Xiao Mazi Hutong, where the haunted house is located, is about ** kilometers away from the city, and is only a little more than three kilometers away from Yanjing University in a straight line. Most of the alleys are lined with ancient courtyard buildings, and occasionally there are one or two small Western-style buildings. Go out of Xiao Mazi Hutong
It is Huanggu Street. Walking south along Huanggu Street, you will reach the main road from the Summer Palace to the city.
After Gu Lianyun sent Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange to Yanda, he took a few calligraphy and paintings to Dongxi Liulichang.
Liulichang was the main distribution center for antique calligraphy and painting during the pre-Qing Dynasty. After years of development, it has gathered many antique dealers and collectors specializing in calligraphy and painting antiques, the most famous of which is "Rongbaozhai". Gu Lianyun originally wanted to
All the antique calligraphy and paintings were sold to an American named Jobson, but because the quantity was so huge and there were other issues involved, she decided to try her luck in Liulichang first.
Among these calligraphy and paintings, the most valuable one is "Winter Plum Blossoms and Snow" by Zhao Chang of the Song Dynasty. She didn't know the current price and was afraid that the owner would call the police, so she brought an ink painting of "Autumn Hunting" and an
I started to test the waters of meticulous landscape painting at a medium-sized shop in Dongliuchang called "Very Pavilion".
Ping Yashi, the owner of "Very Pavilion", is a middle-aged man of about forty years old. He wears a pair of glasses and looks very kind. When he saw a handsome young man entering the house with calligraphy and paintings under his arm, he came to greet him personally: "Sir, please come quickly."
Come in." He ordered the waiter to pour tea and looked at him carefully.
Gu Lianyun is disguised as a man. Today she is wearing a suit, new leather shoes, and a pair of sunglasses. She looks very imposing.
Ping Yashi's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he thought to himself that he seemed to be a prodigal son who came to sell his ancestral inheritance. He didn't ask her what she was doing here first, and asked her to sit down with a smile. When the waiter handed her the tea, he said: "I, Ping Yashi
Yashi, what’s your surname sir?”
Gu Lianyun placed the two scrolls on the table. Seeing the other person's eyes immediately flicker to the paintings, he deliberately said with a stern look on his face: "Boss Ping, have I entered the wrong place? Have you changed your career to become a policeman?"
Ping Yashi looked embarrassed for a while, remembering some rules in the industry, and thought that he had made a mistake. The person opposite seemed to have some background, so he smiled and said: "Sir, you are joking, I just call you Yashi for convenience. Haha, you are here to sell.
Calligraphy and painting?”
Gu Lianyun didn't know much about the rules in the industry. She was just pretending based on experience. She nodded and said, "These two paintings were left by my ancestors. I've been a little tight lately, so I brought them here for emergencies. Take a look first."
"Okay." Ping Yashi said. He first picked up the framed and ancient-looking fine brushwork landscape, carefully spread it out, looked at it, his brow suddenly jumped, and then asked the clerk to bring over the magnifying glass and took a closer look.
After writing and signing, his brows jumped slightly again, and then he rolled up the painting and put it back on the table pretending to be casual, then picked up another one to look at. After a while, he put both paintings back together.
He picked up the tea cup and said: "Sir, these two paintings are not very good. The authors are not famous and they are not young."
While he was looking at the painting, Gu Lianyun relied on the cover of his sunglasses to keep his eyes on the other person's face, keeping his expression in her eyes. She would not believe his lies and only pointed at the two eyebrows.
Jump, the fine brushwork landscape is definitely not ordinary. "Well, excuse me!" Since she saw the flaw, she naturally had a way to deal with him, put away the two paintings and prepared to escape.
Ping Yashi couldn't see her expression clearly and thought she was really going to leave, so she became anxious. "Autumn Hunting Picture" is indeed not very good, but the meticulous landscape "Winter Landscape Leisure" is the work of Ma Xianglan, a famous courtesan in the Ming Dynasty.
——Ma Xianglan is one of the eight beauties of Jinling. She is good at painting flowers and plants. This landscape alone is not very good, but Fang Yizhi, who wrote the poem on it, was one of the four young masters of Jinling at that time. This painting has both Ma Xianglan and Ma Xianglan.
