I originally thought I had heard it wrong, so I opened it and let the fat man listen to it with me, this guy listened to two sentences, and he also twisted his eyebrows: "Hey, I'll rub it, isn't this who?" ”

I looked at him and said, "Plum pancakes? ”

The fat man pondered for a long time and didn't come up with the name of the man, but as soon as I said it, he remembered it, slapped his thigh and said, "Oh yes, it's him, how did this kid get involved in this?" ”

Li pancakes, not his real name, his real name is Li Jianbing, originally a pancake fruit sold at the gate of the glass factory, when I was in the early years, I had no money, and I didn't dare to spend more money on eating, so I could only buy pancakes with the fat man to him as a meal, and I got acquainted with him as soon as I came and went.

His hometown is Henan, and he just came to Beijing not long ago, selling pancakes, egg scones, and a mouthful of Henan dialect, especially honest people, I and the fat man will also just see the true face of the profiteers in the glaze factory, and they were very miserable, so they still have a good impression of this kind of honest person, and they will take care of his business if they have nothing to do.

He has been selling a stall at the gate of the glass factory for more than two years, and he didn't make much money, but he got a benefit, that is, he got a lot of people.

This buy antiques, pay attention to several things, one of the more important aspects, is "luck", to put it bluntly, is whether you can meet good things, so once you encounter good things, you must not hesitate, you must buy immediately, otherwise you may have a meal, this thing will not be bought by others.

It is precisely because of this, coupled with the fact that the current buyers are monkey spirits, so every time they come to Liuli Factory, no matter how noble they are, they will not be able to eat, so they will go to Li Pancake to buy a pancake to eat, and after eating, they will quickly talk about things.

In addition, he basically soaked in the glass factory all day long, and he heard more or less about it, who bought good things, and who was going to sell them again, he could always get first-hand news, and then tell those precious masters and let them buy it quickly.

This situation lasted for about a year, and this guy stopped selling goods at a stall, and he became an "antique agent".

In fact, speaking of these four words, not only me, may be any seller of antiques, will hate the itchy teeth, after all, this thing is not like a real estate agency, but also to advertise your house, you must know that a lot of antiques, in the hand finally received a good thing, are the first time to consider the old customers, first of all, the transaction is very fast, because both sides know, and secondly, in case this thing is unknown, sold to a new customer, and so on enough, people turn back to the police station to report you, people and money are empty.

Based on the above considerations, the general antique sellers are reluctant to contact the antique intermediary industry, so the existing people in the capital who can really be regarded as antique intermediaries are no more than 100 people, and the rest are just scalpers who do not understand antiques and buy low and sell high.

It's a pity that the honest man Li Pancake has become the former kind of antique intermediary, he has been soaking in the glass factory for a long time, and the door in this has been learned just by hearing it, plus he knows a lot of people, a lot of news, and soon, he was targeted by the gold owner.

Not only do sellers hate antique agents, but so do buyers, for reasons like they hate real estate agents, why do I get a 10% price when I can buy it for less money?

However, there is one exception to one kind of buyer, that is, people with special status who do not want to be known their true identity.

This kind of person generally has a characteristic, that is the identity sensitive, in the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, it is actually very difficult to do some business, if you add a special identity, it is even more impossible, but there are many people who are obsessed with antiques, what to do? You can only find an antique agent and ask him to find the goods according to his own requirements, or go directly to buy the goods, in short, the person who contacts the seller and facilitates the transaction.

At first, I didn't know that Li Pancake was an antique intermediary, but I found that his stall was gone, and in the glass factory, Pan Jiayuan met him several times, and asked him what he was doing now, and he didn't say anything, probably because he knew that I and the fat man annoyed people like him, and over time I and the fat man also guessed that he might have started an intermediary, but at that time we only thought that he might have made a fortune and started a scalper business, but I and the fat man deliberately distanced ourselves from him, after all, it involved interests. Stop making trouble, it's not good for old friends to tear their faces.

But soon the fat man realized that something was wrong, this guy walked around the factory all day long, and didn't buy anything, just looked, didn't even ask, and the fat man told me that Li Pancake may have found the owner to be "raised", and started an intermediary for people's separate services.

About a few months apart, I and the fat man didn't pay much attention to him, and then there was a time when we came back at night, and found that this guy actually set up a pancake stall in the glass factory, just happened to meet us did a business, made some money, and called him to drink together, at the wine table, he said that he was indeed doing antique intermediary some time ago, and he was indeed "raised" by the gold owner, which was very good, but then the gold owner had some problems, and was punished, and he had no job, and he ate and drank and had fun to make the money clean, I can only set up a stall again to make money.

I and the fat man saw a lot of things in the glass factory, so I comforted him that it was okay, antiques are like this in the industry, if you really can't stand this stimulation, it is better to honestly do some stable business, and then set up a stall for a few years, rent a shop nearby, not too big, enough to do business, life will always be better.

But at that time, I found that Li Pancake still doesn't seem to be used to returning to this ordinary life, he is actually a person who likes excitement in his bones, and the antique business just caters to him, so the fat man said that if he really wants to do this business, he can do it with the two of us, but our business is small, and we can't give him a high salary like a gold owner.

Li pancakes also borrowed wine to talk about a lot of mess, and I forgot about it for too long, but when I came back from drinking, the fat man said a sentence that I still remember:

"Don't look at him as honest, this kid, sooner or later he has to come back to pour antiques, this is fate."

Judging from the current situation, the fat man's words were unfortunately true, and Li Pancake really came back, and he became the "private intermediary" of this strange guest.

The fat man looked at me and said, "How's it going?" Lao Tzu was right? This guy still has to come back. ”

As he spoke, he took his phone and said to the other end, "Pancakes!" Lao Tzu is fat, can't you hear it? ”

The other end of the phone was quiet for a while, and suddenly the familiar Henan accent rang again: "Oh, why do I listen to familiarity, fat boss, boss Chen?" ”

"Lao Chen is next to me, okay, let's not talk about it on the phone, the old place, the sheep and scorpion restaurant at the gate of the glass factory, just go back to the place where we drank, we will wait for you!"

After the fat man finished speaking, he hung up the phone, took the phone back with some water, and said, "You know him?" ”

I nodded: "Yes, things may be a little easier." ”

Dianshui didn't speak, just looked at me and the fat man strangely, and then got up and said: "I'm done with what I'm going to say today, please remember, in addition, if you need help from No. 88 in the future, you can contact another number, and we'll see you again." ”

Actually, I felt quite uncomfortable, when I first came into contact with this guy, I always felt that he seemed to be very cold and impersonal, but now that I know his experience, I can't say what it feels like, I always feel that this guy and we are not in the same world at all.

When we walked out, the girl at the front desk called out to us: "Return the things." ”

The fat man unhappily took off his clothes and mask and put them at the front desk, grinning: "It's really buttoned." ”

Walking out of No. 88, I said to Li Yingxue: "Why don't you go back to the shop and wait first, we are familiar with him, and things may go relatively smoothly, if you are present, I am afraid that he will not be able to let go, and it is inconvenient to say some things." ”

Li Yingxue didn't say anything, took a taxi back, and the fat man and I went straight to the sheep and scorpion restaurant, and as soon as we entered, we heard the voice of Li Pancake: "Here, I'm here!" ”