Facing Dong Zhichao's forced smile, Li Long spread his hands and said:
"Manager Dong, I haven't lied to you. I sold all forty tonnes of watermelon seeds to Manager Bai. I haven't got any stock left."
Dong Zhichao and Bai Lanlan arrived in Ma County a week after Bai Xiuming left. When they arrived, Li Long was playing with Mingming and Haohao in the Big Courtyard.
Yesterday, an antique buyer had come to the Purchasing Station. This one didn't seem to be testing the waters: he paid fifteen thousand yuan for the gilded horse tack and bought several pieces of ancient jade as well.
This was a major sale for Li Long's antiques business. He recovered everything he had spent buying antiques and made several times that amount in profit.
Li Long gave Sun Jiaqiang a fifty-yuan bonus, which Sun Jiaqiang felt embarrassed to accept.
Gu Boyuan, however, told him to take it without worrying. He had earned it.
The division of labor at the Purchasing Station was clear: Gu Boyuan handled buying, Li Long handled selling, and Sun Jiaqiang handled odd jobs.
Jia Tianlong hadn't accompanied Dong Zhichao and Bai Lanlan this time-he had already done all he could on their previous visit. He had made the introductions and used his connections and personal favors, but Dong Zhichao and the others hadn't wanted a long-term partnership.
Of course, last time Jia Tianlong had begged Dong Zhichao and the others to come, so Dong Zhichao had held the initiative.
This time, Dong Zhichao had actually hoped Jia Tianlong would come along. After all, Jia Tianlong was on good terms with Li Long. With someone like him present, there would at least be room to maneuver if negotiations went badly.
But Jia Tianlong's thoughts were entirely on his wife now. Although