Chapter 1956

Seeing that An Chongqiu was unwilling to reveal the purpose of buying the medicine, Ye Zhongquan followed Ye Chen's previous instructions, preparing to casually agree to An Chongqiu first, and then use a stalling tactic.

An Chongqiu also knew in his heart that Ye Zhongquan must be hiding something from him, so he said: "Uncle Ye, if you can help with this matter, the An family will certainly not treat you unfairly!"

Saying this, An Chongqiu added: "I heard that the Ye family suffered quite a lot because of the Wanlong Palace some time ago. If the An family helps, it won't take long to make up for the losses!"

An Chongqiu thought he understood the mentality of a tycoon whose net worth suddenly plummeted. Many tycoons' mentalities are actually no different from gamblers; once their assets fluctuate significantly, their mentalities will change greatly.

The Ye family lost half of their net worth all at once, so Ye Zhongquan, as the head of the family, must be agonizing over it, dreaming of recovering these losses.

However, it is easy to lose half of one's family fortune overnight, but wanting to recover it might take ten or twenty years or even longer.

If the An family gave Ye Zhongquan a little help, Ye Zhongquan would certainly be deeply grateful.

An Chongqiu's speculation was not wrong, but he completely misjudged the situation of the Ye family.

If the Ye family had really lost half of their fortune, Ye Zhongquan would certainly rack his brains to make up for the losses.

But the actual situation was that the Ye family's strength had not been affected at all. On the contrary, if one counted Ye Chen's strength, Ye Chen's assets, and Ye Chen's connections, the Ye family's strength had more than doubled.

Therefore, he felt absolutely nothing about the olive branch thrown by An Chongqiu.

Therefore, he said righteously to An Chongqiu: "Chongqiu, we are all relatives, so you are being too formal by saying these things. It's not that I don't want to help you, and it's not that I want to use this to negotiate any conditions with you. The matter you are asking me for is really beyond my ability. What I can do is help you keep an eye out and inquire about it. As for the rest, I am truly powerless."

An Chongqiu remembered that back then, Ye Zhongquan had always been eager to have more cooperation with the An family, but every time he showed goodwill, he was rejected by the old man without hesitation. He didn't expect that now that he was representing the An family and throwing an olive branch to Ye Zhongquan, Ye Zhongquan would not buy it at all.

Just when he thought Ye Zhongquan was playing hard to get and thinking about how to change his wording, Ye Chen gestured for Ye Zhongquan to hang up. Ye Zhongquan immediately said to An Chongqiu: "Chongqiu, I have something else to do, let's talk another day."

After saying this, without waiting for An Chongqiu's response, he hung up the phone directly.

An Chongqiu was caught off guard on the other end of the phone.

Apart from the old man, it seemed that no one else had ever hung up on him so rudely.

Just when he was annoyed and also a bit indecisive, Ye Zhongquan on the other side put his phone back in his pocket and said to Ye Chen: "The An family is indeed used to being arrogant. Years ago, they treated me like a poor relative and avoided me. Now that they have come to ask me for a favor, the arrogance in their bones hasn't changed at all."

Ye Chen said indifferently: "My eldest uncle being able to shout at the scene that he wanted to take the Rejuvenation Pill away for 370 billion shows that they are indeed very arrogant—arrogant to the point that they don't put the rules set by others in their eyes, always feeling that as long as there is enough money, any rule will change for them."

Speaking of this, Ye Chen smiled slightly and said casually: "It doesn't matter. Since they feel good about themselves, let them be."

Immediately, Ye Chen added: "By the way, Grandfather, I'm going to the United States in two days and might not be back for more than a month. I'll have to trouble you to take care of the Ye family's affairs."

Ye Zhongquan asked curiously: "Chen'er, why are you suddenly going to the United States? You aren't going to visit the An family, are you?"

Ye Chen shook his head and smiled: "How could that be? I'm accompanying Churan to attend a training session."

Ye Zhongquan nodded and said: "Alright, you can rest assured about the Ye family. As for your uncle, I won't be eager to find him anyway. If he wants to find me, I certainly won't see him."

"Good." Ye Chen stood up and said: "Grandfather, it's getting late, you should rest early. I should go home too. When you return to Yanjing, I will go to the airport to see you off."

Ye Zhongquan said: "No need to go through the trouble. An old man like me doesn't sleep much and wakes up naturally after five o'clock. After I wake up and eat something, I'll have Xiao Chen take me to the airport. You don't need to come specifically to see me off."

Ye Chen thought that going to the airport at five or six o'clock was indeed a bit early, so he nodded and said: "Grandfather, since that's the case, I won't see you off. When I return from the United States, I will go to Yanjing to see you then."

The next day.

The vast majority of the bidders who attended the auction returned to where they came from, one after another, carrying the legend of the Rejuvenation Pill.

Although An Chongqiu checked out of the Buckingham Palace Hotel, he did not leave Jin Ling immediately, but intended to find Song Wanting to try his luck again.

Coincidentally, Ye Chen also went to the Song Group early this morning; he wanted to touch base with Song Wanting on matters related to the auction.

Arriving at Song Wanting's office, Song Wanting handed Ye Chen a document she had prepared in advance and said to him: "Master Ye, at yesterday's auction, in the Rejuvenation Pill auction section, our actual auction revenue was 148.7 billion US dollars, and there is another 28 billion US dollars, which is Bernard Arnault's installment payment;"

"Secondly, the four amulets you made sold for a total of 530 million US dollars;"