Feng Yi just thought that this guy was playing the harp as if he was cutting a chicken, and he was deliberately playing tricks on him.
However, by analyzing the emotional information molecules emitted from the other party, Feng Yi discovered:
This person is really intoxicated. He is almost immersed in his own world when playing the piano.
Pleasure is also true pleasure, the kind of joy that comes from the heart and surrounds the whole body.
But in this room, as an audience, Feng Yi only felt torture!
Mr. Zou probably has a tuner installed in his ear, and the sound of his erhu playing is automatically perfected in his ears, so he has no clue about his piano playing skills!!
Feng Yi was sitting on a wooden bench with a slightly dull expression on his face. He was thinking about how to express himself more tactfully, when he saw Mr. Zou in the wheelchair in front of him had already changed his piano and was about to start.
Feng Yi got excited, swayed, and the wooden stool made a "click" sound.
Feng Yi quickly stood up.
Mr. Zou also heard the clatter of the wooden bench. When he turned his eyes, he saw the cracks in the wooden bench.
Mr. Zou himself was stunned. He had no idea that his wooden bench would be so fragile. Could it be that it has reached its end of life?
“Maybe it’s been used for a long time and is not strong enough. There is a stool over there that can be moved over. I just bought it last year,” Mr. Zou said.
Feng Yi glanced at the stool pointed by Mr. Zou, but did not go to get it.
Of course he himself knows what happened to the cracked stool he was sitting on just now.
Just now, my feet were dangling in the air, and my entire weight was resting on the wooden bench. The wooden bench really couldn't bear the weight of more than 300 kilograms. It was okay to sit on it, but it wouldn't work if it shook.
Having already broken one of his stools, Feng Yi was embarrassed to break another one. Moreover, if the second stool was broken like this, Mr. Zou would definitely be suspicious of him.
But you can’t just stand like this. The customer is in a wheelchair. He stands and looks down, asking the customer to keep raising his head to talk. This is disrespectful.
Feng Yi glanced around and landed on an object in the corner.
“Can I sit there?” Feng Yi pointed to the corner and said.
Mr. Zou turned his wheelchair and looked over. There was a wooden pier in the corner.
This wooden pier is quite old and was passed down from his grandfather.
Nowadays, the requirements for felling are very strict. This kind of wooden pier is rare to see, but the control is not as strict as that of python. Moreover, when his grandfather bought this wooden pier, he only spent about 200 yuan, and the wood was not included.
Well, the collection value is actually not great.
But the wooden pier was left by my grandfather after all, so Mr. Zou kept it and took care of it.
This wooden pier is the same as the erhu in his hand. Although it is a collection, it is also practical.
only……
This wooden pier is wide and thick enough, but too short. He usually uses it to place things and use it as a display stand.
“Is the wooden pier too short?” Mr. Zou said.
“It’s okay, I’ll just sit here. I like this wooden pier quite a lot,” Feng Yi said.
Strong enough!
Can bear his weight of more than 300 kilograms!
Sit on it and you can put your feet in the air and swing it as you like!
Feng Yi carried the wooden pillar over and sat on it.
Since Feng Yi said this, Zou Fan stopped trying to persuade him. Just looking at the scene of Feng Yi sitting on it is like watching an adult sitting on a children's stool. Isn't it tiring with his legs bent like this?
No matter how good Feng Yi's appraisal ability is, the visitor is a guest, and it is too rude to treat the guest like this.
Like bullying someone.
He would not treat a stranger like this, not to mention that this person was introduced by Lu Yue.
He, Zou Fan, is not going to let his guests even have stools to sit on.
“How about I call my assistant and ask my assistant to bring a stool up? He’s in the study downstairs,” Mr. Zou said.
“No, no, no, let’s continue,” Feng Yi said.
Hurry up and he went back to swim after the appraisal. He rented a swimming pool for a month, so he had to hurry up and train.
Seeing that Feng Yi didn't look reluctant, Mr. Zou withdrew his attention, held his second erhu to gather his emotions, and was ready to start.
It could be seen that Mr. Zhou was still in high spirits, but Feng Yi endured it and interrupted before the other party was about to start playing the piano.
Pull again and be tortured again?
You don’t know if your ears will be irritated or mutated if you listen to it a few times!
“Mr. Zou, please wait a moment. To save your time, I can tell you my identification results now.”
Under Mr. Zou's surprised gaze, Feng Yi continued, "I'm different from you, Mr. Zou. I have limited talent, don't know the music, and don't know the pros and cons. You can understand music by listening, but I'm different. I rely on music appraisal."
material.
“I can only identify it from the leather. As for the wood part and other details, I don’t understand it. So I can only identify the leather, not the wood, so I can’t accurately identify its price.”
