There is an extremely lively century-old road in Jiangning City called Fusu Road.
This road has a long history. It is said that during the Warring States Period, Fusu, the eldest son of Qin Shihuang, passed by this place and found that the road for villagers here to enter the city was extremely bumpy, so he ordered people to build a road to facilitate everyone's smooth passage. In order to Thanks to the eldest son, this road was named Fusu Road.
Today's Fusu Road is no longer the road it was back then, but a road rebuilt on the original site after the inspection of an architectural master during the Republic of China period, inheriting the original name. This road has since become one of the landmarks of Jiangning City.
Later, after a hundred years of repairs and repairs on this road, and taking advantage of the popularity of this road, Fusu Road gradually became an internet celebrity attraction for tourists to check in and take pictures.
To be precise, only the first half of this road is where Internet celebrities check in. There are various Internet celebrity snacks, script killing shops, escape rooms, e-sports hotels, etc., and there are young people in their twenties everywhere. ,Youthful. In the second half, there are some outdated old houses, as well as a few neglected bookstores and antique shops, where some elderly couples and almost middle-aged shop owners live. It is quiet and peaceful.
On the same street, the first half and the second half are like two eras.
No. 128 Fusu Road.
An old store with a quaint atmosphere is opened here. Compared with other stores on this street, this store called "Su Zhai" looks like it has a space of nearly 200 square meters from the outside. On this road with expensive rents, being able to afford such a large store means that either the store's revenue is very objective, or the boss behind it is extremely wealthy.
Weihai stood at the door of the store, taking out his mobile phone as a mirror, trying to make his messy hair look neat.
After settling down with his wife in the morning, he immediately drove two hours from Pingjiang City to Jiangning. Although he had only met the lawyer named Qin Shoumo once, he had no other choice now. He was willing to try as long as there was a chance.
After looking at himself again and feeling that there was no big problem, Weihai put away his phone, took a deep breath, and opened the door of the coffee shop.
The decoration of the store is not much different from most coffee shops on the market today. It is an "INS style" that young people prefer. Some cheap paintings that seem to have no artistic quality are hung irregularly on the surrounding walls. , instead they were framed in extremely expensive frames. Each painting had only the word "Su" written on it. It seemed that the owner of the shop liked this painter very much.
Different from other coffee shops, the glass walls around this shop are actually made of thick frosted glass, so that people outside cannot see the environment inside the shop. In addition to blocking the sun, it also adds an unexpected touch. Mystery.
Although today is Friday, it is only after four o'clock, not yet the time for get off work and students to get out of school, so there are only a few young people sitting in the store in twos and threes.
However, given the current lackluster decoration and location of the store, from Weihai's point of view, there may not be too many customers even on Saturdays and Sundays. The possibility of this store generating significant revenue is almost zero, and it can only be because the owner, Zhang Ziqing, is personally very wealthy.
It's just that there are only a handful of people in Jiangbei Province who can produce 1.3 billion in liquidity in one go, but Zhang Ziqing himself has never heard of it. Is he some invisible rich man who doesn't appear in public?
"Sir, what would you like to drink?"
Weihai, whose mind was in a mess, walked to the bar without knowing it. The clerk wearing thick-soled glasses looked at the dull-looking man and couldn't help but ask.
"Ah? Oh, do you have any recommendations?" Weihai asked casually, still not responding.
"Vanilla latte and raw coconut latte are relatively traditional coffees, which are quite suitable for your age group...but you seem to be in a bad mood. Vanilla latte will be better and refreshing."
"Then vanilla latte."
Weihai stood there numbly. It wasn't until he noticed that the clerk had been looking at him that he realized that he had forgotten to pay, and quickly opened his mobile phone WeChat to scan the QR code to pay.
But soon he discovered that the property preservation department even froze his WeChat account. Although there was only more than a thousand yuan left in it, he could not spend a penny.
Weihai was a little embarrassed. He once had tens of billions of assets, even if he was in the most high-end shopping mall in the country, if a card was placed on the table, the entire shopping mall's luxury goods would be immediately packaged and placed in front of him.
But now he couldn't even afford a cup of twenty yuan coffee. Weihai was in a daze for a moment, his hand holding the phone hanging in the air not knowing what to do.
