Chapter 70: Sacrificing Fame for Profit
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After Mother Zhu informed the two higher-level bureau chiefs, the chief deacon of Maoshan Yuxu Palace, the old mother who lived in the town at the foot of Maoshan all the year round, and the elder brother who was a Taoist priest, she exhaled and put down the microphone, looked at her son standing in front of her and said proudly:
"Tomorrow morning, experts and leaders from the Provincial Museum, provincial and municipal religious affairs bureaus will come to the house, why don't you leave tonight, tomorrow and your mother will talk to the experts and leaders, and then go to the provincial bureau to hold an appraisal meeting!"
Zhu Daolin was not in a hurry, motioned to his father who came over quietly and Chu Mei to sit down, turned to his mother and said calmly: "I don't plan to come forward in this matter, and I don't want to ask for this credit, I just ask my mother for a favor and I'm satisfied." ”
Mother Zhu was very surprised, thought about it and said happily: "Do you want to take credit and talk about it, first tell me what your mother can help you with?" ”
Zhu Daolin explained seriously: "I also mentioned just now, this set of classics comes from the descendants of the Shangqing faction of the Ming Dynasty living in northern Myanmar, they are my business friends with Duan Deming, when they drank together, they were very enthusiastic after learning that I was a believer in the Shangqing sect. ”
"At that time, they didn't say anything, but a few days later, they crossed the border again to find me, and entrusted me to send back this set of texts of the 50th generation of the Shangqing sect of heavenly masters, and made a request, saying that they were repairing and expanding their Taoist temple, and that the casting technology in Myanmar was too backward, so they wanted to convey it to the Maoshan ancestral court through me, requesting that the three large three Qing gilt bronze statues enshrined in the main hall of their Taoist temple be customized in China."
"One of them is the gilded bronze statue of Master Bian Que enshrined in the Medicine God Temple, and the other two are the gilded bronze statues of Our Lady of Taiyuan and Our Lady of Bliss in Xichi Bliss in the Niangniang Palace, and said that they would pay in full as much as they wanted.
Mother Zhu smiled: "I thought it was a big deal, tomorrow morning your uncle and a few elders of Yuanfu Palace came over and I told them, ask them to come forward to contact the designated manufacturer, and send someone to supervise the construction according to the standards of Yuanfu Palace and Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace." ”
"If this set of classics can pass the tripartite joint appraisal, not only does it not require Burmese colleagues to pay a penny, but more generous gifts will be sent to express gratitude, don't worry, this matter will be handed over to your mother!"
Before the words fell, the phone rang again, and Zhu's mother stood up immediately after answering the phone: "The old director of the provincial bureau can't wait, he is on his way to our house, our director informed me to prepare for the reception, Lao Zhu, I will trouble you again later." ”
Father Zhu replied with a smile: "Yes, this is a great thing for the glorious ancestors, haha!" ”
Zhu Daolin also stood up: "It's better that I don't see so many strangers, let's go...... By the way, Dad, you put away the "Push Back Atlas", I think it is a genuine handiwork, not only has the annotation of the Southern Song Dynasty Daxian Jin Yunzhong, but also the collection of books and seals of the 50th generation of the Shangqing School's famous teacher Xuanji Daochang, which is definitely a good thing, maybe the whole country will have a copy, and in the future, Dad, you will be tired of it, and it is not impossible to sell millions of dollars. ”
Father Zhu was immediately happy: "It's really, haha!" Listen to you, put it away later, and pass it on to my grandson in the future, I can't let your mother contribute it. ”
Mother Zhu glared at her husband disdainfully: "What is your copy of "Tui Bei Tu", no matter how expensive it is, it is not as expensive as a few pieces of ancient jade gold that my son gave me, and if you sell one piece casually one day, you can easily exchange it for millions." ”
Zhu Daolin's eyes widened: "Mom, do you know the value of those pieces of jade?" ”
"I almost forgot to ask you if I hadn't gone back to see your grandmother before the New Year, and I would have given her the ancient jade hanging around my neck to her old man for appreciation, I didn't know that the few pieces of ancient jade you gave me were so valuable...... Tell me honestly, where did you get it back? Mother Zhu asked with interest.
Zhu Daolin immediately pulled Chu Mei out of the door: "What else is there besides Myanmar?" Let's go, don't mention me, even if you ask, you can only say that I'm an errand runner, and I really don't want to get involved in these troublesome things. ”
"What did you kid say? When did you learn this set......
Mother's complaining voice came from behind him, Zhu Dao didn't look back and walked downstairs quickly, and got into the car with Chu Mei one after another, and saw that Chu Mei had not started the car for a long time, and immediately understood what was going on.
