Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

The two stopped in front of a private room. The man with black glasses pushed open the door and made a "please come in" gesture to Chi Yu.

"Boss Chi, you've been busy outside for a long time, you must be tired, right? It's too late now, I guess you can't have a big meal, but you can still have some snacks to fill your stomach."

The man with black glasses pointed at two plates of pastries on the table. One of the plates was missing a piece, and it was obvious that it had been tampered with.

"Speaking of which, the dim sum here tastes pretty good, similar to what I had when I was a kid. I kind of miss it, but the portion was a little small. I was still thinking about you, Boss Chi, not coming, so I was a little hesitant."

Chi Yu chose a seat opposite the door and sat down. The plate of snacks that was still in good condition and the poured tea were immediately placed in front of him by the man with black glasses.

The man with black glasses sat down next to Chi Yu and looked at him with a smile: "Want to try it?"

Chi Yu looked at the things and didn't reach out to take them. Instead, he pressed the pager and said to the man with black glasses, "If you like them, ask them to bring more. Xie Yuchen has informed us in advance that this store will only serve the two of us now."

The man with black glasses shook his head slowly, "Boss Chi, you are even more open-minded than me."

"Being polite? I don't meet that standard now." Chi Yu said, "Jie Yuchen and I have an agreement that as long as I help to recover the property, 5% of the shares will be transferred to me - this store is a chain, and I am now one of the shareholders."

"It's not completely over yet, so I have to correct you, prospective shareholder."

The man with black glasses smiled and touched his chin, looking a little regretful. "I didn't expect it to be shares... I thought I had made enough money by surviving this trip, but it turns out that you, Boss Chi, are better. It seems that our employer really invested a lot this time."

As the ultimate beneficiary, Chi Yu did not have any extra psychological fluctuations. "Even if Xie Yuchen didn't come to me, in three or four years, or at most five years, he would be able to hold all these things in his hands."

"If it were me, I wouldn't choose to pay so much unnecessary price just to win a moment. I don't know what he is so anxious about."

Chi Yu concluded: "But no matter what, I am the beneficiary of this dispute, so it's good to have more of this kind of good thing."

The man with black glasses looked at him and smiled meaningfully, "I can guess why Xie Yuchen chose this time to take action."

Chi Yu tilted his head: "Why?"

The man with black glasses stretched out his tone, "Kids... are naturally full of youthful energy. Boss Chi, you are such a powerful person and you are so easy to talk to. If he can't help but come to you for help, then there is a problem."

"Young and energetic?" Chi Yu thought about what Black Glasses said and nodded in agreement, "Yeah, a little bit."

So the man with black glasses sat next to Chi Yu and started laughing. It was clearly him who started it, but no one knew what was so funny.

Chi Yu took a sip of tea expressionlessly, letting the man with black glasses laugh uncontrollably over there.

"Have you laughed enough?"

"Enough of laughing." The man with black glasses said, putting away the smile on his face, "Although the dividends from the Xie family's industries are very tempting, if you take the shares, you will really be tied to Xie Yuchen's boat. You didn't choose to refuse, why?"

Chi Yu thought about it and did not answer the question directly. Instead, he started talking about the auction house he knew.

"The Xie family runs an auction company in Beijing. Most of the antiques and rare items on the market are circulated through it. No matter what kind of business it is, as long as it involves large amounts of money, it cannot be bypassed. It can be said to be a monopoly."

"The Xie family values ​​this business more than their own lives. Even though Xie Yuchen has been the head of the Xie family for many years, he still hasn't been able to completely take over the company."

When Chi Yu said this, Black Glasses understood what he meant. He took a breath and confirmed, "Also 5%?"

"That's right." Chi Yu nodded.

The man with black glasses immediately stroked his chin and fell into deep thought. After a while, he uttered an inexplicable sigh: "What a big deal..."

After sighing, he looked at Chi Yu again: "Since you said that the Jie family members valued the auction house more than their own lives, then you will definitely not be able to get it easily. So, Boss Chi, what shocking decision have you made this time?"

Unexpectedly, Chi Yu shook his head at him: "It wasn't me this time. Most of it was done by Xie Yuchen himself. I was only responsible for the last part."

The man with black glasses let out a short, slightly puzzled hum.

"Xie Yuchen has been planning this for several years, but he has never found the right time to take them down in one fell swoop," Chi Yu said. "All he can do is to provide checks and balances, such as creating a new concept - hiding treasures among the people, and using a fund to manage the club that he controls completely."

"Once the first market gap is opened, the subsequent steps become simple, which is why I say Xie Yuchen is a very smart person."

Black Glasses hummed, and did not comment on what Xie Yuchen had done. Instead, he sighed and asked him, "Boss Chi, why do you think so highly of Xie Yuchen? I've never seen you praise me like that."

Chi Yu looked at him and said, "Every time you finish something, you come to me for a reward. Haven't I praised you enough?"

The man with black glasses smiled and said, "That's different."

"What's the difference?"

The man with black glasses sat up straight, organized his words, and was about to say something when he heard a damn knock on the door, followed by Chi Yu's bland "Come in".

Seeing the familiar-looking waiter coming in with a tray filled with various snacks, the man with black glasses slapped his forehead in annoyance and slumped back.

The waiter arranged the snacks, took the empty tray, and smiled at Chi Yu, saying, "Mr. Chi, since you didn't specify what type of snacks you wanted, the kitchen has prepared a portion for you. If you think any of them taste good, you can always use the pager to ask us to send you more."

The man with black glasses looked at the waiter, then glanced at the variety of dishes on the table.

"My share is just the two plates of cakes that were delivered earlier." Black Glasses pointed at the cakes and said with a smile, "How come now that it's at Boss Chi's place, the table is full of cakes? Your boss treats me differently."

The waiter looked at the black glasses and smiled politely, "Mr. Qi, of course we can come too. But the pastry chef is very busy. When you arrived earlier, we had just invited him from the shop next door. The time-consuming pastries cannot be made for the time being. And we are afraid that you will wait impatiently, so we can only give you two simple dishes to fill your stomach."

"Look, the chef has already made all the cakes. I am just delivering them to you two. How can there be any discrimination?"

"Okay, you are a good talker." The man with black glasses smiled happily: "Go back and tell your boss that everything on our side has been successfully concluded. He can rest assured and do what he wants to do."

"I see."

Xie Yuchen put down the phone.

He was sitting in his study, surrounded by three different landline phones. As he hung up this call, other calls kept coming in, ringing non-stop.

If this plan that is being carried out in an orderly manner is compared to a person, then Xie Yuchen is undoubtedly the heart of it - he sits in this small study, a door separates him from the outside world, but any procedure cannot be separated from his command.

Those orders were sent to various places through the phone in Xie Yuchen's hand. The invisible territory gradually expanded on the virtual map, forming an impenetrable network: from Xie's family, to Beijing, and then to the whole of China.

As time passed, the smell of blood lingering in his nose became less strong. Xie Yuchen ended his last phone call, stood up, walked to the window, stretched his slightly stiff body, and pulled open the dark curtains.

As dusk falls on the horizon, the rain will wash away the haze that has been covering the Xie family's old house. By dawn, no trace will be left here.

Xie Yuchen looked at the scenery outside the window and let out a long sigh.

The rain stopped.