Chapter 125: The Ancient and the Present (I)
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"Have you decided on a name?"
Seeing Lin Luo muttering to himself, speechless for a while, Zhou Xiaosheng asked with a smile, and said: "The name of this antique shop is very particular, and this plaque also has its meaning, you have to let others remember your signboard as soon as they see it, and you must also express the meaning of the store......
Zhou Xiaosheng thought that Lin Luo couldn't make up his mind, and he didn't know where to start, so he told Lin Luo about several directions for naming the antique shop.
"Hehe, Uncle Zhou, there is. How do you say that this antique shop is called Jin Gu? β
Lin Luo finally decided to change the name of the antique shop to Jin Gu, in fact, this word comes from the [Simple Sutra].
"Ancient is ancient, present is ancient, no ancient is not modern, no present is not ancient. Be cautious, the present is also the teacher of the past. β
Today is now, ancient is ancient.
It means that the ancient cannot be ignored, and the present will become the ancient once it passes, and there will be no present without the extension of the ancient time, and if there is no present, there will be no ancient time.
Therefore, we must be cautious in our lives and things, because now it will become ancient, and the ancients are the teachers of future generations.
No matter what aspect it is, the business that Lin Luo is engaged in now is very consistent with the meaning of the present and the ancient, and in the antique industry, isn't it dealing with the things left by the ancients?
In this mixed business, if you are not careful and careful, I am afraid that you will fold into it, and even the bones may not be left.
"Okay, Xiao Luo, that's a good name."
Zhou Xiaosheng knew the origin of the allusions to the ancient and modern characters, and he didn't need Lin Luo to talk about it, he understood, and he felt very good when he heard it.
felt that Lin Luo's head was really fast enough, and he couldn't think of such a name.
At the beginning, the antique shop he ran was named with the help of Jiang Lao.
"Uncle Zhou, I'm afraid that about this plaque, you still have to help me, find an experienced master to make a plaque for me, the price is negotiable."
After Lin Luo and Boss Na Qin made the transaction, they were not in a hurry to count the belongings in the antique shop, but attached great importance to the plaque of the antique shop, which was not unreasonable.
This plaque is equivalent to the faΓ§ade of the antique shop, which is of great significance.
In ancient times, money banks were opened; Cloth villages, restaurants, etc., before the opening of the name is given early, the invitation is issued early, the plaque is also ready to be hung on the opening day, and then put a few firecrackers, which is considered to be the opening of business.
But Lin Luo was not so well prepared, it was also a very coincidence that this antique shop was bought from Boss Qin, and he was not ready to open an antique shop now.
But now that he has settled with Boss Na Qin, he has such an antique shop in his hand, and Lin Luo will definitely not be in a hurry to take care of other things.
But the matter of this plaque cannot be delayed, the store has been bought, and if it is to open as soon as possible, there must be a signboard.
Without this signboard, the store is here, and no one comes to buy or sell things from you.
"This can't be delayed, the plaque is ready, and then prepare a few firecrackers, notify a few friends in the antique shop to come and cheer for it, and your antique shop will be opened."
Zhou Xiaosheng said, stood up from the round stool, and said: "I have an acquaintance, I will talk to him, and strive to make the plaque for you as soon as possible, the plaque of my antique shop is from him, if you really want to keep improving, you can talk to your master......"
Zhou Xiaosheng knew that Lin Luo was already a good carver now, and he could do it himself, but this was a meticulous job, Lin Luo bought an antique shop, and he must be busy with a lot of things, and he was afraid that he would not be able to spare time.
"Uncle Zhou, don't bother him, let's find someone else. He must be very busy now, and he still has some rough stones that he has not carved and polished from the last time he brought them from Mombasa. β
It's not that Lin Luo didn't think about finding his master Li Huaqing, but he must have been very busy for a while, and when he bought this Qinfang antique shop, he didn't come, so you can see how busy he is.
It's not an exaggeration to say that your feet don't touch the ground.
"That's right, he bought a lot of rough stones last time."
Zhou Xiaosheng nodded in understanding, and said: "That's okay, I'll go back first, you just wait for the plaque to come to the door, don't pick the plaque of Qinfang first, without this thing, others won't dare to come to you, and when your 'ancient and ancient' plaque is ready, you can just replace it......"
Lin Luo nodded, and after sending Zhou Xiaosheng out, he went to a nearby typing and copying place and got the contract out.
