Driving the car, Zhang Li asked curiously: "Wang Dong, why are you going to the antique shop?" On the phone, Wang Dong only said that he was going to an antique shop, but did not say the reason. Wang Dong, who was intoxicated by Sister Li's fragrance, was a little distracted, and didn't come back to his senses until Sister Li asked for the second time, and said, but he didn't directly say the reason, but asked: "Sister Li, remember when I told you that I was born to study archaeology?" ”

"Remember, what's wrong? Is there a connection between going to an antique shop and studying archaeology? Sister Li didn't react for a while, and asked in surprise. Wang Dong continued: "After graduation, I relied on the knowledge accumulated in the school for several years, and successfully got a job as an apprentice in an antique shop. ”

Sister Li, who was driving the car, still didn't understand, why did Wang Dong tell herself this? Isn't he amnesia? Wait, is he recovering? Sister Li's heart trembled, she shook her handle, and almost hit the steps on the side of the road, Sister Li stopped the car, turned her head and asked, "Wang Dong, have you recovered your memory?" ”

"Some recovered, and some I don't remember." Wang Dong replied with a sunny face, not at all because of his amnesia, "Sister Li, yesterday afternoon I went to Gudu Street, and I came across an object with an eye on a stall, and I had a feeling when I saw it. ”

Zhang Li was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Wang Dong, what kind of object is it?" Show me. As he spoke, a pair of eyes looked at the bag in Wang Dong's arms, and then asked strangely as if he remembered something: "Wang Dong, I remember that there are two antique shops on Gudu Street, didn't you go there yesterday to take a look?" ”

"Why didn't I go, but I didn't say anything for a long time, and it just so happened that today you said that you don't have to go to work in the afternoon, so you plan to go to several other antique shops to have a look, and I don't know if it's an old object." Wang Dong said as he unzipped the bag to satisfy Sister Li's curiosity. When it came to work, Wang Dong couldn't help but ask carefully: "Sister Li, won't your salary be deducted if you take a day off?" ”

Wang Dong is now a difficult household, although the family has not yet reached the poor and can't open the pot, but Hetian Yu in the pawn shop is better to redeem it earlier, maybe the other party will play green for you, plus he is also ready to open a stall, these all cost money, so every penny is money for Wang Dong.

"Don't worry about this, I told the leader to take you out to meet customers, and I won't deduct your salary." Zhang Li was relieved, and when she heard Sister Li's words, Wang Dong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Long before the establishment of the Republic of China, Wang Dong once worked for the landlord's family, once accidentally caught a cold, the high fever continued to go away, can only stay at home to recuperate, this recuperation is three days, one off deduction of five, at the end of the month when the salary only received half a month's salary, in vain did 12 days of work.

"What? Are you short of money? Zhang Li has been working hard in this industry for two years, and she has practiced a pair of fiery eyes, and Wang Dong's slight sigh of relief made her conclude that Wang Dong was short of money.

"Yes, lack of money." Wang Dong said very calmly, and later took out the pen wash in the bag, Zhang Li took it and looked at it for a while, handed it back to Wang Dong, and asked curiously: "Wang Dong, how much did it cost to buy the pen wash on this stall?" ”

"Five thousand." Wang Dong said lightly.

"What?" Zhang Li was surprised, a little unable to believe her ears, and asked again: "How much did you buy it?" ”

"Five thousand." Wang Dong put it away and replied very lightly, it didn't seem to be him who cherished his wealth just now.

"Five thousand? Five thousand bought this? Zhang Li felt that Wang Dong was crazy, although 5,000 yuan is not a lot, but it is also a lot, why is he willing to spend 5,000 yuan to buy this?

"Sister Li, let's go, if this thing is really an old object of the Qing Dynasty, it is worth more than five thousand." Wang Dong is very indifferent, and there is a taste of detachment.

"Qing Dynasty's? How much can that be worth? Zhang Li asked curiously, Wang Dong thought for a while, and said, "If it is really from the Qing Dynasty, it should be able to have 10,000 yuan." "10,000 yuan, this price is Wang Dong's estimate, the last time I missed General Chen Qian's pocket watch, it was something from the Republic of China era, things from the Republic of China can be sold for 6,000, and there can be 10,000 in the Qing Dynasty.

"What? 10,000 yuan? Zhang Li felt that the world was crazy, and there was such a deal, 5,000 to buy, 10,000 to sell, it was simply a huge profit! I can't compare with my own commission, and I looked at Wang Dong with the appearance of defeating the local tyrant.

Wang Dong smiled wryly and said: "I will say the price casually, as for what price can be sold, it depends on the market, and it is not necessarily an old object." ”

"What if it's not an old object? Can I return something to the original seller? Zhang Li asked cautiously. Wang Dong still looked calm and calm, and said: "In the antique industry, there is a rule in ancient times that money and goods are not owed, if the pen wash in this bag is really an old object of the Qing Dynasty, even if it is sold for 180,000 yuan, it has nothing to do with the boss who sold it to me." Similarly, if the pen wash in this bag is a new fake, I can only consider myself unlucky, and I can't go back to the boss who sold it to me. ”

"What? And this rule? Does the Industrial and Commercial Bureau care about selling counterfeit goods? Zhang Li asked in surprise, what is this, how can this be so, how can the business not have a professional guard, how can it be fake.

"Sister Li, it's not what you think, if the boss who sold this wash is really 100% sure that this is a Qing Dynasty pen wash, why did he sell it to me for 5,000 yuan? Why don't you sell it yourself for 180,000? Wang Dong said with a smile.