After listening to this, Mr. Zou nodded slowly and agreed with Fengyi’s statement, “Indeed, laymen like you can’t tell their merits from their timbres.
Putting down the erhu in his hand with some reluctance, Mr. Zou said: "Okay, then you can talk about the difference in their leather materials."
Feng Yi looked serious: "The leather materials used for these five pianos from left to right are Medusa 7th generation leather, 6th generation, 6th generation, unknown materials, and... sheepskin."
Mr. Zou looked at the five harps and then at Feng Yi. He burst out laughing and looked surprised.
“You are really like Lu Yue said, you can tell what skin it is at a glance!”
Although Feng Yi is not certified by any authoritative organization, his ability to identify leather is truly unparalleled. At least among the people Zou Fan has met, Feng Yi ranks first.
Deserves such a high remuneration!
In this case......
“You follow me.”
Zou Fan controlled the wheelchair and came to an inconspicuous small door in the collection room.
After opening it, Feng Yi saw the collection inside.
Those placed outside can be seen by outsiders, while those placed inside the darkroom are generally not allowed to be seen by outsiders. Some important objects are placed inside.
Zou Fan took out a long box inside, put on his gloves, opened it, and took out the erhu in the box.
“That’s it.”
Feng Yi looked at the qin.
He could not identify the wood, nor could he tell its age from the details, but the leather on the piano told Feng Yi too much information.
Thinking of Lu Yue's reminder, Feng Yi thought about how to organize his words and express them more tactfully.
Zou Fan glanced at Feng Yi, as if he could see what Feng Yi was thinking, and said with a smile: "Just tell me."
Feng Yi took a deep breath and said, "The skin of this piano doesn't look real."
After speaking, Feng Yi observed Zhou Fan's face and found that the big man's face did not change. Instead, he nodded calmly.
Feng Yi used his super-sensitive sense of smell to analyze the odor information in the air that represented changes in emotions.
There is no change.
This person is as calm on the inside as on the outside, and there is not much fluctuation in his heart.
Feng Yi raised his eyebrows.
This is different from what Lu Yue said!
Either Mr. Zhou did not value the piano as much as he said, or the development of the situation has been under the control of Mr. Zou, so he was not in a hurry.
Judging from Mr. Zou’s expression when he talked about the erhu and his obsession with playing the piano just now, the possibility of the former is very small. This person really likes the erhu, so he must also care about that piano.
If it was the second situation, since everything was already under his control, why did he still call him for appraisal?
Feng Yi had doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask. Just use the money to do things, and don't be overly curious.
“What is leather?” Zou Fan asked.
“Seven generations of Medusa.” Feng Yi replied.
“The leather is seven generations old, which means it hasn’t been copied for a long time.”
Zou Fan called the assistant downstairs to come up and hand him the piano.
“Send it for appraisal, expedite it, and accept the damage appraisal. Call the police after the results come out.”
"yes."
The assistant didn’t ask a single word, didn’t even have a superfluous expression, took the piano, put it in the box, and left with the box in hand.
Feng Yi thought about whether he had completed today's task? How satisfied is this customer? Should he be paid?
Just as he was about to give a reminder, he heard Zou Fan ask: "I heard Lu Yue mentioned that you followed the scientific expedition team into the mountains and forests for two months some time ago?"
Feng Yi didn’t understand why Zou Fan would ask this, but he still replied: “Yes, I have been inspecting the Nanchong Nature Reserve for two months.”
There is nothing to hide, you can find out if you go and check.
“The targets of your expedition are mainly snakes?”
“Yes. Mr. Zou is interested in this?”
“I have been paying attention to the news in this area. I have also read the news about the scientific expedition team of Nan Chong Reserve this time. The number of snakes discovered by your Nan Chong Team 6 this time is more than before.”
“It’s just that I’m lucky this time. Generally speaking, the number of snakes in Nan Chong Reserve is still small.” Feng Yi replied.
This time it was because Feng Yi was following the scientific expedition team and he could identify the smell of snakes, which increased the chance of the team finding snakes.
Without Feng Yi, the number of snakes found by the South 6 Team would have been about the same as in past years, except that Burmese pythons and king cobras might have been missed.
Zou Fan asked again: “Then do you think the strictest protection laws may be relaxed in the short term?”
“How short is the short term?” Feng Yi asked.
Zou Fan seemed to be calculating something. After a moment of reflection, he said: "40 years. Is it possible to relax the situation in 40 years?"
Feng Yi recalled the conversation between Professor Zhou and the others during the scientific research in Nan Chong Nature Reserve.
“Difficult.” Feng Yi said.
Zou Fan had obvious disappointment on his face.
When Feng Yi saw this, he thought of Zou Fan's previous words and deeds, and made a guess in his mind.
The atmosphere in the room became silent.
