Ma Lu parked the ES8 in the alley outside the courtyard, and then got out of the car with Sun i, carrying two shoeboxes.
The door to Yan Wu's little courtyard was unlocked, and the savory aroma of at wafted through the gate.
Ma Lu knocked twice on the wooden door panel, and the voice of the hardware store owner ca from inside, "The lamb is almost ready, co in."
Ma Lu and Sun i walked into the courtyard, where they saw Yan Wu under a jujube tree with a grill set up, fanning the charcoal with a palm-leaf fan and rotating the skewers of at.
Sun i rolled up her sleeves, approached, and volunteered, "Let do it."
Yan Wu glanced at her, and Ma Lu introduced, "This is the new sous chef at the restaurant, Sun i."
"Oh, I heard about it. Old Wang took on another disciple a few days ago, congratulations."
Yan Wu wiped his hands on his jeans and shook hands with Sun i.
"I also brought so supersonic flatfin billfish at we got last week, just in ti to ask Sous Chef Sun i to help us cook it."
As he spoke, Ma Lu bent down to place the shoeboxes on the ground and opened their lids.
The Valkyrie People crawled out one by one, with a few car-sick ones imdiately running to the flower bed to vomit as soon as they touched the ground.
Others ca before Yan Wu, hands on hips, bent their right leg, stepping on the inside of their left leg, and began to do Turn in Circles in gratitude for his hospitality.
Yan Wu also greeted the Valkyrie People, "How is it, getting used to the new job?"
Jigina nodded, "Thanks to Boss Ma, we've proven that we can live and work in human cities. I just called my kin up the mountain last month. The rest will be packing up and descending soon."
"Descending is good." Yan Wu grabbed a bottle of beer, didn't bother with a bottle opener, and simply chopped off the cap with his hand.
He poured so beer into a bowl for the Valkyrie People, then opened two more bottles for Ma Lu and Sun i.
"Nowadays, there are more and more tourists on the mountain; it's getting harder for you to stay undiscovered. Instead of continuing to hide, you might as well co down and adapt to modern society."
"That's the idea," said Jigina. "Previously, the Elder worried we couldn't integrate into human cities and find work, reluctant to move down. Now that we've found our footing, they've loosened up.
"Also, Boss Ma pointed out we could earn extra on TikTok by creating sketches with a 'tiny people nation' the. In less than a week we had tens of thousands of followers, and so girls even ssaged privately, heh heh heh."
"Big brother, you're just pretending to manage the account; you really want to use this opportunity to romance those giantesses," Liliem said with a pout, unhappy.
"Who says that? I've also uploaded many of your videos, lots of male giants like you, and they've sent you date invites, too," Jigina countered.
"I don't think those invites were for dates."
Ma Lu added, "You can chat online all you want, but don't go arranging any actual etups. Mr. Furball is a cautionary tale."
"I know, I really made the account for the sake of our people," Jigina complained, "Why does no one believe ?"
"Maybe because your past credibility has been too poor?" Liliem suggested.
"Alright, alright. It's rare we all get together to eat, let's not fight, okay? Liliem, even though Jigina is your brother, he'll be the future chieftain of your people. You should give him so face in public."
Ma Lu persuaded just as Sun i served up the grilled lamb chops. Ma Lu raised his glass, "Let's all have a drink first, to thank Boss Yan for his generous invitation."
"Boss Ma is too polite." Yan Wu also raised his bottle upon hearing this.
After a beer, the atmosphere in the small courtyard gradually ward up, and everyone chatted idly while eating barbecue.
Yan Wu took the opportunity to probe indirectly, wanting to figure out what Ma Lu planned to do with those defective goods.
But Ma Lu was tight-lipped, insisting no matter how the hardware store owner questioned him that he was buying them for his collection.
Yan Wu was sowhat unhappy, "Aren't you currently trying to acquire energy cores and warp engines everywhere? Both of those things cost a lot of money, so why are you still so extravagant with your spending?"
"It's precisely because the shortage is so huge. Even if I save as much as I can, it would be very difficult to co up with enough in the short term, so I might as well treat myself better," Ma Lu said.
"........"
Yan Wu stared straight at Ma Lu, but alas, the latter was too slippery and the hardware store owner could not read anything from his face.
The last ti Yan Wu encountered soone so slick, it was that kid nad Liu Bang.
"If you're short on money, I do have a way."
"What way?" Ma Lu's interest was piqued. He did not want to reveal, at least not so soon, the existence of No. 6, but he was still interested when he heard the old wolf in front of him ntion a way to make money.
"I've got news that soone is dumping a batch of self-repairing mory titanium alloy on the market, in large quantities, and only accepting a lump sum offer. I plan to buy it, but the amount of Star Currency needed isn't a small figure. I can't afford it alone and am planning to find a few partners to go in together."
"Self-repairing mory titanium alloy? What is that?"
"It's a high-tech material, mainly used to repair the hulls and power armor of spaceships. You can think of this material as a special type of military equipnt."
"Why are you buying so much military equipnt?" Ma Lu was taken aback, then asked cautiously, "Who are you going to fight?"
"? I'm just a hardware store owner, who can I possibly fight?" Yan Wu shook his head, paused for a mont, and then continued, "You've heard about the recent news, haven't you?"
"You an?"
"The war between The Grand Alliance and the Ares people is drawing to an end."
"Oh, oh, oh, many custors have been talking about this, and quite a few people are packing up to go back ho."
"Before the war started, the price of self-repairing mory titanium alloy had been on the rise, and by the second week of the conflict, it had nearly tripled.
"But with the capture of the Ares emperor Ivan VI and the rescue of Councilman Motti, in just 1 minute, the self-repairing mory titanium alloy's price on the exchange dropped by half from its peak.
"And it has continued to decline ever since, now cheaper than before the war started."
"That makes sense. Since the war is over, the military equipnt naturally loses its value," Ma Lu nodded.
"I'm planning to take over that batch of self-repairing mory titanium alloy," Yan Wu revisited the topic, "Initially, about 14 million Star Currency will be needed for the investnt."
"Um, are you planning to wait for the price of self-repairing mory titanium alloy to return to the original price before selling it to make a profit?"
"Not exactly. I've said that the amount of self-repairing mory titanium alloy is quite large. Just the transportation costs to Earth would be astronomically high.
"After purchase, we could only store it in nearby warehouses. And if you count the storage fees, the price would still end up being a bit higher than the normal price. The longer we hold onto it, the more expensive it gets."
"Then why are you buying it?" Ma Lu was puzzled.
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