Qi Yun nodded: "That's right."

Upon hearing this, Big Round Face immediately opened the door, welcoming Qi Yun and Mr. Bi into the yard.

A pickup truck was parked in the yard, with the words 'China Key 8th Bureau' written on it.

The bed of the truck was covered with a tarp, looking bulging.

At this moment, a young man came out from the nearby bungalow, exchanged a glance with Big Round Face, both of them showing a hint of excitement.

"Where's the stuff? Let us take a look first," Mr. Bi said.

Big Round Face quickly nodded, he and the other person went to the sides of the pickup truck and removed the tarp.

As the tarp was lifted from the truck bed, a mud-stained, dark ivory tusk about two meters long was revealed.

Qi Yun saw the object, and his eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

Goodness, one tusk nearly took up the whole length of the pickup truck bed, how large would the living Mammoth have been?

Mr. Bi was clearly familiar with the item. He approached, rubbed off a piece of dirt with his hand, revealing the ivory underneath, slightly gray-yellow in color. Upon closer inspection, one could smell a faint earthy aroma, a sign of being buried in damp permafrost for a long time.

After examining it, he nodded in satisfaction, turned to the two and said, "Not bad stuff, where was it excavated?"

The two hesitated after hearing this, not wanting to answer.

Seeing this, Mr. Bi calmly took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a puff, and said, "Brothers, if you're not willing to disclose, I can't buy it."

The two exchanged a glance, Big Round Face rubbed his hands, his gaze shifting between Qi Yun and Mr. Bi, finally spoke after a moment of silence: "Honestly, we dug it up at the tunnel construction site of the Crying Road, you see the dirt on it hasn't even been cleaned off."

"It was just the two of us at the site, no one else knows about this, so boss, buying it back definitely poses no risk."

Mr. Bi nodded slightly, continued to ask, "How did you transport it back? I recall there seems to be security checks on the road."

Big Round Face grinned, patted the nearby pickup truck: "This is a company vehicle, runs that road every day, hardly gets checked, and we piled lots of stuff on it when coming back."

"Mm." Mr. Bi flicked the cigarette ash, satisfied with their response, "How much are you asking to sell it for?"

Big Round Face licked his lips, his gaze wandering over the ivory, as if weighing the price in his mind.

Then he exchanged a glance with the other man next to him, finally sticking out a finger: "One million, the lowest price!" He spoke in a hushed voice, fearing someone might overhear.

Upon hearing the price, Mr. Bi's lips curled into a smile and he immediately turned to leave.

Seeing this, Big Round Face quickly stepped forward, reaching out to stop Mr. Bi, with a conciliatory smile he said, "Hey, hey, hey! Boss, don't rush! The price is negotiable!" He wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes darting back and forth between Qi Yun and Mr. Bi, "Name a number, as long as it's not too unreasonable, we can discuss!"

Mr. Bi halted, took a drag of his cigarette, slowly said, "If this item came through legitimate channels, I'd have no problem giving you a million."

"But now you can't provide anything, there's much I have to handle myself, how can I give you a million?"

"Yes, yes." Big Round Face licked his dry lips, looking very sycophantic.

Qi Yun watched his demeanor, guessing that the man must have tried many ways but couldn't find a proper outlet.

After all, this item is quite sensitive, without proper expertise, one wouldn't dare buy it.

Just then, Mr. Bi continued, "I'll offer a price, three hundred thousand. If it works for you, it works, if not, we can forget it, I'll treat it as if I never came today."

"Three, three hundred thousand?" Big Round Face was somewhat stunned hearing this figure, evidently far from his expectation.

Seeing Mr. Bi silent, he turned to exchange a glance with his companion, then swallowed hard showing his smoke-stained teeth, "Boss, you've really slashed the price hard... this is a great item, could you raise it a bit?"

Mr. Bi shook his head, his sentiment clear.

At this point, the younger man who hadn't spoken before said, "Lei Gong, let's sell it for three hundred thousand and get back to the construction site."

Big Round Face glared at him angrily, then turned to Mr. Bi, reluctantly said, "Boss, a one-time price of three hundred fifty thousand, okay?"

Mr. Bi raised his wrist to check the time on his Rolex, exhaled a smoke ring and said, "My time is limited, you should think it over first." Saying this, he turned to leave.

Big Round Face suddenly panicked, hurriedly caught up, protesting, "Okay okay, three hundred thousand, just three hundred thousand!"

Upon hearing, Mr. Bi stopped, turned to look at Big Round Face, then took out his phone, dialed a number, and instructed briefly.

After hanging up, he said to Big Round Face, "Someone will come with money to trade with you later."

After saying this, he made a gesture to Qi Yun, and the two left the yard.

Back in the car, Qi Yun asked curiously, "How much is that Mammoth Ivory worth?"

Mr. Bi took a sip from his thermos cup, replied, "In their hands, the item is only worth three hundred thousand, but in our hands, it's not less than six million."

"However, things are quite complex in between, perhaps your share could be around three hundred thousand."

Qi Yun nodded slightly upon hearing, knowing there are many nuances involved.

The car restarted towards the original path, when nearing the 'Five Lakes and Four Seas' hotel, Qi Yun asked the driver to stop, greeted Mr. Bi, and got off by the roadside.

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