Zong Shimeng returned the day after she fetched the medicine; she had been away for many days and missed her child at home. Lu Jiaxin did not accompany her back to Hong Kong, as she had some matters to attend to.
Old Geng came over after dark, wearing a hat and a mask. Had Yan Yijun not been waiting for him at the door, the security guards would not have dared to let him in.
Upon seeing Lu Jiaxin, Old Geng reported the business operations of the past six months to her. Lu Jiaxin had provided one hundred thousand pieces as capital. They transported goods that the Longhairs were short of, such as canned food, candy, vodka, clothes, shoes, hats, and even video recorders and tapes—items that were scarce there; then they would trade for furs or purple gold from the Longhairs to bring back to China. Such maneuvers yielded astonishing profits; they earned more than two million in just half a year.
After he finished speaking, Old Geng took out a ledger to give to Lu Jiaxin.
