Chapter 55: Apprenticeship
In ancient times, this was a big deal, especially for closed disciples. But now everyone is not so particular, everything is simple, symbolizing the surname to go through a ceremony, and asking a group of friends to get together, which is a witness. Chang Lao's plan is like this, and even the witness is only Yang Lao. His seniority is too high, and he doesn't want Wu Di to enter everyone's sight too early, he is still too young for this industry.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhong arrived early, just in time for breakfast. Wu Di's two senior brothers also arrived a little after eight o'clock. Yang Linxue is a thin old man, looking older than Chang Lao, sixty-one years old this year, a researcher at the Palace Museum, a senior cultural relics appraiser, proficient in porcelain, calligraphy and painting identification. Song Hongyan is not fat, forty-two years old, with a long face, smiling all day long, and there are many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, which is said to be the sequelae of laughing. Chairman of Hengjia Auction Company, Vice Chairman of the National Jewelry and Jade Association, Senior Appraiser, specializing in jade and miscellaneous.
Yang Lin didn't smile, like an old pedant, when he saw Wu Di, he just took his hand and encouraged him a few words, but he didn't know what to say. Song Hongyan was different, pointing at Wu Di and thinking:
"I must know you, at least I've heard your name. Let me think...... I remember, Lucky Superman! Isn't it? ”
Wu Di smiled bitterly and nodded,
"That's what they shouted."
"No, no, it's not nonsense! In the first battle of your debut, you opened a piece of glass imperial green from Qian Fatzi, and made Donald carve two sets of jewelry; In the second battle, from the fat man's wool that no one cared about for seven years, the legendary three-way jade of beans turned into glutinous seeds, and glutinous seeds turned into ice seeds; At the same time, a large piece of high-ice high-emerald spinach green was opened from the stone pier made of wool made by the fat man who was ruined back then; Two days ago, in the third battle, a piece of fine bean Gao Cui Zhengyang green was opened from the waste thrown by others, and I heard that the sky-high price of the glass was planted with green is also yours! Haha, master, thank you for finding me a gambling stone to be my junior brother! ”
Then he leaned into Wu Di's ear and whispered in a voice that everyone could hear:
"Little junior brother, when will I teach my senior brother one day, my luck has not been very good recently."
Several people here didn't fully know Wu Di's glorious achievements, and when they heard it, they were suddenly a little shocked, especially Zhong Qi, who looked at Wu Di viciously,
"Good boy, you went to gamble on my back, and got a piece of sky-high glass seeds, okay!"
Wu Di spreads his hands,
"You've seen the piece of fine beans, and at the time it was said to be scrap. I went back to my hometown to open the glass seed. ”
Zhong Qi squeezed out two words from between his teeth:
"Pay back!"
"Hehe, I'll pay you back when I turn around, look at your stinginess! Didn't my godmother stop me that day? You're going to go again, hey, looking for a godmother! ”
Wu Di turned around and went out to make a call, he made an appointment yesterday to go to Jincheng today, but it seems that he can't go. He asked Zhao Haoran to arrange for the people pretending to be the other three manufacturers to go over and hand over the information first, and then they would go again tomorrow. I also called Director Ma of the Procurement Department of the Jincheng project party to postpone the appointment to tomorrow, and then I will communicate with a complete plan.
Back in the living room, at about half past nine, I chatted with Song Hongyan again, and at ten o'clock in the morning, the apprenticeship ceremony officially began.
Worship the ancestor first, Chang Lao's faction has been inherited for a very long time, starting from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for hundreds of years without interruption, and it is rumored that the ancestor is a master of inverted fighting.
The second step is to bow to the teacher. Chang Lao took a seat, Wu Di made three kowtows, and knelt down on one knee to serve tea.
The third step, it is the turn of Chang Lao's teachings, mainly some vernacular words to respect ancestors and abide by rules, be innocent, study hard and so on.
In less than twenty minutes, after the apprenticeship was completed, Old Man Zhong left in a hurry, and the four of them entered the study and threw Old Man Yang and the old lady, Zhong Qi, and Chang Linlin outside.
"Stinky boy, now that I've found an organization, it's getting harder and harder to clean him up in the future."
Chang Lao led the three of them to the study and solemnly introduced them again, and the senior brother Yang Linxue smiled:
"Master, I think the little junior brother is smart and lucky, and he will definitely be able to inherit your old mantle."
Wu Di secretly looked at it and found that Yang Lin was reluctant to laugh, presumably a person who didn't smile all year round, and he now understood what the master said last night, it was a vaccination. Knowing that Yang Linxue's attitude just now was not aimed at himself, he put his mind at ease and had the heart to ponder.
