Antique Dealer

Chapter 225 Rejection and Contact

Seeing that the text on this spearhead was exactly the same as the inscription on the photo, Hui Junxuan was very surprised, and blurted out: "Where did you buy this spearhead?"

Du Youhao looked at Hui Junxuan and smiled without saying a word.

Hui Junxuan came to his senses and realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and said, "I got the bronze scorpion in the photo more than three months ago, and I have been studying the inscription on it during this time."

"Any results?"

"I think these two characters are like 'Hua' and 'Wu', but when they are put in, the sentence doesn't make sense. Moreover, most of the inscriptions on the bronze wares are written about the maker and purpose, and it is unlikely that there are these two characters, so My judgment should be wrong. I have no choice but to ask you for advice. Now it seems that I should have found the right person. "

Hui Junxuan looked at Du Youhao expectantly.

Du Youhao shook his head: "Don't look at me like that. Although I have obtained this spearhead for more than two years, the word on it has never been deciphered, but the photos you brought gave me a guess. This The characters are probably Xu characters."

"Xu? Why do you think so?" Hui Junxuan couldn't figure it out.

Fang Hao was the first to react: "Didn't you just say that the word is Hua? If it is followed by the word Xu, combined, it is Huaxu. You should be familiar with this name."

Du Youhao smiled and nodded.

The name Huaxu first came from the article "Liezi Huangdi".

One day, the Yellow Emperor daydreamed that he was traveling to the country of Huaxu, and saw the people of Huaxu diving into the water at will, but the water could not drown them, and going in and out of the fire at will, but the fire could not burn them.People in Huaxu's country can still walk in the air and lie on the clouds to sleep.

From then on, the Yellow Emperor became enlightened and felt at ease.After another 28 years, the world is in great order, and almost all the people under the rule of the Yellow Emperor have the magical function of being the people of Huaxu.

Hui Junxuan frowned: "Isn't this an ancient country in myths and legends? It doesn't really exist, right? Besides, according to the records, Huaxu should have been an ancient country 6000 years ago. These two things cannot exist so long?"

Du Youhao said: "You have a misunderstanding, the inscription is 'Huaxu', and you didn't say it was made in the 'Ancient Huaxu Country', maybe the maker just has some cultural heritage of the ancient country of Huaxu, or is the admiration of the ancient country of Huaxu Or, wait, it's all possible."

"That's right." Hui Junxuan smiled coquettishly: "Brother Du, I need to trouble you for the remaining inscriptions. If you have time, I will help you decipher them."

Du Youhao took those photos in his hands: "It's easy to say, I'm also very interested in this kind of word."

The matter of Hui Junxuan is settled, it's Fang Hao's turn.

Fang Hao said: "Boss Du, I actually came here just because of the reputation. It was Liu Tiehan who introduced me."

A trace of surprise flashed in Du Youcai's eyes.

A look of surprise appeared on Du Youhao's face: "Did that guy introduce trouble again?"

Fang Hao smiled slightly: "It's not too troublesome, I just want to ask Boss Du to make a high imitation."

As he spoke, he took out multiple detailed photos of the bronze wares from his bag, as well as papers with various sizes written on them, and handed them to Du Youhao.

After Du Youhao looked at them one by one, he smacked his lips and sighed: "It's really a good thing, but it's also very troublesome to make!"

"Pretend, you can pretend vigorously!"

Fang Hao curled his lips secretly, and said with a smile: "Boss Liu admires Boss Du very much, and, based on Boss Du's reputation in the Xijing circle, it must be a trivial matter to make such a thing."

"He flatters me too much. This thing is too complicated, and the production cycle is long. And from what I mean, I obviously don't want ordinary goods. That way the production cycle will be longer. I really don't have time recently!" Du Youhao apologized.

Fang Hao was mentally prepared to refuse Du Youhao, so he persuaded him again, and Hui Junxuan also helped Fang Hao to speak in due course, but to Fang Hao's surprise, Du Youhao's attitude was extremely firm, and in the end he had no choice but to give up.

