"Mr. Bai, is your black tea the best of the three?"
Chen Ran did not keep everyone waiting, and soon his words broke the silence in the room. When Boss He, Mr. Bai, and Mr. Huang, who had been watching Chen Ran, heard his answer, their faces suddenly showed surprise.
look.
"Hey, last time I had tea with you, Xiaoran, why didn't I realize that you are also a master of tea ceremony?" Mr. Bai was stunned at first, and then he couldn't help but said in surprise, while Boss He and Mr. Huang also smiled lightly.
Clapping his palms.
The way they looked at Chen Ran was obviously a little different at this moment!
It is not too difficult to tell whether it is a three-pointed tip, but it is not that simple to tell whether it is a raw tip among the three tips. The three-tip tip is divided into sky tip, tribute tip, and raw tip. To recognize the three tips,
Anyone who knows something about black tea can almost do it, but distinguishing the top tip from the three tips is a delicate task, and only tea ceremony masters like Bai Lao who are proficient in this art can distinguish it.
Bai Lao wanted to test Chen Ran, but he didn't mean to embarrass himself. According to his idea, as long as Chen Ran could tell that he was the top three, he would be satisfied. But he didn't expect that Chen Ran not only picked out the top three, but also the top three.
The tea has the best of the three. For him who is passionate about tea ceremony, just this point, Chen Ran's status in his heart immediately rose to a higher level, even surpassing Gao Qiang.
Among everyone in the room, Gao Qiang was the most surprised. Although he didn't know much about Chen Ran, he knew some details about Chen Ran. No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't compare Chen Ran to the tea ceremony master in his mind.
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Of course, although Gao Qiang was surprised, he was more happy. Chen Ran had earned enough face, and he felt that he had gained more face.
When Mr. Bai said this, Chen Ran felt a little embarrassed. He was not a master of tea ceremony. It was his first time to taste this kind of black tea. Let alone black tea, it was just some other ordinary teas. He basically tasted it.
Rarely involved.
This is also thanks to his cramming of books.
In fact, when he saw the color of the soup and the bottom of the leaves, he almost had the answer in his mind. For others, if they want to tell the difference, they need to have rich experience in this area, but he only needs to compare it with his mind
Just confirm it with the recorded description of black tea.
This can only be done by him who has a strong memory, because everything about black tea is very complicated, and even if he just remembers one word wrong, the result will be different.
With such an episode, Chen Ran easily integrated into this small circle. Both Boss He and Mr. Bai were obviously very enthusiastic and familiar with Chen Ran. After drinking tea, Boss He looked at
He looked at Chen Ran's ivory birdcage, and then looked at Mr. Huang: "Mr. Huang, should you look at it first, or should I look at it first?"
There were three people present, namely Mr. Bai, Mr. Huang and Mr. He. Mr. Bai loved porcelain the most and was the most knowledgeable about it, while Mr. Huang and Mr. He were both interested in birdcages.
"You go ahead and see it first!"
Mr. Huang smiled and waved his hand.
Boss He stopped being polite and nodded to Chen Ran: "Xiao Chen, please bring up the birdcage."
Chen Ran was already waiting impatiently. After hearing this, he brought the birdcage over. Gao Qiang also quickly stepped forward to help open the birdcage, caught the red sunflower bird and held it in his arms. Chen Ran followed the instructions
Boss He placed the birdcage on the long wooden table with his signal.
Boss He did not touch the birdcage, but just looked around the birdcage. After sitting and looking at it, he stood up and looked at it again. After looking at it for a long time, he took out a black-framed magnifying glass and pointed it at the frame of the birdcage.
Watching, seems to be looking for something...
After watching for eight or nine minutes, Boss He sat down again, but said nothing, just looked at Mr. Huang.
Mr. Huang laughed and gathered around. He also looked at it carefully with a magnifying glass. He looked at it longer than Boss He. After reading it, he didn't say anything, but he talked to Boss He.
They looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
Chen Ran looked at their expressions, but couldn't see anything. He thought that these should be some rules of the antique industry. Although he didn't know what the rules were, he remembered them carefully. In the antique circle, some people know how to get better and better.
The more you have, the better you can avoid losses.
Because these sects have been explored and summarized by countless predecessors.
"Mr. Bai, this time, please do something good!"
After a short silence, Boss He took out a pen and paper from the leather bag he carried with him and looked at Mr. Bai with a smile. Mr. Huang also smiled and nodded to Mr. Bai.
"What an honor, haha!" Mr. Bai smiled cheerfully and looked at Chen Ran: "Xiaoran, I have made the decision for you. If you suffer a loss, don't blame me!"
Chen Ran didn't dare to say anything, but after seeing Gao Qiang wink at him, he said gratefully: "Mr. Bai makes the decision for me. That's a sign of your trust in me. Mr. Bai, please!"
