"Zu Ming, you spoiled in advance like this, so I didn't have much interest in the auction."

Listening to Gong Zuming's words, Zhou Bin complained half-jokingly.

Gong Zuming replied with a smile: "Don't worry, Lao Zhou, you are naturally a character who loves to join in the fun, and you will never feel bored anywhere." ”

Zhou Binlai pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Zu Ming, you can't slander me like this." ”

"Old Zhou, I've always told the truth." Gong Zuming said, "However, this year's auction has added a new link than before. @·error-free start~~"

Zhou Binlai was curious: "What link?" ”

"After the auction, there will be two more days of exchange meetings." Gong Zuming said, "This is a purely social occasion, whether you want to talk about business or exchange collections, it's no problem."

If you want to make a transfer or purchase something at the exchange, that's fine. ”

"Then I'm going to have to join in the fun." Zhou Binlai nodded and said, "I've been very busy these days, but I haven't paid attention to the information of the auction." ”

"Drink tea!" Gong Zuming smiled and greeted Zhang Hao, "Let's sit here for a while, and then go to the museum after lunch." ”

...

"Zhang Hao, how can there be such a coincidence?"

In the museum, Sun Kai looked at Zhang Haodao with a surprised expression.

Zhang Hao joked: "Yes, even I didn't expect that Director Sun wouldn't blame me for being presumptuous, right?" ”

"Where, I'll take you on a good tour!" Sun Kai said with a smile, "The mountain bird painting of Song Huizong's calligraphy that I bought back from you last time is currently placed in the central area of the museum. ”

Under the leadership of Sun Kai, Zhang Hao visited the entire museum in general.

Gong Zuming's collection is quite rich, and all kinds of calligraphy and painting, jade, and porcelain antiques are involved.

In the most central display area of the museum, in addition to Song Huizong's calligraphy and paintings, there is also an empty display cabinet in front of a dragon chair.

"This dragon chair was sat by Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty." Sun Kai introduced, "Although the reputation of Emperor Xianfeng is not as good as that of Kang, Yong, and Qian, he is the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty with real power after all, so this dragon chair is also very valuable." ”

Zhang Hao praised: "To get such a dragon chair, Mr. Gong's financial resources and connections are extraordinary. ”

Gong Zuming also happened to bring Zhou Bin to the central area, and said: "I'm ashamed, this dragon chair is actually my father's collection. ”

Zhang Hao smiled and changed the topic: "Mr. Gong, I don't know what objects are going to be displayed in this empty cabinet?" ”

"This cabinet is related to my next trip to Jincheng." Gong Zuming said without concealment, "My father has always wanted to find a set of Han chimes in good condition, but unfortunately he has not been able to do so in his life.

In the past few years, I have been following the footsteps of chimes, and it happened that a friend in Jincheng helped contact a seller, so I rushed over to take a look. ”

Zhang Hao nodded clearly, but secretly thought in his heart:

He has a set of genuine Han Dynasty chimes here.

Gong Zuming continued: "Zhang Hao, Director Sun has dealt with you a few times, and he has always praised you for being a kind person. The prices of the three antiques you transferred to us are indeed very fair, so I also agree with Director Sun's statement.

Today happens to be in the museum, I will mention it, if you have a complete set of Han Dynasty bells in your hands, or a friend you know has a source of goods in your hands, please also help recommend one or two, I accept your love! ”

"To be honest, I do have a set of Han Dynasty chimes in my hand." Seeing the sincerity of Gong Zuming's words, Zhang Hao said, "But I only got this set of chimes recently, so I didn't see it when Director Sun came to Jinling." ”

"Is that true?" Gong Zuming hurriedly showed a hint of joy, "What do you think of this?" After I went to Jincheng, I flew directly to Jinling to visit you! ”

Although his friends told him that there was a suitable source of goods, Gong Zuming would not refuse an opportunity to shop around.

"If nothing else, I will return to Jinling in late October." Zhang Hao said, "If you come to Jinling, please be sure to let me do my landlord's friendship." ”

Gong Zuming nodded heavily: "Then it's decided, and we'll contact you when the time comes." ”

"Okay, we'll see you. (More exciting on the next page!) )

Scatter. ”

Zhang Hao smiled and threw a thank you expression to Zhou Binlai.

Following Zhou Bin out on a trip, he met a potential big customer, which was also a surprise for him.

Zhou Binlai joked: "I said two, if your business is successful, you have to give me a benefit fee as a middleman!" ”

Gong Zuming smiled: "Old Zhou, are you still missing these three melons and two dates?" ”

Zhou Binlai sighed and said: "Look at what you said, these days, the landlord's family has no surplus grain." ”

...

After going to the shopping mall in Sanlitun to retrieve the customized suit, and accompanying Zhou Bin to visit the pre-exhibition, Zhang Hao and Zhou Binlai walked into the door of the auction as scheduled.

The auction was held in a venue similar to a private clubhouse.

After Zhou Bin handed a gold-piercing invitation to the staff at the door, someone led the two into the banquet hall.

"Two distinguished guests, the auction will start at half past six in the evening, now please enjoy the banquet time first!"

The waiter bowed respectfully to the two and silently walked into the corner.

Zhou Binlai pointed to the old man in the center of the banquet hall and said, "Come, let me first take you to meet the initiator of this auction, Old Man Tang Zhicheng." ”

Zhang Hao nodded, and followed Zhou Bin to the old man with a shimmering spirit.

I saw Zhou Bin come and said politely: "Hello Old Man Tang, I am Xiao Zhou of Jinling, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Oh, Xiao Zhou, I haven't seen you in a while." Tang Zhicheng smiled and said, "Is your father still healthy?" ”

Zhou Binlai said with a smile: "Drag your blessing, my father is healthy, and he often talks about you." ”

"Okay, that's good." Tang Zhicheng nodded slightly, looked at Zhang Hao and said, "Who is this young man?" ”

Zhou Bin said: "This is my friend Zhang Hao, he is in the antique business and has a good reputation in the industry. ”

Zhang Hao greeted: "Hello, Donald!" ”

"Hello." Tang Zhicheng said, "You are not easy to work hard in the antique industry at a young age. ”

Zhang Hao said modestly: "Donald praised it, it's just the support of his friends." ”

After briefly exchanging a few words with the old man, Zhang Hao and Zhou Binlai walked to a relatively quiet place and sat down.

"Let's order whatever we want today, eat as much as we want, and play whenever we want." Zhou Binlai said with a glass of juice, "Indeed, as Gong Zuming said, there are not too many antiques worth buying in this year's auction, and I only like one or two." ”

Zhang Hao said: "There are still a lot of antiques from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and they are all objects with wide open doors. ”

"I used to be quite interested in these things, but now I think it's a little bit less interesting." Zhou Binlai shook his head and said, "I don't know if I've been with you for a long time, and my vision for choosing antiques is higher than before." ”

While the two were chatting, a middle-aged man came over with champagne and said with a smile:

"Mr. Zhou, I didn't expect you to come too." @·error-free start~~