The end of June is already the graduation season, and there are waves of seniors leaving school and returning home in a hurry. Wang Ding is undoubtedly the last batch. After staying in school until mid-July, he was finally given an ultimatum by his counselor to go home.
After the school got his graduation certificate and degree certificate, Wang Ding truly became a social figure.
After leaving Guxiangzhai, Wang Ding could go to Mr. Xu and Mr. Fang to learn antique knowledge. But Wang Ding still had to find a new job. Early in the morning, Wang Ding was hanging out in front of the shops on the antique street.
The store Wang Ding first arrived at was called Jibaozhai. The shopkeeper was a man in his forties, with narrow eyes and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses that couldn't hide his cunning.
Seeing Wang Ding enter the store, the man said casually, "Young man, do you want to see or buy?"
Because Wang Ding came empty-handed, he must not have come to give away treasures, so the man asked. After the man asked, Wang Ding also answered honestly.
"Hello, brother, I'm not here to see or buy. I'm a recently graduated college student. I'm here to ask if we are still recruiting people?"
"Recruiting? You are a college student, right?" the man said disdainfully. "To be honest, there have been seven or eight college students who have come to visit me before you. Which university are you from?"
"Normal University."
"Three from Normal University plus you, two from Jiaotong University, and two from University of Finance and Economics. Do you think you have an advantage over the universities they studied at?"
The middle-aged man shook his head, and the next second he began to type the abacus in his hand. Wang Ding could see that this guy didn't want to recruit people at all, and he simply stopped fighting for them.
"Okay, excuse me for disturbing you. I'll go check out other places."
The middle-aged man seemed not to have heard Wang Ding's words, and his face was expressionless. Wang Ding smiled faintly and walked out of Jibaozhai on his own initiative.
After Jibaozhai hit a wall, Wang Ding's method of selecting stores changed. In the stores, Wang Ding would screen them accordingly. In some stores, Wang Ding would target those stores with notices for recruiting apprentices posted on their door walls.
The second store Wang Ding visited was a small store called Guse Renjia.
There was a recruitment notice for apprentices written outside the store. When Wang Ding walked in, the fat man who was sitting on a sandalwood chair and drinking tea looked at Wang Ding.
Wang Ding could tell that this antique store was a newly opened store. There were not many antiques in the store. In Gancheng, the capital of porcelain, the most items in this store were some porcelain. In addition to porcelain, there were also
There are some stones, and these stones have strange shapes, some are mottled and beautiful in color, some are golden, and some are as transparent as jade, but it can be seen that they are not jade, but stones.
"Young man, if I read correctly, you are here to apply for an apprenticeship, right?"
The fat man twisted the tea lid with his hand, stirred the tea leaves, and the aroma of tea came out.
"Yes, I saw the recruitment information outside and knew that our store needs apprentices. I want to give it a try."
"To be honest, young man, my store has just been opened, and I do need to recruit two apprentices, but I don't want to be a stupid boy who doesn't understand anything. If you want to enter this store, you must
There is a little foundation, after all, everyone wants to save some costs, otherwise it will take time to train you, and I will lose more than I gain."
"I know this." Wang Ding nodded and said, "Don't all bosses nowadays need to have work experience? I have been an intern in an antique store before, so I have a certain foundation. But I can't say how good I am. After all, I
I just joined the industry not long ago.”
"Oh? Have you interned in an antique store before? Which one?"
"Guxiangzhai." Wang Dingtan said in the city.
"That's it." The fat man opened a new store. In fact, he didn't know anything about the antique circle. After asking which store, the fat man realized that this question was not a slap in the face.
"Young man, although you said you had an internship in an antique shop, I can't prove it. Now I'm going to test you. If you pass my test, I will naturally keep you."
"Okay." Wang Ding said generously, wanting to test his treasure appraisal skills.
The fat man had already stood up from his chair while he was talking, and then he walked over to the stones that Wang Ding had seen just now. These strange stones were very beautiful, with exquisite and beautiful shapes. It would have been better for the fat man to get the porcelain and let Wang Ding appreciate it, but at the moment
, the fat man happened to be holding a stone, so Wang Ding, who didn’t know much about strange stones, lost a little confidence.
Snap, snap, snap.
Three crisp sounds, like three cannon blasts passed by in his ears. In the next second, Wang Ding focused on these three stones.
The first stone has various colors, including green, yellow, red, white, and black. It is colorful, the stone is fine, and the patterns are beautiful.
The second stone was a green stone with a slight blue tint. It was bright in color and had a beautiful texture. Wang Ding suddenly felt that it looked like the color of an animal, but he couldn't remember what it was.
The third piece, Wang Ding recognized, was the Yuhua Stone. The Yuhua Stone is a natural agate stone, also known as aragonite, ornamental stone, and lucky stone. Its stone surface has various shapes and sizes, like the colorful stone patterns of rain flowers.
And got its name.
"Young man, this question is very simple. Please tell me what these three stones are and briefly explain them."
The fat man raised his hand and asked Wang Ding to start. Wang Ding thought for a while and looked at the fat man opposite.
"Boss, the first thing I am sure is that this third stone is the Yuhua Stone. Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Chinese literati have attached great importance to the mountains and rivers, proud of the haze. It reached its peak in the Tang and Song Dynasties. There are countless good stories about stone appreciation in the anecdotes of elegant history. The Yuhua Stone
Exquisite and charming, crystal clear and round. Brilliant colors, wonderful
The texture of the Yuhua Stone constitutes endless shapes, including wind, flowers, snow and moon, birds and animals, pavilions, people and scenery, flowers, insects and fish... Thousands of scenery and scenery are born on the stone, making the Yuhua Stone smell far and near. It has become a treasure among the stones, with the words "in the stone"
She is known as the "Queen" and is known as a God-given national treasure and a unique thing in China."
"This second stone has a bluish green color. It is beautiful and has exquisite texture. Just now I was thinking about what animal's feather color it resembled. Just for a moment, I remembered that it was a peacock feather.
The color. If I’m not wrong, this stone should be malachite.”
Wang Ding judged the second one, but he was not so confident about the remaining stone. "This last stone shows five colors. To be honest, I am really not sure if there is a kind of multicolored stone. If there is such a
As for the name, I think this is a colorful stone."
The fat man was stunned. Among the people who had applied for the job in the past two days, no one could name these three stones, and their expressions were still so dazzling. Wang Ding's confidence made the fat man appreciate it, but at the same time, he
There is a little more worry. Naturally, one needs to have a foundation, but if this person’s knowledge is higher than his own, and he becomes like his own boss, then where is the leader’s sense of presence?