Zhou Xuan smiled, patted Gao Mingyuan on the shoulder, and said, "Old Gao, all good things must come to an end. I've finished what I needed to do here and am going back. I called you over to say goodbye and to tell you something!"
Gao Mingyuan's disappointment was evident. He asked, "What's wrong?" Zhou Xuan handed Gao Mingyuan the casino receipt and said, "Old Gao, here's this receipt for you. If the casino pays out the money, didn't you want to open your own factory? Then let's consider it a partnership, half for each of us, and you can manage it. I don't have any other requests. I'll come here about three or four times a year to buy raw materials. I run a jewelry company, and as I told you, I'll use the raw materials myself!" Gao Mingyuan was still somewhat stunned, truly reluctant to see Zhou Xuan leave. Although it was initially about money, now he felt a familial attachment to Zhou Xuan. After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but say, "Brother, why don't I go back to Beijing with you? I want to work with you!"
Zhou Xuan chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Old Gao, you're mistaken. As the saying goes, there's no place like home. It's better to do things in your own place. Besides, I'm a lazy person by nature. I've never managed the company; I find it too troublesome. Now, I've almost entirely handed it over to my younger siblings and friends. If you want to start a business with me, but I don't even do it myself, how can you do it with me?"
Gao Mingyuan sighed, unable to speak. Zhou Xuan smiled and comforted him, "Old Gao, don't be like this. If anything happens, you can still contact me. I'll leave you my number. When we get back, I'll have my stone-cutting factory contact you so we can communicate promptly. Just tell me if you have any difficulties!" "I know you're not an ordinary person, and I know you keep your word, but I just can't bear to..." Gao Mingyuan said dejectedly. "For so many years, I've lived with everyone I meet, always wary of each other. But with you, little brother, I completely lose that feeling. Whether it's good or bad, I'll trust you!"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It's the same from now on. I'm still me, Lao Gao. There's one more thing. I can tell you now. Yang Tiancheng is a drug addict. He was arrested by the police today, and his entire drug network has been taken down. Don't deal with this kind of person in the future. As for the reasons, I won't tell you!" Gao Mingyuan was stunned. Zhou Xuan's words were a bit vague, but after thinking about it carefully, he understood. Zhou Xuan was definitely involved in this matter. Yang Tiancheng was arrested. He wasn't surprised at all. Someone as crazy and arrogant as him was bound to get into trouble sooner or later. It's just that he couldn't afford to offend someone like that. However, in front of Zhou Xuan, Yang Tiancheng seemed destined to suffer.
Although Zhou Xuan didn't explain it clearly, Gao Mingyuan knew that Yang Tiancheng's arrest was definitely directly related to Zhou Xuan.
It wasn't until almost four o'clock in the afternoon, when Fu Yuanshan and the others returned to the hotel, that Gao Mingyuan realized that Zhou Xuan not only had the identity of a super-rich man, but also a more profound official background.
After saying goodbye to Gao Mingyuan, Zhou Xuan got into the car with Fu Yuanshan and headed straight to the airport. At the airport, his subordinates, Secretary Liu, and a group of special police officers escorted Yang Tiancheng and other drug traffickers to wait for them.
"They chartered a special plane to return to Beijing." Yang Tiancheng's group of drug traffickers consisted of 21 people, Fu Yuanshan had 11, and Secretary Liu arranged for 15 special police officers to accompany them back to Beijing.
Upon disembarking at Beijing Airport, the Beijing police had already arranged for escort vehicles to wait directly at the airport. They escorted the drug dealers into the vehicles, and Fu Yuanshan accompanied Zhou Xuan in another car. After leaving the airport, a long line of Beijing police vehicles were waiting outside the airport terminal, carrying banners that read "Welcome back to Beijing, heroic police officers."
Zhou Xuan chuckled and said, "That's quite a grand affair, but I won't join in. You all go back and have your victory celebration, I'm going back to reunite with my family and then deal with the hundred-plus tons of stones I bought!" Fu Yuanshan chuckled, paused, and then said, "Brother, I won't say anything more. Anyway, you don't want this title, so I'll shamelessly take it!" Seeing the police officer driving ahead also smiling, Zhou Xuan didn't elaborate further.
After entering the city, Fu Yuanshan separated from the team and had his subordinates escort Zhou Xuan back to Hongcheng Garden. They took him all the way to Hongcheng Square before Zhou Xuan waved and said, "That's enough. I won't invite you to my house!" Fu Yuanshan knew that Zhou Xuan's trip to the south was a secret mission to help him, and he certainly wouldn't tell his family that. Not letting him go in was because he didn't want his family to know that he was working with the police. Going back alone would prevent his family from becoming suspicious.
