"You're also the subject of Alan's interview?" the man asked with a smile. I shook my head and said no, I was just selling Thai jewelry online, and Alan wanted to buy a necklace from me. Of course, I can't talk about the amulet, Ah Lan probably thinks I speak very appropriately and looks at me with a smile.

The man gently patted his hands on his chest twice and said, "Ouch, that's great! I've been fascinated by Southeast Asian ornaments lately, since Ah Lan can meet you, it means that you are very reliable, give me your business card." "I have to say that I don't have a business card, it's just a small business. The man asked for my phone number, and Alan was too embarrassed to object, so I asked him to write it down.

After that, I thought that this man should go about his business, after all, Ah Lan and I were still talking. He looked at his watch: "Ah Lan, the teacher Ma I told you last time is coming to me at noon to discuss cooperation, and he may be there soon, and he is also in this store, do you want to meet by the way?"

Alan thought for a moment and looked at me. I thought to myself, what does this mean, are we done talking? didn't talk about anything serious at all, and you didn't say whether you wanted to invite or not, so it's over, so what am I doing all the way to Shanghai, just to eat this set of cat urine coffee set with 200 petty 200? At this time, Alan smiled and said: "Mr. Tian, Mike told me about that teacher Ma before, then I will meet him at noon, and we will continue to talk about Thai jewelry after he leaves." "I hurriedly said no problem, you talk about yours, I'll just change my position and sit by myself.

That Mike is quite polite, and he keeps saying that he is embarrassed to me, and that Mr. Ma is usually very busy and can't spare too much time to come over, so he took up your conversation time, I'm really sorry. I also said it doesn't matter, I'm not in a hurry anyway.

So, I moved to a seat away from the two tables, removed the coffee and cake, and Mike sat down to talk to Alain. Not to mention, although this delicate man Mike is a little feminine, he is dressed and looks good after all, and he speaks very decently, so he doesn't hate it.

In less than ten minutes, Mike answered the phone and walked outside the store to pick up a man. The man was wearing a light yellow Chinese shirt and trousers, black round cloth shoes on his feet, a flat shaved head, and two walnuts in his hands were rubbing. This surprised me, it stands to reason that there are many cultural games like walnuts in the Beijing-Tianjin wing, and there are many in the Northeast, but I didn't expect to meet them in Shanghai. Mike introduced each other and said that this is Mr. Ma and this is Ah Lan, you guys talk slowly first, and I'll go out and buy something.

Mr. Ma sat down in my original position, beckoned to the waiters, and asked them what the shops were all about. Mr. Ma spoke in a loud voice with a northern accent, but I couldn't tell if he was from Beijing or Hebei. The waiter recommended a few kinds of coffee and a few kinds of cakes, and Mr. Ma shook his head: "I don't like to eat this, do you have hot dishes?" The waiter apologized and said that there were only two pastries that could be heated, so Mr. Ma had to ask for two.

"I don't eat it, I've already eaten it. Alan pointed to the matcha on the table. Teacher Ma changed his voice to one serving, plus a glass of hot milk. It may be that he speaks in a high voice, and some of the guests at the tables around him can't help but look at him.

Ah Lan whispered to the man: "Teacher Ma, people here are used to talking in a low voice, see if you can ...... too"

Teacher Ma understood and immediately said that there was no problem, I just need to be quiet. He smiled and said to Ah Lan, that Mike told me twice, saying that you are still single, and you are waiting for fate. Ah Lan hurriedly said: "No, no, it's not as exaggerated as he said, I just want to make more friends with more men with status, status and taste, so as to expand my customer circle, after all, I am the editor-in-chief of the magazine, and I often have to interview elite men from all walks of life." ”

"Know!" Teacher Ma raised his voice again, "This is still a problem? Let me tell you, there are so many people I know, you can just say, what kind of business do you want to know?" Ah Lan immediately made another low gesture, and Teacher Ma was in a trance and patted his head to apologize. Ah Lan thought about it and said that she wanted to meet some successful men, but she had to have taste, preferably from a family, not an explosive family, and an aristocratic temperament.

Teacher Ma didn't understand: "Born in a family, aristocratic temperament...... That means that the ancestors have been rich for several generations, right?" Alan smiled, and had to say that it could be understood in this way. Teacher Ma immediately waved his hand and said that it was useless, what did the ancestors have money on, you have to have money. I also know a grandfather who is an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and how is it now, he still works in a restaurant.

Ah Lan thought for a while: "I mean, it doesn't matter if this person doesn't have money now, but he must have that kind of family temperament, he must know how to taste, and he must know how to appreciate——" I saw that Mr. Ma's expression was very confused, and asked what kind of language you were talking about, English or Japanese. Ah Lan reluctantly said that it was English, that is, he wanted to know how to appreciate.

"Ah, then you have to speak English, I'm not English. Teacher Ma said.

Alan said, "Get used to it. "Teacher Ma asked if you have studied abroad, and Ah Lan shook his head and said no. Teacher Ma laughed, how can you get used to it, Ah Lan didn't answer, and asked Teacher Ma what kind of business he was engaged in.

Mr. Ma replied, "Didn't that Mike tell you? I was a painter of antique jade, calligraphy, painting and furniture, first in Panjiayuan, Beijing, and then to Liulichang, and then to Shenyang Road in Tianjin. No, in recent years, they have all been stalls in Shanghai Hongqiao Antique City.

Ah Lan asked: "But Mike told me, are you a connoisseur of European classics?" Teacher Ma laughed, causing a lot of people to look at him, Ah Lan hurriedly waved his hand, Teacher Ma shrank his head, stuck out his tongue, and continued to laugh in a low voice, saying that Mike did not lie, and he began to collect the old furniture before liberation in the past two years, not in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but European furniture. Most of them are in old western-style houses and old residences in Shanghai and Tianjin, and most of the owners of those houses are rich people before liberation, such as rich merchants, compradors, foreign business owners, painters and famous actors. These European-style furniture were actually bought back from Europe by those people during the Republic of China, some were brought back in person, and some were transported from Europe to Shanghai by phone*. Don't underestimate these furniture, the price ranges from thousands to tens of thousands, and it may not be sold for half a year, but once someone hits it, the selling price will have to be doubled.

Speaking of pride, Mr. Ma also stilted Erlang's legs: "Let's do this, that's really half a year if you don't open, and you will eat for three years when you open." Last year, I received a sofa from an old house in Zhabei, French maple, calfskin, that color and texture, I can't get out of it for decades! 45,000 yuan, just got rid of it last month, there is a boss who bought a new villa, a full set of European decoration, all the furniture must be real European antiques, guess how much I sell him?"