Since he decided to give Lian Feng shares, he naturally wanted everything to be written into the contract, and this process could not be saved.
When Lin Luo returned to the antique shop, he handed the contract to Lian Feng and asked him to take a look.
"Xiaofeng, my brother settles the accounts, I can't just say it, this is a contract, you take a look, it's okay to sign it."
Lin Luo said with a smile: "If you do well in the future, this share is easy to say, and you can mention it again." β
"Brother Luo, can I still believe you? There's no need to sign it, right? You've handed over all the finances to me, what else do I have to worry about? β
Lian Feng took it with a smile, didn't look at it, and was about to return it to Lin Luo, but Lin Luo shook his head and said to him: "Don't mind, if you want to follow me, just do what I say, otherwise don't blame me for ......picking you up."
"Hehe, okay. Brother Luo, I listen to you. β
Lian Feng couldn't resist Lin Luo, so he had to take out a carbon pen and sign his name heavily.
This is a contract in triplicate, one in Lin Luo's hand, one in Lian Feng's hand, and one in a separate one, Lin Luo put away the two contracts, and said: "Keep it, don't lose it, when the time comes, you will need to change the contract." β
"By the way, Brother Luo, do you want to decorate here? This antique shop doesn't need to be decorated, mainly some places can be used for a rest, but you need to add goods, but do you want to tidy up the courtyard behind? β
Lian Feng put away the contract, put it aside, remembered this, and immediately asked.
"You're going to be a butler now?" β
Lin Luo listened to it funny, and said: "It must be renovated, I called Uncle Liang when I came, and his people will just come over in the afternoon, anyway, the construction of the backyard has not yet been settled with him, and it will be settled at that time." β
"Mr. Lin."
As soon as Lin Luo's words were finished, he saw a young decorator dressed as a worker walk in, this person Lin Luo knew, it was the person under Liang Youqi's hand.
"Come quickly, Xiao Feng, pour a cup of tea, drink the tea, and lead them into the courtyard to have a look."
Lian Feng and the decoration workers said a few polite words, drank tea, and led them to the courtyard behind the antique shop, where Lin Luo was the only one left.
Lin Luo didn't prepare to rest, he was about to take over the work in Lian Feng's hands and pick it up, but suddenly a middle-aged woman walked in from outside the door.
This middle-aged woman is dressed very ordinarily, the wrinkles on her face are a little deep, she looks a little older, and her hands are very rough, her fingers are yellow, and her thumb is a little black.
On her left shoulder, she carried a bamboo basket commonly used in rural areas, which was a small and light vegetable basket used in rural areas.
Lin Luo saw that she was a little cowering, Lin Luo chuckled lightly and said, "Auntie, don't be nervous, take a sip of tea first, and I'll talk about something later." β
After Lin Luo looked at the middle-aged woman, he said with a smile.
It hadn't been long since Feng had made tea for Liang Youqi's people just now, and the tea was still hot, so Lin Luo came over and made a cup for the middle-aged woman.
"Thank you, young man."
The middle-aged woman was still a little restrained, but the teacup handed over by Lin Luo took it, obviously a little thirsty, and just took it, she drank it all.
The cup was relatively small, and after her cup, she obviously didn't quench her thirst, so Lin Luo refilled another cup for her, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, you drink slowly, you can say something directly." β
Lin Luo saw that in addition to being restrained, the middle-aged woman was also a little vigilant, and did not directly explain her intentions.
Lin Luo was not surprised, he could see that this middle-aged woman was indeed from the countryside, and she was a person who really relied on labor to eat.
When you go to the city, you will naturally not be as casual as at home, and it is normal to stretch the root line in your heart.
"Young man, you're here for an antique shop."
After the middle-aged woman drank the tea, the feeling of dry mouth was relieved, and after hesitating, she said to Lin Luo, who was cleaning up the ornaments.
"Yes, auntie, this is the antique shop." Lin Luo said with a smile: "This antique shop has the function of half a pawn shop, if you are a gold and silver jewelry object at home, the antique shop will also accept it, of course, if it is an antique, then it will naturally be better." β
After Lin Luo finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and he was not in a hurry to ask her what she wanted, but just chatted with her very casually.
"I have an old object at home, but this object is broken, you can help me take a look to see if you can accept it, if you do, I will sell this thing to you......"
The middle-aged woman saw that Lin Luo had a good attitude, and from the beginning of entering the house, she was neither too enthusiastic nor cold, he felt that the clerks in this store were very reliable, unlike several other clerks, who had two attitudes before and after.
