"I said, Brother Gu, are you bringing this object for me to appraise, or are you here to piss me off? You can't see it yourself with such a wide open door?"
After Qian Yaosi and others finished explaining to Liu Chuan and others, they spoke slowly.
"Hey, brother Qian, I haven't been to Nanjing for several years. It's a rare visit. Why am I joking with you? At first glance, this object looks like an old thing with a wide door, but the appearance is...
Great, I showed it to several people, but they couldn't tell, so I found you."
Gu Gu kept shouting that he was wronged. When he saw the bronze Bodhisattva for the first time, he felt that it was an old object with a large door. He spent 300,000 to buy it, but this was always unfulfilled in his heart.
I asked a few people to look at it. Some said it was a door opening object, and some said it was an old imitation. Then I gave it to Qian Yaosi. Although Qian Yaosi didn't have a very good reputation in the antique shop, his reputation was not very good.
His eyes are something that few people can match, and he is famous for his sharp eyes.
"The thing is real. It's an old thing with a big door. Brother Gu, the reason why you can't see through it is because this bronze Bodhisattva came out of the pit and has been handed down for a long time. It looks like it has been "bathed"
", in fact, it is because people often enjoy it, and the surface of the utensil is in a state of maturation due to long-term friction with sweaty hands.
Brother, your business is profitable. The workmanship of this bronze Bodhisattva is perfect. The craftsmanship is impeccable. Among the bronze statues I have seen over the years, your appearance is the best. I meet someone I like.
, it can be sold for three to five million."
Qian Yaosi's mind was not on the bronze Bodhisattva statue, and his words were weak. Apparently, he was still a little bit upset about losing the bet to Zhuang Rui just now.
Gu Gu was naturally very happy when he heard this. He asked the man who came with him to put the box away, patted Qian Yaosi on the shoulder and said: "Brother, suffering is a blessing. A life of smooth things may not necessarily be a piece of cake."
Good thing."
This sentence woke up Qian Yaosi, and his round face finally smiled naturally, and said: "That's right, I'm the host today, let's find a place to have a few drinks, it's me
Brother Gu, you are here to take over, and Brother Zhuang will go with you. Meeting each other is fate, are you willing to give me the face of the old man?"
"It's better to let the boy do the work. You've been bleeding profusely today."
After Zhuang Rui asked for the opinions of Qin Xuanbing and others, he said with a smile that it was a bit unreasonable to not treat the host after he won. Besides, Zhuang Rui also wanted to communicate with these two people. At least he was very impressed by the process of counterfeiting porcelain.
Interest, after all, Zhuang Rui won this bet today only because of the aura in his eyes, and he really didn't have much sense of accomplishment in his heart.
Qian Yaosi waved his hand and said: "When you get to my old man's territory, why don't you treat me? Let's go. You two clean up and get off work early. Today I am considered "ugly" (which means embarrassing in Nanjing dialect).
While he was talking, Zhuang Rui's cell phone rang. When he picked it up, he heard that it was the apprentice of his brother-in-law Zhao Guodong. After saying a few words, Zhuang Rui helplessly said to Qian Yaosi and Gu Gu: "Two old men,
It's an unlucky thing today, but something really happened. I'll serve you two drinks to apologize someday."
Seeing that Zhuang Rui was busy, the two of them couldn't force themselves to stay. After leaving each other's phone numbers, Zhuang Rui took Bai Shi, Liu Chuan and others out of the antique store. After walking out of the store, Zhuang Rui looked back at the antique store.
The shop's signboard made me laugh, "Song Baozhai", isn't this just a gift for myself?
"Mumu, who called? You are leaving in such a hurry. You don't have any good female classmates in Nanjing, do you?"
As soon as he walked out of the antique shop, Liu Chuan asked hurriedly, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Qin Xuanbing. Originally, Qin Xuanbing had not thought about this, but couldn't help being encouraged by Liu Chuan's words, and also looked at Zhuang Rui.
"Go away, I don't have any female classmates in Nanjing. Last time I designed the map of the Mastiff Park for you, it was an old man, okay? My brother-in-law drank too much, and Xiao Hu called and asked us how to arrange the evening, so
OK, Dachuan, you send Xuan Bing and Leilei back first, I've settled my brother-in-law, and if nothing happens tonight, let's go to the exhibition hall to help."
Zhuang Rui kicked Liu Chuan angrily, and when the guy was about to kick him back, he saw the little white lion glaring at him and retracted his kick angrily. Lei Lei and Qin Xuanbing who were watching on the side both started laughing.
Back at the car park, after Liu Chuan put the set of purple clay pots on Zhuang Rui's car, he and Leilei each drove a car and left first. However, Zhuang Rui drove his Grand Cherokee back to the car dealership.
Outside, Zhao Guodong's apprentice Xiao Hu is waiting there at the moment.
"Brother Zhuang, you're here. The master drank too much. I'm not familiar with Nanjing, so I couldn't help but call you now."
