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Chapter 58 Partnership

"Mr. Meng, please don't call me teacher, Xiao Su, just call me Xiao Su. I haven't graduated yet."

Su Xiaofan hastily said modestly, the two experts on the table are both from the New Palace Museum.

Both of them are masters in appraising miscellaneous items, and they are quite famous in the antique shop. It can be said that they are worthy of the name, and they are not experts in wild ways.

The two teachers are both in their 50s and [-]s, and Su Xiaofan felt uncomfortable when they called him Teacher Su.

"Xiao Su, do you also like playing Wenwan?"

Another expert surnamed Gu saw the Vajra Bodhi on Su Xiaofan's wrist, and couldn't help laughing: "Literature games have become very popular in recent years. I think many ordinary people will wear such a string."

Wenwan has a very low barrier to entry.

Buying a bunch of Wuban King Kong, which is in excellent condition, costs only a few hundred dollars.

Wear it on your wrist and keep it for three to five years. If you play well, you can sell it for two to three thousand.

Therefore, many ordinary people will buy a string to wear, firstly to catch up with the fashion, and secondly, to wear it for a few years to increase the value.

So now you can often see some young people, either with a string of stars and moons around their necks, or wearing a King Kong on their wrists.

"This thing takes effort."

Teacher Meng took a look at Su Xiaofan's Vajra Bodhi, "Xiao Su's is pretty good, I've put in a lot of work in the past two years, it looks like it's four or five years old."

Teacher Meng is a master of miscellaneous games, so he naturally knows how to play Wenwan.

The bodhi of Xingyue and water hyacinth usually only needs to be finished with clean hands, and the color will naturally be coated.

But Vajra Bodhi is different. Because there are many saw teeth, dust and other dirty things in the crevices must be brushed out with a brush every day.

After years of brushing, the serrated teeth of Rudraksha Bodhi will be gradually smoothed.

Just like this string in Su Xiaofan's hand, all the edges and corners on the surface have been smoothed, making it look unusually round and shiny.

"Mr. Meng, I didn't arrange this myself."

Su Xiaofan said with a smile: "I was wandering around in Panyuan when I was free yesterday, and it cost [-] yuan to collect it, but the boss should have paid for it for three to five years."

"One thousand and eight, it's worth it." Teacher Meng nodded.

After being cultivated in the Yunyang Pond, this string of diamonds that has become a low-level magic weapon, with its original layer of moistness, it is obviously not an ordinary Wenwan bracelet.

"Huh? Xiaofan, take it down and show me."

Jing Shizhen originally didn't pay much attention to the Vajra Bodhi in Su Xiaofan's hand.

Hearing what a few people said, his attention was immediately on Su Xiaofan's wrist, and he was stunned for a moment when he saw it.

"Uncle Jing, here you are." Su Xiaofan took off the bracelet and handed it to Jing Shizhen.

Jing Shizhen took the bracelet, twirled it one by one with her thumb and forefinger, and then closed her eyes again, as if she was savoring something.

"This...really bought for [-]?"

After a full five or six minutes, the banquet was a bit cold, Jing Shizhen opened his eyes and looked at Su Xiaofan.

"That's right, the boss asked for two thousand yuan, and I will pay you back 200 yuan."

Su Xiaofan's heart moved, he nodded seriously, he knew that Uncle Jing should recognize this magic weapon.

But what Su Xiaofan is very puzzled is that from the appearance, there is basically no difference between magical artifacts and ordinary utensils.

I have a repair system, know that it is a magic weapon, how did Uncle Jing recognize it.

"This object..."

As soon as Jing Shizhen uttered a few words, she stopped, shook her head and returned the Vajra Bodhi bracelet to Su Xiaofan.

"Uncle Jing, the three teachers, you have worked hard today, I would like to offer you a toast."

The director of the program group entered the private room. He was at the staff's table just now, and now he came in to toast.

The director of the program group dealt with people all day long, and after a few words, the table immediately became lively, and no one paid any attention to Su Xiaofan's bracelet.

After eight o'clock in the evening, the banquet was considered to be over, and the car of the program team was already waiting outside the hotel.

"Mr. Meng, Mr. Gu, let's come later tomorrow."

Standing at the door of the restaurant, Jing Shizhen said, "Xiao Su and I have something to do, we will be here a little later, you two should take care of it..."

