Just as Huang Qiuhai was greeting Xiao Yu and his party at the wharf, in a manor more than 20 kilometers away from the wharf, some people were also talking about the whereabouts of Xiao Yu and the others.

"What is the origin of this Xiao Yu?" spoke to a man in his fifties who was wearing a Yanju regular uniform. This person is the owner of this manor, and he is also a well-known jade merchant Ge Taihong on Ao Island.

Ge Taihong was sitting on the circle chair made of Xiao Ye Rosewood at the top of the living room at this time, picked up the teacup and took a sip of the latest Anxi Tieguanyin, and squinted through the steaming heat above the teacup to observe a young man sitting not far away.

That young man was Xiao Zhanwei's most powerful subordinate, Ye Tian. Ye Tian, who was supposed to be on Hong Kong Island, actually appeared on Ao Island at this time, and was able to enter this private estate to drink tea with Ge Taihong, which also showed that their relationship was extraordinary.

"Don't hide it from Ge Lao, that Xiao Yu's identity is very mysterious, and we still don't know his past experience and accurate origin. However, it is certain that he will definitely not be the son of a high-ranking mainland official, and he does not have a deep background behind him. Ye Tian said frankly. He knew that there was no point in lying on this kind of issue, and Ge Taihong, as the head snake of Ao Island, would not be difficult to find out the details of a person. Instead of deliberately covering it up, it was better to tell Ge Taihong all the information they had obtained about Xiao Yu in exchange for the other party's trust.

Ge Taihong held the teacup, watched the green tea leaves slowly unfold in the cup, smiled slightly, and said, "Since this Xiao Yu has no background, why does Xiao Dagongzi want to deal with him carefully?"

Ye Tian bowed and said, "Childe's thoughts, we as subordinates are not good at figuring out too much. But what I can be sure of is that if Ge Lao is willing to help us with this, then the Xiao family will inevitably be more supportive of Ge Lao's business in Hong Kong and Macao. ”

"Thank you, Grand Master Xiao, for your kindness. Ge Taihong said with a smile, "But I've lived a long time, and there is a problem, that is, I am getting less and less courageous." I've always been law-abiding on Ao Island, and I'm afraid I won't be able to do what you just asked!"

This old fox, who doesn't know that you are in the jade business on the surface, and you have been doing some shady things in secret. If you have always been law-abiding, then there are probably no law-abiding people in the entire island.

Ye Tian scolded secretly in his heart, but said on his lips: "Old Ge is too modest, who doesn't know your energy and status on Ao Island? Otherwise, our son-in-law would not have asked you to help." Rest assured, we won't ask too much, all you need to do is get us a car and send a few people who know the local area to help us. As for the latter things, we will naturally have someone to do it. Even if others want to check afterwards, it will not involve you in any way. ”

"Oh?" Ge Taihong couldn't help but be a little moved when he heard this, after all, he knew the strength of the Xiao family, and he had also had some business cooperation with Xiao Zhanwei before. If he can use a little favor in exchange for the Xiao family's strong support for his business, he is still very willing.

Ye Tian saw that Ge Taihong's attitude softened a little, and hurriedly said: "Our son said that if Ge Lao can help this time, he will definitely facilitate Ge Lao's jade to enter all the Xiao family's shopping malls and stores on Hong Kong Island, and the commission for cooperation will be charged according to the minimum standard." ”

Of course, Ge Taihong knew the weight of Xiao Zhanwei's promise, which meant that his jade business would not only be limited to Ao Island, but would also enter Hong Kong Island in an all-round way, and he Ge Taihong himself would become one of the top jade dealers in Hong Kong and Macao! Such a temptation would only be rejected by a fool.

"In that case, I will command that my men prepare the vehicles and everything you need at your disposal. Ge Taihong turned his head as he spoke, and said to a butler who had been standing behind him, "Let Xiaofeng go and make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Yes, sir. The steward took the order and departed.

"Don't worry, there is a small wind, and the people you have to deal with can't run. Ge Taihong said.

"I thank Elder Ge for his help on behalf of my son-in-law. Ye Tian stood up, raised the teacup in his hand and said, "May the two of us have a happy cooperation." ”

"Happy cooperation!" Ge Taihong also stood up with his teacup in his hand, his eyes full of smiles.

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As one of the most upscale restaurants on Ao Island, Austar Restaurant is naturally located in the most prosperous area of the city center. The car drove for more than ten minutes to the door of the restaurant, and Huang Qiuhai booked the most luxurious private room in the restaurant and invited a few people to taste the most authentic Australian Island cuisine.

The cuisine of Ao Island is slightly different from that of Hong Kong Island, with both Eastern and Western characteristics, incorporating the cuisine of Africa, Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Malaysia and India, as well as the cooking techniques of Guangdong Province and other places on the mainland, which is very suitable for the taste of Oriental people. Xiao Yu and Su Qing have eaten Hong Kong-style refreshments on Hong Kong Island for so many days, and they are a little tired, and when they taste the authentic Ao Island food at this time, they can't help but move their appetites and praise each other.

After three rounds of drinking, the atmosphere began to warm up, and Huang Qiuhai gradually let go, telling a few jokes about Huang Ziqi's childhood, which caused everyone to laugh. Although Huang Ziqi was cynical on the surface, he could see that he respected this distant cousin from the bottom of his heart.