"Mr. Weihai?"
When he heard someone calling his name, Weihai was stunned and turned to look over. A girl with a high ponytail and Japanese-style jeans was looking at her. The girl was carrying a pink shoulder bag and looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. He has a standard oval face and looks a bit like an anime character in comics.
"It's really you." Seeing Weihai's turned face, the girl narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I didn't expect to see you here."
"Do you know me?" Weihai looked at the strange girl in front of him with some doubts.
"In the corporate strategy class at school, our teacher's PPT talked about your success story." The girl stepped forward and put her backpack on the bar, "My name is Su Ran, and I am a freshman in the Department of Finance at Jiangbei University. "
Weihai nodded. Before his accident, many universities would indeed use his entrepreneurial experience as a model of success to teach students in class. At that time, he was still a self-made successful person in the eyes of everyone, but now... ..
Su Ran calmly glanced at Wei Hai's hand that was frozen in mid-air, and winked at the clerk next to him. The clerk understood and went to the side to start making coffee.
"Did Mr. Wei come to Jiangning to relax?" Su Ran changed the subject.
"Huh? No, I'm here to find someone." After Weihai reacted, he realized that the girl in front of him seemed to be an employee of this store, "Does Miss Su work here?"
"It's work, barely." Su Ran nodded, "Is the person Mr. Wei is looking for nearby? I'm quite familiar with this area."
Weihai was a little surprised. If the girl in front of him was an employee of the store, she should know something about Zhang Ziqing, and he could inquire about the information first.
"The person I'm looking for is Zhang Ziqing, he should be the owner of this store."
Su Ran paused while taking the coffee from the clerk, and looked at Wei Hai in surprise, "How did Mr. Wei find this place?"
Weihai hesitated for a moment, then took out the note from his pocket and handed it to Su Ran, "Someone gave me this note and told me that Mr. Zhang can help me."
Su Ran took the note and looked at it, frowning, "Is this Qin again thinking of himself as a pimp?"
"Ah?" Weihai was stunned. Although she guessed that Su Ran knew Qin Shoumo, she didn't expect that she didn't seem to have a good impression of Qin Shoumo.
"It's okay, it's okay." Su Ran put away the note and handed the coffee in his hand to Wei Hai, "I probably know a little bit about Mr. Wei's current situation. If funds can be raised from other places, I personally don't recommend it. You came here."
Weihai was a little surprised. From Su Ran's words, it seemed that this man named Zhang Ziqing could indeed help him, but why didn't he suggest that he come? Is it because of loan sharking? But in the current situation, even loan sharks have to give it a try.
"To be honest, Miss Su, you saw it just now. I can't even afford to buy a cup of coffee now. My relatives and friends around me have already borrowed everything they can. If I hadn't been desperate, I wouldn't have I would trust someone I met for the first time. I even feel that my behavior here is too impulsive and stupid, but as long as there is a chance, I will give it a try."
Weihai took a deep breath and looked at Su Ran across from him, "Miss Su, can you tell me whether Mr. Zhang can help me."
Su Ran looked at the man in front of her who was once a powerful figure in the business community of Jiangbei Province. He used to be high-spirited and chatting and laughing in interviews on the financial channel, but now his mental state was extremely poor, his hair was as messy as a chicken coop, and his lips looked like they hadn't drank for a few days. He was as dry as water, his eyes were bloodshot, and his body was stained with gasoline. He was very miserable.
Su Ran sighed, "Mr. Wei, please give me the car keys. It's not close to drive from Pingjiang to Jiangning. Your car should be almost out of gas. If you are restricted from paying, you won't be able to refuel for a while."
Weihai was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Su Ran to say that, but after thinking about it, he handed her the car key, "Thank you, Miss Su. If I can get through the current predicament, I will definitely pay back the gas money to Miss Su." .”
Su Ran took the car key and pointed to the stairs leading to the second floor, "The Zhang Ziqing you are looking for is in the innermost room on the second floor. However, the conditions he proposed may be a bit excessive, so Mr. Wei must think about it then." Make a decision after knowing it clearly.”
After finishing speaking, Weihai turned around and walked out of the store without waiting for a reply.
