My master gave me a death mission: to go down the mountain and retrieve his granddaughter.

At Qian Yutang's Qian Yuzhai branch, there is a dedicated stone-cutting workshop.

Under the skill of the stone-cutting master, among the nine rough stones that Su Muchen ultimately won, in addition to the imperial green stone that had already been cut open, there was another stone that also yielded imperial green, but the pieces were not very large and their value was less than 100 million.

The other seven rough stones all contained top-quality jadeite, varying in size. The larger ones were worth up to 60 to 70 million, while the smaller ones were worth 20 to 30 million.

After a rough estimate, the total value of these seven top-quality jadeite pieces was over 300 million yuan. Adding the two pieces of imperial green jadeite, it means that Su Muchen spent 140 million yuan to bid for a total of 500 million yuan worth of jadeite.

This result made Liu Ziyan jump up excitedly, and she hugged Su Muchen without caring about her image, kissing him on the cheek, making both young people blush.

If Qian Yutang hadn't been there, these two naive young people might have done something unexpected.

After cutting the rough stone that Su Muchen had bid on, Qian Yutang also cut the second "King of Stones". The final result was exactly as Su Muchen had said: it contained genuine top-quality jadeite, and the value of the entire "King of Stones" doubled.

"Brother Su, I've already arranged for people to transport these rough stones to Nanjiang City tonight. Let's go have a meal first, and then I'll go back to Nanjiang City with you."

Qian Yutang has already promised Liu Ziyan that he will support her at the shareholders' meeting of Liu's Jewelry tomorrow, so he will naturally have to go to Nanjiang City. However, it takes six or seven hours to travel from Subei City to Nanjiang City, so it would be best to go overnight.

"That's great! I wonder what kind of delicious food Subei City has. Brother Qian, my brother has a discerning palate, so you can't just arrange anything."

Hearing Su Muchen's words, Liu Ziyan couldn't help but roll her eyes. With Su Muchen's appetite, he was still picky about food. He could eat the equivalent of more than ten people's breakfast. He probably didn't even know what bread tasted like.

"Don't worry! I'll definitely make you satisfied, brother."

……

Meanwhile, hundreds of kilometers away in Nanjiang City, in the chairman's office of Liu's Jewelry.

Liu Xianghong was sitting leisurely in the chairman's office chair, his eyes closed, enjoying the pleasure that the chair of power brought him.

Just then, the office door was opened, and a beautiful woman dressed as a secretary walked in, startling Liu Xianghong so much that he stood up reflexively.

"President Liu, why are you sitting in the chairman's chair?"

The person who came was Liu Ziyan's secretary. As soon as she saw Liu Xianghong's actions, she immediately frowned and questioned him.

"Secretary Wu, you have to be pragmatic. So what if I'm sitting in the chairman's chair? After tomorrow's shareholders' meeting, this office will all be mine. I advise you to choose sides early so you can keep your job."

When Liu Xianghong saw that the person who came was just Liu Ziyan's secretary, his initial panic disappeared immediately. He sat back down in the chairman's chair and even threatened Liu Ziyan's secretary.

"Hmph, President Liu, you don't need to threaten me. At worst, I'll just resign. Also, stop daydreaming. The chairman won't give up. I believe that at tomorrow's shareholders' meeting, the chairman will definitely be able to persuade all the shareholders. At that time, you probably won't even be able to hold onto your position as president."

Secretary Wu was personally recruited by Liu Ziyan and is extremely loyal to her. Even if Liu Ziyan is removed from her position as chairman, she will not betray Liu Ziyan; at worst, she will resign.

"Don't push your luck. Since you're so loyal to Liu Ziyan, the first thing I'll do when I take the chairman's seat tomorrow is fire you. Not only that, I'll also get the industry to blacklist you so you can't stay in this city."

Liu Xianghong was furious that a mere secretary would dare to speak to him like that.

"Your threats won't work on me. Besides, if you don't leave the chairman's office now, I'll immediately announce to the entire company that you, the president, dared to sit in the chairman's position, which is beyond your authority. I don't think President Liu wants the whole company to know that!"

"You... fine, very well. I'll let you have your fun for now, and see how I deal with you tomorrow."

Liu Xianghong was genuinely worried that Secretary Wu would gossip everywhere. Although he would be the chairman of the board tomorrow, he was still the president. If the company's employees found out about this, what would they think of him? It was better to keep quiet for now.

Liu Xianghong stormed out of the chairman's office. Before leaving, he passed by Secretary Wu and stared at her with a sinister look for a while.

However, Secretary Wu was not intimidated at all and glared back angrily.

After Liu Xianghong left, Secretary Wu took out her phone and tried to call Liu Ziyan, but the phone was still switched off.

"Chairman, why did you disappear at this time? It's driving me crazy! Please don't let anything happen to you."

Liu Xianghong stormed back to the president's office. Thinking about Secretary Wu's disrespect earlier, he was furious and angrily swept all the items on the desk to the ground.

After a few minutes, Liu Xianghong calmed down a bit, took out his phone, and made a call.

"Ah Biao, are you trying to quit? It's been a whole day, and you still haven't found that girl Liu Ziyan...?"

After the call connected, Liu Xianghong roared into the phone.

"Master Liu, it's like Liu Ziyan has vanished into thin air. I've led my men to search almost the entire city of Nanjiang, but we haven't found a single trace of her."

"You good-for-nothings, what's the point of me spending so much money to support you?"

"Mr. Liu, please calm down. Although I haven't found Liu Ziyan, I have found the driver and know where Liu Ziyan's younger brother was taken. It's just that..."

"What do you mean, 'just spit it out'?"

"Liu Ziyan's younger brother was sent to her best friend's house, and that best friend is Mayor Li's daughter. It will be difficult for us to kidnap Liu Zihao."

"What? This Liu Ziyan is really good at this. I don't care what method you use, you must bring that kid back to me. I have a feeling that something will go wrong at tomorrow's shareholders' meeting. With this kid in hand, I'm not afraid that Liu Ziyan will not give up her position."

"Yes, mission accomplished!"

……

Peace Hotel, Subei City

This restaurant is a very famous internet celebrity restaurant in Subei City, attracting countless people. This is because the chef of this restaurant is a descendant of the imperial chefs, and all the dishes in the restaurant were originally specially supplied to the emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi.

Eating here is like eating the same food as the emperor, which is why so many people travel thousands of miles to try it.

When Su Muchen and his two companions arrived at the restaurant, it was lunchtime, and the restaurant was completely full, with not a single empty table.

However, this did not stump Qian Yutang. He simply took out 50,000 yuan from his bag and handed it to the greeter, asking him to find him a private room.

As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. The greeter simply used 20,000 yuan to ask a newly arrived guest to leave the private room and give it to Su Muchen and his group.

The guests who were asked to leave had no complaints whatsoever, after all, they had unexpectedly received 20,000 yuan, which was more than they had spent on the meal.

The greeter was equally delighted. In just a short while, she had earned 30,000 yuan, which was more than half a year's salary for her. She was incredibly excited.

"Brother Su, you see, there's nothing in this world that money can't solve. If there is, it's because you haven't given enough money."

Qian Yutang proudly praised himself in front of Su Muchen. And to be honest, what he said was particularly insightful. Of course, this only applies to ordinary people. If you were to spend money on Su Muchen, then sorry, a man would treat money like dirt.