Chapter 2: Prince of justice

Dongtai Antique Market.
One of the most prestigious antique markets in Modu, it is known as the Liulichang of Modu.
The Dongtai antique market occupies a wide area, and all the vendors from Dongtai East Road to West Road are all vendors. From ancient ceramics, gold and silverware, jade, carvings, calligraphy and painting, to modern books, stamps, currency, living utensils, arts and crafts.
Even here, there are some of the earliest masters of antiques that are operating in the sea, and they have a pivotal position in the entire world of antiques.
The Dongtai antique market is overcrowded. In addition to those who come to Taobao, there are also many tourists who come here to visit Guangguang.
"Huabao Building, this is what the master said."
After getting off the car of the Liang Qiong family driver, Fang Ming came straight to the Dongtai antique market, and finally came to the door of this two-storey antique shop called Huabao Building.
Unlike those vendors who set up stalls in the open air, this Huabao Building not only has a two-story building, but also resembles the architectural style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Unlike many retro buildings, this Huabao Building exudes an ancient atmosphere.
Two stone drums were standing on either side of the door, with exquisite patterns of unicorn lying on the pine. Fang Ming smiled when he saw the two stone drums, because he knew he hadn't gone wrong.
These two stone drums have a familiar name: Mendang, the so-called Mendang.
"Brother, do you want to pick something good? Our Huabao Building has everything from the Ming and Qing dynasties porcelain and the ancient jade of the Han and Tang dynasties. You can come in and see."
Standing in front of the Huabao Building are two young shopping guide men wearing ancient long-horse gowns. When they saw Fang Ming standing in front of the store, they opened their doors to attract customers.
"Is your boss's name Huabo Rong?" Fang Ming asked.
The two shopping guides looked at Fang Ming suspiciously after hearing this, and then nodded and answered: "Yes, our boss is calling this name, do you know our boss?"
"I'm looking for your boss."
The two shopping guides looked at Fang Ming suspiciously. If Fang Ming didn't say the name of their boss, they wouldn't even bother to say it, but if they could say the name of their boss, maybe they really knew their boss.
"You go to the store first, and we will help you to ask if the manager's boss is present."
When one of the shopping guides entered the store, Fang Ming suddenly stopped, looked down at his feet, and asked, "Is there a threshold, why remove it?"
"You say this, because several guests have tripped over this threshold, so the boss will let it be demolished, it has been three or four years."
Those who can come to Huabao Building are buying antiques, and antiques are valuables, especially those fragile items such as porcelain and jade, which can hardly withstand bumps, if you are accidentally tripped by this threshold. Nothing.
The Huabao Building is not only a retro-looking building, but also the entire interior decoration. The antique rattan chairs and the showcases on both sides are all retro-looking.
Huabao Building, as an old shop with more than 30 years of antique business, the entire first floor has an area of ​​more than 300 square meters, from jade to calligraphy and painting.
The two shopping guides did not make Fang Ming wait more, and soon a young man followed them to Fang Ming.
"This is our Shaodong family." The two shopping guides introduced Fang Ming to the identity of the young man and left. Their task was to take charge of customers.
"Do you know my old man?" Hua Mingming looked at Fang Ming. Based on his understanding of his old man, the people in the old man's social circle were all old, and few were so young.
"I don't know." Fang Ming answered truthfully.
Hua Mingming froze for a while. He heard from the shopping guide that someone was looking for his old man and he knew the name of his old man. This came out. He didn't expect to get such an answer.
There is a person who can block everything others want to say in one sentence, and Hua Mingming is like this at the moment, because he doesn't know what to say at once.
After taking a deep breath, Hua Mingming continued to speak, "Since you don't know my old man, what are you doing with him?"
Fang Ming hadn't answered yet. Hua Mingming's eyes suddenly turned on, and his eyes fell on the doorway behind Fang Ming.
"Huh, old Liu, why are you here, what the wind is blowing you, and come to sit inside."
Hua Mingming directly crossed Fang Ming, and greeted the few people who had just entered at the door. The oldest man with white hair and old age was walking in front, while the one who followed the old man was a hand. Middle-aged man wearing glasses holding a wooden box.
"I came here to send you good things. This is my student. Something happened recently in his family, so I can only choose to sell one thing."
Old Liu said, and Hua Mingming's face was stunned after he was taken aback for a while, "What do you call this gentleman?"
"No surname Zhang."
"Mr. Zhang, do you want to take the lead or just empty your hands?"
