Li Shi looked at the message and was stunned for a second. He couldn't help but curl his lips and typed a reply: "No, I have graduated several years ago, but I have been reviewing my college courses recently."
"Ah, why did you think of reviewing this?"
After chatting with Chen Qiuye for a while, former colleague Li Guiming sent a message.
"How are you doing recently? Have you found a job? Why are you still in the mood to read at home?"
Li Shi replied: "I haven't found a job yet, so let's rest for a while. What about you, have you found a new job?"
Li Guiming: "No, I plan to go back to my hometown. Where are you now? You haven't had lunch yet. Do you want to come out to eat hot pot?"
Li Shi originally thought about having something to eat at noon and continuing to study in the afternoon, but when Li Guiming said that he was leaving Tanzhou to return to his hometown, he did not refuse and asked, "Where can I eat? I can take a taxi."
"Let's go to Xiaolongkan."
Soon, Li Guiming sent his location, and Li Shi called for an online taxi to go to the Xiaolongkan Old Hot Pot Wuyi Square Store.
When I saw Li Guiming again, I found that he had changed a lot in just a few days. He looked a little desolate. He was sitting by the window and looking outside in a daze.
"What's wrong? You're depressed. Why do I feel like you've lost weight?" Li Shi sat down on the opposite side and joked.
Li Guiming looked away and said in surprise: "You have good eyesight. I am losing weight and have already lost one and a half pounds."
One and a half kilograms, you have to eat more than two kilograms in one meal.
Li Shi didn't complain about him and asked: "Why do you want to go back to your hometown?"
"I used to stay in this city for love, but then I got divorced and thought I'd get used to work, so I didn't leave. Now my job is gone and there's nothing to miss." Li Guiming said with emotion.
Li Shitou heard him say this back: "It seems you have a story, but it would be nice to go back to your hometown."
Li Guiming smiled and said: "It's good. My parents are getting older. It's time for me to go back and inherit the family property."
Li Shi:?
He suddenly remembered that Li Guiming's usual consumption far exceeded his salary income, including his car worth hundreds of thousands, and he thought, could this be a hidden rich second generation?
Xiaolongkan is a hot pot from the mountain city. It is characterized by its spicy flavor. Li Shi is used to Hunan cuisine, so he is not afraid of spicy food, but he is not used to eating too "numbing" food. Li Guiming's taste is similar to his, so the two of them ordered... Spicy pot bottom with less Sichuan peppercorns.
Li Guiming didn't drive, so he ordered a few bottles of beer.
Eating hot pot and chatting away.
"Brother, have you been in contact with Wei Shulan recently?" After three drinks and almost eating, Li Guiming suddenly asked.
Li Shi ate a piece of plump and juicy fat beef and replied: "No, why are you talking about her suddenly?"
Li Guiming put down his chopsticks and said with an unclear expression: "She blocked me on WeChat. Isn't it just to chat with her in the middle of the night? I don't have any other ideas. As for... Damn, women are indeed visual animals. She just thinks I'm ugly. .”
Li Shi was surprised. He felt that he was almost finished eating and put down his chopsticks: "Why, have you been plotting against her for a long time?"
Li Guiming may have had a few too many glasses of wine and was more wild than usual: "Hey, don't you think Wei Shulan is actually pretty good-looking? And that figure, with a slim waist and a big butt, is so damn exciting. To be honest, If I had a brother like you, look at me not sleeping..."
The rest of the words were left unsaid.
But when he said this, his eyes shone like a pair of wolf eyes.
Li Shi sighed in his heart. Sure enough, people's hearts are the most difficult to predict. After spending two years with Li Guiming, he never thought that he had harbored sexual intentions towards his female boss, Wei Shulan, and it seemed like he had been harboring sexual intentions for a long time.
Wei Shulan's appearance couldn't help but appear in my mind, and I had to admit that that woman was indeed a leader in the obese world.
