Seeing the other party reject him without even thinking, Zaro was very dissatisfied. Back then, when he had bought a puppy in Muzhou, the person in Muzhou had tried all sorts of excuses and had not wanted to sell the puppy to him. In the end, Zaro had used money to get the person to agree. The puppy he had bought was the "little angel" Angel that he was holding on a leash now. It was the descendant of the most valuable competition dog back then.
Zaro had originally wanted to choose another most valuable competition dog to accompany his beloved dog, but after watching the first round of the competition, he had set his sights on Curly Hair. Unfortunately, Curly Hair's breed was different from Muzhou's native shepherd dogs, so Zaro had decided to just buy the dog and be done with it. Fang Zhao was not a Muzhou person, so he should not have that kind of obsession with competition dogs. But now, Fang Zhao did not agree. Could it be that he felt the price was too low?
Zaro sized up Fang Zhao once more and said, "I know that your Curly Hair still has room to rise in value. How about this, I will reserve it first. When the Muzhou finals are over and the official price is announced, I will double the price!"
As soon as Zaro said this, the face of the assistant beside him contorted. This person had been personally chosen by Zaro's agent. As the new assistant, he had already promised Zaro's agent to keep an eye on Big Master at all times and not let this fellow squander money on unnecessary things. That Curly Hair dog was already worth 50 million. After the finals, even if it did not cross 100 million, it would at least be tens of millions, right? What kind of concept was doubling? If he really let Zaro spend this money, when he returned to Leizhou, he would definitely be fired by Zaro's agent!
At this moment, this new assistant was filled with regret. Why had he not stopped Zaro's idiotic behavior just now?!
Luckily, Fang Zhao replied very quickly, "I said, not selling."
"Are you an idiot..." Zaro's face immediately filled with anger.
Seeing that Zaro was about to start causing trouble, the assistant beside Zaro took two steps forward and leaned over to Zaro's ear to say a few words. The anger on Zaro's face quickly subsided, and he agreed. "Makes sense!"
"How about this, I don't want that dog of yours anymore. When that dog of yours has puppies... Oh right, that Curly Hair dog of yours is a male and can't give birth. When that dog of yours has puppies with a female dog, I will reserve one. You name the price! You know who I am, right? Just send someone to Leizhou to let me know. If you can't find anyone, just report my name. "
Zaro took Fang Zhao's silence as a tacit agreement. He was about to say something when his assistant urged, "Senior Master, it's almost time. We have to hurry over."
"Oh right, we still have to go fishing!" Zaro looked at the time and got anxious. He had a fishing competition with someone. If he was late, the competition would start. He turned his head and shouted to Fang Zhao, "Remember, let me know when you have puppies. Big Brother has money!"
Watching Zaro leave in a hurry with his assistant and bodyguards, Zu Wen asked Fang Zhao, "Is there something wrong with his brain?"
"Ignore it," Fang Zhao said. That brat was asking for a beating. If Old Renault was still here, he would have slapped him long ago.
Su Hou and the others still had to go through a series of interviews and coordinate with the organizers' publicity activities. With the Su family around, Fang Zhao was not worried that something would go wrong. Su Feng had already told him that this time, the higher-ups had spoken. No one would dare touch Su Hou.
They had also watched the first match. Zu Wen and the others were here on vacation, so they could not possibly be at the same time as Wu Yi and Su Hou. Thus, after leaving the competition venue, they went to Su Hou's Dongshan Farm, which Fang Zhao had invested in.
"This — — is huge! This is all Dongshan Farm's territory? "
Used to living in a crowded city, Pang Pusong, Zeng Huang, and the others, who were visiting Muzhou for the first time, were indeed amazed.
After renovations, compared to the miserable state Su Hou had been in when he had first bought the farm, the current farm was full of vitality. A few lazy dogs had been trained to run around the farm, and the fields were already full of crops. Although the pastures were still relatively empty, the grass had already grown very well.
Looking at the mountains and rivers and admiring the scenery, Zu Wen and the others felt a sense of novelty. Their entire being felt refreshed.
Knowing that the people from the virtual projects department loved this kind of environment, Su Feng invited them to Four Elephants Farm for a tour.
Four Elephants Farm had always been doing well. Unlike the primitive emptiness of Dongshan Farm, Four Elephants Farm was in a fresh and busy state. It was a combination of technology and primitive environment. There were many modern aids throughout the farm to help with planting, herding, weather forecasting, and soil condition monitoring. There were also many hired workers and a fish pond.
Su Feng sent people to show Zu Wen and the others around the farm. A week passed by quickly, and the vacation time Fang Zhao had requested from Duan Qianji was up. He could continue staying in Muzhou as a composer to "seek inspiration," but the others could not.
The day Zu Wen and the others left Muzhou was the start of the second round of the sheep-herding competition. Fang Zhao got Zuo Yu to send them back while he stayed in Muzhou for another day.
When they boarded the flying transport, Zu Wen and the others looked back every few steps, feeling that they had not had enough fun.
