Han Dong-Min was really angry this time and his expression was dark.
This unfiIial son was of no use and was even making trouble here.
"This punk is barely over 20 years old and he thinks he's a master? What is this nonsense!"
Han Dong-Min couldn't be bothered with Ye Fan and the rest. Han Dong-Min knew his son well. His son wasn't good in anything at all, so how could he know any expert?
"Mayor Han, why are you so agitated? Your son was just trying to be a good son, but unfortunately he's been brainwashed and tricked by some scammer," persuaded another bald man as he smiled and shook his head.
Han Dong-Min's driver, Liu, also stepped in to say a few good words for Han Shao-Jie, "That's right, Mayor Han. Shao-Jie had good intentions, so don't be angry anymore. Let's go back to what we need to do.”
After everyone around him calmed him down, Han Dong-Min's anger dissipated quite a bit. He glared coldly at Han Shao-Jie and looked like he was going to teach him a lesson later.
Han Dong-Min returned to his seat and continued with what he was doing earlier. He didn't bother himself with his son's friends and let them continue standing where they were without even offering them a seat.
If he didn't have other business to attend to, Han Dong-Min would have chased these children out by now.
But there was no need to be so extreme and make things so ugly in front of so many people. Han Dong-Min figured that if he just left them there, they would feel embarrassed and leave by themselves eventually.
Han Shao-Jie had just taken a fierce scolding from his father and felt like someone had splashed a big tub of cold water on his heart. He wasn't grinning like before when he hoped to claim credit, and just stood with his head hung without saying anything, like he was an eggplant left in the cold winter.
Han Shao-Jie was too frightened to say anything in the face of Han Dong-Min's authoritativeness.
Instead, it was Lu Wen-Jing who immediately felt outraged and spoke up for Ye Fan, "Fan, this man has gone too far, hasn't he? You're here to help them but they're not just ungrateful, they even..."
"Shh...Miss Lu, be careful of what you say..." Shen Fei was so shocked when he heard what Lu Wen-Jing said. He quickly hushed her and told her not to simply say anything she wanted.
If they angered Han Dong-Min again, then they would really get chased out!
Ye Fan continued to keep a calm expression on his face as if this had nothing to do with him. He stood where he was and observed quietly.
"Mr Zhou, so these are the best jadeites you have on hand? Are you hiding anymore?" asked Han Dong-Min slowly as he sipped his tea and looked at the bald man sitting in front of him.
Zhou Sheng laughed and replied, "Mayor Han, how could you say something like that. Of course I've selected only the best for you."
"The eight rocks here are the best from our company! Look at this one! It's covered in snake bands and so uneven, it's like there's really a snake on it! If there's a snake then it's definitely green inside!"
"And for this one, I won't say I'm 100% sure, but I'm 90% sure that it's green inside. Just yesterday, someone in Jingzhou offered $50 million to buy this rock and I didn't sell it away because I kept it for you."
"After all, even though I'm not based in Jingzhou, my father's hometown is still in Yunzhou. Yunzhou is considered half a hometown to me, so since this city needs jadeite, of course I have to leave it for Yunzhou and contribute my bit to my
hometown."
Zhou Sheng smiled and started to introduce the place of production and the shape of all the eight rocks in front of Han Dong-Min.
He praised every piece to the sky.
It was as if these eight rocks were definitely filled with jade.
But Han Dong-Min just listened quietly and didn't say anything.
After all, even though Han Dong-Min didn't know much about these things, he had lost quite a bit from the last couple of batches and he knew that he couldn't believe everything these suppliers said, and could only use their words as reference.
The budget he was given by the city was left with only half. Because the budget was insufficient in the first place, he decided to take a risk and hoped to get jade from some rough jadeite instead of buying good jade directly.
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