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Is money really that important? If I wanted money, I could easily get Jarvis to help me get some by being a little shameless and unscrupulous.
“Didn’t you say you wanted those antique ‘983’ antiques? My friends have quite a few good things, and they even have private museums. I believe you should be interested in them!” Fang Lin said.
Upon hearing Fang Lin's words, Fang Yan immediately became interested. To be honest, Fang Yan wasn't particularly interested in people in the business world, and he wouldn't pursue that path in the future.
It seems that one doesn't need to maintain a company; as long as one is strong enough and declares that the company belongs to oneself, there will be plenty of people to help maintain it.
Times have changed! Even a behemoth like the Shinomiya Group has now become a sick tiger. Kaguya Shinomiya realized this, which is why she transformed herself into someone with a split personality.
Kaguya Shinomiya knew that as long as she had the strength, the Shinomiya Group would not encounter any major problems. Even if she suffered some losses during this period, she could still get them back in the future.
However, without strength, even if the Shinomiya Group is struggling to maintain itself now, it will eventually become someone else's money bag in the future.
Kaguya Shinomiya is a very intelligent woman, and almost overnight, she has grown up.
"Okay!" Fang Yan didn't refuse again and agreed.
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The next day, around noon, Fang Lin brought Fang Yan's mother to Fang Yan's house, along with three middle-aged men and a woman who looked to be around 30 years old.
However, judging from the woman's appearance, Fang Yan could see thick black energy swirling around her, as if she were being entangled by something.
After Fang Lin's introduction, Fang Yan understood the identities of the four people. The three men were Mr. Tohsaka Tokiomi, a world-class gem collector; Mr. Tsuneki, whose family was engaged in the appraisal and sale of antiques; and Suzuki Jirokichi, who ran a private museum. As for the woman, she was Daidouji Sonomi, a friend of Fang Yan's mother.
To be honest, Fang Yan was quite conflicted when he learned who these people were.
Fang Yan had heard of Daidouji Sonomi before; she seemed to be Daidouji Tomoyo's mother. It seemed that Cardcaptor Sakura was about to appear in this world.
The other person is coming to me now, so they must need my help with something. It seems like Daidouji Sonomi is Sakura's aunt!
But isn't Sakura's family a family of magicians?
Why do I need to help myself?
Fang Yan said he wasn't very familiar with Mr. Chang Mu, who was engaged in the business of appraising and selling antiques, and that he probably wasn't a particularly famous person.
There's no need to pay too much attention to Jirokichi Suzuki, he's an advisor to the Suzuki Foundation and Sonoko Suzuki's uncle.
But what about Tokiomi Tohsaka, a world-class gem collector?
Why did Tokiomi Tohsaka become a jewel collector?
But thinking about it carefully, it doesn't feel out of place at all. How can we fix that? After all, it uses gem magic, right?
Moreover, upon closer inspection, Fang Yan did not sense any magic power from Tokiomi Tohsaka. Clearly, in this world, Tokiomi Tohsaka was just an ordinary person.
Looks like this guy can't take the blame in this world!
"What brings you here?" Fang Yan asked directly.
His direct words left the four of them looking at each other in surprise. Then, Tokiomi Tohsaka took the initiative and said directly, "Fang Yan, I heard from your father that you are now teaching others how to cultivate. I wonder if you are still willing to teach others how to cultivate?"
"The official training should be popularizing cultivation soon. With your abilities, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to obtain cultivation methods early!" Fang Yan said, glancing at Tohsaka Tokiomi.
“We are aware of that, of course, but I don’t want my 1.4-year-old daughter to cultivate like an ordinary person. As parents, we naturally hope that our children can achieve something. Moreover, this world is becoming more and more dangerous! If they don’t become stronger, they may not even be able to protect themselves in the future. I hope they can get better conditions!” Tokiomi Tohsaka said with a wry smile.
Fang Yan fell silent upon hearing this. Good heavens, it was indeed Tohsaka Tokiomi's trick. He was actually sending his daughter as a gift!
In Fate, Tokiomi Tohsaka gave away a daughter, but who knows how many Tokiomi Tohsaka will give away when she comes to his side.
As expected of Tokiomi Tohsaka!
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"As far as I know, some forces have already started recruiting disciples!" Fang Yan said after a moment's thought.
Fang Yan would naturally not refuse Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Tohsaka, after all, they were his former virtual wives.
