued by the new nobles of Pingzhou Jade,...
Whether Hongguo agrees or not, he can go if he wants to. The road belongs to everyone, so there is no reason to refuse. Hongguo asked Changzong what he thought: "What do you think?"
Xiao Zheng, Shi Jinzhou, and even Lao Zheng all looked at him. Gu Changzong was fine with it, so he nodded, "Then let's go together."
Shi Jinzhou was extremely happy, as if he had been on a stormy sea for a long time and suddenly floated to an island and stepped on the solid land.
Xiao Zheng could understand why Uncle Zheng brought him home and took care of his meals and schooling. He was just like Shi Jinzhou at this moment. He felt that making money was one thing, but people also needed some spiritual food, friends, family, and lovers. They had to have one of these, otherwise they would be too lonely.
When they got back to the hotel, it wasn't too late, just around nine o'clock. Sister Shan was preoccupied with something and probably hadn't gone to bed yet. Hong Guo was embarrassed: "I think Sister Shan is waiting for my call. I really don't know what to say."
Chang Zong had an idea: "Instead of talking to Sister Shan about her family's problems, it would be better to talk to Old Chen and let him solve it himself."
Hongguo's eyes lit up. This was a really good idea. It was up to Lao Chen to decide whether he wanted to have a home or not.
Hong Guo suddenly understood and stood on tiptoe to kiss his handsome face: "Chang Zong, you are amazing. You can think of a better solution right away."
Gu Changzong didn't think he was much more thoughtful than Hongguo. Hongguo was just affected by her pity for Sister Shan. Unlike him, everyone except Hongguo looked at everything with the rationality of a bystander and could naturally find the optimal solution without being disturbed by emotions.
But now was not a rational moment. Changzong took the opportunity to hug Hongguo and deepened the kiss. It was still early.
Hong Guo smiled and begged for mercy. This was outside, not at home. She had an appointment to do some work tomorrow morning. If she got up late, she would be too embarrassed to go out again. "Chang Zong, can we just hold hands and talk?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you." At this moment at home, Changzong was a little rough, but outside, he was very obedient.
The next morning, Hongguo got up very early and had breakfast at the hotel. When Xiaozheng and the others arrived, she had already ordered everything. Changzong took Diandian from his arms. This child was easy to take care of as long as he came out to play and didn't stick to him and Hongguo.
Hong Guo watched Shi Jinzhou change out of his obviously expensive clothes and shoes, and his watch which was also made in China and cost more than 100 yuan. When she heard that he would not even drive a car and would ride in Changzong's transport vehicle with everyone else, she was surprised and said, "You should live your life according to your circle. There is no need to be the same as us."
Shi Jinzhou hurriedly explained: "I can't inherit the family fortune. As for me personally, I have fallen on hard times and can no longer live extravagantly like before. I also want to start over and see if I can match my father's achievements."
Hongguo was very considerate and said, "We are going to buy jade, so it's okay to wear something ordinary."
Changzong didn't say anything, he just moved to the right of Hongguo, away from Shi Jinzhou's nonsense.
Shi Jinzhou was carrying a large travel bag. Xiao Zheng helped to lift it. It was so heavy. He asked, "We may not be able to stay overnight. Why are you carrying so many things?"
Shi Jinzhou raised his eyebrows and opened a corner, which was full of cash: "I brought tens of thousands of dollars in case of emergency."
Xiao Zheng's mouth twitched. Is this called falling into decline? They went to buy goods this time, scraping together all they could, including the jade shop's profits from a few months and the cash that Brother Zong brought back, to scrape together 40,000 yuan.
After breakfast, it took more than an hour to get to Pingzhou. Xiao Zheng was sitting in the back of the car. Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he pulled open the curtain that separated the driver's seat. He said nervously, "Brother Zong, the car that followed us last time has appeared again, behind us."
Changzong glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that it was the car that had gotten stuck in the mud on the path last time, and the license plate had not been changed.
Hong Guo looked at the busy streets and said, "They didn't even change their license plates, so they probably don't have any bad intentions. There are so many of us, we're not afraid of them."
