Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

The old man was reluctant to pay for it at first, but later Lin Ran paid a slightly higher price and successfully bought it.

In a sense, this is an ancient jade.

It's a pity that the quality of the jade is average, so buying it for 500 yuan is indeed a bit of a loss.

But Lin Ran took out the jade paperweight again and looked at it, and felt that it was not that simple.

The quality of the jade is average, but the carving is very good. If it is determined to be an object from the mid-to-early Qing Dynasty, it is not difficult to sell it for ten thousand or twenty thousand at auction.

"Godfather, do you think it is so valuable?" Yang Jianlong asked.

You know, they only spent 500 yuan to get it. It would be great if it could be sold for thousands.

He didn't expect that Lin Ran's valuation was so high and that it could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan, which he found difficult to understand.

Lin Ran laughed: "Of course, but not now."

Lin Ran decided to investigate the situation behind it before making a decision. Anyway, he was not in a hurry to sell, so there was no need to spend time on it for the time being.

After chatting at home for a while, Yang Guozhi didn't come back from outside until dinner time.

Judging from his tired appearance, he must have gone to negotiate with suppliers today, and the disappointed expression on his face clearly showed the result.

But during the meal, he didn't mention anything about work. Instead, he asked how the two of them were having fun in Qi Province.

He knew that Lin Ran had a strong interest in antiques, but he didn't know that they bought two treasures in the antique street.

Yang Jianlong took it out with a smile and showed it to his brother.

The first piece is a magnificent red glaze cup with exquisite shape and exuding vitality.

Yang Guozhi nodded, feeling pretty good.

But when he saw the second piece, which was a jade paperweight shaped like a shepherd boy playing a flute, his eyes showed a hint of disapproval.

I picked up the jade paperweight and looked at it for a while. The pattern was calm and elegant, and the details were full of ingenuity.

In Lin Ran's view, these two cultural relics are completely works of art and witnesses of history.

Yang Jianlong also thought that Yang Guozhi would praise Lin Ran's vision.

However, this was not the case. Yang Guozhi did not take the second cultural relic seriously.

He was not as willing to discover its value as Lin Ran and Yang Jianlong, but looked at the problem from the perspective of a businessman.

"This jade is of average quality. How much did you pay for it?"

"five hundred."

Yang Guozhi's attitude instantly made Lin Ran feel unhappy.

"It's too expensive. It only costs 30 yuan at most."

This is indeed true from the perspective of a jade merchant.

But Lin Ran believed that his attitude was actually a disrespect for cultural relics and even traditional culture.

"Mr. Yang, it doesn't matter if you think it doesn't look good. After all, we all have different aesthetics." Lin Ran smiled and put the things away.

The implication is that he thinks this thing is very good.

In fact, Yang Guozhi has his own theory about collectibles.

He does not respect cultural relics. After all, the person he hates the most is antique dealers, and he will not appreciate their value.

For him, antiques are a very ordinary investment.

In other words, money.

He wouldn't put any emotion into the collection, and naturally he couldn't feel Lin Ran's thoughts.

But for collectors like Lin Ran, a cultural relic is not only the collector's property, but also an important part of their lives.

In this regard, there is a very similar connection between collectors and artists.

Collectors can see history through artworks and seek inner peace and self-knowledge.

In fact, along the way, Lin Ran's aesthetics and values ​​have been sublimated several times through collecting cultural relics, appreciating and selecting them. All of this is inseparable from cultural relics.

The value of excellent works of art is not only reflected in money, but also the cultural value behind them.

They are witnesses of time and thought.

When Lin Ran chooses collections, the first thing he considers is that he should think with openness, taste and depth, and constantly enhance his aesthetic quality and cultural connotation.

Only in this way will he become interested in art and work hard for it.

The second is to know how to integrate art into life, rather than just staying on the surface of the work itself.This is the most important point.

Learn to respect and appreciate art.Appreciation is a kind of ability.

Sorry, I misunderstood.

Originally, they should be polite when they went to Yang Guozhi's house with Yang Jianlong.

But Yang Guozhi was too arrogant, which made Lin Ran dissatisfied with him and decided to keep a distance.

Nothing more was said after that.

On the contrary, after dinner, Yang Jianlong found Yang Guozhi and asked about the progress of today's business negotiations.

"There is no progress." Yang Guozhi spread his hands. He had asked the Feng family to forgive him, but the Feng family didn't take him seriously at all.

Yang Guozhi then smiled bitterly: "Jianlong, it seems that I have reached a dead end this time."

The problem he has to face now is very difficult.

It's not just a supplier problem, their company itself has some financial problems. If they lose their source of supply, the remaining people who work with them will also have doubts about their strength.

This means that if the immediate problem cannot be solved, it will eventually face bankruptcy.

"Brother, the worst is possible." Yang Jianlong consoled him.

But he also knew that with his brother's arrogant character, he would never sit back and wait for death.

If the company really goes bankrupt, he will definitely go to extremes. As for what to do?I am not sure either.

Yang Jianlong took a deep breath and said, "Brother, although I can't guarantee [-]%, I believe that my godfather has a way to solve this problem."

"Your godfather?" Yang Guozhi looked at him doubtfully.

When he learned that the godfather mentioned by Yang Jianlong was Lin Ran, Yang Guozhi was stunned.

He even accused Yang Jianlong angrily: "You don't care about your usual mischief, but you have chosen such a boy as your godfather. What do you make your father and your father-in-law think?"

All this seemed too ridiculous in his eyes. Yang Jianlong was old enough to be Lin Ran's father.

Yang Jianlong has long been accustomed to being questioned by others.

He smiled and told Yang Guozhi everything that had happened in Panjiayuan.

"It turns out that I lost the bet." Yang Guozhi said to himself.

There's nothing we can do about it. A man sticks to his word, and whatever he says is like water thrown out, and there is absolutely no possibility of taking it back.

What surprised him was that Zheng Xueming did not object and instead accepted this brother.

Although I am not very familiar with Zheng Xueming, I have heard of his name.

Being recognized by Zheng Xueming means that Lin Ran has some abilities.

"It's more than that." Yang Jianlong said, "When my godfather was in the capital, he helped my father's friend, that is, Uncle Chen. He is traveling with you."