Three smiles

Wang Sanxiao went to Mr. Wei's collection room to find the ivory carving. He saw that it was as delicate as jade, with a light yellow patina. The knife technique was smooth and free, and the style was elegant and mellow. It should be a Suzhou craftsman in the middle Qing Dynasty.

With the prohibition of international trade in ivory, the price of domestic ivory carvings has risen. I am afraid that Mr. Wei is unlikely to sell this fine piece, not to mention that the old man is not short of money at all.

When showing the plan of the collection exhibition to the old man, Wang Sanxiao casually mentioned: "The ivory sculpture may not have paid attention to the humidity when it was preserved, and there are some slight cracks, but it does not affect the viewing. Does Mr. Wei want to take action?"

The old man carefully looked at the plan in his hand with reading glasses, and said indifferently: "What is the price of ivory now?"

"In the 2015 Hong Kong Zhuoyi Autumn Auction, a Qing Dynasty ivory pen holder was sold for 308 million yuan. In the same auction, a Qing Dynasty embossed dragon pattern bottle was sold for 528 million yuan."

The old man laughed in satisfaction, and looked at Wang San with a smile: "Keep it well, put it in the most conspicuous place in the collection exhibition, no one will buy it and sell it."

"Yes."

Mr. Li was not too disappointed when he got the answer, he laughed and said on the phone: "Hey, I'm just a fluke, so that's it, hey, San Shao, you know so many collectors, do you have any good-looking ivory carvings?" , help me buy one, don’t be too expensive, it’s really not good, let’s make a fake one, just don’t be seen.”

"..." Wang Sanxiao was stunned when he saw this product, and sneered, "If you want to buy fake ones, don't look for me, I can only identify the real ones, not fake ones."

"Hey, just kidding, don't be angry, don't be angry," Mr. Li repeatedly apologized, "I'll leave this to you, don't worry, the commission will never treat you badly."

"Well," Wang San replied with a smile and hung up the phone.

Sitting on the sofa with eyes closed, he was thinking about which collector had cheaper ivory carvings. While thinking, his phone rang suddenly, and when he looked down, it was Kang Tianzhen.

"Hey?"

"Hey, Xiaoxiao," Kang Tianzhen's energetic voice came from the phone, "Where did you die recently?"

Listening to his crisp little voice, Wang Sanxiao couldn't help laughing: "Can you control where I am?"

"Oh, what about Biaojiang, Song Wenyuan's new store is about to open, are you coming to join us?"

Um?Wang San smiled for a moment, then suddenly remembered that Song Wenyuan had earned [-] million from selling paintings, and was about to open a shop on Nanjing Antique Street, so he said with a lazy smile, "Go."

"I knew you would definitely come," Kang Tianzhen smiled happily, and immediately asked very bluntly, "Then what gift are you going to give?"

Tsk, don't bring such an elbow to turn to your husband, Wang San smiled arrogantly and said loudly: "Uncle, if I stand there myself, it will be the best gift for Song Wenyuan."

"What? You want to give yourself to Song Wenyuan?" Kang Tianzhen's voice changed, and he yelled viciously: "Wang Sanxiao! Song Wenyuan has a wife, and his wife is very, very fierce. You don't even deserve to be a concubine!"

"Concubine, your grandpa!" Wang Sanxiao hung up the phone depressedly, thinking how could a little idiot turn into such a mess?Did Song Wenyuan raise his wife like a pig?

However, Kang Tianzhen’s phone call reminded Wang Sanxiao that Nanjing Gujin Pavilion had collected a lot of bamboo and wood tooth horns, so he flew to Nanjing the next day and bought a modern sculpture of He Xiangu riding a sika deer. The fairy girl is dignified and beautiful, and the deer is gentle Yaxuan looks very beautiful at first glance.

The young owner of Gujin Pavilion Jiakang Tianzhen asked the staff to pack the ivory carvings, and pulled Wang Sanxiao away: "We went to the south to collect a good thing a few days ago, come and have a look."