Hongguo thought that the other party would not do anything extreme on such a busy street, and there were many people coming this time, so the other party would always have to be cautious.
Unexpectedly, the other party accelerated and blocked the car in front. In fact, Changzong could have accelerated when the other party accelerated to overtake, but he wanted to see what the other party would do, so he let the other party overtake.
Old Zheng handed the sleeping kid to Little Zheng and said to Chang Zong in front, "I'll go down and take a look."
Changzong nodded and watched the show in the car with his arms folded.
Shi Jinzhou finally had something to brag to the nervous Xiao Zheng: "During the three months in Hong Kong, no matter what the storm was, the corner of Brother Zong's clothes was never caught. This kind of small scene is nothing."
Hongguo saw Lao Zheng catch the opponent's fist and punch back. The opponent immediately squatted down holding his stomach. Lao Zheng could deal with a whole car of people from the opponent by himself, and there was also Changzong. Even if he couldn't buy jade this time, his safety would be no problem.
When you are out, safety is the most important thing. Business should be put on the back burner. Hong Guo was at a loss as to whether this business trip could be successful. She asked Chang Zong, "When Lao Zheng gets in the car, should we go back or continue to the jade market?"
Chang Zong did not hesitate: "Let's go to the jade market, Guo Guo, you and Diandian will be fine with me here."
Shi Jinzhou asked from behind: "Brother Zong, what about us?"
Changzong didn't want to pay attention to the unnecessary question, so he answered: "I will bring it back to you the same way I brought it to you."
Lao Zheng threatened with a punch, and the other party all got in their cars and left. Lao Zheng came back, and Hong Guo was worried and asked, "Lao Zheng, what did you say just now? Why did they start the fight first?"
Old Zheng was calm and composed, his expression didn't change at all: "They said their boss is in the jade business, and wanted to treat us to a meal last time, but we left too fast, so we must go this time. I said my nephew was scared last time and refused to eat the meal, and the guy told me not to refuse a toast and drink a forfeit, and I said I wanted to drink a forfeit, and he threw a punch at me. I thought he was so powerful, but a boss with this kind of stuff is not good, don't be afraid, let's go to the jade market."
Xiao Zheng was very touched, and Shi Jinzhou was very envious: "Xiao Zheng, your uncle treats you better than my father treats me."
Xiao Zheng comforted him: "Then you should be a good father in the future."
Shi Jinzhou understood Changzong. It turned out that it was quite uncomfortable to chat with someone who had the same train of thought as him.
Hongguo thought more about it. How could they run into each other just after arriving in Pingzhou? It was too much of a coincidence.
The other party seemed to know what time they would arrive and was waiting for them in advance on the road they had to take, but she couldn't figure out who leaked their whereabouts. It was convenient to use the phone now, but there had to be someone in Shenzhen. They didn't see any suspicious people following them, so could it be someone from the hotel?
Hong Guo asked, "Chang Zong, I'd like to see who the boss is that has to pester us?"
Chang Zong said: "That's not difficult. Since we failed to stop them on the road, the jade market will continue."
Old Zheng is a person of linear thinking: "If I had known this, I would have gone to meet them."
Hong Guo smiled and said, "That's different. If we go there under threat, we will be weak in momentum. Let's teach them a lesson and let them know that we are not easy to mess with."
Chang Zong continued to drive to the jade market and soon arrived. Lao Zheng stayed in the car and asked Chang Zong to hold the little one. He said, "We're afraid they'll puncture our tires. I'll watch the car."
Lao Zheng's caution was well-reasoned. When he went in to select jade materials, he had nothing to fear as Chang Zong was there. If a fight really broke out, he could call the police and his personal safety would be protected.
Just as they reached the entrance of the jade market, Hongguo pointed at a missing person notice on the wall. The person on it was Xiao Sun. A few days ago, someone who was traveling with him reported him to the police missing, and he was last seen in the jade market.
Xiao Sun was in the antique business, so he switched to the jade business? Hong Guo looked at Chang Zong.
Gu Changzong saw it, but he was not surprised. He said one sentence with two meanings: "It has nothing to do with any of us present here."