"Oh, Uncle Jing, don't dare to take it seriously, you are busy with your work, we will call you if there is anything to do."

Neither Mr. Meng nor Mr. Gu dared to take it seriously, even though they were official experts, their status in the antique shop was far inferior to that of Jing Shizhen.

"Uncle Jing, why are we going tomorrow?"

Sitting on the car that had already started, Su Xiaofan guessed something in his heart.

"Go to Panyuan, tomorrow at eight o'clock, I'll pick you up at the hotel!" Uncle Jing's words confirmed Su Xiaofan's guess.

"This is just a low-level magical weapon, and there is a middle-level one in the Yunyang Pond."

Su Xiaofan complained in his heart, he didn't quite understand why Uncle Jing valued the magic weapon so much.

The dragon-shaped jade pendant around his neck has been worn all the time, Su Xiaofan didn't feel any difference in life, he never even won the fifth prize when buying lottery tickets.

The car first sent Jing Shizhen to Jingxintang, and then sent Su Xiaofan to the hotel, Jing Shizhen didn't say anything more in the car.

After returning to the hotel to rest for a while, Su Xiaofan sent the photos taken today to his sister and Zheng Dagang respectively.

There are activity banners in the photos, promotional photos of our own experts, and some signs and videos of on-site treasure appraisal taken by the staff.

"Su Xiaofan, are you really going to be on TV?"

Su Xiaoxiao replied almost instantly, Su Xiaofan found out that since she bid farewell to high school, her younger sister has become a girl with internet addiction, almost never leaving her mobile phone.

"Hey, how about you going to college and your brother becoming a big star?"

Su Xiaofan returned very quickly.

To be honest, Su Xiaofan is a little proud after going through today's incident, anyway, he is just a boy in his early twenties.

"It's not to make a movie, to stay away from the stars."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't give her elder brother a lot of face, "Hey, let's not talk about it, we still have classes in the evening, Yaoyao called me."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't know what she was busy with, she hurriedly chatted with Su Xiaofan for a few words and then hung up.

"soy Mujer!"

Originally, she wanted to find someone to show off, but who knew that Su Xiaoxiao didn't show off, so she suppressed Su Xiaofan's anger.

Fortunately, Brother Gang never disappoints, and soon returned the message.

"Okay, Xiaofan, when you return to the antique market in the future, you will be a big star." Zheng Dagang came over with a smiling face, making Su Xiaofan's heart warm immediately.

Su Xiaofan knew that Zheng Dagang belonged to the kind of cunning with petty bourgeois, but he was absolutely sincere to his friends.

"Brother Gang, I want to open an antique shop when I go back. Let's do it together."

Su Xiaofan has been thinking about this matter in his heart since yesterday.

Starting from safety, in fact Su Xiaofan's antique shop is the most suitable for him to do it alone.

That way Su Xiaofan doesn't have to have any scruples, and he doesn't need to explain the source of the antiques to others.

But the business of antiques is not just about buying and not selling, it is called buying and selling.

Su Xiaofan can pick up leaks and restore antiques with repair value, but he is far behind in terms of shipping channels.

On the contrary, Zheng Dagang, a local householder, has not worked for two years, and he resigned before he was 20 years old to practice stalls in the antique market. It has been more than ten years now.

In Luochuan's antique shop, Zheng Dagang is considered well-known, plus he is straightforward and loyal, makes a lot of friends, and has a wide network of contacts.

If Zheng Dagang joins his antique shop, Su Xiaofan will definitely not need to worry about the shipment, he dare not say that he sells one piece, but he will definitely ship it faster than Su Xiaofan himself.

"Open a shop? Let's talk about it in video."

Zheng Dagang typed a few words to get through Su Xiaofan's video.

"Xiaofan, why did you remember to open a shop?"

Zheng Dagang's bald head appeared on the screen, "Brother, you know brother, I don't like sitting in the shop the most, otherwise I would have promised Uncle Jing before."

Zheng Dagang is the kind of temperament that can't stand loneliness.

He can brag and talk poorly with others at the stall in the market outside, but he can't stand Zheng Dagang guarding the shop.

"Brother Gang, Uncle Jing said he wanted to take me in as an apprentice, but you said that I would still practice stalls outside, Uncle Jing would lose face."

Su Xiaofan found a reason.