As soon as Wang Dong said this, Zhang Li immediately understood, yes, but this is not the truth! But he was still a little suspicious and asked: "Wang Dong, you said that the boss who sold you himself couldn't handle it, how could he dare to sell it for 5,000 yuan?" Aren't you afraid that the Industrial and Commercial Bureau will trouble him? You must know that the most expensive porcelain on the market cannot be sold at such a high price! ”

Wang Dong smiled and continued to explain: "This business, since ancient times, has been a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer, the boss put the price of 5,000 yuan, not a penny, who is in love, who buys it, no two words." ”

"Then why buy it? Stupid! Zhang Li was confused by Wang Dong, a pen wash was priced at 5,000, and a fool went to buy it! But as soon as these words came out, Zhang Li realized that she had made a mistake, didn't Wang Dong buy it for 5,000 yuan?

Wang Dong still looked smiling, as if it was not him who was shot just now, but explained very patiently: "For the buyer, what he cares about is not the price marked by the boss, but the true value of the object marked by the boss. ”

Zhang Li was a little confused and somewhat understood by Wang Dong's tirade explanation, and tried to summarize: "In that case, isn't the antique industry gambling, if you buy middle and old objects, you will be lucky, and if you can't buy it, you don't think you're unlucky." ”

"Almost, this line of food is eyesight food, it is him who picks up leaks, and he also beats his eyes. Is it to pick up leaks, is it to make eyes, or is it all up to their own cultivation. Wang Dong said with an unfathomable look, at this time, Zhang Li understood a little, and then couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Wang Dong, aren't you afraid that this thing is fake, and you will lose your money?" ”

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid, but I believe in my eyesight more, although I don't remember a lot of antique knowledge, but unfortunately the basic method of appreciating Qing Dynasty objects, as well as the shape, glaze, pulp, and fineness of Qing Dynasty objects, I am willing to spend 5,000 yuan to gamble." Wang Dong said with an old pedantic look, in fact, in his heart he despised the call he just said, obviously he didn't know anything about antiques, if he didn't have scanning skills, he would be reluctant to spend 5,000 yuan to bet on whether this wash was from the Qing Dynasty!

"Well, I believe you, this time you must have picked up a leak." Zhang Li was a little infected by Wang Dong's self-confidence, and looked at Wang Dong with admiration.

Wang Dong is a thick-skinned person, and he will be in the three religions and nine streams in the Republic of China, but this is more so, now seeing Zhang Li with a look of worship, the old face still can't help but feel panicked, is this deceiving an innocent girl? No, it's cheating on a mature female boss!

"Ahem." Wang Dong cleared his throat and said, "Sister Li, let's go, it's already past three o'clock, you have to hurry up, usually the antique shop will get off work on time at five o'clock." ”

"Well, you sit down, you have picked up the leak this time, but you have to treat me to a good meal." Zhang Li said with the appearance of a local tyrant.

"No problem." Wang Dong readily agreed, and sat in the back seat with an obscene and greedy look inhaling the fragrance on Sister Li's body.

Zhang Li drove the battery car for less than 20 minutes to take Wang Dong to an antique shop called Bao Mingtang, but unfortunately the palm eye master of this antique shop had something to go out, Wang Dong pounced, and could only go to another one, and when he waited for the other one, it was already half past four, although the palm of this store was there, and Wang Dong also looked at things, but the evaluation given was the same as that of Boss Ding of Qu Yaxuan, and he was not sure, and it was obviously too late to go to another antique shop that was still a little far away, so he could only return home in vain.

Zhang Li, who was driving the car, muttered dissatisfiedly, and said: "Is that Bao Mingtang's palm eye fake, I can't get a word for a long time, and I don't know how his store opened, it's true, it's been wasted for so long." ”

"Sister Li, you can't say that, the boss of Bao Mingtang said this, and it can be regarded as an unwritten and obscure answer in our industry." Wang Dong said, Zhang Li said incomprehensibly and stubbornly, "Why is it obscure? What is true is true, what is false is what is false, where is it uncertain? If you can't say it, there must be something wrong with him! ”

"Sister Li, it really must be true, but the fake must not be said to be false, it is to give the other party a face, so that things will not be too stiff, and at the same time, it is also in a kind of protection for yourself." Wang Dong said slowly.

"What self-preservation? Why can't I understand? Zhang Li asked puzzled.

"Yes, it's not early, it's almost time to eat, you accompany me to walk around the west, I'll invite you to dinner in the evening, just the last time, near Yangcheng University, when the time comes, I'll give you a plate and say the unwritten rules of our line while eating." Wang Dong said that his mouth was a little dry, and seeing that the time was not early, he proposed to invite Zhang Li to dinner, and talk about it during the meal.

"No, I'll please take it, you saved me again yesterday, how can I let you please." Zhang Li said seriously.

"Sister Li, I'll ask you to accompany me for a long time, how can I still let you break the bank." Wang Dong said sincerely.

"No, I'll have to ask for it." Zhang Li was very stubborn.

"Sister Li, it's still ......." Wang Dong wanted to continue to insist that he was treated, but as soon as he dug out his pocket, he took out a handful of money, of which the largest face value was only five yuan, four or five coins, and two dime coins, and immediately changed his words: "Yes, it's still Sister Li, please take it." ”

"Yes, that's good." Zhang Li was very satisfied with Wang Dong's compromise, Wang Dong who was sitting in the back seat looked embarrassed, fortunately Zhang Li couldn't see that she was paying for it, otherwise she would have lost a lot of money this time.