After walking around in a space that was 18 meters wide and nearly 30 meters long, Liu Dong walked out and asked, "How long will it take for the renovation to be completed?"
"Because we mainly do soft decoration, the time will be faster. If we work overtime, we can complete it in another half month!"
"You have to suffer for a while in the past half month. After the work is completed, you can go to the capital again!"
"Got it, boss!"
"By the way, how is the recruitment of branch staff going?" Liu Dong continued.±
"The accountant has been contacted. Since the renovation is still half a month away, I haven't recruited ordinary staff yet!" Chen Xiang said quickly.
Liu Dong knew that he was worried about money. "Don't worry about the salary of several thousand yuan a month. Hurry up and recruit all the staff first and train them in advance. Otherwise, we will train them after the opening, which will affect the performance of the branch!"
"Yes, boss, I understand!"
Just as they were talking, the two of them had already arrived from the second floor to the first floor. But just a few steps out of the elevator, a hurried figure rushed towards Liu Dong.
With Liu Dong's nerve reaction speed, he would not really be hit by him even if he was unprepared. However, he also understood that this person was heading towards the elevator that was about to close behind him. Therefore, he stepped sideways to get out of the way. But let him
Unexpectedly, Chen Xiang was following him, so with a bang, the two of them collided and became a gourd on the ground!
"What's the matter with you? Don't you look at people when you walk?" Chen Xiang got up from the ground with an annoyed look on his face.
The young man who hit him also knew that he was wrong. He got up and quickly hugged the two scrolls that had fallen beside him, and then apologized to Chen Xiang!
"I'm really sorry. I ran in such a hurry to appraise the treasure. Please forgive me!"
Seeing the sincere apology, Chen Xiang couldn't blame him any more, "Forget it, be careful when you walk in the future!"
"Thanks!"
After thanking him, the young man quickly ran into the elevator that happened to be open!
"How are you, are you okay?" Liu Dong said.
"It's okay, boss!"
After nodding, Liu Dong glanced at the closed elevator and said, "I just heard him say that there is a treasure appraisal here?"
"Indeed, it is on the fifth floor. It was organized by the Henan Province Collection Association and Henan TV Station! Is the boss interested?" Chen Xiang said.
"Haha, I'm really interested. Come on, let's go up and have a look!"
As a subordinate, Chen Xiang would naturally not go against Liu Dong's wishes.
The fifth floor of the antique city was originally a flea market, so the space was very large. By the time Liu Dong and the two came up, the place was already filled with treasure appraisers holding antiques in their hands, whispering to each other, and waiting anxiously.
Considering that most of the antiques are valuable, in order to maintain law and order and ensure safety, the Zhengzhou Public Security Department also spent a lot of money. There were many police patrolling around, and there were even loaded guns and live ammunition near the treasure appraisal.
of armed police.
Liu Dong didn't know any of the four people who were appraising treasures, but he came here not to get to know anyone, but to see if he could take the opportunity to collect some antiques, whether it was the soon-to-open Chenxiang Pavilion branch or Puhua Red Star Auction
Okay, even Liu Dong himself needs a lot of antiques, and today is undoubtedly a good opportunity.
And there are many people around him who pay the same attention as him, of course, most of them are auction houses, because auction houses earn commissions!
Of course, there are also a small number of people in antique shops who are determined to see if they can get a bargain!
"Chen Xiang, you should be familiar with this antique city property, right?" Liu Dong said.
"They are indeed very familiar. We knew each other when we bought our branch before!"
"That's good, just make a call and ask the property manager to come up with a table and a few chairs!"
"Move the table?" Chen Xiang asked in surprise.
"That's right, if we don't move the table, how can we collect the antiques!" After finishing speaking, Liu Dong turned around and walked towards the elevator.
"Collecting antiques?... Where are you going, boss?"
"I'll be back in a few minutes, you wait here first!" After saying that, Liu Dong had already stepped into the open elevator.
Chen Xiang, who had just recovered from Liu Dong's sudden decision, shook his head, took out his cell phone and started making calls according to Liu Dong's instructions.
At this time, Liu Dong had already taken the elevator to the third floor. The third floor of the antique city mainly sells calligraphy, painting and fine arts. Of course, calligraphy and painting will also deal with pens, inks, papers and inkstones. What Liu Dong is looking for is such a store!
But if you want to get what you want from other stores, you definitely can’t do it without buying something!
According to Liu Dong's temperament, it would be better if he could find out the mistakes!
"Hey, I didn't expect it to be there?" Because of time constraints, Liu Dong came up and used the relic Yuanguang directly, and he really found something good. The key is that judging from the placement of this work, its value should not be
too high.
"Chunfeng Pavilion, this is it!"
Thinking of this, Liu Dong strode in.