"First, I don't trust them. I'm an old friend of Lao Fang, and he's always been known for his integrity in business. I believe that as his son, he's also reliable in terms of character."
"Secondly, your strength is incredibly powerful. Even the cultivation methods that will be widely disseminated in the future seem to have been released by you, and you certainly possess even better cultivation methods." Tokiomi Tohsaka said earnestly, "Of course, the most crucial factor is that those people are far too greedy."
"Hmm!" Fang Yan nodded slightly upon hearing this. He knew a little about this, just like how the Shinomiya family paid a considerable price to obtain the inheritance of the Onmyoji.
Even though the Tsuchimikado family caused such a huge commotion, the Shinomiya family was ultimately made to take the blame. Even if most of the Shinomiya family members were sent to prison, it would not be a problem.
"And what about you? What can you offer in return? I believe you know that the Yukinoshita family made Yukinoshita Yukino and Yukinoshita Haruno my servants in order to become my vassals, right?" Fang Yan tapped his fingers lightly on the table a few times, then stared at Tohsaka Tokiomi and said.
“I know that there are gains and losses. I am willing to let my second daughter, Sakura, become your servant. I hope that while you are teaching Sakura, you will also take my eldest daughter, Rin, as your disciple!” Tokiomi Tohsaka then took out a box from his hand, placed it on the table, and opened it.
Soon, four different gems appeared in Tokiomi Tohsaka's hands.
This scene made the others frown. What did this mean? Were they trying to bribe Fang Yan?
But for someone like Fang Yan, just four gems were enough to make him interested?
You should know that Fang Yan's family is not short of money at all, and with Fang Yan's strength, what kind of gem can't he get?
"These four gems?" To be honest, Fang Yan was also shocked by Tokiomi Tohsaka's choice. Even he hadn't expected that Tokiomi would make such a choice in this world.
However, he did not feel that Tokiomi Tohsaka was less sincere than Mrs. Yukinoshita.
It wasn't just because of these four gems; Tokiomi Tohsaka wasn't Mrs. Yukinoshita. At this point, Tokiomi Tohsaka had many paths to choose from. Moreover, Tokiomi Tohsaka was friends with his father, and his family's status was obviously much better than that of the Yukinoshita family.
Under these circumstances, this condition is acceptable. As for taking Rin Tohsaka as his disciple, Fang Yan is also happy to do so.
To be fair, Tokiomi Tohsaka really doesn't care about Sakura Tohsaka. No matter which world it is, it is always Sakura Tohsaka who is abandoned.
Fang Yan then turned his gaze to the four gems. These gems were not ordinary gems; they contained a large amount of energy, which aroused Fang Yan's curiosity.
“I heard you’re collecting some special things. These four gems are from my collection. They’re said to have once belonged to a great magician. Perhaps they will be of some use to you!” Tokiomi Tohsaka said with a smile.
Fang Yan nodded slightly upon hearing this: "This is not an ordinary gemstone. It contains a large amount of magic power. Perhaps we can study something from this magic power. However, it is not of much use to ordinary people!"
Tokiomi Tohsaka breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this; it seemed that this time, he had managed to please him.
As for what's inside, Tokiomi Tohsaka doesn't really care. He's had this thing in his hands for several years, but he's never figured it out. Clearly, he'll never figure it out in his lifetime.
Under these circumstances, it would be better to give it to Fang Yan, making the best use of it. Hopefully, Fang Yan will be satisfied and will then properly educate his daughter.
"As for your daughter, have them come over. If her talent is decent, then this matter is settled. But if her talent isn't so great, then I can only apologize!" Fang Yan then turned his gaze to Tohsaka Tokiomi and said.
Fang Yan felt that this point needed to be clarified, otherwise, what kind of situation would it be if everyone came to send their daughter away?
However, Fang Yan still had great confidence in Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Tohsaka's talents.
If their talent wasn't outstanding enough, they wouldn't be qualified to be leading ladies.
“Okay, I’ll have them come over right away!” Tokiomi Tohsaka said quickly.
Fang Yan then turned his gaze to the others. After exchanging glances, Mr. Tsuneki, who was sitting next to Tokiomi Tohsaka, spoke first: "Actually, I also wanted to ask on behalf of my daughter whether you accept disciples!"
"That depends on her talent!" Fang Yan shook his head slightly and said, "I generally don't accept people who aren't exceptionally talented!"