Hua Mingming is talking about jargon, so taking the lead is to put the items here for consignment. If they are sold, the shop will get a 20% commission, and the so-called empty hand is to sell this thing directly to the store, of course. The price must be lower.
"Empty hands." The middle-aged man in glasses replied.
"Yes, then Liu Lao let's go in and talk." Hua Ming nodded. Generally speaking, empty hands are not acquaintances and they will not accept the goods, but there is no problem with Liu Lao's guarantee.
Hua Mingming led the old man and the middle-aged man with glasses to the second floor of the inner lining, but when he was halfway through, he remembered that there was still someone waiting there.
"Brother, my old man is not in the shop today. If you really want to find him in trouble, come over tomorrow."
Hua Mingming greeted Fang Ming, but Fang Ming's eyes had always been on the wooden box held by Mr. Zhang. Although Hua Mingming and the old Liu did not speak very loudly, he heard clearly. Chu, there was a flash of chill in his eyes.
"You can't take this thing." After a moment, Fang Ming looked back and said toward Hua Mingming.
Fang Ming said this, Hua Ming was stunned, and then Liu Lao was also stunned, except that Mr. Zhang's body shuddered slightly.
"I said, brother, you're confused, this is my Huabao Building, it's my business if you don't accept things. What does it have to do with you?"
After waking up, Hua Mingming stared at Fang Ming angrily, knowing that Liu Lao, the old man of his own family, wanted to be related, even if Liu Lao took out a piece of broken copper and iron, he should treat it as a bright one. The Qing cultural relics were collected, not to mention that it was impossible to do such a thing as the old Liu.
"I advise you to contact your father when collecting this item." Some words Fang Ming can't say so fine, at least in this hall can't speak.
"I can collect it without contacting. I am the Shaodong family here. There is nothing I can't collect."
Hua Mingming was amused by Fang Ming, because he felt that the tone of the guy's speech in front of him seemed to be a bit of identity swap with himself, making him the Shaodong family of Huabao Building.
Facing Hua Mingming's attitude, Fang Ming frowned, and if he was not asked by his master, he turned around and left.
It's hard to persuade the ghost.
"What is the relationship between this younger brother and the boss Hua?" Liu Lao said at this time, asking with some doubts.
"Lao Liu, I don't know what he has to do with my old man, I know the name of my old man, but I don't know my old man." Hua Mingming replied.
"I said if you can't make trouble, believe it or not, I told the security guard to drive you out." Hua Mingming glared at Fang Ming, then looked at Liu Lao with a smile on his face, "Lao Liu, let's go to the second floor to talk."
"Yes, I have finished the master's request."
Seeing Hua Mingming's attitude, Fang Ming shook his head without saying anything, but turned and walked directly towards the door.
"Tell him when your father comes back, saying that the old man of Miaohe Village has already come."
"ill."
Hua Mingming rolled his eyes at Fang Ming's back, and then led Lao Liu and his students toward the second floor.
Less than an hour after Fang Ming left the Huabao Building, a Mercedes-Benz S400 was parked at the door of the Huabao Building. In the car, a middle-aged man in his fifties with a Chinese character face walked down.
When the two shopping guides at the door saw the middle-aged man walking off the car, the lazy look on his face disappeared immediately, and the whole person became energetic and quickly shouted, "Dongjia."
This middle-aged man is none other than Huabo Rong, the owner of Huabao Building.
"Lao Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time. I heard that my family said you are old, and I purposely rushed over."
In the tea room on the second floor, Huabo Rong greeted Mr. Liu as soon as he opened the door. On the phone, he learned from his son's mouth that Mr. Liu brought students to sell an antique.
In the tea room, in addition to Liu and his students and Hua Mingming, there is also an old man in his sixties with glasses.
"Obviously, since it is a student of Lao Liu, there will definitely be no fakes. How can I ask Mr. Li to come up."
Hua Borong's face was unpleasant, and the old man was the appraisal expert hired by them at Huabao Building, who was responsible for appraising jade antiques.
"Boss Hua, this is what I requested. There must be a rule for doing business. I must not break the rule because of me. The appraisal must be appraised." Liu Lao said with a smile.
"Where does Liu Liu still need to be identified? Who doesn't know that Liu Lao you have a pair of flamboyant eyes." Hua Borong flattered.
"The line of antiques is too deep, and I don’t have much research on jade. Besides, if you don’t appraise the boss Hua because of my reason, then I will pick up a lot of porcelain from the craft market and send it to your boss Hua. Is it all closed?"
