"Ah, boss..." Sakurai Yumi suddenly exclaimed.

"Yumi, I'm sorry." Cao Mang apologized.

It was a red light at this time. Cao Mang reached for the coffee and carefully touched Sakurai Yumi's thigh.

But it feels really good, as smooth as silk.

Well, actually he just touched the fabric.

"It's okay." Sakurai Yumi said and turned to look out the window.

The color of her fair and rosy face suddenly turned a little darker.

She was wearing a black high-necked dress today, her fair skin looked even more dazzling, and her long legs were exposed.

Sakurai Yumi quietly looked out the window as the breeze gently blew her hair. Cao Mang turned around and happened to see this scene, which was as stunning as seeing Hepburn for the first time during Roman Holiday.

"Beep beep beep~"

"Beautiful girl, let's make friends." At this moment, a voice that was inconsistent with the scene suddenly came from a man on the side who was also waiting in the car at the red light.

The man in the car was wearing a floral shirt, a slicked back, sunglasses, and a big cigar in his mouth.

"I'm sorry, sir, I don't want to be friends with you." Although the other person's look made Sakurai Yumi a little disgusted, she still replied politely out of years of upbringing.

"Beautiful girl, you have no future with this poor guy. One car is just a piece of shit. My car is a piece of shit. It's better than his five cars. Why don't you promise me that you'll live well and drink well?" The man also revealed his feelings intentionally or unintentionally.

The thumb-thick gold chains on his neck and hands.

Sakurai Yumi didn't want to talk to him and had to close the car window.

I don't know if it was a coincidence or something, but the other party followed them until they entered Yangcheng.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when Cao Mang arrived in Yangcheng. He did not rush to find Zhang Ying's father, but took Leng Feng and others to check into the hotel first.

In the evening, I took a few people to Xiangqun Restaurant for dinner. It is said that this restaurant has a long-established home-style cuisine in Yangcheng.

Xiangqun Restaurant, formerly known as Xiangqun Ice Room, opened as early as 1980. It was originally affiliated to Liwan District Catering Service Company. After the restructuring in 1992, the company's employees contracted Xiangqun Ice Room and changed its name to Xiangqun Restaurant.

, and started cooking Cantonese cuisine from then on.

The signature scallion oil-drench chicken is improved from white-cut chicken. Only live chickens that are old enough are used to make it. Ginger, scallions and hot peanut oil are poured on the chicken. The aroma enhances the taste of the chicken, and the skin is refreshing and the meat is tender. This

It is a must-order dish for every diner at the table.

Soy Sauce Royal Goose Sausage, from the cleaning of the goose intestines and the treatment of odors in the early stage, to the flavor and refreshing taste of the goose intestines during cooking, all the processes have created a Xiangqun first-class brand, which also makes Xiangqun the first choice in Yangcheng Restaurant

Here, become the best at making this goose sausage with soy sauce.

Xiang Qun also put a lot of effort into this dish of stir-fried kale with fat fork. He chose kale that was tender and crispy enough, and he needed to control the heat when frying to ensure its fresh and crisp texture.

The fat cha needs to be stir-fried until it is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, so that it will have a crispy texture and be fat but not greasy.

How to handle the two ingredients just right requires a chef's skill.

[No need to talk about it, it will make me drool. When the author was working in a toothpaste factory, he would go to the headquarters for meetings every year. Local colleagues brought food to him. 】

After dinner, there was no talking all night...

The next day, Cao Mang contacted Zhang Ying's cousin, and he led him to a private room in a tea restaurant in Xiguan.

"Guys, this is my uncle." Zhang Zhan introduced.

Zhang Ying's father is about 50 or 60 years old, about 1.7 meters tall, with a stubby haircut, a round face and narrowed eyes behind his lips. He stands up in a Tangshan suit and looks very kind.

"Come on, come on, Boss Cao, sit down, my name is Zhang Guilin, and I am Zhang Ying's father." Zhang Ying's father stood up and greeted.

"Hello Uncle Zhang, these are employees of the company and are here to help." Cao Mang replied politely.

"If you don't want to be so unconventional, just call me Uncle Zhang. My Zhang Ying still needs your care." Zhang Guilin said with a smile.

"Sister Ying is the backbone of the company. There are many things that cannot be done without her." Cao Mang said politely.

"Boss Cao, I heard from Ying that you are here to purchase jade, so you want to ask me to be your consultant.

I don’t know if you plan to devote yourself to dry jade or if you plan to buy it for collection and give it away?

If you are engaged in jade processing, I do not recommend you to do this business. The profit of jade is really too low now.

If you want to buy it for collection or give it away, old man, I will help you as a reference, and there is no need for consulting fees." Zhang Guilin said after taking a sip of tea.

Seeing that he brought the beautiful girl Sakurai Yumi, Zhang Guilin felt that Cao Mang came to buy jade to coax women.

"Uncle Zhang, I plan to buy it for collection, but the quantity is a bit large for me, so I still need you to help me, and I still have to pay the consulting fee." Cao Mang said after pouring a cup of tea for Zhang Guilin.

"How much does Boss Cao want to buy?" Zhang Guilin asked.

In his opinion, Cao Mang could only buy one or two million at most.

"Two or three hundred million," Cao Mang said calmly.

Zhang Zhan, Zhang Guilin, Leng Feng all squirted out the tea as soon as they drank it. Sakurai Yumi didn't squirt out because of her education.

These people were shocked when they heard that Cao Mang bought two to three hundred million jade.

"Boss Cao, you don't plan to join the jade business, so why did you buy so much jade? It's not edible, so it can only be given to women." Zhang Zhan asked curiously.

Lengfeng and the others finally knew why Cao Mang wanted to bring them to Yangcheng.

"Azhan talks too much." Zhang Guilin scolded.

In Zhang Guilin's opinion, he has no place to speak in terms of identity.

"Uncle Zhang, it's okay." Cao Mang waved and smiled. "Jade is a very good collectible, and its value will increase faster than antiques in the future."

"The price of jade has not increased for many years. It is better to invest so much money in a clothing factory." Zhang Guilin shook his head and said.

"Uncle Zhang, investing in a clothing factory is really not as good as investing in jade." Cao Mang said with a smile.

It's just that it's not going up now, but in the future it will be tens of thousands of times higher. If you invest in a clothing factory, you still have to consider competition. How much money can you make in a year?

"Boss Cao, how do you say this?" Zhang Guilin suddenly became interested. This was the first time he had heard such words in his lifetime of jade carving.

"Uncle Zhang, how is life now compared to before the reform and opening up?" Cao Mang asked.

"It's much better than before the reform. We don't have to eat from a big pot or go to the countryside to farm. It's simply incomparable." Zhang Guilin replied.

“As antiques from the golden age of troubled times, jadeite is also a type of antique.

After the reform and opening up, people's lives are getting better and better, and people's pockets will become richer and richer in the future. Will this continue to be considered a prosperous age?

I don’t know how many times the antique market has increased compared to before the reform, but the price of antiques is too high and I dare not touch it." Cao Mang asked.

"I know that the price of antiques has increased dramatically, but I haven't seen how much the price of jadeite has increased in recent years," Zhang Zhanqiang said.

"Jade is a mineral resource. The more you mine, the smaller the quantity. The rarer it is, the more valuable it is. But the purchasing power is not enough now. What will happen in ten or twenty years?
Chapter completed!