Chapter 164

Ye Cheng's mind was a bit muddled now, with no sleepiness, so he got up, lit a cigarette, and thought back carefully.

Just now Zhang Guafu seemed to say Xiao Liang needed heart surgery, and if I remember correctly, that would be 30,000 yuan.

Damn, having to lend out 30,000 yuan all at once also makes Ye Cheng feel the pinch.

The main thing is that this loan is different from the one lent to Duan Chunsheng; Duan Chunsheng has the ability to repay, at most within a year.

Zhang Guafu, just as she herself said, besides her body probably has nothing she can use to repay the money.

30,000 yuan, probably would have to wait until inflation in 20 years makes it possible to repay.

But they're borrowing money to save a life, fellow villagers, Ye Cheng really feels embarrassed not to lend.

There's also interest; not charging it isn't appropriate, charging too much isn't appropriate either—this is the first time Ye Cheng feels lending money is such a headache.

Early the next morning, Ye Cheng first checked the system.

Luck Value: 40+20

Points: 810

Savings: 110,000 + 10,000 (loan)

This Luck Value is okay.

Ye Cheng first took Xiao Hu to the seaside, put the fish trap in, still the same sea trench as last time.

Since it was just placing the fish trap, it was quick, done in over an hour.

After Ye Cheng finished, it was already past 9; he rode his motorcycle, took the oyster pearls into town, hoping Zhao Zhiming could introduce him to someone.

This time going to town, Ye Cheng directly arranged to have lunch with Zhao Zhiming at Boss Qian's seafood restaurant.

During this period, Ye Cheng had asked Zhao Zhiming to handle many matters; not treating him to a meal now would be embarrassing.

Boss Qian's place mainly serves seafood; Ye Cheng actually doesn't like it much, it's just that seafood is relatively high-end.

To show sincerity, Ye Cheng specially got a bottle of Russian liquor, which counts as going all out.

Around 11:10, Zhao Zhiming came over with a person wearing glasses.

"Lao Er, let me introduce you—this is Cai Zong, who specializes in jewelry. You said you have pearls, right? Let Cai Zong give them a look."

"Hello, Boss Cai, sorry to trouble you to come over." Ye Cheng politely offered the seat of honor.

This Boss Cai had a somewhat arrogant expression, sitting silently in the seat of honor without speaking.

Ye Cheng frowned; this dog thing is still pretty arrogant, huh.

Zhao Zhiming felt a bit embarrassed, sat next to Cai Zong, and said, "Boss Cai, this brother of mine is a decent person, likes to learn; please teach him more."

After Zhao Zhiming said that, Cai Zong put on airs, looked at Ye Cheng, and spoke slowly and deliberately,

"These pearls, actually in our jewelry line they're not considered high-end; you might not see them often, but we in the trade see too many.

Moreover, there are now many farmed ones; frankly, your pearls might not even be worth the money for that bottle of liquor."

Saying this, Cai Zong pointed at the Russian liquor on the table.

Ye Cheng knew this was them looking down on his stuff, but these are oyster pearls—big brother hasn't even seen them—could they really be that cheap?

"Um, Boss Cai, aren't oyster pearls worth anything?" Ye Cheng asked tentatively.

"Pearls are all the same; it depends on quality." Cai Zong said offhand, then suddenly frowned, looking at Ye Cheng, "What did you just say it was?"

"Oyster pearls, the kind from oysters." Ye Cheng repeated.

"Oyster pearls? Are you sure they're from oysters?" Cai Zong raised his voice, looking at Ye Cheng with an expression of disbelief.

"I got them from eating them myself; could I be lying to you?" Ye Cheng said, taking out that cigarette box from his pocket and pouring out the 17 oyster pearls.

Cai Zong looked at Ye Cheng speechlessly, pointed at the cigarette box, "You just use this to hold the oyster pearls?"

"Well, I really don't have any fancier box; this is just the most convenient, please take a look."

Ye Cheng poured the oyster pearls onto a napkin; the 17 pearls, big and small, were piled together.

Seeing Cai Zong's earlier expression, Zhao Zhiming knew the oyster pearls must be somewhat special; he also leaned in to look, looking puzzled,

"How come this thing varies in size, its luster isn't enough either—it's not as nice as real pearls."

Cai Zong ignored him, instead took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, then used tweezers to gently clamp each oyster pearl and examined them carefully one by one.

Cai Zong being so meticulous made Ye Cheng and Lao Zhao feel too embarrassed to eat, so they could only sit aside waiting.

After much difficulty, Cai Zong finished looking and put away the magnifying glass; Ye Cheng hadn't asked yet, but Zhao Zhiming jumped in first to ask.

"How is it? Is it some kind of oyster pearl?"

Cai Zong nodded, "Indeed they are oyster pearls, the quality is not bad, but two of them have obvious small pits, probably from being bitten."

Ye Cheng thought for a moment, he bit one, Dou Dou bit one, and indeed there were two.

"Then, Cai Zong, will you buy these oyster pearls?" Ye Cheng asked.

After all that, it's just about seeing how much money can be made; everything else is just talk.

When money came up, Cai Zong glanced at Zhao Zhiming, smiling, "You call Lao Zhao over, I definitely won't cheat you, you can rest assured."

Upon hearing that, Zhao Zhiming's face also lit up, and he said to Ye Cheng, "Right, you can rest assured, our Cai Zong will definitely give a good price."

Ye Cheng looked at Cai Zong, waiting for him to quote a price.

Cai Zong picked up the tweezers, shuffled them on the napkin, and divided the pile of beads into three groups.

"These two of the best quality, I'll give you 2000 each."

"The middle ones are larger in size but ordinary in shape; I need to trim them before I can sell, so I'll give you 800 each."

"And these are too small, only usable as decorations; I'll give you 200 each."

Ye Cheng looked, the good-quality ones 4000, the medium ones 6 pieces 4800, the small ones 9 pieces 1800, adding up to a total of.

Over ten thousand, how to say, not little, but it didn't reach Ye Cheng's expectation.

Seeing that hint of disappointment on Ye Cheng's face, Cai Zong smiled, "Little brother, these oyster pearls are few, but just as Lao Zhao said earlier, their size and color don't compare to pearls, so they can only be sold at this price."

"If you could get beautiful pearls, it would be different; people would buy them for tens of thousands."

"Beautiful Music Pearl? What kind of pearl is this again?" Ye Cheng had still never heard of this before.

However, he didn't even know what an oyster pearl was before, so it's normal that he doesn't know about the Beautiful Music Pearl now; he just feels that every industry has its deep tricks.

"Come, let's drink while we listen to Manager Cai tell us what kind of pearl can sell for ten-odd ten-thousands, hearing it makes me itch." Zhao Zhiming called out, had the two sit down, and poured the wine.

After two cups of wine, Manager Cai became more talkative and explained to Ye Cheng what a Beautiful Music Pearl is.

The Beautiful Music Pearl is produced from within the Beautiful Music Sea Snail, and it's said that only one appears in several tens of thousands.