I drank too much wine at the celebration, although I was not drunk, but I entered the hotel room, fell asleep on the bed, and when I woke up, I found that it was three or four o'clock in the morning, I picked up a bottle of mineral water and poured it into my mouth, the cold water stimulated the mouth, and the heat and discomfort caused by alcohol subsided.

Qiao Zhi walked around the room for a while, waited for the tiredness to come again, went to bed and went back to sleep, and when he woke up, it was already more than eight o'clock in the morning of the second day, remembering that he was going to make an appointment with Tang Qi to meet the people of the Ceramics Association at ten o'clock, Qiao Zhiqiang endured the headache, walked into the room and took a shower, and changed into clean clothes.

The doorbell rang, Qiao Zhi walked over to open the door, and Qiu Curtain, dressed in professional clothes, looked exquisite and fashionable.

He often wondered why Qiu Lai's suitcase was not so big, so why he could cram so many different styles of clothes.

"In half an hour, we have to go, otherwise we may be late depending on how bad the traffic in Yanjing is. Qiu Lian flipped his wrist, looked at the time, and reminded.

Qiao Zhi nodded, "Well, I've already cleaned it up." There's still half a time, and it looks like I've got time to have breakfast, have you had breakfast?"

Qiu Lian blushed and shook his head, "I usually don't eat breakfast. ”

Qiao Zhi said: "You still have to eat breakfast, in order to lose weight, don't toss your body." ”

"Wait a minute!" Qiu Lian called out to Qiao Zhi, stood on tiptoe, leaned in front of Qiao Zhi, and helped Qiao Zhi sort out his bangs with his fingers.

Qiao Zhi was a little stunned, but she didn't care too much, as a secretary, paying attention to the image of the boss is also one of her job responsibilities.

Come to the hotel's cafeteria, breakfast is included in the room rate, the price is expensive, the choice is acceptable, in addition to porridge, fried rice, noodles, you can also choose bread, milk and other Western-style breakfast, Qiu Curtain took a cup of freshly squeezed juice, and a boiled egg, she peeled the egg, took out the egg yolk inside, and only ate the egg whites outside.

Qiao Zhi saw that it was a bit wasteful, and put the egg yolk into his plate, "The egg yolk belongs to me." ”

Seeing the boss sharing an egg with him, Qiu Lian always felt a little weird.

The two of them had breakfast and took a ride-hailing ride to their destination.

Qiu Curtain calculated the time accurately, and despite the average traffic conditions, he still arrived at the appointed place ten minutes early.

Sitting in the car, Qiu Lian's mobile phone rang several times, and Qiao Zhi guessed that it should be her controlling boyfriend who called to check on the post, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.

The meeting place is not far from the ceramic association, it is a courtyard house, it looks very inconspicuous from the outside, the plaque hangs on the wall pillar, it is very inconspicuous, there is no welcome at the door, there is no security guard, there is no parking space at the door, the street is very narrow, it can only accommodate one car to move forward, if you will car, you need to stop and give way.

Walking into it, the first thing that catches your eye is a huge stone screen, the outside is painted with bright red paint, there are sporadic gold embellishments, the standard Yanjing courtyard, a row of three rooms in the front, and wings on both sides, there is a quiet taste in the middle of the noise.

Qiao Zhi sent a message to Tang Qi, Tang Qi learned that Qiao Zhi had arrived, and walked out of the house with a middle-aged man, and said with a smile: "This is President Zhuo's private residence, and it is generally not lived, and occasionally VIPs come and will be placed here to entertain guests." ”

Qiao Zhi nodded at Zhuo Hang, "President Zhuo, hello!"

Zhuo Hang is fifty-two years old this year, wearing a Tang costume that integrates modern style, his hair is neatly combed, he wears gold-wire glasses, he is very tall, one or two centimeters taller than Qiao Zhi, his figure is well-proportioned, and he is well maintained.

Zhuo Hang shook hands with Qiao Zhi and said with a smile: "I have admired the name for a long time, you are a young hero, I heard Secretary General Tang say that at yesterday's food tasting conference, you were a blockbuster again, which made Mr. Kong Bohou, the inheritor of Confucian cuisine, amazed." ”

Qiao Zhi smiled modestly: "That's Mr. Kong's heart and heart, taking care of our young people. This is my secretary, Qiu Lian. ”

Qiu Curtain smiled decently: "President Zhuo, hello!"

Zhuo Hang pointed ahead, "Please come in!" today's chef is from Beiyan Nanfei Restaurant, if there is anything inconsiderate, please forgive me." ”

Qiao Zhi hurriedly showed a flattered look, "President Zhuo, you are too polite. Beiyan Nanfei is a famous century-old signboard, and it is really my honor to have the honor to taste the food of this restaurant. ”

Zhuo Hang had only been in contact with Qiao Zhi for a few minutes, and he had already made a preliminary judgment on Qiao Zhi.

It makes sense to become famous at a young age, in terms of the roundness of dealing with people and things, Qiao Zhi is enough to give himself a thumbs up.

After taking a seat, Zhuo Hang asked people to prepare the dishes, and it didn't take long for the table to be full of all kinds of dishes, the style was mainly Gan cuisine, and after serving, there were no chopsticks directly.

"The Chinese porcelain in the last part of yesterday's tasting meeting was coordinated and prepared by President Zhuo. Tang Qi's eyes flickered, and he said thoughtfully, "I'm afraid that the utensils for the dishes on the table today also have a big background, right?"

