antique masters in modern times

The employees of the company have long been accustomed to this kind of person: they feel that they hold a treasure in their hands, but they are not sure whether it is true or not, and they are dreaming of a windfall, but they are also worried about losing their footing.

When the two contradictory mentalities come together, people often show a bluffing look, consciously doing so can appear more confident and make buyers more convinced.As everyone knows, the employees who often deal with such people have seen through his nervousness at a glance.

However, kindness makes money, and, maybe someone really has something good in their hands?Therefore, the employees do not easily express the muttering in their hearts on their faces.

The female staff sitting outside saw the stunned young man, greeted her comrades habitually, and said: "Our leader is in a meeting. If you bring something over, it's the same for us to show it. It's what it is, absolutely nothing. I won't lie to you."

The young man didn't like this, he hugged his white-washed army green satchel tightly, and sat down on the long wooden chair: "Then I'll wait until your leaders finish the meeting."

Hearing this, several employees exchanged a playful look.

If a person comes and says he wants to see the leader and leads him to the office, how can he take care of it?Therefore, when encountering such unfamiliar faces, all excuses are that the leader is in a meeting.Most people hesitate for a moment, and even though they are reluctant, they will show things to them.Since the stupefied young man wants to wait, let him wait and see how long he can last.

To their surprise, this man persisted for quite a long time, without drinking water or walking, shaking his legs and rubbing his hands, sitting for nearly two hours at a time.

It was almost lunch time, and although there were no valuables in the room, outsiders could not be left here.The employees who wanted to get off work on time had to say: "Young man, this meeting will take about one day. How about this, you can show us something, if it is really good, we can interrupt the meeting, and especially ask the leader to come out and talk to you."

"This..." The young man licked his pale lips, with a look of scorpion stinging, but he was still a little reluctant: "Don't be ignorant..."

I don’t know how many times I have heard similar words, but the staff still inevitably felt contempt, and said in a sarcasm tone: “We basically look at the things that can be sent here, and then hand them over to the leaders for decision. You said we know Don't know the goods?"

After being choked for a while, the young man finally became sensible, squeezed his small eyes, and took out something tightly wrapped in a blue calico cloth from his bag.

Because he is completely dressed like a countryman, and the shoulder bag is so flat that no outline can be seen. The staff all guessed that the things they brought were mostly small things like dishes.Unless it is a place with large ancient tombs, there will be some rare things.Otherwise, the countryside is basically just bottles, jars, or stone carvings, and the preciousness is limited.

Looking at it now, it is not the guessed porcelain, but flat, slightly long and close, and it is impossible to guess what it is. The employees are all interested, and they put down the newspaper teacups in their hands, staring at the young man intently. every move.

Being stared at by so many people, the young man seemed a little shy and lowered his head shyly.But the movements of his hands were not slow, and he untied the three inner layers and the outer three layers of burden skin, and passed the things in front of the female staff: "Show me."

These employees have undergone separate training before taking up their jobs, such as breaking gold and stone, distinguishing porcelain, recognizing calligraphy and painting... each has a division of labor.Although it is still not up to the level of an expert, it is at least better than an apprentice, at least able to recognize the most basic characteristics of antiquities and common methods of fraud.Of course, after passing their level, they have to hand it over to the higher-ups for further inspection.

The female employee who received the reception was an older woman who was eager to learn. She had learned almost all the key points for identifying several types. She was dubbed an encyclopedia by her colleagues in the company, and there were very few things she didn't know.

But when she saw what the annual ring man handed over, she was at a loss: what kind of weird thing is this?The edges are black, and the overall color is yellow. If it weren't for some strange-shaped, symbol-like patterns on it, it would be a burnt tube bone.

She almost suspected that this guy was here to amuse her, and almost blurted out the words of a lesson, but looked at him nervously waiting for the conclusion, so she was dubious and didn't speak for the time being.

