Ch 104: Tricolor Peonies

After walking around for a while, Bai Yi and Chu Tingting returned to their booth. Only Ye Zhiqiu and Zhen Youqian remained at the booth now.

Master Zhang was invited by acquaintances to consult on some issues. Zhen Youqian was busy chatting intensely with a model hired by his family, while Ye Zhiqiu was bored watching the flowers on display.

Because their booth was located in a very remote area, and the Mulan Duo Florist company wasn’t very well-known, very few people came to their booth to look at the flowers.

“Sister! Where have you been?”

Seeing Bai Yi and Chu Tingting return, Ye Zhiqiu asked somewhat reproachfully.

After all, she was quite bored being alone.

“We just went for a walk. The flowers here are really beautiful.”

Bai Yi nodded in agreement: “Yeah, they’re just a bit expensive. I only sell mine for a few tens of yuan.”

Hearing this, Zhen Youqian released the model’s hand and said, “You’re so bold! You dare bring your trash here to embarrass yourself!”

Hearing this, Bai Yi nodded.

At that moment, several figures appeared beside Zhen Youqian.

“Humph, so this is the capability of the Mulan Duo Florist company! Their booth is so remote, and there’s nothing presentable here?”

Hearing this, Zhen Youqian looked up.

Oh my god!

It was his arch-rival, Jia Shoufu.

Jia Shoufu’s family also owned a florist company in Shen City, but their company was much larger.

Only these two companies came from Shen City this time. Originally, the Jia family also planned to invite Master Zhang to preside over their booth, but Zhen Youqian’s father and Master Zhang had a very good personal relationship.

Seeing that it was Jia Shoufu, Zhen Youqian was not to be outdone and quickly stood up, saying, “Oh, Young Master Jia is here. I heard that you sold a lot of chrysanthemums to a big director a month ago! Made a lot of money, right?”

“Of course, we focus on the large market.”

Just as Jia Shoufu was feeling pleased with himself, Zhen Youqian quietly whispered to the model beside him, “You don’t know, they used white chrysanthemums dyed to deceive the director. They thought the director wouldn’t notice since the flowers were used as a background in the movie. But the director used those chrysanthemums to step on! In the end, all the extras got their feet dyed.”

Hahaha.

The model and Zhen Youqian both burst into laughter.

Jia Shoufu’s face turned red instantly, as this incident had caused quite a stir in the industry.

Hearing this, Bai Yi quickly said to Chu Tingting, “Is the movie he’s talking about the one we watched last time, called 『Hero『?”

Chu Tingting nodded.

Watching the two bicker, Bai Yi couldn’t help but enjoy the spectacle.

However, Jia Shoufu clearly came prepared. He smiled slightly and said, “I heard that Mulan Duo brought a treasure to compete for the title of champion this time! Coincidentally, we also brought a flower. You see, only our two companies are from Shen City. Bring it out and let me see. If it’s better than mine, I’ll withdraw from the competition; I can’t let Shen City lose face.”

Bai Yi, who was enjoying the show, was naturally delighted.

Everyone could clearly see that Jia Shoufu was here to sabotage the competition.

Because if Zhen Youqian’s offering was inferior, it would not be Jia Shoufu who lost face, but Shen City.

The bickering between the two had attracted a lot of onlookers.

Seeing Jia Shoufu’s smug look, Zhen Youqian knew that he had come with malicious intent, but now, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he had to grit his teeth and continue.

At this time, Jia Shoufu quickly added, “Don’t take out Master Zhang’s Ice Mountain Thorn Ball! That belongs to Master Zhang, it has nothing to do with you.”

Hearing this, Bai Yi was somewhat surprised: “Wow! He even knows about the Ice Mountain Thorn Ball! It seems that the Ice Mountain Thorn Ball is quite famous! But what’s so good about a mutated cactus? I have a Rainbow Peony here.”

However, Zhen Youqian was still somewhat confident, as he was prepared to enter the competition with a grafted top-grade peony.

With so many people watching, if he didn’t bring out something impressive to compete with him, where would he put his face, and where would Mulan Duo Florist put its face.

Zhen Youqian looked at the wooden box he had put aside, frowning.

“Alright, let’s have a comparison. Everyone here will be the judges, how about that?”

Hearing this, Jia Shoufu was even more excited.

“No problem, whoever loses, withdraws from the competition, to save face.”

Seeing this, Bai Yi was overjoyed; he couldn’t have liked this scenario more.

Ye Zhiqiu glanced at Bai Yi, then secretly looked at the flower covered with a black plastic bag in the corner, and she smiled slightly.

The audience’s appetites were now piqued.

Zhen Youqian directly carried the wooden box he brought, gently removing the wooden board on top. Underneath the wooden board was a transparent glass dome.

However, everyone’s attention was quickly drawn to the peony under the glass dome.

This peony had three blossoms, each one full and vibrant, and the color was top-notch. Of course, this alone wasn’t enough; the key to this peony was the color of the three blossoms!

It’s not unusual for a single stem to have three blossoms, but for the three blossoms to be three different colors, that’s quite rare.

Red, pink, and white, the three colors complemented each other, the size, dimensions, and even thickness were almost identical, and the color saturation was also very vivid. It was indeed a rare and excellent specimen.

The only drawback was that there were some small and large needle holes on the stems of the three flowers. Those in the know would recognize this as a phenomenon of artificial grafting and cultivation.

However, even so, this tricolor peony was considered top-notch.

Now, looking at the gazes of the people around him, Zhen Youqian confidently puffed out his chest.

“Everyone, this is our company’s new product, the Tricolor Peony. The work is not yet perfect, please forgive any shortcomings!”

Zhen Youqian was very confident now. After all, there were only a few labs in the country that could cultivate a tricolor peony, and his specimen was definitely top-notch in all other aspects.

Chu Tingting couldn’t help but nod in amazement.

“Amazing, three colors of peony on one stem.”

Ye Zhiqiu also nodded confidently, whispering in Chu Tingting’s ear, “Of course it’s beautiful. Do you know how much Master Zhang spent grafting this tricolor peony? Three million!”

In fact, Mulan Duo Florist had spent a lot of money for this Flower Festival, finding Master Zhang and spending three million yuan to cultivate this tricolor peony. And this was at a price where Master Zhang didn’t charge a single cent.

Seeing Chu Tingting and everyone’s surprised expressions, Bai Yi was quite puzzled!

What’s the big deal?! Three flowers! Three colors! Growing on one stem, and you have this reaction?!

My Rainbow Peony has multiple colors in one flower, and it can even print rainbow patterns!

If I brought that out! Wouldn’t you all go crazy?!

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