78: Chapter 78 It's time to buy a car.

Zhang Tao was certainly not finished with her work; she had just taken a moment during her break to send a message.

Afterward, she dove back into her work.

By this time, the World Cup match had also concluded.

Uruguay defeated Argentina 2-1!

An upset result.

However, the odds were only 2x.

Zhao Jian tearfully earned a massive sum of 1.5 million!

His savings officially broke the ten-million mark.

From now on, he could call himself a multi-millionaire.

Lying in bed, he thought about how he had to take a taxi every time he went out, regardless of the distance.

Especially at times when he needed to transport goods.

Taking a taxi was always quite inconvenient.

It was time to get a driver's license!

He opened a second-hand car platform to look at the pros and cons of various models.

He didn't actually plan to buy one there.

It was just that official comments on new cars were always moderated.

You could see the advantages, but never the drawbacks.

Second-hand cars were different; experienced drivers would explain the pros and cons in great detail.

Zhao Jian fell asleep while looking at his phone.

When he woke up, it was already three in the morning.

He got up to go to the bathroom and then came back, intending to continue sleeping.

But a blinding light screen made him open his eyes just as he was about to drift off.

[Today's Intelligence (Red): Stall 44 on Antique Street is selling a Republic of China era clock. The clock itself is worth 7,000 yuan.

Hidden behind the dial inside the clock is a photograph. It is a family portrait of the scholarly Gu Family from the time of the war.

The family was forced to separate during their flight, and the portrait's whereabouts became unknown.

The current head of the Gu Family is Gu Wenjun, the granddaughter of the Gu Family's youngest son back then, Gu Xuanwu. She wants to find the family portrait to comfort her grandfather's soul.

Gu Wenjun's phone number is xxx; the photo is worth 1 million yuan.]

A single photo could actually be sold for a million?

He couldn't fathom the thoughts of the wealthy.

But he didn't need to fathom them; he just needed to buy the photo and hand it over to the other party.

As for Stall 44...

It sounded familiar.

It seemed he couldn't just head over there and pick through things like before, then buy a few items after haggling.

The items he bought last time were of high value, so the stall owner would likely have some impression of him.

If the owner saw him again, whatever he bought would be treated as a treasure by the other party.

Even if he just passed by without buying anything and took a single glance at the stall...

That old man would probably pack up his stall immediately and go to a treasure appraisal show for an evaluation.

Even though it would certainly still be worthless after the appraisal...

The amount of time wasted would be immeasurable.

Who knew if someone else might get there first.

It was time to hire a temporary employee.

It just so happened that Su Wanyin was on unpaid leave.

He didn't know if she had returned to work yet.

He gave her a call.

Damn, she hung up!

What's with this woman? Does she have a new boyfriend?

Just as Zhao Jian decided to delete her contact to avoid any misunderstanding...

Su Wanyin initiated a video call.

He picked up.

He saw the woman wearing pajamas, with one eye closed.

She was yawning repeatedly.

She explained, "I was sleeping so soundly just now. I thought the alarm was going off, so I hung up. Why are you calling me so early? Did you miss me?"

He clearly explained the plan to find a hidden gem at Antique Street and the fact that it wasn't convenient for him to show his face.

At the same time, he promised that the clock could be given to her as a reward after the task was completed.

"Reward? Giving me a clock? I think you're trying to drive me to an early grave in the middle of the night! You're here for revenge, aren't you!"

Su Wanyin was so angry she was no longer sleepy.

But Zhao Jian was sleepy.

After agreeing on a time, he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Seeing that he had already fallen asleep, Su Wanyin couldn't bring herself to hang up the video call.

She stared for a while before smiling with satisfaction, and then she also lay down to sleep.

When Zhao Jian woke up in the morning...

His phone had already shut down.

This was the iPhone he had picked up from the trash.

The battery life didn't seem to last very long.

