Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1260 603: Life Within the Wormhole_2

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Luo Zhengnan turned off the radio.

This host is really annoying, even makes the ad sound so blunt.

Speaking of which, where's Ah Hui?

By usual routine, Ah Hui should be hosting shows at the radio station all winter long. This winter hasn't even passed halfway, yet Ah Hui hasn't shown up for several days.

Luo Zhengnan was feeling uneasy when Li Banfeng called.

"Seventh Master, are you looking for me?"

"Old Luo, help me look into the whereabouts of Qin Tianjiu."

"Alright, hold on a moment."

Li Banfeng hung up the phone, waiting for news from Old Luo.

In the wormhole, he saw that emaciated man, judging from his eating motions, the man resembled Qin Tianjiu.

After waiting for ten minutes, Luo Zhengnan called: "Seventh Master, Ninth Master hasn't been heard from for several days!"

Li Banfeng frowned and said: "That bastard Shen Jinzhong, didn't tell me again!"

"Shen Gold Seal has been looking for him, he thought Ninth Master was upset over the jewelry shop issue."

"What happened at the jewelry shop?"

"Shen Jinzhong opened a jewelry shop, but it's been frequently burgled recently, business suffered losses, Shen Gold Seal blamed Ninth Master for it. Ninth Master has been keeping watch near the jewelry shop, might have gotten a bit upset over this."

Li Banfeng hung up the phone.

This isn't just a minor upset, Qin Tianjiu isn't the type to hold grudges. That emaciated man just now was Qin Tianjiu, for some unknown reason he ended up in the wormhole.

According to his wife's theory, an ordinary person touching the Boundary would face annihilation from antimatter, literally turning to ashes.

The person trapped in the wormhole surely entered it somehow, but there's no way to exit the wormhole.

That Crane, who claimed to be a master secluded for twenty years—I took him as a joke two years ago, but now it seems he really has skills. He believed he's capable of crossing the Boundary and indeed used his ability to enter the wormhole without outside help.

But what's Little Fatty's situation?

The pressing matter now is to rescue Little Fatty first.

His wife studied the blueprint for a while: "Husband, rescuing them is quite difficult, like pulling a drowning person onto the bridge. A slight misstep might drag you into the river, you must think it through carefully!"

Li Banfeng furrowed his brows, wondering who sent Little Fatty into the wormhole.

...

Yuezhou, Jia District, Yunsheng Road.

Boss Lu walked out of the bookstore, wearing a tooth-yellow mandarin-collar shirt with black paned trousers, as usual sporting short black hair and a straight mustache, with each hair meticulously groomed.

He held a book, the bestselling seventh volume of "Xiu Shuang Collection", seemingly walking at a leisurely pace from Yunsheng Road to the Cultural Palace, over twenty kilometers traveled in less than five minutes.

The Cultural Palace was showing a gunfight movie today, most of the vendors here were intermediaries.

Boss Lu found a seat at the back, and a snack vendor approached: "Sir, would you like something?"

"Everything," Boss Lu handed the vendor a wad of cash.

The vendor quickly set aside his business to escort Boss Lu upstairs, to meet Lin Fojiao.

If it were someone else, the vendor would have asked a few questions, but Boss Lu came often and knew Lin Fojiao well. Upon hearing the code, the vendor immediately arranged it.

Entering the office, Lin Fojiao was napping, the vendor served Boss Lu tea and left.

Boss Lu lightly knocked on the table, handing Lin Fojiao a list.

Lin Fojiao squinted, glanced over it, stretched: "These items are hard to procure."

Boss Lu chuckled: "If they were easy to buy, I wouldn't bother you for help."

"Such large-scale purchases need a company to back them up. Just relying on individuals, those equipment manufacturers wouldn't sell to us, so extra costs will arise here..."

Boss Lu sipped tea, flipping through "Xiu Shuang Collection": "Old pal, saying something like that is pointless. When have I quibbled with you about details? Just name your price."

Lin Fojiao took out a calculator, punched in a number, and showed it to Boss Lu.

Boss Lu nodded slightly: "When's the earliest delivery?"

"At least two weeks."

"Then let's set it for two weeks." Boss Lu stood up to leave, Lin Fojiao glanced at "Xiu Shuang Collection," his sleepy eyes slightly more awake.

"You like reading books?" Boss Lu smiled, "My shop has them, I'll send you a set tomorrow."

Not long after Boss Lu left, Lin Fojiao called the snack vendor: "Tang Changfa just bought a batch of scientific equipment?"

The vendor checked the ledger, nodded: "Their scope includes science, they also have negotiators, business is going smoothly."

"Discuss with him, I also need to buy a batch of equipment, using his company as backing, offer him a three percent commission."

"Chairman Lin, we have similar companies too."

"Companies are easy, finding negotiators isn't. First, see what they say."

...

"Is three percent commission too low?" Yan Cui'er pursed her lips, dissatisfied with the rate.

The vendor didn't argue with Yan Cui'er, aware that she wasn't too sharp, simply asked: "When are Tang Changfa and Yan Hong'er returning?"