The Book of Appreciation

In ancient times, recruiting disciples was a big deal, especially closed disciples.But now everyone doesn't pay so much attention, everything is kept simple, a symbolic ceremony, and a group of friends get together, which can be regarded as a testimony.That's what Chang Lao planned, even Yang Lao was the only witness.His seniority is too high, and he doesn't want Wu Di to come into everyone's attention too early. For this line of work, he is still too young.

Mr. Zhong and his wife arrived very early, just in time for breakfast.Wu Di's two senior brothers also arrived at a little after eight o'clock.Yang Linxue is a skinny old man who looks older than Chang. He is 61 this year. He is a researcher at the Palace Museum and a senior appraiser of cultural relics. He is proficient in appraising porcelain, calligraphy and painting.Song Hongyan is not fat either. She is 42 years old and has a long face. She smiles all day long and has a lot of wrinkles around her eyes. It is said that it is a sequelae of laughing. The chairman of Hengjia Auction Company, the vice chairman of the National Jewelry and Jade Association, a senior appraiser, specializing in jade , Miscellaneous.

Yang Lin was serious about his words and smiles, like an old pedant, when he saw Wu Di, he just held his hand and gave him a few words of encouragement, but he didn't know what to say.Song Hongyan was different, pointing at Wu Disi and asking:

"I must have known you, or at least heard your name. Let me see... I remember, Lucky Boy! Don't you?"

Wu Di smiled wryly and nodded,

"That's all they yelled."

"No, no, this is not nonsense! In the first battle of your debut, you ordered a piece of glass emperor green from Fatty Qian, and let Tang Lao carve it into two sets of jewelry; The legendary three-transformation jadeite, which turns bean seeds into waxy seeds and waxy seeds into ice seeds, was discovered from the wool that people care about. Emerald spinach green; two days ago, in the third battle, a piece of fine bean Gao emerald Zhengyang green was obtained from the scraps thrown by others. I heard that the sky-high priced glass full of green was also yours! Haha, master, thank you Find me a gambler, everyone, to be my junior!"

Then he leaned close to Wu Di's ear and whispered in a voice that everyone could hear:

"Little brother, someday I will teach you brother, my luck has not been very good recently."

None of the people present here fully knew about Wu Di's brilliant achievements. When they heard it, they were startled, especially Zhong Qi, who looked at Wu Di viciously.

"Good boy, you went to gamble on stones behind my back, and even got a piece of glass at a sky-high price, okay!"

Wu Di spread his hands,

"You've seen the fine bean, and it was said to be waste at the time. The glass seed was opened when I went back to my hometown."

Zhongqi squeezed out two words between his teeth:

"Pay back the money!"

"Hehe, I'll pay you back later, look at how stingy you are! Didn't your godmother stop you that day? If you want to be rude again, here, go find your godmother!"

Wu Di turned around and went out to make a phone call. He made an appointment yesterday to go to Jincheng today, but it seems that he can't go.He asked Zhao Haoran to arrange for people pretending to be the other three manufacturers to go over and hand in the materials first, and then they will go tomorrow.He also called Director Ma of the Purchasing Department of the Jincheng project party and postponed the appointment until tomorrow, when he will communicate with him with a complete operation plan.

Back in the living room, at about 09:30, I chatted with Song Hongyan again, and at ten o'clock in the morning, the apprenticeship ceremony officially began.

Worshiping the ancestors first, Chang Lao’s school has been passed down for a very long time, starting from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and it has lasted for hundreds of years without interruption. It is said that the ancestors are a master of inversion.

The second step is to worship the teacher.Chang Lao took the seat, and Wu Di kowtowed three times and knelt down on one knee to serve tea.

In the third step, it was Chang Lao's turn to lecture, mainly about respecting the ancestors and obeying the rules, being innocent, studying hard and so on.

In less than 10 minutes, after the apprenticeship was over, old man Zhong left in a hurry. The four masters and apprentices entered the study, leaving old man Yang, the old lady, Zhong Qi, and Chang Linlin outside.

"Stinky boy, now that we have found an organization, it will become harder and harder to deal with him in the future."

General Chang led the three of them to the study room and introduced them solemnly again. Eldest brother Yang Linxue said with a smile:

"Master, I think the younger brother is smart and has amazing luck, and he will definitely inherit your old mantle."

Wu Di secretly looked at it, and found that Yang Lin was forced to laugh, he must be a person who doesn't smile all the year round, and now he understands what the master said last night, it was a vaccination.Knowing that Yang Linxue's attitude just now was not aimed at him, he relaxed and thought about it.

