"Alas, the regulations of antiquities shops are well intentioned, but in recent years, there have been many antiques from the inner cabinet flowing abroad. Foreign guests could not enter the inner cabinet, so they asked a domestic agent to come forward, and if they could not appear legally, they secretly entrained. Zhou Xuexue sighed with emotion.

"In the past, when I didn't distinguish between the inner and outer cabinets, I didn't know how many high-quality products were exported, but now the situation is much better." Yang Jintong said with relief.

Well.

Li Rui nodded in agreement, so many cultural relics stores across the country are selling, no one can say clearly how many fine products have been lost.

However, the establishment of an inner cabinet and an outer cabinet can definitely be improved.

"Boss Yang, Mr. Zhou, the things have been fetched, why didn't you enter the reception room......" Manager Feng walked out with a scroll in his hand.

"Ha, I met a friend." Yang Jintong said with a smile, and then introduced Li Rui beside him. The two sides also said hello, and they knew each other.

"Brother Li Rui, Teacher Zhou and I want to see a piece of calligraphy, let's go and see it together?" Yang Jintong invited.

"Okay."

Li Rui saw that the other party was not pretending to be polite, and heard that he was appreciating calligraphy works, so after a little thought, he responded with a smile.

He can't identify the authenticity of calligraphy, and his calligraphy skills are only entry-level, but he has integrated a Su Shi's calligraphy spirit, not that he has no eyesight at all, and he can still see a little bit of the quality of the words. So when I heard that I was looking at calligraphy works, I was also very interested.

Hospitality room.

Manager Feng placed the calligraphy scroll on the table and slowly unfolded it.

"Teacher Zhou, I'm sorry for you!" Yang Jintong took the lead in looking down, the words were very good, and it was very comfortable to look at, but his eyesight was limited and he couldn't judge the quality of this calligraphy.

Zhou Xuexue smiled and nodded, then stepped forward to identify the calligraphy on the table, looked at it little by little, looked at it very carefully, and did not let go of half of it. He didn't buy the thing, but he was invited to palm it, and if he looked away, without mentioning the question of who was responsible, his own face would be gone, and he would become the laughing stock of his peers.

"The penmanship is atmospheric, unrestrained, free and easy without lack of strength, and it is a rare good word." Li Rui gave an evaluation in his heart, his eyes were good, and he could clearly see the calligraphy without getting close. The seal of this calligraphy is Wang Duo, and he does not dare to judge whether it is true or false, he just evaluates it purely from the perspective of calligraphy appreciation.

"It's okay, it's very good, it's a masterpiece of Wang Duo." After careful appraisal for more than ten minutes, Zhou Xuexue made a judgment conclusion.

"That's good, I want this Wang Duo calligraphy, Manager Feng, please help me pack it well." Yang Jintong immediately decided.

"Boss Yang, don't worry, I'll install it for you in a while."

Manager Feng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was really afraid that Zhou Xue would say that there was a problem with Wang Duo's calligraphy. The things have long been seen by the experts of the cultural relics store, and they have also been identified by the experts of the Cultural Relics Bureau, but these experts cannot be compared with Zhou Xuexue. Zhou Xuexue is recognized as an expert in ancient coins, but he knows that the other party's eyesight in the identification of calligraphy and painting is not weak at all, otherwise, it is impossible to be invited by Yang Jintong to palm.

"How much does it cost?" Yang Jintong asked.

"200,000 yuan!"

Manager Feng quoted without thinking.

Well.

Yang Jintong nodded understandingly, didn't say anything, and directly took out the checkbook, signed a check, and handed it over.

That's it?

Li Rui was surprised, 200,000 yuan is a huge amount of money, the other party didn't even pay back the price, and signed the check directly.

"Li Rui, let's go and see the antiques in the inner cabinet?" Zhou Xue asked.

"Okay."

Li Rui agreed without hesitation that he came to the cultural relics store to buy antiques, so naturally he would not refuse.

"Let's go shopping together, I haven't come to see it in a long time." Yang Jintong echoed with a smile, he does real estate development, is not short of money, and will collect his favorite antiques when he encounters them.

……

Inner cabinet.

It's also on the second floor of the artifact shop, which is more deserted than the first floor.

"Here?"

Li Rui looked at the shelves of the inner cabinet and found a thin layer of dust, which was not conspicuous, but it was estimated that it had not been cleaned for a while.

"The target customers of the inner cabinet are limited, and few people come for ten days and half a month. Antiques are different from ordinary items, cleaning the shelves is very troublesome, a little careless will bump into the fall, the store staff is limited, there is not so much time to maintain and clean, generally clean once a month. Manager Feng explained.

"No customers? How is this possible...... Isn't the quality of the antiques in the inner cabinet higher? Li Rui was strange.

"The quality of the antiques in the antiquities shop is much higher, but the prices are also very expensive. Nowadays, a large number of antique streets, ghost markets, etc. have been spontaneously formed in various places, and there are many good things, but the prices are very low, and most buyers are attracted to it. Zhou Xuexue said with a smile.

"Alas, what Mr. Zhou said is right. In the past, business was good, but now it is difficult to pay employees' wages in terms of operating income. Manager Feng smiled bitterly.

So miserable?

Li Rui was surprised, and Manager Feng's helpless expression did not seem to be a fake.

"Hmph, the same thing can be bought for ten yuan in the antique street, but it costs twenty yuan, or even a hundred yuan, in this antiquity shop. It's no wonder that business can be good! In the past, there was no channel, the price was more expensive, and I could only pinch my nose and admit it, but now, I usually don't buy antiques here. "Zhou Xue didn't have a good airway.

"Teacher Zhou, you also know what kind of price all kinds of things sell, and the price list is clearly listed, so I can't decide." Manager Feng reluctantly argued.

Zhou Xuexue is a regular customer of the cultural relics store, but since the antique street began to take shape, he rarely comes here, and mostly Taobao in the antique street.

Recalling the unjust money spent in the cultural relics store, he was naturally full of complaints.

"Manager Feng can't decide the price?" Li Rui was surprised.

"yes. The items in the store are sold according to the price list, and the price increases every year, and the price cannot be reduced. Since the advent of the antique street, the business of antique shops has been greatly impacted. ”

Oh.

Li Rui realized that the cultural relics store is a monopoly state-owned enterprise, the price mechanism is rigid, and there are competitors who cannot adjust their countermeasures in time, no wonder it is so miserable.

Yang Jintong signed the check directly after asking the price, he thought it was the other party's local tyrant and didn't care about the money, but now he found that he was wrong, not that Yang Jintong was rich and took money not properly, but that this cultural relics store is not allowed to bargain. The price is clearly marked, the manager of the antiquities store has no right to change it, and the customer bargaining is even more useless.

……

Li Rui didn't speak again, and began to silently look at the antiques in the inner cabinet. The antiques in the inner cabinet have been raised to a higher level, but the number is not less, and the rows of shelves are full. He skimmed over most of the shelves and walked straight to the compartment where the porcelain was kept......