The Green Bamboo Temple was particularly peaceful under the night. Fatty was lying on the bed, listening to the song "Do Not Disturb" shared by Zhao Man, and couldn't fall asleep despite turning over and over.
I finally felt a little sleepy, and just when I was about to fall asleep, my cell phone on the bedside rang.
The fat man picked it up and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He answered the call in confusion:
"Hello, who's there?"
"Comrade Xiao Hu, this is Lao Peng." Peng Changsheng's voice came from the phone.
When the fat man heard that it was Peng Changsheng, he felt a little guilty, because in his hand he still held the long bronze pipe with inscriptions taken from the tomb of the King of Dian. Could it be that this was why he called so late?
"Captain Peng, why are you calling me so late?" the fat man asked.
Peng Changsheng is a straight-tempered person and never minces words when he speaks:
"Comrade Xiao Hu, I remember you took a long bronze pipe from the tomb of King Dian, right?"
After hearing this, the fat man quickly denied:
"No! Captain Peng's long bronze tube... I didn't dare to take it out of the ancient tomb, it was already thrown down there."
Peng Changsheng obviously didn’t believe what Fatty said:
"Comrade Xiao Hu, you can't lie about this matter. Please answer me seriously. Did you take the long bronze pipe?"
Fatty still denies:
"Captain Peng, please believe me. I didn't even bring out a single stone from the tomb of King Dian."
"Okay, I'll do it with your words. This is my mobile phone number. Save it and we'll contact you if anything happens. Get some rest early." After saying that, Peng Changsheng hung up the phone.
The fat man looked at his phone and let out a sigh of relief. He finally got through it.
Fatty had a dream at night. He dreamed that he and his senior brother Zuo Shisan went to the auction house and sold the long bronze pipe for a sky-high price. From then on, they lived in a mansion and drove a luxury car, surrounded by envious eyes.
…
Fatty's sweet dream was awakened by Zuo Shisan. In the morning, the three of them had breakfast in the yard. As soon as they finished cleaning up, before they could open the door of the Taoist temple, the sound of a car came from outside.
"I'm going to see who's coming outside." Zuo Shisan said, getting up and walking toward the gate.
Opening the door, Zuo San saw several people getting out of a commercial vehicle, none of them familiar faces.
"Who are you looking for?" Zuo Shisan stepped forward and asked.
The leader was a middle-aged man, wearing a crisp suit, with a large amount of hairspray on his head that was dazzling in the sun. He looked at the left thirteen and asked:
"Is this Qingzhu Temple?"
"That's right, who are you looking for?" Zuo Shisan asked again.
The middle-aged man said:
"Look for Zuo Shisan, the master of Qingzhu Temple, and we will come to him to discuss cooperation."
"I am Zuo Shisan, what kind of cooperation do you want to discuss with me?" Zuo Shisan looked at this person and asked.
Apparently Zuo Shisan's answer surprised the middle-aged man in front of him. After he glanced at Zuo Shisan again, he said:
"Are you Taoist Zuo Shisan? Hello, I am the general manager of Douyin Media. Can we go in and talk?"
At this time, the fat man also walked out of the Taoist temple. He was a little surprised to see so many people coming so early in the morning:
"Brother, what are they doing here?"
"We're here to discuss cooperation." Zuo Shisan said, turning around and inviting a few people into Qingzhu Temple.
Zuo Shisan came to the main hall with a few people. As soon as he sat down, An Rushuang brought the hot tea.
The middle-aged man thanked him, and then said to Zuo Shisan:
"Daozhang Zuo, let me introduce myself first. My name is Wu Dayuan. I am the general manager of Douyin Media. I have incubated at least a dozen Internet celebrities with millions of fans under my command. This time we are here to find you.
I would like to cooperate with you on the Internet. We have heard of your name for a long time, and you have a certain reputation in the entire Dongdian City, so I plan to cooperate with you on a short video about exorcising ghosts and catching monsters on the Internet.
Once the story is serialized, it will definitely explode."
After Zuo Shisan heard this, he immediately understood the other party's intention, so he said directly:
"Sorry, I'm not interested in your online short video cooperation."
Wu Dayuan smiled and said again:
"Daochang Zuo, don't be in a hurry to reject me. You might as well listen to the conditions we can offer you first. As long as you agree to sign a contract with our company, we will give you a basic salary of 300,000 yuan. Short video on the Internet
The account is jointly owned by us. Once the account becomes popular and has a large number of fans, our company will have professional people to monetize the traffic. At that time, whether it is advertising revenue or live broadcast rewards, you and the company will split it 50-50.
And it’s more than that…”
Zuo Shisan interrupted Wu Dayuan, smiled at him and said:
"I'm really not interested, you'd better find someone else."
At this time, the fat man came over, looked at Wu Dayuan and asked:
"I said Mr. Wu, what do you think of me? I am Zuo Shisan's junior brother. If he doesn't sign a contract with you, then I will sign with you. Isn't it just to make some short videos about exorcising ghosts and catching monsters? I'm good at this!
"
Wu Dayuan stared at the fat man for a while and asked:
"Are you also a Taoist priest of Maoshan Longhu Sect?"
The fat man patted his chest and said:
"That's right, it's guaranteed to be replaced if it's fake!"
After Wu Dayuan heard this, he discussed it with a few people around him and declined the fat man politely.
Because in their eyes, although the fat man Hu Yijun is also a Taoist priest of Maoshan Longhu Sect, his popularity is far less than that of his senior brother Zuo Shisan, and his overall image does not meet their company's requirements for a protagonist.
Fatty experienced the double blow of failure in love and career in a short period of time.
After seeing off a few people, Zuo Shisan noticed that the fat man was a little depressed, so he stepped forward and said to him:
"Fat man, I will take you to the auction house later."
As soon as Fatty heard that Zuo Shisan was going to the auction house, he immediately became energetic:
"Brother, are we going to auction that long bronze pipe?"
"I have this idea. Anyway, let's go and take a look today." Zuo Shisan had already made plans last night. Today, he, Fatty and An Rushuang will go to the largest auction house in the city to take stock of Yunnan.
The more important thing about the market value of the long bronze pipe in the king's tomb was that he wanted to try to find some ancient books in the auction house to see if he could find the real reason for his regression in cultivation in these ancient books.
Because Zuo Shisan knew very well that with his current ability, not to mention finding the cave where he learned Bi Qiuyan's Wuji Zhenqi Kung Fu, he could not even cross the Valley of Death safely, so he had to find another way.
Although Zuo Shisan was not very old, his experiences over the years had made him act extra cautiously. After the three of them were fully prepared, they took the bronze inscription long tube and drove towards the Soubeyer Auction House in the city center.
In the car, Zuo Shisan checked on the Internet in advance and found out that Subiya Auction House held two auctions every month, on the 30th and the 15th. Today happened to be the end of the month.
After making an appointment for the auction online in advance, someone quickly contacted them. Zuo Shisan added the WeChat account of the auction house staff and sent the photo of the long bronze tube.
The staff told Zuo Shisan that this kind of bronze inscription had never been seen before, and they needed to identify it in person, so they made an appointment to contact the auction house again.
Because it was the weekend, there was some traffic jam on the road. After driving for more than an hour, the three of them finally arrived at their destination. Zuo Shisan carefully helped An Rushuang put on her sunglasses and mask. As soon as the three of them got off the car, they met an acquaintance by chance!
