Mojin Office

"But no matter what, they shouldn't have any ill intentions towards the young master." Butler Liao added with a smile.

Mu Chengfeng's brows were slightly relaxed, and then he sighed.

The next day, after breakfast, Mu Chenglin took the two of them to Antique Street.

This is what Gum asked for.

Since you have plans to open an antique shop, you need to learn about this business early.

Of course, whether to open in Kyoto or not depends on the situation.

"There's a saying that goes to Panjiayuan for Taobao, Liulichang for collection, and Baoguo Temple for enjoying the atmosphere." In the car, Mu Chenglin basically kept talking, more dedicated than a professional tour guide.

Gu Mu was not interested in antiques before, and rarely traveled around. The only time he came to Kyoto was to attend an academic lecture with a professor. He came in a hurry and returned in a hurry.

"If you just want to observe the business model, the first is Liulichang, and then Panjiayuan. The former is more formal, and the latter is more 'philistine'. However, it is better to go to Panjiayuan on weekends. There will be stalls at that time, which will be very lively and crowded. There are many, and you can also look at how merchants and customers buy and sell from the ground.”

He was a complete layman in this field, so he followed Mu Chenglin's arrangement throughout the whole process.

Liulichang is located in Hepingmen, Beijing. In fact, it is just a street market of nearly 800 meters. It was named after it was a glazed tile kiln factory in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Compared with Panjiayuan's nearly [-] merchants, Liulichang with only a few hundred stores is rare, but it is not inferior to Panjiayuan.

If you insist on comparison, the former is a regular specialty store, while the latter is a department store supermarket.

At the same time, those who can open a store here basically have a certain background and heritage, the quality of antiques is relatively high, and there are few fakes.

The architecture here is also very distinctive, even if you don't look at the antiques, just looking at the architecture is a kind of enjoyment.

The three of them walked all the way and watched. Although it was relatively early, there were already many people, most of them tourists, and there were tour guides leading the team past, and the surroundings were noisy.

But the strange thing is that there are very few people in those antique rooms, probably because of the solemnity and solemnity, many tourists dare not enter and watch at will.

On the contrary, some shops will open to the outside world in the form of museum visits, and there will be more people, but they are also mixed.

Gu Mu randomly selected three companies with more distinctive operations and looked at them. Although Mu Chenglin knew better than him, they were actually half full, and there were some deeper things that could not be explained.

There are quite a few people who know him, and it is convenient to brush his face. As long as certain questions do not involve some taboos, the store will still answer them one by one.

Near noon, the three of them wanted to finish their meal before going to Baoguo Temple, but Mu Chengfeng called and asked them to go to the Mu Family Appraisal Center, which was related to several antiques.

The Mu Clan's Appraisal Center actually belongs to the same area as the Mu Clan Group, but they are separated by an artificial river and face each other far away.

But Mu Chenglin has never been here, although he lives very comfortably in Mu's house because of his elder brother's protection.

But he lives clearly, he knows that those things can't cross the boundary, those things can't be touched.

The three got out of the car, and Assistant Yang, who had been waiting at the gate, immediately stepped forward with a smile.

"Assistant Yang." Mu Chenglin greeted the other party, but his attitude was obviously different, and he was not familiar with him. Although the expression was not obvious, anyone who knew him well could feel the alienation.

Gu Mu was a little curious, thinking that Mu Chenglin would get along with anyone he knew well, and the two brothers looked good.

Assistant Yang also greeted him, then looked at Gu Mu and the two, and took them upstairs after a few words of greeting.

The three of them were taken to Exhibition Hall No. [-], where some antiques to be evaluated and scheduled for auction were placed.

Mu Chengfeng was standing by one of the booths talking to a middle-aged man.

Gu Mu saw that the exhibits placed in the glass cover on the small booth were exactly the three jade wares out of the five he took.

The two were talking on their lips, but their eyes were always on the jade wares, and the topic should also revolve around these jade wares.

There are two other booths next to the booth, where two bronzes are placed.

"Brother." Mu Chenglin called out and walked over.

Hearing the voice, the two people who were talking looked this way.

Gu Mu immediately noticed that the middle-aged man's gaze became sharper, and it was obviously aimed at him and Gu Yi.

Gu Yi was aware of it, and just looked back lightly.

The eyes of the middle-aged man flickered, but his sense of inquiry was stronger.

Mu Chengfeng just talked to Mu Chenglin, and then introduced Gu Mu to the middle-aged man.

It was only then that Gu Mu knew that this was Dong, the deputy director of the Museum and Social Cultural Relics Department of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

Because the museum is going to hold an ancient jade exhibition recently, I wanted to borrow some ancient jade from the Mu family for the exhibition. I heard that there were a few more ancient jades, so I came here early in the morning.

In the end, the three jade wares surprised him a lot, especially the jade biscuit without a pattern, which turned out to be a precious Han imitation Shang jade, with obvious characteristics and cultures of two eras, and extremely cultural value.