"Haha, as long as Liu Lao sent you, I will definitely accept it. Anyway, no matter whether it is true or false, I will tell those buyers when the time comes. This is the thing that Liu Lao bought from the hand. If you want to come, you can sell it a little more expensive."
"Your mind is really a merchant's mind..."
Lao Liu smiled and waved his hand, but the old face also had a touch of arrogance. Although Hua Borong's flattering meaning was very important, it also explained his reputation and status in the antique circle.
The process of antique identification is very complicated, but it is a bit simpler for jade. After all, the first point of jade identification is to judge the authenticity of jade. Generally speaking, as long as it is true jade, there are very few fakes, because true jade is fake. The cost is higher, and many counterfeiters won't do it.
"Yo, this is Jade Ruyi."
Hua Borong glanced at the jade ware that expert Li was identifying at the moment. It was a pair of jade Ruyi, which is the finest jade both in terms of pulp and transparent purity.
"Dongjia, this is the best Qingtian jade. Judging from the pulping, it should be the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It is just strange that why there is one red thread in the pair of jade Ruyi but one is not."
Hearing what expert Li said, Hua Borong also walked over to take a look. Indeed, the two jade Ruyi models are the same size, but one of them has a looming red thread in it.
"Could it be impurities?"
Hua Borong put forward his opinion, because many jade is not a color, this is caused by the distribution of minerals during geological movement, after all, jade is also a kind of stone.
"It can only be explained in this way, although the distribution of the red line is a bit strange, but this does not affect the value of this to Yuruyi."
Li Xueli gave the appraisal results, and then the next thing to talk about the price.
"Boss Hua, let's say it first. I'm just drawing a line. You don't have to look at my face for the price, just follow the rules in the industry."
Holding the tea cup, Liu Lao said that he would not intervene in this matter, and Hua Borong nodded his head. He understood that Liu Lao was afraid that he would see the high price on his face.
"Some time ago, Jiade Auction House auctioned a pair of jade Ruyi during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, which was 1.8 million, but that was the price of the auction house. The transaction price in the general market is about 80% of the auction house, which is 140. Wan, in this way, our Huabao Building can receive a million dollars, what do you think, Mr. Zhang?"
After thinking for a while, Hua Borong gave an offer.
Liu Lao’s students obviously didn’t know much about antique trading, and looked at Liu Lao with help, but Liu Lao didn’t say anything about drinking tea himself. As he said earlier, he just took the lead Line, do not participate in trading.
However, seeing that his students were hesitant, Liu Lao still sighed in his heart. The student himself only knew that he was a bit unkind.
Although the line of antiques is deep, but there is myself here. Since Hua Borong wants to sell his face, the price given will naturally not be too outrageous.
"OK, I accepted the price." After a moment of hesitation, the Mr. Zhang finally nodded his head and agreed.
"Okay, the business is successful. Liu Lao will cook dinner with me at night. Thank you, Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhang for taking care of my business in Huabao Building."
Hua Borong opened the invitation with a smile, and spent one million to receive this pair of jade Ruyi. Although he made a profit, he did not make much. In fact, if it was not Liu Lao who brought him over, he would give a maximum of 800,000 yuan.
This is the antique shop. It doesn't open for three years. Opening for three years is not in vain.
"Yes, I just learned from the boss Hua to learn about the recent market in the antique market." Liu also responded with a smile.
A transaction was completed, and Hua Mingming also had a smug look on his face, saying: "Old man, I didn't mess things up this time."
"That's because of Liu Liu. If you want to change to someone else, can you do a good job?"
Hua Borong doesn't know what his son's character is. He has been quietly studying antiques since he was a child, and has known to drink clubs all day long.
"Hey, as soon as I saw Mr. Liu, I knew that the God of Wealth was coming." Hua Ming didn't take it seriously, and then pouted, "But it's funny, but a guy came from the store before, and even stopped me from collecting. Mr. Yu's pair of jade Ruyi, the tone is still very arrogant."
"Oh, is it an employee in the store?"
"No, listening to the shopping guide said that he knew your name, but I asked him that he did not know you. I said that the old man would not be the illegitimate child you left when you were outside."
Hua Mingming looked at Hua Borong with a look of suspicion. Hua Borong couldn't help crying and laughing, scolding: "Nonsense."
"It's not good, I think the man said something wonderful...Oh yes, after the old friend of Miaohe Village, I thought you were in that village."
"There is no serious thought in my head all day, what a wonderful river..."
