Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 241 Everyone Loves Strange Stones

"Director Zhao, what do you think of this strange stone of mine?"

The news that Er Lao's stone was sold at a sky-high price spread so widely that even Director Zhao, A Yao's direct superior, heard about it. After he followed A Yao to Kang's house that day, he had been looking at it with a magnifying glass for more than half an hour, but he just looked and didn't say anything. Er Lao couldn't help but ask a question.

"Okay, okay." Director Zhao carefully observed Er Lao's stone with a magnifying glass and nodded in admiration. He was so excited that he trembled with excitement. He pulled A Yao aside and said, "A Yao, do you know? I saw a stone called Longevity in the South Mountain at Deputy Director Chen's house. It is exactly the same as your Er Lao's stone. It is exactly the same. I am leaving now."

"Director, are you leaving now?" A Yao felt that Director Zhao's turn of events was too sudden. He just mentioned Deputy Director Chen and then just left.

When Director Zhao walked to the door, he suddenly turned around, patted A Yao, and whispered in his ear: "You have a bright future, a bright future." After that, he pointed to the stone on the table and left with a smile.

Ah Yao pondered Director Zhao's words at the door for a while, and soon nodded and suddenly understood. He walked to the second brother and was about to speak, but the second brother said first: "Hey, your director is so proud? He looked at this stone for a long time and found no real benefit and left? Is your director interested?"

A Yao waved his hands and said seriously, "What do you mean there is no real benefit? The director said I have a bright future."

"He said you have a bright future, but he didn't mean this stone has a bright future." Er Lao shrugged and said disdainfully. He picked up the stone and wanted to go back to the room, but A Yao quickly stopped him and said anxiously, "Er Lao, don't you understand? I have a bright future, the director said I have a bright future. In a word, we are brothers for life, give me this stone."

"Why should I give it to you?" Er Lao didn't really want to sell it to A Yao. If Director Zhao wanted to buy it himself, he could offer a high price. But if A Yao wanted to buy it and he offered a high price, then the old lady would not let him go. He could only sell it to A Yao at the original price. Therefore, he shook his head firmly, "What do you mean by two brothers in one life? I, Kang Qi Zong, don't have many brothers, but I have five brothers. So brothers are all fair. If you, Director, want it, just come and buy it yourself. I warn you, don't make a mistake." Er Lao's words rose to a different level.

"Second brother, think about it, I have a bright future, doesn't that mean the Kang family has a bright future?" A Yao didn't want to give up and continued to persuade the second brother.

But the second brother still had the same attitude, "Ayao, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but I don't want you to make a mistake. This stone is worth tens of thousands of dollars. Even if I give it to you at the original price of 10,000 yuan, wouldn't it still be a mistake for you to give it to your director? Aren't you afraid that people will report you for giving your boss a gift worth tens of thousands of dollars?"

Er Lao looked like he was thinking about A Yao completely, so A Yao couldn't say anything else and could only watch Er Lao pick up the stone and walk back to the room. Kang Qirui, who had been reading a newspaper nearby, put down the newspaper after seeing Er Lao go in and said to A Yao, "A San, although Er Lao is looking for an excuse to reject you, I think what he said is not unreasonable. If your Director Zhao really likes this stone, you can let him buy it himself. At most, you can ask Er Lao to give it to him at a lower price, but you really can't buy it yourself and give it to him. Think about it carefully, I'm going back to my room." Kang Qirui left after he finished speaking, leaving A Yao alone in the living room to think about what to do.

Originally, the second brother was already troubled by the fact that A-Zu and A-Yao wanted the stone in his hands. However, two days later, the big brother Guang also came to his house and said that Brother Niu asked him to help him buy the stone, and he was willing to pay 30,000 yuan.

"30,000?" Er Lao was excited when he heard it. The highest price offered by others before was only 28,000. When he was about to agree, A Yao and A Zu heard the news and ran back from outside to stop Er Lao in time, saying that they could also offer 30,000 yuan.

"What are you two doing here?" Relatively speaking, Er Lao wanted to sell it to Brother Niu the most. Selling it to A Yao and A Zu and letting them bribe their superiors and clients would only harm them, Er Lao knew this clearly. "Er Lao, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, I didn't buy it myself to give to the director." A Yao explained, "I have already talked to the director, and he said he would pay for it himself. I was just passing on his message, and there was no such thing as me buying it myself to give to him."

"That's right, I'm not giving it to the client as a gift. The client pays for it himself, and I'm just a messenger." A-Zu also quickly explained.

After hearing what they said, the second brother was even more embarrassed. Since there was no so-called bribery, and since the three of them were just messengers, it would be difficult to deal with it. The three of them were brothers, and there was only one stone. Who should he give it to and who should he not?

The second brother couldn't make a decision by himself, so he called the whole family to the living room after dinner to hold a meeting of the Kang family to discuss this matter. After listening to the whole thing, the old father said helplessly: "This matter is really difficult to solve. Several brothers like this strange stone, and I don't have any ideas for the time being."

The boss handed a cup of tea to Lao Dou and said, "Lao Dou, you know that Brother Niu is Xianglan's relative, and he has always been very good to our Kang family. There is no reason not to sell it to him?"

Dou took the teacup and nodded, "Yes, Brother Niu is very good to us. I understand you." A Yao became anxious when he heard what Dou said. He quickly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Dou, "Dou, the seller here is my direct superior. Many people want to give him gifts but don't have the means to do so. Now he offers me money to buy a stone. If I can't buy it, in the future at work..." A Yao spread his hands with a bitter look on his face.

"Yes, yes, it's hard for you too." What could the old man say? He could only nod and sigh.

"Dad, the problems with Big Brother and Ah San are not problems at all. I am the one who is in trouble." Ah Zu cried at this time. Big Brother Guang and Ah Yao stared at him to see what he could say. Ah Zu continued, "Brother Niu just follows the crowd and wants to buy it just because others want to buy it. He is still in southern Henan and doesn't even know what the stone looks like. Does he really like this stone or does he like its reputation? Besides, everyone knows Brother Niu's temper. Even if we don't sell it to him, he will understand and won't bother with us if we explain it to him."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Big Brother Guang, who was so convinced that he couldn't refute it. After all, what A Zu said was indeed true, and Brother Niu really didn't know what the stone looked like. He also believed that even if he really didn't sell it to Brother Niu, with Xianglan's relationship, Brother Niu wouldn't care too much.

Seeing that the boss was defeated, A Zu continued, "As for Ah San, he works in a government agency. Even if his superiors are dissatisfied with him, they can't do anything to him. At most, they can just give him a cold shoulder. Can't they fire him? Besides, doesn't Ah San often say that their Director Zhao is selfless? I believe he won't take revenge on such a private matter."

After hearing what A-Zu said, A-Yao was speechless. He couldn't say that Director Zhao would take revenge on his own, right?
When A-Zu saw A-Yao also left, he explained why he wanted to sell it to him, "But I'm different, Lao Dou Er Lao, you don't know that although the client paid for the stone himself, he was willing to spend money. But he never signed a contract with us. He was completely unwilling to sign a contract if he didn't get the contract. If he didn't sign, my aunt would really fire me. So it's right to sell this stone to my client. By the way, my client is willing to pay 50,000 yuan."

"Fifty thousand?" Er Lao was shocked. A-Zu's previous words were not as useful as his one sentence of fifty thousand. You should know that the real price Er Lao paid for the stone was only three thousand yuan, and he made a profit of forty-seven thousand by reselling it. Er Lao and his wife were tempted.

(End of this chapter)