Chapter 5 You Make Me Work

  A life of ease and comfort cannot erase the passionate heart within me, I must strive forward, earn more merit points, and strive to be immortal, because there is a better life waiting for me. Guo Yu gave himself a silent warning after living a few days of happy but decadent life.

  These days of helping the poor with porridge, made Guo Yu's merit points grow to over 50,000, but in order to earn more points, he needs to expand the scope of assistance, increase spending, and add staff, which are all things that Guo Yu cannot accomplish at this stage, what to do, sigh.

  Quietly read books for a few days, made a not-so-perfect plan, and then ran to the modern era to find someone to draw a batch of drawings, wrote more than ten sets of books. It's still easy to get things done with money, no matter how strange the requirements are, they can be done quickly, and it's not original, just copy and paste on the computer. Found a private printing factory, printed one million sets of each. Well, that's the initial plan, let's achieve it step by step.

  After bidding farewell to the crowd with a few words, he told them that he would be leaving for a few days and left some money for Hu Yunyuan to buy more clothes for herself. He also gave her several decorative items from his own space, such as necklaces and brooches, which were not very valuable in modern times but were rare and precious during the Republic of China era.

  Back in modern times, Guo Yu once again found his classmate Zhang Chong and told him on the phone that he had found the national treasure this time, which made Zhang Chong somewhat believe him.

  Two people met at a coffee shop, Guo Yu handed the tablet to Zhang Chong, "Take a look, three pieces, absolutely dazzling, all of which are multi-angle photos, you estimate the price and see how it works."

  Zhang Chong held the tablet and looked at it carefully, one by one. He raised his head and looked at Guo Yu's eyes, which were not right: "I'm telling you, this is really fake. These are all considered treasures. You won't take a few photos to tease me, will you?"

  "Believe me, you'll get eternal life! Absolutely have pictures and truth, with photos there are physical objects, everything is in the bank's safe deposit box. Don't worry, just talk about appraisal and operation." Gu Yu spoke with a tone of arrogance.

  "If that's true, it would be incredible. Just these few items would be worth tens of millions. It's not a small item, and it's really hard to estimate the value. As for the operation, I think our company can handle it. We'll try to send them to Christie's or Sotheby's. You know that our company specializes in auction brokerage services. It's definitely more cost-effective than you sending them to a large auction house yourself."

  "That's it, I'll leave this matter to you. Hey, I'm thinking, why can't we ourselves open a similar auction intermediary company?" Gu Yu suddenly had an idea.

  Zhang Chong lowered his head and thought for a moment: "It's not that it can't be done, but the initial stage will definitely be a bit troublesome. The initial capital is at least 10 million yuan, we don't have a stable channel, if you can't find high-quality goods, the auction house won't let you in."

  "Others don't have the channel, I do, after I sell these few things, I'll put up the money, you work for me, and we can also open a brokerage firm, then we can slowly develop, after gaining strength, we can open our own auction house, create a brand, and become an international big auction house." Gu Yu said with a laugh.

  "You little brat, you want me to work for you? You're looking for a beating!"

  "Okay, okay, I'll give you shares."

  "How many shares."

  "I invested 200 million, you take 10%, you're in charge of the company's rights and interests, I'm waiting for the money bag, hahaha..."

  The auction is not a one or two day thing, let Zhang Chong operate first, and then go to the supermarket to buy gifts. Guo Yu is preparing to return home for a visit, to see his parents and son, it's been more than half a month since he saw his son, really miss him.

  Spent two nice days at home with my parents, took my son out to play, and even attended a parent-teacher conference where I got scolded by the teacher. That little stinker, just a first-grader, already knows how to flirt with girls, truly taking after his father!

  Returned to the Republic of China's six-country restaurant, called Chen Yougong and Dazhu to ask about the situation in the past two days, everything was safe and normal. Chen Yougong's jade sales had an income of over 30,000 yuan, and Dazhu's orphan collection plan reached over 230 people.

  "Lao Chen, organize the manpower, I want to open an antique shop, it must be big and good, collect the best antiques, can directly purchase a store in Liulichang. Speed is important. Tomorrow, Da Zhuang and I will go take a look at these orphans, later we'll arrange for teachers to teach them to read and write, this is long-term work, maybe our future manpower will come from among them, after all, one must reap what they sow." Gu Yu instructed.

