Xu Yingying and the others went to find a storefront, Li Yu first went back to his residence, took a palm-sized brocade box, and then took a taxi to Hongbaozhai according to Ge Jianyu's address the day before.

Hongbaozhai is a well-known cultural store in Yuhai City, located on Xihe Street, not far from Yuhai University. The façade of Hongbao Zhai is not small, and the decoration is antique. Through the bright glass window, you can see that there are all kinds of cultural toys on the Bogu shelves inside, including real and fake products. Of course, as a standardized entertainment store, the high-imitation fakes in Hongbao Zhai are clearly marked. Some people are not really antiquities lovers themselves, but just want to find a few cultural toys to decorate their room, and these high-quality fakes are just what they need.

According to Ge Jianyu, Gao Shixin is a special consultant of Hongbaozhai and has a very good personal relationship with Cai Meilin, the owner of Hongbaozhai, so he often stays in Hongbaozhai when he is fine. Last night, Li Yu had already made an appointment with Gao Shixin through Guò Ge Jianyu, and met in Hongbaozhai today.

When Coats arrived at Hongbao Zhai, he explained to the guys in the store. Therefore, as soon as Li Yu entered the door, the man took him to the backyard. Gao Shixin and Cai Meilin were drinking tea and chatting there, and when they saw Li Yu coming in, Gao Shixin didn't get up, but just greeted Li Yu and asked Li Yu to come and sit.

"This is Boss Cai, the big brother of Yuhaiwen's play circle."

After Li Yu sat down, Gao Shixin pointed at Cai Meilin and half-jokingly introduced to Li Yu.

"Hello Boss Cai." Li Yu greeted respectfully, "I've been listening to Mr. Gao talk about Boss Cai's name, and I only got to see the truth today, which is really a blessing for three lives." ”

Cai Meilin waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't listen to Old Man Gao's nonsense, I'm just a businessman, I just have a few stinky money, what kind of name can I have." Professor Gao is the boss of the Yuhai entertainment circle, and when the Cultural Relics Association holds a meeting, he sits on the rostrum, and I can only help pour boiling water next to me. ”

Gao Shixin retorted: "Boss Cai is a rich man, so he naturally says that money stinks. Poor scholars like us can't wait to put a penny in our pockets, and in our opinion, money is very fragrant. ”

"Pull it down, what are you pretending to be poor in front of a child? The treasures you have in your collection are enough to buy my little shop. Cai Meilin said disdainfully.

It was common for two old men to quarrel like this, Li Yu sat next to him, couldn't interject, could only smile and say nothing, waiting for them to finish tearing their skins.

"By the way, Old Man Cai, I forgot to introduce it to you." Gao Shixin finally turned his attention back to Li Yu, and he said to Cai Meilin: "This is Li Yu, according to his own words, he has been learning art with an old Taoist priest in the mountains since he was a child, and he only came out of the mountain a few days ago. My cloisonné dragon gold bracelet was given to me by him. ”

"Is that the gold bracelet that is said to have come from Ding Ruliang's hand?" Cai Meilin asked.

Gao Shixin said: "Exactly." I know the name Ding Ruliang, but I still heard Xiao Li say it. Later, I went to the library to check a lot of information, and I really found it, during the Wanli period, there was indeed such a gold and silver craftsman, who was famous in the southeast. But it's strange to say, in the literary circle, no one has mentioned him. ”

Cai Meilin said: "It's not surprising, in ancient times, the status of craftsmen was low, and their names were generally not recorded in various chronicles, unless they were particularly famous, and occasionally a few literati notes would mention them. After you got that bracelet last time, I got a few friends from out of town to pay attention to it, and I also found a few pieces of gold and silver jewelry marked with the name 'Ruliang'. Everyone says you're a tall old man with a unique eye. ”

"What kind of insight am I, it's not Xiao Li who sues me, how do I know this Ding Ruliang." Gao Shixin said with a smile, and then, he turned his head to Li Yu and asked, "Xiao Li, Jianyu said that you have something to look for me, what is the matter?" ”

Li Yu said: "That's the case, didn't you tell me to find something to do last time?" I've been paying attention to it for a few days, but I have an idea to open a medicinal restaurant with a few friends. I was young and inexperienced, and I didn't know if this idea was suitable or not, so I wanted to hear what Mr. Gao meant. ”

"Medicinal diet? Well, that's a good idea. Lao Cai, what do you think? Gao Shixin asked.

