What is "obsession"?

Lin Yi thought about it, maybe it was his obsession with old books. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info as long as you like to buy books, you have this kind of persistence. No matter how hot or cold it is, I always get up early at the beginning of the second-hand book market, and even rush to the scene without eating, just to race against time to grab the second-hand book I like at first sight.

In order to buy old books, he spent all his pocket money, and he was reluctant to eat or wear, but he squandered money on buying books, and even took his salary for two or three months for a rare book. In order to buy old books, regardless of wind or rain, I always go to the shopkeeper who sells books in time to report, hand over cigarettes, and put on a smiling face, just so that the other party can take out the hidden good things for you to see.

No complaints, no regrets, persistent.

This is the obsession of buying books, and he is the person who searches for books.

The monk is right, Lin Yi has a strong "obsession", although he now has a collection of thousands of books, he is still not satisfied, and is still greedy for various used book stalls, from the southern capital, to Hong Kong, to Nanjing, to Taipei, and then to Shanghai...... Almost every used book market in every place has left his footprints, his shadow.

He doesn't have a specific job, he doesn't have a specific career, his job is actually to search for books, and his career is to sell books.

His ideals used to be very clear--- and he searched for all the best books in the world!

Now that I think about it, isn't this the biggest obsession?

There are many wonders in the world, and there are even more good books, hidden in the people, how can you exhaust them?

Lin Yi seemed to have an epiphany, and said goodbye to the monk, who knew that the monk was looking at him from behind, but did not look back, but strode towards the lawn in front of the temple.

Tingting also happened to come down from the stairs, and saw Lin Yi smile on her face, "I made three wishes in it just now, all of them are related to you, guess what wishes are?" ”

Lin Yi replied with a smile, "It won't work if I say it, so I'm right not to guess." "Deftly avoids topics that can lead to embarrassment.

Tingting thought about it, it seemed right, so she didn't bother, took Lin Yi's arm, and walked forward together.

It happened that Lin Yi's phone rang, and when he took it out, it was Qin Zhong calling.

Tingting said: "Mr. Qin? ”

Lin Yi nodded and chose to answer: "Old Qin, where are you?" ”

Qin Zhong smiled: "It seems that I should ask you ...... this."

Lin Yi said: "In Longhua Temple." ”

"What a place." Qin Zhong said, "I heard that you are about to leave Shanghai?" ”

"yes, I'm going to leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Come here!"

"What?"

"Come to me, I'll take you somewhere." Qin Zhong said mysteriously.

Lin Yi hesitated a little and looked at Tingting.

"Is there a beautiful woman around?" That Qin Zhong seemed to have clairvoyance.

Lin Yi smiled bitterly, "You have to say a reason for me to come over." ”

"The reason is simple, there's a private auction here, you have to come and ---"

"Why?"

"Because the auction is "Wang Duo's Poetry Manuscript Handscroll"!"

……

Lin Yi has a lot of stories, but what he remembers the most is the volume of "Wang Duo's Gift to John Tang Manuscript Manuscript" that he once sold in desperation, which was auctioned in Hong Kong for 80 million Hong Kong dollars, about 60 million yuan.

It was also by virtue of that money that Lin Yi had the capital to collect more ancient books and rare books, and it was also by that money that Lin Yi began a brilliant life of picking up leaks.

However, for Lin Yi, the handscroll was an eternal pain in his heart, because he was not strong enough at the beginning, so he had to shoot the beloved handscroll, and finally it was photographed by the Chinese-American and mysterious rich Wang Zekun. And Wang Zekun once made an appointment with Lin Yi alone, and said something provocative to Lin Yi, "If you have the strength, grab this handscroll back!" ”

Now, three years later, this handscroll is actually being auctioned again, not in Hong Kong, but in Shanghai.

What's going on here?

According to the Wang Zekun that Lin Yi knew, he would never take out this beloved treasure for auction, could it be that he had any problems?

With a stomach full of doubts, Lin Yi said goodbye to Tingting and hurriedly went to find Qin Zhong.

