"Isn't that great? One painting becomes two paintings......" Zhou Xuanying said deliberately.

Master Meng smiled bitterly: "From an artistic point of view, this is really powerful. But in value terms, that's fraud. If it is Gao Cen's real painting, it is possible to sell more than one million, and 500,000 is just a guarantee. And divided into two paintings, it is a fake, not to mention 500,000, 50,000 is not worth much. Because of this, I was embarrassed to ask Mr. Gao for a commission, so I had to ask Boss Liu for a commission of two percent......"

"Appraisal of antiques, and commissions?" Tang Chen heard about it for the first time, and he was very curious.

Master Meng smiled: "Why is there no commission, I am just equivalent to a tooth man." ”

"Tooth man?" Zhou Xuanying was stunned, "Why is it so strange?"

Master Meng said with a smile: "Tooth man, as the name suggests, is a person who makes money with his teeth, and in the old days, he lived between the buyer and the seller, and made a match from it to get a commission. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, this kind of intermediary was called a hostage, and in the Western Han Dynasty, it was called a puppet, and finally after the Tang Dynasty, it was called a tooth person. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, with the further development of the commercial economy, the number of tooth merchants increased greatly, and a special trade union was formed, called the tooth shop. The famous Thirteen Lines of Huadu in the Qing Dynasty refers to the thirteen merchants who engaged in import and export trade. In addition to doing business, the Thirteen Lines also have to deal with foreign businessmen who come to China, from the purchase and sale of goods to daily life, no matter how big or small, they must pass through the Thirteen Lines. However, the number of tooth rows here is not fixed, and it increases and decreases from time to time, so the thirteen lines of Huadu are only the thirteen most prosperous. Up to now, it has become an intermediary for fiber pulling, and it is my job to help customers match and reach transaction intentions. Nowadays, many industries are called intermediaries, but the antique industry is still called tooth people in most cases. The remuneration of the tooth man is also simple, the buyer takes three percent, the seller takes two percent, and eats two. ”

Zhou Xuanying was a little surprised: "So profitable?"

"It's risky, in case someone else buys something fake, they won't go to the store to be unlucky, they will only come to you, and you have to compensate in full!" Master Meng snorted, "If you don't have any eyesight, how dare you be a tooth man." And it's not easy for a tooth person to do it, you need to be a little famous before someone can come to the door......"

When Tang Chen heard this, he was slightly stunned, how could he be similar to a feng shui master?

Zhou Xuanying sighed softly: "It seems that it is not easy to ...... any line"

"But......" Master Meng said a little excitedly, "this little brother is very talented, do you want to enter this industry?"

Tang Chen smiled bitterly: "Master Meng, don't be afraid to be honest, I am a feng shui master, although I am only part-time, so I ......"

"Feng Shui Master?" Master Meng was stunned, "You are an Earth Master?"

"The earth master didn't dare to be a master, so he ate two mouthfuls of rice. Tang Chen said modestly, "To tell you the truth, I bought this painting entirely because it has the conditions for a magic weapon, which means that this statue of the God of Wealth, as long as it is hung properly, can attract wealth and treasure." ”

"So amazing?" Master Meng was a little stunned, but he quickly accepted this statement, "I thought it was your unique eyesight, little brother, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Is this landscape painting imitating Shi Tao also a magic weapon?"

Tang Chen was stunned for a moment: "No, no, no, I think it's pleasing to the eye, so I bought it and gave it to her father...... Ouch, why are you pinching me again......" Tang Chen was full of grievances, and the more he spoke, the quieter he became, and turned his head to look at Zhou Xuanying, who looked unhappy, and he didn't know what he was wrong about.

Master Meng smiled and said, "It turned out that I went to see my father-in-law, no wonder...... This little brother, can you borrow this painting for me to take a closer look?"

Tang Chen threw his inquiring eyes at Zhou Xuanying, who glanced at him angrily before he said seriously, "It's inconvenient to see here, right?"

"It's true that there's a lot of people here. I know there's a little teahouse up ahead, so let's go there and sit there. Master Meng suggested.

"It's okay......" Tang Chen whispered.

Zhou Xuanying let Master Meng walk in front, and then reprimanded in a low voice: "Why are you not vigilant at all, we don't know the origin of this person, how can you casually reveal all our affairs?

Tang Chen scratched his head, and in order to resolve the embarrassment, he quipped: "The lady is right, she has been taught for her husband!"

"Phew, you'll be ...... mouthful" Zhou Xuanying suddenly spat him in Cantonese, and then laughed with Tang Chen.

Maybe it is because I know that most of the people who come to the antique street to Taobao like to drink tea, so someone opened a small teahouse next to it, and there is a private seat on the second floor, which also sells some snacks or something, but it is quite similar to the teahouse in Guangdong Province. Tang Chen and Zhou Xuanying are well-informed people, so naturally they will not be surprised by a small teahouse, but they are just surprised by Master Meng's popularity, as soon as they enter the door, someone will greet them, and Master Meng will also say a few words to him.

"Old Meng, do you always come to drink tea?" This man looks middle-aged, and his clothes are very down-to-earth, a bit like a waiter.

"Lao Feng, according to the tea on weekdays, I'll talk to these two about something......" Master Meng said with a smile.

Master Meng took them to the second floor, found a place by the window and sat down, just in time to see the antique street opposite. Master Meng said with a smile: "That is the shopkeeper of the teahouse just now, and he has been opening a teahouse here for more than 20 years. You can order whatever tea you like to drink, and if you don't have a master who does small fried at this time, you won't be able to order small stir-frying......"

"Daguan Tieguanyin?" Zhou Xuanying didn't expect to come out and do a market research, and at a glance he saw the tea leaves placed on the counter in front of him, and the most eye-catching thing was his own tea.

Master Meng said in surprise: "This little girl also knows tea? This Daguan Tieguanyin can be said to be the best Tieguanyin." It's a pity that I can't afford to drink the best, and I can only drink the superb. ”

Zhou Xuanying didn't talk, but observed silently. Master Meng was a little embarrassed, he didn't know Zhou Xuanying's identity, otherwise he wouldn't have said that. As the president of the Daguan Group, how could Zhou Xuanying not understand tea? To be honest, if it were about the theory of tea, there were really not many people in the world who could beat her.

Seeing that the scene was a little embarrassing, Master Meng stopped talking, and Tang Chen seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally, carefully handing the painting to Master Meng. Master Meng didn't dare to put it on the table, for fear that there would be water stains that would wet the scroll. Spreading out his hands out of thin air, Master Meng's pupils dilated suddenly: "This is ...... This is...... How could it be ......"

Tang Chen was stunned: "Master Meng, what's wrong?

(End of chapter)