"Why is this? Could it be that Du Youhao has noticed it? But if he senses that the police are investigating him and has made a breakthrough, can he still chat with them here with peace of mind? Or is there a flaw in what he just said?"

Fang Hao guessed why Du Youhao refused, if it was because of him, it would be embarrassing.

After sitting for a while, Fang Hao and Hui Junxuan got up and said goodbye. Before leaving, Fang Hao left his contact information. If Du Youhao has time to imitate, you can call him.

Du Youhao sent them to the door, watched them leave, and then returned to the back room.

When Du Youcai saw his cousin coming in, he immediately said, "Brother, why didn't Fang Hao take the order? This order can earn hundreds of thousands, right?"

Du Youhao snorted coldly: "I just know how to make money, and I don't even think about what time it is!"

Du Youcai didn't take it seriously: "Hey! Isn't it just to investigate you? It's been so many years, and there's still loud thunder and little rain. It's really something. Old Zheng must have notified in advance."

Du Youhao glanced at him coldly: "Don't rely on Lao Zheng for everything, otherwise you will suffer a disadvantage sooner or later!"

"You are the eldest brother, I listen to you." Du Youcai rolled his eyes when he saw the business card on the table, and suddenly had an idea.

The conversation was divided into two parts, Fang Hao came out of Du Youhao's shop, still a little puzzled: "Why did he refuse so simply?"

Hui Junxuan seemed impatient: "How do I know about this? It's okay, I have helped with this matter, and I will leave if there is nothing wrong."

Seeing Hui Junxuan leave straight away, Fang Hao was quite speechless, what happened to Hui Junxuan?From the time we met until now, I have never had a good face. Just now I thought that I could gain some favor by taking the opportunity of helping him choose the bronze ware, but I didn't expect it to be like this.

"eccentric!"

Fang Hao shook his head secretly, walked for a while, and then contacted Qian Min.

Qian Min learned that Du Youhao did not agree to imitate, so he asked Fang Hao to return to the hotel for a detailed discussion.

Fang Hao put away his mobile phone, just in time to see a taxi parked on the side of the road, and a passenger got off, so he walked up.

After Fang Hao got into the car, he was about to say his destination, but the driver looked up at the rearview mirror: "Hey, young man, what a coincidence!"

Fang Hao saw that the driver was the driver who told him about the relationship between Zhao Lei and Liang Yuwen that day, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you, Master Qian again."

"It means that we are destined to have a drink together?"

"Okay, but I don't have time today, so I'm in a hurry to go back."

The driver handed over a business card and said, "Contact me when I'm free."

"Okay." Fang Hao also returned his business card.

The driver took a look at the business card, and was very surprised: "I didn't expect you to open an antique shop in the capital at such a young age, young man?"

"It all depends on the support of the elders." Fang Hao smiled: "Do you think I am too young to do antique business at my age."

The driver first asked Fang Hao where he was going, and started the car: "To be honest, he is indeed a little young, but it is not uncommon for young people to start a business these days, and now that they are doing business, what kind of webcast is there? , has almost been eliminated by the times, and can only drive a taxi."

"360 lines, every line will be the champion."

"Hey, that's what I said, but if you look at the world, you don't just focus on the few profitable industries. The so-called equality between people and people, this is not what you say to street sweepers!"

The driver didn't know if he had encountered something unhappy, so he followed this topic and complained. Fang Hao didn't talk too much, just being a qualified listener.

Amidst the driver's complaints, the taxi stopped at the hotel, Fang Hao paid, greeted the driver, and got out of the car.

Taking the elevator upstairs, Fang Hao came to the door of Qian Min's room and knocked on the door. Qian Min quickly opened the door and invited Fang Hao into the room.

Qian Min asked Fang Hao to sit down, and he went to make tea: "Tell me about the situation with Du Youhao."

