Walking the rivers and lakes must be sober, don't think that anyone can be provoked if you know some doorways. Liu Li once commented on You Fang, with his current two brushes, he didn't even have enough money to privately knock on the bamboo poles of the Luan faction. The person Zhou Xiaoxian said was something You Fang couldn't afford to provoke at all, and it couldn't be the person he was looking for. This time, he went south to participate in the solicitation activity to secretly find the behind-the-scenes forces dealing with the wild fox, and put a big oolong.

This person's name is Niu Ranmiao, from Macau, who is 90 years old this year, and is a patriotic industrialist, social activist, philanthropist, and financier. When he was a teenager, his father went bankrupt due to careless investment, and he entered the gambling industry from scratch, and decades of hard work not only created a huge business empire, but his life can also be called the king of modern society.

(Note: This is just a novel, telling a story, the characters and plots are fictional, readers should not attach unwarranted attachment to real people and things.) This old man is very "cow", so call him Mr. Niu, Niu Lao is just a fictional Niu Lao in the book, hereby declare. ）

To measure a person's wealth and corresponding status, most of the time it is not possible to only look at the nominal wealth of private individuals, and there are many elements of nonsense in various rich rankings. The market value of Mr. Niu's personal property is tens of billions, and he is also a wealthy man, but the industries directly and indirectly controlled by the family he is in charge of are worth hundreds of billions, involving hundreds of thousands of employed people and their families, and his industries extend to important fields such as finance, real estate, and public transportation, and the impact is indescribable.

Niu Ranmiao has many sons and nephews, whether it is in the business or political circles, there are many people in important positions, and the old gentleman is very old, with the title of chairman of the board of directors of the group, and at the same time in the chamber of commerce and the CPPCC with a false title, the status of the rivers and lakes is needless to say. He is quite generous in his donations to China's cultural and educational undertakings, and at the same time, he also has the status of "China's National Treasure Project Consultant", and has spent a lot of money to buy back precious national treasures abroad and donate to countries.

In the Palace Museum, there is more than one precious cultural relics donated by Niu Lao, most of which were recovered from overseas. A character like the ghost hand Zhou Xiaoxian is not something that can be invited just by spending money, and Mr. Niu Ranmiao can naturally invite him. With Niu Lao's status, it is impossible to be the person you want to find, and he can't even touch the edge.

You Fang was stunned for five seconds when he heard Zhou Xiaoxian say the name "Niu Ranmiao", but his brain turned very fast, and he immediately made a decision and smashed the vase. This smashing is very particular, and the people of the rivers and lakes not only have all kinds of means to secure the threshold, but also remove the threshold and go down the steps and tear down their own sheds.

Niu Ranmiao has a lofty status in recent decades, but don't forget, his old man started by opening a casino in the troubled times of the last century, and he is a man of the hour who stepped on the rivers and lakes, what kind of old man has not seen it? And You Fang's behavior today is a deception in the eyes of others, because he knows that the thing is a fake but still sends it here, which does not need to be said explicitly, the great expert Zhou Xiaoxian has already seen it.

Zhou Xiaoxian is in charge here, of course You Fang did not "succeed", but if there are no national players such as Zhou Xiaoxian, does You Fang plan to defraud Mr. Niu of a huge amount of money? Whatever he had planned, it was in the eyes of others. The deception was unsuccessful, and he walked away with the bottle, even if Niu Lao himself didn't mind, what would the rest of the Niu family think when they heard about it? This move is tantamount to offending the Niu family, and if there is an opportunity to deal with the rivers and lakes in the future, it will not be a good thing for Youfang.

If you are a member of the Niu family, the old man has a heavy reward for collecting Yuan Qinghua, and someone knows that it is a fake in his hand, and he will send it to the door to cheat. Even if you don't pursue it generously at the time, if something happens in the future, will you be polite to him?

The influence of the Niu family is so great, and there are so many people related to it in all aspects, You Fang does not dare to guarantee that nothing will happen again in the future. If he doesn't know, it's okay, if he knows, it's equivalent to going out in front of the gambling king, isn't this nothing to look for? Who can prove that he didn't know in advance, don't forget that he came with the pseudonym "Melander", which can't find out the details, and Zhou Xiaoxian had already told him the truth on the spot.