Wang Sanxiao knew that Kang Tianzhen grew up in a pile of antiques, and it must be a rare masterpiece that he could call a good thing, so he asked curiously: "How good is it?"

"national treasure."

Wang Sanxiao was taken aback, now the antique shop is no different than in previous years, before getting up early to go to the antique market, every day you can pick up some cheap and interesting old things, now no matter which city you are in In the antique market, it's hard to buy a decent antique, let alone find a leak.

Kang Tianzhen directly took Wang Sanxiao to his private house. After entering the door, Wang Sanxiao glanced around lightly, and a very strange feeling came to his heart - this is a newlywed's love nest.There were two throw pillows on the big soft sofa, and there were peeled and fried chestnuts in sugar in the fruit basket on the coffee table. Wang Sanxiao threw a chestnut into his mouth, chewed and looked back. There was a solid wooden chestnut hanging beside the photo wall. A small blackboard with a few hard-edged chalk words on it: Eat less sweets!

"Oh, Song Wenyuan is so annoying." Kang Tianzhen grabbed the blackboard eraser and erased the chalk writing, picked up a piece of chalk, and wrote two round lowercase characters on the small blackboard: eat! ! !

Hurry up!Wang San smiled and ate another chestnut expressionlessly.

The two walked into the study room, Kang Tianzhen put on gloves, carefully took out a painting from the safe, and unfolded it on the large wenge wood painting case, Wang Sanxiao turned on the desk lamp next to the painting case, and saw that as the scroll unfolded, , a light and clear, elegant and elegant landscape painting appeared in front of me, with a poem inscribed on the painting: the spring river tide connects the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea coexists with the tide...

""Moon Night of Flowers on the Spring River"?" Wang Sanxiao exclaimed in surprise, "It turned out to be "Moon Night of Flowers on the Spring River"?"

Kang Tianzhen glanced at him contemptuously: "Have you seen it?"

"There is a record in the "Shiqu Baoji". After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it was taken to the Puppet Manchuria, and then it was lost." Wang Sanxiao took out his portable microscope, leaned over to look at it inch by inch, and murmured for a long while, "Whether it's paper fibers or ink traces, they are all in the style of the late Tang Dynasty, so they should be authentic."

"We also judge this way," Kang Tianzhen's eyes fell on the ancient painting, his eyes were full of beautiful longing, and he said softly, "When Song Wenyuan's Huaixin Building opens, it will be the treasure of the store. Smile, can you Can you imagine what it would be like to hang this painting? At that time, the whole antique industry will be shaken, and everyone will admire Song Wenyuan. He can find treasures that have long been lost. His shop is full of national treasures, and he is omnipotent. ..."

Wang San smiled inexplicably in his eyes: "It's a dream, it's a stroke of luck to meet such a national treasure, and it's full of national treasures, isn't it afraid that it's full of fakes?"

"Roll!" Kang Tianzhen instantly frowned, jumped up like a fighting cock, and yelled loudly, "Our Song Wenyuan has such good eyesight, so we can't! Hmph!"

"Stupid!" Wang San snorted with a smile, glanced at his crazy little face, and couldn't help but smiled again. From the first time they met, he found that Song Wenyuan was not a thing in the pool, and now he has Kang Wenyuan beside him. Naive, the lucky star who is walking, might really be able to make some great achievements.

Preparations for the Wei Lao Collection Exhibition are in full swing. As an antique consultant, Wang Sanxiao only stayed in Nanjing for one day, and returned to Beijing with the ivory sculpture the next day. Sanxiao boasted about the flowers, crying and dragging the commission and not wanting to pay it off, Wang Sanxiao was too lazy to argue with him, so he sent the Xiong brothers to chat about life, and then President Li paid the money right away.