Chen Ran didn't know much about these methods, but Gao Qiang understood that what Mr. Bai said was just polite. In fact, Mr. Bai had to bear some risks when he made the decision for Chen Ran. Without absolute trust, no one would
This will happen.
Of course, if Chen Ran didn't trust Mr. Bai, he wouldn't let Mr. Bai make the decision. For now, Mr. Bai seems to be Chen Ran's legal spokesperson.
"Mr. Huang, I must get this thing. If you want to get it, I'm afraid you're going to have to bleed!" After Boss He wrote on the note, he pressed it with a purple clay teacup and pushed it to Mr. Bai.
before.
Mr. Huang laughed, wrote a note, and pushed it in front of Mr. Bai.
Seeing this, Chen Ran finally figured out the secret. This should be regarded as a kind of secret shooting. Both people looked at something and then submitted their bids. The one with the highest final price won. In fact, this was indeed the case. Boss He and Huang
The old man fell in love with the birdcage and adopted this secret shooting method, firstly to avoid hurting the friendship, and secondly, to avoid bidding by both parties.
This is also a common method used by friends in the antique industry to fall in love with the same thing at the same time.
Mr. Bai first took the note from Boss He. After reading it, he said nothing and pressed the note under the purple clay teacup. Then he read the note from Mr. Huang. After reading it, he directly put the note away.
It was thrown into the incense burner and burned.
"Hey, Boss He is indeed Boss He, he is very wealthy!" Seeing this scene, Mr. Huang said jokingly.
Boss He laughed and turned to look at Mr. Huang: "I am just making a small fuss, how can I compare to Mr. Huang? Mr. Huang must also know my preferences. If I come across something from Ruyiguan, I will miss it!"
"This bird cage is from Ruyi Pavilion? No wonder!" Bai Lao handed the note from Boss He to Chen Ran. Hearing what Boss He said, he nodded suddenly.
On the other side, Chen Ran also opened the note handed over by Mr. Bai, opened it and took a look——
Ninety thousand!
"Xiao Chen, are you satisfied with the price?" Boss He looked at Chen Ran when he saw Chen Ran opening the note. Now he just handed over the price. If Chen Ran is not satisfied, then it will be in vain.
One game.
"Satisfied! Thank you very much, Boss He!" Chen Ran nodded quickly after hearing Boss He's question. The price was a little higher than he thought. According to his estimate, the birdcage was only worth 70,000.
It was around 80,000 yuan, which would be a high price. Unexpectedly, Boss He gave a price of 90,000 yuan.
"Let me see how much this birdcage is worth?" Gao Qiang, who was on the other side, could not wait any longer. He stuffed the red sleeve into Chen Ran's arms and reached out to snatch the note from Chen Ran's hand.
"You are just vulgar, this thing can be measured in money!"
Seeing Gao Qiang like this, Mr. Bai laughed and cursed. Boss He and Mr. Huang also laughed. After Boss He laughed, he made a phone call and called his secretary who was waiting outside.
Compared with Chen Ran's transfer of the longevity boy to Gao Qiang, Boss He was obviously more formal in doing things. He quickly asked his secretary to compile an agreement. The agreement didn't have a lot of content like doing business, it was just half a piece of paper.
, in fact, this agreement only serves the purpose of buying and selling, that is, after signing this agreement, neither the buyer nor the seller is allowed to ask for back debt.
"Xiao Chen, do you need cash or transfer?" When Chen Ran looked at the agreement, Boss He asked again with a smile.
“Transfer the money!”
Chen Ran thought for a while and said, the banks are also closed at this time, and it would be troublesome to transfer the money to home later. Now it is time to transfer the money directly to the account at home.
The moment it was confirmed that the transfer was successful, Chen Ran couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, as if years of repression were suddenly released.
The family owes so much money, which has weighed on him like a big mountain over the years. Whenever he thinks of this, he feels like he can't breathe. Now this mountain has finally been lifted by him.
a little.
The feeling in this is naturally self-evident!
Now I have 90,000, plus the 20,000 at home, it is 110,000, which is still 40,000 short of 150,000. The remaining 40,000 cannot be made up now, even if I sell the pear wood pen holder and Buddhist scriptures
If you drop it, I'm afraid it won't sell for 10,000 yuan.
Chen Ran secretly wondered whether to borrow 40,000 yuan from Gao Qiang first, but he gave up the idea after thinking about it. Although he also knew that if he asked, Gao Qiang would definitely lend it to him without saying a word, but
But he couldn't open this mouth, and he knew even better that he couldn't open this mouth.
Just like a person borrows two hundred yuan from a millionaire, no matter how good the relationship between the two people is, the millionaire will definitely feel as disgusted as eating a fly, and will look down on this person.
"Xiaoran, what is in your bag? Is it also old stuff? Why don't you take it out and have a look?"
At this moment, Bai Lao's laughter suddenly broke Chen Ran's thoughts!
