However, this thought only flashed briefly through Emily Thompson's mind, making Emily Thompson secretly praise himself—looks like his immunity to beautiful women is still pretty good. But the David Brooks beside him was not so polite; his eyes were practically bulging out like copper bells. As the saying goes, “beauty is food for the eyes”—with such a beauty before him, how could he not feast his eyes?

Edward Brooks also noticed David Brooks's indecent and odd expression. To avoid embarrassment, Edward Brooks gave a heavy cough, finally snapping David Brooks back to his senses.

“Emily, come, have a seat and let’s talk.” After signaling Emily Thompson to sit down, Edward Brooks said to David Brooks, “David, go downstairs and help out. I can handle things here.”

A father’s order could not be disobeyed. David Brooks walked downstairs with a bitter face, and before leaving, he couldn’t help but glance at Emily Thompson, as if to say, “How unlucky I am! You lucky guy!”

Emily Thompson naturally ignored David Brooks's look, but in his heart, he thought of the reputation of Jinyu Group in Shanghai and even all of Asia.

Speaking of this Jinyu Group, although Emily Thompson was not someone who mingled in the business world, he still knew a thing or two, mainly because Jinyu Group was just too famous. At least in Shanghai, the headquarters of Jinyu Group, if you randomly stopped ten people on the street, at least eight would know the name Jinyu Group.

In Emily Thompson's memory, Jin Tiequn, ranked sixth among China’s top ten richest people, was the chairman of Jinyu Group. Not to mention anything else, just Jinde Real Estate, a subsidiary under Jinyu Group, was definitely one of the top real estate developers in Shanghai. Its strength was something Emily Thompson, who had been working in real estate for years, knew all too well. He never imagined he would be able to sit face-to-face and talk with the beautiful vice president of Jinyu Group—something Emily Thompson wouldn’t have dared to dream of. At the same time, Emily Thompson's impression of Edward Brooks rose to a new level. Uncle Brooks really had a wide network—he even knew such a big figure in the business world. No wonder he could so casually open such a large pharmacy in the bustling city center.

“Uncle Brooks, let’s get started. Olivia still has some things to take care of this afternoon.” Olivia Foster's crisp voice rang out, pulling Emily Thompson back from his thoughts.

“In that case, Emily, take out the ‘Ginseng King’ and the authentication certificate, and let Miss Olivia Foster and Dr. Thompson have a look.”

Upon hearing this, Emily Thompson promptly opened the brocade box containing the “Ginseng King” and pushed the newly received authentication certificate to the center of the conference table.

After the Dr. Thompson from Tonghanchuntang examined the Ginseng King with a magnifying glass for quite a while, he finally spoke with a trembling voice, “A true treasure! I, Sarah Thompson, have appraised no less than ten thousand ginseng roots, and today I finally get to see the finest of them all. It truly deserves the title ‘Ginseng King’!”

Seeing the white-haired Sarah Thompson so excited, Emily Thompson couldn’t help but think to himself: if I told him I actually have eleven more of these ginseng roots, I wonder how he would react.

At this moment, Olivia Foster spoke up, “Mr. Thompson, I am very satisfied with your ginseng. As for the price, I am willing to offer five million RMB for it. What do you think?”

Hearing Olivia Foster ask him, Emily Thompson couldn’t help but look up and meet her gaze. Perhaps because he had cultivated the Tiandao Foundation Establishment Manual, Emily Thompson's eyes were exceptionally clear, like a deep ancient well.

With such beauty before him, it would be a shame not to enjoy it to the fullest. After pondering for a moment, Emily Thompson replied calmly, “No problem, I am very satisfied with this price.” Although his face remained calm, inside Emily Thompson was shouting with excitement—five million, five million! Just like that, he got five million. He could never earn that much in a lifetime of working!

“Very well, let’s proceed with the transaction. Mr. Thompson, here is a contract. After you sign it, please give me your bank account number, and I will immediately transfer five million in cash to your account. Then our transaction will be complete.” Olivia Foster gave Emily Thompson a formal smile, took out a contract and handed it to Emily Thompson, while also opening the laptop beside her.

As his excitement gradually faded, Emily Thompson took the contract, glanced over it, then picked up the pen and signed his name, and reported his Bank of China account number to Olivia Foster. Since everything was arranged by Edward Brooks, the transaction went very smoothly. Ten minutes later, Emily Thompson's Bank of China account had an extra five million RMB.

When Olivia Foster said goodbye and was about to leave with Dr. Thompson, Emily Thompson suddenly said, “Miss Foster, please wait.”

Olivia Foster gave Emily Thompson a curious look, thinking to herself, this man didn’t act like other men when meeting me, but judging from his words, could he be trying to ask me out? If that’s the case, he’s in for a disappointment.

“It’s like this, I wanted to ask if Miss Foster bought this ginseng for collection or for medicinal use?”