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Chapter 1 Depressed youth

Chapter 1 The down-and-out young man

The midsummer sun shrouds the ancient Quan City, and the fiery July gives way to a rolling heat wave inside the antique market in the city center. Although Daming Lake in the north and Baotu Spring in the west take away some of the heat,

It’s still hard to resist the heat of summer. But even so, people still don’t want to waste this rare weekend at home, and going out for fun has become the most popular and economical choice nowadays.

Especially the Quancheng Antique Market, which is antique, beautiful and close to the most famous attractions in Quancheng, Daming Lake and Baotu Spring, has become the best choice for tourists.

The second millennium is the last year that China has entered the new century. The rapid development of the country's economy has also caused everyone's wallets to swell rapidly. Therefore, there are more and more rich people, and naturally people who like to collect are also

It became more and more.

Youdao is "gold in troubled times and antiques in prosperous times", and it remains the same in ancient and modern times.

Correspondingly, more and more people like to go shopping for treasures in antique cities. In addition, today is the weekend. After a tiring week, most people choose to go shopping and relax during the weekend.

Therefore, places like antique markets are particularly lively today.

Of course, Liu Dong would not let go of a big day like today, so he took the small wood carvings he had prepared for more than a week early and occupied a stall on the street outside the antique city.

It's not that he doesn't want to go to an antique city with a better location, more people, and more expensive prices, but the stall fee of 1,000 yuan per month makes him have to give up some of his luxury.

Thoughts.

Here, there are many small vendors similar to him, so the excitement on the streets outside the antique market is not inferior to that in the antique city. However, Liu Dong knows that it is generally difficult to sell the things displayed here.

What a high price. Unless you meet a foreigner who doesn't understand anything, or a rich man who doesn't regard money as money, of course, this situation is very rare.

"Young man, did you carve these things yourself?"

Just when Liu Dong was sitting on a small horse, holding a copy of "Jade Carving Techniques" published by People's Education Press and reading with gusto, suddenly an old voice rang in his ears, interrupting his conversation.

ideas.

Putting down the book, Liu Dong looked up and saw an old man in his sixties, wearing a white half-sleeved shirt and black-rimmed glasses on his thin cheeks.

"Well, yes! I carved these all by myself!" For older people, Liu Dong had respect in his heart, and the person in front of him had an air of elegance, plus he had it in his jacket pocket.

Liu Dong guessed that the person in front of him was probably an old teacher who had just retired.

"It's rare. It's not easy to have such carving skills at such a young age!" the old man praised.

"Does the old gentleman also know how to carve?" Liu Dong asked with a smile.

After hearing his words, the old man's eyes flashed with memories, and then he waved his hand and replied with a smile: "I studied for a while when I was young, but then I gave up because of some things, so I don't really understand."

!" After a pause, the old man pointed his hand and asked: "How much does this 'Songhe Yannian' cost?"

Looking down, Liu Dong couldn't help but smile and said: "Old sir, you still don't understand. Among all the wood carvings I made, this one, 'Song and Crane Prolongs Life', took the longest, and the material is also the best red pine."

. Seeing that you are my first customer today, I won’t charge you more, you can take it for three hundred yuan.”

After listening to what he said, the old man did not reply. Instead, he knelt down and played with the wooden sculpture, which was not more than one foot tall and was carved with two cranes of different shapes and a vigorous pine branch shaped like a horned dragon.

After a moment, he nodded slowly, "The stuff is good, but the price is a bit high, about two hundred and sixty!"

"Okay, old man! I see that you are also a knowledgeable person. In addition, you are my first business today. Two hundred and six will be two hundred and six. Come on, I will wrap it up for you!" Liu Dong thought for a moment.

He happily agreed.

The cost of this wood carving is only the dozen yuan spent when buying this piece of pine wood, and the rest is profit. Of course, this is also the result of Liu Dong's accumulation of wood carving skills over the years, otherwise he would not be able to sell it at this price.

After watching the old man leave with the exquisite red packaging box, Liu Dong also pocketed more than 200 yuan. Although he didn't make a lot this time, it was a good start.

Then, as the sun gradually got higher, the flow of people on the road became more and more numerous. After more than an hour, Liu Dong also sold a few wood carvings, but they were all trinkets worth 100 yuan, and there were no

How much money do you earn.

Seeing that there were not many left of the twenty-odd wood carvings on display, Liu Dong took out a dozen more from the wooden box on his left and placed them out. Then, he saw that the surrounding environment became more and more noisy.

After that, Liu Dong, who couldn't concentrate on studying, simply took out his carving knife from the wooden box, and then took out a piece of about eight or nine centimeters, which was half-carved. It could be vaguely seen as a semi-finished wood carving of a reclining Buddha statue.