Hua Borong's words came to an abrupt halt, and the whole person stood up from the chair all at once, and the voice hurriedly asked with a trace of tremor, "Did you hear that right after the old man of Miaohe Village?"
"Yes, you heard this, and Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhang also heard. You can ask Mr. Liu if you don't believe me."
Hua Borong's eyes turned to Liu Lao instantly, and Liu Lao's face showed memories, and he replied a few seconds later: "That young man really said this."
"Where is that man now?"
Hua Borong's body was slightly trembling. This scene gave Liu Lao Lao's eyes a strange look. After meeting Hua Borong for so many years, he saw Hua Borong for the first time.
"I was ridiculed by a few words and left myself." Hua Mingming also found that his old man was not right. "Old man, won't I be really hit by me, is that guy really your bastard?"
"Obviously, palm yourself." Hua Borong's expression suddenly became serious and scolded.
"What did you say, old man?" Hua Mingming also exploded. "I'm right in the middle. I didn't say anything else. It's a big deal. You can just get your back."
"Your boy..." Huabo's pride and anger thundered directly as a slap towards Hua Mingming, but was avoided.
"Old man, are you real?"
"That old man is a great benefactor of our Chinese family. Without him, we would not have our Chinese family or even you. If you say that, is that what you want to say?"
"what!"
Hua Mingming said, watching his old man look like a lion, and his mouth became weak when he was angry. "But I don't know, and he didn't say that."
"Lao Liu, blame yourself."
Hua Borong said apologetically to Mr. Liu, and then walked out of the tea room without saying anything and pulling Hua Mingming.
"You give me a complete account of what happened to the disciple who met Engong, and don't miss a detail."
"In fact, there are not many things, that is, I heard the employees say that there is a young man looking for you..."
Seeing his old man's attitude, Hua Mingming did not dare to talk, and now he told the story of what happened.
Hua Borong listened quietly until Hua Mingming finished speaking, his brows had already frowned.
"If I guess right, this young man should be an apprentice of Eun Gong. The immediate priority is to find him." Hua Borong thought for a while and continued: "In addition to you, two shopping guides have seen him. The three of you are looking for it now, and you must find the disciple of Eun Gong."
"No, I'm going to find it with you. When I saw Eun Gong's apprentice, I apologized for the first time." Hua Borong thought and added.
"Old man, aren't you, you go with me to find, what to do with Liu Liu's side, that jade Ruyi..."
"What else is Yuruyi, since the apprentice of Eun Gong said that he could not take it, then he couldn't take it. We don't want this Jade Ruyi."
Seeing his son's puzzled expression, Hua Borong knew what his son was thinking.
In the face of Liu Lao's face, the deal has been repented, which is to hit Liu Lao's face. But his son doesn't know, but he knows the prince's ability, and since the apprentice who is the prince, he must have inherited the prince's ability.
Since Eun Gong's apprentices all said that they couldn't accept it, he couldn't ask Yu Ruyi to give it to him.
However, these words Hua Borong couldn't tell his son, at least some things he couldn't disclose until he saw the permission of his disciple.
"Old man, let me go find it now, and call you if you find it. You should stay here and explain to Old Liu."
Although Hua Mingming was dissatisfied with Hua Borong's attitude, he also knew the priority of the matter. Liu Lao's origin was not small. If he didn't have an explanation, he would be so remorseful, which angered Liu Lao and had a great influence on the business in the store.
Hua Borong thought that this idea was feasible, but still advised: "No matter how you must find someone, after you find someone, please apologize to others immediately, don't put on your errand, you must be sincere."
"Xing Xing Xing, I know, I promise to return him just like his ancestors."
Hua Mingming just said a complaint, but what he didn't expect was that his old man really thought for a while and then nodded with approval.
Hua Mingming almost fell, but it also made him understand the attitude of his old man, that is, he must not offend the young man, otherwise, his old man may indeed be able to do such a thing as a grand killer.
Even if you can't do such a thing as killing your parents, it's scary to cut off your pocket money for months.
Hua Mingming hurriedly ran out with two shopping guides. Hua Borong looked at the back of his son, but his eyes were slightly red.
"Obviously, you have been wondering why I gave you such a name. In fact, this name was given to you by Eun Gong. Eun Gong said that your five elements are unstable, and Yin and Yang are difficult to adjust.
Hua Borong whispered to himself that Eun Gong had the reinvented graciousness for the two generations of his Hua family. In any case, he had to find his apprentice.