Zhenhai Villa, on the small banquet on the top floor of Lingyun Pavilion, in addition to Qi Zhentao and his eldest son Qi Zhu, there were only Ye Tao, Dai Qiuyan and Guan Huan. Although Dai Qiuyan had seen Qi Zhentao several times before and after, it was the first time she had seen this legend of Yicheng at such a close distance, and it was the first time she had attended such a more formal and high-level banquet with Ye Tao. But Dai Qiuyan's quiet temperament made her very calm, although she was so curious. However, unlike Ye Tao, who can be treated as an adult and can discuss things together, Dai Qiuyan is more like a child led by Ye Tao, a "parent", at such a banquet.

"If it weren't for this shark, Ye Tao, would you still want to continue to hide from the old man?" Qi Zhentao naturally knew why Ye Tao was hiding from himself recently, and even at this juncture when he was short of money, he didn't even let people settle the final payment of Zhenhai Villa. If it was someone else, if Qi Zhentao showed his intention to partner, I am afraid that he would have come up flatteringly, where does it matter if he took advantage of Qi Zhentao, but there are people like Ye Tao, who don't take advantage of it.

Ye Tao smiled slightly, scooped a bowl of shark soup for Dai Qiuyan, and said, "Old man, the thing you said last time about partnering scared me a lot. I always have to think about what I can do with you. I know that you take care of me, but if I can't do anything with your money for no reason, I won't do it. ”

Qi Zhu laughed out loud and said, "Ye Tao, I really haven't seen many of you like this?" Is my family's money hot? ”

Ye Tao shook his head and said, "That's not what I said. If it is a New Year's holiday, the old man throws 100,000 taels of gold to me for the New Year's money, and I only think that the old man takes care of me and gives me a lot of money. That's also famous. But since business is involved, how to deal with or how to deal, and how I can do as much business as I can. Although the partnership is an opportunity, if you can't do it yourself, you won't be able to go up and down at that time, and you will be hung in the air by the business, then it will not feel good. ”

Qi Zhu nodded and said, "Xiao Ye, I really don't know how your head grows, how many people have to suffer enough to think of this." There are many who do not repent until they die. ”

Ye Tao hurriedly said modestly: "Where, the Ye family is earning a lot now, and I just want stability in everything." ”

Qi Zhentao stroked his beard and said, "With your words, I can relax and partner with you." Not to mention, right now, apart from you, I really can't find anyone who can partner with this business. ”

After being stunned for a moment, Ye Tao immediately thought of his reputation and expertise, and asked tentatively: "But what is there to create?" What kind of business is that? ”

Qi Zhentao and Qi Zhu looked at each other and smiled, and the father and son were extremely happy that Ye Tao could understand the meaning. Qi Zhu said: "Eat first, don't let this good soup and good dishes get cold, let's go and see something fun together after eating." ”

After a hearty feast, Qi Zhentao and Qi Zhu led the three of them to the study together. Watching 14-year-old Ye Tao holding 7-year-old Dai Qiuyan's hand, Qi Zhentao and Qi Zhu also wanted to laugh, this scene is really weird. As Guan Huan said before, if the two of them are so 10 years older, maybe they are fairy dependents, just Ye Tao is 10 years older, and the family scene of father and daughter getting along will be very moving, but the age of the two people is not embarrassing, and the contrast between Ye Tao's maturity and stability and the quiet but still brilliant Dai Qiuyan is even more significant than the age gap between them.

Walking into the study, Ye Tao actually saw that in the middle of the two rows of bookshelves, there was a table clock with many gold decorations on the outside. Could it be that this is the business that Old Man Qi is talking about? On second look, the pendulum of the clock was stopped, and the clock did not make a ticking sound.

"Can you fix this?" Old Man Qi asked.