"Don't look anymore. There will be more opportunities in the future," Fang Zhao said.
"That's right!" Zu Wen's brain had already started to calculate. As long as they completed their assigned tasks, they might be able to get another vacation within the next two months. They might even be able to rush over to watch another round of the finals. It was just that their vacation time would not be as long as this time. Anyway, Fang Zhao was around. They just had to follow him.
After thinking it through, Zu Wen's reluctance to part faded. He loaded the gifts Su Feng had given him onto the flying transport and left.
Fang Zhao walked into the viewing hall to watch the second round of the finals.
The second round was not as complicated as the opening ceremony. It did not attract as much attention to foreigners as the opening day, but for Muzhou people, it was still an important day. Practically every household had people watching the live broadcast.
Compared to the first round, the difficulty of the second round was higher. The sheep flock was divided into 10 smaller herds. The shepherd dogs had to gather all of them before rushing to their destination.
Throughout the competition, Fang Zhao paid close attention to Curly Hair's performance. He watched as Curly Hair followed Su Hou's instructions and led the other shepherd dogs to gather the scattered sheep flocks. Whenever a dog ran off to the wrong place, Curly Hair would bark to alert the other dogs.
In the second round, Dongshan Farm was still in first place, but they were only three seconds behind second place and five seconds behind third place. It could be said that there was not much of a gap between the top three, and as the competition progressed, the gap would continue to shrink. This was because, other than Curly Hair, Dongshan Farm's other dogs were still a distance away from the other teams. Thus, even if they won the first two rounds, no one could be sure who would be the final champion.
After watching the second round, Fang Zhao left Muzhou and returned to Yanzhou. Curly Hair continued his training at Shanmu Farm.
For dogs, Muzhou was indeed better than Yanzhou. There were vast grasslands for dogs to run around freely.
Fang Zhao did not let Zuo Yu pick him up. After returning to Yanzhou, he did not go to the office or home. Instead, he went to the black street.
Yue Qing was dozing off at the counter. When he heard the sound of someone entering the room, he opened his eyes and was immediately wide awake.
"Fang Zhao?! What are you doing here?! " Yue Qing hurriedly pulled Fang Zhao to the table and took out a bottle of wine that had been hidden for many days from the innermost cabinet.
Fang Zhao had come empty-handed. "I brought a team to Muzhou for a vacation and bought some stuff to send over. They should be here in the afternoon." He checked the time. "They should be here in two hours."
"Hey, why did you buy so much stuff when you're here?!" Yue Qing was embarrassed. He had not helped Fang Zhao much, and the stuff Fang Zhao had sent over was worth quite a lot.
Fang Zhao smiled and looked at Yue Qing's shop. It was slightly more spacious than when he had left the black street.
"I bought the place you used to live. The house is connected to the ground floor to store goods. The shop below looks a lot more spacious. It's not as cramped as before," Yue Qing said.
"Not bad," Fang Zhao said. "You should get the shop next door soon, right?"
"Hehe, you saw through me." Yue Qing did not hide it. He did not think Fang Zhao would have any designs on his assets.
"The shop next door has been closed for a long time. The owner borrowed too much money and was chased. Recently, he sneaked back and plans to sell the shop to pay off his debts. I have already discussed it with the owner. If nothing goes wrong, it should be finalized in a month."
"Congratulations."
"I should be the one congratulating you. You are famous now." Yue Qing poured Fang Zhao a glass of wine. "Congratulations!"
"It's just an empty reputation. It won't last long." Fang Zhao raised his glass and clinked it with Yue Qing. Then, like Yue Qing, he drained the glass.
Yue Qing refilled Fang Zhao's glass and asked, "Is something the matter this time?"
"A little." Actually, when Fang Zhao had first woken up, he had asked some people from the black street, but they had not noticed anything strange that morning. This time, Fang Zhao had come to ask in detail.
"Did anything special happen the night I picked up Curly Hair?" Fang Zhao asked.
Yue Qing looked at Fang Zhao in surprise and asked in a low voice, "Someone wanted to harm you?" Other than that, Yue Qing could not think of any other reason. He knew that Fang Zhao's childhood friend had done a lot of things in secret and thought Fang Zhao was investigating again.
"I wanted to clarify some things," Fang Zhao said.
Yue Qing felt that it must be what Fang Zhao was thinking, so he did not pursue the matter. He thought back carefully and shook his head. "I did not notice anything special that night. I saw you buy medicine and go back to your room. I thought you were going to commit suicide and have Curly Hair accompany you. This kind of suicide plan is popular in the black street. A few young people who came to my shop to buy things even made a bet. I have a deep impression of it. But other than that, I really did not notice anything strange. There did not seem to be any strangers around. "
Fang Zhao thought about it and asked, "Was there a power outage or a communication failure?"
"No, everything was fine. Did your room malfunction that day?" Yue Qing thought of something and said, "Wait, let me check."
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