Cai Meilin said: "Nowadays, people are sparing their lives, many people are not happy to eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but medicinal food can cater to the tastes of these people." However, it is not easy to open a medicinal restaurant, which requires a little knowledge of Chinese medicine and health preservation, not everyone can do it. ”

Gao Shixin pointed at Li Yu and said, "Lao Cai, I sue you, Xiao Li is not a simple person. He learned a lot from the old Taoist, and this time Jianyu's girlfriend was poisoned, which was prescribed by Xiao Li, and he woke up with traditional Chinese medicine. But don't make a fuss about this, I promised Xiao Li to keep it secret for him. ”

"Ho-ho, there's such a thing?" Cai Meilin showed a look of admiration and said, "If Xiao Li has such a foundation, it would be good to open a medicinal restaurant." Xiao Li, I'll make an appointment with you in advance, and when your medicinal restaurant opens, you have to get me a 20% off card, and I'll take a few old friends to try it. ”

Li Yu could hear that this meant to cheer himself on, and hurriedly responded: "Thank you Boss Cai." If you go, we'll give you a 50% discount. ”

"It's a deal!" Cai Meilin said with a smile.

Li Yu's inquiry with Gao Shixin about the opening of a medicinal restaurant is actually just a pretense, and his real purpose is to figure out that Guò Gao Shixin can sell an antique in order to raise enough start-up capital to open a medicinal restaurant. After saying the previous ones, he changed his expression and said with a straight face: "Teacher Gao, there is one more thing that I need to ask for your help with." ”

"You say, as long as I can do it, I will naturally try my best to do it for you." Coats made a promise of cheapness.

Li Yu said: "I opened a medicinal restaurant and found a few people to help. By the way, there is also Senior Brother Ge's unmarried wife among them. We calculated that opening a restaurant may require hundreds of thousands of yuan in the early stage, and we don't have much money, so I want to ask Mr. Gao to help me sell an antique, but I don't know if it will work. ”

Li Yu's request did not surprise Gao Shixin. Of course, he guessed that if it was just to ask whether it was appropriate to open a medicinal restaurant, Li Yu didn't need to come to Hongbaozhai at all, because Gao Shixin and Cai Meilin were not people who opened restaurants, and it was actually pointless to ask them for advice. Gao Shixin and Li Yu's relationship began with antiques, so Li Yu asked him to meet so solemnly, it was obvious that it could only be related to antiques.

When he first met Li Yu in Mingxikou Town, Gao Shixin noticed that he was carrying a bulging backpack, and the gold bracelet he sold was also taken out of the backpack. Gao Shixin guessed at that time that Li Yu must have more than one antique in his hand, and he arranged for Ge Jianyu to have a relationship with Li Yu, and he also wanted to seek other antiques in Li Yu's hands.

However, although he thought so in his heart, when he heard Li Yu's request, Gao Shixin still sank his face. He paused for a moment before he spoke earnestly:

"Xiao Li, to be honest, if you want to sell antiques, of course Boss Cai and I are interested. But as soon as you came out of the mountain, you sold antiques one after another, and from the perspective of an elder, I don't approve of your behavior. I don't know where your antiques came from, they must be relics left to you by your master. After all, these things are limited, and you better not take them out and sell them until you have to. It's easy to go from thrift to luxury, it's hard to go from luxury to frugality, do you know what I mean? ”

Cai Meilin nodded again and again, and echoed: "Lao Gao is right. When I opened this antique shop, I saw too many losers, and all the things left by my ancestors were sold out in a few years, so you can't get into this habit. ”

Gao Shixin and Cai Meilin's persuasion made Li Yu feel surprised and a little grateful. It stands to reason that these two people are playing with cultural relics, and they should be very happy if they want to sell antiques themselves. Who would have thought that they would actually persuade themselves not to sell things casually, this is obviously treating themselves as their nephews in their later lives, and they are talking to themselves with an attitude towards their nephews.

"Teacher Gao, Boss Cai, your teachings have been remembered by the younger generations. However, I didn't sell the antiques this time to spend time drinking, but to raise money to do something serious. In order to support me, Senior Brother Ge even took out the money he had saved to buy a house, and I couldn't bear it, so I made some decisions. Li Yu said.

"Well, that's true." Gao Shixin said, "What kind of antique do you want to sell this time, take it out and ask Boss Cai to help you palm your eyes, see how much it is worth, and whether it is enough for you to open a store." ”

"This is it." Li Yu took out the brocade box from his arms and respectfully placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

According to the rules of the entertainment industry, all kinds of items cannot be handed over by hand, so as not to break during the handover and the responsibility cannot be determined. Li Yu worked as a buddy in a cultural entertainment store in his early years, so he naturally knew this rule, so he put the brocade box on the coffee table and waited for Gao and Cai to get started.

Li Yu's brocade box was also brought by him from the Ming Dynasty. Gao Shixin and Cai Meilin are both knowledgeable people, and their eyes lit up when they saw the brocade box, and they knew that no matter what was in the brocade box, this box alone was worth a lot of money.

"Professor Gao, will you come first?" Cai Meilin gestured.

"You're the boss of Hongbao Zhai, or you come first." Coats new dodge road.

"Why don't we watch it together?" Cai Meilin said with a smile.

"Okay, then I'll open the box." Gao Shixin said.

The two old men stepped forward together, and Gao Shixin reached out to open the brocade box. The two of them only felt a flash of red light in front of them, and their eyes suddenly straightened.