Chapter 638: Painting the Corpse
The person who came was polite, greeted us and sat down on the sofa opposite.
He introduced himself: "My name is Zhang Qianyan. My original name is from Xi'an. He is an antique businessman! I have something to do today, so I came to visit Master Xiao and Master Chen!"
After saying this, Zhang Qianyan took out two boxes of exquisitely packaged saffron from his bag and placed them on the coffee table: "A little gift for a meeting!"
A fucking money?!
This name is really funny. When his parents gave birth to him, they didn’t know how much money they thought about!
Lei Zi was not polite, so he picked up the saffron, said thank you, and turned around and gave it to two ladies, Liu Hongyi and Luo Sainan.
I can tell that this Qianyan came to us to discuss business, and he needed our help.
To put it bluntly, this is business coming!
The name of a person and the shadow of a tree. Now our Sky Lantern Funeral Company is still very famous in this circle. There are quite a few customers coming to consult and negotiate business, but this money-seeking trip from Xi'an to Changsha can be regarded as a distance.
Liu Hongyi brought a pot of tea to Zhang Qianyan. Zhang Qianyan put the hat in his hand and said to us: "That's right. Last month when I went to Changsha to buy local goods, I accidentally heard the Midnight Strange Talk column. I admire Master Xiao and Master Chen very much. It just so happened that I needed help at home, so I came to the door to bother and wanted to ask Master Xiao and Master Chen to help!"
Everyone is in the world, so we naturally know what "local goods" mean in Zhang Qianyan. Such a businessman who is an antique on the surface, but who is secretly resells cultural relics.
However, these are not the issues we need to worry about. According to convention, before accepting orders, we will ask the customers in detail the problems they encounter.
Through conversation, we found that the incident that Zhang Qianyan encountered was really strange.
About two or three years ago, Zhang Qianyan purchased an ancient painting. After identification, it was an ancient painting from the Tang Dynasty. The content of the ancient painting was not complicated, it was a portrait of a maid from the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Qianyan thought the painting was good and had a very ancient charm, so he hung it on his shop to display it, but he never agreed on a good price, so the painting was hung and not sold.
At first, Zhang Qianyan didn't realize anything was strange about this painting, but as time went by, Zhang Qianyan gradually felt something was wrong, because he found that the woman in the portrait seemed to be changing subtly.
After a period of observation, Zhang Qianyan was surprised to find that the woman in the portrait was gradually moving towards death!
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Hearing this, Chen Shiba raised his palms: "Boss Zhang, can you explain what this said just now? The woman in the portrait was originally a portrait, without life. Why do you say that the woman in the portrait is still dead?"
Zhang Qianyan rubbed the teacup and said with a serious expression: "How do you say it? I don't know how to explain this to you, because I really can't think of a suitable explanation. Let's put it this way, when the ancient painting was just bought, the woman in the portrait was originally lifelike, and she looked like a very beautiful young maid.
However, after a period of time, the woman in the portrait seemed to be aging and no longer young.
At first I thought it was because of the color change in the picture, but later I found that this was not the case at all, especially in the past two months, the woman in the portrait... has... almost turned into a bone..."
During the blue sky and the sun, we suddenly heard such a story and we also got goosebumps.
Lei Zi frowned and said, "This is not a portrait, it's just a corpse painting!"
This is indeed a bit incredible. The woman in the portrait is just a portrait and cannot have life characteristics. How could she have symptoms of aging or even death, and it is also reflected in the portrait?
"In my opinion, the problem must be in this portrait!" Luo Sainan held his chin and looked like an excellent female policeman.
We looked at her in unison: "Official Luo, aren't you talking nonsense?"
Since the portrait is strange, the problem must be in the portrait, so Luo Sainan's words are really nonsense.
Luo Sainan was not upset, and smiled awkwardly, stuck out his tongue and said, "Hahaha, it's really nonsense! It's really nonsense!"
"Have you brought the portrait?" I asked Zhang Qianyan.
Zhang Qianyan shook his head: "How dare I carry such a terrifying portrait with me? I lock it in the safe in the antique shop!"
"In other words, we want to go to Xi'an with you?" Chen Shiba said.
Zhang Qianyan nodded and said, "Yes, that's what I mean! I wonder if the two masters have time recently?"
Chen Shiba played the mustache: "There is time, but you are so high and far, so the price is..."
"The price is easy to say! The price is easy to say! I will bear all the transportation and accommodation fees, so you can offer a price!" Zhang Qianyan looked generous, and he didn't look like a cunning businessman.
"Okay! Boss Zhang is so happy. I like to make friends with such generous and generous people!" Chen Shiba smiled and stretched out two fingers: "How about this number?"
"Twenty thousand?! No problem! No problem! I have cash here!" Zhang Qianyan couldn't help but hear the offer of 20,000 yuan.
