Chapter 274: Visit, Lei Lao's suggestion
Unlike the Jiangcheng Antique Association, which is not as unruly, the Jiangnan Antique Association is not only larger, but also has a very strict hierarchy.
Here, there are many second-level treasure connoisseurs, which are nothing anymore, at best, they can only be a steward, and only when they reach the first-level treasure connoisseur can they become the core.
And the Jiangnan Antiques Association has the only special treasure connoisseur in the whole Jiangnan.
But this person didn't want to take care of things, and was only arranged to be an honorary president, and usually lived a life like an idle cloud and a wild crane, and would never take it easy unless he encountered a national treasure-level antiquity.
The entire antique association is divided into four levels and five classes from top to bottom, and the first class is the president of the antique association, a first-class treasure connoisseur, and needs to have a high reputation.
The second class is the vice president, who is also served by a first-class treasure connoisseur, and Lei Lao is the vice president of the Jiangnan Antique Association, with a distinguished status.
There are only three vice presidents in the entire Jiangnan Antique Association, which shows that there is also a great shortage of first-class treasure connoisseurs in Jiangnan.
Under the vice president, it is the chief steward, these people's treasure appreciation ability is worse than that of a first-level treasure connoisseur, but it is stronger than a second-level treasure connoisseur, so there is a special name, called a half-step treasure connoisseur, which means that if it is only half a step, it can be called a first-level treasure connoisseur.
Because there are very few special treasure connoisseurs and first-class treasure connoisseurs, and their status is extremely noble, most of the things in the antique association are managed by half-step treasure connoisseurs.
Under the half-step treasure connoisseur, there is the steward, the second-level treasure connoisseur, they know how to identify antiques, have a good eye, and are usually responsible for appraising the acquired antiques.
As for the last class, there are third-class treasure connoisseurs and ordinary people, and the main task of these people is to buy, carry and so on.
At this time, Ye Fan and Liu Piaoxu came to the antique association, which was a magnificent, palace-like building.
In front of the main entrance, there is an ancient plaque with a length of seven or eight meters, on which the words "Jiangnan Antique Association" are written in cursive.
Although he doesn't know calligraphy, the dragon flying and phoenix dancing in these words, Rao is Ye Fan can't help but sigh in his heart.
and Jiangnan Antique Association, presumably, Jiangcheng Antique Association, is simply a place to collect rags.
The two guards at the door saw Ye Fan and them stop to watch, and walked over slowly: "Do you two need help with anything?"
The attitude is modest, without the slightest appearance of flying and domineering.
Ye Fan felt very comfortable in his heart, and he couldn't help but improve the status of the Antique Association a little bit in his heart.
"Two big brothers, we are friends of Lei Lao, please let me know."
The two guards were slightly stunned and glanced at each other.
Lei Lao has a respected status in the Antique Association, second only to the elder adult, in the entire Jiangnan, it is also prestigious, and the two young people in front of him actually said that they were Lei Lao's friends, I am afraid they are pretending.
But even so, the two guards were not annoyed, and one of them smiled and said, "Please tell me your name, and I will report it."
Anyway, I came here to find Lei Lao's help, and it didn't matter if I told my name, Ye Fan smiled slightly: "Just tell Lei Lao, Ye Fan asks to see him."
With that old man's methods, he asked to see him, which really made Ye Fan a little depressed, but there was no other way at the moment.
"Ye Fan? You said your name was Ye Fan?"
The guard was stunned, and then looked at Ye Fan with a shocked face.
"But Ye Fan of Jiangcheng Bogu Zhai, Mr. Ye?"
Seeing the shocked looks of the guards in the coming year, Ye Fan was stunned, but then nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's me."
Unexpectedly, his reputation is now so big, even Jiangnan knows it.
"Mr. Ye later, I'll go and report it right away."
Receiving Ye Fan's affirmation, the guard ran inside quickly with excitement on his face.
Seeing that the guard was so excited, Ye Fan was a little confused, even if he was not famous, he would not let this guard look like this.
Seeing Ye Fan's hair, the other guard hurriedly smiled respectfully and said, "Mr. Ye doesn't know, after Lei Lao came back from Jiangcheng, he specially handed us over
Mr. Ye is a distinguished guest of our Jiangnan Antique Association, so we must be respectful when we meet him, and Mr. Lei told us about his experience with Mr. Ye, and we are all very impressed in our hearts."
Hearing this guard's explanation, Ye Fan suddenly became enlightened, so it was so, I didn't expect that Lei Lao was really interesting enough to give such an order to the people below.
However, it is reasonable for this old man to do this, after all, he has helped him so much, otherwise, I am afraid that he will not be able to become the vice president of the Jiangnan Antique Association.
When he went to Jiangcheng, Lei Lao was only a member of the Antique Association, and he had not yet held the position of president, and everything was after the tomb was discovered, and Lei Lao was promoted because of his performance.
Therefore, all this is given by Ye Fan, and it is not an exaggeration.
Soon, footsteps were heard from inside.
At the same time, Lei Lao's excited voice came out at the same time.
"Brother Ye, is Brother Ye here?"
Lei Lao walked out quickly, his face full of joy.
When he saw Ye Fan, the old man stepped forward a few steps and hugged Ye Fan.
"Brother Ye, since the last time I was separated from Jiangcheng, my brother has been looking forward to you coming over every day, so that I can do my best as a landlord, God is pitiful, I finally waited for you today."
His hair and beard are gray, but his spirit is very good, and at this time, because of his excitement, his face is a little ruddy.
Ye Fan could see that this old man was happy from the bottom of his heart, and it was by no means perfunctory on the surface.
Ye Fan said with a smile: "Lei Lao is polite, Ye also wants to come over early, but there are too many trivial things around him, this time, my sister also wants to come over, but because of her identity, she was left in Boguzhai."
Hearing Ye Fan's words, Lei Lao nodded: "It's time for that girl Xuanxuan to come over and learn the knowledge of antique appreciation with the old man, and in a few days, I will call him personally and ask him to come over."
For Ye Xuanxuan, Lei Lao attaches great importance to her.
Originally, Lei Lao was also worried that Ye Xuanxuan did not have any foundation in antique appraisal after all, and everything had to be learned from scratch, in this case, it was too difficult to become a treasure connoisseur.
Unexpectedly, after coming into contact with Ye Xuanxuan, he suddenly discovered that Ye Xuanxuan was extremely talented and learned knowledge quickly, but in just a few months, he already had the strength of a second-level treasure connoisseur.
Therefore, Lei Lao attaches great importance to this closed disciple.
Seeing that Lei Lao didn't mean to let Ye Fan and them in, the guards on the side coughed helplessly.
Isn't it a way to let people be outside?
"Look at my memory, the distinguished guest came to the door, and he was still chatting at the door, Brother Ye, Miss Liu, please come inside."
With that, the three of them walked into the Jiangnan Antique Association.
If it is said that the Jiangnan Antique Association looks antique on the outside, then the decoration inside completely subverts Ye Fan's point of view.
It's completely European style, and all the furniture is imported, which is magnificent.