Paintings and Fang Yizhi's poems are of great value. "Sir, please stay, I haven't finished speaking yet."
"oh?"
Wiping the sweat from his head, Ping Yashi pulled Gu Lianyun back to his seat, carefully considered his words and said, "Sir, can you show me the "Winter Landscape" again?"
""Winter Landscape Leisure"?" Gu Lianyun was stunned for a moment. Only then did he know the name of the landscape painting, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed - this is the price of being uneducated. Fortunately, she had a background in intelligence and knew how to observe people's emotions, otherwise she would have
What a joke. Handing the landscape painting to Ping Yashi, she suddenly felt that she needed to improve her Chinese studies.
Holding a magnifying glass, Ping Yashi carefully looked at the "Winter Landscape and Leisure" again, sighed and said, "Sir, how much do you plan to charge for this painting?"
"You give me a price and I'll sell it if it suits you."
Ping Yashi smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I can't afford it." Seeing the other person's expression change, he hurriedly continued, "However, I can help you introduce a buyer."
"Tell me about the price you can afford." Gu Lianyun didn't know who Ma Xianglan and Fang Yizhi were, let alone that there had been such a good story between the two people. This is the value of this painting, so it was just for fun.
Learn negotiation skills.
"Your painting is worth at least 5,000 yuan, but I only have more than 2,000 yuan in cash now."
"5,000 yuan?" Gu Lianyun's heart moved after hearing this. She originally estimated that she could sell it for about 500 yuan.
Ping Yashi thought he was too young and hurriedly said: "Sir, please forgive me for relying on my old age, but the value of your painting itself is actually not high. If it were not a wise poem, it would not be worth 500 yuan."
"Oh." Gu Lianyun knew something about this. Some paintings were particularly valuable precisely because they were paired with poems by masters. She pretended to be serious and said, "Then please boss Ping, please help me find a buyer. Well, how to calculate the commission?"
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"5%, what do you think?"
"Okay." Gu Lianyun was very happy this time. Ouyang Yun's batch of goods was really too much. If he found a sales platform, he would save a lot of trouble.
"Do you have a phone number? I'll let you know when I get in touch."
"I'd better come to you. Please estimate how long it will take."
"Three days at most."
"Okay, I'll come over at this time in three days. Boss Ping, I'll take my leave now!"
"Sir, walk slowly."
——In this way, with the help of Ping Yashi, Gu Lianyun sold "Winter Landscape Leisure" for 5,000 yuan and "Autumn Hunting Picture" for 500 yuan, and then began to
Some calligraphy and painting antiques were put on consignment in "Extreme Pavilion", which was a way to find a channel to sell dirty items.
As soon as Yan Da, Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange arrived at the gate, Liu Zheliang, who was waiting in the guard room, came up to him, took the handout from his hand, looked at his face and asked: "Team members, are you tired?
"
Ouyang Yun frowned and said, "How many times have I told you to call me boss in private!"
"Hey, boss."
"I'm a little tired. I didn't feel it when I was listening to lectures before, but now I know how arduous lectures are. Zheliang, don't hang around at the door next time. Go in and listen to the lectures with Tian Ge. It's always good to gain more knowledge."
"Well, thank you Tuan-Boss for your concern."
Chu Tiange said: "Brother, Harvard has invited you to give a lecture, Harvard!"
Ouyang Yun smiled and asked Liu Zheliang: "Lian Yun hasn't come here yet."
"yes."
"Then let's call a car and go back. It's not too late anyway, so we can buy some food on the way."
The three of them talked all the way out of Yanda. Liu Zheliang was about to call a rickshaw when he saw the car at the street entrance and shouted: "Boss, Adjutant Gu is back."
The three of them got into the car. Ouyang Yun smiled and said to Gu Lianyun, "It's a lucky coincidence that you're here."
Gu Lianyun glanced at him with a smile and asked in a teasing tone: "Professor Ouyang, how do you feel about your first class?"
"One word: tired!"
"No, I think you are in good spirits."
"Yes, there is a happy event." He put Conant's invitation on the dashboard and said, "The president of Harvard University in the United States invited me to be a visiting professor."
Gu Lianyun's eyes lit up and he said, "It's indeed a good thing. In this way, you can buy the equipment and instruments that need to be imported in the United States."
