A business deal that involves local officials is bound to be filled with enormous profits.
Blake has a keen business sense; he knows what his buyers need and where to find sellers.
The challenge lies in how to transfer goods from the seller to the buyer.
That year, he had his daughter escort a jade Four-Faced Buddha to the Customs Anti-Smuggling Bureau, hoping customs would be lenient and return that small, worthless imitation of the Simuwu Ding that had been confiscated.
When his daughter returned, her clothes were torn, her body covered in bruises, and her young face was beaten out of shape.
That year, she was not yet 14.
Later, the ding was returned, with two packages of cash an inch thick hidden inside.
Elvis became his first client.
Imitation jade and fake antiques, all worthl
