Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

"Teacher, you will definitely not miss anything." Chen Qi closed the scroll and handed it to his subordinate, asking him to put it away.

Lin Ran smiled and asked, "Did you read well during the two months I left?"

"Yes, teacher, I have read the book you bought for me three or four times." Chen Qi said quickly.

From the look of him, he seemed to have forgotten all about it.

However, he is still quite capable. After asking a few random questions, he actually hit on me.

There is a slight difference, but the impact is not significant.

"Read more books, it will definitely help in the future." Lin Ran nodded.

Lin Ran also knew that this temporary disciple was not qualified to be an appraiser, but with his family's wealth, he might be of great help to him in the future.

That's why I agreed to be his teacher and keep this relationship with him.

The network has been initially established, and the only thing left to do is to develop the corresponding technology and start operations.

To fight outside, you must first be safe inside.

The most important thing now is to settle the affairs of the Treasure Hunt Club and the Qilin Club.

After the auction, most buyers receive a letter.

It encourages them to collect privately, but requires them not to sell to foreigners.

It's just a joke. These are wealthy businessmen from all over the country. They are just for private collection. They are not for making money at all. They are absolutely impossible to sell to foreigners.

After the first auction, they still had a lot of goods in their warehouse.

And in the corner of the warehouse, I found a pile of very worn items.

"What is that?" Lin Ran asked Wu Ning.

"Oh, those are things left over from the previous auction house. They are said to be valuable cultural relics, but they are already in such a broken state that there is no way to repair them. I didn't want to throw them away, so I just left them there."

Wu Ning replied that he did think this pile of things was valuable, but it was a bit dilapidated.

It is not suitable to put it on the auction house, but if it is given to a treasure appraisal house, it may be able to sell for a higher price.

Is it difficult to repair?

Lin Ran glanced at the articles and found that some of them were from the Qing Dynasty and were indeed of little value.

But among the pile of scraps, I saw a strange picture scroll, which was already damaged beyond appearance.

"This pile of rags has no use anymore. It's better to get rid of them." Chen Qi looked at these things with disgust and said: "If you don't go away with the old ones and don't bring in the new ones, what's the use of keeping the old things? Hurry up." Get it away."

Wu Ning was about to agree, but Lin Ran stopped him.

"Mr. Lin, what's wrong?" Wu Ning found it difficult to behave between the two bosses.

Lin Ran said: "I happened to accept a group of cultural relic restorers. Maybe they can restore these items."

"Can this thing be restored?" Wu Ning showed an incredulous look.

He is indeed not a professional treasure appraiser, but he has also been in the auction industry for such a long time.

From his professional point of view, these cultural relics cannot be repaired, otherwise they would not have been gathering dust in the warehouse for so long.

Lin Ran immediately smiled and said: "There's no way to repair it anyway, why don't I give it a try?"

"Of course!" Wu Ning said happily, "Mr. Lin, where should I send him?"

Anyway, in his opinion, this is just a pile of junk, anyone can take it away if they like. "

Chen Qi was not interested either. Since Lin Ran wanted it, he would give it to him.

In his eyes.This pile of stuff was in a state of disrepair.

He had no concept of restoring cultural relics. Before meeting Lin Ran, antiques were just a means of making money for him.

Knowing that the museums in Beijing are equipped with cultural relic restorers, there may be opportunities to restore cultural relics.

But if you want to restore these cultural relics, you must be at least an extremely expert.

When others take it away, it’s just a pile of garbage.

Lin Ran asked them to send this pile of cultural relics directly to the Palace Museum and find a person named Wu Qingniu to take it over.

Arrangements were made, Lin Ran and Chen Qi went out to eat together

Chen Qi asked in confusion: "Teacher, that pile of things just now is in a state of disrepair. Do you really plan to repair it? Even if it can be repaired as before, it will cost a lot of money and time, which is not cost-effective."

He was eager to prove that he already knew something about antiques, and couldn't wait to express his opinions before eating.

Lin Ran smiled: "Do you know how to pick up leaks?"

Chen Qi replied: "Of course I know, but the things I bought are complete works of art."

"You're wrong. In fact, there are some literary toys that will appear in unexpected ways when you encounter them."

It is impossible to have good luck every time, and you will directly encounter others who are not discerning and sell valuable things to you cheaply.

It's pretty good to encounter this kind of thing once or twice a year.

Most of the troubleshooting actually relies on vision and the attitude of others not wanting to bother.

For example, at flea markets, people often sell broken statues.

Lin Ran once saw a dilapidated Buddha statue.

The Buddha statue is carved from stone, not jade or other precious stones, and the carving work is also very average.

When we first met, the body of the Buddha statue was seriously damaged. Not only did a lot of stones fall off the body, but also an ear fell off the head.

This kind of Buddha statue was even despised by others when it was put up for sale.

"Can this thing be sold?"

The stall owner didn't take it seriously. He collected the junk anyway, so he asked for a high price of two yuan.

Naturally, he was laughed at by others. The buyer thought he was joking and turned away.

Lin Ran went to squat down and study it carefully, and found that it was a statue of Maitreya Buddha.

Although it was completely broken, he still maintained a smiling expression.

Lin Ran bought it for two yuan. Before the buyer had gone far, he turned around and looked at Lin Ran with disdain. He felt that he was a pauper and could only buy a tattered jade Buddha because he couldn't afford it. The stone Buddha went back to worship.

At that time, Lin Ran was already a second-level researcher at the National Museum of China, and his monthly salary was enough to buy ten Jade Buddhas.

He was not angry because of others' contempt, but took the stone Buddha back to the museum.

Some colleagues also noticed this Buddha statue. People who can serve the country are of relatively high quality.

They did not laugh at Lin Ran like the people outside, but gathered around and inspected the stone Buddha.

It turned out that the carving skills were mediocre, and they lost interest, thinking that they were just carved by folk craftsmen for fun and were not valuable at all.

In the end, Lin Ran was left alone in the museum.

It’s interesting to say that Maitreya Buddha is deeply loved by the people because of its vivid image.

But in fact, Maitreya Buddha's status is not high in the temple.

The most favorite things to worship in temples are Tathagata Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva, followed by various Arhats.

Therefore, it is normal for the Maitreya Buddha in the temple to be carved from stone.