Another stroke of carving started. Soon a thick layer of sawdust accumulated on the ground.

"Wow, hubby! Such cute wood carvings, little swallows, crape myrtle, golden locks, and Erkang, I want them! Buy them for me!" At this moment, a woman's voice was enough to make goosebumps fall all over the body.

, woke up Liu Dong who was immersed in carving.

Putting down his work and looking up, Liu Dong couldn't help but his eyes lit up. It wasn't because of how beautiful the woman in front of him was, but because the woman standing next to him at the moment was a little short and fat, and she was wearing a few huge ones on her hands.

He has a gold ring, a gold chain hanging around his neck, red short sleeves on his upper body, and a pair of floral half-cut trousers on his lower body. No matter who he looks at, he looks like a man with his nostrils pointing upward, and his whole body exudes the temperament of a nouveau riche.

Of course, Liu Dong has nothing to do with this person, but this person is an out-and-out fat sheep to him.

After many years of working outside, Liu Dong understood that, especially for a nouveau riche who had money in his pocket and a female companion by his side, as long as there were no big surprises, he would be able to make it this month this time.

Money was earned.

"Okay, baby! As long as you like it, I'll buy you whatever you want!" After the man finished speaking with a show-off look on his face, he hugged the woman next to him with his left hand tightly as if to demonstrate, and wiped her with his thick mouth.

He kissed her heavily on her rosy face.

Nowadays, this kind of street kissing is rare in China, but Liu Dong is not too surprised. Although this woman is indeed very beautiful, the foxy look on her face is not Liu Dong's type. So at first glance

After a few glances, he focused all his attention on the upstart in front of him who could really bring him profits.

"How much do these wood carvings cost? We want them all!" The man said to Liu Dong in a rather arrogant tone.

"Thank you for your patronage, five thousand yuan, sir!" Liu Dong stood up and replied with a philistine smile.

"Five thousand? Are you trying to steal money? Just a few broken wooden objects are worth five thousand dollars? Do you think I am being taken advantage of?" The man looked stunned after hearing this, and then said angrily.

"I really think you are taken advantage of!" Although Liu Dong thought so in his heart, he couldn't say this: "Sir, I don't ask you for a penny more. This is an authentic handmade wood carving. It's serious."

The craftsmanship passed down by ancestors, in today's terms, is an intangible cultural heritage. Besides, these wood carvings of mine are all made of fine mahogany materials, but the cost is only five or six hundred yuan! If you think it is expensive

, then, have you seen that stall on the east side? They are all machine-carved, and they cost twenty yuan each, so you should go and buy them there!"

Liu Dong has been hanging out in the antique city for three years since he left the village and came to Quancheng.

When it comes to dealing with people, although I am still not as smart as those antique city veterans who have worked here for half their lives, I have developed the ability to see people, understand people, and figure out the psychology of customers over time.

Just like now, if this man wanted to buy these wood carvings, he would definitely lower the price immediately without saying anything. But with the woman next to him who is obviously a mistress or other unscrupulous character, Liu Dong will kill him even if he kills her.

penny.

Liu Dong knew very well that for such a nouveau riche, especially when he is surrounded by a woman he likes, the most important thing that cannot be compromised is his own face.

"Honey, buy it for me quickly, I just want this!" After hearing Liu Dong's words, the woman's eyes lit up, she hugged the man's arm and pulled her into her arms, and her swollen breasts were rubbed against each other.

Then he acted coquettishly with a coquettish look on his face.

For her, relying on this man is to live a prosperous life without having to worry about money. When buying things, she always chooses what she likes, and the price is never something she considers. In fact, in many cases, the more expensive the things, the more expensive they are.

The more they spend, the happier they are.

Sure enough, as Liu Dong expected, the hesitant look on the man's face immediately disappeared as the woman beside him acted coquettishly.

"Five thousand is five thousand. I have plenty of money. Please install all these wood carvings for me!"

"Okay, wait a minute!" Seeing that the big business was done, Liu Dong couldn't help but smile on his face. These five character wood carvings were all carved by him using scraps from the furniture factory. Except for the time spent on carving,

and energy, and the cost of wood is only a few yuan, so the 5,000 yuan is almost a pure profit!

Looking at the newly issued and fiery red hundred-yuan bills in his pocket, Liu Dong decided in his heart that he would carve more wood carvings like this that kept up with the times when he returned home.

In fact, these character sculptures were inspired by him after watching the most popular Qiong Yao drama "Huanzhugege" in recent years. They were originally carved to test the water in the market, but he did not expect that they would all be sold at high prices today.

Out. This was somewhat beyond Liu Dong's expectation.

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