"Lao Miao, Lao Miao, I'm here to see you."
"What are you doing? Meng!"
"Lao Miao, this is wrong. We have been together for such a long time and we are considered friends. Let me see what happened to you? Besides, you stabbed me last time and I am still injured. I don’t mind it anymore, but it’s better for you, as if I came to see you with some bad intentions.”
"Meng Shaoyuan!"
Miao Chengfang's expression was full of caution: "You weasel are sending New Year greetings to the chicken, you have no good intentions."
"Lao Miao, you just don't like to trust others." Meng Shaoyuan sighed and shook the oil paper bag in his hand: "Did you see the pork head meat and peanuts I bought specially for you?"
Meng Shaoyuan's poor character and bad reputation have always been among the best from the beginning of Lili Xingshe to the present.
Not to mention Miao Chengfang who doesn't believe it, but for other people, except for those young people who have just become secret agents and don't know what they are doing, who is not afraid when they see Meng Shaoyuan buying you a gift?
"Tell me, it's early." Miao Chengfang looked at the oil paper bag, then looked at Meng Shaoyuan: "What's going on? Tian Qi is practicing calligraphy inside, and I just have some time."
"It's good to practice calligraphy. It cultivates one's moral character and cultivates one's sentiments." Meng Shaoyuan flattered him: "I'm here, it's really related to calligraphy."
"When did you become obsessed with calligraphy?"
"Not entirely." Meng Shaoyuan said mysteriously: "Didn't you forge a copy of Lin Qingquan's poem that time to make it look fake? I just want to ask you, where did you learn this skill? Will you make other fakes? No? Like fake antiques, fake calligraphy and paintings, etc.?"
Sure enough, Meng Shaoyuan's gift would never be given in vain.
Miao Chengfang sneered: "What bad idea are you thinking about again? Fraud? Let me think about it. I'm really hungry. I'll eat some of your pig head meat first."
"We'll eat the pork head later." Meng Shaoyuan held down his hand: "It's an urgent matter. It's a big task."
"Big mission?"
"It's really a big task. My 100,000-strong army is withdrawing westward. I need to... forge some fake things, but I don't have the talent in this area. Didn't I think of you as someone who can make fake things and come to you?"
When he heard that it was such a big deal, Miao Chengfang stopped laughing: "It's okay for me to forge letters, but it's a bit difficult to forge other things. Such masters of forgery used to be concentrated in the Liulichang area of Peking, but Now, some people are old and some have retired. In Shanghai? Not to mention, there really is such a number."
When Meng Shaoyuan heard this, he became energetic and listened carefully to Miao Chengfang's words:
"This person, Xin Yichen, is from Shanghai. He went to Peiping at the age of six and became an apprentice at Baoyizhai at the age of ten. He was a master for nine years and worked for Baoyizhai for nine years before he could go out and start his own business. But what about Xin Yichen? He tried every means to make the only daughter of the boss of Baoyizhai fall in love with him, marry her, and naturally become the future boss of Baoyizhai.
The boss of Baoyizhai saw that he was down-to-earth and willing to work hard, and he also married his daughter, so he simply handed over Baoyizhai to him in advance. As a result, once this person obtained Baoyizhai, his true colors were immediately revealed. He learned the skill of counterfeiting, and the counterfeited things could often be mistaken for real. Relying on this skill, he made a lot of fakes, and relied on others' trust in Baoyizhai to sell all the fakes. As a result, in the end, Let Baoyizhai have a bad reputation.
The old shopkeeper was so angry when he saw that his life's hard work had been reduced to such an extent. His daughter said something to Xin Yichen, but he beat and scolded her. The old shopkeeper's daughter couldn't think about it for a moment, so she jumped into the well and committed suicide. The shopkeeper was eventually pissed to death.
Seeing that his reputation in Peiping was ruined and he could no longer survive, Xin Yichen simply returned to Shanghai and opened a 'Xinyi Zhai', still relying on his ability to forge. Shanghai is no better than Peiping. There are so many antique masters and people who can't tell the authenticity from the fake. Therefore, he has defrauded a lot of money over the years. "
"It's done, it's him."
Meng Shaoyuan was overjoyed: "Xinyi Zhai, Xin Yichen, Lao Miao, I can't thank you enough."
"It's done, it's done. It's bad luck for him because he offended you. However, this kid has done so many bad things over the years, so falling into your hands can be regarded as retribution."
"Then I'll go find him." Meng Shaoyuan turned around and left.
Miao Chengfang was really hungry. He opened the oil paper bag sent by Meng Shaoyuan, picked up a piece of pig head meat, and put it into his mouth with great pleasure.
After a moment, Miao Chengfang's roar came:
"Meng Shaoyuan, you bastard, you are so shameless, you gave me stinky pig head meat to eat!"
…
Xin Yichen opened the store early this morning.
The sound of gunfire came again.
Xin Yichen frowned.
I heard that there is still a war going on at Sihang Warehouse. Are the Chinese soldiers not dead yet?
This war has seriously affected my business.
Finish the fight early, no matter who wins or loses, you can go about your business normally.
A young man dressed very fashionably came in.