"Okay, I'll show you this."
Lin Luo clapped his hands and said directly: "You take out the things, if you don't take them out, I won't be able to look at them." β
Lin Luo saw that the middle-aged woman was still carrying the small bamboo basket on her shoulder, smiled, and motioned for her to take it off.
"Hmm."
The middle-aged woman nodded, took off the bamboo basket, put it down, and untied the tightly wrapped baggage from the basket.
After untying it, she opened the burden again, and opened it several times before revealing the object she wanted Lin Luo to identify.
When Lin Luo saw it, his pupils shrank.
The object turned out to be broken pieces of porcelain, stacked on top of each other, and it was wrapped in foam, and the foam was wrapped in a burden, but it did not puncture anything.
Looking at the broken porcelain pieces, the pieces are stacked irregularly, and there are some patterns on the broken porcelain pieces, which are cyan ones, and the number of pieces should be on the porcelain bowl.
"I'll see."
Lin Luo didn't jump to conclusions easily, but took it out piece by piece, and when he started it, his heart was half cold, and he didn't have any reaction when he started, and he didn't see anything special with his eyes.
I was about to find a reason to prevaricate this middle-aged woman and not charge this price, but suddenly his arm was numb, and when he looked at the porcelain piece, a layer of treasure light suddenly came into view.
Lin Luo was stunned in his heart, how could this be the case? Why didn't those just react? Instead, it's these few pieces.
Lin Luo began to clean up, and after he finished cleaning up, he became even more suspicious in his heart, half of these porcelain tiles had treasure light, and half of them had no treasure light, and there was no reaction at all.
"Young man? Do you accept this thing? β
Lin Luo was speechless for a long time, and after the porcelain piece was started, he carefully appreciated it, and without saying a word, ten minutes had passed in the blink of an eye, and the middle-aged woman was a little anxious.
"Receive."
Lin Luo put down the things in his hand, it was a mixed blessing.
This thing can only be regarded as half an antique, it is the Yuan Dynasty's Yuan blue and white bowl, through the patchwork, to see the bottom of the foot, it is the Ming Dynasty Chengzu period, that is, Zhu Di.
The remaining half is to make up, this Yuan blue and white bowl was undoubtedly broken before, and it was repaired, and the means of repair can be said to be the peak, and it is difficult to see at all.
But now it has become a broken porcelain piece, even if the half is genuine, but the value will be greatly reduced, if it is restored, maybe it can be sold for a good price.
However, it is possible that the surname is very small and almost non-existent. The damage is too bad.
Lin Luo decided in his heart that he was still ready to start, after all, half of the porcelain pieces were real.
"How much do you give me?"
When the middle-aged woman heard Lin Luo's words, she was immediately a little happy, and said: "This thing was handed down from my husband's family, although it is broken now, it must have been worth some money before, see if you can give me more ......"
The middle-aged woman was a little embarrassed, didn't continue, and looked at Lin Luo with blank eyes.
"Three thousand."
Lin Luo thought for a while and quoted a price code, which was not too high, but definitely not low.
After all, this 'grafted' Yuan blue and white bowl has become broken porcelain pieces, and the price of 3,000 is not low for him, Lin Luo thinks that he may be able to use these broken porcelain pieces in the future, so he will open this price code.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be ready to start.
"Three thousand?"
The middle-aged woman didn't expect Lin Luo to offer this price, he went to other antique shops for only a few hundred yuan, and the most one only opened for three hundred yuan, she felt that it was too low, so she didn't sell it.
Now that Lin Luo gave the price of three thousand, she couldn't react a little.
"Well, this thing is worth some money, but it's very limited, after all, it's broken, and it can't be called an antique in the strict sense, I'll give you three thousand, you think about it."
Lin Luo is not in a hurry, if these broken porcelain pieces are all genuine, then he can be regarded as picking up a small leak, but half of them are real, then the result is too bad.
"I sell, I sell ......"
The middle-aged woman seemed to be afraid that Lin Luo would regret it, and as soon as Lin Luo's words were finished, she quickly nodded.
"Okay, I'll get you the money."
After Lin Luo and the middle-aged woman handed over, the middle-aged woman left the antique shop and went to the back yard Lian Feng also walked out.
At this time, Lin Luo had just put away the broken porcelain pieces, but Lian Feng didn't see them.
"Brother Luo, what did you collect?" Lian Feng asked.
