Chapter Seventy-four: Emerald City

  Upon hearing this, Zhang Jun couldn't help but furrow his brow and ask: "Since he took care of you initially, why did he suddenly change his attitude later on?"

  "Because I'm useless, I'm a coward."

  Seeing her sad look, Zhang Jun sighed and said in a warm voice: "No matter what others say, I never think you are a coward. If one person has never intentionally harmed others, then no one can blame him."

  Shen Rong stared at Zhang Jun in a daze and asked: "Really?"

  Zhang Jun nodded vigorously. Even if he didn't use his Buddha's eye to see through, he knew that Shen Rong was very weak at this moment. If one word was said incorrectly, it might trigger unpredictable consequences.

  Shen Rong's heart seemed to have found a support point, and she continued to tell Zhang Jun the story that was deeply imprinted in his heart.

  Many years ago on a winter day, the weather was unusually cold. Chen Wan took Shen Rong to ice-skate and they bumped into a group of people at the rink by accident.

  The four of them were not good people, they didn't care about Chen Wan's identity at all, and instead beat him even more fiercely. In the end, several people surrounded Chen Wan, who was unable to get up from the ground, and urinated on his body together.

  Shen Rong was frightened at that time, she saw Chen Wan being beaten with her own eyes, and all she could do was cry. She couldn't even hear Chen Wan's shout of "Go get someone quickly".

  Because of this matter, Chen Wan hated her extremely and she was isolated by the entire circle. From middle school to university, to joining work, it was all the same.

  After listening to the story, Zhang Jun's expression was calm. He sat down beside Shen Rong, gently putting his arm around her shoulder and said softly: "That person is just someone who has been trampled on in terms of dignity, having had their high-and-mighty beautiful outer garment torn apart. He is truly a coward and a weakling, an incompetent rat who can only vent his anger at girls. Such a person isn't worth remembering; you'd best completely forget him."

  Zhang Jun's words calmed Shen Rong down, she hugged one of Zhang Jun's arms and murmured: "Thank you."

  Soon, Shen Rong fell asleep, hugging his arm. Zhang Jun had no choice but to carry her into the car and take her to a hotel to stay temporarily. He originally wanted to send Shen Rong back home, but thinking that she might encounter trouble, he simply let her stay at the hotel for one night and would think about it again tomorrow.

  Shen Rong woke up to find a note on her pillow that read: "You drank too much yesterday, I helped you back. Don't worry, I didn't even touch your hand. Also, breakfast is ready, eat it before going to work." Signed Zhang Jun.

  Seeing the note, Shen Rong felt a warmth in her heart. She stretched her waist and smiled slightly, saying: "A new day has begun!"

  Zhang Junyi set out early in the morning with his men to Kyoto's Yuishizhen Market. As the economic and political center of the country, Kyoto attracts talents from all over the world, and the jade business here is naturally not small.

  In the northern suburbs of Kyoto, there is a large market with a large number of jade merchants from all over the world. There are thousands of big and small stalls and shops everywhere. After 9 o'clock every day, this place is bustling with people and vehicles coming and going.

  This place is called the Jade City, a gathering place for jade merchants. Unlike the Donghai Jade Festival, it's not that formal and is composed of many individual vendors, making the market more vibrant.

  Zhang Jun and his entourage walked along the wide corridor, his eyes scanning each stall, occasionally stopping for a moment, buying several pieces of fabric, some large, some small, some half-gambling, some full-gambling.

  And every time they bought another part of the goods, someone would deliver the goods to the outside truck, and there was a special person guarding them.

  He walked through dozens of stalls, and Zhang Jun didn't make many moves. He found that most of the goods were losing money and not worth buying. It wasn't until he entered a rough stone store that he was attracted to a piece of semi-precious material weighing over 100 kilograms.

  The longitudinal section of this material is a kind of bean green, with poor water head, poor transparency and dark color, which is not a good material. However, even so, this piece of jade is priced at millions.

  What attracted Zhang Jun was not the bean green, but the three fist-sized jadeites buried in this half-piece of jade. The three jadeites were distributed in a pin shape, two of which were ice species light green, and the third one was glass species emperor green that also surprised Zhang Jun!

  It is almost impossible for such a situation to occur, as the formation of jade has gone through hundreds of millions of years and has a unique mineralization process, making it extremely difficult for this to happen.

  In addition, the glass species of Emperor Green is a top-grade jadeite, and even in a Burmese mine, it's not necessarily possible to dig out a few pieces. When Zhang Jun was gambling on stones in Donghai, he saw so many materials, but he didn't find a single piece of glass species of Emperor Green. The piece in front of him is only the size of a fist, but its value is difficult to estimate.

  Zhang Jun glanced at it casually and asked, "Boss, can this material be cheaper?"

  The boss, a thin middle-aged man, perked up when he heard the price and said: "Brother, this piece of jade is good stuff. Take it back, polish and carve it carefully, and selling it for 15 or 16 million won't be a problem. This price is already the lowest, not a single cent less will I sell."

