"Tomboy, big bovine!" Bai Jiao raged furiously.

Seeing that they were about to start quarreling again, Shen Qiang quickly laughed and said, "Actually, my master has been researching a new medicine recently."

Instantly, both of them stopped arguing and their beautiful eyes were fixed tightly on Shen Qiang.

"Really? We at Wanxin Hesheng have been collaborating with you for a long time."

"Our Cheng Xinyi has strong capabilities, and we are the better choice for you."

Hearing their pointed remarks.

Shen Qiang forced a laugh, "Ah haha," and then put away his stiff smile and said, "Stop arguing, both of you. There's enough for everyone."

Having said that, Shen Qiang turned his head.

At this moment, Boss Ma squeezed over and bumped Shen Qiang with his shoulder, then whispered teasingly, "Qiangzi, not bad. I think both Manager Xu and Manager Bai seem to have a thing for you. Being young is awesome. At my age, girls wouldn't look at me unless I threw money at them."

Then he lowered his voice even further and murmured in Shen Qiang's ear, "Big bro advises you to take them both. Our motto is, better to wrongly slay a thousand than to miss one, so you don't regret it when you're old."

Shen Qiang immediately felt embarrassed.

Because Boss Ma thought he was speaking softly enough that Xu Nan and Bai Jiao couldn't possibly hear.

But in reality, both of them were Cultivation practitioners, and at such a close distance, no matter how softly Boss Ma spoke, they could hear everything.

"Despicable." Bai Jiao said, looking at Xu Nan.

"Vulgar." Xu Nan said, looking at Bai Jiao.

Boss Ma chuckled gleefully, thinking they were quarreling with each other.

But Shen Qiang realized that these two were actually talking about Boss Ma.

Shen Qiang quickly changed the subject and said with a smile, "Alright, since everyone is here today and has received the news, let's not chat here anymore. After all, everyone is an elite in the industry, so why not follow me to take a look at my new shop?"

After speaking, Shen Qiang led the way.

With the crowd bustling around him, he headed straight into Ancient Moon Pavilion.

The Ancient Moon Pavilion was actually very capable.

Before Xiduobao opened, the Ancient Moon Pavilion had always been the largest and finest antique dealer on Provincial City's antique street.

The treasures of the Ancient Moon Pavilion were numerous.

There were three items that didn't concede to Xiduobao's Store Treasure at all.

Furthermore, the brilliance of Ancient Moon Pavilion lay in the fact that the fakes they sold were not ordinary fakes.

More often, they involved repairing and splicing damaged antiques to create new ones.

If you looked at just one part, even experts would think it was genuine.

And such fakes were not common in the Ancient Moon Pavilion.

The Ancient Moon Pavilion mostly dealt in authentic items.

But apart from the three Store Treasures worth over a hundred million each, the prices of other antiques varied greatly, with the cheapest being a few thousand and the most expensive being over ten million. However, most were between tens of thousands and five million.

After all, the Ancient Moon Pavilion was a business.

Businesses need to make a profit.

And antiques priced in the tens to hundreds of thousands undoubtedly constituted the main force in the antique market.

The truly tens of millions, hundreds of millions worth of antiques, everyone wants them, but not many can actually afford them.

So the wealth of the Ancient Moon Pavilion was basically in those hundreds of ordinary antiques.

"So beautiful, the Store Treasure of the Ancient Moon Pavilion is actually perfect."

"Hmm, when compared separately, these three Store Treasures are better than the three lesser ones of Xiduobao."

"Of course, the Ancient Moon Pavilion has been the leader on the antique street for over a decade, would they not have a few impressive treasures at their disposal?"

The crowd buzzed with discussion, watching the excitement and examining the antiques.

Regrettably, Shen Qiang did not see the owner of the Ancient Moon Pavilion. Bianyi said that after he left Xiduobao that day, he bought a plane ticket overnight and left Provincial City with his family.

That makes sense.

Any ordinary person who saw Shen Qiang's seemingly immortal skills and his ruthless style would definitely choose to run rather than stay and confront him; to do otherwise would be akin to seeking death.

Moreover, the market value of antiques can be quite inflated.

Just because something is appraised at a high value doesn't mean someone will definitely buy it at that price.

Plus, a hundred million in cash, coupled with their original savings, would be enough for them to start anew elsewhere.

So their departure

wasn't surprising at all.

After taking over Elegance, Shen Qiang subsequently took charge of Ancient Moon Pavilion.

Compared to Elegance, Ancient Moon Pavilion had even more fine replicas, with nearly half being high-quality counterfeits.

But it still had its Store Treasures.

Three of them.

But one was a fake.

The other small trinkets were about the same as those in Elegance, mostly antiques ranging from tens of thousands to within a million.

After acquiring these two shops, Shen Qiang pacified the staff, asking them to continue working as usual. He not only kept everything the same but also raised their salaries by ten percent.

Then, to the amazement of everyone, Shen Qiang instructed Bianyi.

"Take down the sign of Ancient Moon Pavilion immediately."

Because in fact, Ancient Moon Pavilion was just a play on words.

Anyone who saw the sign for Ancient Moon Pavilion could tell that the owner's last name was Hu.

Therefore, the sign had to come down.

Besides that.

Shen Qiang asked Bianyi to retain all of Elegance's procedures.

To replace both Ancient Moon Pavilion and Elegance, which faced the entrance to the antique market, with Elegance's sign, and then transform the stores to focus on the study room commodities business.

Various beads, bracelets, handheld items, and the like.

Bianyi understood this.

After all, in terms of the name, Elegance had a certain appeal, even more culturally rich than Happy Bounty, and it would be a pity to discard it.

But to continue in the antique business would not yield good returns due to the impact on its reputation from previous exposure.

If they were to transition to selling study room commodities, however, it would not matter as much.

Because while there are many kinds of study room commodities, most of the time their value isn't very high.

Generally, they include jade, gemstones, crystal, amber, Bodhi, Zisha, wood, bamboo, fans, walnuts, incense, and various miscellaneous items, such as calligraphy, paintings, brushes, ink stones, bird cages, Nose Snuff Bottles, singing insects, gourds, smoking pipes, study room accessories, bones, stones, and the like.

Their main feature is the "play" aspect. Generally, what's important is that the owner finds them aesthetically appealing and fun, especially items like bracelets that come in various designs, can be carried along, and can be played with at any time; these are the absolute main forces in the study room commodity market.

Therefore, study room commodity collectors, generally speaking, are not focused on the reputation of the store when buying; what matters is the connection they feel with the item. If they like it at first sight, everything else is negotiable, since it's just for their personal enjoyment.

Antiques are different.

Antiques are primarily for collection.

Generally, after purchase, they would be placed somewhere and not moved, with customers paying more attention to their historical and cultural accumulation.

Therefore, the first things to be assessed about an antique are whether its age is indeed ancient and whether the item is sufficiently rare.

The older the era and the scarcer the item, the more coveted it becomes.

But most ordinary collectors and investors do not possess sufficient appraisal skills, so a well-reputed antique shop is their best choice. Thus, transforming Elegance to specialize in study room commodities was almost the only choice.

With the name Elegance and the best location right in front of the antique market, the business was bound to do well after the switch.

Moreover, and more importantly, Antiques Street didn't need two Happy Bounty stores.

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