The door was ajar.
The sounds of conversation inside wafted through the crack in the door. The room was quiet. Wu An put down his teacup and listened intently.
It's quite clear.
Judging from the voices, it was only Elder Zhang and the young man; there should only be those two people in the inner courtyard.
so.
The two guard dogs at the gate belong to that young man.
What's their background?
Those who can afford to go out with bodyguards are no ordinary rich kids.
This was the first time Wu An had ever met such so-called "powerful and wealthy" people. He felt quite strange, mostly out of curiosity. He used to watch a lot of short videos, and for a while, they would always push videos of people whose lives seemed to belong to a different world from his own.
And before my eyes, for the first time, I saw something truly alive.
and.
Arrange for two bodyguards to guard the door and prevent others from disturbing the peace.
He was also quite curious about what kind of business this person wanted to discuss with Old Master Zhang.
He actually overheard it.
Old Zhang called the man Xiao Liang, who had come to buy ambergris. Somehow, Xiao Liang learned that Old Zhang had collected some ambergris, so he made a special trip to visit and ask to buy it.
Old Zhang sighed and said, "Young Liang, there's no need for a premium. I bought these three pieces of ambergris for 205,000 yuan, so I'll sell them to you at that price."
Xiao Liang thanked him and said, "Mr. Zhang, as long as you have plenty of money, but since I'm here to take your love, please be sure to accept this 300,000."
"If you receive any more ambergris later, please be sure to contact me."
"This is not only for celebrating a birthday, but also for saving a life."
"To be honest, the reason my family has been searching everywhere for ambergris is because it is a very important ingredient in an ancient prescription."
Old Master Zhang exclaimed in surprise, "It's Old Master Liang..."
Xiao Liang: "Exactly."
Old Zhang shook his head, sighed, and said, "I understand."
Upon hearing footsteps, Wu An quickly stopped eavesdropping, picked up an empty teacup and drank some tea, while Gu Anran beside him stared intently at an antique.
When people are trying to hide something, they really will pretend to be very busy.
In reality, it looks fake at first glance.
The half-open door opened, and Old Zhang came out first, followed closely by the young man. When he saw Wu An and Gu Anran, his expression changed slightly, and his gaze sharpened.
Old Zhang said, "These are the guests I invited in."
Wu An nodded in acknowledgment.
Xiao Liang withdrew his gaze and walked out, completely ignoring the others.
I walked to the door.
After greeting Elder Zhang and thanking him repeatedly, I went out. At the door, I heard the voices of the two bodyguards apologizing.
Old Zhang walked over.
Before Elder Zhang could even make a move, Wu An offered to pour tea.
Old Zhang smiled and said, "Don't worry about it, it's just some meaningless taboos."
Wu An smiled and said, "I think it's quite interesting."
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry, I didn't eavesdrop on purpose. I just overheard a few sentences of your conversation. Was that person here to buy ambergris?"
Old Zhang nodded: "Yes, it's alright. It's not some kind of secret that's hard to talk about."
"The patriarch of the family fell ill and needed ambergris as a medicine. Of course, it wasn't just this one medicine. In order to please him, the younger members of the family plundered it extensively."
Hearing this, Gu Anran exclaimed in sudden realization, "So this is the power struggle within a wealthy family!"
Wu Anle laughed: "Really...it's not surprising at all."
"An Ran, I don't know much about the power struggles within wealthy families, but do you know what business warfare is like?"
He was in a good mood.
This is just like a pillow coming to someone who's about to fall asleep.
He was worried that selling such a large amount of ambergris might cause trouble, but the big shot who wanted to buy the ambergris had already come to find Master Zhang first.
Now.
It's not that he needs to find a way to take action.
Instead, the other party begged to buy.
Gu Anran thought for a moment and said, "Just like in the TV series, it's all about capital operation..."
Wu An shook his head.
Gu Anran asked, "Are all the things in TV dramas fake?"
Wu An smiled: "Yes and no."
"You think high-end business warfare is about capital operations, stock market fluctuations, and how big shots stir up trouble with a few words? No, no, no!"
"It's a group of people forcibly seizing the company seal from the office, pouring boiling water on your money tree to kill it, cutting off the power and water, the chairman secretly filming confidential information and being caught red-handed by security guards, stirring up trouble in other people's comment sections, and even big shots exchanging insults about each other's parents on Weibo..."
Wu An found these old jokes funny, while Gu Anran's eyes sparkled as she listened. Although she didn't quite understand them, she felt that Wu An spoke very logically and was very impressive.
After listening, Old Zhang fell into deep thought and asked, "Ah An, you know a lot at such a young age."
Wu An laughed: "Old Zhang, you've been through this?"
Old Zhang said, "What you said is really nothing."
"Just as you said."
"Those who don't understand think that business battles or wealthy families are unfathomable, but in reality, they're just petty squabbles and not very interesting."
"You said you have good stuff, what is it?"
Wu An said, "Ambergris."
Old Zhang: "Huh?"
Wu An said, "You say this is unfortunate."
Old Zhang nodded: "What a coincidence."
How much did you get this time?
Wu An said, "It was originally supposed to be 66 jin, but it was delayed these past two days and the wind blew it out. When I weighed it this morning, it was only 64 jin left."
Old Zhang asked, "The same as before?"
Wu An nodded.
Old Zhang asked impatiently, "Where is it? Bring it to me."
Wu An said, "There's too much. I've put the things in the car."
Old Zhang stood up: "Foolish."
"How can we just leave it in the car like this? What if we run into a thief?"
"Go, go, go."
Old Zhang went out and walked very quickly.
We arrived at the parking lot.
Just then, a Porsche Cayenne drove away. The rear window rolled down, and Xiao Liang greeted him, "Mr. Zhang, what's with you in such a hurry..."
When Old Zhang saw him, he immediately greeted him, "It's good that you haven't left yet."
"Come on, let me introduce you."
"This is Wu An."
"This is……"
Xiao Liang smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, I don't need to introduce myself, do I?"
The subtext is simple: he's just an insignificant nobody, not worthy of even hearing his name.
Old Zhang patted his car: "Alright, then I won't go into details."
"Get out of the car now."
"And your bodyguards, come down too, they'll escort me back to the store later."
Xiao Liang frowned: "This... I have something to do later."
Old Zhang said, "I'm going to get the ambergris. I'm afraid someone will see me and rob me on the way. If you need anything, then forget it."
The words had barely left his lips.
Xiao Liang immediately got out of the car: "You should have said so earlier."
"Go through fire and water, Elder Zhang."
The two bodyguards were already on high alert and were quite professional, keeping Wu An and Gu Anran outside.
Old Zhang pointed at Wu An and said, "The goods belong to him."
Xiao Liang looked at Wu An.
Wu An smiled and waved to him.
Xiao Liang immediately put on a big smile and shamelessly extended his hand: "Hello Wu An, my name is..."
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