After looking over and over for a while, she had a flash of inspiration. She guessed whether this might be a part of the mosaic on the mural, so she tried to touch those patterns with her hands.Most of the pigments used in the self-made murals are mineral colors prepared by secret methods. Although they are preserved for a longer time than ordinary pigments, they will still peel off and change color after hundreds of thousands of years.

Unexpectedly, I tentatively scratched it with my nails a few times, but the pattern did not move at all.Just as she was about to speak, she realized that there seemed to be bumps and bumps on her fingertips.

The woman's fingers were already delicate and sensitive. Noticing this, she slightly increased her strength and stroked them a few times, finally confirming that this was not a pattern drawn with a pen, but carved.

However, bones are not paper, who would write on them?

Not only her, but everyone else was also at a loss.Some people even thought that this young man was cheating.

Seeing their silence for a long time, the young man seemed a little uneasy: "My great-grandfather is from Anyang, and this is the treasure he brought out when he left his hometown."

Anyang?Puzzled and stared at it for a moment, the female staff member suddenly remembered something, let out a low cry, and quickly took out the key to open a locked filing cabinet behind her, and carefully took out a document that was kept separately.

After flipping through a certain page, she held her breath and hurriedly brought the things in front of her eyes, looking at them and comparing them with the text descriptions.After a while, she excitedly pulled one of the oldest colleagues aside: "This is a keel with oracle bone inscriptions!"

"Keel? This thing is rare, no wonder we didn't recognize it just now. It has been collected by foreigners a lot, and there are hundreds of thousands of pieces in total. But in China, apart from the official collection, there are very scattered among the people living in the country. , I haven’t heard of anyone who collects it specifically, and it’s been a long time since I saw it on the market.”

Seeing the colleague getting further and further away, the female employee hurriedly reminded: "Don't talk about that first. Do you remember those things that the superior asked us to pay attention to? I think this is probably the one that the superior is looking for!"

Hearing this, the old employee was so shocked that the cigarettes just delivered to his mouth fell on the ground: "Don't be kidding, how is it possible! On the list given above, the dozens of things have a lot of history. I made five or six here. In [-], I have never seen a similar one. Besides, there are many keels in the world, and a lot of Yin Ruins were unearthed in the Republic of China, how do you know which one it is?"

"According to the shape, there are also the oracle bone inscriptions on it. You see, the description says that its shape is 'slightly long, square, with curled edges'. Is it exactly consistent with it? And the above text, according to the "Deed" "Example of the Text", traced the oracle bone inscriptions on the keel, and if you look carefully, they are exactly the same, and this paragraph translated into Chinese characters is "Xin Weibu Zhengzheng".

Hearing her convincing words, the old employee didn't bother to pick up the cigarettes that had been lost. After receiving the information and the real thing, he compared it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the faster his heart beat.

Comparing with the photo, he was randomly pinching the keel with two fingers, and unconsciously turned into clasping fingers, firmly protecting things in front of his chest. The posture was exactly the same as that of the young man just now, even the leader who has always been loved more than treasure It doesn't matter if the special data is crumpled.

Who cares about the manual when there are genuine products?

After a while, he let out a long breath: "The superior said that every time one is found, all the employees of the company will be rewarded. Isn't the leader worried about the lack of funds? Now we are prosperous! Not only will there be rewards, but there must also be funds!"

They are just the lowest level employees who don't know anything about the organization.All I know is that Dr. Xiang, the big leader who was in charge of their area before and never showed up, was driven away by an airborne soldier, and the new Manager Zhong who took over is not broad-minded enough.

When the gods fight, the most unlucky one is always the kid. With the new leader taking office, almost all the benefits have been cancelled, and the company has begun to suffer.Except for the nail inserted by Manager Zhong, everyone else had a miserable life.

If you hand over the keel to the company's top management, you should be able to win the rewards you deserve, right?When Manager Zhong sees that they have made great achievements, maybe he will stop suppressing them in various ways?

Realizing the possible benefits of the keel, the two were so excited that they didn't know where to put their hands and feet.