"Hey, that's a good thing."

Zheng Dagang was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then laughed, "Uncle Jing wanted to teach me before, but I couldn't learn it, Xiaofan, you will definitely be able to."

Zheng Dagang is also a weirdo in their family. His parents are both senior intellectuals, but he doesn't like to study.

Later, Zheng Dagang went to the antique market to practice stalls. Zheng's father thought it was not bad, so he asked Jing Shizhen to take care of him.

Who knew that Zheng Dagang could not support the wall with mud, he would rather set up a stall in the market than follow Jing Shizhen to learn the knowledge of antique appraisal systematically.

So until now, when Jing Shizhen saw Zheng Dagang, his nose was not his nose and eyes, and Zheng Dagang avoided him even if he was fine.

However, Zheng Dagang still admires Su Xiaofan's learning ability. He went from a high school student who didn't understand anything to hanging out in the antique market.

It is only two or three years now, Su Xiaofan's business ability is much stronger than him, Su Xiaofan can tell one, two, three things that Zheng Dagang can't understand.

"Brother Gang, I found a channel to collect antiques."

Su Xiaofan said: "But brother Gang, you also know that I don't have any foundation in Luochuan, so I can't do the shipping. Let's cooperate. I will collect antiques, and you will be in charge of selling them. What do you think?"

"Isn't this the same as our magic weapon business? Why do you have to open a shop?"

Zheng Dagang rejects opening a store from the bottom of his heart.

In his words, he was only thirty, and he was going to sit in the store like an old man and wait to die, so he would not do it.

"Brother Gang, what we sell are antiques, not your fake magic weapon, it's purely based on deceit."

Su Xiaofan gave a wry smile, "Brother Gang, do you think it's appropriate for us to sell an antique worth more than [-] yuan or more at the street stall?"

"That's true, no one believes in street stalls."

Zheng Dagang nodded approvingly.

"If our things are going to be auctioned, wouldn't it be easier to negotiate with the auction house in the name of an antique shop?" Su Xiaofan continued.

"That's for sure, the commission can be much less."

Zheng Dagang has been in the antique market for so many years, and he has actually done big business.

It was seven or eight years ago when Zheng Dagang found out that there was something in the cellar of an old house in Luochuan.

Looking for two friends, Zheng Dagang wrapped up the things in the old house. At that time, it cost a total of 30 yuan, and the brothers each took [-] yuan.

30 won’t buy many things, a set of old mahogany furniture, a painting from the period of the Republic of China, a jar of Yuan Datou, and other worthless odds and ends.

The old mahogany furniture and Yuan Datou sold a total of 12 yuan. Zheng Dagang originally thought that this transaction was going to lose money.

But what Zheng Dagang didn't expect was that there were actually three fans hidden in the painting of the Republic of China.

Zheng Dagang at that time had also been in the antique shop for several years, and he knew that the paintings hidden in the paintings must not be simple.

At that time, Zheng Dagang was hiding from Jing Shizhen, so he didn't dare to ask him for an appraisal, so the third brother went directly to an auction house in the capital.

That auction house is quite legitimate, and the appraisal result they gave was not bad. These three fans are the works of Lu Zhi, a painter of Ming Wu sect.

The third brother didn't have any channels to cash in, so he entrusted the fan to the auction house for the autumn auction, and signed an agreement.

The agreement stated that in addition to the commission being 15.00% of the auction proceeds, the auction house's promotional expenses in the early stage also accounted for [-]% of the auction proceeds.

This adds up to 20.00% five. The last three fans sold a total of 320 million yuan, and the auction house alone took away 80 yuan.

After deducting the taxes and fees of the auction, when I calculate the three cents, each person gets about 70 yuan, which is not as much as the auction house.

Later, Uncle Jing found out about this, and brought Zheng Dagang to scold him.

At that time, Zheng Da just learned that if the auction is entrusted in the name of the company, the commission is usually around 5.00% at most.

Even if taxes and publicity fees are added, the money given to the auction house can be controlled at [-]%.

If it was entrusted to Jing Shizhen to commission the auction, the fee would be even lower, and the auction house would slaughter those individual commissioners who don't know how to do it.

Although Zheng Dagang learned a lot from the pitfalls, he never missed a chance, and naturally he never dealt with the auction house again.

(End of this chapter)