Lao Niu sighed: "In the past, I only heard its sound and didn't see its things, but today I finally got it." ”

Lao Liu smiled: "I said Lao Niu, it is indeed rare to see fine works like this kind of gossamer wool carving, but some ordinary, if you want to find it, you can still find it, you have been in this industry for so many years, you have never encountered one?"

The old cow touched his nose: "I really haven't encountered it." ”

"Then you're a decrepit kid. ”

The sixth laughed, and then said to Meng Zitao: "Brother Meng, I don't know if you have any ideas for transferring this jade pendant?"

Before Meng Zitao could speak, the sixth child was surprised: "What, the sixth child, you have made a fortune? You can even afford to buy such a treasure?"

The sixth said with a smile: "What kind of fortune, I asked for others, his father-in-law has been looking for a gossamer carving work, but has not found one that can satisfy him." No, in a few months, his father-in-law will be 90th birthday, and he wants to find one as a gift for his father-in-law, so he entrusted it to me. ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "I really don't have the idea of transferring it for the time being. ”

The sixth said: "I can understand this, but the reason why I told you is because he is a collector of cultural toys, and he has a lot of good things in his hands. ”

Since this is the case, Meng Zitao didn't think much about it, so he agreed, although he didn't want to exchange this jade pendant, but he went to Shangdu next month, maybe he could find a suitable one.

After chatting for a while, Lao Liu and Lao Niu left one after another.

At first, He Wanyi was also a little nervous, when she heard that it was mainly to match the army and Tan Guihua, she was relieved at the same time, she also smiled and said that she would contribute.

…………

It's March 12th, this time. Meng Zitao rented an office space, added relevant equipment, accepted several scientific researchers introduced by Shu Ze, and began to conduct preliminary research on Chengxintang paper.

Research is actually a money-burning business. It is unlikely that there will be results anytime soon. Of course, if the research is successful, it will be no less than a cash cow.

However, Meng Zitao thought about the research process and the amount of money it would cost to put into production after success. He had a headache again, and it was not difficult to imagine that he had really spent money like water during this time, and he didn't know if the tens of millions of funds in his hands were enough now.

Fortunately, after next month's auction, he will be able to get tens of millions, and he shouldn't have to worry too much about it then.

To get back to the point, early in the morning, Meng Zitao and the army got on the plane to Shangdu, and two hours later, the two arrived at this city, which has more than 10,000 cultural relics. It is also a famous historical and cultural city where ancient soldiers must fight.

Coming out of the exit of the airport, Meng Zitao noticed a young man in front of him, holding his name in his hand, and kept looking in the direction of the exit.

Knowing that this should be Li Jingfu who came to pick them up, Meng Zitao walked over with the army.

"Hello, I am Meng Zitao. Meng Zitao greeted the pick-up staff.

"Hello Mr. Meng, I am sent by our shopkeeper Li to pick you up, you can just call me Xiao Li. Although the young man was a little surprised because of Meng Zitao's age, he immediately put it away and shook Meng Zitao's hand warmly.

Next. Xiao Li took the two to the parking lot and got into a commercial car.

"Teacher Meng, I don't know if you booked a hotel before you came. If not, our shopkeeper has prepared it for you, and the address is near our Shangdu Antique City. ”

Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "Then go to the hotel you mentioned." ”

"Okay, then I'll go......"

On the way, Meng Zitao asked about some exchange meetings. For example, the arrangement of the link at that time.

Xiao Li told him that the link of the exchange meeting was also simple, it was divided into two days, the first day was to visit the exhibits participating in the exchange meeting, you can vote for your favorite exhibits according to your own preferences, and you can vote for a total of 20 votes. Finally, 20 of the exhibits were selected according to the number of votes.

On the morning of the second day, the participants commented on the 20 exhibits from the aspects of culture, research value, market value, etc., and then the participants voted to select the champion, second and third runner-up.

Hearing this, Meng Zitao asked: "Is there any reward for this champion, runner-up and third runner-up?"

Xiao Li said with a smile: "What kind of special reward, that is, a certificate signed by several experts invited by our shopkeeper will be issued at that time." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, in fact, don't look at this reward as if it is nothing, but let alone the champion, runner-up and third runner-up, even if you can enter the top 20, it will add a lot of value to the collection, not to mention, there is also a certificate signed by an expert, presumably Li Jingfu will not be able to invite any outdated experts.