She is full of flesh, but she is also very thin where she should be thin. This kind of figure is very attractive to men.
He had to admit it, including himself.
After eating a hot pot meal for two hours, Li Guiming drank three bottles of beer and was a little tipsy. When he came out of the restaurant, Li Shi called a taxi for him.
Li Shi himself only drank one bottle. He had a study plan today and knew how to control himself.
As soon as I got home, my cell phone rang suddenly. It was an unfamiliar number from Shanghai. I suddenly remembered that the headquarters of Dejia Auction Company was in Shanghai, so I quickly connected.
Five minutes later, Li Shi hung up the phone, suppressed his excitement, and opened his mailbox with his tablet. Sure enough, there was an unread email from Degas Auction House. The content stated that he was very interested in the collection Li Shi sent for auction and asked if it was convenient. connect.
"The email was sent an hour ago. I didn't contact him for an hour, so they took the initiative to call. Sure enough, as long as the product is good enough, they are the ones who are in charge!" Li Shi thought happily.
The person who just called was Zhou Yajuan, the senior business manager of the jewelry department of Dejia Auction Company. After confirming the authenticity of the email, the other party immediately expressed the hope that their experts could evaluate the bracelet as soon as possible.
Li Shi agreed and chose the former between sending things to Shanghai and waiting for them to come to Tanzhou.
After reading the email and comparing the contact number in the email with the number he just called, he opened WeChat and approved Zhou Yajuan's friend application.
"Mr. Li, if it's convenient now, can we have a video call? Let our experts make a preliminary identification of the jade bracelet through the video."
As soon as the friend passed, the other party immediately sent a message.
Li Shi thought for a while, then came to the bedroom, looked around, and felt that it was okay to appear on the desk, so he agreed to the video.
After the video was connected, a middle-aged woman wearing business attire with short hair and plain appearance appeared in the camera. She explained herself that she was Zhou Yajuan who had called before.
She also introduced Li Shi to He Yiwei, a middle-aged man in his thirties who was a senior expert in jade identification sitting next to her.
According to He Yiwei's request, Li Shi constantly adjusted the angle of the mobile phone camera and asked the other party to appraise it. It was obvious that this appraiser was a person who really liked jade. When he saw such a high-end product, he was very excited and said that he could be regarded as this kind of jadeite. The grand finale of the auction!
Li Shi himself was much calmer. He secretly recorded on the screen and preserved the entire video process.
After hanging up the video, Zhou Yajuan took the initiative to communicate with him on WeChat with many details, including no fees in the early stage, 3% tax deduction after transaction, 10% commission, 1% insurance premium and other other expenses, and no other fees will be charged. cost.
As for the valuation, starting price, price increase, etc., they need to be discussed in person when the auction contract is signed.
Li Shi immediately bought a high-speed train ticket from Tanzhou to Shanghai at 4:30 p.m., which would arrive at around 9 p.m.
When he went out, he put the safe in the black suitcase he bought in college, but the safe was empty. He only put an empty jewelry box, bracelets and wrenches, which he wrapped directly in prepared cotton and placed in his backpack. Inside, carry it backwards on your chest.
Li Shi did not study any more along the way. On the surface, he was playing with his mobile phone, but in fact, he was observing his surroundings to ensure the safety of the two jadeite pieces in his bag.
At around ten o'clock in the evening, we successfully arrived at the Jinjiang Hotel in the HP District of Shanghai. It is more than 800 meters away from the International Trade Plaza where Dejia Auction Company's headquarters is located. It only takes ten minutes to walk.
After sleeping all night, at around nine o'clock the next morning, Li Shi took the safe directly to the art center of Dejia Auction Company in the International Trade Plaza without contacting him in advance. He went to the front desk and informed Zhou Yajuan.
The young lady at the front desk seemed to know the goods well. When she was on the phone, she didn't forget to stare at the jade ring on his left thumb.
