Tang Shitong’s words left Tang Guo’s face full of dejection. "Do I have to just watch as Zhang Liunian, who schemed against me, lives a life of luxury with my money?"
"Don't worry. We're not the only ones who have a grudge against Zhang Liunian. The Zhu family also wants him gone. Just now, Zhu Laosan said he wanted to kidnap his parents and brothers to extort money from him. He might not live to spend our money." Tang Shitong wouldn't lie to his family. The matter of kidnapping Zhang Liunian's parents and brothers was indeed intentionally leaked to him by Zhu Laosan.
Of course, he supported it with all his heart. Anything that could upset Zhang Liunian made him happy.
It was just a pity about the thirty million, which might end up in Zhu Laosan’s hands again.
Alas, it wasn't easy for them to get the thirty million back.
"Does Zhu Laosan also know about that batch of money? That would truly be a bargain for Zhang Liunian." Tang Guo was surprised that Zhu Laosan knew about the thirty million. She immediately thought of how Zhang Liunian had first swindled her out of money and then sent her to the police station, hating him to the bone.
"He has people inside. If you bring him news, he'll probably get some wind of it, but he won't know the exact amount. Let's not talk about these things anymore. You go and tidy up quickly. I'll have someone send you away after dinner.
In Port City, I've had the Zhu family's eldest son arrange everything for you. You just need to go there."
Seeing that it was getting late, Tang Shitong knew they couldn't chat any longer. He got up and urged his niece to pack.
Tang Shitong’s house had a room for Tang Guo, and she was very familiar with it. She nodded in agreement and went to take a shower.
At the same time, Zhang Liunian, having just finished dinner, eagerly took his belongings and knocked on Kang Dafu's door alone.
Tang Dafu was Zhang Liunian's partner and good friend in his previous life. They had known each other for no less time than Du Ziteng.
Now that he was about to see his old friend again, Zhang Liunian felt very excited, though he didn't show it.
"Hello, I'm your upstairs neighbor who just moved in. I might disturb you in the future, so I wanted to come over and chat. This is a small token of my appreciation; please accept it." Zhang Liunian smiled warmly as he saw the middle-aged man in his early forties, Kang Dafu, open the door.
Kang Dafu was taken aback when he heard it was his upstairs neighbor. He looked Zhang Liunian up and down, making sure he didn't seem like a bad person, before stepping aside and leaving the door open.
Zhang Liunian followed him in with a smile, only to find another young man in the living room. He looked ordinary, but the mole on the corner of his mouth was very noticeable.
Zhang Liunian was slightly startled when he first saw him. After regaining his composure, he greeted him and sat next to him, then looked at Kang Dafu and said apologetically, "I hope I'm not disturbing you!"
"Not at all. This is my assistant. He just came to report his work and has already finished. Xiao Zhou, if you have nothing else, you can go back first!" Kang Dafu waved his hand carelessly.
"Okay." The young man named Xiao Zhou stood up and left without another word.
"Clang!"
The door was closed. Zhang Liunian withdrew his gaze and looked at Kang Dafu, proactively introducing himself, "Hello, my name is Zhang Liunian. I'm a self-employed individual from another province and also your upstairs neighbor.
I came here this time to chat with you about the situation in Pengcheng. Is it convenient?"
"Self-employed? Kang Dafu was quite surprised by his directness, but he liked that kind of personality. "There's nothing inconvenient about it. My name is Kang Dafu. I also moved here just a few days ago. As for Pengcheng, I've probably been here longer than you, about a year and a half in total.
I started a small factory here, so I do understand some of the local situation, but not everything.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. I'll tell you anything I know."
"So you're the one who runs the factory. It's really a coincidence.
Then I won't hide it from you, Comrade Kang. To be honest, I came to Pengcheng this time to find business partners. Although I'm self-employed, I own two department stores, each selling tens of thousands a day. However, due to certain reasons, I had a falling out with the local businesses, so I came here to find partners."
Seeing that he was as frank as before, Zhang Liunian got straight to the point, throwing out a topic that interested factory owners.
As expected, Kang Dafu's eyes lit up at his words. He was in the factory business, and no factory owner would dislike selling more goods or having more channels.
If Zhang Liunian wasn't lying, then he could cooperate with him.
"You really have two department stores? You don't look like it." Kang Dafu was an uncle, and Zhang Liunian was a young man who had just come of age. Judging by their appearances, it was really difficult for Kang Dafu to believe that Zhang Liunian was someone who owned two department stores.
Zhang Liunian heard his half-belief and nodded seriously. Then he took out the steel stamp for the department stores he owned. Such a thing was not casually possessed by anyone, nor could it be easily obtained.
Kang Dafu looked at it and believed him. This steel stamp was proof.
"Comrade Zhang, you said you have two department stores and had a falling out with businesses. Can you tell me more detailed reasons?" As a factory owner, Kang Dafu naturally didn't want to cooperate with a risky businessman. If Zhang Liunian had any unreasonable demands, or was a rogue, he wouldn't continue the cooperation.
Zhang Liunian gave a wry smile. "If you want to hear, I'll tell you. These two department stores are things I just acquired. Originally..."
After Zhang Liunian finished explaining why he didn't have suppliers, Kang Dafu was both impressed and speechless.
It was too much trouble to deal with department stores like Zhang Liunian's. Every merchant wanted to take advantage of the owner behind them. It was no wonder Zhang Liunian thought of seeking external help.
"I haven't encountered this before, and I didn't know that taking over someone else's business would lead to such a situation. It's really not easy for you to have held on until now.
Rest assured, I run a daily chemical factory. If you cooperate with me, I definitely won't charge a high price. This is our factory's ex-factory price, and I can even reduce it by 0.1% on top of that."
After listening to Zhang Liunian's experience, Kang Dafu expressed his sympathy and turned to take out the ex-factory price list of all his factory's products from the drawer.
Zhang Liunian took it and looked through it. The prices were not much different from what he had guessed. If it could be reduced by another 0.1%, it would indeed be quite good.
Kang Dafu was as benevolent as before. He closed the price list and smiled, "Can all products be reduced by 0.1%?"
"Of course, all products."
Kang Dafu generously stated that he was not stingy.
"The relationship is good. It would be even better if you could help me find more factory owners to cooperate with. Then I can tell you where to find the red-glazed porcelain bottles. Are you interested?" Zhang Liunian said this while his eyes swept over several vases in the room.
Kang Dafu had a hobby of collecting bottles since he was young, and red-glazed bottles were something he had painstakingly collected at a high price later on. Now, by telling him about the vases in advance, he could save him a lot of money.
"What? Red-glazed bottles? Wait, how did you know I like bottles?" Kang Dafu was instantly excited when he heard this, then stunned.