Fortunately, he hadn't sent his old phone to a second-hand platform for recycling.

He swapped the SIM card, and the battery life was back to full capacity.

By the time he rushed to Antique Street, Su Wanyin was already waiting there.

Zhao Jian held a few pork and mushroom buns in his hand and handed them over, saying, "Morning."

"Of course, I had to come early to wait for you to send me to my grave."

She took the buns and bit off a small piece, chewing fiercely.

She was treating the bun as if it were Zhao Jian.

"If you don't like it, then I won't give it to you."

It was just a slip of the tongue by Zhao Jian in the middle of the night.

His intention was just to give her some wages.

After all, her mother needed money for her hospitalization.

He hadn't expected she would hold a grudge over it all night.

"I like it! Who said I don't like it?" Su Wanyin spoke indistinctly while eating the bun.

But her attitude was very clear.

She wanted whatever Zhao Jian gave her.

In fact, she also knew that giving the clock was just Zhao Jian's way of supporting her, as that thing wasn't an ordinary clock.

It was an old item, worth several thousand yuan.

For her, who needed money, it was like providing charcoal in the snow.

The reason she wouldn't let it go was just to use it as an excuse to chat more with Zhao Jian.

It was just an excuse.

The two of them soon arrived near Stall 44.

From this distance, things weren't perfectly clear, but general movements could be observed.

Zhao Jian couldn't get any closer.

He said to Su Wanyin, "Remember what I taught you last night? Just do it like that. Buy that clock along with two random items. Try not to exceed ten thousand yuan."

It wasn't that he was reluctant to invest more.

Rather, being too willing to throw money around could easily arouse the stall owner's suspicion.

Especially since that old man had experienced someone finding a hidden gem at his stall before; it would be easy for him to make a connection.

That could lead to the transaction failing.

Su Wanyin was silent for a moment.

She thought to herself: What did you teach last night? How to fall asleep the moment your head hits the pillow?

It was probably too late to learn now.

She simply nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

She braced herself and went over.

Zhao Jian watched from afar as Su Wanyin crouched down in front of the stall and then stood up.

She stood up and then crouched down again.

She seemed to be agonizing over which items to buy.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that she returned, carrying over a dozen items.

She bought so many; he didn't know how much she had spent.

Among the dozen or so items in her hands, Zhao Jian saw a table clock about half a meter tall.

Only then did he feel relieved.

He had the item!

"How much was it? I'll transfer the money to you."

Aside from this table clock, the rest were all modern handicrafts.

Zhao Jian even saw the words 'Produced in 2024' on a flute.

Something only a year old probably couldn't be considered an antique.

"A total of 7,000. Most of it was for the clock; the others were freebies."

Freebies? Was that right?

Zhao Jian remembered that the last time he was rummaging through for an imperial seal, the old man claimed it was a national treasure from the Song Dynasty.

How come when Su Wanyin stepped in, he started giving things away for free?

He opened the dial, fished out a photo from inside, and then gently closed it again.

He handed the table clock to Su Wanyin.

"I said I'd give it to you, but giving a clock is unlucky. I'll 'sell' it to you instead. I've transferred 6,999 back to you; that one yuan is the payment for the clock."

Even though he didn't care for superstition...

He still had to respect local customs.

Giving a clock was indeed quite unlucky.

Therefore, Zhao Jian temporarily changed it to a sale.

Su Wanyin gave a charming smile.

Having obtained the photo, Zhao Jian dialed Gu Wenjun's number and told her that he had what she wanted.

They agreed to meet on the sixth floor of Joyful Sea World.

Then he prepared to rush over.

"Which Young Girl are you meeting that makes you in such a hurry?" Su Wanyin puffed out her cheeks.

There was a hint of disappointment in her tone.

"The buyer for this photo. Do you want to come along?"

Since he was just going to sell a photo anyway...

Bringing Su Wanyin along to grab a meal probably wouldn't be considered too forward.