Chapter 49: The Black Sheep
"Definitely, when the time comes, I will definitely disturb Brother Hu's ......" As the saying goes, the sedan chair carries people, and others naturally have to carry their faces, and after Fang Yi agreed, the bearded man and several other stall owners dispersed and returned to their stalls.
"Hehe, a few of our brothers, it's a good start...... the fat man's eyes narrowed into a slit, although he was a little tired of setting up a stall in this antique market, but he was in a very comfortable mood, looking at the objects in his hand exchanged for money, how happy the fat man was.
"It's still early...... "Sanpao said angrily: "When our brothers buy a house in Jinling City, then it can be regarded as a beginning, now let's do business in a down-to-earth manner......"
"Yes, let's buy a house in Jinling City and marry a city man as a wife!" The fat man rarely didn't raise the bar with the three guns, and there was a look of longing in his eyes, the children who grew up in the countryside dreamed of going to live in the city, and the fat man was naturally no exception.
"Okay, fat man, how was the business just now?" Fang Yi interrupted the brothers' dreams with his words, with that idle time to dream, it is better to sell a few more strings of beads.
"The fat man is out, and the business is naturally very good......"
After hearing Fang Yi's words, the fat man showed a heartfelt smile on his face, and said: "The beads of Xiaoye Rosewood were sold for two strings, with a total income of four hundred, Xingyue Bodhi sold four strings with an income of eight hundred and eighty, and Vajra Bodhi sold one string with an income of one hundred and eighteen ......."
The fat man smiled proudly, and then said, "Fang Yi, guess what else I sold?"
"How do I know, so many goods are missing, and I can't see it at all......"
Fang Yi shook his head when he heard this, the goods given to them by the Manchu army alone were hundreds of strings of various cultural beads, and only a small part of them were placed on the stall, and many of them were in the tricycle under the glass display case.
"Fang Yi, I sold the poplar wood Guanyin that Brother Man gave us...... "The fat man laughed, stretched out two fat slaps, and said: "One thousand, it was sold for a thousand yuan, how about it, buddy, I'm amazing, right?"
"Huh, that Guanyin was sold by you?"
After hearing the fat man's words, Fang Yi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, the objects in the stall they came out this time were the largest, more than thirty centimeters high, the subtle rights protection of the carving, according to the words of the Manchu army, this thing would be sold at least eight hundred or more, but I didn't expect the fat man to sell two hundred more.
"That's, don't you look at who the fat man is......"
The fat man raised his head proudly, his chin was almost tilted to the sky, in the few hours that Fang Yi left, the fat man sold several things one after another, and finally regained his confidence that had been hit by Fang Yi before,
If you want to say that the fat man's mouth can indeed say that the dead are alive, there was an old man who walked to this stall before, and after the fat man chatted with the old man for a few words, he knew that this was a person who believed in Buddhism, and immediately took out the poplar wood carving in the tricycle, and the old man who was fooled paid to buy it.
"The fat man is doing a good business, the price of the object that Brother Man gave us is three hundred, which is equivalent to making seven hundred ...... for nothing" San Pao said on the side, he is indeed not as good as the fat man when it comes to shouting and trading, but San Pao is in charge of money, and every time he sells something, he calculates the cost and profit.
"Sanpao, how much money did we make today?" After the flow of people became less in the afternoon, the fat man and Sanpao chatted with the stall owners next to them, and they didn't even care about calculating their income today.
"I count ......"
Sanpao took out a small notebook, and said while calculating: "Brother Yi bought a string of small leaf red sandalwood for five hundred yuan, and two strings of beads add up to four hundred and two, and the fat man's beads were sold for seven strings of beads for one thousand four hundred and six, not counting the Guanyin carvings, the sum of the money for selling beads today is two thousand three hundred and eighty yuan......
After calculating today's sales, the voices of the three guns trembled a little, you must know that the price of the beads that the Manchu army gave them was all one hundred yuan a string, so calculated, after removing the cost of ten strings of beads of one thousand yuan, the fat man made a net profit of 1,380 yuan just by selling the beads.
In addition, coupled with the 700 earned by the poplar wood Guanyin carving, the income of the three of them is 2,000 yuan a day, and the income of this day is even higher than that of many dual-income families working in Jinling City, no wonder the three guns are also excited.
