"I’m back!"
Chen Yiyang had just finished cleaning his cara when the little accountant returned.
"How was the food court today?" Chen Yiyang asked.
"Don’t even ntion it." The little accountant waved his hand and said, "Now that I have money, I should eat at expensive places in the future."
"What happened?" Chen Yiyang was even more curious upon hearing the little accountant say this.
Although he hadn’t wandered around much today, in his initial impression, Singapore was quite a modern gacity in Asia.
Moreover, it had its own unique characteristics and morable points, not the sa old thing everywhere.
But hearing the little accountant today, it seed like the food court experience wasn’t great.
"There were cockroaches, and not just any cockroaches, but those big southern ones. It scared to death. Additionally, the food court wasn’t very clean, and the taste was quite average. It was worse than the big stalls in small counties back ho."
The little accountant sighed and continued, "I ran away before I even finished eating. Later, I found a place recomnded by others and had a Bak Kut Teh. Though it was pricey, it tasted quite good."
"You don’t lack money now, so why pinch pennies?" Chen Yiyang was also a bit speechless.
You could tell from the climate that Singapore was prone to cockroaches.
In a climate like this, high-end restaurants and residences are slightly better.
It’s not surprising if ordinary places are overrun with rats and cockroaches; locals are probably used to it.
Today’s intel: Officially-Made Silver Plate: A Tang Dynasty Officially-Made Silver Plate is up for sale at the Singapore flea market. Snag it for less than fifty thousand to score a bargain.
The relevant location and pictures are attached on the second page.
A Tang Dynasty antique?
Chen Yiyang was a bit surprised upon seeing today’s intel.
He hadn’t expected to find a Tang Dynasty antique in Singapore.
But what is an Officially-Made Silver Plate?
Chen Yiyang searched online and discovered that so-called Officially-Made Silver Plates were a special product of the Tang Dynasty, typically categorized into locally cast and officially central cast.
These silver plates generally had no set price or currency function, being used by the central governnt to facilitate storage and receive local tributes.
They were usually used for storage or large paynts and sotis as raw material for crafting gold and silverware.
Chen Yiyang chatted for a bit with Huang Yuqiu while having breakfast.
He found out from Huang Yuqiu that Yue Ting still hadn’t contacted him, so Chen Yiyang told Huang Yuqiu that if Yue Ting didn’t contact him by tonight, he was planning to leave Singapore.
After finishing the call with Huang Yuqiu, Chen Yiyang went out and took a cab to the flea market ntioned in the intel.
Although Singapore is a developed country, that doesn’t an those at the bottom live well.
As an immigrant country, Singapore often has wealthy individuals immigrating here. These wealthy individuals bring a lot of wealth, easily driving up local prices, leaving the lower classes without ans to grow their wealth, while having to endure increased living costs.
So besides luxurious malls, Singapore also has many affordable flea markets.
The place where Chen Yiyang went was such a place, bustling with life and reasonably priced.
Yet, it also appeared sowhat chaotic and disorganized.
But he quickly found the spot based on the intel’s hints.
It was a small stall selling various odds and ends, with no obvious antiques but rather more tal materials.
After rummaging for a while, Chen Yiyang found the Tang Dynasty Officially-Made Silver Plate.
"How much is this worth?" Chen Yiyang saw that the vendor looked Southeast Asian and wasn’t sure if they spoke Chinese.
So he asked in English directly.
The vendor’s English was quite good, and they communicated without any barriers.
Chen Yiyang spent about eight hundred Singapore Dollars to buy this item, which the vendor considered ordinary tal material.
Tang Dynasty Officially-Made Silver Plate.
It’s understandable that the vendor got it wrong. Mainly, besides a single Chinese character ’Chao’ on it, there were no other distinctive features.
No one would think this was an invaluable antique.
In fact, it was even worthy of being displayed in the provincial museum.
After purchasing the item, Chen Yiyang put it in his pocket.
He continued wandering around the area before returning to the hotel.
"Boss, give this a try." The little accountant went out again today to find delicious food.
She also brought back so strange-looking fruits.
One of them, Chen Yiyang felt, didn’t seem like it was from Earth, looking more like sothing from a comic depicting alien food.
"This is called a horned lon, and it really tastes quite good." The little accountant strongly recomnded it to Chen Yiyang.
Chen Yiyang reluctantly took one to taste. It did, indeed, taste pretty decent.
Still, he wondered why it was so rare in the dostic market.
Picture of a horned lon.
Staying until the evening in Singapore, Chen Yiyang had his plane ticket booked and was preparing to return ho at night.
Then Huang Yuqiu called.
"Yue Ting wants to talk with you again."
So, Chen Yiyang left the little accountant to pack the luggage, and he went to et Yue Ting.
This ti, Yue Ting arranged to et Chen Yiyang at a tea shop.
The shop had a beautiful decor, and there were quite a few staff playing on their phones.
Strangely, though, there were hardly any custors, and when Chen Yiyang arrived, the staff didn’t even bother to greet him.
They seed accustod to their shop having no custors.
"This shop is owned by a friend of mine," Yue Ting said briefly.
Chen Yiyang quickly grasped the aning behind his words. This shop wasn’t a regular business but a front for laundering money.
If soone had dirty money they wanted to smuggle out, apart from Yue Ting’s main thods, there were also these small shopfronts.
Every year, with Singapore’s high prices, a lot of clean money could be laundered.
Then it could be brought from the mainland to live in Singapore.
Chen Yiyang understood what Yue Ting ant.
Yue Ting still wanted to offer Chen Yiyang a laundering channel in exchange for the Ministry of War Seal he had.
But Chen Yiyang only wanted his shares in Le Shi Network.
Seeing Chen Yiyang being so firm, Yue Ting had no choice but to hesitate for a mont before finally saying, "The shares of Le Shi Network are held by a relative of mine. After you return, I will arrange for him to trade with you and transfer the shares to you.
Once the contract is signed, you need to give the seal, and I’ll need to have soone authenticate its authenticity beforehand."
"No problem," Chen Yiyang stood up and shook hands with Yue Ting.
It seed the troubles Yue Ting faced back ho were quite significant, or he wouldn’t have compromised so quickly.
After all, Le Shi Network was the last clean asset he had on the mainland.
Of course, his willingness to sell Le Shi Network also showed he really had no intention of returning to the country.
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