Zhenbaoxuan is located on the west side of the Imperial City, in the Guaibang Hutong, two streets away from Prince Kang's Mansion. This is where the royal family and nobles live, and it is very convenient for people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to go out and search for treasures. Zhenbaoxuan occupies an area in an antique street.
The largest, with an area of one acre, the two-story building is decorated in a simple and elegant way.
Wei Xiaoqi was holding a cloth bag with both ends unsealed. He and a guest put one hand into the cloth bag. The two of them talked with their fingers in the cloth bag, bargaining without letting others know.
At what price are antiques sold? Outsiders only know the value of antiques. The longer they are kept, the more valuable they become. But when you really want to turn antiques into money, it is not that easy. If you want to be in the antique business, you don’t need a master to get started.
It is impossible for outsiders to understand the secrets.
Zheng Yuanchang, who is in his forties, is lean and has bright eyes. He limped into Maosheng Hall with a cane in his hand, followed by a tall attendant. Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu crossed the
Stepping forward to greet him, Wei Xiaoliu introduced him with a smile on his face.
After sitting down to watch the tea, Xie Xiuzhu did not take out the banknotes and just whetted Zheng Yuanchang's appetite. When people asked her for the balance, Xie Xiuzhu said it was not urgent and she had many things to ask Boss Zheng for advice. Li Guolou picked up the topic and asked Zheng Yuanchang
They were doing Tai Chi, making twists and turns, and neither of them was willing to admit defeat. Li Guolou asked Zheng Yuanchang if the medicinal material business was going well? Zheng Yuanchang laughed and said that it has long been a thing of the past. He has not been in the medicinal material business for many years, and now
Only doing jade business.
Li Guolou also said that business is better in the south. I wonder if Boss Zheng will focus his business in the south next? Zheng Yuanchang said that he earned ten thousand taels of silver here. The money came so easily that he couldn't bear to leave. He also wanted to go home.
If it is placed in the capital, it is likely that it will live next to Li Guo Tower.
Li Guolou then talked about his righteousness, not blocking both ends of the street and leaving a way for people to escape. This kind of fried beans and bean sprouts is a joke, and people in the world should know his good intentions.
Zheng Yuanchang sighed: "Hey, it's just my fault that I didn't come to visit Chief Li earlier. I just thought that it was inconvenient for my second grandma and I didn't dare to come and disturb her easily. It's my fault for not thinking about things well. I will definitely visit my second grandma at her house during the Spring Festival."
I’m here to visit. From now on, I’ll have to ask the two of you to take care of the business matters.” After saying this, Zheng Yuanchang gave Li Guolou a fist-cup gesture.
Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu exchanged a few words with Zheng Yuan. Xie Xiuzhu finally took out the banknote with a gift box underneath and said, "Thanks to Boss Zheng, I got a good piece of jade this time.
I really feel ashamed to ask Boss Zheng to make another trip. Please accept this gift. If you have good jade in the future, feel free to send it here. It is better to be a regular customer."
Zheng Yuanchang took the bank note and looked at it carefully, then weighed the box of deer antlers, and said with a casual smile: "Chief Li and the Second Mistress are so polite, I don't even know what to say. I have been around the world for a long time, and today
If you can meet businessmen like Chief Li and Second Grandma, you will make lifelong friends. Don't worry, you two, I will live in the capital for a long time. We will have many opportunities to get along with each other. I will host you someday, and I will ask you to honor me."
It was not convenient for Xie Xiuzhu to accompany the guests, so Li Guolou and Wei Xiaoliu personally put Zheng Yuanchang into the carriage. Zheng Yuanchang stepped onto the carriage without any difficulty, and his body was as light as a swallow, as if it were a swallow in the clouds.
Li Guolou praised: "Boss Zheng, you haven't improved your skills yet, and you still have the same style as before. I'm still too young. I haven't seen what Boss Zheng looked like when he was young. It's a pity."
Zheng Yuanchang lowered his head slightly and said: "Sir Li, several of my followers were brought up by me. If you have the opportunity, let them practice for you. I have no chance to reproduce the style I used to have. If you bother me, Chief Li, I will do it another day."
See you later."
Li Guolou watched the carriage go away, turned around and asked, "Xiao Liuzi, is that hole still there? I want to take a look."
Wei Xiaoliu said with a smile: "Godfather, why are you still here? I have sent people to block it overnight. But I will draw a picture. Do you want to see it?"
Li Guolou felt a little regretful that the first-hand information was lost, and sighed: "Xiao Liuzi, just give it to me, it's better than nothing."
Back in the living room, the people in Zhenbaoxuan talked about it as if they had won a battle. They were all warriors on the front line. Xie Xiuzhu praised them and promised to give them double rewards at the end of the year.
silver.
Wei Xiaoliu asked worriedly: "Godfather, will the thief still have plans for Zhenbaoxuan?"
Li Guolou shook his head and said: "This group of people can't do it anymore. They might really ask me for help to get their accomplices out of prison. But you should be careful. There are so many good and bad people in the capital. I don't care about my face."
Not everyone will give it."
Wei Xiaoliu said: "My godfather saved our Zhenbaoxuan twice. We must do a good job in Zhenbaoxuan's business and live up to the kindness of our godfather and my second grandmother."
The six clerks began to circle around Li Guolou. Anyone who opened the business could not speak auspicious words. Li Guolou was shocked when he heard this. In addition to the double silver reward at the end of the year, these bastards also wanted Li Guolou.