After a while, I heard Zou Fan let out a long sigh, as if he was speaking to Feng Yi, or as if he was sighing alone:
“When I was a child, I listened to an old man playing the erhu. The old man said that the erhu is a spiritual creature, an instrument that combines heaven and earth. It contains the spirituality of animals and plants. Every small change will affect its timbre..."
In Zou Fan’s view, imitation leather is imitation leather and cannot replace real leather!
Even if the tones produced are very similar, there is no spirituality!
Feng Yi also heard it. This man has always been obsessed with making a python skin piano of his own when the strictest protection laws are revoked or relaxed!
But there are too few wild pythons now, and the strictest protection law is still like a knife hanging above the warning line, slashing at anyone who tries to cross this line at any time.
The Federal Security Bureau is also keeping a close eye on poaching, smuggling and other cases.
Zou Fan, as an ambitious and successful businessman, cannot have such black spots.
For example, when Lu Yue found out that he had been tricked and that the watch he was wearing and the wallet he was holding were all real snakeskin, he didn't dare to let others know about it, so he had to deal with it secretly.
In this kind of environment, no matter what you think in your heart, you can’t be stained by such black spots!
Like that kind of erhu made of wild old python skin, if you lose one, you will lose one.
I don’t know what will happen in the future, but at this stage, it is unlikely that there will be any wild old python skin erhu in the short term. Even if there is, it is not dared to be put on the table, and there is no record of its existence.
It is precisely because of this that those old python skin erhus that were made decades ago and have no practical value and can only be used as handicraft collections are sold at such high prices on the black market. In addition to their own wood and leather, it is difficult to copy them now.
In addition, there are some added values, such as the erhu once used by famous artists, so the added value is definitely higher.
So if the erhu left by Mr. Zou were put on the black market, the price would definitely not be low.
However, seeing how calm Zou Fan is, it is obvious that he already knows the whereabouts of the piano. Calling Feng Yi over may just be a formality to show it to outsiders. The piano will most likely not end up on the black market.
Watching Zou Fan quickly adjust his mood and break away from the regret and sigh, Feng Yi was quite impressed.
“You are in such a good mood,” Feng Yi said.
Zou Fan smiled calmly and said, "I have been in business for 20 years and have experienced many ups and downs. Life cannot be absolutely perfect. There are joys and regrets. Just be open-minded. Moreover, playing the piano can cultivate one's moral character and keep one's mind calm and virtuous."
Feng Yi did not reach this state of mind when he first learned the piano from his teacher, so he still admired people who cultivated their nature by playing the piano.
Like the Mr. Zou in front of me, he has the temperament of a big boss. His appearance remains unchanged despite the collapse of the mountain, and he settles everything while talking and laughing.
Of course, one has to ignore his piano skills.
Piano skills aside, this person still has the temperament of a big boss, and Lu Yue still underestimated him.
“Feng Yi, how big is the largest python you have ever seen in the wild?” Zou Fan asked.
“In the wild?”
“Well, not the ones in the zoo.”
“In the wild, it’s the five-meter-long Burmese python that I caught with the scientific expedition team in the Nanchong Reserve this year,” Feng Yi said.
“Five meters…”
Zou Fan said, opening his darkroom again and taking out something from a safe.
"This was left to me by my grandfather. Back then he said he would make me a piano, and the python skin was ready. Unfortunately, when it was about to be made, the strictest protection laws were introduced and the control was extremely strict. The master who made the piano did not dare to take it.
So it’s been put on hold.”
Zou Fan unrolled the python skin.
“It’s also a wild python skin about 5 meters long, but it will stretch a bit after being made. When the python was alive, it probably wasn’t as big as the one you mentioned. What do you think of this skin? How does it compare with today’s python skins?”
Looking at the unfolded python skin, Zou Fan had memories in his eyes.
Feng Yi’s face froze.
"this……"
Zou Fan came back to his senses and said with a faint smile, "Don't get me wrong, this python skin was obtained before the strictest protection law was introduced. It has been certified and will not be traded."
Feng Yi still said nothing.
Zou Fan thought of something and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have shown you this!"
Most people who can follow the scientific expedition team into the mountains and forests have a strong awareness of the protection of wild animals, and they will be disgusted when they suddenly see these.
Zou Fanben just wanted Feng Yi to take a look. After all, wild python skins are different from wild python skins. They lived in different eras and living environments, and the cortex must also be different.
It was a pity that such a good python skin was not suitable for making a piano if it had been kept for too long. He kept it just as a thought.
Zou Fan carefully rolled up the python skin and said, "I'm really sorry. I just wanted to ask about the difference between the previous python skin and the current python skin. I didn't consider your feelings."
Feng Yi was confused: "...but the skin is fake."
Zou Fan paused as he rolled up the python skin.
"What did you say?"
“This skin is not a real python skin.” Feng Yi said seriously.