Chapter 2716: How Can I See Him?

"You want to buy it?"

Elder Changsheng nodded: "Yes, I want to buy it, trouble you to give me a quote!"

Upon hearing Elder Changsheng ask for the price, Zhao Laosi immediately recalled Zhang Ermao's earlier instructions.

Whoever wants to buy this ring must quote a sky-high price far exceeding the market value by a hundred times.

Zhao Laosi didn't understand why Zhang Ermao would do this, but after all, he was taking people's money to do their bidding, so he certainly couldn't deviate from the routine—after all, he was just here to pick someone up, and if the old man truly wanted this ring, he'd have to meet Zhang Ermao in person.

So, after a brief thought, he figured this jade ring was worth at most thirty to fifty thousand; quoting a hundred times that would be three to five million in that range.

Thinking this, he gritted his teeth, held up three fingers, and told Elder Changsheng: "This item, I estimate it's at least three million!"

"Three million?" Elder Changsheng frowned slightly. Though he often secluded himself for cultivation and rarely went out, he still knew exactly what three million meant—just this ring, opening with a three-million asking price, was indeed excessively dark.

Fortunately, the funds of the Breaking Qing Association were ample; not to mention a few million, even several billion would be nothing to Elder Changsheng.

Thus, he asked Zhao Laosi: "If I want it, can we trade now?"

Zhao Laosi's heart jolted—he hadn't expected this old geezer to genuinely want to buy it!

So he said: "If you truly want to buy it, you'll have to go talk to my big brother—I can't decide on my own."

Speaking, he asked Elder Changsheng: "Old sir, this three-million quote is just a preliminary offer, and only the minimum—no upper limit. If you can accept it, I'll call my big brother to ask; if not, let's not waste each other's time."

Elder Changsheng lightly nodded, made a gesture of invitation, and said: "Three million, I can accept."

Zhao Laosi was shocked and clicked his tongue, but he still cautiously said to Elder Changsheng: "Old sir, you first return the ring to me, I'll go call my big brother."

Elder Changsheng could only reluctantly return the ring.

Zhao Laosi took back the ring, walked a bit farther to ensure Elder Changsheng couldn't hear, then pulled out his phone and called Zhang Ermao.

As soon as the call connected, Zhao Laosi immediately lowered his voice: "Ermao bro, someone wants to buy the ring you gave me."

Zhang Ermao asked: "How much did you quote him?"

Zhao Laosi lowered his voice, whispering: "I told him the lowest is three million, he……he said he could accept……"

Zhang Ermao oh-ed, saying: "If he can accept, just have him come to Antique Street to meet me in person."

"Got it!" Zhao Laosi readily agreed, then added: "Ermao bro, I've gone through a lot of talk with this old sir—if this ring really sells for three million, you gotta credit me with a merit!"

"Don't worry." Zhang Ermao said without hesitation: "No matter how much it sells for, I'll give you ten percent commission!"

"Really?!" Zhao Laosi's heart leapt with excitement—ten percent of three million is three hundred thousand! He couldn't earn that much even if he worked himself to death for a year……

At that moment, Zhang Ermao laughed and said: "When have I ever lied to you? If you can still bring in big clients and get me to sell my other stuff, I'll give you another five points later!"

Zhao Laosi was overjoyed, hurriedly saying: "Got it, Ermao bro—with your words, I'll definitely sweet-talk you well, oh no, I mean I'll definitely introduce you properly!"

Zhang Ermao reminded: "You also shouldn't just focus on talking to clients—keep an eye on the airport; the big clients from Hong Kong Island might show up anytime, and those are the real big moneybags!"

"Don't worry, Ermao bro!" Zhao Laosi said excitedly: "I definitely won't let you down!"

After hanging up, Zhao Laosi walked back excitedly, unaware that this entire conversation had been heard by Elder Changsheng.

From his talk with Zhang Ermao, Elder Changsheng heard no flaws, instead becoming more convinced of his earlier judgment, and also firmly believed that the Zhang Ermao Zhao Laosi mentioned must still have other good things in his possession—maybe even other magical artifacts.

Thinking this, he felt restless with excitement— for him, obtaining a magical artifact was as important as a martial artist suddenly acquiring a complete heart method or a football player lifting the World Cup, nearly one of the highest aspirations of one's career; and this time, he might get more than one—his luck was simply bursting!

At this moment, Zhao Laosi returned before Elder Changsheng, gave a mysterious smile, and asked: "Old sir, you want to meet my big brother?"

Elder Changsheng clasped his hands: "Exactly!"

Zhao Laosi smacked his lips, deliberately making things difficult: "My big brother never sees strangers—I just said I'd introduce you to meet him, and he even scolded me, disliking that I'd talk to just anyone……"

Elder Changsheng stared at Zhao Laosi, and in his eagle-like sharp eyes, a flicker of anger and killing intent flashed.

He had heard every word of their conversation, knowing Zhao Laosi was deliberately playing him, trying to squeeze more benefits from him.

After living this long, it had been ages since anyone dared to play such petty tricks in front of him.

However, Elder Changsheng also knew the saying: small intolerance spoils great plans—though he was annoyed inside, he absolutely could not fall out with Zhao Laosi over this.

Why was Zhao Laosi hemming and hawing? Wasn't it just for money? To him, that was nothing at all.

Thus, he immediately reached into his pocket, pulled out all the few thousand US dollars inside, and handed them directly to Zhao Laosi, saying: "Young man, I've already shown my sincerity many times—if you still don't produce some sincerity, it really wouldn't be reasonable, would it?"

Seeing another few thousand US dollars laid before him, Zhao Laosi thought: if he were greedy again, and the old geezer later went to Zhang Ermao to complain, Zhang Ermao might withdraw the promised benefits.

To be honest, before, he wasn't afraid of Zhang Ermao, but recently Zhang Ermao had followed Master Hong Wu, and he feared Zhang Ermao might still have ties with Master Hong Wu, so naturally he didn't dare offend him.

So he hurriedly put the money down, smiling apologetically: "Old sir, look what you're saying—I've chatted with you this long, always been sincere; otherwise, I couldn't have told you everything, right?"

Elder Changsheng's expression eased slightly, and he asked: "Then how can I meet your big brother?"

Zhao Laosi said without hesitation: "You do this—go out, hail a taxi, tell the driver to go to Antique Street; Jin Ling has only one Antique Street, he'll definitely take you there; once you're at Antique Street, go to the middle stall, find a guy named Zhang Ermao—that's my big brother!"

"Zhang Ermao……" Elder Changsheng muttered, and what he'd just heard—Zhao Laosi's "Ermao bro"—seemed to be the same person; thus, he could see this kid wasn't playing mind games with him anymore.

So, Elder Changsheng nodded and said: "If that's the case, then I'll go to Antique Street to meet this Mr. Zhang."

"No problem!" Zhao Laosi hehe-laughed, hurriedly saying: "But old sir, I still need to wait for the Hong Kong merchants here, so I can't accompany you—you mustn't take it to heart!"

Elder Changsheng also couldn't be bothered to argue with him now—he only wanted to quickly find this Zhang Ermao, first see how many magical artifacts he still had, then take them together with this kid's jade ring in hand!