Tao Guangming smiled: "I was driving by today and happened to see you guys entering the restaurant. There was a pretty boy standing behind you looking at you. His eyes looked like he wanted to kill you."
Li Wenjun suddenly realized: "It turns out you saw me while passing by."
Li Wenjun told the whole story.
Tao Guangming laughed so hard that he slapped his thigh: "I'm laughing to death. He is really selling calligraphy and painting in front of a saint. He doesn't know how to be ugly."
Li Wenjun nodded: "It's good. It also helps our comrades in the electrician class earn some extra money."
Tao Guangming finally stopped laughing, wiped the tears from his eyes, and took out a box from the safe.
This time it was changed to a silver box, engraved with water patterns and lotus leaf patterns, which was extraordinarily noble.
Li Wenjun nodded secretly: Tao Guangming's taste is pretty good, after all, he has seen a lot of the world.
Judging from the size and style of this box, it should contain an ornament of Guanyin smelling lotus.
Open it and take a look, and sure enough...
And the effect was better than Li Wenjun expected.
Old Man Sun's carving skills were much better than those of Li Wenjun who later carved the green jadeite on his desk.
The whole ornament is novel and beautiful, with a far-reaching artistic conception.
Guanyin's face is kind and dignified, with a hint of joy. In addition to her Buddha nature and Zen mind, she also has a bit more humanity, which makes people even more excited.
The petals of the lotus are lifelike, with some golden dewdrops on the black petals. Compared with the white lotus we usually see, it looks more muddy and unsullied.
This kind of shape is overall lively, more interesting, and softer, which dilutes the shortcomings of the darker color of black jade itself.
Tao Guangming rubbed his hands and asked anxiously: "How about it? Can this sell for your previous estimate?"
Li Wenjun said slowly: "The value of jade is three points for the jade material, three points for the carving, and three points for the artistic conception. If one of the items stretches the crotch, it will fall down. This ornament has full marks for all three items."
Tao Guangming asked stupidly: "So."
Li Wenjun carefully put the ornament back into the box: "I think you can raise the price a little higher. If you find something you really like, you can sell it for 1,488."
Tao Guangming's eyes widened: "Really? Are you kidding?"
Li Wenjun nodded: "Yes, no joke."
Last time Li Wenjun said one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight, but he ended up buying one thousand two hundred and eighty-eight. Later he regretted that his price was too low.
This time, Li Wenjun said one thousand four hundred and eighty-eight, and he decided to offer one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.
Even if he can't sell it, he's not afraid. In fact, he likes it very much and it looks good on the table.
Tao Guangming turned around and went to withdraw money from the safe, took twenty large tickets and handed them to Li Wenjun.
Li Wenjun blinked: "What?"
Tao Guangming said frankly: "I think you suffered a loss."
Li Wenjun smiled: "Don't be stupid. The stone can be sold at this price only because of your connections and channels, otherwise it can only be buried in the mountains."
Tao Guangming thought for a while: "But you designed the shape. I pay the design fee. Without your design, such a good thing would not be possible."
Li Wenjun thought for a moment: "This is quite reasonable. Then I'll accept it."
Tao Guangming clapped his hands: "That's right. Otherwise, I would always feel uneasy. What if you don't check me in and help me design in the future? I'll just hire a consultant. You won't help me design in the future. One piece, once used by Mr. Sun, I will give you two hundred yuan. No matter how much the finished product appreciates compared to the raw materials, it will be the same."
Li Wenjun pointed at him and suddenly realized: "Oh oh oh, so it's because I'm afraid that when I see the high price of the finished product, I will raise the price of the jade material."
Tao Guangming sighed: "The price will definitely increase. After all, if you take one piece less of this stone, it cannot be infinite." He had wanted to find out where Li Wenjun got the jade material from before, but now he has no such intention at all. .
He finally understood that even if he could get the jade material by himself, without Li Wenjun's insight and vision, it would still ruin a good thing. Otherwise, leave the matter to professionals. He and Li Wenjun each showed their strengths.
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On Sunday, Chen Zichen remembered that the salesperson had said that the fish tank he bought that day was the last one, and he would definitely not have time to restock it today.
In other words, there is only his fish tank on the counter now.
He wanted to see with his own eyes the scene of his fish tank being snapped up, so he happily rode to the county town early in the morning.
On Sundays, twice as many people come to department stores as usual.
Before the door opened, there were already people standing outside.
Chen Zichen found a place to stand and wait. Hearing the accent of the people next to him, he seemed to be from the next county. He turned around and asked, "How many comrades are from the next county?" One hour.
It was clearly a family, including men, women, old and young.
The young gay man nodded: "Yes. I heard that the department stores in your county have many things that cannot be bought in other department stores, and some of them are free of charge. Let's take a look."
The young lesbian smiled: "My mother's family is in another county, which is further away than ours, and she comes here often. All the beautiful clothes from nearby counties are purchased from here. We thought it would be better to come here directly, it is cheaper and comes in all kinds of styles. A little more, too.”
The older gay man said: "I heard that the salespersons in department stores in your county have better attitudes than others. What's that called, ah, yes, sales. They sell products differently from others. They use the same rhetoric."
Chen Zichen was very excited: Is the county department store already so famous? The platform Li Wenjun chose is indeed a good one. Now that he is on this train, he can just sit back and wait to make money.
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Just as he said that, the door opened.
Everyone walked in eagerly and rushed to their respective counters.
Chen Zichen was afraid that the salesperson at the handicraft counter would recognize him and tell Tao Guanghui that it would be troublesome in the future, so he did not go in and just leaned by the door and watched from a distance.
Many people come to the handicraft counter to inquire, and most of them buy small things such as wooden bowls, stone inkstones, and wooden spoons.
Occasionally, people ask about large items, including children's dining chairs and Li Wenjun's fish tank. But no one glanced at his fish tank.
why? why?
It's obviously the same thing.
Chen Zichen pursed his lips and stared over there.
The customer felt his eyes, turned around and was startled by his sinister look, and left in a hurry, how could he dare to stay any longer?
When the salesperson saw Chen Zichen, he was extremely angry: I'll go, it's this guy again. Does this person have a grudge against me? Come every day. Come every day! Not only does he come here from Monday to Friday to cause trouble, but he also comes during the peak season on Sunday, which really pisses me off.
The salesperson became more and more angry as she thought about it. She said something to the person next to her, opened the flap next to the counter, and came out, staring straight at Chen Zichen.