The old man's [-]th birthday is not only a prosperous time for the whole antique industry, but also caused quite a stir in the financial circle and the party and government. After all, Wei Lao is really capable of giving birth. His seven sons and daughters are all over the major industries, and all of them are outstanding figures. .

As soon as the collection exhibition opened, people from all walks of life who came to join the show crowded the scene. Wang Sanxiao put one hand in his trouser pocket, wandering aimlessly among the crowd, his eyes swept over familiar or unfamiliar faces Looking coldly at Wei Cong's exquisite face, long sleeves and good dancing skills, he almost made himself a spinning top.

"Hey, grandma Qi!" Mu Xixi jumped over, licked an ice cream and laughed, "You are really amazing, I heard Qi Ye said that you carried the entire exhibition all by yourself , is really awesome!"

"Hey, grandson thief!" Wang San smiled and looked away from Wei Cong, looking at Mu Xixi: "Your seventh grandpa is exaggerating, I just helped to look at the antiques, it's just a little bit awesome."

Mu Xixi curled his lips: "Your words really don't sound like self-effacing."

"Who is self-effacing with you? This is called seeking truth from facts." Wang San smiled and stared at his ice cream. "How can a grandson, ah, not know how to get me an ice cream?"

Mu Xixi sent over the half-licked ice cream: "Hey, this is for you to lick."

"Believe it or not, I will press your face?"

"Hey," Mu Xixi leaned over and hugged his shoulders with a playful smile, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but the words he uttered were full of worry, "I just heard the old man and Aunt Gu talking about someone's marriage, Brother Xiao, tonight Do you have to let the scumbag kneel on the washboard?"

Wang San smiled leisurely, lowered his head and straightened his sleeves, and said indifferently: "That's the scumbag's own business, and I'm waiting to see the show."

The collection exhibition was successfully concluded. Wang Sanxiao supervised the staff to load the priceless antiques back one by one. Wei Lao not only rented a storage room of hundreds of square meters in the bank to collect antiques, but also built a storage room under his own villa. I entered a hidden underground collection room, and after I put all the exhibited antiques back to their original places, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

"Let's stay for supper," Aunt Gu said with a gentle smile, "Old Wei is in good spirits today, you can chat while eating."

The supper is made by Aunt Gu herself. The osmanthus wine brewed with osmanthus is sweet and sour. It is very delicious. Wang Sanxiao was very tired this day. Serve a bowl, and while eating, listen with great interest to the conversation of the Wei family next to you.

Wei Cong brought a plate of fruit on the table in front of him: "Eating too many Yuanxiao at night is not easy to digest, so let's eat more fruit."

"Thank you, Mr. Wei," Wang San smiled alienatedly, and took a bite out of a piece of dragon fruit.

The old man is in good spirits every happy event. Wearing a Chinese red Tang suit, he looks very energetic. He sits on the head and looks lovingly at the table full of grandchildren. There are four big characters written all over his face - full of ambition.

"There are so many wealthy families in Beijing, and so many birthday banquets have been held, none of them are up to par today," Wei Guangyao was drunk at the birthday banquet, holding a small bowl in one hand, gesticulating presumptuously with the other, and giving a thumbs up, "We But it's the first in Beijing!"

"Hahaha," the old man laughed heartily, "Little Guangyao is telling the truth!"

Wei Guangyao leaned in front of his grandfather, and exaggeratedly praised: "To be honest, Grandpa, if it weren't for today, I really wouldn't know that you have so many antiques, all of which are national treasures! They are divine treasures! They are important treasures of the country! See Only after looking at your antiques did I know that the ones I saw in the Forbidden City and the National Museum before are not called antiques, they must be smashed!"

The old man looked at his eldest grandson: "Don't be envious, I'm old, and these antiques will belong to you from now on." He raised his head and glanced at the children and grandchildren present, "Today is my [-]th birthday, some Things should be made clear.”

Everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing when they heard the words. For a while, the restaurant was so silent that only the sound of Wang Sanxiao gnawing on the dragon fruit was heard. He raised his head, glanced at everyone blankly, and continued to stuff the leftover dragon fruit into the dining room. I put it in my mouth, thinking that what you say is yours, don't affect my eating.

The old man ignored him, looked at his descendants, and cleared his throat: "I have seen all kinds of turmoil in my life. Some of these antiques were bought from formal channels, and some were not so formal, but no matter what, They are all in my collection, but, I... I also know that I won't live for many years."

Wei Guangyao said obsequiously: "Grandpa, you live forever!"

"Fucking!" The old man scolded him with a smile, "I have a few antiques that I really like, and I will take them away after a hundred years..."

"???" Wang Sanxiao stopped talking in surprise, and looked up at him.

The old man went on to say: "In addition to those few items, there are still a lot left. In order to prevent the embarrassment of you fighting over the family property, I will put the words here first: Girls, you are married. They are all from someone else's family, and my antiques are only for my son."

Wei's parents and daughter stood up suddenly: "Dad, what did you say?"

"Sit down," the old man gave her a displeased look, "Listen to me, sons, there is no boss, so there is no need to say more about this, the second, third, and seventh are left. Look at the grandson's..."

Wei Guangyao opened his mouth wide: "Grandpa, what do you mean?"

"That is to say, whoever has sons will get more, and whoever has more sons will get more!"

As soon as the words fell, the restaurant erupted instantly. The daughters blushed angrily, obviously dissatisfied with their father's decision. While mixing the mud, the sons secretly calculated how much they could share.

Wang San smiled and looked at Wei Cong expressionlessly, and found that he was looking at him with no emotion in his deep eyes. The two looked at each other for a moment, Wei Cong suddenly gave a wry smile, and Wang Sanxiao's heart skipped a beat for no reason. Pat, and then my stomach hurts overwhelmingly.

Wei Guangyao acted like a good boy when he got a bargain, leaned close to the old man, and offered his hospitality in a honeyed way: "Grandpa, I think family affection is the most important thing, I don't care about how many antiques you give me."

"Oh?" What kind of person is the old man, who doesn't believe his slander at all, and said with a faint smile, "Then I won't give you any, and you won't be angry?"

"Why are you angry? The antique belongs to your old man. You can give it to whoever you like."

"Hahaha," the old man laughed loudly, "Little Guangyao, you don't have to test grandpa here, don't worry, you are the eldest grandson, you have your share!"

Wei Guangyao was full of surprise: "Grandpa, to be honest, I really like one of your good things. I don't want anything else. You just need to give me that one."

"Oh?"

Wei Guangyao said with bright eyes: "I just want that ivory carving Antarctic fairy. I saw it at the exhibition today, and I couldn't take my eyes off it immediately. It's so beautiful. Really, Grandpa, I'm long. It’s so big, I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than the one in your collection!”

The old man smiled and said: "You little Guangyao, you have some discernment, since you like it, grandpa will give it to you now, Xiao Gu, go and take out that tooth carving and give it to little Guangyao."

Wang Sanxiao watched the farce indifferently, and suddenly found that Wei Guangyao was acting coquettishly in front of the old man, but also glanced at himself from the corner of his eye.

Aunt Gu took out the tooth carvings from the collection room. The old man opened the box, reached out and took out the tooth carvings, and said to Wei Guangyao, "Your boy is ignorant, and it's rare that you can tell which one is good and which one is bad. Come on, grandpa tell You, what is so good about this ivory carving, let's first look at the ivory material, it is authentic..." Suddenly his voice paused, and his face changed suddenly.

Everyone suddenly fell silent, only to see the old man took the reading glasses from Aunt Gu, put them on with trembling fingers, looked at the ivory carving again, panted and looked up and down several times, his face was pale and uncertain, after a few minutes, he He raised his hand suddenly, threw the ivory on the ground, and roared: "Wang Sanxiao! You are so courageous!!!"