"This elder brother's figure is quite suitable, but the second elder brother is a thinner version, and with myself, the four emotional masters and apprentices make the master a fat man! If you want to continue the strings for the master in the future, you must find a thin old man Ma'am. Oops, there is no respect for the teacher, atonement for sin."

Ignoring Wu Di's wild thinking there, the communication between master and apprentice continued,

"Your junior brother may not be smart, but it's true that his luck is astonishing. Just now Hongyan talked about his glorious deeds in betting stones for a long time. Do you know his record in collecting?"

"I am going to ask the master for advice."

"You let him speak for himself."

Wu Di sorted it out and recalled:

"At the beginning, I wanted to buy a brick and inkstone as a gift to a client, but it was broken, and I took out a painting from it, which was Shi Tao's "Landscape Map". Later, when I went to a client to run a project, I saw a small bottle on the table. It’s like Song Guan Kiln, which cost 5 yuan to buy, but I didn’t expect it to be genuine. Then the fourth brother helped to buy a courtyard house, and when it was demolished, I found Castiglione’s “Whistle Deer Picture” on a porcelain plate of the same size. Another thing is that yesterday, when I went to Jincheng to run a project, I got back a Qianlong enamel colored four-opened landscape hollowed-out gourd bottle, which is the same as the one in the Forbidden City. The rest is gone.”

"Lin Xue, you are in the Forbidden City, have you heard of miracles?"

"I heard about it and watched the video."

"It's also this kid who opened it in front of me a few days ago! Wu Di, you say it yourself, if you let me say it, I'm afraid I can't help but beat you up!"

Wu Di was counting his achievements with his fingers. He never thought that he would pick up so many mistakes in the past two months. By the way, there was no mention of Mo Cui's chess pieces.

"I went back to my hometown some time ago. An old rebel in the factory died. His three sons divided the family property, and there was a large piece of ancient blue and white jade that could not be sold, so they wanted to beg me to buy it. I thought it was so big. There are not many jade materials, and I bought it for less than tens of thousands of yuan. Later, I found that it might be empty, and after cutting it, I found the jade carving. Also, Master, I bought a pair of burning jade at home. The agate Go chess pieces that came out were given to Uncle Wen to play, but a dozen ink emerald chess pieces and a few ink jade pieces were found inside."

Wu Di is so weak, if he wants to hit him, he should hit him thoroughly, so that they don't dare to underestimate him. Isn't that what the master meant by letting him show his achievements?

"How long have you been studying this trade, little brother?"

"Let's think about it, May, June, it started in June, when Uncle Wen recommended me to buy the Jinyuankang brick and inkstone."

"June this year?"

"Ok!"

"Really?"

"Ok!"

"God, don't stop me, let me die!"

"Are these few pieces of jadeite of yours also bloomed in the past few months?"

Yang Linxue interrupted and asked.

"Yes."

"Then have you ever thought about what made you suddenly lucky? Is it a thing? Or a thing? Or a person?"

Yang Lin learns to point out the essence of the problem, and Wu Di feels awe-inspiring, it's not too bad, but once he calculates, this paragraph of his is really too ostentatious!Not only were there many times, but they were all shocking leaks!Fortunately, the Book of Heaven is already invisible, otherwise the risk of exposure would be greatly increased.

"It should start from helping Minister Ou's family find the child. My luck is very good. Not only that, but also when talking about the project, it was like a god's help. It was done in a few clicks, as if someone else was waiting for me."

"You can't say that, these things have been kept there all the time, why can't others find them?"

"Actually, I also thought about it, trying to find a scientific reason. I am in sales, and I usually observe carefully. In addition, I spend money for cheap, especially when I don't understand. Emeralds are all mined from waste. It can be proved. Then the antiques, to be honest, I always go for the project, and send some money out in the name of buying antiques, I didn’t expect..."

"Occasionally there is inevitability! You really deserve to be a lucky little superman!"

Yang Linxue was amazed, and the expressions on his face became much richer.

"What project? I'm going to change my career too! This is worse than robbing a bank!"

Song Hongyan's eyes were red, and he leaned over and bit his ears.

"There are still a few days until Ruili's public offering, when the time comes, let's go together and get your luck."

"In the future, Wu Di will learn porcelain first. When your big brother has a chance, I will take you into the Forbidden City to see the authentic products of the past dynasties. Remember, appraising antiques is a reasoning activity. First assume that it is true, and then find counter-evidence to prove that it is true. False. As long as there is a doubt, it is absolutely not true!"

Wu Di nodded to be taught.

"Hongyan, you and Wu Di are going to gamble on stones. By the way, I will teach you about jade and jewelry. You have to learn from all over the world. I will see the progress when I come back."

"Yes, Master!"