In the hotel room, Wei Ran sat up straight, put his cell phone on the table next to him and asked.
Xia Shushi put down the green coconut in his hand, wiped his mouth slowly and continued, "This helmet was found by a friend of mine in a B&B in Yunnan Province."
"Where? B&B?" Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, then urged, "Continue talking."
"The owner of this B&B is probably in his 40s," Xia Shushi paused and continued, "but he had a pretty wife in her early twenties two years ago."
"Aren't we talking about steel helmets?" Wei Ran reminded without knowing why, "Also, what does it mean to have a daughter-in-law in her early twenties in the past two years? The past two years?"
"This steel helmet is related to his little wife two years ago. As for why it was two years ago, it's because his little wife ran away this summer. It is said that she ran away with a young boss who stayed in his store."
Xia Shushi winked and said, "According to my friend, the bed and breakfast owner's wife was bought by him for 66,000 yuan in a rural area with no electricity.
That steel helmet was something he saw at his little wife's house. He thought it was interesting at the time, so he brought it back with him as a dowry."
"Well, keep talking." Wei Ran picked up the phone and thought he was listening to a story.
"The origin of the helmet is probably like this."
Xia Shushi cleared his throat, lit a thin cigarette and continued, "Later, the boss used the helmet as a decoration and placed it in his B&B. A few days ago, my friend went there to play and happened to stay in their B&B.
I happened to see it here, so I took a photo and sent it to me, and asked me if that helmet was worth anything.”
"Did you buy it?" Wei Ran thought he had guessed the answer.
"I bought a toad's leg!"
Xia Shushi got angry when he talked about this, "My friend is just a bitch. When he called me to talk about this, he didn't even think of avoiding the boss."
"Then what?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
"I'm a bitch too"
Xia Shushi patted the back of his head with a look of remorse, "I even asked the B&B owner in the video, where was the little wife he bought from?
After giving a rough address, it's within the area of Savage Mountain."
"So you missed it?" Wei Ran asked happily.
"Can't"
Xia Shushi said with an embarrassed look on his face, "I said this thing has a very high historical value if it can't be fixed. It's so cool. The boss didn't even wait for me to hang up the video and started arguing.
"
"Are you crazy about being poor?" Wei Ran grinned, "That friend of yours doesn't know how to..."
"Although he is a fool, he is not stupid yet."
Xia Shushi sighed, "I've been trying to talk about the price for the past two days after I ignored the B&B owner, so I asked me how much I should pay."
"Yes, how much do you think is appropriate?"
"I think..." Xia Shushi patted his thigh, "I have to ask you this, otherwise why do you think I sent you the photo?"
"Are you asking me about this?" Wei Ran didn't respond for a while.
"I will definitely ask you"
Xia Shushi said matter-of-factly, "We don't have an environment for collecting this kind of stuff in our country. Even if there are some circles of military fans who play with this, the prices are so high and low that they don't even have a reference value. I want Mao Zi to play with this."
There must be a lot of them, so don’t I want to ask you?”
"This thing, you have to think about how to classify it."
Wei Ran considered it and said, "First of all, you have to find a way to prove that this thing is real. If it is really related to the expeditionary force, then you can price it at the price of a historical cultural relic collection.
If not, or if those characters are added later, but the helmet itself is genuine, considering the domestic environment and the shipping cost of buying it from abroad, 3,000 yuan is almost the top.
At this price, the seller can probably make a few hundred more."
"What if those orthographic characters are true?" Xia Shushi asked.
"If it's true..."
Wei Ran frowned and hesitated for a long time before saying, "If it is true, I mean, there is enough evidence to prove that this helmet does come from Savage Mountain and is indeed a relic of the expeditionary force, and there must be enough
There is a lot of information or evidence to prove the meaning of those orthographic characters. Under this premise, if you let me make a price..."
Seeing that Wei Ran was deep in thought, Xia Shushi also calmed down.
However, after a while, Wei Ran did not rush to tell his expected value. Instead, he asked a question, "Has your friend counted the number of positive characters on that helmet?"
"Ninety-one and a half," Xia Shushi replied immediately, "the last straight character was written in only two strokes."
"Five-nine, four hundred and five... almost exactly the number of people in a battalion..."
Wei Ran muttered subconsciously, and Xia Shushi on the other end of the phone was stunned, and the expression on his face changed accordingly.
"You mean...this is the formation of a battalion?" Xia Shushi asked cautiously.
Hearing this, Wei Ran did not answer the question. He just looked at Xia Shushi on the screen and asked, "Is there no one else around you?"
"No"
Xia Shushi held up his mobile phone and turned it around, "I was walking around on the beach. Look, the man wearing a straw hat in the distance is my grandfather. He is picking up shells over there."
