Enraged, Boss Wang retorted, "What did she say to you? I think I heard her say she wanted you to switch jobs, didn't she?"
"What she said is none of my business, it's not like I was the one who contacted her." Zhou Xuan said this with a straight face. This Boss Wang was just jealous that the beautiful Fu Ying had talked to him and given him her phone number. What good would it do to snatch the number? If she doesn't want you, she won't want you even if you beg her!
Zhou Xuan's words somewhat hurt Boss Wang's sense of authority, and Boss Wang immediately put his hands on his hips and shouted angrily, "Wang Sheng, call Chen Siwen to fill in for you."
After finishing his sentence, Boss Wang said to Zhou Xuan, "Kid, you can go back now. Given your irresponsibility at work and your collusion with outsiders to jump ship, go back and pack your things. I'll report to the manager, and then you can settle your wages and leave!"
Damn it, one wrong word and he lost his job! But Zhou Xuan wasn't particularly upset. After all, the past two days had been incredibly tumultuous, and he was thinking of changing jobs. He just didn't expect things to turn out so quickly. But then again, he still had 180,000 yuan in the bank, so he wasn't worried.
When it came to firing him, the company settled his salary promptly. Generally speaking, it would take at least 10 to 30 days to delay your salary. This was all thanks to Boss Wang exaggerating Zhou Xuan's character in front of the manager, making the manager want to get rid of him as soon as possible, so he didn't make things difficult for him.
After receiving his salary of over 1,100 yuan for most of the month, Zhou Xuan dragged his suitcase around Chongkou. There were no more residential buildings like those in urban villages in this area, so renting a place was not cheap. A single apartment cost over 1,000 yuan a month. With no other choice, he gritted his teeth and booked a room in a hotel for 380 yuan to stay for one night.
380 was already the lowest price for a room, so there was no choice but to stay. Only then did Zhou Xuan seriously consider what path to take in the future.
Thinking of Chen Sanyan, Zhou Xuan realized that he knew nothing about this field and probably wouldn't want him anytime soon. But if he wanted to enter this industry, it seemed that finding him was the only way. Since he was determined to take this path, Zhou Xuan didn't hesitate and immediately went to the bookstore to buy several thick books on the identification and appraisal of antiques and cultural relics.
If you're going to do this, it's always good to learn beforehand, so you don't give yourself away when someone asks. Even though I have a weapon in my left hand, who knows when it might stop working or disappear? It comes and goes so unexpectedly, who knows if it might leave just as unexpectedly.
After taking a shower, I lay in bed and opened a book to catch up on my studies, but my eyelids were so heavy that I fell asleep before I could finish even one page. I was woken up by my phone ringing.
Zhou Xuan glanced at the caller ID; it was an unfamiliar number. He lazily pressed the answer button and said, "Hello, who is this?"
"It's me, Chen Shanyan. Xiao Zhou, are you free? I'd like to take you somewhere!"
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Volume One: The First Budding Buds, Chapter Twelve: The Legendary Luminous Pearl (Part One)
When Zhou Xuan suddenly received a call from Chen Sanyan, he didn't realize for a moment that "Chen Shanyan" was Chen Sanyan. It took him a while to realize that Chen Shanyan was the same Chen Sanyan he wanted to learn from. He was overjoyed and had no choice but to agree.
As Zhou Xuan was leaving, he suddenly wondered if he should take some money with him. If Chen Sanyan took him to eat pangolin or something, the meat would be delicious, but it would be too expensive. Then he thought, he was happy to pretend he was not paying, so he pretended not to hear. It would really hurt to pay for it himself!
Thinking about bringing money, Zhou Xuan suddenly remembered the foreign coin he had picked up from under the turtle's mouth. He thought it would be perfect to take it to Chen Sanyan to see how much it was worth. He took the coin out of the box, put it on his person, and then left the hotel.
This time, Zhou Xuan didn't walk. He took a taxi to Jing Shi Zhai. When he arrived at the store, Chen Sanyan and Uncle Liu had been waiting there for a long time. As soon as Zhou Xuan got out of the car, Chen Sanyan said, "Little Zhou, get in the car quickly."
As Chen Sanyan spoke, he got into a white BMW 5 Series parked outside the store. Although the car wasn't particularly high-end, it looked very nice.
Uncle Liu sat in the back, while Zhou Xuan sat next to Chen Sanyan. Watching Chen Sanyan drive skillfully, he couldn't help but ask, "Boss Chen, can you drive? I always thought you didn't drive!"
Chen Sanyan smiled and said, "I'm not staying in the South for long, so I haven't bought a car for myself. This car belongs to my brother-in-law, Fang Zhicheng, the manager of Chongkou Jingshizhai. As for the car, hehe, of course I can drive it!"
Zhou Xuan blushed. The question was a bit crude. With Chen Sanyan's vast fortune, what was a car? He paused and asked again, "Where are you going, Mr. Chen?"
"You'll find out when you go," Chen Sanyan said with a smile.
Chen Sanyan didn't say anything, and Zhou Xuan didn't press him for details. Uncle Liu was also silent. Zhou Xuan turned around and looked at him; Uncle Liu had his eyes closed and seemed to be sleeping.
