book eye

Chapter 18 Identification Results
Jianshu Building, lobby service desk on the first floor.

"Hello, sir! May I ask what is the name of the novel you are applying for appraisal?"

""Book Tomb Notes"."

"Wait a moment, I'll check it for you." The waitress of the building tapped the keyboard a few times, checked the computer at the service desk, and apologized after a short while, "I'm sorry, sir, your novel is still in the process of being appraised. "

"Still appraising?"

Liu Xing's eyes rounded, he was very puzzled, "Didn't the appraisal take a whole afternoon?"

The waitress said ashamedly: "Sir, I'm sorry, the situation of your "Book Tomb Notes" is a bit special, and the appraisal work is relatively cumbersome, so the appraisal time will be a little longer. Don't worry, our appraisal experts are already working hard. Wait about an hour for the appraisal report to come out."

After listening to the explanation, Liu Xing is really not flattered about the work efficiency of the appraisal experts here. A novel has been appraised for an afternoon and has not yet been appraised?

What kind of efficiency is this?

Must give a bad review!

"Forget it, Ah Xing, let's wait for a while."

There is a row of high-end sofas on the east side of the lobby on the first floor. The siblings left the service desk and sat on the sofas to rest.

While waiting, Liu Shiming found that other customers came into the hall one after another. These people also came to Jianshu Building to get the appraisal report of novels. Like Liu Xing, they took some ordinary novels for appraisal. Want to make some money from this.

Unfortunately, the cruel reality poured a lot of cold water on these people.

In more than half an hour, a total of 11 customers came to pick up the novel appraisal report. According to the evaluation of appraisal experts, the novels applied by these 11 customers were not star-rated novels, but ordinary novels.

After getting the appraisal results, these customers all walked out of the lobby with disappointment.Among them, an old man who was over 18000 years old appraised seven books at the same time, and the appraisal fee was 18000 yuan. As a result, the seven books were all ordinary novels, which meant that all of the [-] yuan was wasted.

The old man couldn't bear the stimulation for a while, he beat his chest and stamped his feet in the hall, crying and shouting that he didn't want to live anymore.

"Hey, people nowadays are all obsessed with money. How can it be so easy to get rich just by appraising a novel?"

"That's right, the probability of finding a star novel is less than one in a thousand. This kind of luck is rarely encountered once in a lifetime!"

……

The two waiters at the service desk were discussing in low voices.

Listening to their conversation, Liu Shiming suddenly felt sorry for her younger brother. When he got the appraisal report of "Book Tomb Notes", if his brother found that "Book Tomb Notes" was not a star novel, would he be very emotional? ?Will my younger brother's illness worsen by then?

Thinking of this, Liu Shiming asked cautiously: "Ah Xing, why don't we go home first?"

No response was heard.

Liu Shiming turned her head to look, only to find that Liu Xing was already leaning on the high-end sofa, half lying down, her eyes closed, her head tilted upwards, her mouth slightly cold, as if she had fallen asleep.

Liu Xing stayed at Tianhai University for six hours this afternoon. His whole body was numb and exhausted, and he fell asleep right away.

"Little fool, this sleeping position is too ugly."

Liu Shiming smiled lightly, and stretched out her little hand to help Liu Xing button up his jacket so as not to catch a cold.

"call--"

Sighing softly, Liu Shiming frowned and fell into deep thought.She did not dare to extravagantly hope that "Book Tomb Notes" could sell for tens of thousands of yuan. The family is in need of money now, so she can only find another way.

Her parents are old, Liu Shiming doesn't want them to be tired anymore, and her younger brother is still young, so she feels that the burden of the family can only be borne by her.

Liu Shiming already has an archaeological job, and she plans to find another part-time job as a tutor to earn extra money.But if you think about it carefully, even if you work part-time, the money is still not enough.My younger brother's dementia will relapse at any time now, so I have to prepare some medical expenses, right?
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Shiming decided to call her college classmates and borrow some money from them for emergency.

"Hello, Xiaojuan, I'm Shiming." In the corner of the hall, Liu Shiming dialed the first number, "I want to ask you for a favor. I need some money recently, and I need it urgently. Can you lend me some money?" ?”

"Shi Ming, I'm sorry, I'm going to marry my boyfriend next month, I'm afraid..."

"It's okay, I'll find a way. I wish you a happy wedding in advance."