"This old man is really happy"
Wei Ran smiled, brought the topic back and said, "If the conditions just assumed are met, I would be willing to spend at most 100,000 to 200,000 to buy it."
"So many?" Xia Shushi looked at the serious-looking Wei Ran on the screen in surprise.
"I mean, this is the highest price I could ask for."
Wei Ran reminded the other party, "It is probably the highest price it can be sold for, and this price includes not only a helmet, but also the things I just mentioned that can prove its authenticity."
"clear"
Xia Shushi nodded immediately, "You mean, if this helmet and the things behind it are real, if they are circulated as commodities, they can only sell for a maximum of 200,000 yuan, and only you are willing to pay such a high price.
Price. If you buy it, it will be welded to death in your hands, right?"
Wei Ran nodded simply, "That's pretty much it. Although it's a bit inappropriate to say it this way, two hundred thousand is the highest price for it to be transformed from a commodity into a permanent collection."
"The point is to prove its origin and story," Xia Shushi added.
"right"
Wei Ran nodded again and finally said, "If it's just such a steel helmet, no matter what story the other party tells, or how many little wives the other party has ran away with the big boss. Even if I am sure that the helmet is real, make sure that the correct words on it are
It was written during the Anti-Japanese War.
But if there is no more proof and there is no way to clarify the meaning of those correct words, I am afraid that the most I can do is pay 18,000 yuan and be the victim of the story."
"If you say that, it makes sense to me."
Xia Shushi changed the subject in time, "When will you come over? Shall I buy you a plane ticket? My grandfather has been clamoring to see you."
"Just wait a few days," Wei Ran said with a smile, "I just got off the plane and I haven't even returned home."
"You can send me a message anytime you have time, and I will arrange it for you then."
Xia Shushi patted his chest and walked out, then asked, "What happened to those Japanese things you asked me to translate last time? Did you find anything interesting?"
“Searching means finding something”
Wei Ran thought for a while, introduced the general situation of Mine No. 52, and finally said, "I also took back the films and letters with the Japs' addresses that I found in that mine. If you have
If you are interested, I can send it to you."
"Give me a scanned copy later!"
Xia Shushi said without thinking, "I feel unlucky to have that piece of shit at home, so it's better to keep it on the hard drive and keep company with those Japanese teachers who don't wear clothes or ride horses."
"I will send it to you when I have time to scan it." Wei Ran responded with a smile and chatted about other topics.
The two chatted through the phone, and when they hung up the phone, it was already an hour later.
After checking the time on his phone, Wei Ran quickly opened a large suitcase in the room, picked out some gifts, went downstairs and took a taxi to the home of Chen Guangling, who was also his teacher and friend.
Nowadays, as his heart becomes more and more tenacious, and as more and more girls compete for habitat in the family, he has not played any music on the guqin for a long time, but his usual contact with Chen Guangling and his son has become more and more intense.
Not much.
Especially Chen Luoxiang, who is learning the craft of playing the piano. Almost all the antlers he needs to play the piano come from international express delivery from Inta. As the saying goes, repaying a favor in return, according to Suisui, Chen Guangling has also become her travel itinerary agent.
Shang, in the past half year, has sent dozens of tourists to Inta at regular intervals.
Because of this, since he is back, it only makes sense to pay him a visit.
Carrying various gifts, he took a taxi to the musical instrument store run by Chen Guangling. After Wei Ran opened the door and walked in, he saw Chen Guangling sitting cross-legged on the edge of the piano table and playing the strings leisurely.
Next to him, Chen Luoxiang was reading a book intently. In his arms, there was a big fat cat with three flowers curled up.
"Senior brother is back?"
Chen Luoxiang noticed Wei Ran first. He put down the book in his hand in surprise, stood up and said hello to Wei Ran. The big fat cat that was lying on his lap also jumped down and ran to a Taishi chair with a curse.
He turned around and lay down again.
"Wei Ran is here, why don't you call us to pick you up at the airport?" Chen Guangling also pressed the strings gently, stood up and said hello to Wei Ran.
"Suisui's classmate picked us up." As Wei Ran spoke, he placed the gift in his hand on the table on the side of the entrance. "When did Luo Xiang come back?"
"It's been a week since I came back." As Chen Luoxiang spoke, he had already picked up the teapot and cup and gave Wei Ran a cup of tea.
While they were chatting, Suisui took the Katenka sisters and Lola to visit the office addresses of her classmates in China, and the young girls in their teens also rushed straight to the nearest shopping mall and started shopping.
Kill special kill.
Until this time, Lola, who had been uneasy along the way, relaxed a little. Her attention was attracted by the dazzling variety of products around her and the various Chinese delicacies she bought along the way.
