Chapter 162 Clutching at Buddha's Feet, Hoping to Bring a God of Wealth Home

Clutching at Buddha's feet at the last minute, wanting to invite a God of Wealth statue home.

Su Yehao still remembered the shop where his aunt had given him the Imperial Green pendant, and after finishing the barbecue, he went straight there.

Rather than inviting a God of Wealth, it was more like an investment.

In later generations, he often came across videos on Douyin saying that some high-quality goods were worth tens of millions, and a single stone was worth hundreds of millions.

Coupled with publicity from films like "Crazy Stone," even an outsider like Su Yehao was a bit caught up in it. When he thought of a God of Wealth statue, the first thing that came to mind was jadeite.

Wasn't this stuff much better than gold?

The last time Su Yehao went to the shop to pick up the worry-free plaque, the owner still remembered him.

Seeing Su Yehao with two young ladies, the fifty-something-year-old shopkeeper, surnamed Feng, immediately greeted them, saying, "Young Master, honored guests have arrived, please come in!"

"Just came to buy something."

Su Yehao said casually, then looked at the goods in the shop.

Various jade and agate pendants, rings, and bracelets were displayed in the cabinets. On the shelves were finished Guanyin, Maitreya, jade cabbage, and other ornaments, as well as strange stones and antique trinkets.

After cashing out from his Standard Chartered wealth management account and mortgaging his famous watches for thirty million Hong Kong dollars, his father also gave him twenty million Hong Kong dollars.

So after transferring fifty million to Vice President Zheng Yongwen, Su Yehao still had a lot of money in his hands. Recently, Yahoo's stock price was high, and he hadn't yet had the chance to continue entering the market and increasing his position.

Shopkeeper Feng said with a smile:

"Were you satisfied with the plaque last time? Genuine, top-quality material. If you can find anything better, you can come back and slap me in the face anytime! I've been in business for over thirty years. My family had a shop in Yau Ma Tei when I was a kid. No matter what kind of goods you want, you can't go wrong looking for me."

The items in the shop were expensive, and there were few customers.

However, as long as they could grab a few big clients, the owner could make a killing. Otherwise, they wouldn't have opened a shop in this shopping mall with expensive rent.

Su Yehao nodded and said, "The plaque was good, just a bit expensive. I wanted to find a few bracelets of similar quality for my girlfriend. Do you have any here?"

"Good material is hard to find, but as luck would have it, I have one in the shop. I originally wanted to make a pair, but I couldn't find the right material. This stuff is precious. Cracks are no good, the color can't be off, the water content can't be different, and the size of the ring also matters. You need to have great luck to make a pair."

Shopkeeper Feng gestured for them to go to the VIP room to discuss in detail.

Su Yehao had just asked about bracelets casually, to avoid seeming too eager and being taken as a sucker.

He didn't expect this shop to actually have top-quality bracelets. Thinking about taking the opportunity to broaden his horizons, Su Yehao nodded calmly and said, "Bring out all the good stuff. I'll pick some as gifts."

Nan Gongtian thought that bracelets were something middle-aged women liked.

She tugged at Su Yehao's clothes privately and asked in a low voice, "You don't really want to give me this, do you? I don't need it! My mom just ordered a Cartier pink diamond panther bracelet for me. It's hard to match clothes with a jadeite bracelet."

"Let's take a look first. Something so expensive, I might not be willing to buy it for you. Diamonds are a ripoff. I just like green jadeite."

Su Yehao didn't like the object itself, but rather valued its appreciation potential. He didn't dare to say too much, but it wouldn't be a problem to increase in value twenty or thirty times in ten or twenty years.

High-end jadeite was already not cheap nowadays. If it was other colorless high-end material, the appreciation potential might be even greater.

Currently, people only focused on the color, and didn't pay much attention to the so-called "water content."

Hearing this, Nan Gongtian immediately changed her position and stood firmly by Brother Hao's side, saying, "Since you like it, I'll buy more of this in the future."

Jiang Yu was completely speechless.

She couldn't understand how such a smart girl like Nan Gongtian could be so infatuated with Su Yehao, as if she was bewitched.

However, thinking about it from another perspective, pretty, obedient, proactive, and sensible, Jiang Yu seemed to understand where she had lost, and secretly rolled her eyes… Damn third concubine.

Knowing that the Tang family had deep pockets, Shopkeeper Feng had his staff bring out all the shop's prized possessions one by one.

There was a safe in the VIP room, similar to a bank vault, with only one or two items in each compartment, including a pair of blue-green jade pixiu, which looked like lake water under the light, and a tray of various pendants, both male and female, a total of more than a dozen.

There were also eighty-eight-bead necklaces, pigeon-egg-sized necklaces, and everything else imaginable.

Perhaps because there were fewer customers in this era, and the mainland market and purchasing power hadn't opened up yet, Su Yehao was simply dazzled. The shop's inventory far exceeded his expectations.

Even if he didn't know much about it, he could tell that these items were of extremely high quality, and felt ice-cold in his hand, with a deep green color.

Su Yehao casually picked up a safety buckle and asked the boss, "How much does this sell for?"

Shopkeeper Feng had a good memory and immediately said, "The quality is slightly worse than your plaque. If you want it, I'll sell it to you for 58,000. This is a men's style, it's a bit too big for a girl to wear."