……

When he arrived at the appointed place, he found Qin Zhong, who beckoned to him in the car: "Hurry up and get in the car." ”

Qin Zhong's car this time was very low-key, but it belonged to the kind of gorgeous and low-key pretending, because he drove a Volkswagen Phaeton. Volkswagen's most popular car logo W, people look at it and think that this kind of car is only worth more than 200,000 at most, but who knows, the price of this car is as high as 1.5 million, and it is definitely a forced artifact. There are even a lot of jokes about the car online---

It is said that a big guy bought a Volkswagen Phaeton, one day, into the parking lot, was in the automatic parking, the administrator shouted at him: "Hey, be careful when driving passat, don't hit the new BMW 320 on the side, you can't afford to pay!" The big guy roared angrily: "Lao Tzu's car is enough to buy him 5 cars!" “

One day, the big guy entered the gas station, and if he didn't pay attention, the No. 93 gun of the little sister was aimed at Kaijia, and the eldest brother Khan came down, shouting "Lao Tzu is going to add 97, who let you add 93 on your own initiative!" The little sister kindly replied, "Big brother, it's absolutely okay to add 93 passat, how much passat do I add every day, 93 saves money, it's not Mercedes-Benz BMW, there is no need to add 97~"

One day, an important friend of a friend of the big guy got married, and he wanted to borrow a heavyweight head car, and the big guy was kind to the person, although he loved the car very much, he also lent it generously, and the friend returned the car afterwards, and the eldest brother proudly asked: "How about it, let you have a long face in front of your friends?" The friend sighed, "Don't mention it, my friend said that this is an old passat, which is too unpopular, and finally spent money to rent a current red sports car as a wedding car, and your car will be the last in the wedding convoy to pick up the elderly and children." ”

One day, when the eldest brother was about to leave after parking the car, he heard a conversation between two young people behind him, and one of them said, "Look, wow, Phaeton!" The eldest brother felt comfortable in his heart, and finally there was someone who knew the goods, and when he was cool, he heard another young man say, ", there is really an SB to buy it!" ”

In short, this Phaeton is definitely a luxury car with a very low-key connotation, but few people can understand it. For example, Lin Yi, he doesn't understand much.

After getting into the car, Lin Yi endured not to speak, and Qin Zhong did not speak until the old driver drove the car to the Hunan Highway.

At this time, the speed of the forcing artifact was revealed, and as soon as it increased slightly, it exceeded one hundred and two.

Lin Yi was a little nervous, and felt that the speed was a little too fast, so he said to Qin Zhong: "Slow down, I haven't lived enough." ”

Qin Zhong smiled: "What you are pursuing while driving is a thrill--- why don't you ask me about the auction?" ”

Lin Yi said, "Say, I'm curious, I guess you can't hold it back." ”

Qin Zhong smiled, "After serving you--- alas, speaking of which, it seems that the overseas American named Wang Zekun has just passed away......

He ...... Passed away? Lin Yi was stunned, it seemed that the old man was in good spirits.

"It's almost eighty years old, and it's not surprising that he has passed away now." Qin Zhong said, "But his group is miserable...... has many children, and after his death, there was a lot of trouble over the family property, and he also made a lot of lace news in gossip magazines. I heard that the old man's family fortune is at least more than 3 billion US dollars, right? ”

"The children are fighting a lawsuit over these inheritances, and the legal costs alone are enough. Then the group company was divided by the eldest son, the second son, and the third son, and some of the calligraphy and painting collections collected by the old man during his lifetime were not easy to divide because the value could not be estimated, so they had to be put up for auction, and it was easy to divide the money after selling it......"

After Qin Zhong said this, he glanced at Lin Yi, "You are an expert, of course you should also know that the most popular place in the auction of Chinese calligraphy and painting is in Chinese mainland, so those losers brought these collections to Shanghai for auction--- I also heard you tell the story of the volume of "Wang Duo's Poetry Manuscript Handwriting", and I knew that you have such a great fate with this rare book, so I called you and took you over to take a look to see if you wanted to ......"

Lin Yi directly interrupted Qin Zhong's words, "Of course I want to take it back!" Even higher prices than before! ”

Qin Zhong was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled, "Hehe, then I'll take you there, let those big guys see what a real collector is......"

Lin Yi had a serious look on his face, for him, this volume of poems was not only an important experience in his book, but also the biggest setback in his life.