"This senior brother's figure is suitable, but these two senior brothers are a thin version, plus themselves, the four of them are a fat master! If you want to renew the strings for the master in the future, you must find a thin old lady. Oh, there is no teacher, atonement for sins. ”
Ignoring Wu Di's nonsense, the exchange between the master and apprentice continued.
"Your little junior brother may not be smart and clever, but it's true that his fortune is amazing. Just now, Hongyan said that he gambled on the glorious deeds of stones for a long time, so do you know his record in the collection? ”
"I'm about to ask Master for advice."
"You let him say it himself."
Wu Di sorted it out and recalled:
"At the beginning, I wanted to buy a brick inkstone to send to the customer, but it was broken, and I took out a painting from inside, which was Shi Tao's "Landscape Map". Later, I went to a customer to run a project, and saw a small bottle on the table, which looked like a Song official kiln, so I spent 50,000 yuan to buy it back, but I didn't expect it to be genuine. Then the fourth brother helped buy a courtyard house, and when he demolished it, he found Lang Shining's "Whistle Deer Picture" porcelain plate painting of the same size in the wall. And then yesterday, I went to Jincheng to run the project, and I took back a Qianlong enamel color four-open landscape hollow heart gourd bottle, which is the same as the one in the Forbidden City. The rest is gone. ”
"Lin Xue, you are in the Forbidden City, have you heard of miracles?"
"I heard about it, and I watched the video."
"This kid also opened it in front of me here the other day! Wu Di, you say it yourself, if I say it, I'm afraid I can't help but beat you up! ”
Wu Di was counting his record with his fingers, he didn't expect to pick up so many leaks in the past two months, by the way, and Mo Cui went to the chess pieces to not say it.
"Some time ago, I went back to my hometown, and an old rebel in the factory died, and his three sons divided the family property, and there was a large piece of ancient green and white jade left that could not be sold, so they wanted to beg me to buy it. I thought that it was rare to see such a large jade material, and I didn't have tens of thousands of yuan, so I bought it. Later, it was found that it might be empty, and when I cut it, I found the jade carving. Also, Master, I also bought a pair of burnt agate Go at home and gave it to Uncle Wen to play, but I found more than a dozen Mocui chess pieces and a few Moyu chess pieces from inside. ”
Wu Di is wilted and wilted, if he wants to fight, he will simply strike thoroughly, so that they dare not underestimate themselves, isn't this what the master means by letting him put his record on the table?
"Little junior brother, how long have you been learning this business?"
"Think about it, May, June, from June, when Uncle Wen recommended me to buy the Jin Yuankang brick inkstone."
"This June?"
"Hmm!"
"Really?"
"Hmm!"
"Oh my God, don't stop me, let me die!"
"These pieces of jadeite of yours have also bloomed in the past few months, right?"
Yang Linxue interjected and asked.
"Yes."
"Then have you ever wondered what made you suddenly lucky? Is it a thing? Or is it a thing? Or is it a person? ”
Yang Lin learned to point to the essence of the problem, Wu Di was awe-inspiring, it's not okay, it's too flamboyant! Not only are there many times, but they are all shocking leaks! Fortunately, the Book of Heaven is already invisible, otherwise the risk of exposure would have increased greatly.
"It should have been since I helped Minister Ou's family find the child, and my luck was very good. Not only that, but when I talk about the project, I can do it in a few clicks, as if someone else is waiting for me. ”
"You can't say that, these things have been there all along, why can't others find them?"
"Actually, I also thought about it, trying to find a scientific reason. I'm in sales, and I'm usually more observant. In addition, I spend money cheaply, especially when I don't understand. This can be proved by the fact that jadeite is all cut from scrap. And then on the antique side, to be honest, I went to the project, and sent some money out in disguise in the name of buying antiques, but I didn't expect ......"
"Necessity is in chance! It's really a lucky little superman! ”
Yang Linxue was amazed, and the expressions on his face were a lot richer.
"What kind of project? I'm ready to change careers too! It's worse than robbing a bank! ”
Song Hongyan's eyes were red, and he leaned over and bit the root of his ear.
"There are still a few days left to be Ruili's public market, so let's go together and touch your luck."
"In the future, Wu Di will learn porcelain first, and when your senior brother has the opportunity, he will take you into the Forbidden City to see the authentic works of the past dynasties. Remember, identifying an antique is a reasoning activity that assumes that it is real and then looks for counter-evidence to prove that it is fake. As long as there is a suspicion, then it is absolutely not true! ”
Wu Di nodded and was taught.
"Hong Yan, you and Wu Di go to gamble on stones, and by the way, teach jade jewelry, both ancient and modern, both Chinese and foreign. I'll see the progress when I come back. ”
"Yes, master!"