Chen Sanyan drove towards the suburbs, but Zhou Xuan recognized that it was not the direction of Ma Lao Er's farm they had gone to last time. He wondered where they were going.
After driving for about half an hour towards the suburbs, Zhou Xuan saw that the area was full of beautiful and luxurious villas. Was this the place Chen Sanyan was going to?
We parked in front of a villa with a large iron gate. There were already four cars parked in the passageway in front of the small garden outside the gate: a Mercedes-Benz S600, two Audi A8s, and a Bentley.
Zhou Xuan got out of the car and glanced at the cars. Although he couldn't afford to buy them, he had seen many nice cars while working at the amusement park. These cars were all luxury cars worth over a million yuan. Compared to them, their BMW 5 Series was already at the level of a follower.
Two burly men opened the door. Judging from their appearance and movements, Zhou Xuan immediately thought of the cold-blooded killers he had seen in movies. He couldn't help but wonder what the owner of this villa did for a living.
The two men recognized Chen Sanyan, but Zhou Xuan was a stranger, so they glanced at him a few more times. Chen Sanyan quickly said, "This is a new friend of mine. Don't let his young age fool you, his skills are no less than mine!"
The two men didn't look at Zhou Xuan again. One stayed behind, while the other led Chen Sanyan and the other two inside, saying as they walked, "Boss Chen, Mr. Wei is chatting in the living room. Please follow me."
Inside the gate was a six-meter-wide cement path. To the left was a swimming pool of about a hundred square meters. The house was about ten meters ahead. A sky-blue convertible Bugatti Veyron was parked in front of the villa. Of course, Zhou Xuan didn't know the real price of the car.
Chen Sanyan whispered to Zhou Xuan, "Little Zhou, hehe, do you see this car? Do you know how much it costs?"
Zhou Xuan guessed it was about the same price as the nice cars outside, maybe even the same. He held up two fingers and said, "Two million?"
"Two million?" The assassin-looking man curled his lip. "This car costs forty-five million five hundred thousand yuan, which is more than twenty-two times two million!" He was immediately disdainful of Zhou Xuan's ignorance and didn't look at him again.
Zhou Xuan didn't feel embarrassed, because this was a level he couldn't reach at all. Since he couldn't reach it, why should he compare and argue with others? He was just so surprised that his mouth was agape!
My God, this car costs 45.5 million yuan? Then the people who drive this car are not ordinary people. If you had a net worth of 100 million, 200 million, or 500 million, you would never be willing to spend nearly 50 million yuan on a car. It's just a car! Zhou Xuan thought about it and realized that his entire net worth could probably only be used to take a single screw from this car.
Upon entering the lobby, the man bowed to a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa and said, "Brother Hong, Boss Chen has arrived."
The middle-aged man nodded, smiled at Chen Sanyan and his two companions, and said, "Sit down!"
Zhou Xuan sat down next to Chen Sanyan and looked around the hall. The hall was very large, at least 100 square meters. The decoration was rather simple and not too luxurious. The hall was furnished with mahogany furniture. Apart from the fabric sofa where Brother Hong was sitting, there was a projector next to the chandelier overhead, and a square screen frame painted in color on the front wall.
There were about eleven or twelve people sitting in the hall. Apart from Brother Hong and his men, most of the people in the hall were over forty years old, with a large portion being over fifty like Uncle Liu. The youngest was undoubtedly Zhou Xuan.
This made Zhou Xuan stand out slightly, and several old men glanced at him unintentionally.
Chen Sanyan turned his head and whispered to Zhou Xuan, "Xiao Zhou, don't talk too much. The people in this hall are all experts and seniors in this industry. The host, Mr. Wei, is also a very important person. Observe more and speak less. Pay special attention when there is business to be done later."
"I wonder what kind of business he's in. Why did he come here when he has no money and no capital?" Zhou Xuan thought to himself. But the scene did look complicated. Although the master, Brother Hong, had a slight smile on his face, he had a kind of dignified air about him. Looking at his subordinates, they were all extremely capable. If anyone dared to do anything dangerous, Zhou Xuan had no doubt that they would plunge a knife into that person's chest.
One of the old men looked around at the people in the hall and said, "Mr. Wei, almost everyone has arrived. I think you should give the order to begin."
Brother Hong chuckled and said, "Hehe, that's true. We're not the kind of people who are all talk and no action. We like people who are straightforward. We've all been waiting for this moment. Little Liu, call Brother Wang Qiang and his brother out."
Although Zhou Xuan's education level was not high, he had at least attended high school. When he heard Mr. Wei describe "refined and cultured" as "refined and cultured," he immediately felt quite fond of Mr. Wei. Someone who could spend 50 million to buy a car for fun, yet didn't try to act cool or sophisticated, was truly straightforward.
The Wang brothers came in carrying two large suitcases. Both brothers looked to be in their thirties and had shrewd expressions.
Chen San lowered his head and said to Zhou Xuan, "Little Zhou, these two Wang brothers, the elder brother is called Wang Qiang and the younger brother is called Wang Sheng. They are..." He gestured with his finger as if digging downwards, "...experts in this field. Mr. Wei is a master in the collecting world. He always takes time out of his schedule to hold several underground auctions here every year, so that his friends can have a good time and he can also acquire some items he likes. It's a win-win situation."