Chapter 3763 — A Master Takes the Helm: This Thing Was Nothing More Than Chongtian Pavilion's Supervisory Deacon?
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Nan Tianyong twitched his brows and pretended to be magnanimous. "Let's not say that your grandfather is trying to extort you. How about this? Pay me a thousand spirit jades as compensation for the injuries, then tell me the identity and background of the fellow who fought my disciple for those stones a few days ago. After that, we'll consider the matter settled. How does that sound?"
After hearing this, Hong Zhong and the other shop assistants could no longer hold back their laughter.
A thousand spirit jades? This fellow really had the nerve to ask for that!
This ignorant fool had not truly come to stand up for Yu Jiang. He had come to take advantage of the opportunity and line his own pockets with spirit jades!
"I'm sorry, but this shop cannot cooperate with either of your demands." Seeing that Nan Tianyong seemed on the verge of losing his temper from embarrassment, Hong Zhong finally answered him.
Even as a businessman who believed that harmony brought prosperity and would never make an enemy without absolute necessity, he still had principles and limits.
He obviously would not hand over a thousand spirit jades. Once such a precedent was set, the Hong Clan Merchant Association might as well stop doing business and spend every day waiting to give its spirit jades away to anyone who asked.
As for revealing Lin Er's identity and background, leaving aside the fact that Hong Zhong did not know them, even if he truly did, he would never reveal a single word. The more important the customer, the more seriously their privacy had to be protected. That was the lifeblood of their trade. If they broke the rules, they would be smashing the signboard of the Hong Clan Merchant Association themselves, and the consequences would be far more serious than being forced to hand over a thousand spirit jades.
"You cannot cooperate with either of them?" Nan Tianyong had clearly not expected such a reply. His expression instantly became ugly, and he snarled viciously, "Do you know who you're talking to? Do you really think that because your shop is large, you can bully your customers and no one can do anything to you? Let me tell you, if you truly anger me, this shop of yours will be shut down tomorrow!"
"Very well. Then let's see you try. I'll be waiting for the day you shut down the Hong Clan Merchant Association!" With the conversation having reached this point, even Hong Zhong's considerable composure finally gave way. He no longer bothered to be polite and replied coldly.
A mere supervisory deacon of Chongtian Pavilion actually dared to speak so insolently and declare that he would shut down the Hong Clan Merchant Association. This fellow was so unbelievably stupid that even a fool's mother would have opened the door for him!
"Oh? What an impressive tone! Put nicely, you're a shopkeeper. Put less nicely, you're nothing but a servant who makes a living through trade. And yet you dare bare your teeth at your grandfather? You really don't know how to appreciate kindness!" Enraged, Nan Tianyong struck the table beside him with one palm, reducing it to powder.
Before he could react, four figures flashed out from some hidden corner at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, they had surrounded him completely.
Nan Tianyong's expression changed abruptly. The aura of every one of these four experts was actually stronger than his own!
In recent years, Nan Tianyong had cultivated bitterly in seclusion, and his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds. He considered himself anything but an ordinary cultivator. Otherwise, he could never have smoothly taken up such an important position as supervisory deacon of Chongtian Pavilion.