  "Boss, don't say those empty words. This stone has no water head, no color, and at first glance it looks like a block of long green hairy tofu. I'm not willing to pay one million for it."

  Listening to Zhang Jun's nonsense, the boss became unhappy and said: "Brother, whether you buy or not is up to you, but whether I sell or not is up to me. Don't fabricate things."

  "Alright boss, let's just say we're old acquaintances and I won't bother you with it again. Hopefully next time you can give me a discount."

  The boss's face suddenly cleared up and he smiled: "Don't worry, brother. Next time you come, I'll give you a 20% discount!"

  He bought hundreds of kilograms of materials and continued to rush to other stalls and shops, and all the goods that could be sold at a price difference of three to five times were taken in by him.

  The Jade City is very large, and each stall has its own warehouse. More jade exists in the warehouses, which are more troublesome to look at. As a result, Zhang Jun's purchase of materials slowed down, and on the first day, he only visited about one-tenth of the stalls.

  However, he also gained a lot, buying more than 20 million stones and sending them to the East China Sea that night.

  He spent five consecutive days in Feicui City, and his generosity attracted a lot of attention as he bought large quantities of goods.

  On the fifth day, Zhang Jun was selecting rough stones when two people, an old man and a middle-aged man, were talking in hushed tones in the distance. The old man, who was over 70 years old, had a dark and thin face that showed signs of wind and frost, and he said: "It's already been five days, and this person is still buying, have you calculated how much money he has spent?"

  The middle-aged man's eyes were gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Even if it's less, there's at least 100 million. Whoever dares to throw so much money into Feicui City is either an idiot or a mastermind. Old Ba, which possibility do you think is greater?"

  The old man's name was Lao Baz. He pondered for a moment, saying: "Looking at this young man, he doesn't seem like an experienced jade dealer, probably the latter."

  The middle-aged man said: "So, there's still a 20% chance that he's a capable person. This time, he came to Feicui City to loot."

  The old man looked at him and said, "Fish skin, are you going to take action against him?"

  A middle-aged man nicknamed Fish Skin sneered, saying: "I've been studying him for the past few days. Every time he buys a stone, he sends someone to take it away. We'll find some quick-witted people to follow him and rob him halfway! Even if we only succeed once, we can still make one or two hundred million."

  The old man had a worried and bitter look on his face, but he said: "This method is quite safe, it's just that we need to investigate this person's background, in case they are royalty."

  "Don't worry about this, I'm always careful with what I do and won't make any mistakes."

  But Zhang Jun was picking out a few pieces of fabric that caught his eye, when he suddenly heard the conversation between an old man and a middle-aged man in the distance. Since practicing the Golden Vajra Seal, his hearing had far surpassed that of ordinary people, and within ten meters, he could hear the sound of ants eating leaves.

  Although the other party was tens of meters away and spoke in a low voice, he still couldn't escape his ears.

  A flash of cold light flickered in his eyes, and he sneered, taking the opportunity to go to the bathroom to make a phone call to Li Yunfei. Since arriving in Kyoto, he had not been in contact with Li Yunfei and others, and now making a phone call made the other party extremely happy.

  "Brother, you've come to Kyoto? Why didn't you come find me?" Li Yunfei asked loudly.

  Zhang Jun said in a low voice: "Li Ge, I've encountered some trouble and need your help."

  "No need to be polite among family members, speak up." Li Yunfei was very generous.

  Zhang Jun then explained the situation, causing Li Yunfei on the other end of the phone to fly into a rage, cursing: "You blind fool, you've dragged my brother into this! Don't worry about this, just wait for my good news!"

  Zhang Jun smiled and said: "After I've dealt with this bunch of scoundrels, I'll invite Brother Li out for a drink."

  He contacted Li Yunfei, who continued to select the original stone, without showing any unusual signs. Meanwhile, Li Yunfei called up a dozen or so brothers, who were rushing towards Feicui City at full speed.

  After selecting this family, he deliberately walked to the old man and middle-aged person's store, carefully selecting them. It's strange to say that from a pile of messy stones, he actually found more than a dozen pieces that could increase in value by more than ten times.

  "Could it be that the quality of the raw stones in their hands is even higher?" He thought to himself, and suggested going to the warehouse to take a look. With business coming to them, the two naturally did not object, and even thought that eight or nine out of ten goods sold would come back.

  The warehouse of the two was located on the second underground floor of Emerald City, sealed with two sturdy large gates. It was difficult for strangers to get in. Even if they got in, there was no way to move the heavy ore away.

  Entering the warehouse, Zhang Jun was secretly surprised to find that it was a large warehouse with an area of over 1,000 square meters, filled with all kinds of jade.

  He was moved in his heart and said: "The two of you have so many goods. With such strength, you can completely set up your own business."

  The old man said faintly: "These goods are not from our family, but if you like them, we can be their agent."

  Zhang Jun spoke while gazing at the jade in the warehouse, and soon his heart began to beat violently.

  Author's words:

  Staying up all night for the fifth watch, I'm so sleepy, rolling around asking for red flowers.

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