Guo Lou will reward him again.
Li Guolou also saw the living "great painter Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty" painter Cao Keliao, who had white hair and a bright head and was approaching old age. This was the treasure of Zhenbaoxuan, which helped Zhenbaoxuan earn enough money.
He remains unknown.
Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu asked Cao Keliao a lot. People like the painter Cao Keliao could no longer impress him with money, so they had to play the emotional card and care about the old man's living conditions. Of course, the painter Cao Keliao was very rich.
They need Li Guolou's care. During the Spring Festival, Li Guolou and Xie Xiuzhu have to trouble Cao Keliao and have dinner at his house.
Li Guolou was very curious and asked: "Master Cao, I'm curious how many paintings by Zhao Mengfu you have collected in your home?" He thought that at least hundreds of calligraphy and paintings would be left for future generations to enjoy.
Cao Keliao laughed and said: "If I don't keep a picture, my family won't know what I do. My own name is worth twenty or thirty taels of silver. I will be a great painter in the future and a celebrity for future generations to admire. How can I let future generations admire me?"
People know that I have done this kind of thing. Young people, reputation is what matters most when you get older. Other things don’t matter. I have developed feelings through our cooperation with the Wei family. Besides, deceiving people is the most fun, just like you
It’s like tricking the second grandma into sleeping with her.”
Cao Keliao winked and looked like a slut when he was young.
Xie Xiuzhu was like a child in front of Cao Keliao, she cooed and beat Cao Keliao a few times, acting coquettishly, making the old man feel like he was playing with his descendants at home.
Li Guolou pretended to be sincere and said: "The student has not been involved in the world for the first time. Although the second mistress thinks highly of me, she is often dumped by women. The student would like to ask Master Cao how to win the heart of a girl?"
Cao Keliao laughed loudly and said: "Xiaolou, you should be happy to be dumped by the girl's family. In twenty years, you will regret why you raised such an ugly foreign girl in the first place. You can't get rid of her even if you want to.
I think if she can die early, you can free up a room."
Li Guolou said anxiously: "Master Cao, aren't you going to kill me if you say this? Foreign girls can understand Chinese, but you are killing me."
Yelia Wood was so angry that her breasts were rising and falling, and she stood up and said: "You two filthy bastards, I will ignore you." After that, Yelia ran out to vent her shopping desire, and took home the antiques she liked.
, the money matter gave Li Guolou a headache, and of course he did not forget to take a calligraphy and painting by Zhao Mengfu and two landscape paintings by Cao Keliao.
Wei Xiaoliu said to Li Guolou: "Godfather, Second Grandma, this time we have become famous in Kuaibang Hutong, and the neighbors are talking about that cave. The two families next to us have always said bad things about us in the past, and now they have come to apologize in person.
Yes, our business will definitely be even better next year.”
Li Guolou smiled slightly and said: "Xiao Liuzi, the business here will double next year. During the Spring Festival, you and Xiao Qizi will spend time in Baozhifang. By then, many rich people will come to Baozhifang. As long as they move their little fingers, you can
No need to wipe dust every day.”
That is to say, all the overstocked inventory of Zhenbaoxuan can be sold, and rich people are easier to fool. Antiques must be placed in the homes of rich people to become valuable.
Everyone was still laughing, and Li Guolou said urgently: "Little Liuzi, you go and print the Western business cards, and then take photos of the antiques and make them into exquisite albums. Just let those fools place their orders, and I will place the order directly on them."
In the Urn, I have never had a single person in my life who refuses to give me face."
Wei Xiaoliu was shocked and said: "It seems against the rules that my godfather can buy antiques like this."
Li Guolou laughed wildly and said: "Xiao Liuzi, this is an era of change and any rules can be re-made. I am the rule. From now on, I will make the rules of the game. People outside can only drink my foot-washing water, etc."
I’ve made money that no one else can catch up with.”
Seeing Li Guolou's complacent look, everyone became excited and looked at Li Guolou with admiration. This was their backbone. As their strategic mentor, he was always unfavorable. And they were the beginning of a new era.
, will also reach the highest peak of life.
Jelia said: "Mike, you are borrowing doctrine and plagiarizing the opinions of us Westerners. People like you are the most disgusting. You have never had any awareness of copyright. We Westerners have to pay first for everything we do. You Easterners
You are so shameless and say that we Westerners are copying you Easterners, who is copying whom now?"
Xie Xiuzhu sighed: "Yelia, I used to admire Xiaolou. He had good ideas one after another. Now I know that none of them are his own. They are all copied. He can only deceive us.
Ordinary people with ordinary heads will not have any great abilities no matter how great they are."
Li Guolou waved his hand and warned: "You are all wrong, this is called reform! It has become the rule of our Qing Empire. We cannot call it reform now, because it will be bound by the family laws of our ancestors, and the court will not agree to it."
. What we are doing now is a secret thing and cannot be publicized. We can only do it first and slowly affect the people around us. Others will follow suit if they find it good. So we are reformers. We do not learn from Western culture through and through.
, that’s something that will get caught. When we succeed, we will be rich and powerful, and have the right to speak. At that time, I will loudly declare that I am a reformer like Shang Yang who is not afraid of falling apart and create a
A historical precedent that brought the Qing Empire into a prosperous tomorrow."
There were sounds of vomiting all around. Cao Keliao held a tall spittoon and exhaled loudly. He finally spit out a mouthful of thick and thick phlegm, which almost suffocated one of the most famous "ancient Chinese painters" to death.