"I can help you with the speech, but you have to do me a favor in exchange." Lin Xirong said with a smile on the phone.
Xue Chen asked what he needed help with, but Lin Xirong said she couldn't explain it clearly on the phone and suggested meeting in person. She mentioned a coffee shop and met tomorrow morning.
The next day, Xue Chen and Lin Xirong met at the coffee shop.
"Reporter Lin, no, host Lin, okay. I'm really sorry for wasting your precious time."
Lin Xirong walked over quickly, stood up, joked and said hello.
Lin Xirong glanced at Xue Chen, raised the corners of her mouth with pink crystal lipstick and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, you are too polite."
"Uh..." Xue Chen scratched his head and asked with some embarrassment, "Who did you listen to?" Although the word "Picking King" does not have a derogatory meaning, but rather affirmation and praise, he sounded really awkward, especially
It was weird and uncomfortable to be called that in person.
Lin Xirong pursed her lips and smiled, and sat across from her, her bright eyes filled with brilliance: "Although I am not a pure person in the antique circle, I still come into contact with it often, especially since I am currently planning a column related to antiques, so casually
I searched online and saw your news."
Lin Xirong added that even if there was no such phone call, she would still call him.
"I am currently planning a column on my own, which is related to antique appraisal. I plan to test the waters first. There will be one issue every week, a total of four issues. I plan to invite you to be a guest and record the program together."
"Me?" Xue Chen pointed to his nose.
"Why, you won't do me this favor?" Lin Xirong looked at it quietly and snorted softly.
"It's not that I won't help, but I'm not a professional. I've never recorded a show and have no experience at all. I'm afraid that I'll mess up your show. If you really need a guest, it would be best to invite old gentlemen like Chen Suyuan.
, knowledgeable and famous.”
Lin Xirong smiled and shook her head: "You don't have to belittle yourself. Mr. Chen Suyuan is indeed famous, but it is only in Haicheng City and Yunzhou Province. Now everyone in antique circles all over the country knows that you are the best picker."
, it’s amazing, I just found a blue and white hand cup and made hundreds of millions, what a stunt, it will definitely attract a lot of people to watch.”
Seeing that Xue Chen was still a little hesitant, she smiled lightly, knowing that none of him had ever recorded a program before, so he was afraid of not doing well and screwing up, so she comforted him: "Everyone has a first time."
"Yes, there is a first time for everything." Xue Chen nodded.
The two of them stopped talking as they talked, feeling that the atmosphere was a bit strange. In fact, the word "first time" always sounds a bit strange, and it is easy for people to think wrongly.
Lin Xirong picked up the coffee cup, lowered her head slightly, took a sip, and her cheeks turned slightly red.
Xue Chen also coughed lightly: "Then it's settled, you write a speech for me and I'll record the program for you?"
"Okay." Lin Xirong held the coffee cup in one hand and stirred it gently with a spoon in the other hand. "Now you are somewhat famous in the national antique circle. You are considered a celebrity. How do you feel? Even your
Your alma mater has invited you back to give a speech. If I remember correctly, Vice Governor Qiao is also a student at Haicheng University and gave the same speech two years ago."
Xue Chen smiled sheepishly: "What kind of celebrities are you and me? If I were really a celebrity, sitting here drinking coffee, someone would have come over to ask for an autograph, right?"
"What you said makes sense." Lin Xirong nodded in agreement, then opened the bag beside her, took out a piece of paper and pen, and placed them in front of Xue Chen, with a narrow look on her face, "Here, give them to me
Sign your name, big name."
Xue Chen looked at the paper and pen in front of him and was stunned. He was also speechless by Lin Xirong's actions: "Are you kidding me?"
"How could it be?" Lin Xirong held her chin in one hand, with a more serious look on her fair face, "You are a celebrity in my heart."
"Really?" Xue Chen was dubious.
"Of course, I still remember the first time I saw you, at the antique appreciation meeting on Yongtai Street. I was thinking that if there were three people competing and you were the only one so young, you would be bullied. But I didn't expect that in the end, you
Winning first place, I was really surprised for a long time."
Recalling that experience, Lin Xirong had an unreal feeling. She never dreamed that the young man standing on the stage would be today, sitting with her drinking coffee and laughing. It was really incredible.
.
"Now, you have become the recognized king of missing items in the national antique circle. To be honest, I admire and admire you very much. It is not an easy task to be able to reach a unified consensus among a nationwide group.
And you did it."
Hearing Lin Xirong praise himself so directly, unabashedly and sincerely, Xue Chen felt a little embarrassed. He touched his nose, and of course he felt very happy in his heart. No one doesn't like to be praised.
