Watching Xia Harry leave, unable to hide his disappointment, Lei Danzi crumpled the empty can and tossed it into the corner of the sampan, saying to his companion beside him, "Let's get our boat back from Thailand."
He put down his rain hat and chuckled, "There'll be a shipment of hair from Thailand, a full 200,000 Braids, three dollars each. Let's see if the India can resist their greed and refuse. I've been smuggling embargoed goods for so long, and I've never made this much profit before, three times the profit! Damn it, A-Yao is really ruthless, forcing the India to jump into the sea?"
"What if the India can tolerate it, Brother Danzi?" his companion asked Lei Yingdong, who was standing at the very front of the sampan, as he rowed the sampan toward the boat in the distance.
Lei Yingdong glanced at him and said disdainfully, "Do you think the India can stand it? That guy, A-Yao, has already figured out everything the India are thinking. He's already played his part perfectly. Now he wants everyone to know that Song Tianyao has fallen out with other factories. He's cutting off their raw materials to make their orders fall through. He's even swallowed up all the raw materials, just to make the other factories back down. And everyone believes he has enough money to do such a thing. Besides, the India will also think that even if Song Tianyao doesn't take these 200,000 Braids, he can still sell them to other factories at the original price. They can't help it. His mother, once A-Yao has her eye on her, there's no saving her. Being friends with him is much easier than being his enemy. At least I won't have a headache. Let the India and other factory owners have headaches. I'm just a hair seller. Where the hair comes from is none of my business."
Chapter 275 Father and Son's Night Talk
Inside a private box at the Silver Moon Dance Hall.
"Big Brother, what's your relationship with those people at the Medical and Health Department?" Song Tianyao got up, poured Chu Xiaoxin a glass of wine, handed it to him, then sat back down on the sofa, leaning forward to ask Chu Xiaoxin.
Chu Xiaoxin leaned lazily against the sofa, swirling the amber liquid in his wine glass. "Before, I pretended to be a generous benefactor and set up a blood transfusion service center. I provided the money, but the reputation was shared equally Oxfam and the Medical and Health Department. Of course, the relationship is good, right?"
"Could we call all those men and women from the Medical and Health Department who work on quarantine all day out together for a meal and ask them to help out with a small favor?" Song Tianyao took out a cigarette, lit it, and said, "I have a small favor to ask the people from the Medical and Health Department for."
"You need to treat them to a meal to help you out? No need. Just tell me, and I'll call the Medical and Health Department to do it for you. What's the matter? Do you want to take those guys to Japan for sightseeing?" Chu Xiaoxin said to Song Tianyao irritably after taking a sip of his wine.
A-Yao, that bastard, secretly went to Japan for fun without even telling me! What's worse, after he came back, he vividly described his romantic trip to Japan, even though he knows that I, Second Young Master Chu, already have a girlfriend and shouldn't be fighting over her in Hong Kong anymore. He still said that on purpose, clearly to annoy me. If Song Tianyao had informed me beforehand, I could have gone to Japan with Song Tianyao and experienced the exotic atmosphere. Therefore, Chu Xiaoxin still harbors a lot of resentment towards Song Tianyao for prioritizing his girlfriend over his friend and going to Japan for a secret tryst.
Song Tianyao laughed, "No way? Still angry? I told you I was just joking. I'll definitely invite you when I go out. I've been to a factory in Japan for a few days, I'm not in the mood for romance."
"Forget it, without a master of the entertainment industry like me guiding you, I bet you wouldn't have succeeded. What are you planning to have those people from the Medical and Health Department do?" Chu Xiaoxin laughed and said to Song Tianyao.
After a few seconds of pause, Song Tianyao spoke, "There's a cargo ship from India that might arrive next week. I'd like to ask the Medical and Health Department to, with the cooperation of Customs and the Marine Police, inspect the ship for any infectious disease sources. After all, there are outbreaks of infectious diseases like cholera in some parts of India now. Just temporarily prevent the cargo from being unloaded at the dock; a detention of ten days or so would suffice. I've already made arrangements with Customs and the Marine Police. Of Big Brother, you have a better relationship with the Medical and Health Department, since you funded the establishment of the blood transfusion service center there."
"Stirring up trouble again?" Chu Xiaoxin looked at Song Tianyao with his wine glass in hand, frowning slightly. "A-Yao, if you're going to make money, fine, but I've heard rumors lately that you've fallen out with the Tang family. Now you're acting like a madman, raising prices to buy hair. Are you planning to do what you did with the Zhang Family last time—burning down the Customs warehouse—and then withholding the raw materials the Tang family desperately needs? And then burning it all down?"
"How could that be? The Zhang Family has their own ways of breaking the rules. The Tang family hasn't hired anyone to kill me to silence me, they're just detaining Big Brother for a week. If it's inconvenient for you to come forward, I'll find someone myself. I didn't want to trouble you, but I was thinking of contacting them myself, and I was afraid you'd blame me later." Song Tianyao opened his mouth, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and said calmly.
Chu Xiaoxin pondered quietly for a moment, "I'm not convenient to get involved? It's a small matter. Just give me a call when the ship arrives at port, and I'll have the Medical and Health Department, along with the Marine Police and Customs, seize the ship. A-Yao, as long as you don't hire people to burn the ship, and checking for infectious diseases is a legitimate reason, I can agree to your request now. But if you have other intentions, you might as well tell me directly. I'll go back and have my Dad make the decision. After all, you know the Tang family is also a member of the Chiu Chow Chamber of Commerce, and my Dad has to treat everyone fairly. Don't put yourself in such a difficult position."
"I said I wouldn't burn the ships, and I definitely won't. I won't be so reckless as to do something that would put Chairman Chu and you in a difficult position." Song Tianyao raised his glass with certainty and said to Chu Xiaoxin, "I'm dealing with the India guy; it's not the Tang family's turn yet."
"I believe you." Chu Xiaoxin raised his wine glass, clinked it against Song Tianyao's, and drank the wine in one gulp before saying this.
After meeting with Song Tianyao, Chu Xiaoxin returned home and found his father still calmly practicing calligraphy in the study. He took the Ginseng Tea from Auntie Hong and personally served it to his father. Then, he stood next to Chu Yaozong and quietly watched his father practice calligraphy.
After writing the last character, Chu Yaozong let out a soft breath, put down his pen, took a sip of his Ginseng Tea, and then looked at Chu Xiaoxin: "Why aren't you resting, Zhong?"