Su Tian glanced at it and immediately saw that the message contained the values of the antiques selected by the various masters, among which the three items he had chosen yielded the highest profit for Lin Run.
"The three items you picked each have a value exceeding twice their listed price, yielding a massive profit. According to the appraiser's commission structure, you are entitled to a thirty percent cut. I've calculated it—it comes to about 1.6 million, plus the fifty thousand I promised you before, making it 1.65 million."
Fenghua said, taking out her phone to operate it. At that moment, Su Tian's phone vibrated. Taking it out, he saw that the balance on his bank card had increased by 1.65 million.
Su Tian's eyes lit up when he saw this. He hadn't expected the antique business to be so lucrative; he had secured such a huge profit simply by picking three items.
"Su Tian, would you be interested in becoming a full-time antique appraiser at my Tianfeng Investment Bank?"
While Su Tian was pondering this, Fenghua asked another question, "The masters who came earlier are all national grade-two appraisers, but your skill clearly surpasses theirs, reaching the level of a grade-one appraiser. Because of that, I can offer you the salary and benefits of a grade-one appraiser."
Su Tian's heart skipped a beat. He didn't have a formal job yet, so naturally, he was very interested.
"Salary?"
"A starting annual salary of 500,000. If an item you appraise exceeds three times its acquisition cost, you receive a forty percent profit share."
"Alright, I'm willing."
Su Tian nodded. With his Divine Sense Art, he could see right through to the true value of antiques. Now that such a great job opportunity was right in front of him, he naturally had to seize it.
"Haha, wonderful, it's a deal then."
Fenghua immediately smiled. "In a little while, I'm going to Thailand to negotiate business with the Thai Antique Chamber of Commerce. You can come along with me. Of course, you don't need to worry about the profits; as long as your eye is sharp, making a few million won't be a problem at all."
"Very well."
Su Tian nodded. "Alright, enough about that. There's one thing I'm curious about right now—my classmate Wang Feng. You mentioned earlier that he's in trouble. What kind of trouble is it?"
"Hmm, the trouble he's in right now is indeed quite serious."
Fenghua did not hide anything and immediately began to recount the details. As Su Tian listened, his expression shifted constantly.
According to Fenghua, the Wang family started building their fortune twenty years ago. Starting from a small supermarket, they gradually expanded into a chain of supermarkets, and later even built their own snack factories for self-production and sales. In just over a decade, they became a giant in the provincial supermarket chain industry, with assets totaling over three billion.
This filled the Wang family with confidence, and they planned to break into the large-scale hypermarket sector. Naturally, this attracted the interest of many investment institutions. After all, with Fuduoduo's integrated production and sales system, the prospects were indeed very bright. In less than half a year, Fuduoduo raised over ten billion yuan on the market. Afterward, they selected two plots of land in Quancheng with the intention of building two truly large-scale commercial supermarkets.
However, just as these two large supermarkets were nearing completion, disaster suddenly struck Fuduoduo Supermarket. The cause was that children who ate "Xiaofu Biscuits" and "Fumanman Jelly," which were children's snacks under the Fuduoduo brand, suffered from food poisoning.
This naturally ignited public outcry. Countless parents of the affected children united to sue Fuduoduo Company. Although Fuduoduo Company launched an emergency public relations campaign, repeatedly guaranteeing that their food was completely free of problems, and even actively contacted the Market Supervision Bureau for inspections, once the public panic had formed, it could not be suppressed.
At the same time, that wasn't even the most troublesome part. The worst thing was that even though the Market Supervision Bureau conducted multiple inspections and found no issues at all, children who consumed snacks under the Fuduoduo brand still continued to exhibit symptoms of food poisoning. The Wang family even specially invited medical and chemical experts from the Capital to test the products, yet they still could not find any problems.
This naturally plunged Fuduoduo Supermarket into dire straits. After all, the funds invested by those investment institutions all came with a stipulation: the food sold by Fuduoduo Supermarket must not have any problems whatsoever. Once a problem was discovered, not only would they have to return the money to those investment institutions, but they would also have to pay a one-hundred-percent penalty. The problem was that the money had already been invested into the projects—how could they possibly afford such compensation?
"Looking at it this way, my classmate really has run into major trouble."
Su Tian's gaze flickered.
"Indeed. Right now, the parents are demanding compensation, and the market investment institutions are also demanding compensation. But Fuduoduo poured everything it had into building these large supermarkets; where would they get the money to pay? Even if they sold off all of Fuduoduo Supermarket, their liabilities would still far exceed their assets."
"Could it be a conspiracy? After all, this happened much too coincidentally."
"It's not just a possibility—it's a hundred-percent conspiracy. After all, Fuduoduo Supermarket has never had any issues in the province for all these years. Yet, just as they were about to take things to the next level, this happens. How could it not be a conspiracy? However, I'm not surprised by this. The business world is like a battlefield; it's completely normal for people to grow jealous of Fuduoduo's business and want to crush them so they can swallow them up."
Listening to this, Su Tian nodded, while thoughts began to churn in his mind. After all, he now possessed a Semi-Immortal Body and the Divine Sense Art—could he perhaps help Wang Feng solve his troubles?
"When Wang Feng came looking for you this time, it was very likely to say goodbye. After all, his family is going bankrupt. Even though he won't be directly implicated, he probably won't be able to stay in the province either, as others will certainly come after him for debts."
"Hmm."
Su Tian nodded. "Alright, enough of this. I'll see you back home."
"Okay."
Hearing this, Fenghua said no more and left the place together with Su Tian.
After dropping Fenghua off at home, Su Tian didn't even bother eating lunch before heading out again. He immediately dialed Wang Feng's number.
"Where are you?"
"Are you done talking things over with Miss Feng?"
"Yeah. Did you drive? If you drove, come pick me up at my place. If you didn't drive, tell me an address and I'll come to you."
"I drove. I'll come pick you up."
Wang Feng said, and just a few minutes later, a Mercedes-Benz E300 pulled up to the entrance of the residential complex. Su Tian spotted it and got straight into the car.
"Find a restaurant for us next. Let's drink until we drop today, because it'll be hard for us to meet again after this..."
"I know all about your family's situation."
Interrupting Wang Feng, Su Tian said, "I think I can help you resolve it."
"What do you mean?" Wang Feng was stunned. Su Tian replied, "I mean exactly what I said. Here's what we'll do: take me to your family's snack factory right now. I'll help you take a look; maybe I can find where the problem lies."
"This... No, even the chemical and medical experts from the Capital couldn't find the problem. How could you..."
"Never mind that. If you treat me as a brother, just trust me."
Wang Feng was stunned once more and wanted to say something, but seeing the expression on Su Tian's face, a flash of determination crossed his eyes.
"Alright. Since you want to take a look, I'll take you there. We might as well treat a dead horse as a live one."