Chapter 82: Buying Paintings
"Everyone go back to their rooms, turn off the lights and go to bed, and ignore anyone who knocks on the door!" Qian Yongqiang said.
"Why is that?" The prince asked puzzled.
"If it was Xiao Wang and Boss Gao who came to us the day before yesterday," Qian Yongqiang said, "If they don't find us, they will definitely not give up, and sooner or later they will definitely come to block us!" ”
"It's better to buy the painting back to feel at ease!" Wang Ziren said.
"That's right," Li Qiming said, "and we'll go out at dawn tomorrow and wait for him at Pigtail Li's gallery." If you go late, let Boss Gao block it and be passive! ”
"Also, you have to drive the car somewhere else." Qian Yongqiang said, "If they find out that our car is at home, I guess they will come to block us in the middle of the night!" ”
Sure enough, within an hour, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard gate. Huang Youcai leaned on the window on the second floor and looked out, and when the knock on the door disappeared, a figure sneaked onto the road.
"Qi Xiaofei, I disappointed you this time!" Huang Youcai smiled secretly in his heart, "Sure enough, I'm here to find out the news!" ”
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, several people quietly got up, took a pair of scrolls collected a few days ago, and then drove the car to the gallery of "Little Pigtail Lee", and sat quietly in the car waiting for "Little Pigtail Lee" to open for business.
At eight or nine o'clock, several people saw that "Little Pigtail Li" came to the gallery listlessly to open the door, and Huang Youcai was about to get out of the car and go over, but was stopped by Qian Yongqiang.
"We've been waiting for a long time, 'Little Pigtail Lee' is here, why don't you hurry over?" Huang Youcai said, "It's boring to sit in the car, so it's not good to get things done early and go back early?" ”
"Don't be in a hurry," said Qian Yongqiang, "if we let the pigtail Li perceive our intentions, this matter will not be easy to handle, and I am afraid that I will have to spend a lot of money on this painting at that time!" ”
"What then?" Huang Youcai asked.
"Wait!" Qian Yongqiang said, "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." You'll have to wait at least an hour to go over and find 'Pigtail Lee'! At that time, 'Little Pigtail Plum' will not be suspicious, and the price will be much easier to talk about. ”
"That's right, let it dry first, let the heart of 'Little Pigtail Li' cool, and things will be much easier!" Wang Ziren suggested, "We might as well drive around and come back." ”
Qian Yongqiang shook his head and said: "We have to guard the 'pigtail Li' here, if he has something to do, we will come in vain today." We must do this before we go back today, Qi Xiaofei came to inquire about the news last night, if he sees us go back, he will definitely notify Boss Gao, then Boss Gao will definitely come to find us! ”
After waiting for nearly an hour, the number of people on the street gradually increased. Qian Yongqiang and a few others held the scroll, pushed open the door of the "Braided Li" gallery, and walked straight in.
"Little Pigtail Li" saw a few people, his face was displeased, he didn't get up to pour tea, he didn't give up his seat, looked at the scroll in Huang Youcai's arms, and then frowned.
"Boss Li, doesn't seem to welcome us?" Huang Youcai turned his head to Qian Yongqiang and said with a smile, "It seems that we are not here at the right time, Boss Li is not in the mood to do business now, let's show the painting to others, right?" ”
"Show me the fake painting!" "Little Pigtail Li" looked at Huang Youcai and said coldly.
"You haven't seen the painting yet, how can you tell if it's a fake?" Huang Youcai said, "Aren't you a god?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense," "Little Pigtail Li" stood up, took the scroll from Huang Youcai's hand, opened it and looked at it, and said, "What can you really do with something that costs a few hundred yuan?" ”
"A few hundred dollars?" Huang Youcai said, "You can make it clear, how much is it?" Two hundred is hundreds, and nine hundred is hundreds! ”
"Three or five hundred dollars!" "Pigtail Lee" said weakly, then laid the scroll down on the table, and sat down lazily.
"Then you can give five hundred dollars!" Huang Youcai said. "We don't ask for much, the price is what you give, just give it as you say."
"I don't want to give you money," said Pigtail, "I'll give this picture to me?" ”
"Why, pigtail Lee?" Huang Youcai said, "You are robbing!" ”
"If you rob or not, it's a drop in the bucket, what is this money for my loss?"
"One yard to one yard, Boss Li, you can't do this!" Li Qiming said, "In this way, we won't dare to show you any good things we receive in the future!" ”
"Good stuff?" "Little Pigtail Lee" snorted coldly in his nose and said, "I'm most afraid of good things now!" ”
"Boss Li, what I said really makes us feel ashamed!" Qian Yongqiang said, "Are you still feeling sorry for that painting? ”
"Why don't you feel uncomfortable?" "Pigtail Lee" said coldly, "That painting almost bankrupted me!" ”
"When you say that, we are also very uncomfortable!" Qian Yongqiang pretended to be sad and looked at a few of his people and said, "Let's find a way to help Boss Li!" ”
"How can I help?" "Little Pigtail Li" eyes lit up, "If you want to help me, you can buy that ancient painting for 20,000 yuan, and I will remember your great kindness in the future!" ”
Huang Youcai smiled secretly in his heart, Qian Yongqiang is really clever, not only solved his own problems, but also sold "pigtail Li" a great favor.
Qian Yongqiang said embarrassedly: "Boss Li, 20,000 yuan is too much!" ”
"You've made so much money all at once," said "Pigtail Lee," "and you can spend 20,000 yuan to buy this painting, what can you do?" ”
Hearing the words of "Little Pigtail Li", Qian Yongqiang frowned.
