C4 Reunion with a Fated Person
"Boss, take a look. This is my family heirloom. If it wasn't for the urgent need for money, I wouldn't have taken it out to sell. 300 is simply too little. Can you increase it a bit more?"
A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties wore ordinary clothes. Mud hung from his shoes. It was obvious that he was of peasant origin.
At this moment, he was holding a 40-50 cm tall wooden sculpture and bargaining with the shop owner.
"Three hundred yuan is already enough. This thing of yours is not worth much!" It's carved from pine wood. Although the workmanship is not bad, it doesn't have any value in collection. "
The owner sat behind the counter with an uninterested look.
The middle-aged man sighed and left the shop with the wooden carving.
"Brother, how much are you selling this thing for?"
Liu Wen arrived just as Ye Zichen was thinking about it, so he approached Ye Zichen and asked in a testing manner.
The middle-aged man saw that Liu Wen was a bit young and didn't seem to want to respond. He casually said, "3000!"
"Can it be cheaper?" Liu Wen asked after thinking for a while.
The middle-aged man sized Liu Wen up and asked:
"How much can you give me?"
"Five hundred!"
"500 is not good, I'm selling this for my child's treatment, I still lack 1000 something."
The middle-aged man was quite honest. With a look of reluctance and reluctance, he shook his head and prepared to leave.
In fact, Liu Wen was a bit uncertain at the beginning, but he did smell a long and thick strange fragrance just now. It was worth spending 500 yuan to buy peace of mind, it wouldn't be worth it if he added more.
But now, hearing that the middle-aged man was actually going to treat his child, Liu Wen, who was already very caring, gritted his teeth and added another 500 yuan.
One thousand yuan was a far cry from the middle-aged man's expected price. It seemed like he was still unwilling to sell it.
At this moment, the shop owner came out. Hearing that Liu Wen asked for One Thousand Yuan to buy the wooden sculpture, the corner of his mouth curled up, but he didn't say anything.
"Good!" "If it's a thousand, then it's a thousand. I'll sell it to you!"
After a moment of battle of thoughts, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and agreed.
Liu Wen only had one thousand and three hundred yuan left in his bank account. It could be said that if he couldn't find something from that lousy piece of wood, he would be able to declare "bankruptcy".
In other words, without a job, if he didn't get any money, he was going to drink the wind.
"Little brother, you look unfamiliar. How did you fall for antiques?"
After the delivery, the middle-aged man left in a hurry. The shop owner thought Liu Wen didn't know anything and wanted to remind him.
"Curious, I'm just playing around."
Liu Wen looked around with the wooden sculpture and subconsciously sniffed it.
The shop owner shook his head slightly.
"Little brother, then you are really amazing. This wood carving material is pine wood, it's not worth much money, it's okay to be careless with the work, but at most it's only worth five or six hundred, you're at a huge disadvantage. "
"I'm just playing around. Besides, that uncle looks pretty pitiful, so I'll just treat it as giving my love."
Liu Wen smiled lightly and left with the wooden sculpture.
"Too young!"
The shop owner shook his head and returned to the shop.
Leaving Morrow Street, Liu Wen took a taxi and went straight home.
The fragrance was coming from inside. Thus, Liu Wen found some tools and scraped off the paint on the surface of the wooden sculpture. He found a seam and used the knife to cut the wooden sculpture in half with a 'kacha' sound.
There was actually a small wooden sculpture inside — Second Master Guan!
Second Master Guan was thirty to forty centimeters tall, his body was glowing red and purple, and his body was covered with golden stars. His carving skills were even more exquisite, making him look even more lifelike.
The most important thing was that after the layer of pine trees outside was removed, the long and thick fragrance became even stronger.
"Could this be... purple sandalwood? "
"How much would such a large piece of purple sandalwood be worth?"
"Furthermore, that uncle said that he was passed down from his ancestors. He should be quite old."
"But …"
At this moment, Liu Wen was confused.
After all, there were at least a few hundred items that he had smelled on Morrow Street, and he hadn't received any information at all. It was unlikely that the huge antique market would not have any real items.
Or could it be that he could only have feelings for purple sandalwood, but not jade or anything like that?
If that was the case... No, he had to try again before coming to a conclusion.
"Bang bang bang!"
At this moment, a series of hurried knocks interrupted Liu Wen's thoughts and he quickly went to open the door.
"Ms Hong, why are you here?" Liu Wen couldn't help but be shocked when he saw the person standing at the door.
"Why do you think I'm here? I'm here to collect the rent! "
Zhao Xiaohong was in her early thirties, and she looked just like her name. She was dressed in red and had wavy hair. She looked extremely charming and seductive.
Although she was a little older, she had a mature charm that young girls did not have. Her figure was plump and her breasts were proud.
"Eh, where's your girlfriend?" Zhao Xiaohong walked into the room, looked around and asked.
"Divide it!"
Liu Wen smiled bitterly.
Zhao Xiaohong turned around and looked at Liu Wen.
"Divided? Who dumped who? Could it be that you've been dumped? Your girlfriend is so beautiful, it'd be weird if you were willing to part with her! "
"Ms Hong, I don't have any money right now. Can I give you the rent in two days?"
Liu Wen didn't want to talk about his ex-girlfriend anymore, so he changed the subject and didn't answer Zhao Xiaohong's question.
"Sure! "Why not?"
As Zhao Xiaohong spoke, she was suddenly attracted by Second Master Guan's statue. She picked it up to take a closer look and sniffed it.
"Liu Wen, where did you get this?" It seems to be very valuable! "
"Uh, I just bought it." Liu Wen nodded and asked in surprise, "What? Ms Hong, you know about antiques? "
"What do I know about this?"
Zhao Xiaohong shook her head and said. She put down the statue of Second Master Guan and left after a few words.
The next day, Liu Wen came to Morrow Street again.
On one hand, it was to confirm his thoughts. On the other hand, it was to let go of this' Second Master Guan 'that was carved with rosewood.
He had checked last night and found that there were only five shops on Morrow Street that had the ability to buy this old 'Guan Ergou's' sandalwood. Among them, the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion was the most powerful.
Thus, Liu Wen's first stop was the Celestial Treasure Pavilion.
"Sir, is there anything I can do for you?"
As soon as he stepped into the shop, a waiter came to greet him with a smile.
Liu Wen directly said, "Is your boss here? I want to sell something. "
The waiter paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Please wait a moment!"
With that, he turned around and left for a while. Then, he brought Liu Wen to a private room on the second floor.
This was also to protect the privacy of the guests, so he chose a single room.
"It's you?"
What surprised Liu Wen was that the appraiser in the private room was Wu Yunyi.
Wu Yunyi was also taken aback as she chuckled. "Looks like we're really fated to meet. Please take a seat!"
"You're the boss here?"
After Liu Wen sat down, the waiter served him some tea. With a light sniff, he knew it was good tea.
However, he was just a diaosi. He did not know how to appreciate tea and was more interested in Wu Yunyi's identity.
"Something like that!" Wu Yunyi pursed her lips and smiled.
Liu Wen nodded, this made sense.
With such a large store, what was the point of having a famous brand?
"I heard you want to sell something. What do you want to sell?" Wu Yunyi asked with a smile.
"Oh, this."
Liu Wen stood up and took out the statue of Master Guan.