"Hey, it's not worth a few dollars, but it's a pity to abandon it, maybe it can come in handy in the future." Lin Luo said with a smile.
For several days, Lin Luo was busy with the opening of the ancient world, Liang Youqi's efficiency was still very fast, and the design of the secret room in Liang Youqi's backyard gradually came to an end.
The antique shop is only a simple decoration and has been completed.
On this day, Liang Youqi and Lin Luo went to the backyard, and the location of the entrance to the secret room was still in the study, but after a change, Liang Youqi opened the door of the secret room and took Lin Luo down the secret passage.
It took more than half an hour before I came out of it.
"Xiao Luo, it's almost done, it can be completed with an overtime shift today, and it can be done so quickly because the foundation was laid a while ago, everything is difficult at the beginning, after passing that level, it will be easy later, here you don't have to worry about any treasures in the future......"
Liang You smiled and said: "By the way, the decoration on the antique street is also finished, and you have also accepted this secret room, you can be regarded as a double happiness, don't forget to put on a banquet to treat my old Liang ......."
"Hmm."
Lin Luo nodded with a smile and said, "Uncle Liang, let's settle the accounts today, I brought you all the gold bars, you calculate how much, I will give you the gold bars, if it is not enough, I will make up for it!" β
"Hehe, you just give me a cost, take your job, I also have a lot of knowledge. Besides, you entertain me with the dew of the earth, it's not something you can find anywhere, and I can't ask too much of you. β
Liang You quoted the price, and as soon as Lin Luo heard it, he knew that it was definitely the cost price, not high.
The price is high because of the skill, but Liang Youqi obviously didn't count it in.
"Uncle Liang, your price is too kind, I can't take advantage of you."
Lin Luo shook his head and said, "Let's return one yard to one yard, that's what I invited you, and it can't be counted." β
Lin Luo was unwilling to take advantage of others, and finally negotiated with Liang Youqi, but the price was still raised, and Lin Luo gave Liang Youqi more than half of the gold bars found in the secret room, which was regarded as his salary and settled for him.
After all, Liang Youqi was still followed by a group of people, Lin Luo fell in love with him, and the two could talk again, maybe they would still need him in the future, and they could be regarded as having a good relationship with him.
"Xiao Luo, I'm going to finish your stroke, and I'll completely close the mountain."
Liang You put away the gold bars, sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Although I can still do it for a few years now, it will definitely not work in the long run, and now I have occupational diseases that cannot be cured." Perennial drilling underground and dealing with the earth, the earth's qi invades the body, and the body has been transformed, and if it goes on like this, I'm really afraid that I'll hang up one day..."
When Lin Luo heard this, his heart was shocked, and then he nodded, he also understood why Liang Youqi would close the mountain so early, he couldn't do this business for a long time, and it wasn't a bad thing to stop early.
"Uncle Liang, then what will you do in the future? It can't be a specially designed lock key to sell this, right? β
Lin Luo joked with a smile.
"Why not?"
Who knew that Liang Youqi said to Lin Luo seriously: "Everything you do is to eat with a mouth, mix with the rivers and lakes, there is nothing that can't wipe off face, although I have surplus food now, it is impossible to sit and eat for ......a long time."
Sure enough, as Liang Youqi said, before the afternoon, the finishing work on his side was done, and Lin Luo inspected it again.
Lin Luo used a spell in the study and set up eight arrays, and even if Liang Youqi was afraid that the entrance to the secret room would not be found.
The Eight Array Diagram was created by Zhuge Kongming, but it was later improved by the warlock.
In the evening, Lin Luo took Lian Feng to a banquet for Liang You in Taoyuan Villa, and after returning to the courtyard, Lin Luo was fine, but Lian Feng drank a little too much.
"Xiao Feng, why does this kid drink so much?" Lian's mother was a little speechless when she saw her son drunk and being helped back to the courtyard by Lin Luo.
"Even Auntie, blame me, I should persuade him." Lin Luo smiled bitterly. He has changed his name to his mother now, and he is used to it.
"Mom, don't blame Brother Luo, I'm happy today, tomorrow is the opening of the ancient world, festive!" Lian Feng said, almost planted on the ground, but fortunately was stopped by Lin Luo in time.
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After sending Lian Feng back to his residence and being taken care of by Lian's mother, Lin Luo returned to his room, and when he saw the broken porcelain pieces on the table that he had purchased a few days ago, Lin Luo secretly groaned and walked over. (To be continued.) )