The shop itself is not too big, about 180 square meters. Except for some pens, inks, paper and inkstones placed in the center of the shop, the surrounding walls are full of calligraphy and paintings, including Chinese paintings and a small amount of oil paintings!
The boss was a middle-aged man wearing a black shirt. When he saw Liu Dong come in, he came up to him with a smile, "Hello, sir, what do you need?"
"Let me consider!"
After finishing speaking, Liu Dong walked around the store before stopping in front of the wall on the right. The center of his sight was a landscape painting of about 6 square feet. There were only four idle chapters on the painting, and there were no inscriptions by the author.
Promotion and seal! However, the skill of this painting is extraordinary. At least Liu Dong's painting skills are still far behind others, although he has already entered the master level for the first time!
"I didn't expect to encounter Mr. Daqian's original work here. What a blessing!"
Thinking of this, Liu Dong turned around and said, "Boss, how much does this painting cost?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged boss who had been following Liu Dong hurriedly stepped forward two steps: "Haha, sir, this painting costs 200,000!"
"200,000?" Liu Dong frowned.
Although compared to the real value of this painting of more than 5 million, 200,000 is just a drop in the bucket. Even Liu Dong's current net worth will not take this 200,000 seriously.
But looking at the placement of this painting, it’s obviously not where something worth 200,000 yuan should be!
"Sir, a friend of mine put this painting on my behalf for sale. He said he wouldn't sell it for less than 200,000 yuan, and there was nothing I could do about it!" the middle-aged man said with a bitter smile.
The painting had been on display at his place for half a month, and Liu Dong was not the only one who asked about the price. But basically everyone left when he heard the price of the painting!
"200,000, I want this painting!" Liu Dong said.
"Um, ah, what?" The middle-aged man who didn't react for a moment almost bit his tongue.
"Didn't you say this painting is worth 200,000 yuan? Now I bought it!" Liu Dong said.
"You...you really want to buy it?" The middle-aged man still can't hide his surprise!
Seeing that he still looked in disbelief, Liu Dong didn't hesitate, took out his checkbook, wrote a check for two hundred thousand and handed it over.
"You should know about checks, right?"
"We know each other, wait a minute, I'll wrap up the painting for you right now!"
Seeing that the 200,000 check was received, the middle-aged man no longer had any doubts. He quickly took down Liu Dong's painting, put it into a cardboard box, and handed it to Liu Dong.
Even though he didn't get the bulk of the deal, the commission was enough for him to make a fortune!
"Boss, give me your best one-size-fits-all xuanxuan, and then prepare a No. 3 pen, an inkstone, and a piece of ink, and find me a place where I can write!" Liu
Dong ordered.
Although the middle-aged boss who had just made a big deal of 200,000 yuan with Liu Dong didn't know what Liu Dong wanted to do, in order to take care of his big customers, he still quickly prepared everything Liu Dong wanted and placed it in front of Liu Dong.
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Then the middle-aged man cleared a large table in the center of the shop where pens, inks, paper and inkstones were placed, and spread the rice paper Liu Dong wanted on it.
Then under Liu Dong's order, paperweights were used to hold down the four corners.
Standing in front of the paper, Liu Dong took a deep breath to eliminate all distracting thoughts. After becoming calm, he dipped the pen in his right hand into the ground ink, and then he wrote "free appraisal, high price purchase" in one go.
Antiques' ten big characters in regular script, and then he wrote nine small characters 'Agarwood Pavilion, Puhua Red Star Auction House' next to it!
Putting down his pen, Liu Dong looked at his handwriting up and down, and couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction. Although he traveled around the country during this period, Liu Dong never put down his daily practice of calligraphy, painting and sculpture. He would change it if he didn't have time during the day.
At night, with at least five hours of practice time every day, Liu Dong's calligraphy skills have become increasingly sophisticated!
"Sir, your regular calligraphy skills are really extraordinary, and you have the legacy of Yan Liu!" The middle-aged boss next to him couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration.
"The boss also knows calligraphy?" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"Haha, I can't say that I understand it. I just like to write a few strokes when I have nothing to do. Of course, it is far from your level!" Maybe it's because Liu Dong's calligraphy skills are extremely high, so when the middle-aged boss spoke,
All with honorifics.
"The boss is too modest!"
"I would like to ask, are you also in the antique business?" The middle-aged boss, who reacted to Liu Dong's superb calligraphy skills, naturally understood the meaning of these words.
"Yes, I'm new here, so I have to ask the boss to take care of me!" Liu Dong bowed his hand.
"You're welcome!... Chenxiang Pavilion, Chenxiang Pavilion? Oh, I think of it, it's the store under renovation on the second floor, right?" the middle-aged boss suddenly asked after thinking for a moment.
"That's right!"
Seeing Liu Dong agreeing, the middle-aged boss showed a look of surprise in his eyes. He knew the size of the Chenxiang Pavilion on the second floor, but what was unexpected was that its boss was so young.
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