This smash is equivalent to showing an attitude, which is better than explaining anything: he has no intention of deceiving Mr. Niu Ranmiao, and he has nothing left, showing his respect and reverence for Niu Lao. The face is enough, if you meet someone from the Niu family in the future and mention this stubble, the scene will definitely be passable.

Luo Dike was taken aback, but Zhou Xiaoxian was only slightly surprised, looking at You Fang's eyes, there was even a little admiration and curiosity, but the expression on his face was clearly smiling bitterly, as if to say: "Why do you bother to ask?" ”

After dropping the bottle, You Fang hugged his fist: "Today is a misunderstanding, I'm sorry to disturb Mr. Zhou's work, so I'll leave!" ”

There was such a big movement, the door of the studio was immediately pushed open, and a few people outside flashed in, and they were surprised to see this scene and asked, "Mr. Zhou, what's wrong?" ”

Zhou Xiaoxian waved his hand: "It's okay, we're just doing a sabotage test, you guys go out." Then he pointed to the debris on the ground and said, "Mr. Rand, you are young but not simple!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, You Fang immediately said, "I'm sorry to make such a mess on the ground, and I have to trouble people to clean it up, I should leave." Then he turned around and went out with the security guards, deliberately walking in a hurry. Zhou Xiaoxian only had time to say to his departing back: "Thank you!" ”

Luo Dike was confused, and asked in a puzzled voice, "Is he just leaving?" Teacher, why do you say thank you? ”

Zhou Xiaoxian was still smiling bitterly, bent down on the ground and picked up a broken porcelain piece, which was the thickest part of the porcelain embryo of the vase, and said to the student: "He doesn't want to offend the Niu family, and at the same time gives me a step down, so I want to thank him." …… You look at this broken stubble, even if the surface of the utensils is old, no matter how clever it is, but the thick interior of the porcelain embryo, there is still a difference between the Yuan blue and white hundreds of years ago and the newly baked fakes, even if it is the same porcelain clay and the same process firing, especially when it is just broken, it is most obvious. …… He took the initiative to break the vase, which confirmed my identification just now, and it was indeed a fake. ”

Luo Dike reacted at this time, Zhou Xiaoxian couldn't find fault with the surface characteristics of the plum vase, and if he wanted to prove that it was a fake, there was one last way, which was to break the thickest part of the vase and see the stubble of the porcelain embryo. If he did this in his capacity, it would be a big joke to spread it, this is an occasion to collect genuine products with a lot of money, not a gimmick made by Wang Gang in the treasure appreciation program of Yanjing TV.

Moreover, in the eyes of outsiders, he can't point out the problem on the surface, so he has to break the vase for verification, where is the face of the industry's appraisal authority? Some people will inevitably laugh at him, whether it's true or not, do you know until it's broken, so what is it called identification? And Zhou Xiaoxian opened his mouth and said that it was a fake, You Fang took the initiative to break the vase, and others took a look: "Oh, it's really a fake, Teacher Zhou is simply too godly!" "The meaning of this situation is completely different.

Regarding this identification, there was a joke in the circle later: in the famous solicitation activity in Guangzhou, a mysterious young man came to the scene with a real and indistinguishable Yuan Qinghua, and no one in the experts present was sure, only Mr. Zhou Xiaoxian stretched out his ghost hand and touched it, and concluded with a smile that it was a fake. The visitor was so impressed that he smashed the vase on the spot, and when everyone saw it, it was indeed a fake!

The content of this paragraph is true or false, but it is widely circulated, and I don't know who arranged it, the initiator is Zhou Xiaoxian's protégé Luo Dike, and it may also be You Fang himself. Although Zhou Xiaoxian never admitted it, when he heard this legend, he must have felt quite comfortable in his heart, and he felt a little grateful to that "Mr. Rand".

In the eyes of the people in the rivers and lakes, many famous families, especially big intellectuals, pay more attention to professional adherence and simply impress with interests. But this kind of person often cherishes his name too much, but it has become a flaw that can be used, and the ghost hand Zhou Xiaoxian is not completely free from vulgarity. It is too rare to see someone like Wu Pingdong who doesn't care if he dies in obscurity. You Fang's move of smashing the bottle not only removed a threshold, but also gave the ghost hand seniors a lot of face.