After getting out of the car, Fu Yuanshan helped Zhou Xuan drag the two suitcases out of the trunk. He smiled and waved. Zhou Xuan pulled one suitcase in each hand and slowly dragged them towards his home. The suitcase containing the clothes was easy, but the suitcase containing the stone was really heavy and a bit strenuous. Fortunately, the road was good and not far. He only stopped when he reached the villa. After opening the door, he first took the clothes and suitcases inside and placed them in the corner. Then he came out and dragged the suitcase containing the stone.
In the hall, Fu Ying was holding Xiao Si Zhou and playing with Jin Xiu Mei and Aunt Liu. When they saw Zhou Xuan return, they all happily came to greet him.
Seeing Zhou Xuan sweating profusely from exhaustion, Jin Xiumei quickly came forward to help. While pulling the box, she asked, "Son, what are you carrying? It's as heavy as a rock!"
Zhou Xuan laughed and said, "Mom, you're right, there's just a stone inside!" Jin Xiumei naturally thought Zhou Xuan was joking and pushed the box to the corner of the wall.
Zhou Xuan looked at Fu Ying, who was heavily pregnant, holding Xiao Si Zhou. Her beautiful face was facing her son's tender face. He couldn't help but hug Fu Ying tightly, give his son a big kiss on the cheek, and then give Fu Ying a big kiss on the cheek.
Jin Xiumei laughed and frowned at the same time, jokingly scolding, "So cheesy! They say sons forget their mothers after they get married, and it's true! All you think about after coming back is your wife and son!" Fu Ying blushed and retorted, "Mom~"
However, she naturally knew that Jin Xiumei was joking. Zhou Xuan laughed again, hugged his mother tightly, and kissed her hard, saying with a smile, "Mom, then I'll do another one: remembering only your mother and forgetting your wife!"
Volume 1, Chapter 620: Amber and Jade
Having not seen his family for several days, Zhou Xuan felt very comfortable that evening, spending time with his son, wife, and mother.
For several days afterward, Zhou Xuan didn't even leave the house. On the fourth day after returning home, his younger brother Zhou Tao told him about the rough stones that had been transported back this time. They had already cut more than ten pieces of rough stones, but the quantity was simply too large, far exceeding the quantity of last year's batch. This time, it amounted to more than two hundred tons. Moreover, the most important thing was that every single stone in these rough stones contained jadeite, and the quality of the jadeite was very good. Even if it wasn't top-grade, its value was still quite good. Therefore, the cutting process was much slower.
The factory has hired another batch of stone-cutting masters, which Zhou Xuan does not object to. With more manpower, he can meet their needs in terms of supply. This supply can at least meet their workload for a year. Now that they are cooperating with Gao Mingyuan, they can go there to purchase raw materials at any time.
Gao Mingyuan also called Zhou Xuan. The money from the casino had been paid, and he had left the factory where he used to work. He had now found a factory and the new company was about to open. The shares would be handled according to Zhou Xuan's instructions.
After hearing his younger brother Zhou Tao talk about the stone-cutting factory, Zhou Xuan suddenly remembered the stone he had brought back. After thinking for a moment, he immediately went to the corner of the hall, pulled out the box, and then drove his car out of the garage—his Audi A6.
After loading the box into the car, Fu Ying asked from the back, "Zhou Xuan, are we going out again?"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Yes, I went to the stone-cutting factory and brought back a strange stone from Ruili. I'm going to cut it open today to see if it has any value!"
Fu Ying originally wanted to go out with Zhou Xuan, but looking down at her protruding belly, she sighed and decided not to go. Her mother-in-law, Jin Xiumei, was too concerned and basically wouldn't let her go out. Even if she did go out, it was just the whole family taking a walk in the square.
Zhou Xuan smiled and gestured for Fu Ying to go inside, then drove towards the stone-cutting factory in the countryside. "Because of my lack of skill, I wasn't very fast." What would take others forty or fifty minutes took Zhou Xuan more than an hour.
The stone-cutting factory has been renovated and expanded, and now it looks very lively. There are people everywhere in the factory. Before Zhou Xuan bought it, there were only two people guarding the factory. Now, the stone-cutting factory has more than 100 employees, more than 40 stone-cutting masters and apprentices, more than 60 jade craft masters, and more than 20 security guards.
Because Zhou Xuan was procuring raw materials, these workers had no free time. They were usually very busy, but they were willing to work hard. Zhou Xuan's salary was slightly higher than that of his peers, and his benefits were even better. Zhou Xuan always operated on the principle that he should earn money so that his employees could also earn money, so the employees were very enthusiastic about their work. The more you work, the more you earn, there's nothing more to say.
Zhou Xuan rarely comes to the stone-cutting factory, especially in the last six months. He has hardly stepped into the factory at all. So when he drove his car to the factory gate, the two gatekeepers wouldn't let him in. They said they needed to register and check him. The factory is an important place, and unauthorized people are not allowed to enter.