Fang Hao described what happened before in detail, and took out the unique bronze vessel and put it on the table: "Uncle Qian, what happened to Hui Junxuan?"

"That's his personality, and he made a mistake recently, was punished, and was in a bad mood, don't worry about it."

Qian Min pointed to the bronze vessel on the table again, and asked, "What is the specific function of this thing?"

"I'm not too sure. It looks like it's for decoration and has no practical value." Fang Hao didn't have a similar artifact in his memory, so he couldn't guess its function: "Why don't you take it back and study it."

As I said before, this bronze ware has been artificially carved with inscriptions and has become old. Such things are hard to sell, and the value is not very high. Why not send it out for research, maybe it can solve some historical problems Woolen cloth.

"Okay." Qian Min nodded, and then asked: "Have you noticed anything unusual about Du Youhao?"

Fang Hao recalled carefully for a while: "Except for revealing a little idea of ​​wanting to leave Xijing, there is no other abnormality. Could it be because I said something wrong?"

Qian Min smiled and said, "It's nothing to do with you. I guess it's because he also received some rumors and became vigilant. Well, you don't have to worry about this matter."

Fang Hao was slightly taken aback: "Have I completed my mission?"

"Yes, but you can't leave yet. Wait for two or three days in Xijing before returning to Beijing."

Fang Hao was somewhat surprised by Qian Min's answer, but he was still relieved. He was finally able to escape from this task. After so many days, although he would contact Shang Xiaoxuan every day, he hadn't seen her for so many days. I really miss it.

Moreover, because of the trip to Xijing, the opening of the antique shop was also delayed, and he had to think about whether to open it on the original plan or postpone it.

Considering the temporary mission, Fang Hao thought for a while and asked, "Uncle Qian, if I haven't returned to Beijing the day Du Youhao was arrested, can you take me with you?"

Qian Min smiled and said, "You must be indispensable."

After sitting for a while and chatting for a while, Fang Hao was about to leave when a strange phone call came in.

Fang Hao pressed to answer the phone: "Who is it?"

"I'm Du Youcai, is it convenient to talk now?"

Fang Hao was very surprised, and immediately made a silent gesture to Qian Min, and at the same time turned on the speaker: "It's convenient, I'm at the hotel now, what can you do?"

"Do you want to imitate your bronze ware?"

Fang Hao said in a puzzled tone: "Hey, didn't your brother just say not to do it?"

"He's him, I'm me, tell me the truth, do you want to do it?"

Seeing Qian Min nodding repeatedly at him, Fang Hao said, "Of course I will! But my request is not low!"

"As long as the money is in place, you can talk about anything."

"Is it possible to do it [-]%?"

"My brother was joking. No one in this world can be exactly the same. If anyone dares to tell you that, he must be a liar."

"Then how many images can you do?"

"See how much you can pay."

"What about 50?"

"This amount of money is a bit small. If you can add another 20, the similarity of the finished product I made here can reach at least [-]%."

"I want to be able to fool professionals, otherwise there is no point in doing it."

"The price will be higher."

"I pay 100 million, how far can I do it?"

"It can basically meet your requirements."

"Brother Du, you also said just now that you are you and your brother is your brother. How can I trust you to do it? I believe you will not let me see the real thing before giving money?"

"That's definitely impossible. It will take at least half a year to give you something, and I can't advance the wages of the workers during this period."

"Then there must be a foundation of trust between us!"

You and I chatted for a long time, and finally Du Youcai agreed to Fang Hao's proposal, and was willing to introduce the producer to Fang Hao and show some finished products.

And Fang Hao also said that as long as he is satisfied, he can pay a deposit of 15 yuan first, but Du Youcai felt that it was too little.

Seeing Fang Hao hang up the phone, Qian Min smiled and said: "It seems that you can't be free."

Fang Hao said with a smile: "That's good, the matter can be resolved as soon as possible."