Although it was auctioned off at a sky-high price of 80 million Hong Kong dollars at that time, Lin Yi succumbed to money and gave up his most beloved treasure to others.

Although in the eyes of many people, he has picked up a big bargain, but the feeling of subservience to money is really uncomfortable.

"Why don't you speak? What do you think? Qin Zhong asked again, at this time, his voice seemed very soft.

Lin Yi smiled and shook his head, "Heh, what else can you think, of course it's about that rare book, if I say no, you won't believe it." Can I ask one more question? ”

Qin Zhong nodded, "You say!" ”

"I wonder how much you would support me if I tried to bid on this manuscript?!"

Qin Zhong was silent, he rested one hand on his chin, his gaze was far-reaching......

Lin Yi didn't dare to urge Qin Zhong, after all, he was driving, and he was driving at a speed of more than one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour, all Lin Yi could do was to wait patiently for Qin Zhong's reply or not.

"How much do you need?" Qin Zhong finally spoke.

"One hundred million." Lin Yi said calmly.

Qin Zhong took a breath and said, "It's done!" ”

Lin Yi smiled.

……

The car finally drove out of the highway, Lin Yi saw a place with only a few lights in the distance, and he couldn't really see it in the dark, Qin Zhong's speed obviously slowed down.

Look around, it seems to be remote. Lin Yi was a little strange, why did Qin Zhong bring himself here? However, with the last experience, Lin Yi also knew what it meant to be a "village with bright flowers", so he was not in a hurry to ask, let it be, and see where he was going.

Not far ahead, Qin Zhong parked the car in front of a high wall, flashed his lights twice, and Lin Yi saw clearly that it was not a complete wall, but a steel gate of the same height as the surrounding wall.

The door opened slowly, and a light shot out from inside, and then it went out, and this time the door was completely opened, and Qin Zhong stepped on the accelerator again and drove inside.

didn't have time to think about it, Lin Yi's car had slowly bypassed the shade on both sides of the path, and then Lin Yi realized that there were actually two high walls on both sides of the road just now. What is this place? It's so weird. This thought just came to my heart, and the lights were already shining in front of me......

If it weren't for the design of the high walls and tree-lined paths just now, the lights here would have leaked out long ago, could this design be to prevent the lights from leaking out......

There was no time to continue to let Lin Yi think about other issues, and the scene in front of him had already made Lin Yi dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Lin Yi knew what it meant to be drunk, compared to the scene here, even if it was the most prosperous business district in Shanghai, it was nothing.

Lin Yi visually inspected it, the area here is about at least more than 10,000 square meters, in addition to a typical Gothic style single-story four-story building standing in the middle, there are two huge swimming pools in front of it, and all kinds of flowers and plants are planted around, and there is actually a dome-shaped transparent cover above the head, covering the entire manor......

Manor, Lin Yi can only use this word to describe such a luxurious and super-large area, it seems that in his impression, the manor seen in TV and movies may not be as big as here.

Of course, such a manor would not surprise Lin Yi much, what really surprised him was the men and women walking around under the brilliant lights.

Lin Yi knew in his heart that this was the so-called party or party, but it was not as he imagined that the men were wearing formal clothes and bow ties, and the women were wearing evening dresses.

Another strange thing is that the weather is a little cool in March and April, and those people who are outdoors should wear thicker coats anyway, but these people in front of them are clearly dressed as if they are in summer, and there are single shirts, short-sleeved sleeveless ones are not lacking......

Qin Zhong's car didn't stop, Lin Yi followed him around the party men and women, and drove to the back of the house. At the back, I saw a downward ramp, and it was obvious that there was a private underground parking garage here, and I walked slowly forward and parked the car.

Sure enough, it was a huge underground parking garage, and when the car drove over to find a vacant space, Lin Yi paid attention to the sign of the car parked here. There are no so-called luxury cars as he imagined, most of them are common Audi A8, BMW 7 Series and the like, and occasionally there are one or two Lamborghini or Ferrari in between......

It's just a pity that Lin Yi has never been interested in luxury cars, otherwise he wouldn't have recognized how awesome Qin Zhong's Volkswagen Phaeton is. But he still wonders, why aren't there many decent ox carts here? (To be continued.) )