The way to make money in space

It didn't take long for the two of them to arrive at Chow Tai Fook's studio.Liu Muchen opened the door first and walked in, followed by Lin Youdao.There was no one in the studio, only the sound of "tom tom tom tom".Lin Youdao looked around carefully, and saw a black head hidden behind a huge tree root, beating against the tree root.

Liu Muchen did not have Lin Youdao's spirit of observation, so he stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, Zhou Dafu, the youngest Zhou?" The black head paused for a moment, and then poked out from behind the tree roots.

The protruding face still looks very young, not at all like the face of a weather-beaten root carving master. "Who are you? What do you want to do with my master? Are you here to buy root carvings? My master doesn't sell them, hehe, but what I make can be sold." Putting down the carving tools in his hand, he scratched His own head, the man actually giggled "hehe" to himself.

Lin Youdao thought this young man was very funny, and was about to joke a few words with him, when he saw an energetic old man walking out of the studio.The old man was wearing a white kung fu shirt, his hair was combed shiny, and he was holding a teapot in his hand, and he was drinking tea while walking.

"Huh? Are you promoting your bum root carvings again? I think if you continue like this, the reputation of my studio will be ruined by you!" He said so, but he didn't see that he meant to blame at all.

The man called the boy quickly ran to the side, put a chair beside the old man, and smiled obsequiously: "Master, you are here, please sit down quickly. Look what you are talking about, how can my root carving It’s a bum, and I carve it very carefully, so I can sell it for a lot of money anyway!”

"Money, money, money! You've lost money, so your root carvings are impetuous and commercial. How do I teach you? You've thrown them all to Java!" The old man patted heavily. The armrest of the chair, and then swung it twice in the air as if it hurt his hand.

"Hey, look, you hurt yourself, anyway, I'm just this tune, and there are other brothers who support you, so I'm responsible for making money for you, right?" The man obediently told the old man He beat his shoulders, and then pointed to Lin Youdao and Liu Muchen as if he suddenly realized. "Master, look, the two of them said they were looking for you."

"Oh? Are there still young people who know me now? It must not be a mistake! The person in the office just now said that two young people called me to look for me, and it must be you." Zhou Dafu tilted his head. With Erlang's legs, while sliding the lid of the teapot with his hand, he didn't lift his head, drinking tea very nonchalantly.

Seeing Zhou Dafu like this, Lin Youdao suddenly felt that it was useless, and swallowed unconsciously, and the sound of swallowing spit came out without paying attention, which made the person next to him who was called the boy snicker.

Lin Youdao blushed so much that he bravely opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Zhou, hello, we went through Brother Chen. Oh, no, it's the business card given by Mr. Liu. The person next to me is His eldest grandson." Lin Youdao tugged at Liu Muchen who was next to him, motioning him to say something quickly.

Only now did Mr. Zhou raise his head, and looked directly at the two of them. "Oh? You are Lao Liu's eldest grandson? I usually hear him show off, but this time I finally met a real person."

Liu Muchen greeted him neither humble nor overbearing, and then directly explained the purpose of his visit.

Mr. Zhou was still in the same tune, stood up holding the teapot, walked to the place where his apprentice worked before, and said in a casual way: "Since you are the grandson of Lao Liu, I will not be polite to you, just say You should know that I haven’t done root carving for others for a long time, even if Lao Liu came here today, I probably wouldn’t do it.”

Liu Muchen smiled slyly, and uttered a few words, which almost made Zhou Lao so angry that he threw the teapot at him. "Mr. Zhou, since you were introduced to me by the old man, then I'm telling the truth. You also said that you don't make root carvings for others, so making a paperweight shouldn't break your convention."

Mr. Zhou couldn't sit still this time, and stood up with a "whoosh".The old man next to him was clever, he hurriedly supported him, and immediately said: "You actually asked my master to carve paperweights for you, it's really outrageous! Who do you think you are! Even if you are the grandson of the master's acquaintance, this It's too much! You are insulting the dignity of a root carving master!"

Liu Muchen is used to analyzing data and analyzing many things with a certain interest in mind. In addition, he has been immersed in everyone's praise for a long time, but he didn't change it for a while.Since Liu Muchen became famous, he has had very little contact with artists, and most of them are from abroad, so he unconsciously brought a little foreign humor to Mr. Zhou.Who knew that Mr. Zhou's reaction would be so big, Liu Muchen was really dumbfounded, and for the first time in his life, apart from what happened to Lin Youdao, he was at a loss.