  The next day, Guo Yu followed Da Zhu to a place on the outskirts of Beijing. This was originally one of the garrisons of the "Shanlai Camp" in Beijing, more than ten miles away from Beijing. It is now idle and belongs to the Beiyang government. Da Zhu found someone to buy it with money.

  There are many rooms and a large playground. After all, more than 3,000 people were stationed here before, which is enough for Guo Yu to toss around temporarily.

  The children were all gathered in the playground, big ones sixteen or seventeen years old, small ones seven or eight years old, boys and girls, looking at pairs of eyes with a hint of confusion and fear, Guo Yu felt very pressured.

  "Kids, my name is Guo Yu. You may not know why you're here, but most of you are probably to avoid starving to death. I'm telling you, your life isn't just about surviving, you can have a better life. I'll arrange for teachers to teach you knowledge, and when you grow up, you can become someone who stands tall and proud. You may not understand what I'm saying today, but remember, follow me and you'll have a brighter tomorrow."

  After Guo Yu finished speaking, the kids stared at him with wide eyes, still looking dazed. This made Guo Yu feel a bit awkward - this wasn't going as planned, why weren't they applauding? Although he had spoken a bit nonsensically, Guo Yu sheepishly called for Da Zhu to dismiss the children.

  "Get teachers for the kids, teach them to recognize characters, teach them how to be a person, let them know who they are eating and drinking with, who gave them their good life today, let them know to be grateful. Ask the invited Mr. to compose short sentences, whoever composes the best sentence will be heavily rewarded. Let the kids recite when they get up, when they eat, when they go to class, and before they sleep." Guo Yu is going to brainwash them! Guo Yu believes in the principle of "those who give you rice will be repaid with revenge", he's not a good person.

  Then he went around several porridge stalls again, received a round of praise from people, and Guo Yucai happily returned to the hotel.

  Two days later, Chen Yougong bought a shop in Liuli Factory. Guo Yu went to take a look and thought it was a great shop - a two-story storefront facing the street with a courtyard and wing rooms in the back, basically meeting Guo Yu's requirements. He gave it the name "Jinggu Xuan". The next step was to renovate and decorate it in a European style, which was all the rage this year. Everything else was left to Chen Yougong, who also hired professional shopkeepers and master craftsmen.

  Actually, the boss and the master were originally from this shop, they did a good job themselves, there was no big problem, Chen Yougong directly took over everything.

  Guo Yu looked around the store and found nothing particularly valuable, even if it were placed in modern times it wouldn't be rare. The good stuff had already been taken away by the boss beforehand. However, among the mediocre items, he managed to pick out a dozen or so with good quality and higher value, preparing to accumulate wealth for future auctions.

  Everything was ready, and Guo Yu, who had some free time, checked his merit points. He already had 1.5 million stored up, enough to upgrade one item. His physical quality was still at the level of a top athlete, without any hidden injuries. He decided to upgrade his space instead. Currently, his space was only 100 meters in diameter, and if he wanted to bring something big with him, it wouldn't be possible, such as a train or a ship.

  One hundred thousand merit points down, that's absolutely effective, after upgrading to a space with a diameter of one kilometer, it's enough to get a mail train.

  Back in modern times, there were a bunch of text messages and missed calls on the phone on the table. They were all from Zhang Chong, looks like this guy is very anxious.

  "Where have you been? I've been calling you all day and you didn't pick up, nor did you respond to my text messages. Did you fall into a toilet?" Zhang Chong exclaimed as soon as the call connected.

  "What's wrong, brother?"

  "I told you, you're in luck. I showed those photos to the master craftsmen at our company and they said the photos look authentic. Our boss and the master craftsmen are both eager to contact you to see the real thing. Hurry up and arrange a time and place, I'll bring them to take a look."

  "Alright, no problem, I'll go get the stuff, you call them over now, just to my place, they know me here."

  "Okay, I'll get ready and should arrive at your place in about two hours."

  These people are really anxious, and they knocked on Guo Yu's door in just over half an hour. They must have sped up.