Chapter 385: Chapter 384 Mortgage
Upon hearing the old farmer’s words, Li Zhe immediately turned his head and stared at the old farmer, urgently asking, “You still have a second box of premium antler?”
The old farmer nodded and said, “Yes, I do.”
With that, he waved his hand, and his two sons immediately opened the second container, revealing yet another box full of premium antler.
Li Zhe said displeased, “Why didn’t you say anything earlier?”
The old farmer replied sincerely, “I thought you couldn’t even afford one box, so I didn’t mention it.”
Li Zhe impatiently said, “Alright, I’ll buy this box too, 6 million.”
The old farmer waved his hand and said, “No way, since the first box is sold, I’ve already covered my costs, so I have to sell the second box at a higher price.”
Li Zhe snorted coldly and said, “Don’t be too greedy. You should know that the market price is usually 5 million per box, and I’m offering you a very high price with 6 million.”
But the old farmer stubbornly said, “This box, not less than 8 million.”
Li Zhe tried to persuade him for a long time, but the old farmer didn’t budge. Thinking that although he was paying 30% more, it was still much cheaper than selling to Peak Group, he immediately agreed.
After transferring the money and verifying the goods, Li Zhe turned to leave the old farmer once more.
At this moment, he heard the old farmer say again, “Tsk tsk, this second box even fetched 8 million, it’s a good harvest this year. It seems the third box won’t go for less than 10 million.”
Hearing this, Li Zhe almost spat blood from anger. He stopped immediately, eyes wide as he glared at the old farmer, gritting his teeth, “You have a third box of premium antler?”
The old farmer replied sincerely, “Yes, yes, do you want it for 10 million?”
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Ten minutes later.
The money on Gangzhe Group’s account was reduced by another 10 million, and the third container was sealed.
Just as Li Zhe was about to turn around and leave the ship, he suddenly stopped. He turned his head to stare at the old farmer and said sinisterly, “Could it be that you have a fourth box?”
The old farmer chuckled ingenuously and said, “You city folks are smart, the fourth box, that’ll be 15 million.”
Li Zhe was so angry he nearly spat blood and shouted, “Why didn’t you say it all at once?”
The old farmer shrugged and said, “You didn’t ask.”
Li Zhe realized that this was indeed his own fault. He hadn’t asked how many boxes of premium antler the old farmer had at the beginning, and it seemed the old farmer wasn’t intentionally playing around with him.
Thinking of this, Li Zhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.
However, at this moment, he heard the old farmer mutter softly, “If I had told you there were four boxes right away, could I have gotten such a high price from you?”
Upon hearing this, Li Zhe almost spat out blood again, realizing he had indeed been played by the old farmer.
Li Zhe was so angry he almost ground his teeth to dust and said bitterly, “How many boxes of premium antler do you have? Tell me quickly.”
Seeing Li Zhe’s menacing look, the old farmer shuddered and said with a trembling voice, “All ten boxes on this ship.”
Upon hearing this, Li Zhe almost went mad, shouting, “I’ll take them all.”
The old farmer said shakily, “No, I’m too scared by your looks.”
Li Zhe shouted, “Even if you won’t sell, you must sell, I’ll take them all.”
The old farmer immediately nodded and said, “Alright, 15 million per box, seven boxes, a total of 105 million.”
Li Zhe was stumped for a moment and shouted, “The price is too high, no way. I don’t have that much money.”
This was indeed true; now, Gangzhe Group only had 100 million in cash left on its books.
The old farmer thought for a while and said, “You buy as many as you can with the money you have, and I’ll sell the rest to someone else. You don’t have to worry about me.”
Upon hearing this, Li Zhe almost fainted from anger. He really couldn’t understand which eye the old farmer used to see that he was worried about him.
However, upon hearing that the old farmer would sell the remaining premium antler to others, Li Zhe couldn’t hold back anymore. Even if Peak Group bought one box of premium antler, the ones in his hands would be worthless.
Li Zhe dared not decide on his own and immediately called to consult Li Gang. Finally, he bit the bullet and decided to spend the remaining 100 million to buy the last seven boxes of premium antler.
However, to make the old farmer lower the price by 500 thousand, Li Zhe almost exhausted his words and nearly ended up calling the old farmer “ancestor” before he reluctantly agreed to a 500 thousand discount.
100 million cash was transferred to the old farmer’s account. The old farmer, clapping his hands, called his two sons and walked off the ship.
Seeing that he finally obtained the premium antler, Li Zhe finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, he still felt a bit uneasy, and watching the old farmer and his two sons already walking down the gangplank, he asked, “You don’t have an 11th box of premium antler, do you?”
The old farmer didn’t even turn his head as he replied, “Are you stupid? There are only 10 containers on the ship, where would I get an eleventh one?”
Hearing this, Li Zhe couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Gangzhe Group now had no liquidity left, as long as tomorrow came, Peak Group would throw a lot of money at him, and he just needed to get through tonight.
However, just at this moment, he heard the old farmer say another sentence, “But, I do have a second ship—”
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Seeing the second ship filled to the brim with containers, Li Zhe almost went mad.
Especially when the old farmer’s sons started opening the containers one by one, and they were all filled with premium antler, Li Zhe’s heart almost stopped.
The old farmer stood in front of the containers and said to Li Zhe in a calm tone, “You said earlier you have no money, so I won’t make it difficult for you. I’ll sell this ship to Peak Group.”
Upon hearing this, Li Zhe almost knelt before the old farmer. He stopped him and said, “No, please don’t, I’ll take it all, I’ll take it all.”
The old farmer shrugged and said, “I don’t do credit sales, no cash, no deal.”
Li Zhe gritted his teeth and said, “There is plenty of cash.”
In Gangzhe Group, after receiving Li Zhe’s message, Li Gang almost went insane as well.
Now, Gangzhe Group had no money left, where could they find the money to buy a whole ship of premium antler?
However, there was no turning back. If he gave up now, it would mean all his previous efforts and expenses would be in vain.
Li Gang looked at Zhao Xinyao for help, hoping she could provide funds to get through the crisis, but Zhao Xinyao didn’t speak a word.
With no alternative, Li Gang decided to mortgage Gangzhe Group’s building for 200 million in cash.
Li Zhe, with his heart bleeding, transferred 150 million in cash to the old farmer and obtained ten boxes of premium antler.
Fortunately, the old farmer didn’t bring out a third ship full of premium antler. He left with his two sons under Li Zhe’s painful and hateful gaze, vanishing beyond the dock.
Turning a corner at the dock, the old farmer and his two sons got into a black Maserati sports car parked in the dock’s parking lot.