Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

Chapter 409 Happy Cooperation

In the Polanhou family's house in Beiping City, Zhao Cheng was sitting on the kang, Polanhou was sitting opposite him, and Pian Ye was sitting on a chair, drinking tea leisurely.

The three of them remained silent, each of them thinking about something. Zhao Cheng was indifferent. Pian Ye had already agreed to collect his things for him, and as for the Broken Marquis, he was already dispensable.

Pian Ye was very happy. From now on, as long as he worked for Director Zhao, regardless of whether he was involved in the underworld or the black and white world, at least his life would be guaranteed. He wouldn't be left without a livelihood in these times.

After weighing the pros and cons, Marquis Tattered slowly said, "Director Zhao, I do have some ordinary antique calligraphy and paintings here, but there may not be much room for price reduction!"

"As long as the price is fair, there's no problem. I'm not a bandit who robs people. As long as you don't cheat me, I won't cause you any trouble! I even want you to help me collect some good things in the countryside or somewhere else. I wonder if Master Hou will agree?" Zhao Cheng asked.

"Are you planning to acquire it long-term? Or short-term? If you feel it's necessary, we can get some good stuff for you! But what about the price?"

"I'll give Pian Ye 10% of the net profit. As long as the items are authentic, I don't want any rare items. As long as they are from before the Qing Dynasty, they'll be fine! I'll pay you with big yellow croaker or small yellow croaker!" Zhao Cheng threw out another benefit.

These days, large and small yellow croaker are still the real hard currency, after all, there are many people who want to leave. And they can only bring gold or something, paper money is useless, so now large and small yellow croaker are being speculated at prices much higher than the market price!

Now Pian Ye and Polan Hou's eyes lit up. If this person could really pay with big yellow croaker and small yellow croaker, they could definitely lower the price even more!

"Can it really be paid with gold?" Pian Ye said in surprise.

"You can rest assured about this, there is absolutely no problem!" Zhao Cheng did not lie about this. He had a lot of gold. Not only did he and Pingping have gold bars, but there were also other gold bars. In short, the amount was not small. He had never counted the exact amount, but it was a pile anyway.

"That's no problem. We two brothers will take care of this for you! You can rest assured!" Hou Polan laughed so hard that his teeth were exposed.

"Okay, then you guys discuss what to do! I'll go back first!" Zhao Cheng stood up and was about to leave.

"Director Zhao, how about we have a meal together? It's time for dinner!" said Hou Polan with a smile.

"No, I have to go home and cook! You brothers can chat! I will come here to find you in a week! We will take a look at the goods then!" Zhao Cheng quickly waved his hand and asked them to go back.

After seeing Zhao Cheng off, Pian Ye followed Polan Hou back into the house.

"Qiu Guangpu, you are really nice. Someone came to you to buy antiques, and you brought him here? You are really nice?" said Hou Polan gritting his teeth.

"I have no choice. Even if I didn't tell them, they would come to find you! It's not me who brought them here!" Pian Ye said aggrievedly.

"How does he know my information? This shouldn't be the case." The Broken Marquis was puzzled.

"What's the big deal? Do you think he has been hanging around in Beiping for so many years for nothing? Since he wanted to buy antiques, he must have some basic knowledge and he must have made some inquiries! That's why he could find me directly! Moreover, Director Zhao even knew about the fact that I sold the house. Do you think it's strange that he knows you?" Pian Ye said with a sneer.

"You're selling a house? Which house are you selling?" asked Hou Polan with a puzzled look on his face.

"Is it my backyard?" Pian Ye said indifferently.

"You actually sold the ancestral home? How can you be so unreliable? I was wondering how you had the money to trade in grain some time ago. Didn't you say that you borrowed the money?" When Marquis Pulan heard that Pian Ye actually sold the ancestral home, he was so angry that he wanted to pull Pian Ye's collar.

"I told you not to do that! I'm your brother!" Pian Ye quickly dodged.

"You? You still think you're my brother? I'm embarrassed to say I have a brother like you who sells our ancestral home!" Hou Polan pointed at Pian Ye's nose and cursed.

"I'm doing business, aren't I?" Pian Ye said a little guiltily.

"You're talking nonsense. You're doing business with your limited ability? You're engaging in speculation! You'll go to jail if you're caught! You're so old, don't you know this? Who did you sell the house to? Can you redeem it?" said Hou Polan in a bad tone.

"It can't be redeemed! Besides, where would I get the money to redeem it?" Pian Ye said helplessly.

"What can I say about you? Can't you just stay at home? You insist on doing something on your own, and what's the result? What are you going to do now?" Hou Polan's face was full of disappointment.

"I'm fine. Now I've found a way to make a living. Based on his reputation, the number of antiques he buys can't be small. Will we two brothers still be short of those things by then?" Pian Ye said disapprovingly.

"What? You still want to play dirty with him?" said the Broken Marquis with some surprise.

"That's not the case. How could I dare to do such a thing? What I mean is that we should raise the price a little bit! What do you think?" Pian Ye said to Hou Polan with a cunning look on his face.

"If you want to die, die far away from here! Don't drag me down with you!" said the Marquis of Brokenness in a bad tone.

Pian Ye was almost choked by Hou Polan's words.

"What? I just mentioned it a little bit, how could he know? As long as you don't say it, who would care about that?" Pian Ye didn't want to give up and was still a little unwilling.

"Do you think they will trust you wholeheartedly? When you come to inspect the goods, you come alone as an amateur? Why don't you bring an expert with you? Haven't you thought that if you fool him, losing this job is the least of your worries. Aren't you afraid of being sunk in the moat? They can find any excuse to help you. Do you think you have enough lives to deal with them?" The Broken Marquis didn't want to intervene, but he was his eldest brother after all, so he couldn't just ignore it.

When Pian Ye heard this, he immediately reacted. He was not afraid that Zhao Cheng would bring an expert to inspect the goods, but if this matter was leaked out, his small body would not be able to withstand the other party's anger.

Don't let yourself get into trouble when you don't make any money! It might even affect your family, which would be hard to deal with! You might even lose your life!

"Just do his orders honestly. I think he will never treat us unfairly. After all, he is such a big director. How can he be short of us? And there may be other benefits!" The Broken Marquis broke the logic down and explained it to Pian Ye.

Pian Ye thought so too. Director Zhao wanted to collect those antiques, calligraphy and paintings at this time. As long as he did a good job, there would be no problem. Maybe he would be happy and even reward him with something else.