Speaking of Huang Qiuhai's career, it is also quite legendary. About a dozen years ago, the Huang family's industry was limited to Hong Kong Island, and was completely uninvolved in Ao Island. At that time, the Huang family wanted to extend their business tentacles to Ao Island, hoping to have a place for the Huang family on Ao Island like Hong Kong Island.

However, as an alien dragon crossing the river, it is not easy to have a place in this place where various forces converge. The Huang family sent several groups of people before and after, all of whom were regarded as thorns in the side of the local consortium, and squeezed out of the island through various overt and covert means.

At that time, Huang Qiuhai had just graduated from university, and not long after joining the Huang family's family business, he was young and vigorous, so he took the initiative to invite Ying to come here to explore the market. Originally, all the local forces on Ao Island sneered at this new young man, and still adopted various methods to treat the Huang family in the past, causing the Huang family to hit a wall again and again in a short period of time.

At this time, Huang Qiuhai showed a strong sense of business and superb skill, not only found new business opportunities in some areas ignored by local forces, led the Huang family to seize business opportunities in the local market, but also aimed at the weaknesses of various local forces on Ao Island, constantly co-opted and suppressed, divided and disintegrated, and gradually encroached on the market of smaller consortiums through the strategy of connecting and uniting several large consortia.

At the same time, Huang Qiuhai finally gained a firm foothold in Ao Island by making good friends with the black and white sides of Ao Island, and relying on the strong financial strength of the Huang family as the backing, and seized the historical opportunity of Ao Island's return to the motherland, greatly expanding the original industrial scale.

Now more than ten years have passed, and the Huang family has become a wealthy family that can cause an earthquake in the political and business circles by stomping their feet, and even their influence and status on Ao Island have faintly surpassed their status on Hong Kong Island.

Although there is a family backing factor behind this, Huang Qiuhai himself also played a vital role in it. On the stage of Ao Island, Huang Qiuhai's business talent has been fully utilized, and he has also won the attention of the Huang family, and has become an important minister on whom the Huang family relies very much.

Therefore, for this cousin, Huang Ziqi still respects him very much in his heart, so he just laughed at him when he was a child.

It was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon after the banquet, Huang Ziqi was anxious to take Xiao Yu and Su Qing to the casino to play, so he said goodbye to Huang Qiuhai, only borrowed a car, and drove directly to the casino by the entourage A Bin who came from Hong Kong Island.

The urban area of Ao Island is not big, the car only drove for ten minutes and stopped at the door of the Lisboa Casino, Huang Ziqi greeted Xiao Yu and Su Qing to get off the car and then familiarly bypassed the main entrance of the casino, and walked into the casino from the side gate on the left.

"Why don't you go in through the main entrance?" Su Qing couldn't help but ask strangely.

"Do you think the main gate looks like a tiger's mouth with a wide gap?" Huang Ziqi pointed to the main gate and said, "Others say that entering from there is entering the tiger's mouth, and the color is not good, and the gamblers who usually come enter through the side door." ”

"Oh, it seems that you haven't been here before?" Su Qing quipped.

"Hehe, I've been here with friends a few times before, but in the past two years, my brother has been strict and doesn't allow me to come here to play anymore. Huang Ziqi smiled embarrassedly, and said, "This casino is the largest casino on Ao Island, and it is also a landmark building on Ao Island." Next to it is the Hotel Lisboa, which has a variety of shows and bars in addition to the casino, which can basically meet all the entertainment needs of guests. ”

Huang Ziqi introduced the basic situation of the casino, walked to the chip exchange office, threw in a credit card, and said magnificently: "Give me $200,000 in chips first." ”

A uniformed waitress swiped her credit card and said respectfully to Huang Ziqi, "Mr. Huang, do you need to go to the VIP lounge upstairs to play?"

Huang Zi expected to ask Xiao Yu and Su Qing for their opinions. Xiao Yu said with a smile: "We're just here to have a look, just play on the first floor." As he spoke, he took out a bank card and handed it to the waiter, saying, "Give me a thousand dollars in chips." ”

"Hey, Master, what are you kidding? Huang Ziqi snatched back the bank card from the waiter's hand, stuffed it back into Xiao Yu's pocket, and said righteously: "How can you let Master break the bank when you come here to play? This makes me how to be a person in the future? You can play here with confidence, and all the expenses will be mine." ”

As he spoke, he took out half of the $200,000 chips he had just exchanged and stuffed it into Su Qing's hand, and said, "Sister Su Qing, you and Master are playing first, if it's not enough, I'll go back and redeem some more." ”

Su Qing said in surprise: "This is 100,000 US dollars, which is enough for me to work for several years when converted into RMB, do you want to play so big?"

Huang Ziqi waved his hand and said: "This money is just a small play, if you go to the VIP room upstairs, I'm afraid it's not enough to gamble." You can play with confidence, and if you lose, it's all on my head. I'm going to play too, something will call me in a moment!" he said, gesturing to make a phone call, and quickly plunged into the crowd at the casino.

Xiao Yu and Su Qing looked at each other, crying and laughing, and once again deeply appreciated the habits of Huang Ziqi.