"Two thousand a day, isn't it sixty thousand a month? brother, let's get rich?"
Although the fat man's math was taught by the teacher of physical education and mathematics at their school, he still calculated how much two thousand times thirty was equal to with his fingers, and his eyes suddenly widened.
The fat man can't help but be excited, you know, when he used to be a security guard, he only earned more than 1,000 yuan a month, and then paid 10 yuan a day for food, he could only have **100 left, and he had to work for five or six years without eating or drinking before he could earn 60,000 yuan.
"Don't get excited, you two don't get excited, that's not how the accounts are calculated, right?"
Seeing the fat man and the three gunners dancing, Fang Yi poured a basin of cold water on them, and said: "This market is only good for weekend business, and it is good to be able to sell one-third of the weekend on weekdays, today is Sunday, and Ming'er's sales may be going to come down......"
Fang Yi didn't wander around in vain this afternoon, listening to the conversation with others, he learned that although the business of the antique market is driven by tourists, most of the people who make deals are local players in Jinling, because these players usually have to go to work, so the weekend is the time for the antique market to do business.
"That's not bad, you can have a small income of 20,000 yuan a month......" The fat man and the third cannon were not hit at all, both of them were people who had been in society, and they knew that with their two veterans, let alone 20,000 a month, they couldn't even get 2,000.
"Well, this business should be a ...... to do something" Fang Yi thought for a while and said, "You two learn more things, let's open up the purchase channels again, and we will continue to work in this antique market in the future......"
"Okay, let's do a big job!" There is money in his pocket, and he is not panicked, and the faces of the fat man and the third cannon are also a little more confident.
"Okay, hurry up and close the stall and leave......" Fang Yi took out the pocket watch from his pocket and looked at it, and said, "It's almost six o'clock, let's not let Sun Lao and them wait......"
"Okay......"
The fat man and the three guns agreed, and quickly received the contents of the glass cabinet into the bag, and then sent the bag back to the Manchu army's shop, and the Manchu army left the key to the three guns when he left, anyway, there was not much value in his store.
"Hey, Xiao Fang, ...... here" When Fang Yi and the others came to the entrance of the market, they were looking around, and Sun Lao's voice came from a small car.
"Get in the car, go to where you live......" Sun Lao opened the window and waved his hand at Fang Yi, and it was Sun Lao's student Zhao Hongtao who sat in the front driving seat.
"Xiao Fang, I'll be cheeky and bother you with the teacher......" Zhao Hongtao said hello to Fang Yi, he knew that the teacher valued Fang Yi very much, so he didn't put any curator on the shelf.
Fang Yi knew that if he wanted to work in the antique market smoothly in the future, he would definitely have to rely on Deputy Curator Zhao, so he hurriedly said: "Where is it, Curator Zhao is willing to come, it is to give us a few faces......
"Okay, let's talk at the place, the windows are open on a hot day, and the air conditioner is gone......" Old Sun interrupted Fang Yi and Zhao Hongtao's greetings.
"Old Sun, we live down here......" Fang Yi pointed in the direction of Manjun's house and said, "It's only four or five hundred meters down from here, which one is next to that telephone pole, let's just go down......"
"You live here, that's very convenient......" After hearing Fang Yi's words, Sun Lao pushed the car door and walked down, and said, "I'll walk over with you, after lying in bed for so many days, it's time to move......
"Teacher, then you go first, I'll park the car in the ......parking lot," Zhao Hongtao said.
"Hmm, don't drive at night, have a few drinks with me......" Sun Lao nodded, he was still very satisfied with Zhao Hongtao's disciple.
When he took graduate students, Sun Lao had the heart to teach him his experience in antique identification, but Zhao Hongtao was obsessed with miscellaneous items and was not very interested in porcelain and bronze.
"Old Sun, Director Zhao, you are here, hurry, get out of the house and sit, it's too hot outside......" When Fang Yi and the others came to Manjun's house, Manjun was already looking forward to it in front of the door, and after welcoming Sun Lao and the others in, he hurriedly took out the watermelon that had been frozen in the refrigerator.
"Xiaoman, your house is good......"