Chen Shiba curled his lips: "I said to Boss Zhang, you are also a businessman, and you have too little eye value, right? Do you think the appearance fee is only worth 20,000 yuan with the brand value of the Sky Lantern and our popularity?"
Zhang Qianyan was stunned: "Master Chen, then what you mean is..."
"Twenty-hundred thousand!" Chen Shiba turned his fingers.
"Twenty-hundred thousand?!" Zhang Qianyan opened his mouth. Not to mention that it was in that era, even in this era, it was not a small amount. Anyone would be frightened when he heard this amount.
However, Chen Shiba really has no intention of quarrel. With our current brand value, 200,000 is really a small deal for us.
Chen Shiba stretched out his hand, fiddled with the golden Buddha on Zhang Qianyan's neck, and laughed and said, "Boss Zhang, this golden Buddha should be worth a lot of money, right? Two hundred thousand is not a difficult task for you!"
Zhang Qianyan gritted his teeth and took a deep breath: "Okay! Two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand, as long as you can get this done for me!"
"That's natural!" Chen Shiba smiled and put away his fingers: "The golden signboard of the sky lantern is here. Why do we have such a good reputation? It is because our satisfaction rate in helping customers handle things is 100%, and we have never made any mistakes. So it is also your luck to find us!"
Chen Shiba acted as if he was above his head, and then talked to Zhang Qianyan for half an hour, and talked about that Qianyan so hard that he was dizzy.
"Then I decided that way. I'll book the air ticket immediately afterwards. We'd better go back to Xi'an today!" Zhang Qianyan said happily.
After Zhang Qianyan left, our company also began to arrange its itinerary.
"Who will complete this business?" Lei Zi asked.
Ku Junwei raised his chin: "They are looking for Master Xiao and Master Chen, of course they will do it! If they go to other masters, the customers will not be at ease, right?"
Chen Shiba pointed at Ku Junwei and Leizi and said, "Aha, you two lazy guys! You don't go, right? OK, when you get 200,000 yuan, I will give you 100,000 yuan each, and I will not give you a dime!"
In the afternoon, Zhang Qianyan called a car to pick us up to the airport.
When I went out, I realized that Chen Shiba hadn't gone, and the people accompanying me to Xi'an turned into Liu Hongyi.
Chen Shiba sent a text message to my phone: "Brother, don't say I don't take care of you, I deliberately freed up my seat and let Hongyi go to Xi'an with you. You can take the opportunity to increase your feelings. I wish you a child as soon as possible! Oh my!"
"You uncle!" I cursed quietly, but I still expressed my gratitude to Chen Shiba in my heart.
"Hmm? Jiujizi, what are you talking about Guru? Don't you want me to go?" Liu Hongyi asked.
"No! How can it be? Of course not! I wish I could go with you! Hahaha!" I took Liu Hongyi's hand and got into the car.
When we arrived at the airport, Zhang Qianyan had already bought the ticket. We boarded the plane. Two hours later, the plane landed at Xianyang International Airport.
It is still a while from Xianyang to Xi'an. Zhang Qianyan had already asked his mate to prepare a car and drove to the airport to pick up the car.
When I saw Zhang Qianyan's car, it was quite good. It was an Audi Q7, which cost 100,000 yuan. I suddenly felt that it would be a huge loss if he had a 200,000 yuan appearance fee this time.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qianyan, who seems not to be amazing, is also an invisible rich man.
When we arrived in Xi'an, Zhang Qianyan was very enthusiastic and said that this was his territory and that he would pay for all food, drink, defecation and urination. We even let go of food, drink, and have fun.
Zhang Qianyan invited us to have a full meal of roasted lamb, and had enough wine to eat and ask the horseman to send us to his antique shop.
Xi'an is a world-class historical city and an ancient capital of many dynasties. Its cultural heritage is very strong. Looking back at Chang'an back then, it was so prosperous and brilliant. So when we came to Xi'an, we felt like we had traveled through thousands of years. The tall city walls, bell towers, drum towers, and Big Wild Goose Pagoda are all cultural epitomes and crystallizations of wisdom for thousands of years of China.
Because Xi'an has a strong ancient charm, there are many people who are engaged in antique business here.
There is a saying in the local area that "every household has gold."
What does this sentence mean?
Because Xi'an is an ancient capital with many dynasties and is prosperous, after all dynasties, there are naturally many ancient tombs in this area of Xi'an. Under the houses of many people, there might be an ancient tomb. If you dig it with a hoe, you might be able to free up gold, silver, jewelry, and jade from the ancient tombs.
Although the state explicitly prohibits the "local goods" that are dug out must be handed over to the state, there are still many people who take risks. Once there is such an opportunity to get rich, no one is willing to miss it. There are many people who go to jail and make money because of it.
Chapter completed!