Imperial Treasure
Chapter 313 - 225: Xiao Ruopanshi

Chapter 313: Chapter 225: Xiao Ruopanshi

At the root of it all, they wanted to buy raw stones, but the group on the other side wanted to purchase them as well, and they were offering a higher price that overshadowed theirs!

That wasn’t the most troubling part, the toughest aspect was that it seemed the opposing side had significant relationships in Urumqi. They acted with great confidence, and being an outsider, one can imagine how precarious their position was.

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Elder Tang and the others were focusing on Zuo Wei, Yu Quan, and the rest, which was causing them a headache, but Sui Yi was looking in another direction.

A three-legged stand-off.

Elder Tang and the others were two of the legs, but the third leg was positioned above and between them, watching the competition below with satisfaction.

Feeling Sui Yi’s gaze on them, the middle-aged man sitting comfortably smiled at her, revealing a gleaming set of white teeth.

Sui Yi looked away and asked A-A in a soft voice about the other party’s background.

A-A glanced from the corner of his eyes at the side view of Sui Yi’s face, a mere fist’s distance away. His gaze lingered on her swan-like neck, the white of it exposed, and a strand of hair that fell made his fingertips itch slightly. His fingers curled subconsciously as he softly explained, "He is from the Ratzak Family of Xinjiang, his name is Tak. The Ratzaks have been handling the raw stone business for generations and I’ve heard they also have a jade mine here in Xinjiang... They are quite a large supplier in Xinjiang. Elder Tang also used some connections to facilitate this morning’s meeting. Initially, it was going well, but then Hengyuan Company cut in..."

Business negotiations involving two parties are entirely different from those involving three, as the supplier can simply watch the buyers fight each other and consequently raise the price...

It’s the same principle as an auction, where value changes based on the intensity of supply and demand.

Elder Tang and the others had no choice but to accept their loss.

"Hengyuan?" Zuo Wei checked some background information on his phone, and after just looking at one page, he raised an eyebrow.

One of the large jewelry companies in Xinjiang, even if not a giant, it definitely ranked among the top, a very thick local snake. They had been stockpiling raw stones for many years, something that newcomers like Elder Tang simply couldn’t match. Usually, their business partners were not the Asake Family, but the jade tycoon King Nata of Xinjiang; to speak of King Nata was to mention someone all in Xinjiang knew as a magnate of the region. Now it was unclear why Hengyuan wanted to change or possibly expand their business direction...

Although Sui Yi also had her own industries and was a businesswoman, she normally disliked such business oppression. However, if necessary, she would invest some mental effort into understanding it.

As Sui Yi’s thoughts were racing, Zuo Wei broke the silence by smiling at Tak, "Mr. Tak, I believe this deadlock is quite meaningless, and I assume you must already have some thoughts in mind... After all, Hengyuan’s offer is impeccable and will surely make you satisfied..."

These words didn’t leave any face for Elder Tang and the others, but that’s how business works.

Wars without gunpowder were pretty much like this.

Elder Tang, Yu Quan, and the others could only sigh, realizing that they were likely to return empty-handed...

For the same batch of raw stones, the other party was willing to pay 30 million, while at most they could only offer 20 million, a gap too big for the Asakes to consider.

Sui Yi too realized that the dust had settled, and no one had the power to change it...

Just as Elder Tang and the others were about to maintain their good manners and say some polite words...

Tak suddenly laughed. He was looking in Sui Yi’s direction... Everyone’s eyes turned to Sui Yi, but she saw something else in the pupils of the others and turned her head away...

Just in time to see entering the grand hall with its imposing mural background a group of people walking through the revolving door at the entrance.

They were all dressed in uniform business attire, exuding the same elite air as Zuo Wei and the others, but unlike them, this group wore uniformly dark suits, especially the man in front leading in pure black. If Gong Jiu and Miss Hua were here, they would have rated his fashion sense around ninety out of a hundred.

Thirty points for the brand, thirty for the material, and thirty for the fit.

The last ten points depended on the person.

If the person was unattractive and lacked stature, even a score of ninety was wasted.

Sui Yi, whose apparent indifference to appearance led Gong Jiu and Miss Hua to consider her almost blind, couldn’t help but have a direct reaction—for example, this person stood out more than the others.

Indeed, he stood out.

That hand was quite noticeable.

At a height of one meter eighty-seven, he stood in front of a group of tall elite men, making them all look insignificant. His long legs could have served as a clothesline, stepping one before the other with a steady gait, almost like a Greek warrior, carrying an overwhelming cold aura that suppressed any hint of aggression.

As he approached and paused, his gaze swept over and settled on Tak, extending his long and distinctively handsome hand...