After entering the Manjun house, Sun Lao said: "It is not easy to have such a house with a yard in the downtown area now, not to mention that Xiaoman, you are in the antique business, and you can be regarded as the first month near the water......
In fact, the place where Sun Lao lives is not very far from here, when he worked in the Jinling Museum, he often passed by the Manjun family when he commuted to work, but he didn't know him at the time.
"What Sun Lao said is that I can do this business, and I am also stained with the light of this house...... Man Jun nodded and said: "This house is close to the antique market, and when I used to walk with my father after dinner, I would go to the market after dinner, and I would enter the ......market after coming and going."
"Well, do it well in the future, the antique industry is broad and profound......"
Sun Lao looked at Manjun with a little approval, when he was still in the hospital, he asked people to inquire about Manchu's reputation, knowing that Manchu Jun was a proper person in the industry, and he had not done anything to cheat and cheat for so many years.
This is also the reason why Sun Lao is willing to come to Manjun's house as a guest, otherwise, with his feather-cherishing temperament, even if he is optimistic about Fang Yi, he will definitely not go to a traitorous merchant to eat.
Man Jun heard the meaning of Sun Lao's words, and quickly stood up and said, "Sun Lao, don't worry, I will do my duty......
"Okay, what's going on in the future, you go to Hong Tao......"
Sun Lao's words made Man Jun have a look of surprise on his face, you know, he also has a few acquaintances in the museum, but the highest level is a deputy department, if you can catch Zhao Hongtao's line, it will be much more convenient to do things in the antique market in the future.
"Brother Man, I won't do anything that violates the principles......" Zhao Hongtao joked with a smile.
"How can it, my Manchu army doesn't dare to say anything else, I never do anything that violates the law and discipline......" Manjun hurriedly made a guarantee, and at the same time the other party glanced at him, it will already be more than six o'clock, and it will be time for dinner.
Seeing that the Manchu army gave him a look, Fang Yi stood up and said, "Old Sun, you eat some watermelon first, and I'll go to the kitchen to cook a few dishes to ......."
"Xiao Fang, do you want me to help?" Zhao Hongtao stood up and said, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, all our dishes are fried by me, do you want to show you a hand?"
"Director Zhao, you better sit down, Fang Yi's craftsmanship will definitely satisfy you......" The Manchu army pulled Zhao Hongtao back to the sofa, he ate a meal cooked by Fang Yi yesterday, and the Manchu army couldn't wait to lick even the green vegetable plate that he never ate clean, and he was naturally confident in Fang Yi's craftsmanship.
"Oh, then I'd like to try ......."
Zhao Hongtao sat down with a smile, and saw that the fat man and the three guns were a little restrained, so he couldn't help but point at them, and said: "You two young men are good, there are too few people who are willing to act bravely now, I told the management office, the two of you will each be rewarded with five hundred yuan, and the small party will be rewarded with three hundred ......."
In fact, Fang Yi was the first to catch the thief in the afternoon, but later it was the fat man and the three guns, and most of the credit went to the two of them, and the bonus was two hundred yuan more than Fang Yi.
"Thank you, Director Zhao, we just did what we should do......" As soon as he heard that there was a bonus, the fat man's eyes suddenly lit up, but he still had to be modest.
"Sluts are hypocritical...... Hearing the fat man's fake words, Fang Yi couldn't help but laugh and curse in his heart, stood up and went to the kitchen to cook, the fish stew was a little hot.
It's all something I've been used to since I was a child, Fang Yi's cooking action is very fast, and in seven or eight minutes, four cold dishes are cut and served, which is used by people outside to drink first, and the other two stoves are also heated with oil, and the stir-fry is about to be cooked.
"Xiao Fang, it's hard work, hurry up and sit down and eat......" After the four hot dishes were also served, Zhao Hongtao opened his mouth and said: "I brought a bottle of red wine, do you drink red or white?"
Before coming, Zhao Hongtao brought the red wine in his office, but what was drunk on the table was the twenty-year-old Moutai taken out by the Manchu army, and yesterday he was crying and shouting that there was only one bottle left of the Manchu army, and this time he actually moved out a whole box.
"Drinking white ......"
Fang Yi took off his apron and sat down at the table, picked up the wine glass that Man Jun poured for him, and said: "This glass of wine should be honored to Sun Lao, congratulations to Sun Lao on his discharge from the hospital, and I also wish Sun Lao good health and all the best......