Facing the surprised gazes of his colleagues, the old employee poured tea for the young man himself, and sat him down again, putting on a homely posture and said: "Little comrade, this is a piece of medicinal keel, you should know ?In the past, people who knew the art of divination liked to use pieces of tortoise shell bone, and the pattern on this was carved by the fortune-teller. Its origin is roughly like this. I wonder how much you plan to sell it for?"

He did not deceive the young man, but he blurred the age.Did not tell the other party that this is an ancient relic from the Yin and Shang Dynasties, thousands of years ago.Coupled with the tone of understatement, it is easy to give people the illusion: yes, this is an antique, but that's all, it can only be regarded as ordinary goods, not worth much money.

Moreover, he asked the other party to ask for the price, and his intentions became more and more obvious.This young man looked like a layman, and he didn't understand the value of keel at all.Perhaps in his heart, a few hundred yuan is already a sky-high price, but he doesn't know that the reward that the keel alone brings to the entire company's employees is far more than this amount, let alone its real value.

This is almost blatant fraud.But the old employees feel confident: Few people understand antiques now. If the company hadn’t acquired them, those pots and jars still contained radishes and lard.Self-righteousness is not commercial, and the company is willing to tell you its origin and let you make a small profit, which is already very interesting.

In fact, when the company first started, it was not a one-off deal, but a long-term plan. It was always fair. The seller was much more at ease when delivering the goods here than going to a small store. word of mouth.Although connoisseurs sometimes wonder why it can't be collected, but it has become a habit after a long time, and no one feels strange anymore.

Until this year, there were changes in the top management, and the policy also changed accordingly, but there were also some twists and turns.In the beginning, the leader who was kicked here from Sijiu City to sit on the bench set a policy of lowering prices in order to claim credit.Unexpectedly, within a few days of implementation, it was stopped by Manager Zhong.

At that time, the employees thought that although the new manager was small-minded, he was as honest as Dr. Xiang.Unexpectedly, not long after, it was Manager Zhong who personally issued the order to lower the price.Only then did everyone suddenly realize that it was not because they couldn't see it before they dared to love, but because they wanted to take the achievements brought about by this new policy to themselves.

Although many people have objections to this approach, some people think it is reasonable: in business, isn't it about exchanging the least amount of money for the greatest benefit?If Yimei pays attention to fairness, isn't it becoming charity?

The latter group of people, of course, also includes old employees in front of young people.His tone was light, as if he didn't take this business seriously, but he had already planned it out: according to his stunned temperament, he would probably ask for the price directly.No matter how much he wants, I will cut it in half first, and when he shouts, I will add another [-] to [-] percent to him.It didn't take a few words, and the keel fell into his hands.

Thinking of the generous rewards promised by the superiors, the old employee felt thirsty and couldn't help raising his teacup, wanting to moisten his throat so that he could continue to deal with this stunned young man.

Unexpectedly, the young man offered the price as he wished, but it was a sky-high price that he did not have the authority to pay after a half discount: "I think it is worth 20 yuan. What do you think?"

puff--

An old employee scattered flowers, not only the tea was flying all over the sky, but also the teacup in her hand was knocked over, and the tea stems were dripping all over her body.

He didn't care about the mess around him at all, he just stared at the young man in astonishment: "Young man, how much do you want?"

"20." The young man repeated it with a straight voice.

This time, not only the old employee, but also other people showed weird looks of looking crazy.

Originally wanted to pick up a big leak, but didn’t want to run into a silly line. The old employee didn’t know whether to be angry or annoyed: "20 can buy two or three buildings like this. Do you think a small piece of keel is worth so much?" many?"

The young man stared at him, and asked back of course, "You didn't ask me to make an offer?"

"..." The old employee was speechless and choked with tears.I have never met a master who dared to speak so loudly. Is it my fault?

Seeing that he was silent, the young man asked again: "Then how much will you give?"

"Up to five hundred." The old employee tentatively reported the number.At the same time, he made a plan: if the young man is not satisfied, he can add more.

