Chapter 474: Big Business

He returned home.

The sky was growing dark.

Wu An asked his sister-in-law to prepare a few dishes, called Mei Wu and Lao Fu Tou, and asked them to come to his home.

Father and elder brother were not at home.

They were at the old house.

The two of them were still guarding the ambergris.

Not long after.

People arrived.

Wu An divided the 1.8 million account, which was his principle: as soon as the money arrived, he didn't keep it in hand, he distributed whatever amount there was, keeping the accounts clear, which benefited everyone.

It was the same division method as for the ambergris.

Wu An took seventy percent, while A Qing, Mei Wu, and Lao Fu Tou each took ten percent.

Each of the three received 180,000.

Everyone was very happy.

This sum was already a lot, and everyone understood that this was only the beginning; the ambergris was the real big prize.

There was no cash.

Wu An directly transferred the money online, which was far more convenient than distributing cash as before.

But Lao Fu Tou said that it still didn't feel as solid as splitting cash.

Wu An made a mental note of it.

They ate and drank well.

After chatting about family matters and the weather for a while, everyone went their separate ways; Wu An returned to the old house, where Father and elder brother were having a meal, and seeing him push the door open, the two finally relaxed.

Dad, big brother, you won't just keep guarding it like this forever, will you?

Nonsense, have you found a buyer?

Yeah, I've already made an appointment with Zhang Lao.

Is that person reliable?

Reliable. Wu An looked at the ambergris on the bed and asked, "Dad, this is a good thing; let's keep some."

Wu Yingwei said, "If you want to keep it, then keep it."

Wu An shook his head: "I don't want it."

Elder brother can't keep it either.

Do you want it?

Although Wu An didn't know the exact efficacy of ambergris, in palace intrigue dramas it is always used as a "secret remedy" to treat pregnancy.

Whoever smells it becomes infertile.

Wu Yingwei hurriedly shook his head: "I don't want it."

What would you do with this stuff?

You can't eat it, you can't drink it, you can't even look at it, and it smells awful; I really don't know what fetish those rich people have.

Wu An reminded them: "Those rich people keep it for collection."

It has collectible value.

It can be a family heirloom.

After a moment's hesitation, Wu Yingwei still shook his head: "Forget it; keeping this thing at home would weigh on my mind and make work feel pointless—I don't want to become a miser."

Hearing Father say that, Wu An didn't insist further.

It's fine.

The sea holds countless treasures; there will be plenty of chances to find even better ones later.

As for collecting things,

the current Wu family estate still lacks that kind of refinement.

……

Not long after, A Qing came running, panting.

After Father and elder brother left, Wu An told A Qing to close the door.

Brother, when are we going to sell the ambergris?

Tomorrow, maybe.

Do you want me to come along?

No need. Wu An shook his head, lowered his head to play with his phone, naturally chatting with Gu Anran, with whom he had already agreed to go to the county town together.

A Qing let out an "oh".

He still wanted to follow Wu An to see the big world, but seeing that Wu An had no intention of bringing him, he felt quite disappointed, though he didn't say anything.

Wu An and Gu Anran were chatting enthusiastically, and didn't even notice the younger brother's feelings.

He lay down.

Wu An sent a message: "This time we're handling a big matter."

Gu Anran: "I don't believe it, gif."

Wu An: "Really, it's a deal worth tens of millions."

Gu Anran: "Hmph, are you sure it's not worth hundreds of millions?"

Wu An: "Black person question mark plus gif, I can't understand what you're saying, what business worth hundreds of millions?"

Gu Anran: "Show off fist hammer hammer."

Wu An hehe-laughed.

A Qing saw Wu An holding his phone and smiling foolishly, curiously looked over, and was kicked by Wu An to the foot of the bed.

……

Not long after chatting, Wu An felt sleepy and immediately ended the chat.

Tomorrow we have a big deal to discuss, so we need to rest and recuperate.

Slept until dawn.

Wu An woke up, the sky already light; he turned his head and saw A Qing guarding the ambergris while dozing off, his head nodding, he yawned, opened his eyes, saw Wu An awake, and his hoarse voice greeted: 'Brother, you're awake?'

Wu An nodded: 'You didn't sleep all night?'

A Qing rubbed his eyes and said: 'I'll just go sleep later.'

The two brothers were talking.

A sound came from outside the door; Wu An got out of bed to open the door, and it was Gu Anran arriving by vehicle.

A Qing shouted 'Sister-in-law!' and ran off.

It was raining.

Gu Anran wore a raincoat, waited for Wu An to finish washing up, then took another raincoat out of the car and said: 'I knew you didn't have a raincoat here; don't bother with plastic sheeting, come over.'

Gu Anran helped Wu An put on his raincoat, the two packed the ambergris, and headed straight for the town.

In town they hailed a taxi and first went to a 4S store.

Pick up the car.

Although he hadn't gotten his license yet, Wu An wasn't the least bit nervous: on one hand, Gu Anran was driving; on the other, even if he got unlucky and caught, these days a little money can settle it.

It's no big deal.

Gu Anran hasn't been idle lately; she's been busy at the milk tea shop, and when free she goes to the door of Mei Wen's older brother's shop to practice driving his older brother's car.

Fill up the tank.

Hit the road.

Gu Anran seemed a bit nervous, but her skills were truly not bad; the car ran smoothly, yet some jerks on the road saw the learner's plate on the back, then saw it was a pretty female driver and started acting outrageously.

Fortunately Gu Anran has a good temperament; she cursed a couple times and didn't bother with those bastards.

Safely arrived at Antique Street.

Parked the car.

Arriving at Elder Zhang's shop, they were stopped by two people at the door who said there were customers inside and asked Wu An and Gu Anran to wait a moment; although their attitude was okay, their arrogant, overbearing demeanor could not be concealed.

Wu An said: 'I have an appointment with Elder Zhang at this time.'

After saying that, he also took out his phone to show a text message.

Those two didn't even look: 'Got it.'

'Wait.'

Wu An couldn't take it: 'What do you mean? This is too overbearing—you won't even let us in the door.'

'We have a reservation!'

"Elder Zhang opens his shop to do business; you have business to discuss, we do too—no matter what, we should be allowed to go in and wait."

Those two shook their heads: "We only listen to our boss."

"Right now, no one can enter."

Wu An tried to go inside, but A Qing reached out and pulled him back: "A An, don't argue with those two guard dogs—what if they bite you?"

Those were words of persuasion.

But it also made the two opposite them quite angry.

Wu An nodded; he could ignore others' words, but since A Qing was advising him like this, he had to listen.

Marry a virtuous wife.

A virtuous wife brings few troubles to her husband.

It's thanks to having Gu Anran beside him; if it were A Qing, he would have gone straight ahead.

He also needed to add: "If something happens, I'll take responsibility."

Just as they were about to leave, Elder Zhang came out: "A An has arrived, please come in quickly, please come in quickly."

After saying that.

He glanced at those two, his face displeased, and coldly snorted: "Don't take offense—some people just like to put on airs."

"Come in quickly."

Wu An and the others followed Elder Zhang into the antique shop.

Elder Zhang arranged the two, poured a cup of tea, let Wu An wait a moment, then rose and walked toward the inner courtyard; in the gap between opening and closing the door, Wu An saw a young man sitting in the courtyard.