The appreciation potential was certainly very good, but Su Yehao had many channels to make money. Considering the perspective of compound interest, buying these couldn't maximize the value.

Considering that investment was risky, buying these tangible objects for playing and collecting was actually quite suitable.

The last time he saw the curio cabinet in his grandfather's house, Su Yehao was very envious. The appreciation potential of some good antiques was not as good as jadeite in this era, but cultural relics were easier to liquidate.

Just as he was considering whether to spend some money today, Shopkeeper Feng personally brought a sandalwood box and carefully opened it in front of Su Yehao.

Inside was white flannel, and on the cloth lay an Imperial Green round bracelet.

The female clerk helping out asked, "Which young lady would like to try it on? This is our shop's treasure. After the jade carving master finished it, he was almost reluctant to return it to our boss. He's only encountered such perfect bracelet material once in his life."

Shopkeeper Feng also brought two pendants and introduced them to Su Yehao, saying, "These are dragon and phoenix plaques carved from the core of the bracelet. They're simply perfect. Someone offered 350,000 to buy them last time, but I was reluctant to sell them."

Su Yehao knew that the items wouldn't be cheap when he heard them singing a duet, and asked, "How much does this bracelet sell for? I'm an old customer and a poor student. I don't have much money in my account."

"...At least two million. Don't be fooled by the fact that there are many mines. Finding this level of raw material is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Even the imperial palace didn't have anything this good back then."

After Shopkeeper Feng finished speaking, he sized up Su Yehao's expression.

With preconceived notions at play, Su Yehao didn't think it was too expensive, and felt it was quite "affordable."

He casually said to Nan Gongtian, "Your birthday is in November, which isn't far away. Try it on first and see if it fits."

The female clerk carefully picked up the bracelet and helped the young lady try it on.

Su Yehao then pointed to the pair of blue-water lions, about twenty-five centimeters high, and asked the boss, "How much do they sell for? I want to customize a God of Wealth statue to enshrine at home. This material is very good. If it's green, that's even better, and it must be pure and translucent."

"They've been with me for three years. If Young Master wants them, I'll give you a package price of 180,000. I was thinking of cutting them up and having a master make them into bracelets."

Su Yehao stroked his chin. Judging from the size, they could indeed make a lot of bracelets.

After looking over the pair of lions, he couldn't find any faults.

Because they were good items, he put the pair of lions and the dragon and phoenix pendants together and pointed to them, telling Shopkeeper Feng:

"Including that bracelet, a package price of two million, and I'll swipe my card now. Also, give my friend a Maitreya pendant as a gift. I'll come back to buy from you next time. My girlfriend likes diamonds, but buying a bracelet fully inlaid with diamonds wouldn't be this expensive."

After haggling for a few minutes.

Shopkeeper Feng insisted on 2.3 million, and Su Yehao increased the price to 2.05 million.

He thought the old shopkeeper would insist for a while, but he unexpectedly said decisively "I'm really not making any money," and then found a beautiful box to help pack everything up.

… Maybe he gave too much.

If he had insisted on two million and not increased the price, he might still have been able to make the deal.

Su Yehao always felt like he had lost out, so he asked for a pair of Imperial Green earrings for Nan Gongtian. Small items weren't worth much. What was really valuable were bead necklaces, bracelets, and big plaques. Suitable top-quality materials were hard to find, and had scarcity.

He swiped his card and completed the transaction, then talked about customizing the God of Wealth statue. The price wasn't urgent, he needed to find the materials first…

Having bought a birthday gift for Nan Gongtian in advance, Jiang Yu followed along and took a Maitreya pendant worth 70,000.

The items were a bit expensive, but the quality and workmanship were impeccable, and Su Yehao was quite happy.

Not long after leaving the shop, he received a call from John Zhou, saying that a salesperson had landed an advertising order. A shop wanted to spend 20,000 to place an advertisement for a game city in the chat room.

With 20,000, they needed to hang the message in the chat room for a week.

He really wasn't short of this little bit of money. Su Yehao refused on the spot, and told John Zhou to focus on development first, and consider advertising later. In the early stages, they should focus on the user experience.

The boss didn't want to make money, so what could John Zhou, as the project director, say? He could only comply.

……

And so, a few more days passed.

The reputation of tAt chat room gradually fermented. Because it was free and the trial experience was also very good, it began to attract some netizens to register and use it voluntarily.

It slowly spread from Hong Kong University to other universities in Hong Kong City. Some couples even specifically registered a chat group, prohibiting others from joining, and used it as a one-on-one private chat group.

There were quite a few people doing this.

When developing it, Su Yehao spent a lot of money, and hired consultants for tens of thousands of US dollars each time.

After investing until now, he finally saw some returns. The highest number of concurrent users touched the threshold of three thousand, and five-digit registered accounts also began to be used.

Under these circumstances.

On the first day of October, Su Yehao came to the company and continued to urge the development of the one-on-one instant messaging function.

In addition, the development of a simplified Chinese version and the establishment of a mainland branch were also officially put on the agenda.

Even though the number of users of some unknown small games was more than the current tAt chat room, Su Yehao could at least see some hope...