Chapter 368: 368
“You can keep it then . ” Wang Yao got up and began to walk away .
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“Hey buddy, don’t leave . Let’s talk this out . I’ll reduce the price by another 5000 yuan . You can have this book,” the vendor said .
“3000 yuan . It’s up to you . ”
“Okay . 3000 it is . We’re friends here!” The vendor looked heartbroken over the loss of the money he could have gotten .
Wang Yao paid the money readily .
“Buddy, take a look . I have lots of good stuff here . ”
“No thanks . ”
He was just about to leave when he heard a voice .
“How much is that book?”
He was a man in thirties . He had a medium build with a square face . He was wearing a somewhat old-fashioned Chinese tunic suit .
“That book?” the vendor pointed at the book in Wang Yao’s hands .
“Yes . ”
“It’s 3000 yuan . I’ve already sold it to this young man . ”
“Hello, can you please resell it to me? You can set the price,” the person said to Wang Yao after turning around .
“Sorry . I bought this for myself . ”
“5000 yuan . ”
Wang Yao smiled .
“10,000 yuan?”
The dealer who was by the side was dumbfounded . What was going on? He had just sold it in less than three minutes ago, but the price had tripled . He lowered his head and looked at the 3000 yuan in his hands . His feeling of complacency was gone without a trace .
“I really bought it for myself . Sorry . ” He turned around and started walking away again .
“30,000 yuan?” the middle-aged man behind him hurriedly asked .
Wang Yao waved his hand without turning back .
“Sigh . What a pity!” The middle-aged man sighed . “Excuse me, this is my business card . You can contact me if you change your mind and you want to resell this book . ” He caught up with Wang Yao with a few steps and handed him a business card with a simple name and a phone number .
Bo Jingshan .
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“Alright . ” Wang Yao took the business card and left with Chen Ying .
“Excuse me?” the vendor asked Bo Jingshan softly .
“Yes?”
“Is that book really worth 30,000 yuan?”
“Haha . ” Bo Jingshan smiled . “In your eyes, it’s not worth 300 yuan . In my eyes, it’s invaluable . What a pity . ”
After that, Bo Jingshan left with a smile . The vendor was left standing there .
Sigh!
After regaining his senses, he stomped his foot .
I’m really… If only I waited for a few more minutes!
This was a typical case of greed .
In fact, when he first got this book, it was an old book which was sold by its weight, so it cost him less than 30 yuan . His profit was already a hundred times greater when he sold it for 3000 yuan that day .
On the way back, Chen Ying asked somewhat curiously, “Dr . Wang, are you also interested in the techniques of Zhou Yi?”
“Yes,” Wang Yao answered with a smile .
When he was on the hill, he had also studied Yin and Yang energies, along with the five elements and things like the Eight Trigrams of Zhou Yi . He didn’t read as much about these things, unlike medicine, which he already had an understanding about . The next step was to reach a higher level in his studies . However, he was really very interested in this . Not to mention anything else, the incomprehensible magical uses produced by the five-line illusion and the Spirit-gathering battle array on the hill made him realize the profound meaning and magic in it, which made him take a great interest in it .
“Oh!” Chen Ying responded . At the same time, she remembered .
Under the arrangement of the Su family, she was responsible for all kinds of matters during Wang Yao’s stay in Jing City . Besides attending to his basic necessities, there was another very important thing, which was to understand his likes and dislikes, two of which she already knew . One was that he liked tea . This was actually a bit far-fetched . The other one was that he was keen in things related to pharmaceutical knowledge . This was an actual hobby . He had one more interest now . He was interested in things related to Zhou Yi .
The Su family’s purpose for asking these things was actually very simple . They wanted to cater to Wang Yao’s desires .
They had investigated Wang Yao secretly before . He did not like money and power . He was not fond of beauties as well . It was a bit surprising to place these on a young man . Young men like him were extremely rare in the present society, even if they were not extinct . However, he had superb pharmaceutical knowledge . If they wanted to seek medical attention and to have a good relationship with him, then they had to know what he liked and wanted . Then, they would have to provide him with these things .
This way of thinking was now a more universal view .
It was not to say that the way of treating people with sincerity was gone, but the perception had been changed .
After buying the book, the two of them walked around on the street and did not see anything else that they wanted .
“Oh right, is there a store here that sells jade?”
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“Yes,” Chen Ying responded . “Do you want to buy jade?”
“Let’s go have a look . ”
Wang Yao wanted to buy a piece of jade for his mother . He incidentally heard his mother mention that someone had a very beautiful jade bracelet .
He happened to have the chance now, so he wanted to buy a piece of jade for her in Jing City .
Then, Chen Ying took Wang Yao to a jewelry company which was quite large .
“Hey, Miss Chen! You seldom visit!” The manager there obviously knew Chen Ying . He smiled and said hello upon seeing her .
“Hello, Manager Li . ”
“Are you here to see some jewelry today?”
