133: The most difficult book to turn

"Dad, Ye Su says this jade material is worth at least 250,000. If we deal directly with a jade merchant, we could sell it for a few tens of thousands more."

"Hmm." Li Shanhai nodded with satisfaction. "Ye Su really has a good eye, and his judgment of the jade material's price is quite accurate."

"You had me ask Ye Su about the price of the jade material just to test if he could pinpoint its actual value, right?"

Li Shanhai did not deny it. "That's one reason, yes."

"One reason?" Li Mengyao asked, puzzled. "Then what other reasons are there?"

"Since he said this jade material is worth 250,000 and could sell for a few tens of thousands more if we deal with a jade merchant, I'll treat it as 280,000 and buy it from him. Of course, if he refuses to sell, then you can just give the jade material to him."

Li Mengyao couldn't help but be stunned. "Did you intend to give the jade material to Ye Su from the very beginning?"

"Do you really think your dad is regressing as I get older? I haven't become so pathetic that I'd fight a young man over a piece of jade worth two hundred thousand, have I? I recall our family hasn't fallen on such hard times, has it?"

The father and daughter's thoughts coincided, which made Li Mengyao overjoyed.

It seemed this money could be paid from the company's account, so she wouldn't have to use her own private savings!

Seeing the smile on Li Mengyao's face, Li Shanhai secretly thought that a grown daughter is hard to keep, and he added a sour, teasing remark: "Are you happy now?"

Meeting Li Shanhai's gaze, Li Mengyao suddenly felt a panic in her heart, as if her little secret had been exposed.

Then Li Mengyao sobered up; she and Ye Su weren't actually boyfriend and girlfriend, so what was there to be embarrassed about? "Why should I be happy? The money isn't for me."

Li Shanhai didn't continue teasing his daughter. "It doesn't matter whose it is, as long as the money comes from the company's account; you two can discuss the rest yourselves. However, I won't be paying him the fee for helping me appraise the antiques last night."

Although he helped identify the antique painting as a fake, avoiding a loss of at least several hundred thousand, Ye Su was practically one of their own, so why be so calculating?

At most, if he needs investment for his startup in the future, the group can invest a sum of money in him as compensation for this matter.

"Fine, we'll do as you say."

Unable to stand the gossipy look in Li Shanhai's eyes as he looked at her, Li Mengyao picked up the jade material and left the study.

Besides her family, the group had other shareholders.

While two hundred thousand wasn't much, since it was coming from the company's account, the jade material naturally had to be brought back to the company to avoid any confusion during future audits.

[Li Mengyao: My dad said to buy this Hetian jade material at the price you mentioned, 280,000. I'll have finance transfer the money to you in a moment. It's the same account as last time, right?]

[Li Mengyao: If you don't want to sell, you can also come over and take the jade material back.]

"280,000. The Li family really are classy people!"

Ye Su had only thought that his refusal to take a fee for his hard work last night might stir Li Mengyao's conscience and lead her to share half the jade material with him.

He hadn't expected Li Mengyao to be so generous; not only did she treat the jade material as if he had cut it, but she also gave him 30,000 more than the intelligence had suggested.

[Does the jade material count as mine?]

[Isn't this being too polite?]

[Li Mengyao: Then do you want it?]

[Li Mengyao: If you don't want it, you can give it to me.]

[Just transfer the money to the account from last time.]

Replying to Ye Su was a middle finger emoji and a smiling emoji.

Not long after, Ye Su's phone received a text message about a transfer of 280,000.

"280,000, just like that. As expected, no matter how hard an ordinary person works themselves to death, it can't compare to what leaks through the fingers of the wealthy!"

Even with the help of the Level 2 Intelligence System, it took him almost a week to earn 280,000.

For ordinary people, it would take years of working, without eating, drinking, or spending a penny, to save up 280,000.

Yet now, Li Mengyao had transferred 280,000 to him with just a few words.

"Sure enough, the hardest book to turn in the world is the disparity between the rich and the poor!"

After sighing, Ye Su smiled at his phone balance: his savings had become 370,000 again. If his brother's trip to Sanmen County went smoothly in the afternoon, he could consider spending money to upgrade to a second Level 3 intelligence by the evening.

A normal Level 2 intelligence usually only costs a few tens of thousands. If Ye Su wanted to buy a storefront to open an antique shop, this speed of earning money was clearly a bit too slow.

The best choice was definitely to upgrade the system to Level 3 first; while earning money faster, it was also possible to unlock new system functions and bring in extra revenue!

Who knows what new functions would be unlocked after upgrading to the Level 3 system?

"What are you looking at? You look so happy."

"It's the weekend, no classes, and I get to be with you. Isn't it normal for me to be happy?"

"Sweet talker. I don't know how many women will be ruined by that mouth of yours in the future."

Chen Xinyi acted indifferent, but inside, she was blooming with joy because of Ye Su's words.

"If I'm going to ruin anyone, I'll ruin you first." Ye Su pounced on Chen Xinyi like a tiger descending the mountain.

"Stop it, I just finished my makeup!"

Worried about getting a cold shoulder, Ye Su ultimately didn't go for it. After pulling Chen Xinyi out the door, he began their weekend wandering.

In the afternoon at the old street, after taking a few photos for Chen Xinyi, Ye Su's phone vibrated a few times. Ye Xin had already sent him a message.

[Brother: I've looked at the sunscreen clothing in that factory. The quality is indeed very good, and the UPF50+ test reports are complete.]

[Brother: This factory originally specialized in supplying e-commerce businesses doing cross-border trade, but the upstream merchants recently ran into some problems, leading to a backlog of sunscreen clothing at the factory.]

[Brother: The boss had originally contacted some domestic e-commerce businesses, but those people only took samples of a hundred or so pieces. They wanted to test the market reaction first before deciding whether to place return orders, which basically couldn't alleviate the factory's inventory and capital pressure.]

[Brother: The original small-batch sample price at the factory was 35 per piece. When the boss heard I wanted to place a large-volume order and would settle in full with cash, he gave me a discount of 5 yuan per piece.]

Ye Xin also sent some photos and videos of the samples.

[Brother: The boss is still waiting for my reply. If you think the price is fine, I'll sign the contract with the boss and bring the sunscreen clothing back to catch the first wave of the 6.18 event.]

"So that's the current situation with the factory in the intelligence. The system really didn't misinform me!"

[No problem. Just get 500,000 worth of stock from him. You handle the SKUs yourself.]

[Ye Xin: Got it.]

[Ye Xin: How much are you planning to sell them for per piece?]

[79, that shouldn't be a problem, right?]

[Ye Xin: I'll promote it a bit when I get back. If there are no issues, we'll sell them at 79 each.]

[Good.]

"Done!"

After replying to the message, Ye Su opened his calculator to calculate the profit from this business deal.

"500,000, at 30 per piece, I can get over 16,000 pieces of sunscreen clothing. Earning 49 per piece, the total profit will be over 820,000, and I'll be able to get 8 points of [Physique] reward!"

"I get 70% of the 80% profit, so I'll be able to get 460,000!"