Xiao Li continued: "In addition, you must have heard that this year is different from previous years, and the next afternoon, there will be a charity auction. Specifically, at that time, our shopkeeper will take out 10 pieces of the collection for auction, and all the proceeds will be used for charity, and interested participants can also take out their own collections for auction. ”

Meng Zitao was a little surprised: "Since there is such an auction, why didn't anyone sue me earlier?"

Xiao Li was stunned: "Didn't anyone sue you? This, I'm really sorry, maybe it's because our shopkeeper is too busy, and this auction is also temporarily prepared, so some work is not done properly, I hope you can forgive me." ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's good that I came two days early." ”

In fact, for him, it is nothing whether he participates in the charity auction or not, but because of the last time he helped his students, he felt that when he encountered this kind of thing, he should do something within his ability.

Speaking of charity, the charitable foundation that Meng Zitao wanted to set up before has also been dealt with. However, it is not easy to establish, if he is allowed to do it, the money is a trivial matter, but the recruitment of personnel in related professions makes his eyes dark.

So now he can only trouble Shu Ze again, but because it didn't take long for the year to pass some time ago, and Shu Ze was too busy with work, it is estimated that there will be some time before this matter can be dealt with.

While chatting, the car stopped in front of the hotel booked by Li Jingfu, and the two packed their luggage, and Xiao Li took them to Li Jingfu's Jubaoxuan.

Jubaoxuan is a large antique shop divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower.

The first floor mainly deals with modern handicrafts, as well as some more elegant, not very old antiques. Although most of them are modern handicrafts, they are also very distinctive, and there are basically nothing less than 3,000 yuan, of course, they are basically value-for-money things.

The second floor is dominated by various collections in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the value is higher than that of the first floor, and there are basically no things less than 30,000.

The last layer is full of antique treasures worth more than one million, and you need to be accompanied by Li Jingfu to go up.

When Xiao Li arrived with Meng Zitao and the army, Li Jingfu was already at the door to greet them.

What surprised Meng Zitao was that Li Jingfu was actually a middle-aged man with five big and three thick, and he couldn't see the slightest temperament of a member of the antique world from his body, if Xiao Li hadn't introduced him, he would really have recognized the wrong person.

Li Jingfu's attitude towards Meng Zitao, just like his appearance, was very bold, and he was full of praise for Meng Zitao, which made Meng Zitao have the idea of "the weasel gave the chicken a New Year's greeting, and he didn't have a good heart".

Li Jingfu took Meng Zitao and the army to the reception room upstairs, only to see an old man in his sixties and seventies sitting in the room.

This old man looks very wise, but he doesn't feel good about Meng Zitao, specifically, being looked at by him is like being taken by a poisonous snake, and his heart is cold.

However, with the old man's smile, this feeling was only fleeting, if it weren't for Meng Zitao's keen feeling now, he would have thought that the feeling just now was an illusion.

Li Jingfu hurriedly introduced to both parties: "Brother Meng, this is Ai Xuan ****, he is the leading appraisal master in our Shangdu calligraphy and painting industry. ”

Ai Xuan smiled and shook his head: "You Xiaoli, haven't you heard of it, Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second?

Li Jingfu smiled: "What you said, your achievements are recognized by everyone, and I don't exaggerate at all." ”

"I really can't help you. ”

Ai Xuan smiled, and then said to Meng Zitao: "This must be Zheng Lao's closed disciple, he is really a talent!"

"Where, you are too old to win the award!" Meng Zitao hurriedly shook hands with Ai Xuan politely, but felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

In fact, when Meng Zitao and Ai Xuan met for the first time, there was no contradiction at all, and the reason why they had such an attitude was completely evil and influenced by their teachers.

It turned out that after Mencius Tao and Shimen and Ai Xuan's Shimen formed Liangzi because of an incident in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the relationship became worse and worse, and it reached the point of incompatibility during the Republic of China.

Later, although due to social changes, the relationship between the descendants of the two divisions has improved somewhat, but the two sides generally do not get along with each other.

However, the situation changed again when Ai Xuan arrived, and Meng Zitao's second senior brother Lu Wenle was proficient in calligraphy and painting, and often published some articles in magazines, which were very popular with readers and peers.

Ai Xuan was not very convinced by this, so he pointed out different opinions on an article by Lu Wenle more than ten years ago, and the two of them went back and forth and wrote several related articles.

Originally, academic disputes were also normal, but in the end, Ai Xuan actually insinuated that Lu Wenle's character was problematic, which made Lu Wenle very angry, but before Lu Wenle could refute it, his friends were angry, so they pulled some friends and denounced Ai Xuan.

Ai Xuan thought that it was instructed by Lu Wenle, and Liang Zi ended it like this. (To be continued.) )

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