"It's okay to have less." "Little Pigtail Li" saw that Qian Yongqiang was displeased, and suddenly lost his confidence, and whispered, "How much can you give?" ”
"Boss Li, show us the painting first." Qian Yongqiang said.
"Good, good!" Pigtail Li ran to a cabinet with a cigarette, and then pulled out an envelope from it - it was the same envelope that he had returned that day when he went to the hotel to find Qian Yongqiang.
"It's not a low salary." Huang Youcai looked at the brand-new envelope and said, "This outfit is worth a lot!" ”
"Little Pigtail Li" blushed and said: "At first, I thought it was right, so I spent hundreds of dollars to make this envelope for it, but I didn't expect that now it is a golden jade, and it is ruined!" ”
"Don't say that!" Huang Youcai said, "What kind of ruin is worth 5,000 yuan? ”
"It's not five thousand yuan," "pigtail lee" said hurriedly, "you can't just give me five thousand yuan!" ”
"We didn't say we had to buy it yet." Huang Youcai said, "You also said 5,000 yuan!" ”
"No, didn't you just say you wanted to help me?" Little Pigtail Li said, "I also said that 20,000 yuan is expensive, I said that it can be less, you won't disown it, right?" ”
"Boss Li, to be honest, it's hard to sell this painting for 5,000 yuan." Qian Yongqiang said, "We really want to help you and give you 10,000 yuan, do you think it's okay?" ”
"Ten thousand?" Pigtail Li thought for a moment and said, "It's a little less!" ”
"To tell you the truth, we are still responsible for you in this business with you, who you say to see, I will accompany you to find whomever to see!" Qian Yongqiang said, "Now you say that this painting is fake and can only be worth 5,000 yuan, so we spend 10,000 yuan to buy this fake painting that is only worth 5,000 yuan, completely out of our friendship!"
"To tell the truth, even if you don't buy it, it's fair, with a clear conscience, it's just that we can't bear to see you like this!"
"Let's go!" "Little Pigtail Li" patted the table and said, "10,000 is 10,000, I made a big mistake this time, admit it!" “
Qian Yongqiang opened the envelope, carefully unfolded the tattered ancient painting, and looked at it carefully for a while, it was still familiar.
Li Qiming walked over and carefully rolled up the ancient painting. At this time, it was no longer wrapped in the old newspaper, and Li Qiming was afraid that it would be damaged, so he still put it in the envelope.
Wang Ziren gave 10,000 yuan to "pigtail Li". Braided Li smiled bitterly and said, "Seventy thousand bought, ten thousand sold, the whole sixty thousand yuan is gone!" ”
"This is the charm of this industry, 'eye-catching' and 'leaking' are very exciting!" Huang Youcai said.
"Boss Li, you haven't paid for the painting we just brought just now!" Li Qiming said.
"Forget it," pigtail Lee said, "you don't care about the money!" ”
"Who says they don't care?" Huang Youcai said, "That's what we bought at a high price!" ”
"Forget it," Qian Yongqiang said, "Since Boss Li said so, let's give him this painting." ”
"Thank you," "Pigtail Lee" said with a fist clenched, "Thank you very much!" ”
"Don't take it as an example, pigtail Li!" Huang Youcai pretended to be a little angry and said.
"Boss Li, you big cultural person, the posture of holding your fists is wrong!" Wang Ziren gently pressed down the pigtail Li fist's hands.
"What's wrong?" Pigtail Li looked at Wang Ziren and said, "Ask for advice!" ”
"There are two kinds of fists: one with the left hand on top and the other with the right hand." Wang Ziren said, "The left hand on top is a gesture of politeness and respect, and the right hand on top is a gesture of mourning!" “
"This simple apology gift, and so much exquisiteness," "pigtail Li" said, "I didn't care about it before, I just put it in my hand, and it just had a little meaning." ”
"It's a big deal." Wang Ziren said, "Be cautious in holding your fists in the future!" ”
"Understood," pigtail Li hugged Wang Ziren with his right hand down and his left hand on top.
Everyone laughed out loud when they watched Pigtail Lee's antics move. Pigtail Lee recouped some of his losses and was in a much better mood.
"A few people walk slowly." Pigtail Li jokingly said, "Don't forget to take a look at fake calligraphy and paintings in the future!" ”
Qian Yongqiang saw that the painting had arrived, and he no longer had any worries, so he walked out of the gallery of pigtail Li with a few people.
A few people suppressed their excitement until the car drove far away, and then they laughed out loud.
"It really went so well today!" Li Qiming looked at the envelope in his hand and said, "I didn't expect to buy it back for 10,000 yuan!" ”
"Now, we're no longer afraid of anyone coming to the door!" Wang Ziren said, "I slept scared last night. ”
"We have to find a way to recognize Boss Gao that we're back, right?" Huang Youcai said, "Why don't you go to Boss Gao's acquisition station and take a turn?" ”
"No," Qian Yongqiang said, "just wait at home, the door is open, less than two hours, Boss Gao will come to visit!" ”
"Are you so sure?" Huang Youcai said in disbelief, "What if Boss Gao doesn't come?" ”
"No," Qian Yongqiang said, "If it weren't for Qi Xiaofei's sneaky visit to find out the news last night, I can't be sure that they must have done something bad behind Boss Gao, but as soon as last night's incident came out, I'm sure that Xiao Wang must have told Boss Gao about the painting, and if Boss Gao didn't come to us if he knew about it, he wouldn't be Boss Gao!" ”
"Okay, then go home and wait patiently!" Wang Ziren said.