What is the biggest gain from my four years in college? Apart from the wealth of archaeological knowledge I have learned, it is the expansion of my network of contacts.
That is to say, by using these connections, Zhou Chen purchased a lot of things through transactions and picking up items. Although it was inevitable that he also bought a lot of fakes, he also bought a lot of genuine items.
In four years, he obtained a total of thirty-two genuine antiques, but their values ​​varied, and only four of them met the system's standards.
Among them, two are from the Qing Dynasty, one is from the Yuan Dynasty, and one is from the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to the four items that meet the system standards, there are actually three items that are of very high value. Unfortunately, they are not antiques from the five dynasties required by the system, but antiques from other dynasties. Therefore, no matter how high the value is, they are not included in the mission.
among.
However, he asked Mr. Guan to appraise it, and among them was a piece of jade Ruyi from the Han Dynasty, which he said should be from the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It was extremely valuable, and Mr. Guan asked him to keep it safe.
Zhou Chen could not put antiques that did not meet the system standards into the system backpack, so he could only make a collection room at home and collect all the antiques he collected. When he was free, he would go there to appreciate them.
Interest is interest, but Zhou Chen has not forgotten his main mission. He wants to live over a hundred years old, so he is still very cautious about antiques.
I pay attention when playing with them and don't touch them for too long. Who knows whether these antiques may contain any toxic substances.
But that was all before. He spent four years in college and learned many methods of preserving antiques, so now he may not be good at restoration, but simple cleaning and removing magazines are no problem at all.
The next day.
Zhou Chen went directly to his sister Zhou Yi's house, found Sun Dapeng, and told him again about going to sea to do business.
Unfortunately, Sun Dapeng was stubborn and still disagreed. However, after Zhou Chen's persuasion, he no longer objected and agreed with Zhou Chen to lead Zhou Yi to do business.
Sun Dapeng is not stupid. He knows that his wife and brother-in-law have a deep relationship. He is unwilling to change, but that does not mean that he does not believe in Zhou Chen.
On the contrary, he has great trust in Zhou Chen's ability. In this day and age, everyone still respects college students very much, let alone someone like Zhou Chen who graduated from Peking University.
Therefore, he has no objection to his wife going overseas to do business with his brother-in-law. His only concern is his daughter, because he himself does not have time to take care of her.
But Zhou Yi promised him that she would never neglect her daughter because of business, so Sun Dapeng had no reason to object.
The business that Zhou Chen wants Zhou Yi to do is very simple, that is, to open a small commodity store, imitating the model of the Wushang Small Commodity Market.
Reform and opening up has been going on for several years now. As the capital, it is naturally the main implementation place. Nowadays, Yanjing has many private enterprises and a large number of self-employed people, so opening a small commodity store will naturally not have any problems.
There must be a reason for the small commodity market to become popular in Wushang. Zhou Chen did not expect it to be as big as the Wushang small commodity market. He just wanted his sister to have something to do, make money at the same time, and live a good life.
better life.
However, things are not easy to do. A lot of preparations are still needed in the early stage, and Zhou Yi has to leave his job, so they are not in a hurry to start taking action.
Before that, Zhou Chen had one more thing to do, and that was the huanghuali post box that he had been waiting for for several years.
He remembered that Su Meng's father was diagnosed with heart disease on the eve of Su Meng's graduation from university. It was almost time, so Zhou Chen was ready to take action.
Originally, he was planning to wait until Su Meng's father was diagnosed with a heart disease before taking action, but he was worried that Han Chunming was unreliable and had lent the money to Su Meng in advance, and he would suffer a big loss.
So he decided to contact Su Meng in advance. This way, even if Su Meng didn't sell it, he could let her know the value of the post box and prepare for future purchases.
As for whether Su Meng and his family would not sell the huanghuali sticker box after knowing its value, Zhou Chen was not worried at all.
No matter how precious things are, the lives of loved ones are more important?
Also, Zhou Chen is not worried about whether Su Meng would rather borrow money from Han Chunming than sell huanghuali sticker boxes.
Who is Su Meng?
She was a woman who valued face more than anything else. If her father hadn't really been in a critical moment of life and death, she would never have been willing to borrow money from Han Chunming.
So if she had the opportunity to get money after learning about her father's condition, she would definitely not let it go.
Zhou Chen already had a plan on what method to use, how much money to spend, and how to buy the things back.
Riding a bicycle, Zhou Chen arrived at the school dormitory.
Although his courtyard is very close to Peking University, Zhou Chen usually sleeps in the dormitory. One reason is that he has less travel, and another reason is that.