Zhou Xuan smiled. It was good that his employees were so vigilant. It was no exaggeration to say that this was an important place. To the uninformed, his stones were just stones, but to those in the jewelry industry, they were treasures. Moreover, Master Liu, who was in charge, was extremely cautious because, since the very beginning of cutting the stones, "it can be said that there has never been a missed shot." Every single stone contained jadeite. Therefore, every piece of rough stone that Zhou Xuan brought back was a treasure.
Master Liu numbered each stone, locked them in the warehouse, and had the clerk in the management department register them in the computer. This way, the management was organized and orderly, preventing greedy employees from stealing them. In addition, cameras were installed everywhere in the factory to prevent such incidents from happening.
Zhou Xuan took out his phone and called Master Liu, telling him to wait for him at the factory gate. A little while later, Master Liu came running out of the factory excitedly, calling out from afar, "President Zhou, what brings you here?"
When the two gatekeepers heard Lao Liu call out "General Manager Zhou," they were startled and quickly ran out of the gatehouse. They didn't know which company's CEO Lao Liu was calling "Zun Zhou," but they knew that the owner of the stone-cutting factory was from the Zhou family. However, they had seen Zhou Tao and Zhou Ying, but they had never seen this General Manager Zhou before.
Old Liu has now been officially promoted to the head of the stone-cutting department in the factory, overseeing the entire department. He rushed out excitedly after receiving Zhou Xuan's call because the quantity of raw materials this time was much greater than last time, and the quality of the jade cut was quite good. Such a large batch made him extremely excited, and he didn't have to worry about not having enough work. Hearing that the big boss Zhou Xuan was coming, he naturally couldn't contain his joy. All of this was thanks to Zhou Xuan.
However, Zhou Xuan never defined himself as a boss or gave himself a title. Calling him "Boss Zhou" was just Lao Liu's own definition.
When Old Liu came out and saw that the two gatekeepers wouldn't even open the door for Zhou Xuan, he angrily said, "Do you know who he is? He's Mr. Zhou, the owner of our entire factory, Zhou Tao and Tong Ying's older brother, and the big boss of all the companies in the Zhou family business. Everything here belongs to him. He's come to his own home, and you won't even open the door for him..."
The two security guards were naturally stunned. Zhou Xuan waved his hand and smiled, saying, "Old Liu, it's not that serious. They are very responsible and didn't do anything to me. They just told me to follow the procedure." "That's right, I should be rewarded, why are you scolding me? Hehe, it's okay, it's okay."
Old Liu had known Zhou Xuan for over a year and knew that Zhou Xuan was gentle and kind-hearted, so he didn't say anything more. He went to turn on the power button of the big iron gate, opened the gate, and let Zhou Xuan drive the car in.
The two gatekeepers were indeed startled and forgot their duty. They only remembered after Zhou Xuan drove the car into the factory and quickly closed the gate again.
Zhou Xuan drove the car to the entrance of the stone-cutting factory and stopped. He got out of the car, opened the trunk, and dragged the box out of the car. Old Liu came over to help, and the two of them carried the box into the factory.
"Xiao Zhou, is there something good in this box again?" Old Liu calls Zhou Xuan "General Manager Zhou" in front of others, but most of the time he prefers to call him Xiao Zhou, which is more affectionate, and Zhou Xuan himself also likes to be called that.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "I'm not sure if it's anything good. I bought it in Yunnan and left it at home for a few days before I remembered it. So I came over to have Master Liu take a look and see if the contents are valuable!"
Zhou Xuan didn't hide it from Lao Liu and directly admitted that there was something inside, but he didn't know if it was valuable. Usually, anything Zhou Xuan brought out on its own was of extraordinary value, so even now, Lao Liu still believed that the contents of the box were extremely valuable.
They dragged the stones to the stone-cutting factory. In the workshop, there were originally five stone-cutting machines. Later, as the workload increased, fifteen more were added, making a total of twenty stone-cutting machines. Last week, after Zhou Xuan purchased the raw materials, Lao Liu was shocked by the large quantity. He immediately hired more people and added more stone-cutting machines. Now there are a total of thirty stone-cutting machines.
The workshop was filled with the sounds of machines at work; there was no free time. Old Liu himself was also working in the workshop. He wouldn't have left the workshop if Zhou Xuan hadn't called him personally.
The two men carried the box to the innermost old workshop. "Old Liu still works in this place." They opened the box, and under the bright light, Old Liu was stunned to see the insect fossil shadows on the surface of the stone. He had never seen this kind of fossil material before.
"This, Xiao Zhou, how are you going to untie it?" Old Liu asked Zhou Xuan after a moment of hesitation.