Several other antiquities are also extremely valuable, especially the bronze jue identified as a merchant vessel and the jade cicada with micro-engraved characters on the bottom. whole.

Therefore, Deputy Director Dong wanted to see Gu Mu firstly to inquire about the source and legitimacy of the cultural relics, and secondly to buy these cultural relics from him.

The answer to the provenance of the antiquities is still the same. As for whether to sell or not to buy, this does not need to be considered.

He was just worried that things would be too eye-catching and attract too many people's attention to Gujia Village.

Deputy Director Dong didn't ask any more questions after getting the answer, and asked Mu Chengfeng to help with the valuation.

Mu Chengfeng quickly sent someone a price list.

Deputy Director Dong bought five cultural relics at a price slightly higher than the market price, totaling 800 million yuan, mainly the three jade wares, totaling 800 million yuan.

However, because it is not a private sale, there are still many procedures to go through, at least a few days.

Looking at the list in his hand, Gu Mu felt that money was so easy to earn for the first time. No wonder he always said that antiques were making huge profits.

After sending Deputy Director Dong away, Mu Chengfeng said again, "I just want to talk to you about the map, so let's go up first."

Gu Mu frowned slightly when he heard the words, and looked at Gu Yi subconsciously. Did something go wrong?

Gu Yi was still expressionless, but his eyes were a little dull, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Everyone followed Mu Chengfeng into the office and lowered the blinds.

The secretary looked curiously at the glass wall covered by the shutters, and asked Assistant Yang curiously, "Who are those two handsome guys? Friends of the young master?"

"Well, probably." Assistant Yang drank his coffee slowly, replied casually, and entered his office.

He basically had no interest in Mu Chenglin's matter, and was even somewhat repulsed. Anyway, he didn't like that young master very much.

In the office, Mu Chengfeng briefly explained the situation to them.

He had contacted someone for the map last night, and had someone send it over in the morning, and received a call from him not long after.

That person was Dong Wencheng, a friend of the old man who had forgotten his years. It is said that he met in a fight, and later became a bosom friend after several adventures, even though the two were more than 20 years old.

Back then, when the old man helped him deal with the shepherd's house, he specially invited the other party's helper, and even secretly entrusted him to the other party.

After the old man passed away, he was able to hold the Mu family firmly, and there was also a part of the reason for the other party.

Unlike the shepherd's whitewashing, the other party seems to want to go this way to the end.

Mu Chengfeng briefly mentioned what the other party meant to them, implicitly expressing that they were very interested in that map. If he wanted to, he wanted to buy this map at a high price. If he didn't want to, he also hoped to allow them to go there together or by themselves. this place.

"However, if you don't want to, the map will still help you decipher it. If you want to, we will arrange a time to meet."

Gu Mu frowned slightly, and subconsciously turned to look at Gu Yi, maybe the other party saw something from the map.

He has no say in this matter.

Gu Yi looked up at Mu Chengfeng, and said coldly, "Interview."

After being slightly stunned, Gu Mu also smiled at Mu Chengfeng, "Brother Mu, please help introduce me."

Mu Chengfeng nodded, immediately called over there, and quickly made an appointment with the time and place.

The time set by the other party is in the afternoon.

Because the meeting place was the other party's old house, Mu Chengfeng had to drive them there in person.

This is a very simple courtyard house, with blue bricks and gray tiles, red beams and wooden structures, simple and ancient.

The vermilion door was open, and someone was already waiting there.

The other party seemed to be very familiar with Mu Chengfeng's car, and he had already walked down the steps and waved before he was far away.

The car stopped outside the door, Mu Chengfeng got out of the car, and the man asked for help to drive the car to the parking lot, and then led everyone in.

It was also the first time for Mu Chenglin to come here, and when he saw such a big courtyard, he immediately felt that the other party was rich.

Everyone was led into the middle hall all the way, and the furnishings inside were also in an ancient style.

There are a row of nanmu chairs and tables on the left and right sides, a Maitreya couch in the middle, a kang table in the middle, a set of four gentlemen colored porcelain tea sets on it, white embroidered cushions and a backrest of the same color on both sides.

Behind Maitreya's couch is a very large antique rack, on which are placed many kinds of antiques.

There are also several small antique shelves behind the chairs on both sides, also displaying antiques, with pine and cypress pots on top, carved ancient murals on the walls, a closed door on both sides of the gate, and an embroidered carpet on the ground.

Gu Mu didn't know much about antiques, so he didn't know anything about it. He only knew that this place was magnificent.

But Mu Chenglin kept his eyes wide open and his mouth wide almost the whole time.

From the moment he entered through the gate to the present, the other party has been interpreting the word "浩" all the time, from a small stone inlaid on the wall to a large embroidered carpet on the ground, all of them are all antiques, and they seem to be antiques of high value.

The value of the things in this room alone is inestimable, no wonder you have to be careful, it is simply a treasure.

After everyone came in, the door on the left was suddenly opened, and then a middle-aged man walked out with two young people.