Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty-Three
"Bastard!"
Song Yi slapped Goat Beard across the face.
She hadn’t expected an old colleague who had been with the company for many years to betray her.
Her slap also woke Goat Beard; his face was filled with panic. Although his spirit had been controlled by Long Xiaoshan monts ago, he could still rember the words he had spoken.
"Call the police, and hand him over to them when they arrive," Song Yi said to the security guard.
"Director Song, I was temporarily blinded by greed, please forgive ," Goat Beard pleaded desperately.
Song Yi’s expression was cold though; this was behavior that could have destroyed her company, and naturally, she wasn’t inclined to show rcy. She had the security drag Goat Beard away.
After Goat Beard was taken away,
Song Yi’s gaze turned to Long Xiaoshan, and with a sowhat strange expression, she said, "Thank you, you have helped once again."
She was genuinely curious about Long Xiaoshan.
He could exorcise spirits and also appraise antiques; even she couldn’t distinguish those counterfeit antiques that Long Xiaoshan had identified just through the display cabinet glass.
But she felt truly grateful to Long Xiaoshan as well.
Last ti, Long Xiaoshan had saved her life.
This ti, Long Xiaoshan had saved her company.
Both were great debts of gratitude.
"Don’t ntion it, Sister Song. I actually have a favor to ask of you," Long Xiaoshan got straight to the point.
"Co with ," Song Yi invited the two upstairs to her office.
She personally brewed a cup of tea for Long Xiaoshan. Not sure whether it was an oversight or not, she didn’t pour one for Bai Susu. Bai Susu gave a wry smile, thinking to herself that Song Yi still bore grudges against her.
Long Xiaoshan passed the teacup to Bai Susu and said, "Auntie Su, you drink it, I’m not thirsty."
Song Yi huffed. She was not pleased – why be so nice to Bai Susu and not others? But she couldn’t well lash out at Long Xiaoshan, her benefactor.
Long Xiaoshan said, "Sister Song, I’ve heard that you also deal in jade stones?"
"Sort of," Song Yi replied. "I deal in jade as well, but my main business is still in antiques. I only handle jade on the side since the jade market is booming, with the prices of jade rising every year. Besides, it’s a non-renewable resource. The top-grade jade is getting rarer, similar to oil."
"Then I’ve approached the right person. I want to buy so jade stones," Long Xiaoshan said.
"You’re looking to buy jade stones? Is it a gift? Whether it’s for personal use or as a present, what quality are you looking for? The best jade is jadeite. Are you interested in old pit glass-like level, seed-like level, or ice-like level? I have very limited stock of the glass-like level, but there are more options for the others," Song Yi explained.
"Show first. I want to see every grade you have," Long Xiaoshan said.
Song Yi nodded and instructed her staff to fetch the jade stones from the vault.
After a while, the jade stones were brought in.
There were five types in total.
Old pit glass-like level, seed-like level, ice-like level, ice-seed-like level, and seed-like level, ranging from high to low quality. The best, the glass-like level, was only the size of a thumb. There was more of the seed-like and ice-like levels, and the seed-like level was the poorest quality; they casually brought out a huge piece the size of a football.
Long Xiaoshan sensed the spiritual energy within the jade stones.
The spiritual energy in the seed-like level was already scarce, barely different from an ordinary stone.
"If setting up a formation, it is best to use jade of the Ice-like level or above."
He lifted the fist-sized piece of Ice-like jade and asked, "How much for this?"
Song Yi said, "I bought this piece for 800,000. If you want it, I won’t make any profit from you and will sell it at the original price."
"That expensive!" Long Xiaoshan exclaid.
"This is Ice-like level jade, of course, it’s expensive," Song Yi said. "And this hasn’t even been processed yet. Once this piece of Ice-like jade is processed, it can be sold for more than 2 million."
Long Xiaoshan experienced a surge of frustration.
He had not expected a piece of jade to cost 800,000. If he needed a ton, how much would that cost? Although he was wealthy now, he couldn’t spend money like this.
Seeing that Long Xiaoshan was silent, Song Yi thought he found it too expensive and couldn’t afford it. She said, "You helped a lot today. How about this: I’ll give you this piece of jade as a gift to thank you."
"No, Sister Song, I need a large quantity." After thinking it over, he said with a grimace, considering the safety of Bai’s dicinal Materials, "How much similar jade do you have? I hope the more, the better. Ideally, I would like over a hundred kilograms of Ice-like level jade, and about a ton of the ’glutinous’ type."
Long Xiaoshan had calculated that although the Spiritual Energy in the ’glutinous’ type was inferior, it would still be barely usable in large quantities.
Song Yi nearly fell over when she heard him and stared with her lovely eyes, "Long Xiaoshan, are you just ssing with on purpose?"
"Do you think I’m joking?"
"Yes, very much. Do you know how much that would cost? It wouldn’t be possible without several hundred million," Song Yi said.
"Money is not an issue. Just help get the supply, and I’ll pay you," Long Xiaoshan assured. He could still gather a few hundred million and, after all, he was the Dragon Head of Hechuan City. Although it was a lot of money, it wasn’t impossible.
Song Yi stared at Long Xiaoshan for a long while, unable to believe that he could be so wealthy. A few hundred million in cash, even Zhou Yushan, the richest man in Hechuan, wouldn’t be able to co up with that much. Cash and assets are completely different things.
She shook her head, "Even if you really have the money, I can’t procure that much. ’Glutinous’ jade might be feasible since it has a larger output, but for Ice-like level and above, you want to get you a hundred kilograms all at once, I don’t have that kind of capacity."
Long Xiaoshan felt sowhat disappointed, "Really no way?"
"I’m not the biggest jade stone operator. The biggest is Seajade Pavilion." Song Yi said with a frown and distaste.
"Seajade Pavilion?" Long Xiaoshan had a good mory, "Is that the sa Seajade Pavilion that Goat Beard just ntioned, the one that frad you with fake antiques?"
"That’s the one. That surnad Feng is very disgusting. I didn’t expect him to stoop so low. I’ve only been operating in the jade business for a few years, and he’s been troubling all along. However, his family started with jade and is said to have good relations with Myanmar. Their jade business is the biggest in Hechuan City," Song Yi said.
Long Xiaoshan flicked his fingers.
Though he didn’t want to do business with such a despicable person, it seed he had no other choice at the mont. He had to arrange the formation as soon as possible.
"Sister Song, I’m sorry, but I urgently need the jade, so I have to go take a look," Long Xiaoshan stood up.
Even though Song Yi felt uncomfortable, she had no solution, and knowing that she couldn’t procure such a large amount of jade herself, she said, "I’ll go with you, to prevent that surnad Feng from deceiving you."
The three of them went downstairs.
Seajade Pavilion was also located on Antique Jade Stone Street, less than two hundred ters from Song’s Antique Jade Shop.
The three walked along the street.
Before long, they arrived in front of Seajade Pavilion, which was decorated extrely lavishly. If Song’s Antique Jade Shop had a classical style, then Seajade Pavilion was the epito of nouveau riche luxury.
The space was also much larger than Song’s Antique Jade Shop, covering seven or eight hundred square ters.
Long Xiaoshan and his two companions walked in.
Song Yi and Bai Susu flanked Long Xiaoshan on the left and the right. Song Yi, a prominent figure on the antique street with her towering height, stood out wherever she went, while Bai Susu, though not as tall, was as gentle and graceful as a lady from Jiangnan, a beauty from the Republic era, with features as picturesque as a painting. The two won accompanying Long Xiaoshan were indeed an eye-catching sight. Read latest stories on
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