Chen Yixin still remembers that the assistant is also surnamed An, and it is said that he is Mr. An's nephew.

Assistant An took them into the small reception room and said that Mr. An was answering the phone and asked them to wait for a while.

About ten minutes later, Mr. Ann came in.

Today, Mr. An is not as formal as before, and Mr. An, who is wearing a placket Tang suit, is still spinning two Tai Chi balls in his hands, and his expression between his eyebrows is a little tired.

"Uncle An, I'm really sorry to bother you so late. ”

Zhen Ni got up first and said hello to Mr. An, Chen Yixin stood half a step behind Zhou Sheng and greeted Mr. An with a decent smile.

"I remember you. Mr. An waved his hand at Zhen Ni, but suddenly said to Chen Yixin, "You are the little translator of Boss Ai, why did you change jobs? I knew you were coming to me." ”

"No, I don't. I work as an intern at Mr. Ai's company. Zhou Sheng is my classmate, he is now studying abroad, he wants to do a project with others, he happens to know Zhen Ni, and we talked about it after dinner today, so I asked Zhen Ni to help me see Mr. An. ”

In fact, there is no need for Chen Yixin to explain, Mr. An's assistant team has already checked Zhou Sheng's background. It was also because of the good reputation of the Zhou family, and Mr. An's impression of Zhen Ni and Chen Yixin, the two little girls, was not bad, so he agreed to meet Zhou Sheng and give him a chance to prove himself.

The specific project was not clear to the two girls, and after greeting Mr. An, they followed Assistant An out of the small reception room and went to the side hall to drink tea and eat snacks.

Mr. An is an old-fashioned person's approach, which Chen Yixin already knew before, but he didn't expect him to be so obsessed with Chinese culture, his home is full of Chinese design, and the furniture ornaments are also very antique.

Seeing a screen in the side hall, Chen Yixin really couldn't hold back his excitement, and he didn't care that Assistant An was beside him, so he took two or three steps closer to see.

"It's a really good carving. After carefully looking up and down, left and right, she concluded, "The carving of this screen should have been made by craftsmen in the Qianlong period, but the glass screen in the middle was added later." ”

She still hasn't said a word, the craftsmanship of the person who completes the screen is really a big difference, and the original middle should be a carved wooden screen composed of wood carving hollow inlaid shell mica pieces, which has been changed to a glass screen, not to mention, although the painting inside is also a Chinese painting method that is used vigorously, but the artistic conception is really far behind.

Although she sighed in her heart, her face was still steady, but her interest was greatly reduced, and she returned to her position and sat down after watching it for a while.

"I heard from Sira that you sent her a screen. When will you help me find a good object, I also like those old handicrafts. ”

"Okay, I'll go to the antique market when I have time, but whether I can find something good depends on luck. It was also good luck to give Sira that seat screen, the previous original was badly damaged, but fortunately I found an old craftsman to help repair it.

Before, Assistant An was just a calm and peaceful two girls playing by themselves, but now I heard Chen Yixin and Zhen Ni talking about antiques, one after another, and suddenly I had an indescribable feeling.

"Miss Chen seems to be very researched about antiques?"

"No, I don't play antiques. Chen Yixin smiled good-naturedly, "I was interested in history before, and then I studied with Professor Zhang intermittently for two or three years, but later I found that I was just interested in historical relics, and it was too painful to learn other subjects, so I had to study economics and take history as an interest." ”

Assistant An also checked Chen Yixin's background, and the resume on the surface was very simple, and she also had the experience of studying with Professor Zhang, but the big guy didn't look at it carefully at that time, and he didn't know that Professor Zhang was a well-known person in the history field.

Assistant An helps Mr. An take care of daily affairs, such as arranging the residence, and he is also in charge of it. Now that he knew that Chen Yixin still had such great ability, he was interested, picked up a few things he wanted to know and asked, and found that the explanation Chen Yixin gave him was more detailed and better than what he asked an expert, and his attitude suddenly changed.

"Actually, I don't have a good grasp of all of this. If Brother An, you need this, I can help you introduce a person, he is Professor Zhang's disciple, and his ability is absolutely no problem. And his family was originally a scholarly family, and the elders in his family were all celebrities in the cultural world, you can know if you inquire a little. ”

That's how networking is built. Friends of friends are introduced to other friends, and we have a friendship after coming and going, and when it comes to this, I know it, and I know it when it comes to that, so it doesn't feel much closer.

Chen Yixin knows more about the cultural relics of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and other dynasties can only say that they know a little bit of skin, and if they really want to ask for specifics, they have to find Xiao Yiyi.

But as far as she knew, telling Assistant An and Jenny about it was enough for them to be surprised and novel.

"By the way, you didn't seem to be a little satisfied with that screen just now?"

After chatting for so long, the three of them got a lot closer, and some words could be asked.

When the other party asked, Chen Yixin told him his judgment very directly.

"That's right, this shelf belonged to the Qianlong period, and I and the previous assistant went to collect it at that time. Originally, the hollow wood carving in the middle was so bad that it was impossible to see, and the original owner also said that the valuable thing was the outer frame, and we bought a lot of antiques at that time, and this screen was still given away for free. Later, the assistant in front of me went to contact the master to complete the screen, and after taking it back, it has been placed here without touching. ”

"Tyrannical creatures. Chen Yixin sighed, "It's a pity that I don't know a carpenter master with good craftsmanship here, if you can, I think you will restore it according to the original design, it will definitely be better than now." ”

Although the glass is transparent and beautiful, it can't be integrated with the screen as a whole, and it always makes people feel like they don't want to see more.

"Xinxin, you said that there is a master in your family, why don't you send this over and let him do it?"

"No, I can't. Chen Yixin shook his head decisively, "That master is just a family heirloom, and he can still do small things, but he can't do such a large piece of carved hollowing and inlay." ”

But after looking at it for a while, Chen Yixin asked Assistant An for a camera and took a careful picture of the screen up and down.

"I passed the picture to Xiao Yiyan and asked him to inquire if there was a master who was good at carpentry in the north. And it is also necessary to look at which school of wood carving is from the north and south, so that it can be integrated together, otherwise the framework of the north and the embedding of the south will be laughed at by connoisseurs.

She casually talked to the two of them about the characteristics of the northern and southern schools, especially the style, the two factions are quite different, and they are not easy to integrate together.

"As far as I can judge, this screen should be in the style of the southern faction. If you look at the lines, they are very delicate, and these turns are handled very harmoniously, and the carvings are exquisite, which is quite different from the techniques of the Northern School. However, there are also many schools of thought in the Southern School, and the specific results can only be obtained by expert analysis. ”

They were talking lively, and in the small reception room, Zhou Sheng's explanation had been over for a long time, and Mr. An read his plan word by word, and did not speak for at least twenty minutes.