Chapter: 3841

The representative expressed concern: "I think this matter will be extremely tricky. You send in your agents to infiltrate a privately-owned company and steal secrets. This kind of thing is already hard to handle on the surface, let alone if the other side refuses to cooperate. In that case, you'll just have to swallow this bitter pill."

The official sighed: "If it's really impossible, we can only send in a representative to negotiate with the person in charge at Nine Heaven Pharmaceuticals and work out a release condition. As long as both sides can reach an agreement, our people will still have a chance to return home."

As he spoke, he glanced at Smith: "By the way, Smith, aren't you planning to go back to China again to negotiate with the person in charge at Nine Heaven Pharmaceuticals?"

"Yes," Smith nodded, saying: "I am indeed planning to go back and buy some medicine from them again."

The official said hastily: "Then I'll go with you. When we get there, I'll pose as your assistant and make contact with the person in charge first, feeling out the situation."

Smith looked uncomfortable: "I'm not sure if they're willing to see me. If they refuse, I might have to find that middleman to mediate again, trying to secure a meeting opportunity. If it doesn't work out, then we'll just have to return empty-handed."

"It's fine," the official said.

The registration for the Spring and Autumn Dan Auction ended quickly.

Nearly a thousand wealthy individuals from around the world registered, but only two hundred were able to successfully select in.

After the registration cutoff, Song Wan Ting began arranging her team to start verifying the qualifications. If it's someone who has been ranked on Forbes, she would directly use their latest net worth listed on Forbes as the benchmark; if it's someone who hasn't appeared on Forbes, she would need to go through a series of thorough verification procedures.

As for Ye Chen, he also started preparing for the auction, and Spring and Autumn Dan didn't require preparation, since it was already available. The only thing that needed to be prepared was the promise-made protection charm.

The protection charm is not difficult to make, but its functionality is relatively single-purpose.

Some can ward off evil spirits, some can bring good fortune, and some can prevent disasters, but there are hardly any all-encompassing protection charms.

Furthermore, according to the Nine Heaven Scripture, these types of charms have different effects depending on the materials used and the skill level of the maker.

If someone is an entry-level practitioner of mysterious arts and symbols, the protection charm they make will usually only have a very weak effect.

Just like a protection charm that can change one's fortune, if someone's skill level is average, they could win 5 yuan by buying a lottery ticket, but with the charm's support, they might only win 10 yuan at most.

However, if the person making the charm has extremely strong skills, what was originally supposed to be a 2-yuan lottery win might potentially become a 500,000-yuan win.

And besides, the effects of these charms are not like a cumulative data pileup. It's more straightforward.

Let me explain it in even simpler terms: the prize levels for lotteries are quite large, ranging from the minimum of 5 yuan to 10 yuan, 200 yuan, 3,000 yuan, tens of thousands of yuan, and even up to 500,000 yuan.

This kind of protection charm can make someone who originally wins 5 yuan win 10 yuan. It's because its greatest ability is to add 5 yuan on top of the original foundation, rather than increasing a whole tier.

If someone's luck is already very good and they can win 300,000 yuan, even if they wear this protection charm, it's still impossible for them to win 500,000 yuan, as the gap between the two is too large and exceeds the charm's abilities.

So, if someone with excellent luck wears a low-level protection charm, at most they would first rely on their own luck to win 300,000 yuan, cash out the prize, and then use the charm's help to pick up an additional 5 yuan at the lottery center.

That's all there is to it.

The calamity-preventing protection charm follows the same principle.

According to the "Nine Heaven Scripture," jade indeed can actually block disasters for its owner, just like common folk say. That's why many legends have it that after using jade to block a disaster, it will shatter into pieces – and this is not just idle chatter. JrNovels.com