In the afternoon, Song Yuanchao rode out of Liulichang, and a wooden box was tied to the back seat of his car, which contained a few paintings that he had just bought.

These days, since Song Yuanchao went to that store for the first time, he has been running there every once in a while, at least four or five pairs, and at most more than ten pairs, and every time he comes, he never fails.

After coming and going for a long time, Song Yuanchao and the old master on the second floor are also familiar with each other, and this Master Jiang, who is nearly sixty years old, is the oldest and oldest clerk in the store.

As early as before the liberation, Master Jiang worked here, at that time the shop was still private, Master Jiang was a young man in the shop, and he learned the craft of watch painting from the master master of the shop.

Later, in a public-private partnership, Master Jiang became a regular employee of the store from a young man, and he has been working for more than 30 years.

Master Jiang's watch painting skills are well-known in the Liuli Factory, which is why he will be on the second floor. And his qualifications are old, and the current manager of the store was still Master Jiang's apprentice, so Master Jiang can be half a family in this store.

After Song Yuanchao came once, in the next few days, he ran here for three days and two ends, and every time he came, he was not disappointed, and after a long time, Master Jiang was also a little interested in Song Yuanchao, a young man who often came to buy paintings, he felt that although this young man did not know how to paint, he was a person who loved painting, otherwise how could he buy so much every time he came?

After seeing him many times, Master Jiang gradually became familiar with Song Yuanchao, and sometimes he would give a few words of advice when Song Yuanchao was looking at the paintings. Although Master Jiang only pointed out some ordinary knowledge to Song Yuanchao, this kind of guidance benefited Song Yuanchao a lot.

Riding back to the courtyard, Song Yuanchao pushed the car straight into the courtyard, untied the rope tied to the back seat and moved the wooden box down.

Resisting the wooden box to the east wing, the east wing is now a place specially used by the Song Yuan Dynasty to put these paintings. He moved all the original furniture in the east wing to the west wing, so as to organize a large area in which wooden boxes were stored, and these wooden boxes contained the paintings he bought from the glaze factory.

Where the wooden boxes were stacked, Song Yuanchao found someone to make a few shelves, and the wooden boxes were suspended in the air under these shelves. Under the shelf, Song Yuanchao put some quicklime blocks, quicklime in cloth bags, in addition to mothballs and other things.

The storage requirements for Chinese paintings are very high, and in general terms, they require protection from light, dust, moisture and sealing.

In later generations, Chinese paintings were generally stored in a special constant temperature room, and no matter how good the conditions were, they were directly put into the bank's vault. But now there is no such condition at all, so retreat, Song Yuanchao can only do this.

This method was taught to the Song Dynasty by Master Jiang as the most suitable resettlement method for folk preservation. It's just that the boxes used by Song Yuanchao are a little worse, it stands to reason that Jiangyang patent leather boxes should be used for some sophistication, and camphor wood boxes are used for worse, but Song Yuanchao couldn't find these containers for a while, so he could only use the current pine boxes.

But even this is basically enough, after all, these paintings of his are not ancient paintings, they are the works of modern writers, and they are relatively easy to preserve. Of course, Song Yuanchao plans to go to other places later and get some good containers, because in his eyes, these paintings that are not valued by outsiders are not just paintings.

Put the box in the empty space that had been prepared a long time ago, Song Yuanchao glanced at the hygrometer hanging on the side, this thing was specially bought by Song Yuanchao in the store, although this old-fashioned hygrometer is not very accurate, but it is enough for him now.

After tossing, looking at the neatly arranged large wooden boxes with satisfaction, Song Yuanchao showed a relieved smile.

After more than a month, Song Yuanchao purchased a total of 73 works of modern painters from Liulichang, including six works by Zhang Daqian, four by Xu Beihong, and dozens of works by Lu Ruo, Lu Yanshao, Zhang Boju and others.

The highest price among these paintings is naturally Mr. Xu Beihong's works, four paintings cost Song Yuanchao a full 1,260 yuan, followed by Zhang Daqian's paintings, six works totaling 980 yuan, and the two together cost 2,240 yuan.

In addition, the works of other modern painters are expensive at 20-30 yuan, generally around 15 yuan, but due to the large number, the 63 paintings cost a total of 1,070 yuan, so that the total expenditure on the purchase of paintings reached 3,310 yuan.

Coupled with the expenditure of these boxes and shelves, Song Yuanchao's investment was about 3,500 yuan. Song Yuanchao spent 8,200 yuan to buy this set of courtyard houses, so in less than two months, the money in Song Yuanchao's hands was lost 12,000 in a blink of an eye, and his assets shrank significantly.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Song Yuanchao calculated the remaining money in his hand, and there were roughly about 15,000 funds. But this money sounds like a lot, but it is far from enough for him, because he will continue to spend money next, not only to buy paintings, but also to help him pay attention to the suitable courtyard house on Fang Yaziyue's side, and he is ready to start again.

