It turned out that the batch of cultural relics that Ye Feng had handed in was appraised by experts, and it was said that the monetary value alone far exceeded ten billion.
Gao Fuxuan did not tell Ye Feng the specific amount, but it was clear that it far exceeded Ye Feng’s original estimate.
More importantly, it was said that some of the items were of great historical significance and could even greatly help the country’s current situation.
Therefore, they decided to reward Ye Feng with a substantial sum of money.
Ye Feng, however, was not very concerned when he heard that he was going to be rewarded.
This was a common occurrence, and many people who found items of great significance or value would receive rewards after handing them in.
However, these rewards were usually perfunctory, typically a banner and a few hundred yuan.
Of course, this was just what Ye Feng had heard; he didn’t know the specifics.
Therefore, when Gao Fuxuan said that he was going to be rewarded, Ye Feng was not very concerned.
However, he still asked, "Oh? Really? What are they going to reward me with?"
"Guess!" Gao Fuxuan put on a mysterious look and played coy.
Ye Feng was speechless and said, "Could it be like the legends say, a banner and a few hundred yuan!"
Gao Fuxuan rolled his eyes at Ye Feng and said, "How could that be? Where did you hear such nonsense!"
"Oh, alright! Then how much will I be rewarded, ten thousand? Or a hundred thousand?" Ye Feng asked.
Gao Fuxuan replied, "Generally, when items of great historical significance or value are obtained, and in considerable quantity, the state will reward the finder with money according to a certain proportion! So, guess boldly!"
Ye Feng remained listless and casually said, "Alright! I guess one million!"
However, Gao Fuxuan laughed and said, "No, keep guessing! Guess higher!"
"Could it be five million?" Ye Feng began to be a little surprised.
But Gao Fuxuan still shook his head and said, "No, keep guessing!"
"Damn it, could it be ten million? That would really surprise me!" Ye Feng became a little excited.
But Gao Fuxuan still shook his head, "No!"
"Damn it, how much is it! Stop beating around the bush and just tell me!" Ye Feng was getting impatient.
Gao Fuxuan, no longer wanting to play guessing games with Ye Feng, directly stated a number that stunned him.
After a long silence, he said word by word, "Ten… billion!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "What? Ten, ten billion? Are you sure?"
Gao Fuxuan chuckled, "Hehe, that's right! Ten billion!"
"Damn it, when did the country become so generous? Didn't they only give a banner and a few hundred yuan?" Ye Feng asked.
However, Gao Fuxuan rolled his eyes at him and said, "That was to cover their tracks, to prevent others from coveting their wealth. Do you think the country would really disappoint those who handed in items?"
Ye Feng subconsciously replied, "Isn't that the case?"
"Of course not. If that were the case, who would hand in anything in the future? Wouldn't that be foolish?" Gao Fuxuan said speechlessly.
Hearing this, Ye Feng nodded and said, "That's true! Then, that's great!"
Although Ye Feng had handed in over ten billion worth of cultural relics and antiques, including items that greatly aided the country's situation, he only received one billion. While it seemed like a loss, he was very satisfied!
Because although those items were valued at over ten billion, it would be very difficult to truly cash them out.
After getting his hands on them, he probably wouldn't even get half, and he would have to live in constant fear, like a rat in a sewer.
But now that Ye Feng had openly received a reward of one billion, the feeling was incredibly exhilarating.
"That's fantastic! Thank you so much, big brother!" Ye Feng said gratefully.
He knew that to receive so much, Gao Fuxuan must have played a role.
Gao Fuxuan smiled and said, "I should be thanking you! That batch of cultural relics greatly boosted my political achievements! It has been of great help to my career!"
"Then we really should thank each other, hahaha!" Ye Feng laughed.
Later, the two discussed some more about the batch of cultural relics.
The more they talked, the more astonished they became.
It turned out that the truly important items in that batch of cultural relics were not the gold bars, ingots, and silver, nor the bronze Buddha statues, nor other gold and silver jewelry, ivory products, and so on.
Instead, it was the contents of several unopened boxes.
Among the items salvaged from the cargo ship, many boxes were still intact, and Ye Feng had not opened them.
Therefore, he did not know what was inside or its significance.
According to Gao Fuxuan, among the items inside, there were three unopened boxes containing ancient bamboo slips.
They recorded some extremely important information, and the contents were truly significant.
It was said that they had a great impact on the country's current international situation, but Gao Fuxuan did not elaborate on the specific impact.
Clearly, it was not something that people at Ye Feng's level should understand.
However, after hearing this, Ye Feng finally understood why they had been so generous and rewarded him with ten billion.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Feng was incredibly excited. He couldn't believe that he had achieved ten "small goals" overnight!
However, before Ye Feng could enjoy his newfound wealth for a few days, something unexpected happened.
This day was another day for the company to sell fish.
Ye Feng's fish were brought to the company, but Chen Xiaoyue told him that no one had come to buy their fish today.
That's right, not a single person, not one!
This puzzled him greatly, as people had always rushed to buy his fish before, but today there was no one.
Last time, Ye Feng had sensed something was wrong, but at least there were a few new faces buying fish then. Today, there wasn't a single one, which was clearly not right.
This immediately reminded Ye Feng of the previous incident. Could the Qin family really go this far?
Just as Ye Feng was wondering, his phone rang.
It was Qin Hao calling. As soon as he spoke, he directly said, "Ye Feng, no one is buying your fish. How does that feel now?"
"It was you all along!" Ye Feng said with a frown.
Qin Hao said hatefully, "That's right, it was me. What can you do to me? You screwed me over last time, costing my Qin family several hundred million. I'll make sure your fish go unsold and rot in the fish pond!"
"Heh, do you think by threatening and bribing those vendors, my fish won't sell?" Ye Feng retorted.
Qin Hao smiled and said, "You can try if you don't believe me. I guarantee that no vendor in Dongchuan City will buy your fish!"
"Heh, is that so? Then I'll have to see!" After saying that, Ye Feng hung up the phone.
However, to Ye Feng's disbelief, for the next two or three days, no one came to buy fish from them.
At this point, Chen Xiaoyue became anxious and found Ye Feng, saying, "Boss! It's been three days. If we keep these fish here, they'll probably die!"
The company currently had over fifty tons of catch stored. It was fine for a short period, but over time, they would all turn into dead fish.
Just as Ye Feng was wondering what to do, a security guard suddenly came up and said, "Boss, there's a very beautiful lady outside looking for you..."