Wearing a three-piece suit, three-cut black and white leather shoes, a top hat, and a Longines watch on his wrist.
Just looking at it, the rich man didn't run away.
"Hey, Master, what are you looking at?" Xin Yichen immediately asked enthusiastically, "Have you had a meal? I'll have someone order you a bowl of noodles?"
"No need." Meng Shaoyuan clasped his hands behind his back: "Just take a look."
"Hey, look, look. Come here, serve tea, good tea!"
The waiter served the tea and stood aside to wait.
"Master, look at this." Xin Yichen followed: "A serious vase from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty."
"Is there anything inappropriate about the vase?"
"Oh, Master, you are so good at telling jokes." Xin Yichen said with a smile: "I can tell you are a great connoisseur at a glance, and your words are so humorous. I am not bragging to you. Just this vase is all over Shanghai. It’s all I have in mind.”
Meng Shaoyuan smiled faintly: "Then let me take a look."
"Hey, Master, please sit down and drink tea."
Xin Yichen took the vase with a bang and carefully placed it in front of Meng Shaoyuan: "Master, please take your fancy. Let's not talk about the price first. Just see if this is a good thing."
How does Meng Shaoyuan know?
He pretended to look at it for a while and said, "The stuff is pretty good, let's talk about the price."
Xin Yichen followed the rules of this industry: "Goods are sold to destined people, and money is only an external possession. Master, you can set a price as long as I don't lose money."
"Open it however you want."
Meng Shaoyuan thought for a while, took out an ocean from his pocket, and threw it on the table: "That's it."
ah?
Xin Yichen was stunned. How could anyone in this world offer such an offer?
"Master, you are kidding me again."
"Are you kidding? How can I have time to joke with you!" Meng Shaoyuan's eyes widened: "You let me bid casually, and you think I don't know it's a fake? I'm giving you a piece of the ocean!"
this!
This vase is indeed a fake, but Xin Yichen is confident that there are only a few of them in Shanghai.
This young man looks like a playboy, but he doesn't even look at it very much, but he can tell it at a glance?
Little did he know that Meng Shaoyuan didn't understand antiques at all, and he just learned about them there.
If you get it right, it's best. If you get it wrong, then of course there will be mistakes.
"Yes, young master, business cannot be done without righteousness." Xin Yichen said another way: "You want to tell me that this is a lie, but I can't tell it for myself. In this antique shop, everyone has their own opinions..."
However, something unexpected happened.
"boom!"
Meng Shaoyuan actually piled the vases on the ground.
In an instant, a good vase was smashed into pieces.
"My vase!"
"My feet!"
Two voices sounded almost at the same time.
Before Xin Yichen had time to feel distressed, he saw Meng Shaoyuan holding his feet and shouting.
"No, young master, you, where are you singing?"
"Are you blind? Your vase hit my foot!" Meng Shaoyuan said viciously.
"It was obviously you who pushed it down. Besides, the vase was not hit at all... No, you are not here to buy anything, you are here to touch the porcelain!"
Xin Yichen finally reacted.
"My feet! They hurt me so much!" Meng Shaoyuan was still there shouting: "Someone, my feet were smashed!"
As soon as he finished calling, he saw a detective rushing in with several police officers: "What's going on? What's going on?"
"Oh, you came just in time." Xin Yichen hurriedly stepped forward: "I don't know who I provoked, but here comes a troublemaker."
"Touching porcelain?"
The detective looked at the fragments on the ground: "Is this your vase?"
"This was smashed by him..."
"I didn't ask who smashed it, I just asked if it was your vase?"
"It's mine, it's mine."
"Is this shop yours too?"
"It's mine, it's mine."
The detective came to Meng Shaoyuan: "Sir, what's your foot?"
"It's broken." Meng Shaoyuan pointed to his feet in grievance: "Look, look."
Look at it, it's not hurt at all.
The detective's face darkened: "Take them away, take them all away!"
"Ah!" Xin Yichen was stunned: "This, I..."
"Take everything that belongs to you and me, and go to the patrol room to talk!"
Xin Yichen just disappeared from Shanghai.
It's as if Shanghai has never had such a number one figure.
Now everyone is paying attention to the battle in Shanghai and Sihang Warehouse. Who will care about the disappearance of a profiteer like you?
…
Xin Yichen found that he was not taken to the patrol room, but to a factory.
The young man who touched porcelain was communicating with a foreigner in English.
Beside him, there were two foreigners looking at him eagerly.
"Mr. Hawes, I have found the person you want." Meng Shaoyuan pointed at Xin Yichen behind him: "He is the most skilled counterfeiter in Shanghai. Make good use of him."
"Meng, your efficiency is so high."
"Hey, I made an agreement with you." Meng Shaoyuan made a special explanation: "This person is not very honest. It's best to keep a close eye on him and keep him somewhere for research. If he resists, you can whip him a few times." If you feed him a few big mouthfuls, he will naturally become honest."
"My dear Meng, don't worry, I promise I will 'entertain' him well."
(Chapter 396 "Major Scandal" has been blocked and Spider is currently revising it, so another chapter will be uploaded as a great compensation to all readers.)