Seeing this, Lin Youdao quickly pulled Liu Muchen behind him, and apologized repeatedly to Old Zhou. "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou. Brother Chen has been abroad before, and he just came back recently. He was taken by foreigners a little bit, and his speech was not good. Don't mind. He saw us today. Such a powerful local artist, so excited, even speech has become inappropriate, Mr. Zhou, please don't take it to heart."

Lin Youdao saw that Mr. Zhou still seemed to be angry, so he had a quick wit and took out the red sandalwood that was well hidden in his arms, and handed it to Mr. Zhou. "Mr. Zhou, the main reason is that we can't trust others. Although we know that you are a root carving, we still have the cheek to come to you."

Mr. Zhou's old face was still red with anger. When he saw the wood that Lin Youdao handed over, he immediately stopped his trembling body, threw away the apprentice who was pulling him, and snatched the wood from Lin Youdao's hand. Wood, they turned over and over to look over.

"This, this texture, this texture, absolutely can't be wrong, it must be rosewood!" Zhou Lao touched the rosewood in his hand excitedly, and looked at Lin Youdao expectantly, "This, such a complete section , and it must have been hundreds of years. Little brother, where did you get it?"

Lin Youdao couldn't tell if it was cut from his own space, so he could only hide it and said: "Oh, I found this by accident from an old house. Seeing that it was still in good condition, I wanted to use it as a paperweight. .”

Liu Muchen was still immersed in the blow just now, but seeing that Mr. Zhou had chatted with Lin Youdao calmly, he immediately woke up and returned to the appearance of an elite professor in the past.Readjusting his expression, he became very humble and said: "Mr. Zhou, look, how about using this as a paperweight? Is it not suitable for the material? Because it is a teacher appreciation ceremony, we have to consider everything Be thorough."

Elder Zhou's unexcited mood escalated into excitement again. "Why is this inappropriate? It's a pity that it's too suitable! Such a complete piece of rosewood is actually used to carve paperweights, what a waste of money!"

As it was related to his teacher thanking ceremony, Lin Youdao responded quickly and asked: "What do you think is better for carving?"

Mr. Zhou paused and really thought about it carefully.Looking at this piece of red sandalwood that is not big or small, I really stumped myself. "Little brother, to tell you the truth, this is more than enough to carve two paperweights, and two more pen holders can be carved, and some leftovers can be used to carve a few strings of Buddhist beads."

"According to Mr. Zhou, are you willing to help us carve?" Liu Muchen was shrewd this time, and asked very quickly.

When Lin Youdao heard Liu Muchen's question, he immediately looked at Mr. Zhou with bright eyes.In addition to Lin Youdao, Zhou Lao's apprentices looked at his master with bright eyes just like Lin Youdao.

When Mr. Zhou was being embarrassed by Lin Youdao, out of the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of his apprentice looking at him with bright eyes like everyone else, and immediately became angry.You can't scold others, scolding your apprentice will never cause trouble, right?He was also unambiguous at the moment, and immediately cursed: "You Jinbao, what are you doing looking at me like this! Compare your eyes to me!"

The person called "that boy" was You Jinbao, and when he heard his master tell him to close his eyes, he laughed and said, "Oh, master, don't do this, just promise them. I've never seen As for the person who brings the red sandalwood to make sculptures, you agree, and I can see the world anyway."

"Are you planning on these leftovers? You want to use them to practice? There's no way!" Zhou Lao didn't care about exposing his apprentice's sinister intentions, and didn't feel ashamed at all.

But You Jinbao was not happy, and immediately retorted: "Master, why do you say that? I really just want to see the world. You also know that only good wood can reflect our level. Although Root carving and carving are two different things, but they are of the same clan anyway.”

Elder Zhou didn't refuse this time, but just nodded.

When Lin Youdao saw it, he was overjoyed. "Then I will trouble Mr. Zhou. You said just now that you can make two paperweights and two pen holders. How long will it take if you only make one pair?"

Mr. Zhou was not ambiguous, he just thought about it for a while, and then said: "If you want more complicated patterns, then at least two or three months; finished."

Lin Youdao looked at Liu Muchen, and said, "Then Mr. Zhou, please don't worry about it. Just be simple and generous. After all, it's for the elderly. It's not good if it's too complicated. As for the cost, feel free to mention it. There's absolutely no problem here."

Mr. Zhou nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Then do as you said. But as for the cost, I hope to pay with two strings of Buddhist beads. It is also good for the body to carry the rosewood Buddhist beads."

Lin Youdao was overjoyed at the moment, so he happily agreed.Although there was a small error in the middle, the result was unexpectedly smooth, and it was great that it didn't cost money!