Chapter 138: Why Run the Treasure Pavilion?

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  The car soon arrived in Jiangning, and it started raining on the road, getting wet.

  "We're back!"

  "Su Wen, where are you going?"

  "Tang Shu, send me and Xin Yu to Ju Bao Lou, we'll head back to Ju Bao Lou directly."

  "Alright."

  At the gate of Ju Bao Zhai, Su Wen and Tang Long bid farewell: "Uncle Tang, I'll visit your home again when I have time."

  Tang Long waved his hand and sighed, "I still don't know you. If there's nothing going on, you absolutely wouldn't look for me. So let's not say those polite words. You take good care of your Treasure Pavilion. If anything happens, just give me a call. When the Treasure Pavilion makes money, some people will be jealous."

  "What they envy is not the wealth of the treasure house, but the things in the treasure house."

  "Haha, almost."

  Tang Long left, Su Wen and Lin Xinyi entered the Treasure Pavilion.

  "Boss, you're back."

  "Chen Yunhao, why are you being so honest and staying in the shop today?"

  "It's raining outside and I don't want to go out," said Chen Yunhao. "The main thing is that the boss's wife has managed the pawnshop very well, so I have a lot of free time."

  "Where's Yuki?"

  The boss's wife went to the office building to check on the progress of the project, and that decoration company took our order. Now they have taken orders from two more companies, which has delayed the construction period, and the boss's wife is very angry. She was going to sue them, but yesterday their foreman came over to apologize, and seeing that they were not easy either, the boss's wife agreed not to pursue the matter. However, if the quality of the decoration is not good, they will really be finished.

  Su Wen nodded: "The office building is decorated, we also have an office location."

  Every company needs a fixed office location. Although Jubaohui doesn't need an entire building, under Su Wenming's name there are also Feitian Anbao and Wenyu Entertainment Film Company, and who knows what other companies will be added in the future, so this building is indispensable.

  "Boss..."

  "What's up, something else?"

  "This little fox is so beautiful. Where did you buy it?"

  Xiao Yao just finished speaking. Then, Xiao Yao bared his teeth at Chen Yunhao. Xiao Yao couldn't understand what Chen Yunhao was saying, but he could see the condescending gaze that treated him like a pet.

  It's Xiao Yao, my good friend.

  "Friend?"

  "Yes, I think so."

  Su Wen finished speaking and turned around to leave.

  He didn't actually want to bring the little monster to Jiangning, but now the little monster had latched onto him. Having such a small pet was also quite interesting to Su Wen, it's just that the little monster didn't like being treated as a pet by Su Wen, only as friends would do, or else the little monster would get angry, and once the little monster got angry, the consequences were very severe.

  Second floor.

  Zhao You and Ma Cheng are drinking tea.

  "Little Master!"

  "Uncle Zhao, how's business lately?"

  Zhao You put down the teacup in his hand: "No need to mention the antiques downstairs, those old coins, ancient castings and other antiques, selling a few million every day is effortless. But the most crucial thing is still on the second floor, although only one or two items are sold per day, but that money... Hehe, it's frighteningly high."

  "It's good as long as there's money to be made." Su Wen put away the things he had retrieved from Dapan Mountain.

  "Mr. Shao, this is our combined bid with others, the price we've set. Take a look." Ma Cheng handed over a quotation sheet.

  "Shengmu Dan, 80 million; Quanti Dan, 70 million... Shenni Bean, 40 million." Su Wen looked at it and thought: "This can only be used as the lowest price. If it's higher than the lowest price by 30%, sell it directly; if it's higher by 20%, see if the other party has any deep value; if it's higher by 10%, it must be a familiar person of our Treasure Pavilion; if sold at the lowest price, either they are our loyal customers or they have utilitarian value for us."

  "Master Rong, what do you mean by this?"

  "Uncle Zhao and Uncle Ma, have you ever thought that if it's just for the money, I can simply hand everything over to Shengshi Auction House. Why bother running Jingbao Pawnshop with so much hard work?"

  "This..."

  "The reason I established Jibaozhai is simple, it's not just to restore its former glory, but also to give myself a foothold in the world. I plan to develop Jibaozhai into a powerful force, we will be operating with endless resources, endless connections, and endless power. We won't just be selling treasures, but also relationships with others. We can't make everyone in the world surrender to us, but we can make them all come begging to us."

  Zhao You and Ma Cheng were startled.

  "We want to be the superior ones, we want to be the nobles of the world. We don't dominate this country, nor do we dominate the direction of this world, but any power in the world cannot ignore our existence, we want to be the secret rulers."

  "What I'm saying may sound unrealistic, even childish, but this is my ideal. If you've listened to it, remember it well in your heart; if not, just treat it as a passing breeze and forget about it quickly. This kind of thing, knowing it yourself is enough; speaking out loud is somewhat treasonous."