However, the other party's reaction once again exceeded his expectations: "I won't sell it if it's so small. If I told you to talk to your leaders earlier, it would be a waste of my time."

As soon as he spoke, he stood up directly, making a gesture to leave.

Seeing this, the old employee and the female employee who knew the value of the keel panicked immediately, and quickly persuaded: "Don't worry, little comrade, we will go ask the leader right away."

"Huh, I'm tired of waiting for a long time. I'll come over when your leaders don't have a meeting, so as not to be lowered by people who don't know the goods."

The young man walked out without even looking at them, obviously annoyed by the offer.

"Little comrade? Little comrade!"

The two wanted to catch up, but the young man walked quickly and disappeared in the corridor in a blink of an eye.But there are three stairs in the building, I don't know which way to chase.He hesitated for a while, remembering that when he asked someone to look for them separately, it was already too late.Several people searched inside and outside the building in three groups, but they didn't find any trace of that person.

The reward that was about to be handed flew away, and everyone who learned the truth was in mourning.I don't know who said "he said he will come again another day, so he should come again", which made everyone see a faint hope and cheer up again.

This group of people who were busy cheering each other up did not notice that the young man who had disappeared without a trace put on a hat and took off his coat at some point, watching their every move not far away.

When he heard them praying that he would come back in a variety of ways, the young man smiled slightly, and his ordinary face instantly showed a brilliance that made people reluctant to take his eyes off: "The bait has been laid, of course I will come again."

This young man is Yan You.Ever since he regained the keel, he had the idea of ​​using it as bait to catch Zhong's family.

To be deceived by Xu Dacai's great-grandfather and others to take away a batch of antiques is definitely an indelible shame for the Zhong family.In addition, Xu Dacai said that the Wumen member who teamed up with Huanmen back then was recognized and arrested when he was sending things to the pawnshop, so that the Xu family had treasures in their possession for many years but did not dare to take them.

From this, Yanyou judged that the Zhong family must have copied the lost and found list.Since there is a list, there is no reason to only give it to the officials and not to the descendants.And that was only a few decades ago, just as Xu Dacai had heard his ancestors chatter about the old things, the generation of the Zhong family must have heard about it with their own ears, and most likely got the list.

With the high price of an ocean and a word back then, the keel must be on the list.Yan You used a "bomb" tactic, intending to lure the Zhong family who was hiding behind the scenes to the front of the stage.

Originally, he wasn't quite sure, but when he saw the ecstatic expressions of the two staff members when they compared and confirmed, Yan You knew that the plan was in sight.

Speaking of which, the Zhong family is pretty good. After many years, the dynasty has changed. The case of that year has become an unsolved case, but they still don't forget to put out a self-made reward list among the people. Obviously, they are still thinking about the baby, just in case hope.Maybe there are also elements of being unable to swallow this breath, and being resentful to be calculated by a gangster.

Thanks to this, Yan You had the opportunity to take advantage of it.

The Zhong family hides too deeply.Not only does the company they are running have nothing to do with it on the surface, but it can also be seen from the manipulation of Wang Bao that they act very cautiously.They will never show up without a strong enough bait.

On today's trip, Yan You not only succeeded in spreading the bait, but also confirmed that the bait was attractive enough: from the ancestors down, they counted to the third and fourth belts, and they still remembered the pile of stolen things. Once they found clues, how could they not? move?

Next, just wait for the Zhong family's reaction.Hurrying is not a business, Yan You plans to accompany the Ying Lao who will arrive soon to attend the meeting first, and then wait for Murong Hui to come back, inquire about the other party's movements again, and wait for the Zhong family's appetite to reappear.

Only when it comes out after a thousand calls, it will be precious, it will be rare, and it will make the Zhong family want to stop.

Thinking of this, Yan You smiled again, lowered the brim of his hat, and disappeared into the crowd.

He didn't realize that at the same time as he was leaving, a window above his head was suddenly closed.After a while, someone walked into the small building just now and went up to the fifth floor.

If Yanyou was still there, he would definitely recognize him as an acquaintance.