Xiao Zheng wanted to offer to help look for it after seeing this, but after hearing this, he swallowed the words of help. They already had trouble on this trip and couldn't take care of another one.
Shi Jinnian read the missing person notice and looked at everyone's attitude. They were people he knew, but their relationship was so casual that he didn't care. He would not interfere and even said in a self-righteous way, "If I hadn't been traveling with you, I wouldn't have dared to come."
It would be fine if she didn't show off. Hongguo tried not to think about Xiao Sun, but unexpected things happened one after another. Boss Jiao, who had been so successful last time, was squatting on a small stall at the entrance, fiddling with his dozen or so stones.
Hongguo saw him, and he also looked up and saw Hongguo.
When Mr. Jiao, the stall owner, saw that the person who came was Jiang Hongguo who bought the raw stones last time, he smiled frankly and said, "It's you. Do you want to take a look at these stones of mine? I have collected them for several years. It's a rare opportunity to sell them. It would be a pity if you missed them."
The last time I came, Boss Jiao was a big buyer in the jade market. It’s only been a few months, but he is selling all the stones in his collection. What happened?
Hongguo wanted to buy stones, anyone's would do. She squatted down and looked at them one by one, touching them all. It turned out that Boss Jiao was an expert. Among his stones, only three were waste, half of them were very good jade materials, and the rest were average.
Hongguo asked the price, and Boss Jiao said he wanted to sell the stones in packages, at a fixed price of 60,000 yuan for 16 stones.
Last time, Hongguo bought six stones and spent 18,000 yuan. But that was because she used her talent to find bargains, otherwise how could she have such good luck in gambling on stones? The stones that Hongguo touched from Boss Jiao, the eight top-quality stones alone, were worth more than 60,000 yuan. But the raw stones were not opened, so no one could bet on the quality except Hongguo. In fact, it was very cost-effective to buy these stones from Boss Jiao for 60,000 yuan.
Hongguo said he wanted to take another look. Shi Jinzhou stood up reluctantly. He had an inexplicable love for these stones full of unknowns. Sixty thousand yuan was not expensive. It was just a matter of buying a few fewer watches. Why not buy it?
Different professions are like different worlds. Shi Jinzhou didn't dare to say anything and hurried to catch up with everyone.
Hongguo went to the next store and found the one she liked. She couldn’t bargain with the seller to lower the price, so the seller refused to sell it. Fortunately, the first one she liked was just of average quality, so she decided not to sell it.
Then, she visited more than a dozen stalls and touched all the raw stones she visited, making it impossible for the other party to find the method, but Changzong remembered the stone that Hongguo touched again with his left hand.
I walked around for two or three hours, and except for bargaining for the first piece, I didn't ask any questions about other items. Half of the people in the market were talking and watching the fun.
Hongguo was also waiting to watch the fun. It wasn't the only jade market in the country. At worst, she could just not buy anything this time.
When they arrived at the largest jade store in the most central location of the jade market, Hongguo saw the young man who blocked the way was also in the store.
The people inside and outside the store looked at each other. A person in the store who was obviously the person in charge wanted to come out to say hello, but after taking a step, Hong Guo turned around and left, not wanting to talk to them.
Hong Guo dragged Chang Zong and walked quickly towards the exit, saying, "It's time for dinner, Chang Zong, let's treat Boss Jiao to a meal, what do you say?"
Gu Changzong thought it was a good idea and suggested: "Let's buy all of Boss Jiao's stones. If he's happy, he might be willing to tell the truth. But I don't know if it will be a loss if we buy them."
"It's not a loss at all." Hongguo just felt that it was a bit of a loss compared to the last time, but looking at the current situation, Boss Jiao's stones are worth buying.
So many people came this time, and they originally planned to buy more raw stones to take back, so they collected 40,000 yuan. Hongguo and Boss Jiao said that they would give him 40,000 yuan first, write an IOU for 20,000 yuan, and then remit the money to him. If it was okay, they would take all his stones.
Boss Jiao trusted them: "You are valued by the new rich of Pingzhou jade, you must be extraordinary people. I trust you. Load the things into the car, I will treat you to a meal."
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