Too much? How much can it go too far? Is it like having one arm and one leg?
Weihai shook his head and got rid of the messy thoughts in his mind. Since he was already here, he would know the answer if he went up and took a look.
Following the direction of Su Ran's finger, Weihai walked to the stairs.
In the modern decoration style on the first floor that conforms to the trend of the times, this old-fashioned wooden staircase will inevitably look a little out of place.
Although the orange staircase looks a bit old, Weihai knows the goods. He can tell at a glance that the staircase is made of fine golden nanmu. It takes at least five minutes to go down the stairs with this kind of material. Six hundred thousand.
Weihai felt a little relieved. Just a staircase was so expensive. It seemed that Zhang Ziqing's financial resources were indeed extraordinary.
But Weihai soon discovered that this staircase was just the beginning.
Going up the stairs to the second floor, Weihai's eyes widened. From the walls to the floor on the second floor, everything is made of this kind of golden nanmu! Moreover, each of the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls is a unique treasure on the market today. The market price of the paintings and calligraphy is more than one million, and some of them have even reached tens of millions.
Weihai was secretly surprised that so many valuable works were placed so casually in the stairwell? Aren't you afraid that someone will come up and steal it without you noticing? The current owners of these paintings appear to have no regard for them at all. Weihai asked himself that even he would not take it so seriously.
The stairwell was not long, only about seventy or eighty meters. Weihai quickly reached the end of the corridor, the innermost room that Su Ran had mentioned.
Curious about Zhang Ziqing, Weihai knocked on the door of the room anxiously. The sound of knocking on the wooden door made of nanmu is very pleasant and crisp, but Weihai is not in the mood to appreciate it now.
The second floor was very quiet, so even though Weihai's movements were very light, the sound could still clearly spread throughout the entire floor. It stands to reason that if there were people in the room, the sound should be easily heard, but there was no response in the room. Weihai had no choice but to knock a little harder on the door.
The result was the same as the first time, there was still no response from the room.
Weihai felt a little depressed. Could it be that Mr. Zhang is not in the room now?
Just when Weihai was about to give up and turn around to leave, a lazy voice slowly came from the room, "Please come in."
Hearing the voice of the person in the room, Weihai let out a long sigh of relief, stretched out his nervous and trembling hand to hold the door handle, and after forcing himself to calm down, he gently pushed the door open.
I thought that the various masterpieces in the corridor were already an incredible collection. After entering the room, Weihai was shocked and stood there unable to react for a while.
I thought that the golden nanmu outside was considered expensive, but inside the room after opening the door, it turned out to be even more expensive huanghuali wood!
According to the current market price of huanghuali wood, it would cost at least 70 million to build this room!
Weihai was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this humble coffee shop would hide such a large amount of wealth.
After calming down, he walked forward again. When he saw various antique appliances placed in the corners of the wall and the precious calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, Weihai's calm mood became a little agitated again.
As an antique lover, Weihai's own treasure appraisal ability can be regarded as first-rate. He just took a closer look and found that the value of these antiques was much higher than those on the wall outside. Every item here was An antique can fetch a price of more than 10 million if put on the auction market.
Just as Weihai was looking at it casually, a copybook on the wall caught his eye, and his steps immediately froze in place.
"Peace Note" by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty!
Weihai's eyes widened and he hurriedly walked towards the words. He even forgot the purpose of coming, and his whole body was glued to the words.
After looking at it carefully, Weihai took a breath of cold air.
He is very familiar with this "Peace Note". In 2010, at the Guardian Autumn Auction in Beijing, he fell in love with this painting at first sight. However, because he had already spent a lot of money before, he bought it for his wife. A hairpin belonging to Princess Ping Zhaoyang of the Tang Dynasty caused me to miss the "Peace Note" and was snatched away by a man named Zhang Yiqian.
After going back, Weihai has been a little bit worried about this incident and regretted that he did not bring more cash. But it didn’t take long for Weihai to hear that after Zhang Yiqian bought the calligraphy and painting, he found several domestic and foreign industry scholars and treasure appraisers to identify the calligraphy. The final result everyone gave was that this painting cost more than three years. The copybook Yi took was just a fake that was very close to the original.
