Seeing the assistant's flustered look, Huo Qiqi frowned and asked in confusion, "Don't be anxious, Xiao Wu. Tell me slowly. What happened? Why are you so flustered?"
"Boss, several people came outside and were stopped outside the gate by our security. The gate was in a mess and attracted a lot of onlookers." The young assistant reported the situation breathlessly.
Huo Qiqi said to the assistant, "Let's go and take a look together." Then she walked out of the office first, followed by Shen Lan and Wei Hong.
When Huo Qiqi arrived at the gate, she saw the security captain gesturing at several people, who were obviously very excited.
"What's wrong with Captain Li? The boss is here, tell us the situation quickly," Shen Lan rushed into the crowd and pulled the security captain away.
Captain Li looked at Huo Qiqi in front of him and scratched his head embarrassedly, "Boss, these people are from the Emerald Country. We don't understand what they are saying, so we have been arguing like this."
Hearing Captain Li's explanation, Huo Qiqi smiled helplessly and said, "Captain Li, it's okay. Please ask the team members to disperse. I will speak the language of the Emerald Nation and communicate with them."
Huo Qiqi came to the people of Emerald Country and took them to her office after a brief conversation.
"Boss Huo, my name is Zhou Jiang. We are not here for no reason. To be honest, we have come here specifically to ask for your help. As long as you are willing to help, we will reward you handsomely." An old man with white hair and beard asked Huo Qiqi.
Huo Qiqi thought for a moment and said calmly, "Mr. Zhou, please tell me what the matter is first, and then I will consider whether to help."
Zhou Jiang nodded to show his understanding, and then told Huo Qiqi about the difficulties he encountered.
It turns out that the Zhou family and the Zhang family are two century-old families in the southwest of the Jade Kingdom. For more than a hundred years, they have often fought for the mining rights of a piece of Jade Mountain, and many people were killed and injured on both sides. Until 60 years ago, under the mediation of local bigwigs, both parties agreed to use gambling stone competition to determine who owns the mining rights.
To be fair, the two families decided to compete every 10 years.
The Zhou family has failed twice in a row, and this time they are determined to win, so they are looking for a master of Du Shi all over the world. This time they finally found a Master Wang in Hong Kong.
But before they could invite Master Wang, they learned that Master Wang and Huo Qiqi had lost the gambling stone competition. They came to visit Huo Qiqi because they wanted Huo Qiqi to participate in the competition on behalf of the Zhou family.
Huo Qiqi was quite looking forward to going to the Emerald Kingdom. After all, in order to use more functions of the system space, a large amount of jade was needed.
Besides, as long as the Zhou family can afford sufficient compensation, I can do it myself.
"Mr. Zhou, you want me to participate in this gambling stone competition on your behalf. What can I get?" Huo Qiqi asked calmly.
Before visiting Huo Qiqi, Zhou Jiang inquired about her situation. As the head of one of the four major families in Hong Kong and worth hundreds of billions, Huo Qiqi naturally would not be interested in ordinary remuneration.
"Boss Huo, if you are willing to help, we can give you a quarter of the jadeite mined from this Jade Mountain in the past 10 years." Zhou Jiang threw out a major piece of good news.
"How much jade is mined in your Jade Mountain every year?" Huo Qiqi asked a key question.
"Boss Huo, we've calculated that this Emerald Mountain can yield 400 tons of jade each year. Boss Huo can get 100 tons of jade every year."
Zhou Jiang took out a report and handed it to Huo Qiqi.
Huo Qiqi looked at the report, nodded slightly, and said nothing. She had to consider the troubles and dangers she might encounter if she helped the Zhou family.
Zhou Jiang looked at Huo Qiqi without saying a word. Fearing she would refuse, he added another condition. "Boss Huo, if you agree to help, in addition to a quarter of the profits from mining Jade Mountain, we are willing to give you an additional 200 tons of jade. As soon as we arrive in Jade Country, these 200 tons of jade will be immediately delivered."
Huo Qiqi put down the report in her hand and said to Zhou Jiang, "This reward is not bad. I can participate in the gambling jade competition for you. If I win the gambling jade competition, I will give me a quarter of the jade in 10 years in advance. I can't wait 10 years, so I will give you 1,000 tons as you said. If you can agree to my request, we can set off at any time."
After discussing with several others, Zhou Jiang agreed to Huo Qiqi's request. After both parties signed the agreement, they agreed to set off for the Emerald Kingdom in three days.
"Chen Lan, call Li Nan and Hasa and ask them to come to my office. There are some things I need to ask them." Huo Qiqi rubbed her head and said tiredly.
"Boss, you arranged for Shen Lan to come over to us. Do you have any arrangements?" Li Nan and Hasa sat opposite Huo Qiqi at her signal.
Huo Qiqi took a sip of her unsweetened, bitter coffee and said to Li Nan and Hasa, "How much do you know about the Emerald Country? Have you had any contact with the Zhou and Zhang families in the southwest of the Emerald Country?"
Li Nan and Hasa looked at each other, and Hasa said, "Boss, I have had contact with the daughter of the Zhou family. The Zhou family is quite disciplined and has a good reputation in the local area."
"Does Zhou Jiang know anything?" Huo Qiqi tapped the table lightly with her index finger.
"Boss, Zhou Jiang is the younger brother of the current family head. He spent his early years in Country M and returned to the Zhou family 10 years ago. He is very capable in economics and has helped the Zhou family manage many of their businesses."
"Get ready and come with me to the Emerald Kingdom in three days, is that ok?" Huo Qiqi decided to ask for their opinions.
At this time, Li Nan said, "Boss, no problem, we can follow you there."
After Li Nan and Hasa left Huo Qiqi's office, Hasa asked Li Nan in confusion, "Li Nan, what if we encounter enemies in the Emerald Country? One of the main reasons we gave up our seclusion in the Emerald Country and chose to join the boss was that we didn't want to face those enemies again."
"Hassa, I've decided to find an opportunity to confess to the boss. Our affairs cannot affect the boss's affairs."
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