After the first phone call, Liu Shiming called three classmates one after another, intending to borrow money, but all failed.

Liu Shiming also felt that it was really abrupt to borrow money from someone suddenly, but at the moment she really couldn't think of a better way, not only to pay the hotel rent, but also to prepare for her brother's medical expenses.

How to do?
Ding-dong-

At this time, the elevator on the first floor of the hall suddenly opened, and a middle-aged man came out. The man was in his 50s, with a square face and wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He looked like he was engaged in scientific research.

This man is none other than Professor Wu Guokun, the director of the book appraisal room, holding a thick book appraisal report in his hand.

Professor Wu Guokun first walked quickly to the service desk in the lobby on the first floor. After a few conversations, he walked towards the sofa under the guidance of a waitress.

"Who is Liu Xing?" Professor Wu Guokun stopped.

Liu Shiming stood up: "I'm Liu Xing's sister, what's the matter?"

Professor Wu Guokun said: "Hello, Ms. Liu, I am the director of Jianshu Building Office, and my surname is Wu. Didn't Liu Xing apply for the appraisal of a novel "Notes from the Tomb" this afternoon? The appraisal result came out, and I want to chat with him. Let's talk."

"Let's chat?" Liu Shiming felt strange, why did the director of Tangtang Jianshu Building Office seek his younger brother, and asked tentatively, "Director Wu, what do you want to do with Ah Xing?"

Professor Wu Guokun explained: "Liu Xing's "Book Tomb Notes" is a two-star novel. I have something to discuss with him..."

"what?"

Liu Shiming was startled, thinking that she had heard it wrong, she was stunned for a while, and it took a while to come back to her senses, "Is it really a two-star?"

"Yes, our expert team has repeatedly identified and confirmed that "Book Tomb Notes" is a two-star tomb robbery novel." Wu Guokun's tone was abnormally affirmative. He led more than 80 book appraisers for a whole afternoon, and he was so exhausted that he couldn't even eat dinner. No one knows the value of this novel better than him.

"what happened?"

Liu Shiming's mind suddenly became a little confused. This situation was completely beyond her expectations. She originally thought that her younger brother had a relapse of dementia, so she started talking nonsense, saying that "Book Tomb Notes" can be exchanged for tens of thousands of yuan with a two-star rating... Could it be... ...Could it be... that Ah Xing's dementia didn't recur at all?

Thinking of this, Liu Shiming's chest was thumping, her breathing became rapid, her eyes were slightly red, and she was so excited that she couldn't restrain herself: Ah Xing is not sick!

Is this...really?

So... great!

Liu Shiming suddenly choked up, her eyes were already moist.

"Ms. Zhao, are you okay?"

"No...it's nothing." Liu Shiming realized that she was too happy for a moment and lost her composure, so she quickly wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Ms. Liu, can I have a talk with Liu Xing?"

"Of course." After adjusting her mood a little, Liu Shiming turned around, bent down, gently pulled the arm of Liu Xing who was lying on the sofa sleeping late, and softly called: "Ah Xing, wake up?"

"Um--"

In the haze, Liu Xing's body moved, and he slowly woke up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked around, and found himself in the lobby of the Jianshu Building, and asked inexplicably, "Sister , "Book Tomb Notes" has not been identified yet?"

"You are Liu Xing, right?" Professor Wu Guokun greeted him proactively.

Liu Xing raised his eyelids: "Who are you?"

"Hello, my name is Wu Guokun, and I am the director of the office of Jianshu Building." Professor Wu Guokun.

Liu Xing frowned: "Is there something wrong?"

"Mr. Liu, I'm really sorry. The identification work of your "Book Tomb Notes" is quite cumbersome and has delayed your precious time. On behalf of the Book Testing Center, I would like to apologize to you." Professor Wu Guokun said sincerely, "For To express our apologies, we have decided to refund the 2000 yuan book appraisal fee you paid earlier."

Liu Xing was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect to encounter such a good thing just after waking up. Although the work efficiency of the book inspection center is not high, the service attitude is quite good, and the book inspection fee can be refunded.

Must give a good review!

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I just fell asleep, and I didn't wait long." Liu Xing said a few words politely, and then asked, "When will the novel be appraised?"

Wu Guokun handed over a document: "This is the appraisal report of "Book Tomb Notes."

The moment Liu Xing received the appraisal report of "Book Tomb Notes", Liu Xing was shocked instantly.

(End of this chapter)