A set of courtyard houses is an expenditure of nearly 10,000 yuan, plus the frequent purchase of paintings, the remaining 15,000 funds in Song Yuanchao's hands may not last long. Thinking about his thoughts, Song Yuanchao locked the east wing, pushed his bicycle and left the courtyard, heading in the direction of the school.

"I have to do something, or the money will be gone in a blink of an eye." Along the way, Song Yuanchao pondered this matter in his heart, this era is the best opportunity to pick up the leaks, once he misses it, he will never be there again, and Song Yuanchao will never give up.

can do business like in Shanghai, but Song Yuanchao can't continue to do this. First, because he had congenital conditions when he was in Shanghai, whether it was Li Daqi, Qin Zhengguo, Gu Jie, or his master Ma Factory Director and Principal Zhou who treated him like a nephew, as well as school-run factories, etc., these are his solid backing, and it is precisely because of these backings that he has the opportunity to show his skills in Huhai.

In Yanjing, Song Yuanchao is an ordinary college student, of course, with Song Yuanchao's ability, it is not impossible to fight alone, China in the early stage of reform can be said to be full of opportunities, Song Yuanchao really wants to start from this aspect is not difficult.

But there is another key problem, and that is because of Lin Yan. After meeting Lin Daoyuan last time, Lin Daoyuan's words made Song Yuanchao remember it vividly, especially when Lin Daoyuan inadvertently pointed out what Song Yuanchao did in Huhai, which surprised Song Yuanchao.

originally thought that everything he did was very secret, but he didn't expect Lin Daoyuan to know this for a long time, not to mention that Lin Daoyuan didn't agree with Song Yuanchao to continue to do these things, so for the sake of himself and Lin Yan's future, Song Yuanchao couldn't take the risk of returning to his old business in Yanjing.

But then again, the opportunity is in front of him, and Song Yuanchao will not let it miss it in vain, not to mention that such an opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Considering Lin Daoyuan's thoughts, Song Yuanchao couldn't go directly to the sea, so he had been thinking about it these days, and he had some ideas of his own.

rode into the school, and before he could reach the dormitory, he saw Li Xiaoyun turning around downstairs from a distance and looking at him.

"Xiaoyun, why are you here?" With both hands pinching the brakes, Song Yuanchao stopped beside Li Xiaoyun, and got out of the car with one foot on the ground and asked.

"You're back, of course I'm waiting for you!" Li Xiaoyun seemed to have been waiting for a while, and when she saw that Song Yuanchao had finally returned, she was a little angry and said, "Where are you going?" I asked your roommates, and they all said that you disappeared after class. ”

"Hehe, I went out to do something, what? Did the swallow tell you to find me? Song Yuanchao asked with a smile.

"Sister Yanzi, Sister Yanzi, classmate Song Yuanchao, you are full of Sister Yanzi, can't it be that I have something to do with you?" Li Xiaoyun said dissatisfied.

"Yes, why not, what? Are you still thinking about the meal you owe you last time? Is it possible to beat your brother today? Song Yuanchao looked at her angry appearance and deliberately teased her.

"Humph! In your eyes, I always worry about whether I can eat? Eat and eat, you are only happy to eat a pig? Li Xiaoyun was very angry, stomped her foot and gave Song Yuanchao a health ball, Song Yuanchao was stunned when he heard it, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Hee-hee, I really scared you." Looking at Song Yuanchao's appearance, Li Xiaoyun, the girl, suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, tilted her head and said to Song Yuanchao: "Okay, why continue to owe this food, I have something to do with you today." ”

"Business?"

"Yes, I'm a messenger." Li Xiaoyun looked left and right and saw that no one was paying attention to this, so she approached Song Yuanchao and said: "Luo Yang asked me to pass you a message, he wants to invite you to dinner, the location is in the state-run restaurant near the school, he is already waiting, let you hurry up." ”

"Luo Yang?" Song Yuanchao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Xiaoyun suspiciously: "Why did Luo Yang find you to pass the word?" Are you familiar with him now? ”

"Phew, where do you want to go?" Unexpectedly, Song Yuanchao's words Li Xiaoyun's girl actually blushed, and her eyes dodged, but she quickly returned to normal, raised her head and said to Song Yuanchao: "He was going to look for you after school, who let you run so fast and flash, there will be no one." He said that it was inconvenient to find Sister Yanzi and others, so he deliberately found me and asked me to talk to you. ”

"Hehe, did this kid buy you with any benefits? Xiaoyun, don't be careless, sugar-coated cannonballs can't be eaten. Song Yuanchao asked with a smile.

"Hmph, what about sugar-coated cannonballs? If it's a sugar-coated cannonball, I'll eat the sugar-coated shell and shoot it back to him! Besides, where can I ask for any benefits, I just watched him anxious, kindly did his classmates a favor, okay, anyway, this word also came, I left first, Sister Yanzi is still waiting for me in the dormitory, by the way, you must not tell Sister Yanzi about this, remember! Let's go! After speaking, Li Xiaoyun jumped up and down and ran away in a blink of an eye, looking at the direction she was far away, Song Yuanchao shook his head with a smile, turned the car sideways, stepped into the car and went to the school gate again.