Therefore, he would order more this time. As both were old friends by this point, the terms of the arrangement were the same.

    Dongcheng thought that the trade terms were equal and fair, even more beneficial for him than Weijun.

    At this point, Dongcheng’s wife came out from inside the shop and said with a smile, “Weijun boss! We prepared the goods for you yesterday.” She pointed at the 30 cartons piled up to the ceiling.

    It had cost Dongcheng 1 million yuan to procure the tea for Weijun’s latest order, which was more than he had in the bank so he had to take out loans from several friends. However, Dongcheng calculated that he would earn half a million yuan from the deal. Half a million yuan in profits in one day! He felt like he was floating slowly up in the sky, surrounded by the scent of rose tea.

    “Now let’s go to the bank for money remittance first!” Weijun said. This warmed Dongcheng’s heart. He went to pat Weijun’s shoulder. “What good brothers we are!”

    Weijun opened one carton and inspected the tea. He smelled it and said over his shoulder. “Well! The quality is fine!”

    Dongcheng replied, “Old friend, 100-percent pure good quality for you, of course!”

    “So, let’s go to the bank. I already filled out the paperwork!” said Weijun.

    Now it was 9 a.m., the bank’s most busy time.

    When Dongcheng, Weijun and his partner stepped into the business lobby of the bank, many people were already queuing behind the yellow line.

    The line moved slowly.

    When they were almost up to the bank window, Weijun’s partner brought two cups of water to Weijun and Dongcheng. He said to Dongcheng, “You don’t need to wait in line. Let Weijun do it by himself, please! Come sit down. It’s okay!” He pulled at Dongcheng, so the tea merchant had no choice but to sit with the man on one of the metal benches in the bank lobby.

    Weijun’s partner asked Dongcheng all about tea culture.

    Just as Weijun was about to present the paperwork to the teller window, he turned and exchanged a smile with his partner. He put the bank slip in his bag and took out his mobile phone to make a call. After a moment, he hung up the phone and pulled the papers back out. He then handed the paperwork to the bank teller, Miss Feng Hairong.

    At a height of 1.6 meters, Hairong had a beautiful face. Usually when men would make a deposit in the bank, they would watch her nice face with eyes like x-rays that would peer at her very white and delicate body. Even after their business was concluded and Hairong told them they were done, the men would stand stupefied, reluctant to leave. All what they longed for was to stare at her.

    Once upon a time, Dingming had a thought that his business would be more fruitful if he visited shops with Hairong, but she had too much of her own work to do.

    Hairong inspected the deposit slips from Weijun and then stamped them. After that she handed back a copy to Weijun who put the slip in his bag.

    Dongcheng asked, “It’s done?”

    Weijun nodded and fished the deposit slip out of his bag. He handed it to Dongcheng, who saw that the amount was 1.5 million yuan and below the right corner was the stamp “Received by T Bank, Shenzhen Branch, Bao’an Sub-branch.” Dongcheng walked to the bank counter and asked Hairong if the check she just received had a problem or not.

    “The money will be remitted to your account in about half an hour and Dingming will bring you the receipt.”