  Zhao You nodded: "Don't worry, Young Master. We're not kids anymore. We know what to say and what not to say. Although we didn't quite understand what you said today, if you tell us to do something, we'll definitely do it. If Jubaotang develops well in the future, we'll benefit from it too. Even if it doesn't develop well, we'll still have enough to eat and drink, and won't starve. We've experienced hard times before, but now that we're older and life is better, we're willing to spend our old age at Jubaotang."

  Ma Cheng heard Zhao You finish speaking, and also followed by saying: "We are all following the old master to make a living, now that the old master is no longer in charge, we will follow the young master. The pawnshop is our second home, for this place, whatever we pay out, we won't feel sorry. Anyway, no matter what, our lives are tied to the pawnshop. In the future, even if we die, we will die at the pawnshop."

  "Uncle Zhao and Uncle Ma, don't talk about dying or not. I still hope you both live to be a hundred years old. In the second floor of our gathering place, there are five counters. Later on, I plan to name them after the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. You two will cultivate five youngsters with good vision, then you can just sit aside, drink tea, and play chess."

  "Ah!" Uncle Zhao sighed, "You're trying to squeeze out our remaining value! No wonder Snowy said that once you get on your pirate ship, it's hard not to do things for you. The two of us are almost like this now, and Snowy is too. What a clever person. In the past, when Jibao gave her things, she didn't want them, but now she's busy helping you manage your business every day. You mustn't disappoint her in the future."

  "You still don't understand me. Although sometimes my words are a bit slippery, but when I say I want to marry Yuxue, that's absolutely true. I'm not very good at doing business, but I have many ideas, and the specific operation will depend on Yuxue. Sometimes I think, is heaven intentionally sending Yuxue to me? Otherwise, how could my luck be so good, and I met her as soon as I arrived in Jiangning?"

  "Haha, this is fate."

  "Not bad, a heavenly match." Su Wen nodded in agreement, "If I didn't cherish her and let go of such a good housekeeper, the heavens would definitely blame me."

  When they heard Su Wen's words, Zhao You and Ma Cheng burst out laughing.

  They naturally hope that Su Wen will marry Yuxue, so that in the future, Jibaozhai will be a family. Now, 20% of Jibaozhai's shares are outside, and Yuxue alone occupies 10%. Chu Lao and Chu Fei each occupy 5%. Among them, Chu Lao's 5% must follow his two granddaughters, Yuxue and Chu Fei. Whoever marries Su Wen, this share will naturally return. As for the remaining 5% that is still outside, it is insignificant and can be considered as Su Wen's last legacy to the Chu family.

  After Ju Bao Zhai, only those with money will come. One percent of the shares are enough to create a wealthy and influential family, let alone five percent?

  Su Wen still had vision, when he took over Ju Bao Shan at the beginning, he had already figured it out in his heart, otherwise, why would he only give away 20% of the shares, and 10% of which was counted on his own chosen wife.

  ……

  Su Wen was at Jibao Hut until three o'clock in the afternoon.

  In the morning, Li Huan sent another box of lunch over. Su Wen ate comfortably and directly used this box of lunch as his working meal. The small employees of Jibaozhai were so happy that they couldn't find a better job even if they searched all over Jiangning. A few bear children who were still in school didn't want to do part-time jobs anymore, but wanted to be full-time employees instead. Unfortunately, Su Wen did not agree, as he did not want to be found by the Dean of the Teaching Affairs Office of Jiangning University.

  He was drinking tea next door, flipping through the Shaolin Arhat Fist he had retrieved. He heard footsteps approaching. Su Wen knew it was another customer and didn't pay much attention to him. In this afternoon's time, seven or eight customers had already come, one of whom bought a Divine Power Bean, one who bought a Rejuvenating Pearl, and the other six just looked around.

  "Four noble guests have arrived again."

  "Uh-huh, I saw many treasures at your Treasure Pavilion yesterday, but didn't find many that I liked. However, thinking they might be useful in the future, I plan to buy some."

  "Guest, our goods are all limited in supply. If you want to buy a lot, unless you can give us a satisfactory price, we won't sell them to you cheaply. Here is different from other places, elsewhere the more you buy, the cheaper it may be, but here, the more you buy, the more expensive it will be."

  "Your rules are strange, but you also have the guts to do so, just relying on these things behind you, buying a few small islands is more than enough. This time we came just to buy..."

  "What's wrong, sir?"

  "What treasure is this? It seems like I haven't seen it before yesterday?"

  Zhao You glanced at the bottle containing the Thousand Year Jade Dew and smiled, "This is the Thousand Year Jade Dew. The young master just put it there."

  "Thousand Year Jade Dew?"

  "This thing has a significant use, it can cure internal injuries. You know what kind of internal injuries I'm talking about? I won't explain, you understand yourselves. Its other effects are even more numerous, like curing hidden diseases and the like."

  The four people who came in were all stunned, and then they were overjoyed.