Only then did Ye Tao know that in order to decorate the study, Old Man Qi spent a lot of money to get this clock. The table clock that is more than one person tall is 5 catties of gold used in decoration alone. With so much gold piled together, it doesn't look extravagant at all because of the careful design of the clockmaker or the sculptor who specializes in the appearance. Although it is rich and dazzling, it is also a graceful and generous style. Old man Qi has seen the scene, he naturally only needs to use the gold decoration to such a level, what kind of realm is it, to be able to design such a decoration, is by no means an ordinary person, although he does not have the heart to go thousands of miles away to find this designer, but it makes him more fond of the table clock. However, the grandfather clock was placed in the study for a few days, and the strike was actually stopped. Old Man Qi searched the entire Nanyang, asked many foreign merchants and did not find a person who could repair the clock, but he knew one thing: this clock, even in the far west, is now only made by one country in the Franks, and the price of a decent table clock is tens of thousands of gold coins. And after getting such news, Qi Zhentao remembered that he could let Ye Tao try it, and then thought that if Ye Tao could fix the grandfather clock, could he make it? The level of craftsmanship of Yip's Workshop is outstanding and outstanding, even in Dongping Kingdom, which has the highest average level of technology, Yip's Workshop is at least 10 years ahead of any other small workshop. If Ye Tao can imitate a table clock, it will definitely be a surprisingly big deal.

Can it be repaired? For Ye Tao, this is not a problem. I remember that in the original era, when he was 10 years old, he could disassemble the alarm clock and put it back on, and there would be no embarrassing things such as a few more parts or a few fewer parts, and he could definitely continue to work. Later, in a production course at university, he used a bunch of everyday objects to make parts and build a pendulum clock. At that time, if you could make the clock that used the waxed mug as a pendulum turn, there is no reason why you can't even fix a ready-made pendulum clock.

Ye Tao asked with great confidence: "Could it be that Old Man Qi came just to let me fix this thing?" Isn't that a bit low? ”

Qi Zhentao laughed and said, "Isn't it difficult for you?" You fix it first, and then say, since you are in partnership with me, there is no reason to do small business. ”

Ye Tao wanted to defend that this was just a promise to you to fix this clock, but I didn't promise to partner with you, just think about it. It is useless to persuade the old man Qi to persuade him, it is better to reason with the facts at that time, and maybe he can persuade the old man Qi not to underestimate the difficulty of producing a table clock.

"Come on, vacate the study, and put this guy in the middle." As soon as Old Man Qi gave an order, the servants waiting at the door immediately entered the study and exerted their strength. The old man Qi and his two sons are begging for a living at sea, doing business and killing people and arson, these years of sea merchants, in order to be able to gain a foothold on the sea, how much to take care of some pirate business, the family study as a decoration and show off ingredients far more than the actual function, Qi Zhentao and his two sons usually discuss things, how can they not come to this crepe place, most of them on the dining table while drinking wine while talking. Qi Zhentao's daughters have already been married, and now although they know that Zhenhai Villa has been completed, they haven't had a chance to come and see it. Even if you come back and come to this study, there is much more to visit than to read and enjoy paintings. You must know that it is said that those daughters are all pungent and spicy, and the old man Qi has not washed off the true colors of the bandits back then, so he naturally can't raise a daughter who can be classified as a lady. The bookshelf, desk, table and chair made of sour branch wood of one color are probably the most frequently used, and it should be Qi Ying, the youngest daughter of Qi Yuan, Qi Zhentao's second son. The scene of a group of retired seafarers' domestic servants moving these fine furniture with a big grin made Ye Tao shake his head.

"Old man, why don't you send someone to send Qiu Yan back first? Qiu Yan should be a little sleepy, this bell repair, it is estimated that it may not be able to stop in a few hours. Dai Qiuyan gently tugged at Ye Tao's sleeve to make Ye Tao, who was immersed in the structure of the table clock, a little alert, and he hurriedly said to Qi Zhentao.

"It's okay," Qi Zhentao instructed: "Zhu'er, you take Qiuyan to Sinanju to rest, and let Xiaolian take care of her." The old man wants to take a good look at what is going on with this big thing. ”