38: Chapter 38 Is Emperor Taizong your father?

"This person really lacks professionalism; how could such confidential information get leaked?"

"Since he has so many in his hands, won't he end up stuck with all of them?"

Yang Fan shook his head. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be this stupid.

"No, he sent me one and asked me to see if anyone in the Beijing circle likes collecting, and to sell it to them at a low price—4.8 million for one."

"With him acting like this, how could I not know he has a lot in his hands and is anxious to sell? Naturally, I asked you."

In fact, Ye Qingcheng immediately thought of Yang Fan.

After all, the items Yang Fan sold were all from the Zhenguan period, and they were things only top dignitaries could obtain.

With so many zhenguan gold ingots, he must be the one selling them.

Yang Fan was speechless after hearing the price. He had told himself that he had a lot, that they were hard to sell, and that they would depreciate, and so on.

Turns out it only depreciated by 200,000.

Scamming people—who doesn't know how to do that?

"I have plenty. Just tell me how many you want. You negotiate with him, and I'll sell them for 100,000 less than his price. I have as many as you need."

Yang Fan currently had 50,000 taels, which was 5,000 gold ingots; he could directly drive the price down.

Ye Qingcheng realized something was wrong; it seemed like Yang Fan was about to go head-to-head with Firm.

It was obvious that Firm was offering him too little money.

"Don't. In business, you want a win-win situation. Selling to private collectors like this won't have a huge impact on the market."

"If you have a lot in your hands, isn't that even better? If the market price remains stable, you're still the one making the profit, right?"

At first, Ye Qingcheng had thought about buying some at a low price from Yang Fan.

But listening to Yang Fan's tone, he must have a lot in his hands. If he released them all at once, wouldn't the price just collapse?

Furthermore, she had taken benefits from Firm, so she definitely couldn't let the two sides fight.

"You really are beholden to them!"

Yang Fan thought Ye Qingcheng was right; this woman's brain worked quite fast.

He calmed down as well. Counting what was in Emperor Taizong of Tang's hands, he still had ten thousand pieces; if he just released them randomly, it would indeed easily cause the price to collapse.

It was better to let professionals do professional work.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be like the national football team? Amateurs directing experts?

"It looks like you really have quite a lot. Where on earth do you come from?"

"Is Emperor Taizong of Tang your father?"

Seeing that Yang Fan had no intention of continuing to argue, Ye Qingcheng asked about the curiosity in her heart.

After all, these items in Yang Fan's hands were not from tombs; they were all very well preserved.

But which prince could it be? She remembered that most of Emperor Taizong of Tang's descendants had been killed.

Yang Fan glanced at Li Anlan, and she looked over too. Her father really was Emperor Taizong of Tang.

"They were all given to me by Emperor Taizong of Tang. I didn't want them, but he insisted on shoving them at me!"

Yang Fan stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table: Emperor Taizong of Tang gave them to him.

Ye Qingcheng was speechless. Even if Emperor Taizong of Tang crawled out of his coffin, he wouldn't be able to crawl out of the Zhaoling Mausoleum.

"Let me treat you to a meal. We've known each other for so long, but we've never eaten together."

Ye Qingcheng felt that it was necessary to befriend Yang Fan.

The fact that he could sell items so casually was already very clear: either there was no one behind him, or the person behind him was someone very close to him.

"Sure, you pick the place. I have one more person with me. Where is that Bodyguard of yours?"

Yang Fan found it strange; he remembered he was always by Ye Qingcheng's side last time.

"He's outside. He feels uncomfortable being near you."

Ye Qingcheng looked out the window.

Yang Fan also looked out, muttering to himself, He feels uncomfortable being near me? This person's sensory ability is terrifying.

Because Yang Fan could enter the different space at any time, that was why he felt uncomfortable staying near Yang Fan.

"Alright, then let's make it five people. Don't pick a place that's too spicy; my girlfriend can't handle it."

"Let's have seafood. I know a really good place around here; I haven't eaten there in a long time either."

Ye Qingcheng glanced at Li Anlan; this must be the girl Yang Fan was talking about.

"Let's go. My assistant isn't here, so I'll have to trouble your Bodyguard to drive."

"Send the location of the restaurant to my phone. My assistant will be here in a while."

Ye Qingcheng glanced at Li Anlan. This is okay? Won't they fight?

However, she still sent the location to Yang Fan.

When they went out, Long Aotian was still staring at Yang Fan.

Yang Fan smiled and said:

"Coming from special forces, right? Do you have any colleagues who need work? I need a few."

It was also his first time intuitively feeling that a person's senses could be this sharp.

Being able to feel instability right on him.

"You can ask Ye Qingcheng."

Long Aotian replied and went to drive.

"That shouldn't be right. You have so many treasures, yet you have no security personnel?"

Ye Qingcheng wanted to scratch her head.

"You know the saying, 'The greatest hermit hides in the city'."

"Many times, things are right under your nose, you just can't discover them."

Yang Fan wasn't lying either; they really were right in front of her, just in a different space.

Ye Qingcheng didn't want to pay attention to Yang Fan; why did he start talking about philosophy?

"I'll ask for you, though I don't know. However, they all have special agreements; if something happens, they will be called back."

"You need to think it through."

"Just seven or eight women is fine to protect the people around me; I don't need any."

Yang Fan himself wasn't afraid of kidnapping or anything, and assassination was even less likely. He had no mortal enemies in the modern world; at most, someone might covet his property and try to kidnap him, but he wasn't afraid of that.

He was just afraid they would target the people around him.

"How much salary are you offering?"

Getting retired female soldiers was doable; after all, their re-employment was indeed more difficult than that of male soldiers.

Moreover, them gathering wouldn't pose a huge threat, whereas if it were dozens of retired male special forces soldiers...

"For the same level as the unit your Bodyguard is from, I'll pay 50,000 a month, plus a year-end bonus."

Yang Fan thought for a moment and gave a reasonable price.

"Alright, I'll help you contact them. They can come over in a few days."

Ye Qingcheng could also be considered as helping to reduce their employment pressure; after all, they had worked as Bodyguards before and were fully capable of the job.

Yang Fan's mouth twitched. She agreed so readily to women, but gave the runaround for men.

Having officials in the family really makes a difference in how one talks.

The meal went quite smoothly, and the scene of carnage Ye Qingcheng had imagined didn't happen.

It even let her see the reason why Yang Fan could keep the two of them from fighting.

This guy didn't really eat much of the meal; he was busy serving the two women beside him, peeling shrimp, crabs, and so on, and explaining how to eat various kinds of seafood.

Ye Qingcheng sighed; being a scumbag wasn't that easy either. She was stuffed with dog food.

Yang Fan was actually quite helpless. One of the two women had never eaten it, and the other couldn't reach it. He was moonlighting in so many roles, and he was very familiar with this kind of thing, so he could only wrong himself.

But just as they were eating, a group of people burst in. The leader was an elderly scholar with gray hair, followed by police officers.

He walked straight up to Yang Fan and said:

"The calligraphy by Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang that you put up for auction—you need to explain the origin of these items, otherwise, we'll have to invite you to have tea."