The two discussed the speech script and the details of the recording program in detail before leaving the cafe.
…
Lin Xirong said that it would take two or three days to complete the speech draft. Xue Chen was not in a hurry. He came to the store early on this day because there would be five customers coming from all over the country today, all of which were from Joyo Antiques Online.
I am a member and have had it appraised by him, and all the products I checked online were authenticated.
Nowadays, there are more and more applications for identification on the website every day. In order to ensure that it does not affect his own life, he has to ask the technician to add a limit to the number of applications, with a maximum of fifty applications per day. In this way, it will be easier to solve.
Takes up too much time.
After all, he can't spend all his time on the website. Although it will definitely bring him more transactions, it will definitely affect his normal life, which is putting the cart before the horse.
He had just arrived in the store, and less than ten minutes later, the clerk came upstairs and said that a customer from afar had arrived.
After the guests were invited upstairs, Xue Chen gave them a cup of tea.
This guest is a man in his forties, dressed in ordinary clothes, and his accent sounds like he is from Nanhe Plain City.
"Brother, what's your surname?" Xue Chen sat aside and took out a cigarette and handed it over.
The man glanced at Xue Chen, waved his hands subconsciously, and said a little awkwardly: "You're welcome, I don't smoke, and my surname is Sun."
"Brother Sun, you're welcome." Although Xue Chen said he didn't smoke anymore, he still took out a cigarette from the box and handed it over.
The man surnamed Sun looked at him in surprise.
"Brother Sun, the insides of your index finger and middle finger are a little yellow. It should be caused by smoking cigarettes frequently. Why don't you stop smoking? You're really welcome." Xue Chen said with a smile.
When the man surnamed Sun heard what Xue Chen said, he glanced at his right hand subconsciously, shrank back, and said with a slightly unnatural expression: "Thank you, then." Then he took a cigarette.
Seeing this man seemed a little reserved, Xue Chen didn't care. This kind of situation is very common. First of all, it was the first time to meet, everyone was unfamiliar, and it still involved tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of transactions. It was inevitable that he would feel
Somewhat cautious.
In order to ease the atmosphere, he chatted with the man surnamed Sun for a few words, mostly about his parents. When he felt that the man seemed to relax a little, he got down to business: "Brother Sun, you brought the things so that I can take a look.
?"
"Bring it, bring it." The man surnamed Sun put a black leather bag in his hand on the coffee table, and then took out a flat object wrapped in a piece of cloth.
The wrapped cloth was opened layer by layer, and when the thing wrapped inside was revealed, Xue Chen's eyes lit up, and he first asked with his eyes, and then took the thing in his hand.
This is an inkstone, but it is different from the ones we usually see. It is a relatively rare pottery inkstone. What’s interesting is that the shape of the pottery inkstone is a turtle, which is very vivid and creative.
The four legs serve as the legs of the pottery inkstone. The tortoise cover on the top can be opened, and when picked up, it is used to grind ink.
Looking at the lines on the turtle shell and this special shape, it is very romantic in the Tang Dynasty. Although it is relatively rare in the market, there are still reference examples.
Without using the jade pupil, he could be sure that this inkstone was a good thing. It was from the Tang Dynasty. It was unmistakable and a very pleasant thing. Even if he didn't sell it after buying it, it would be good to keep it for himself.
,
"Mr. Sun, give me a price?" Although he gave a price online, face-to-face transactions will definitely not be conducted according to the online quotation. At least the completed transactions of more than 40 times are different from the online quotation.
.Because the price he gave online was relatively conservative, it was natural for the seller to raise a higher price.
The man surnamed Sun looked at the turtle-shaped pottery inkstone on the coffee table, then looked at Xue Chen, thought about it and said, "Nine hundred thousand, maybe."
Nine hundred thousand... Hearing this quotation, Xue Chen was a little surprised to be honest. It wasn't that the price was too high. On the contrary, the price was really fair. He originally thought it would cost more than one million.
He glanced at Mr. Sun twice and felt a little strange. It should be said that he felt that this man was a little strange from the moment he walked in.
Those who play antiques usually come into contact with a lot of people. Generally speaking, they are very cheerful people who can chat with strangers casually and have very outgoing personalities, like Mr. Sun in front of me.
It's rare to be so reserved.
Besides, this asking price is a bit inconsistent with an antique person. People say that the asking price is sky-high, and you can pay it back when you get there. This is the most suitable term for the antique circle. Things worth 100,000 yuan can't wait to be asked for one million, and I dare to ask for one million items.
Add ten million.
Xue Chen looked at the man named Sun, frowned slightly, and smelled something wrong. (To be continued)