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Chapter 313
Mr. Chang Mu was also a smart man, and he quickly nodded and said, "I understand that. I will have Yao come over later. By the way, I heard that you are looking for things in those ancient tombs. I have some strange things there that make me want to let go, but I dare not let go casually, for fear of endangering other people's lives."
"Oh?" Fang Yan looked at Mr. Chang Mu in surprise, while secretly thinking to himself, Chang Mu plus the name Yao, good heavens, could this be Chang Mu Yao?
He had no recollection of Mr. Chang Mu, but he did have some recollection of Chang Muyao. After all, in his previous life, he had used Chang Muyao's photo as his profile picture for a long time. He never expected that this Mr. Chang Mu would be Chang Muyao's father.
This world is far too small.
"Actually, I have some connections with tomb raiding teams, and they sometimes ask me to sell some items. However, some items are very difficult to sell; only people with specific needs will buy them, like some blood jade."
"At this point in time, they simply won't sell," Mr. Changmu said with a wry smile. "But if someone really likes it, they'll be willing to pay an extremely high price for it."
It seems some Onmyoji are quite interested in these things, but I'm also worried they might try to seize them by force.
"Blood jade? I'm quite interested in that!" Fang Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this. The jade that Fang Yan absorbed from Shinomiya Kaguya's side was actually blood jade, but according to Fang Yan's guess, that piece of blood jade should be of very high quality.
“Alright, I’ll have someone bring it over right away!” Mr. Changmu said without hesitation.
At this time, he also cared about such things. If he could demonstrate his own value, then the subsequent cooperation would be much easier.
Fang Yan nodded slightly and looked at Suzuki Jirokichi beside him. Fang Yan was no stranger to this old man. This guy was also Kid's old rival, and had always played the role of being intellectually crushed by Kid.
Despite possessing all sorts of high-tech equipment, he was still a "clown" who was crushed in every way! Of course, it cannot be said that Suzuki Jirokichi himself was a clown.
He is, after all, the chief advisor of the Suzuki Group; this is not a position that can be obtained simply by having connections.
In this world where Kaito Kid is packaged like a star, Fang Yan strongly suspects that Suzuki Jirokichi is actually someone who works specifically to act with Kaito Kid, deliberately making himself appear extremely foolish.
This highlights the wisdom of Phantom Thief Kid.
"Ahem, actually, the reason we came to see you this time is that we discovered some inheritances related to cultivation, and we wanted to ask you which things we can learn and which things are not suitable!" Suzuki Jirokichi coughed lightly and said.
Upon hearing this, Fang Yan understood immediately. The Suzuki Group truly lived up to its name; even now, they had found a cultivation inheritance. However, this seemed to make sense, given that this family did indeed collect a lot of strange and unusual things.
Previously, they demonstrated how much money they had that they didn't know what to do with. Look at how much the Suzuki Group lost in the Conan movies. There were explosions all the time, which most wealthy people couldn't afford. But look at the Suzuki Group, they still enjoy causing trouble, and they even went so far as to invite Conan and the Death Trio.
Aren't they afraid of something going wrong?
Well, perhaps they've been influenced by Conan's "brain-degrading aura." Whenever Conan appears, not only do all sorts of cases occur, but other people usually become the supporting characters as well.
Even the most shrewd character can still be affected by the aura of reduced intelligence.
However, did they really not notice anything? Fang Yan was skeptical. In any case, even without God's perspective, Fang Yan would believe in superstition and think that the two sides were incompatible.
“There’s no problem with that!” Fang Yan nodded slightly upon hearing this, without refusing. He was only helping Suzuki Jirokichi appraise those inheritances, and he could also learn all of them himself.
Why not? At least Fang Yan himself didn't suffer any loss.
"Thank you very much!" Suzuki Jirokichi breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing Fang Yan's words. To be honest, the relationship between the two was not very good. Even though Sonoko and Fang Yan were in the same school, there seemed to be no connection between them.
If Fang Yan can help with the appraisal, that would be even better. As for whether Fang Yan might have malicious intentions and want to take over the inheritance they obtained, Suzuki Jirokichi would be worried if it were someone else, but there is absolutely no need to worry about Fang Yan.
Putting aside Fang Yan's ridiculously high combat power, why would he need those inheritances?
As for Fang Yan's character, there's no need to worry. Now that we have some understanding of the Fang family's background, there's even less need to worry about him resorting to trickery or force.
(My cousin came to visit on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so the update is a little late.)