Chapter Forty-six: A Pleasant Cooperation

  He Ping stood up again, with a hint of gratitude in his expression: "You must be Zhao Long, who captured Bai Sheng, Shi Dajun and Jiang Yan, the three wanted criminals?"

  Seeing Zhao Long nod, He Ping continued: "My name is He Ping, and I am the chairman of the Tianhe Group. My father-in-law's name is Cai Yuanhong. He was originally a university professor who liked to collect ancient calligraphy and paintings, mostly for research purposes. He himself often copied them by hand. Some time ago, three thugs brutally murdered him and then escaped with a large number of ancient calligraphy and paintings."

  He said that Zhao Long had already understood, and it turned out that he was a relative of the victim. Previously, Zhao Long only vaguely knew some things about Jiang Yan and others, knowing they were extremely cruel, not only wanted for murder but also killed people on the run, but didn't know the specific situation. Now after hearing He Ping's explanation, he finally understood.

  "No need, no need... I also stumbled upon these things unexpectedly. Besides, I've already received the reward I deserved, so you don't have to thank me like that. If you want to continue playing with antiques in the future and need anything, feel free to contact me anytime." He Ping finished explaining the situation and kept thanking Zhao Long for capturing Jiang Yan and his two companions. As for this gratitude, Zhao Long listened to a couple of sentences and didn't take it seriously.

  At this time, He Ping was momentarily speechless. Just now Zhao Long was so patient and unhurried, but now he seemed to be in a hurry again, and his words clearly had the intention of sending him away.

  "Since you put it that way, I won't say anything else. Anyway, a great kindness doesn't need to be thanked, and this matter is something I'll remember in my heart, no matter what the police say. Seeing that you're also knowledgeable about antiques, opening this small shop is really a waste of your talent. My Tianhe Group is also planning to enter Haicheng, why don't we partner up to open a larger antique shop?" He Ping initially thought that the person who could capture Jiang Yan and his gang must be a formidable martial artist, and after learning Zhao Long's age, he assumed Zhao would be a young man with great physical strength. But when they actually met, he found out that all his guesses were wrong. However, his purpose for coming this time was to express his gratitude, and he was afraid that directly offering money would offend Zhao Long, so he spoke in this manner.

  "Haha......" Zhao Long suddenly laughed and said: "You might as well just say you want to give me some money to show your gratitude, so tell me, how much can you give me?"

  Although he came in peace for this purpose, it still depends on the situation, but Zhao Long asked directly, which made him completely unexpected.

  "Originally, I was going to offer a reward of 10 million to catch the suspect, but my superiors were afraid it would make too big of a scene, so the wanted notice only says 3 million. Of course, if you need more than that, just let me know and I'll try my best to satisfy your needs." He Ping's elegant demeanor couldn't hide his true nature as a businessman.

  "One million, that's a lot. What a pity, it has nothing to do with me." Zhao Long smiled and spread his hands: "I've already taken the money I should take, thank you for your kindness, if Mr. He doesn't have anything else, I still need to go out and take care of some things."

  This is the same as before when I was at Fourth Brother's house, Zhao Long has his own standards, he won't take a penny less of what he should take or earn, and if you give him less, it's not okay, but there are some money that no matter how much more, he won't want.

  Seeing Zhao Long stand up, He Ping also stood up, and he didn't expect Zhao Long to refuse so bluntly. At this moment, he was even more surprised in his heart, this young man is really extraordinary, at this age, he has such a temperament, he can say one million yuan with ease, no wonder he can play antiques.

  "Wait a minute..." He followed Zhao Long out the door, and when he saw Zhao Long lock the door, he was about to leave. Suddenly, He Ping thought of something and called out to Zhao Long: "I see that your store has just opened and doesn't have much business yet. This time, my father-in-law's things were all recovered, except for some personal items and those with sentimental value. I originally planned to sell the rest of the items and use the money to build schools in remote mountainous areas. Since you've just opened an antique shop, I'll put the items here and have you help me sell them on consignment. You can collect a commission according to normal rules. What do you think?"