After a few words, Luo Dike also came back to his senses when he heard the teacher's explanation, and couldn't help nodding again and again, but after thinking about it, he wondered: "Even if he doesn't want to offend the Niu family, he can give the teacher a face and break the vase." But there is no need to fall so much, and you don't even take the pieces with you. ”

Zhou Xiaoxian also frowned, and said thoughtfully: "I think he seems to have other ideas, and he deliberately left in such a hurry, I didn't react, otherwise he would have taken the fragments away." …… I'm afraid no one can repair this plum vase but me, but everyone knows that I never repair a fake. …… I think it is impossible to find the real thing in this solicitation, and Mr. Niu will inevitably be disappointed. Now that such an incident has happened, when an anecdote is told to the old man, he will definitely find it very interesting, and this event will not be too boring. ”

……

You Fang checked the wrong clue and almost put a big oolong, according to the fact that this trip was in vain, and there was no need to install it according to the original plan. However, he didn't leave after taking the car back to the Liuhua Hotel, he still lived here, basically didn't go out much and didn't contact anyone, except for doing exercises to recuperate his body and spirit, most of the time he used the computer provided by the suite to surf the Internet for leisure.

Only before going to bed did he go for a walk in the nearby Liuhua Lake Park, practicing internal cultivation kung fu with the method of straddle walking piles, and running his divine qi to guide his internal strength. Kung Fu has reached his level, and when he practices, he must open the shelf, which looks almost the same as walking. Many people in this city sleep very late, and there are many wandering warblers in the park who set up a bureau to cheat under the pretext of selling spring.

Even if you don't leave Guangzhou, the business suites of the four-star hotel are quite expensive, and you should change places. You Fang seemed to be idle, but he had been waiting—waiting for someone to come to the door.

He dropped the plum bottle on the spot, and dismantled two thresholds and installed one at the same time, because he left the fragments behind. It's okay to stay somewhere else, but it's in the studio of the ghost hand Zhou Xiaoxian, and it is possible to be repaired on the spot. Like this kind of solicitation activity, either leave something to give money, or leave nothing behind, and now that the people are gone, the fragments are left, and the organizers invited the famous Zhou Xiaoxian, what's the matter with passing it out?

Although the plum vase is a fake, it is not worthless, and it is also very valuable, and there is even no possibility of passing it off as the real thing in the hands of some people. All the things left behind by the collection activity, even if it is just a crisp piece of Zhou Xiaoxian, it is not easy to dispose of it privately. As for the organizer of the collection, of course, it is impossible to covet these fragments, either destroy and discard them, or contact him - it is actually very convenient to find him, just a phone call.

Since he can't afford to provoke the Niu family, why do you have to wait to be found? In fact, it was because of Wu Pingdong, he tried his best to find an opportunity to convey Wu Lao's last words to Mr. Niu Ranmiao. It's really hard for You Fang, in just five seconds, he came up with so many tricks.

Things in the world are so coincidental, because of Wu Lao's last wishes, You Fang traced the scene of the Yuan Qinghua collection activity, but found that he had made the wrong person. However, Mr. Niu Ranmiao, the recruiter, is the person Wu Pingdong has not seen several times. Wu Pingdong went to Hong Kong for a short business trip last year, and made a special detour to Macao to visit Niu Ranmiao, but he was unable to meet Mr. Niu because he was unwell.

With Niu Ranmiao's status, Wu Pingdong is not something he can see if he wants to.

Why does Wu Pingdong want to see Niu Ranmiao? Of course, it is related to the generosity of this highly respected Chinese tycoon, Niu Ranmiao has made many moves to buy back the precious cultural relics that have been lost overseas with a lot of money and then donated them to the country, which has won a voice of praise, and has also attracted great attention from the collection circles at home and abroad to such behavior, and has become the focus of news for a while.

As far as the matter is concerned, the donation of a large amount of money to find the national treasure should be praised. However, Niu Ranmiao's behavior objectively also played a role in fueling the crazy speculation of the international market on China's overseas cultural relics, and the influence of the old man was too great.

Wu Pingdong once said in class: "This hype has actually brought about a huge revaluation of Chinese cultural relics in Western collections, which is no less than a secondary plunder after being put on the market, and it has also intentionally or unintentionally triggered the rampant destruction of tombs and the smuggling of cultural relics in China." At that time, some students asked questions with Niu Ranmiao's behavior as an example, and Wu Pingdong didn't make too many comments, but he had the idea of finding an opportunity to visit Niu Ranmiao.