Chu Mei slowly pulled out the beautifully woven red rope around her neck, and took out the exquisite ancient jade that she had been wearing on her chest and held it on her palm: "I don't know...... It's so valuable, I ......."
"Isn't it just a broken stone? Hurry up and drive, and the old guys will be here in a minute. Zhu Daolin didn't look at the ancient jade in Chu Mei's palm at all, and urged her to drive back quickly.
Chu Mei bit Dan's lip, silently started the car and drove out of the agency community, and after returning to the Heshan villa and putting the car upstairs, she whispered to Zhu Daolin beside her: "Thank you, I will cherish it for a lifetime." ”
Zhu Daolin grinned and took the lead upstairs, Chu Mei walked to the kitchen and turned on the light, brewed a pot of Biluo spring tea for Zhu Daolin and served it, gently put it on the coffee table in Zhu Daolin's study, walked to the opposite of Zhu Daolin, who was holding a pen and writing, and asked gently: "Is there anything I need to do?" ”
"Not only that, but there are a lot, and I'll hand it over to you when I finish writing a few words, this compilation and printing plan was written before I came back, and today I read the creative draft in your computer, and I think it's better to add two Taoist myths and stories, one is your favorite "Legend of the Heavenly Master", and the other is "Nezha and the Sea" that I just remembered."
"I think the image of the Heavenly Master in the "Legend of the Heavenly Master" you created is quite similar to mine, which is good, haha!"
After Zhu Daolin finished speaking, he put down his pen, closed the plan book that was more than 20 pages thick and handed it to Chu Mei: "Don't be in a hurry to read it, take a good rest for a few days, this is a year's compilation and printing plan, a total of thirty-five books, four of which are professional books on steel forging technology and shipbuilding from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, you have to be busy." ”
"Oh yes, give me your bank card number, I'll transfer you a sum of money tomorrow, I can't let you work for nothing."
Chu Mei took the plan: "Don't mention the money, okay?" ”
Zhu Daolin sighed: "I have something to go out tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, if you don't have any arrangements, we will go to Longquan the morning after tomorrow and strive to come back from work on the eighth day of the new year." ”
Chu Mei smiled happily: "Then the day after tomorrow, tomorrow I also need to calculate the workload according to your plan, and strive to make the printing process." ”
After Chu Mei finished speaking, she jumped and left, happy like a child, seeing that Zhu Daolin felt a faint pain in his heart, and felt that he owed Chu Mei more and more.
After a night of silence, the next morning, Zhu Daolin and Chu Mei had breakfast together, then left the villa with the ordinary suitcase, took a taxi to the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, and found the familiar Fujian owner of the tea shop to sit down and taste tea.
After some bargaining, Zhu Daolin finally signed a tea order contract of 258,000 yuan, requiring all three kinds of tea to be packaged in the most exquisite carved bamboo tubes and high-quality wooden boxes, with the outer packaging in unmarked corrugated boxes and a delivery time of half a month.
Boss Lin of Fujian, who is in his forties, was overjoyed, and he got off to a good start before the New Year, so he naturally thanked Zhu Daolin repeatedly.
Seeing that Zhu Daolin was about to leave after drinking a cup of tea, Boss Lin immediately instructed his beautiful secretary to pull Zhu Daolin back, hurriedly entered the back room and took out two half-catty cans of the best Tieguanyin, put them in a beautiful gift box and put them out, and took another unopened high-end tea set and gave it to Zhu Daolin in the name of New Year's gifts.
Zhu Daolin was also not polite, said thank you and left, walked to the time-honored seafood restaurant at the mouth of Yaojia Lane, and slowly finished a hearty lunch, then took a taxi with his things, went to the familiar villa at the southern foot of Zhongshan, politely greeted the nanny who opened the door to greet him, and then sent a thousand yuan red envelope.
Seeing that Zhu Daolin, who arrived in advance, was not only as polite to himself as before, but also politely sent such a thick red envelope, and with gratitude, she not only snatched the gift in Zhu Daolin's hand and put it in the house, but also took out the best Longjing that only entertained distinguished guests, and sent it to Zhu Daolin on the second floor to enjoy.
Zhu Daolin thanked the thoughtful nanny, and when he saw that the time was still early, he walked to the guzheng under the window that had brought great changes to his fate, sat down cross-legged, wiped it with care, and wiped the guzheng up and down and inside and out spotlessly, so that he could debug it unhurriedly.
After drinking a cup of fragrant tea, Zhu Daolin, who was a little disturbed, returned to the guzheng and sat down cross-legged again, calmly wrapped his playing nails around the four fingertips of his right hand, and after a little hesitation, he played a song "Plum Blossom Three Alleys", the beautiful melody and unique appeal made the nanny and aunt in her forties downstairs intoxicated.