  As soon as this was mentioned, Zhao Long's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of the painting with dragon energy that Lao Shi had said. Although it was also a form of repayment in disguise, this was something that Zhao Long could accept.

  "It was a pleasure working with you." Seeing Zhao Long didn't immediately respond, seemingly deep in thought, He Ping assumed this wasn't going to work either. Just then, Zhao Long suddenly extended his right hand.

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  Deputy Director Zhao Dongchuan of the Haicheng Police Department is pacing back and forth in his office, smoking a cigarette.

  "Si Yu, this is the decision from above, it will be very helpful for your future. Besides, you've been putting in a lot of effort on this case from start to finish, and in the end, it was you who brought them back to the police station. So, there's no problem with publicizing it." Zhao Dongchuan persuaded her with a bitter tone, he had almost finished a whole pack of cigarettes, but it didn't seem to have any effect.

  "I've said it before, I don't want this credit," Zhang Siyu said with a very firm tone and anger in his eyes.

  Everyone in the Zhao Dongchuan team wants to scold people, if this happened to someone else, they would be thanking them a thousand times. The order from above this time is to weaken the impact of Zhao Long catching three criminals, while also focusing on promoting one person from the police team. Zhao Dongchuan immediately thought of Zhang Siyu, and his proposal was quickly approved by the higher-ups, passing smoothly.

  Although the focus is on promoting Zhang Siyu, Zhao Dongchuan knows that he can also benefit from it. However, when he mentions this to Zhang Siyu, she strongly opposes and refuses to cooperate.

  "Si Yu, this isn't just your personal matter, it concerns the honor of our entire Haicheng police system."

  "Director Zhao, there's no need to say any more. I absolutely will not agree with this matter. You can find someone else, I have other things to attend to, goodbye." Zhang Siyu bowed and turned around to leave directly.

  "Bang..." As Zhang Siyu left, she slammed the door shut in anger. The sound of the door closing was deafening, causing Zhao Dongchuan's hand to tremble with rage, and his cigarette fell to the ground.

  "If it weren't for you... I'd be dead...!" Zhao Dongchuan's hands were trembling, and he picked up a cigarette with a shaking hand. He tried to light it several times but couldn't get it lit, so in frustration, he slammed the cigarette and lighter to the ground. If someone else had done this to him, they would have been fired long ago. But Zhang Siyu was so resolute that now all he could do was quickly report to his superiors, hoping that the media hadn't been notified yet. It seemed that he could only downplay his personal achievements now... sigh!

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  After Zhao Long left, he went to Jin Street and bought 350,000 yuan worth of gold. When he returned, Pangzi had already come back and was directing the advertising company's installers to put up their signboard. In today's society, as long as you give enough money, a three-day job can be rushed out in one day or even half a day. Of course, the reason why the Tianyan Antique Shop signboard could be rushed out so quickly is that on the one hand, Pangzi got up early to urge them and gave enough money, but more importantly, it was not complicated to make, and by using some existing materials, it was easy to produce.

  "Boss, this name is too cool, it's just that our place is a bit small. Later we'll get a bigger one and let those so-called famous calligraphers write some characters for us, then we'll be awesome." Fatso said with a sense of accomplishment while looking at the sign being installed below.

  "Alright, you're doing well. I have something to attend to and will be out for a bit, if someone comes to deliver something, just sign for it first. Also, remember to buy a better safe, we'll use it to store some valuable items later, get a bigger one. Zhao Long had just bought gold and was about to absorb the golden energy to cultivate his body when he saw Fatso return, so he quickly handed over the task to him before leaving in a taxi."

  A slightly larger safe, which can hold paintings and some antiques, at least one of those safes that is as tall as a person. The fat man blinked his eyes, after Zhao Long finished speaking and left, he suddenly thought, something's not right. That house only has so much space, where would you put such a large safe? Isn't that just like the saying "this place has no silver three hundred taels"?

  "Boss, I have a question..." But before Fatty could ask, he found that Zhao Long had already boarded the vehicle and left.

  "Awesome, the boss is really impressive. The boss and Lao Da are a great team. Uh-oh, I'm in trouble now." As he spoke, Fatso started thinking hard about how to complete Zhao Long's tasks.

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