"Not only that, it can also attract some foreign investment and technology, and maybe introduce some talents - there are many overseas Chinese in the United States. Unfortunately, the travel time is too long, and I probably won't be able to come back within two or three months. Lian Yun
, if it can really happen, I want you to accompany me."
"Then I have to prepare. I have a triple identity now." She glanced at him and smiled with ulterior motives.
Ouyang Yun smiled and did not answer, but began to plan a trip to the United States in his heart.
After a while, Chu Tiange saw the car driving towards the city and asked, "Adjutant Gu, aren't we going home?"
"I went to the hospital to pick up Tassel. The doctor said she can be discharged. The plaster will be removed in a week."
Ouyang Yun was very happy and said: "Liu Su can finally be discharged from the hospital. This girl has suffered a lot recently." Remembering that this was all the fault of those beasts at the Black Dragon Club's Peking branch, his face became grim and he looked at the car window.
Outside, looking at Gu Lianyun, he said, "Is Beiping too peaceful recently?"
Gu Lianyun knew what he was referring to as soon as he heard it, and joked: "Maybe the Japanese have discovered their conscience and are reluctant to kill a great professor like you."
Ouyang Yun snorted and said, "I am a professor who holds a pen in one hand and a gun in the other!"
Gu Lianyun didn't know what he was thinking of and said, "Ouyang, I'm suddenly very curious about your parents."
Ouyang Yun's parents both passed away when he was very young. He was brought up by his grandparents and has no memory of his parents. When he was young, the most taboo thing for his grandparents was for someone to talk about him in front of him.
Because of this kind of protection from his parents, he didn’t realize until he went to school that all children had parents, except him. This was a knot in his heart for a time, but as he grew up and his grandparents passed away one after another, he finally
Knowing that even though he has no parents, he is still the happiest child in the world. His grandparents have already shouldered all the love that his parents should give him - this is why he is particularly kind to old men and old ladies. His indifferent expression
He smiled and said, "What? Are you anxious to see your parents-in-law?"
Chu Tiange, who was sitting in the back seat, immediately became happy, and Liu Zheliang let out a "goo", with a smile stuck in his throat.
Gu Lianyun was now used to Ouyang Yun's random remarks and said, "I'm just curious, what kind of parents can raise a freak like you!"
"Freaks and geniuses are the ones." Ouyang Yun said, thinking about those college students, and said: "I don't know how Tiange and the others have arranged it. My most precious thing now is the thirty-two college students.
"
Gu Lianyun thought of what he had told him and said, "I will start setting up an intelligence department this afternoon. What do you think we should name it?"
"The boss is the 'Nine-tailed Fox', so let's call it the 'Fox Eyes Special Operations Group'. Let's start with a platoon and try to make it a company in the future."
"Fox Tong? That's a good name."
At this time, the car arrived at the entrance of a firecracker shop. Gu Lianyun stopped the car and said to Liu Zheliang: "Zheliang, get out of the car and buy some firecrackers."
Ouyang Yun was puzzled and asked: "Why buy firecrackers?"
"Liu Su is discharged from the hospital. Let's set off some firecrackers to avoid bad luck."
"Ha, I didn't expect you to be so superstitious."
"It's not superstition, it's custom. When the time comes, we'll have to put a fire plate at the door for her to step over."
"Lianyun, it seems that you and Liusu have a deep relationship?"
"We are senior sisters. We have been together for six years. She was like my tail when she was a child..." Speaking of interesting childhood stories, Gu Lianyun's face glowed red. She was very happy and very feminine. Ouyang Yun couldn't help but reach out to her.
Touched his face.
Gu Lianyun's body trembled slightly, but she had no intention of hiding. She closed her mouth and turned to look at him. She bit her lips lightly, her face was red and her eyes were twinkling, which was clearly only between lovers.
Their expressions made Ouyang Yun want to go up and kiss them. But just when they couldn't help themselves, Liu Zheliang and Chu Tiange walked out of the firecracker shop with two bundles of firecrackers and two small whips, and they destroyed the firecrackers.
Beautiful atmosphere in the car.
Gu Lianyun put the nail of his little finger on his left hand into his pocket, wanting to give them a little "ecstasy" immediately.