"Right! The Jin Shengyuan Jewelry Store and that perfume shop are both businesses of the Zhou family, one of the four great clans. Perhaps I can use these pearls and ambergris to open a dialogue with the Zhou family!" Ye Feng's eyes widened as he muttered to himself.
The Xiao family was being jointly suppressed by the Zhou, Zhao, and Tang families.
If Ye Feng could change the will of one of these families, he could solve the Xiao family's troubles.
Among the Zhao, Zhou, and Tang families, Ye Feng had already thoroughly offended the Tang family, making it almost impossible for him to change their actions in suppressing the Xiao family.
As for the Zhao family, their young master, Zhao Yanxuan, wanted to marry Xiao Feifei, who was Ye Feng's girlfriend. From this perspective, it was also impossible.
Therefore, he had to start with the Zhou family. Moreover, Ye Feng had some existing connections with the Zhou family, so perhaps he could start from there.
Ye Feng was thrilled to have thought of this plan. Although he knew it wouldn't be as simple as it sounded, he had finally found a way.
However, before he could engage with the Zhou family, Ye Feng needed sufficient leverage and a thorough understanding of the relationships between the four great clans.
Ye Feng's leverage, naturally, was the miraculous pearls and ambergris nourished by the Sea God's power.
Thus, over the next few days, Ye Feng continuously collected information about the four great clans.
The Xiao, Zhao, Zhou, and Tang families were known as the four great billion-dollar families of the southeast.
A billion-dollar family referred to a family whose assets were valued between one billion and one hundred billion.
Currently, the market value of the other three great families ranged from three to five billion.
As for the Xiao family, over a decade ago, it was the most powerful among the four great clans, with its market value once approaching one hundred billion.
However, a failed venture over a decade ago caused the Tang family's market value to be halved, dropping to the four to five billion level.
In the past ten years, the Xiao family's situation had steadily declined, falling to just over ten billion by this year.
After the news of the Hao Xin Group terminating their cooperation spread a while ago, the Xiao family's market value evaporated by several billion more, directly dropping out of the billion-dollar family category...
Seeing the Xiao family's gradual decline over the past few years, both the Zhao and Tang families had long harbored intentions of annexing the Xiao family.
However, due to the mutual wariness among the three great families, no one had made a move.
Previously, the Tang family had intended to slowly devour the Xiao family through the marriage alliance between Tang Zhiyang and Xiao Feifei.
But unfortunately, Ye Feng had appeared midway and disrupted their plans.
The reason Zhao Yanxuan of the Zhao family now wanted to marry Xiao Feifei was the same as the Tang family's objective.
They both wanted to annex the substantial pie that was the Xiao family.
As for the Zhou family, they were pulled into this by the Tang and Zhao families.
After all, from the Zhou family's perspective, the combined forces of the two great families were enough to bring down the Xiao family.
Since the Xiao family was on the verge of collapse, why shouldn't their Zhou family get a piece of such a large cake?
Thus, the idea of the three great families jointly suppressing the Xiao family, intending to annex and divide it, emerged.
After understanding the whole situation, Ye Feng further investigated the underlying industries of the four great clans.
The Xiao family was currently involved in the catering industry, the apparel industry, the cosmetics industry, and some other smaller businesses, making their ventures quite diverse.
In the past, the Xiao family was the head of the four great clans, so they could manage numerous industries. However, due to years of losses, many smaller businesses had been forced to be sold off.
The Tang family primarily profited from antiques, gemstones, and mining industries, with their antique shops spread throughout the entire southeast region.
The Zhao family primarily profited from real estate, with their Zhao Corporation being renowned throughout the southeast region. Additionally, they were involved in the jewelry industry, though not as famous as the Zhou family.
As for the Zhou family, they primarily profited from perfumes and jewelry. Their perfumes were even exported abroad and were widely popular.
Their jewelry was also very famous domestically, being a preferred brand for many young couples.
Originally, the four great families occupied their respective territories and did not interfere with each other. However, with the Xiao family's current weakness, it naturally made the other three families covetous.
After clarifying everything, Ye Feng immediately formulated a detailed plan.
However, the ambergris at this time had only recently been extracted from the sperm whale, and its smell was pungent. Under normal circumstances, it needed to be stored for a period to develop its fragrance before it could be sold.
In fact, some top-grade ambergris needed to be soaked in seawater to leach out impurities. Only those soaked for decades or more could become the finest ambergris.
But at this moment, Ye Feng clearly didn't have that much time.
"Perhaps I can try using the Sea God's power?" Ye Feng muttered to himself.
Since it was all about leaching out impurities, Ye Feng could achieve the same result using his spiritual power.
After all, how long would it take to soak it in seawater?
Ye Feng acted immediately, activating his Sea God's power to begin removing impurities from the ambergris.
He didn't realize the extent of it until he started!
Because Ye Feng discovered that by using the Sea God's power to remove impurities, the ambergris instantly changed color from brown and grayish-white to the highest quality white.
Ye Feng had only intended to try it out, and he was still a bit worried it wouldn't work. He hadn't expected the resulting quality to be even better.
This made him ecstatic. Over the next ten-plus days, Ye Feng removed impurities from the ambergris every day.
Before long, it had become comparable to ambergris soaked in seawater for decades, even centuries, or even surpassed it.
A month passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, Ye Feng stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the more than thirty pieces of top-grade ambergris and more than thirty boxes of top-grade clam shells on the deck. With full confidence, he headed towards Dongchuan City.
Not long after, Ye Feng returned to Dongchuan City.
As soon as he disembarked, Ye Feng immediately drove his Ford F-150 Raptor, loaded with the goods, towards the Jin Shengyuan Jewelry Store.
When Ye Feng arrived at the jewelry store, Master Yu and Manager Tang were already waiting at the entrance.
Not only were those two waiting, but Chen Guang and a large group of sales staff were also behind them.
The scene was as if they were receiving a super important figure, making Ye Feng feel a bit embarrassed.
In fact, the reason for this grand reception was that Ye Feng had called to inform them.
However, Ye Feng had only told them that he had brought something good today and asked if they were available.
Who knew they would put on such a show for him?
"Ah! God of Wealth, you're finally here!" Upon seeing Ye Feng, Master Yu immediately burst into laughter.
Ye Feng gave him a speechless, wry look and said, "Is such a grand reception necessary!"
"You are our God of Wealth, how can we not be grand! By the way, did you bring the items?" Master Yu asked excitedly.
"Yes, yes, God of Wealth, did you bring the items?" Chen Guang, standing beside him, also asked with wide, expectant eyes.
Ye Feng gave the two of them a speechless glance and replied, "Of course, I brought them, and their quality will definitely not disappoint you!"
"Really? Haha! Hurry up and show us!"
Master Yu and Chen Guang were both extremely excited, their faces filled with impatience.
Ye Feng chuckled lightly, then moved three pieces of ambergris and three boxes of clam shells into the Jin Shengyuan Jewelry Store.
When they inspected the ambergris and the pearls within the three boxes of clam shells, they were all stunned...