Zhuo Hang deliberately wanted to test Qiao Zhi's eyesight, and said with a smile: "It's not a good thing, I'm just afraid that it will be difficult to get into the eyes, what do you think, Brother Qiao?"

Although he knows Tang Qi very well, although he is a rich idler, the person who can let him help with his heart is definitely not a straw bag.

Qiao Zhi wants to develop the porcelain plan, Zhuo Hang also wants to know his depth, since he wants to enter the porcelain industry, at least he must have a little knowledge reserve, he also knows that Qiao Zhi has picked up many omissions when he was Taobao in Panjiayuan, but hearing is false, seeing is believing, so he has a question, I want to see Qiao Zhi's reaction.

Qiao Zhi secretly thought that this meal, the dishes were to be covered, and the porcelain tableware that held the dishes was the main thing.

"Zhuo Hui, you stumped me. Qiao Zhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm a chef, how can I know what kind of porcelain? ”

"Oh? Zhuo Hang laughed.

Qiao Zhiyan said with a smile: "These tableware are high imitations of Tang Sancai, although they are imitations, they still have extremely high artistic value and appreciation value, and the cost is not low, right?"

Zhuo Hang waved his hand and smiled indifferently: "It's not much." ”

Qiao Zhi pinched the bowl on his table and turned it around under his eyelids, "I'm afraid this bowl is worth tens of thousands, right?"

Qiu Lian is also a person who has seen the world, and when he heard Qiao Zhi say this, he was also surprised. When she sat down just now, she didn't care about sorting out these dishes, and if she accidentally broke one of them, it would be a big disaster.

Tang rode silently beside him, also observing the workmanship of the tableware.

Qiao Zhi said: "This is something from the Cizhou kiln, if you are lucky, five or six hundred thousand can only fire three or four pieces of ceramics imitating the Cizhou kiln, if you are unlucky, you may only be able to produce one." ”

Qiu Curtain was dumbfounded, "So exaggerated?"

Qiao Zhi said with a smile: "Although the price of the soil of the paper ceramic is not expensive, it takes a lot of money to prepare the corresponding ancient glaze materials, and it is necessary to find a master who has mastered the firing process of the Cizhou kiln to fire it himself, so as to reduce the loss as much as possible and increase the yield of the finished product." ”

Tang Qi smiled at Zhuo Hang, "How is it, is the answer still qualified?"

Zhuo Hang bowed his head lightly and said with emotion: "Sure enough, he is a connoisseur. The biggest difficulty in firing antique pottery with modern technology lies in the formula and glaze, which can be restored through various clues and a large number of experiments, but the ancient glaze is very precious because of the inheritance. This table of tableware was fired by Mr. Xu Fu, a contemporary Cizhou kiln master, and I spent a lot of effort and energy to buy it at that time. ”

Because of the non-repeatability of some conditions of firing, it can be said that none of the porcelain or pottery imitated by hand is exactly the same, unique and significant.

A high-quality imitation like this, although the age is wrong, will increase in price many times after a few decades or hundreds of years, and it has a good collection value.

Zhuo Hang is not only the vice president of the Ceramics Association, he himself is also a master of firing ceramics and a craftsman recognized by the state.

Qiao Zhi can not only see the Cizhou goods at a glance, but also know the difficulties, which shows that he has done a lot of homework, and he is definitely not a novice who doesn't understand anything.

"Eating with these tableware worth hundreds of thousands, we are afraid that we will be terrified, why don't we ask Mr. Zhuo to arrange for the waiter to change the tableware." Qiao Zhi suggested with a smile.

"Oh my God, I don't dare to touch chopsticks with such valuable cutlery. Qiu Lian echoed with a smile next to him.

Zhuo Hang bowed slightly, in fact, he had already prepared, and Qiao Zhi took the initiative to ask for it, making this matter more logical.

"Okay, since you ask for that, then let someone change the dishes. ”

The waiter arrives in the box with the new cutlery, pours the dishes into the new cutlery, and then cleans up the expensive porcelain cutlery.

It was replaced with new porcelain, and although it looked exquisite, Qiao Zhi knew that all the porcelain added up to a fraction of the set of cutlery just now.

The founder of Beiyan Nanfei Restaurant is a northerner, who worked hard in the south when he was young, and when he was nearly middle-aged, his family moved to Huaxia, and he missed the life in the south, so he took the name of Beiyan Nanfei. Later, the restaurant was passed on to his son, and his son passed it on to his grandson, and before he knew it, it became a century-old shop.

There was a very popular TV series back then, which used this restaurant as the filming location, and the plot is about a pair of brothers, the younger brother was abducted to Xiangdu when he was young, and later became a real estate tycoon by his own hard work. After Xiangdu returned, he returned to China to find his younger brother who was a chef in a restaurant.

The chef of Beiyan Nanfei Restaurant is good at cooking Jiangnan cuisine, so the dishes he makes have the shadow of Zhejiang Yuan cuisine, Huainan cuisine and Yunhai cuisine, and the taste is mainly light, sweet and sour.

Zhuo Hang knew that Qiao Zhi was from Huainan, so he specially prepared dishes based on Jiangnan flavors.

Qiao Zhi thought to himself, sure enough, the more people who stand at the top of the pyramid, the more thoughtful and meticulous they are when they deal with problems and consider things!

Halfway through the meal, Zhuo Hang received a phone call, his brows furrowed, "What? Lao Xu was arrested, sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll rush over!"