“It’s Mr . Wang who wants to see it . ”
“Oh . Mr . Wang, which would you like to see?” the manager hurriedly asked . He was a shrewd man . He knew that Chen Ying had an unusual background . Now, she accompanied such an unremarkable young man to buy things . The identity of the other party was definitely not easy to figure out . He paid more attention because such people related to Chen Ying had always been generous .
“Jade . ”
“Jade? Okay . This way please . ” He immediately led Wang Yao to the counter where the jade jewelry was placed .
“You can have a look and see which is suitable . Are you wearing it yourself or is it for your family?”
“It’s for my family,” Wang Yao replied . “It’s for my parents . ”
“Oh . Are you after a jade pendant or a bracelet?”
“A bracelet and a jade pendant . ”
Wang Yao had already thought about it . He would buy a bracelet for his mother and a jade pendant for his father .
“Okay . What do you think of this bracelet?” Manager Li then took out a bracelet from the glass cabinet .
Wang Yao glanced at it and stretched out his hand to try it on . There was a refreshing feeling when it was put on . Besides that, it had a unique air dynamic .
The bracelet was greenish white and it looked good, but he did not take a fancy to it .
He looked inside the glass cabinet again . His gaze fell on a bracelet which was entirely white with just a few green strands in it . It was like the water plant on the riverbed . It looked very vivid .
“What about that one?” He extended his hand and pointed at it .
“Hey, you’re an expert!” He took out the jade bracelet .
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By touching, this jade bracelet seemed to be more or less the same as the one just now .
“This is an authentic nephrite!”
Manager Li introduced it professionally . He used many professional terms which Wang Yao did not understand . However, due to the feelings out of his practice, he was far more sensitive to these natural things compared to ordinary people .
“How much is this?”
“450,000 yuan . ”
Huh?
Wang Yao hesitated a little . It was not that he thought that the price was too expensive, but he did not know much about the price of jade . He was not short of money, but he was not a person who bought a pig in a poke .
“Manager Li, we’re old acquaintances . Can it be cheaper?” Chen Ying, who was standing to the side, looked at the bracelet and asked .
“We’re acquaintances, but Miss Chen, look at the quality of this jade . This way, I’ll reduce the price by 30,000 yuan . It’ll be 420,000 yuan . ”
Wang Yao looked at Chen Ying, who nodded .
“Okay . I’ll buy this bracelet . ”
“Sure!” Manager Li responded with a smile .
He could earn quite a lot of bonus by selling this bracelet .
He hurriedly asked someone to pack it up .
“I’ll look at the jade pendants . ”
He looked at a few pieces and took a fancy to a jade pendant . It did not look big, but its touch was even better than the bracelet just now . The quality of the jade was also even better . It was a top-grade Jue Suet . The words “felicity and longevity” were carved on it . Its sculpture was quite excellent as well .
“I want this . ”
The size of this white jade was less than one-fifth of that of the bracelet, but its price was actually about the same as the bracelet . It was slightly more expensive .
In an instant, Wang Yao spent more than 800,000 yuan .
“This is my business card, Mr . Wang . If you need anything else, you can just call me,” Manager Li said with a smile .
“Alright . ”
It was already past five o’clock in the afternoon when they left the jewelry store .
“Where else would you like to go?”
“Nowhere else . Let’s go back . ”
“Okay . ”
After returning home, Chen Ying was busy preparing dinner in the kitchen alone . Wang Yao was reading Zhou Yi References in his room .
This was an ancient book . According to Wang Yao’s judgment, what the vendor said might be true . This book might really be from the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty was implicitly mentioned in some of the text descriptions . This book was seemed to cover the author’s understanding towards the Eight Trigrams of Zhou Yi, as well as some other unique things, such as the techniques of divination .
Wang Yao was engrossed in it . The sky outside had gradually darkened . He only broke away from the contents of the book when Chen Ying called him for dinner .
“What a great book!” He exclaimed while closing the book gently .
This was an unexpected gain .
After dinner, Wang Yao sat in the courtyard with his eyes closed to refresh his spirits .
Buzz . He suddenly heard a subtle noise .
There was a mosquito .
He waved his hand and a stream of Qi surged out .
The mosquito fell onto the ground without a sound .
The sound of footsteps could be heard . A guest was here and he was a young man .
“Did he really come to Jing City?” His voice was bright and cheerful .
He was a handsome, young man .
He was Guo Zhenghe, the son of the Guo family .
“Mr . Guo,” Chen Ying hurriedly greeted .
“Tsk, Sister Ying . How many times have I mentioned this? You can be more polite in the way you refer to me,” Guo Zhenghe replied with a smile .
“I’ll go make some tea . ”
“Hello, Brother Wang . ” Guo Zhenghe appeared to be very close to Wang Yao .
“Hello, Mr . Guo . ”
“Hey, are you kicking me out?” Guo Zhenghe was not pleased . “Call me Guo or Zhenghe . Otherwise, I’ll leave immediately . ”
“Take a seat . ” Wang Yao smiled while pointing at the stool by the side .
“When did you get to Jing City?”