Qian Min walked to the bed and took out a very small black box from the box, which was estimated to be only half the size of an adult's thumb. He handed it to Fang Hao: "This is a locator, and it also has a recording function. On my body, if it is not too remote, I can arrive within 5 minutes after receiving your distress signal."

"Ok."

Fang Hao took the locator and asked how to use it and what to do in an emergency.

More than half an hour later, Du Youcai drove to the hotel to pick up Fang Hao.

Fang Hao got into the car, and asked a question first: "Brother Du, I have a question, why doesn't your brother agree to imitate it for me?"

Du Youcai didn't want to talk to Fang Hao: "My brother is a serious person. If he agrees to you, he will often guide him personally, but he is really busy recently, so it is difficult to promise you. As for me, Don't be angry, I just think it's a pity to lose this business for the sake of money, so I will contact you."

Fang Hao said with a smile: "In these days, making money based on skills is not a waste."

Du Youcai chuckled: "Besides, let's agree in advance that you can't disclose this matter to my brother, otherwise you will breach the contract yourself, and I won't refund the deposit."

Fang Hao also agreed: "Don't worry, my mouth is still quite strict. By the way, where are we going next?"

"I'll tell you when it arrives. You can rest assured that it's not a wilderness."

Next, the two chatted without saying a word. During this period, Fang Hao discovered that Du Youcai often looked at the rearview mirror. See that there is no car following behind.

Fang Hao also asked Qian Min for advice before, but now he is following and changing cars, it is impossible for one car to follow to the end, even a fool knows that he is following.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that Fang Hao noticed that the car had driven into a village.Because it is winter, the weather is cold, and the countryside is hollowed out, there are basically no people in the village except for the barking of dogs.

The car slowly stopped in front of a residential house. Fang Hao got out of the car and looked around. This residential house was already in a corner of the village, and there were no people there. Moreover, with his keen sense of smell, he could smell the air filled with smoke. There is a faint strange smell, which is probably emitted from the bronze ware.

Du Youcai got out of the car and locked the door, walked to the iron door and patted hard, the iron door made a heavy sound.

After a while, the lights in the inner yard came on, and footsteps came to the door, and someone asked behind the door, "Who!"

"It's me, Lao Cai!" Du Youcai replied.

"boom!"

The iron door was opened, and Fang Hao saw a disheveled middle-aged man appearing in front of him.

Seeing the man's appearance, Du Youcai slapped his nose with his hands in distaste, and complained: "I said, Ah Mao, can't you clean yourself up? How can you feel better?"

"Get used to it, you can try it, it's very comfortable."

Ah Mao scratched his head, Fang Hao was afraid that the dandruff on his head would fall off like snowflakes.

"what!"

Du Youcai frowned, squinted his eyes, and shrank his head back: "We can't enjoy you like this. Let us go in."

Amao stepped aside and let Du Youcai and Fang Hao enter the house.

As he got closer, Fang Hao felt a strange smell coming from Amao's body, and his clothes were covered with starch. He didn't know how long he hadn't changed his clothes, and his scalp was numb.

Amao closed the iron gate and led the two into a room on the west side.

There should be two rooms in the room, more than 30 square meters. Although it is simple, Fang Hao accidentally saw a lot of high-tech equipment, as well as some bottles and cans. It is clear that there are many finished and semi-finished bronzes.

Du Youcai took the initiative to introduce: "The results produced in this room are the crystallization of Amao's years of research. At the beginning, he only had some simple experimental equipment, and he completed the development of key technologies for imitating bronze ware."

"Actually, it's nothing. Up to now, I still have a lot of technologies that haven't been developed. Let's just say that there are dozens of rust colors, and each age is different. Only green rust, red rust, red rust, and rust can be restored. Black rust, water rust and other rusts, and let them appear naturally on the surface of bronzes, can represent the highest skill of bronze imitation..."

As soon as Amao mentioned the technology of imitating bronze ware, he became excited and chattered non-stop.

(End of this chapter)