Zhuang Rui stopped the car and as soon as he stepped out, he saw the door of Liu Chuan's broken Toyota pushed open. Xiao Hu walked out of the car and said a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, just drive the car and follow me. Let's find a hotel to stay in first."
Zhuang Rui knew that his brother-in-law's apprentice was very honest and had never even been out of Pengcheng territory. He checked the time on his phone and saw that it was already almost 9 o'clock in the evening. He had spent a lot of time in the antique shop and stretched his head towards the Toyota.
After taking a look, Zhao Guodong's face was red from drinking and he was snoring.
Looking at his brother-in-law, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but feel a little funny. Zhao Guodong was such a down-to-earth person. He must have drank when others toasted him. If there was a chance in the future, he would have to talk to him, otherwise he would have to socialize a lot in the future and end up drunk every three days.
, and there is no need to be busy with the business of the auto repair shop.
On the way to the Qinhuai River, Zhuang Rui saw a hotel that was of good quality, so he went directly to the hotel and booked two rooms. He wanted to help Qin Xuanbing decorate the exhibition in the evening and then go back to the hotel to rest.
Get off the bus and drive to Zhonghai. After all, it takes four or five hours to get to Zhonghai from Nanjing on the expressway. Zhuang Rui didn't dare to be careless.
After settling in with his brother-in-law, Zhuang Rui called Liu Chuan and asked about the address of the exhibition. Then under the instructions of the car's GPS, he came to the exhibition hall where the jewelry exhibition was held in Nanjing.
"Mumu, here, here, come and help me, brother, let me tell you, Lei Lei, why are you two girls doing such a job?"
Liu Chuan now turned into a worker. He was climbing up the ladder to put up spray paintings. He was standing high and looking far away. He accidentally saw Zhuang Rui standing at the door of the exhibition hall. He shouted at the top of his voice and almost fell off the ladder.
It fell down.
It's not that Zhuang Rui didn't want to go in, but he was stopped by security. Jewelry exhibitions are different from ordinary trade fairs. Most jewelry are small in size, but they are valuable. If a mistake is made, the loss will be huge, so various jewelry companies enter
From now on, security patrols will be arranged here 24 hours a day, and non-staff members will not be able to enter at all.
Zhuang Rui doesn't look like a bad guy, and he even brought a dog with snow-white hair, but bad guys don't stick words on their heads these days. The security guard is very conscientious. Zhuang Rui has been talking for several minutes, but he still won't let him go.
Come on, I'm about to call Qin Xuanbing on the phone.
At this time, Qin Xuanbing, who was standing in the corner of the exhibition hall, also saw Zhuang Rui and ran over quickly. After explaining to the security guard, he registered Zhuang Rui's ID card and applied for a temporary pass before letting him in.
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The venue used for this jewelry fair is large, but it is divided into several small ceilingless rooms and booths. These rooms and booths are all exquisitely made, and some are directly shaped like jewelry. Some companies even have
A large-screen display was made for the display of their own jewelry. It seemed that Qin Xuanbing was not the only company working late at night. There were people busy in many rooms and beside the booth.
"Xuan Bing, your investment in participating in this trade fair is not small, right?" Zhuang Rui and Qin Xuanbing asked casually as they walked together.
"Of course, the admission fee is not very high, but the money spent just on the decoration of the booth is more than one million. This does not include the cost of storing our jewelry in the bank. When the exhibition starts, the bank
It costs money to pick up and drop off once a day."
Qin Xuanbing also had a headache. She had only been responsible for the design of jewelry before, and had never done management. Who knew that just attending an exhibition would make her so busy? Lei Lei was a little better, having worked in her grandfather's company.
After a few days of management, he is still a novice. When the two of them work together, the work efficiency is not ordinary.
Perhaps the elders of the two families wanted to test the two girls' abilities, but they did not send anyone familiar with these operations to assist them. Poor Qin Xuanbing and Lei Lei had to do everything by themselves, even the custom-made color pages and inkjet printing.
It was okay to go it alone during the day, as the company responsible for setting up the booth had help, but at night, the workers had all left, and there were still a few inkjet paintings that had not been posted, so the two young ladies had no choice but to do it themselves.
"You're not going to hire a model, are you?"
Zhuang Rui came to Qin Xuanbing's booth and saw that there was a T-shaped stage. He couldn't help but asked in surprise.
"If you don't come forward, I will let you become a model tomorrow."
Liu Chuan stood on the ladder and shouted that he couldn't hang the five- to six-meter-long spray-painted picture by himself. This guy had exaggerated just now and didn't let Leilei climb up to the other ladder to help.
, I will be sweating profusely now.
In fact, the work was not much, it was just a matter of pasting up a few jewelry spray-painted pictures. After Zhuang Rui helped, it was done within half an hour.
"Zhuang Rui, thank you for today. If it was just me and Leilei, I don't know how long we would have to work. By the way, you can also come to our first day of exhibition tomorrow." After finishing the work, Qin Xuanbing said to
