Chapter 94: Scattering Beans into Soldiers
This place is said to be a warehouse, but the people who come and go are all people on the scene, and they have to do an event from time to time, and it is not too cold.
So, after sealing all the windows with concrete, there is still some simple decoration.
The terrazzo floor, the white wall paint, and a few famous calligraphy and paintings of the local people in Jinmen are hung in conspicuous places.
In Shenyang Road, calligraphy and painting are also considered to be a local product of Tianjin.
There is a large crystal lamp hanging in the middle of the roof, and there is a circle of small lamps next to it, which illuminates the warehouse very brightly.
There was a red carpet on the floor in front of us, and in the middle were three large tables, in a row, on which were placed several stacks of small blue and white bowls, and next to it there was a cloth bag, bulging with soybeans, and when I got closer, there was the smell of fried scorched.
This is a bag of sautéed soybeans.
A few things from tonight's auction are placed in the corner, a pair of Ming Dynasty Huanghuali four-headed official hat chairs, a Ming Dynasty Zen chair and a Venus red sandalwood plaque, and inside the top is a few shelves, on which are placed Qing Dynasty purple sand flower pots.
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When the two of them arrived at the warehouse, there were already many people standing inside, chatting and laughing in groups.
The space is not large, and it looks crowded.
Chang Xian said a word to Yan Jinshui, then stepped forward to say hello, and went inside to stand with Mu Duanming.
After waiting for another ten minutes, it gradually arrived.
There were quite a few people who came this time, and there were no less than thirty of them.
The warehouse is now clearly divided into three circles, Beijing, Jinmen and Hebei Province are clearly distinguished, and there are two bosses from Lu Province who are also mixed in the capital.
Yan Jinshui is also on the periphery of the capital, and if he is about to leave, it seems that the circle of the capital is larger.
It didn't take long for more than 30 smoking guns to smoke, and even with the air conditioner on, it was still smoky and fluttering.
"Yo, who is that?"
Suddenly, a voice from Ji Province was full of sarcasm.
"Oh, forgive me, it turned out to be Boss Hu, and you're here today. You're just in time, you're here to shoot something, and I'm just in time for you to get your hands back. ”
A few people in the capital circle looked at a man on the side with some surprise, who was the Boss Hu who was talking about over there.
But it was just a casual glance, and no one showed any unusual expressions.
There are many things that don't deal with the rivers and lakes, so if it has nothing to do with you, you can stay away, light a cigarette to watch the excitement, and when you go back to shabu-shabu, you have more spices.
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As the old saying goes: the car and boat shop has a foot tooth, and the innocent should be killed.
Of the five things that should be killed, four of them have something to do with logistics.
This Boss Hu in Lu Province started by logistics.
At this time, the logistics are almost walking between black and white, five or six years ago, smelling wrong in the direction of the wind, Boss Hu washed his hands and went ashore, this time he also came to see with friends, not Mu Duanming's invitation.
It's just that I don't know what kind of holiday he has with Boss Ren in Ji Province, so he wants to be so faceless on this occasion.
Boss Hu remained silent, a fierce color flashed in his eyes, he lit a cigarette, put it in his mouth, spit out a smoke ring, and did not talk.
Seeing that Boss Hu didn't take advantage of the stubble, Boss Ren said again: "Who doesn't know, our Boss Hu is one of the best players in the entire antique circle, and the car bandit Road Fighter is this." ”
He cocked his thumb and flipped it down.
"Lao Ren, don't go over, this is Boss Mu's field, I want to give Boss Mu face today."
Looking at this posture, the previous boss had suffered the loss of Boss Hu when he was in Lu Province, and he was a little untenable at this meeting, and he was a little unrelenting.
Guo Baochang next to him had a slightly ugly face, this boss Ren was brought by him, if his friend smashed Mu Duanming's field, it would be a joke.
Mu Duanming saw that something was wrong here, so he walked over and didn't speak, just smiled at the two of them.
Boss Hu smiled reluctantly and shook his head, while Boss Ren laughed and arched his hand to apologize.
The five generations of the Mu family are antique families, and their background in the industry is not trivial, and no matter how much they have opinions, they dare not smash his field.
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Mu Duanming looked at his watch and nodded to Chang Xian.
"Bang Dang"
Chang Xian stretched out his hand to close the door of the warehouse, and then heard a "pop" sound, four headlights lit up from the four corners, and the dust in the air was clearly visible.
Everyone's words suddenly suffocated, and the warehouse immediately fell silent, and the atmosphere immediately became different.
Mu Duanming walked to the center, arched his hand with a smile, made a circle around him, and said: "Fellow Daoists, today Mu someone ran this field, and when I came, it was my brother who found so many things, looking for a replacement with the big guy; Second, it's also to find a reason, let's have fun meeting with our buddies and brothers. Thank you very much for cheering! ”
After passing the door, Mu Duanming said: "Don't talk nonsense, all the people present are the old people in the circle, and we still use the old rules in the circle today." ”
He looked at it for a while, and said: "But there are a lot of immortals today, so let's remove five at a time, and in the end, we will settle the situation." ”
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The so-called rules of the antique circle are called "scattering beans into soldiers".
Those who participated in the auction were called "immortals", each person had a handful of beans in their hands, two bowls, and agreed in advance how much a bean would cost.
When bidding, count the beans and put them in the bowl, and push them to the "judge", who will decide.
The "judge" looked at all the beans in the bowl, returned the ones with less price, and returned the rest to the "gods" in turn according to the number of beans.
In another round, you can add beans, but you can't subtract them.
Bidding again and again until there is only one bowl left.
There are many people who come today, and it is impossible to have thirty rounds, so Mu Duanming said that he would take five as a round, and in the end, he would win or lose when it was less than five.
In this way, it will be six rounds at most.
Although it is just a game of buying and selling in an antique shop, it contains Eastern philosophy and wisdom.
That is "and".
The beauty of this rule is that only the "judges" know the specific bids of the "immortals" throughout the whole process.
The "immortals" only know how many beans they have, but they don't know how many beans they have in the upper and lower homes.
In this way, everyone will not hurt the harmony, there are steps to go down, and the harmony will make money.
Even if it is competition, it is a healthy competition that fights but does not break, has face and dignity, and does not damage friendship.
It will not be like a public auction, where one price tops one price, and one price suppresses the other, making the bayonet see the red sword and the shadow of the sword.
"There are four things today, which one shall we use to start?"
Mu Duanming paused for a moment and said loudly: "In the afternoon, we talked nonsense in the trumpet and talked about Huanghuali for a long time, so the first thing we opened with this pair of Huanghuali in the Ming Dynasty was the official hat chair!" ”
Mu Duanming's arrangement made everyone present stunned for a moment, thinking that they would use that Zen chair or purple sand flower pot to warm up the field, but they didn't expect that Wang Fang would come out as soon as it opened.
Mu Duanming smiled and said: "You are all experts, you don't need me to make noise, let's talk with things, and interested friends invite you to come up and inspect the goods." ”
He pulled his right hand and stepped aside.
Everyone looked at each other, after all, they were all cultural people, not to mention well-organized, they were also polite, and they all went up and down to see it.
There is Mu Duanming's reputation there, and the authenticity of things is not a problem, but the main thing to look at is the quality and workmanship.
The pair of chairs were indeed beautiful, and no one who came was unmoved, and Chang Xian gave each person two small blue and white bowls, as well as a handful of beans, and then put their names on the bowls.