When Fang Yi was on the mountain, he had to drink a few glasses with his master almost every day, and when the two of them drank, they didn't quarrel less, this blessing came as soon as they opened their mouths, if they didn't know his bottom line, the fat man and the three guns saw Fang Yi now, and they couldn't believe that he had only been down the mountain for a few days.
"Xiao Fang, good craftsmanship, I'm willing to bow down......" After accompanying the teacher to drink, Zhao Hongtao took a chopstick fish and put it in his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he gave Fang Yi a thumbs up.
"Well, it's good, it's much better than the dishes you eat in the restaurant...... "Sun Lao also took a chopstick dish, and after chewing a few times, he nodded again and again, to say that his son's craftsmanship is also good, but it is far worse than Fang Yilai.
"Old Sun, Director Zhao, eat more if it's delicious, I'm a wild man, I can't compare to the ...... of the restaurant chef" Fang Yi smiled and said a few words modestly, when he was on the mountain, he didn't have many ingredients, and he would try his best to make the food delicious every day, and when he got to the bottom of the mountain, he was even more like a fish in water.
"Xiao Fang, what else is Curator Zhao?"
Zhao Hongtao had already drunk several glasses of wine before Fang Yi came to the table, his face was a little red, he patted the table with his hand, and said: "There is no leader on the wine table, Xiao Fang, if you don't think I'm old, just call Brother Zhao......"
When Zhao Hongtao was accompanying the teacher in the office in the afternoon, he probed Sun Lao's tone and knew that he intended to accept Fang Yi as a disciple, so although he was nearly twenty years older than Fang Yi, he really talked about his seniority, that is, Fang Yi's senior brother.
"Okay, then I'll toast Brother Zhao first......"
After Fang Yi was served, the atmosphere on the wine table became more and more enthusiastic, and Sun Lao even drank several glasses in a row, and finally replaced the wine with tea under the persuasion of everyone, and chatted while drinking.
"I'm sorry, I'll answer the phone......" Zhao Hongtao's mobile phone on the table, which had just had a drink with Fang Yi, suddenly rang, and after looking at the number, Sun Hongtao confessed to everyone, got up and went to the courtyard to answer the phone.
"Well, Hong Tao, what happened?" Sun Lao found that after Zhao Hongtao came back from answering the phone, his face was a little not very good-looking.
"Something happened...... Zhao Hongtao smiled bitterly and picked up a glass of wine, stood up very solemnly, and said: "Speaking of this, I want to make amends to Fang Yi and your brothers first, and I will be responsible for this matter......
"Brother Zhao, what's the matter?" Fang Yi asked, but he guessed a few points in his heart.
"It's not the matter of the ancient national light......"
Zhao Hongtao shook his head and said: "I called from the museum just now, and they said that they received a notice from the city bureau that Gu Guoguang of our museum was suspected of accepting bribes from criminals, and the amount was relatively large, and now he has been arrested......
Hearing this news, Zhao Hongtao was also a little depressed, although he was not in charge of logistics, but anyway, Gu Guoguang was arrested, and he, the leader of the museum, also felt that his face was gloomy, especially in front of the teacher and Fang Yi and others, this feeling was even stronger.
"There are black sheep everywhere, Hong Tao, you don't have to blame yourself too much, just pay more attention when employing people in the future......" Seeing Zhao Hongtao's self-blame, Sun Lao explained that he had been a leader for so many years, and naturally knew that some things were difficult to avoid.
"Yes, teacher, I must pay attention to ......" Zhao Hongtao nodded and said: "I will propose it at the meeting tomorrow, and carry out political rectification within the museum, and I will let a responsible and capable person go over to the management office." ”
There are two sides to everything, although saying this kind of thing makes Zhao Hongtao a little faceless, but there are also benefits to this, because Gu Guoguang is another deputy curator, and the deputy curator is competing with Zhao Hongtao for the position of curator, Gu Guoguang was arrested, which is definitely a big blow to the deputy curator.
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ps: I attended the annual meeting in Shanghai, and the big chapter written by staying up late is not divided, and now it's this big chapter, everyone votes for the fat man!