The school toilets are much cleaner than the public toilets there, and they are cleaned every day.
When we arrived at the dormitory, we found that there were only two of us.
"Feilong, where is Lao Wu?"
There are six people in Zhou Chen's dormitory, but none of them are as professional as Zhou Chen. The old Wu he is talking about is named Wu Jingui.
Because of this name, Wu Jingui was often laughed at by the people in the dormitory, even though he was the oldest in the dormitory.
Huang Feilong majored in economics and had a good relationship with Zhou Chen and others.
"I said I was sending something to my hometown."
"oh."
Zhou Chen nodded, then sat beside his bed and waited.
Another person in the dormitory Chen Yan walked to Zhou Chen and said, "Zhou Chen, I took a box of wine from home and put it in your cabinet. Don't forget it."
Zhou Chen frowned and said, "Why did you bring me another drink? Didn't I say you're welcome?"
Chen Yan said: "That's right. You also know that my dad can't drink now, and I can't drink enough either. It would be a waste to keep this wine at home."
The reason why he gave Zhou Chen wine was because Zhou Chen had done his father a big favor.
Once, his father was involved in a case. Later, Zhou Chen came forward to find his second uncle and took care of him, so that Chen Yan's father was not implicated.
Because of this incident, the relationship between the two became particularly good. Chen Yan also thanked Zhou Chen and sent him something every now and then, but Zhou Chen couldn't even refuse.
Huang Feilong interjected from the side: "Zhou Chen, don't be polite to him. He took your cigarettes for a while when you were away."
Zhou Chen doesn't smoke, but he keeps a lot of cigarettes in his dormitory just for socializing, most of which were smoked by a few smokers in the dormitory.
"Let's put the wine aside for now. In a few days, we brothers will have a good time together."
Zhou Chen is not willing to always accept other people's kindness. In their dormitory, he treats guests to dinner the most.
"By the way, Feilong, I'm going to open a small commodity store and I may need your help."
Huang Feilong asked in surprise: "You want to go to sea to do business?"
"No way?"
"No, I'm just curious. You're fine, why do you think of opening a store?"
Zhou Chen said: "My sister is laid off. I'm going to open a small commodity store for her. Aren't you studying economics? I want you to help run the business and negotiate with the factory. What do you think? Do you want to do it?"
Huang Feilong responded decisively: "Yes, of course I will. It just so happens that we don't have any classes now. I can help you with your business and get some exercise. Tell me if you have any requirements."
Zhou Chen then simply told Huang Feilong his thoughts on how to contact those factories and what to buy...
Huang Feilong listened and took notes in his notebook, very seriously.
The main reason is that they have been in the same dormitory for a long time, and everyone knows Zhou Chen's abilities. Now that he is about to graduate, Huang Feilong, as an outsider, is reluctant to leave after seeing the prosperity of Yanjing.
Now that Zhou Chen has provided him with an opportunity, of course he will not let it go.
As for money, he didn't even ask. Not to mention that he knew Zhou Chen was very generous. Even if Zhou Chen didn't give him money, he was still willing to take this opportunity to experience it.
After talking to Huang Feilong, Wu Jingui came back as soon as Zhou Chen drank a glass of water.
"Old Wu, I need your help."
Zhou Chen stood up immediately when he saw Wu Jingui.
Wu Jingui comes from a small county in Henan Province. His family still lives in a remote rural area. He is already in his thirties and is already married and has children.
In fact, Wu Jingui was not originally from the countryside. He married a girl from the countryside when he was working in the countryside and settled in that village ever since.
His family situation is the worst among the six people in the dormitory, but he is a gentle man, wears a pair of glasses, and looks like a scholar.
Wu Jingui, who was in the same dormitory, had often received help from Zhou Chen, so when he heard Zhou Chen ask him for help, he didn't say anything.
"Zhou Chen, if you have anything to say, just tell me and I will definitely help you."
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Let's go out and talk."
Watching Zhou Chen and Wu Jingui leave the dormitory, Chen Yan scratched his head: "Feilong, what's wrong with Zhou Chen, why did you go out behind our backs to tell him?"
Huang Feilong was still immersed in what Zhou Chen had just told him, and he casually replied: "Chen Yan, don't be so curious."
Zhou Chen and Wu Jingui walked out of the dormitory building and came to a remote place.
"Old Wu, it's like this. You know I study archeology. I mainly study old objects such as antiques. I recently took a fancy to an old object, but something unexpected happened. I want to get rid of that thing.
I got it, but I’m not very good at coming forward, so I’d like to ask you to help me come forward and talk to the other party.”
To be continued...