Later, Wu Pingdong met You Fang, listened to You Fang's detailed explanation of the Jianghu technique of "rolling balls in the plate", and experienced the jade seal auction chain bureau, so he wanted to see Niu Ranmiao and talk about it even more. You Fang once persuaded Wu Lao: "Niu Ranmiao is an old-timer who has been crawling in the rivers and lakes for many years, how can he not see through all kinds of rivers and lakes?" He obviously had other considerations in doing so, and according to the Jianghu parlance, it was also called 'voting for the name', but this act itself should only be praised, as a leader of industrialists who returned to the motherland, to express his national position and patriotism. ”

Wu Lao didn't listen to persuasion, shook his head and said: "Even if what you said makes sense, but I think that with the status and influence of the old man, there are more and better ways to express it, there is no need to use this kind of behavior, from the overall situation of protecting and recovering cultural relics, in fact, the gains outweigh the losses, and I must have a good talk with him when I have the opportunity." "Last year, I went to Hong Kong on a business trip and made a special detour to Macau, but I didn't see it, and Wu Pingdong was very sorry when I came back.

Wu Pingdong also planned to ask someone to tell Niu Ranmiao what he wanted to say, but it was not polite and formal to do so, and the person who conveyed it might not tell the truth - who would have found someone like Niu Ranmiao and say something ugly to his face? Ugly letters may not be delivered to the ninety-year-old Niu Ranmiao himself. And now, Wu Lao is no longer alive, and what he wanted to say has become his last words.

With You Fang's identity, it is naturally impossible to see Niu Ranmiao, his plan is very simple. Since the reward collector of this event is Mr. Niu Ranmiao, the organizer must report the event to the elderly, if someone finds him and asks why he did that? He explained--I want to convey something to Mr. Niu Ranmiao.

As for whether the organizer will tell Niu Ranmiao himself, that's another matter, You Fang can only do his best, and he can do his best for Wu Lao from his own point of view. But he first has to do something special, which may attract the attention or interest of Mr. Niu, and his actions at the solicitation site should be special enough.

What if no one contacted him, no one cared at all? If you don't do it, the threshold of Jianghu Shu'an will not always be successful, even if your scheming is in vain. Since he booked a suite in Liuhua Hotel for a week, a day has passed, and You Fang plans to wait for another six days, and then he will change places and no longer wait if no one comes to the door. Obey the destiny of heaven, do your best, and do what you need to do.

You Fang really didn't wait in vain, and after only two days, someone came to the door. It was almost dinner time that day, and You Fang was about to go out for a bite to eat, when the phone suddenly rang, not a mobile phone but a guest room phone. It's still early, "Sir, do you need a massage?" "You can't call right now, do you?

Picking up the earpiece turned out to be Zhou Xiaoxian's call, and the ghost hand senior spoke very directly: "Mr. Rand, you left too quickly the day before yesterday, and some words are not convenient to ask on the spot." I still have some things to ask about the fake plum vase, if you don't mind, can you meet and talk? ”

You Fang hurriedly said: "I was in a hurry the day before yesterday, I didn't dare to disturb Mr. Zhou more, of course I can't ask you for advice if I have the opportunity to ask you again, when and where do you want to make an appointment?" ”

Zhou Xiaoxian's answer surprised him: "If it's convenient, right now, I will live in the suite opposite you." ”

You Fang put down the phone and walked out of the reception room to open the door of the guest room, just in time to see Zhou Xiaoxian also open the door on the opposite side of the corridor, and said to him with a smile: "Is it me over, or are you coming?" ”

You Fang hurriedly said: "You are a senior, you should come to visit, you wait, I will go over." ”

It is not surprising that Zhou Xiaoxian was able to find You Fang, who was in the car of Liuhua Hotel that day, and the name "Meiland" was used for room registration. However, he actually opened a room opposite, and it was still a little unexpected to ask you to meet in this way.

If You Fang didn't want to see him, he couldn't hide at the moment. No wonder no one called his mobile phone in advance, it turned out that he was afraid of "scaring the snake", so he found the foothold and came directly to block the door, which was also in the middle of the way.

(To be continued)