Chapter 222: Business Done
With such a good thing, Chen You of course immediately agreed.
However, everyone is on holiday at the end of the year, so we have to wait until next year to make a specific appointment.
"I can go anytime if it means I can broaden my horizons!" Chen You said with a sincere smile.
The old man is not just talking about the restoration master. If you go there, you can get in touch with many things that are the treasures of the museum.
There is a world of difference between looking through the glass of a display cabinet store and seeing the craftsmanship up close.
After the meal, Chen You and Gu Shaoyu sat at Xu's house for a while, mainly to accompany the old man to drink tea. They could only play Gobang, but they could understand it by watching from the side.
After Chen You started working in this industry, he found out that many big guys in the circle liked it, so he looked for information to learn it and played with others online. However, he never won except when matched with elementary school students who were just getting started.
Understanding it is her greatest requirement for herself.
Mr. Xu insisted on playing with her, and then an expression of wanting to say something but stopping appeared on his face.
Playing chess with a big boss is just like playing chess with the emperor or boss in ancient times. You have to lose, but you can’t lose too badly, otherwise it would be meaningless.
Obviously, Chen You didn't have the ability to do so, but the old man gave her a few concessions so that she wouldn't lose too badly.
"You really don't want to consider staying here?" The old man was giving a clear hint.
Chen You moved the chess piece without saying anything, and played a key role in listening to advice, and even asked, "What's the next step?"
"Girl, you want me to teach you how to beat myself." The old man pretended to be serious, but he laughed in less than a second and didn't tell her in the end.
"Think about it yourself. If you can't figure it out, tell me later."
The Xu family members who were watching nearby had different expressions. The old man really liked her and was happily teaching her.
If it were them, they would just say, "Go, go, go, and let someone else come down."
Chen You was not an ignorant person. With the old man half letting her off and half guiding him, when the game was almost over, he immediately let Xu Jiayan play and he stepped aside to watch.
In the afternoon, seeing that it was almost time, Chen You and Gu Shaoyu said goodbye to Mr. Xu. Knowing that they had other things to deal with in their studio, the old man did not keep them and let them take some New Year's goods away.
As soon as she came out of Xu's house, Chen You immediately returned to her original form, no longer acting pretentiously, and got into the car with her neck shrunk and said it was cold.
After running a lap, he returned to the studio, took out the New Year lanterns and small decorations bought by Chen You from the trunk, and waited for Jiang He to come over.
"Did you forget to buy the couplets?" Gu Shaoyu spread his hands and thought about driving out to buy them. He just saw they were for sale up ahead.
“I haven’t forgotten.” Chen You took out the red paper from the milk tea takeaway bag.
Gu Shaoyu took a look and said, "What kind of words are these? They look so strange."
"Xiaozhuan." Chen You read it to him in order, "When your thoughts are pure, blessings will come naturally. Peace and happiness will all be as you wish."
"I originally wanted to make a name for myself in the new year. I wanted to make 100 million first. The banner reads: Getting richer day by day. Considering that this is a studio and we are antique repairers, we should be more elegant."
So, she decided to ask Wen Zhi to write another piece of "Getting Richer Day by Day" and post it in the shop in the next two days.
"Your handwriting? I can't understand it, but it feels good." Gu Shaoyu couldn't tell the quality of calligraphy, as long as it was not ugly, he thought it was good.
"Wen Zhi wrote it." Chen You asked him to move the ladder while he went to get the paste.
Window paper-cuts are no longer useful as we fear damaging the ancient buildings, so we only hang some calligraphy scrolls indoors with a red background to match the atmosphere.
Chen You has replaced all the candles in the lanterns with electronic ones, as it is too dangerous to use real candles.
The doorman Uncle Song also has to go home on New Year's Day.
They were almost done when Jiang He arrived.
Everything in the studio was packed up, making it inconvenient to entertain them, so they went to a nearby barbecue restaurant to have a meal.
Jiang He introduced Chen You to a big order, but it had to be done abroad.
It is said that the background is extraordinary. A building was built in a foreign manor. The interior is in Chinese style, and several floors are filled with collections. In fact, it is no different from a private museum.
Foreign museums damaged domestic paintings when repairing them. In the end, domestic professors couldn't bear to see the treasures being destroyed and helped them repair them.
It can be seen that there are not many good restorers abroad.
The compensation was good, and first-class air tickets were provided; in short, they had plenty of money, but they had to stay there for a while.
The other party was not very confident about such a young restorer like Chen You, but heard from Jiang He that she had cooperated with the museum.
Xiyuan is not only a studio, but also her private museum when the things are displayed.
Now I feel relieved.
"I'm not sure when I'll have time now. I have to wait for Mr. Xu to set a time." Chen You said.
"That's okay. They have several things they want to repair, so there's no rush." Jiang He picked up a piece of beef and said with a smile, "I'll send the stuff to you in the next two days."
Chen You certainly doesn't lack the money from this order, but there is no reason not to expand his business and network. This is a good opportunity.
Jiang He has another thing to talk about today.
Next spring’s auction will be held in Haicheng, and she wants to work with the studio to hold a cultural exhibition of the collection.
This is the most important project she has on hand, so she needs to borrow some collections, including jewelry and jadeite. Their company's spring auction focuses on jewelry, calligraphy and painting, and sculptures.
Jiang He helped the studio a lot, so this wasn't a big problem, but...
"Everything else is fine, but the fire-proof cloth is really not acceptable." Chen You discussed with her, "I can find two more jade carvings and a Ming Dynasty bamboo carving pen holder to lend you. If I can't spare the time, Gu Shaoyu will go to Haicheng."
Chen You showed her the photo of the bamboo carved pen holder.
This one came from Lancheng, and judging by the time, it was probably from the Ming Dynasty.
The reason for borrowing the carvings was that they were difficult to copy and would not be replaced in the process. It was not that she did not trust Jiang He. From a business perspective, there were more than one person involved in the auction company.
"Okay, I don't expect to really be able to borrow the fire-proof cloth, I just want to ask if there is any chance." Jiang He smiled and shook his head.
I heard that Haicheng Collection wanted to contact Master Jiang for the fire-washing cloth, but was rejected, so she came to ask Chen You.
If she could borrow it, it would definitely be featured in the exhibition and spring auction she is in charge of. She knew the chances were slim, so she wasn't too disappointed.
To be honest, this bamboo carving by Chenyou is really good, with exquisite craftsmanship. If you are willing to sell it, it will definitely be sold at a high price, more expensive than some jade carvings.
After they finished talking about the matter, they were almost done with the meal. Before they parted, Jiang He said to them, "That's settled. See you next year."
"See you next year." Chen You waved her hand, and seeing her about to turn around, she asked, "Aren't you going home?"
Jiang He’s luxury apartment is not far from Nanhu Lake, but not in this direction.
Jiang He, who hadn't rolled up the car window yet, said, "It's vacation time, who would go home so early?"
He then gestured for her to look at the clothes she was wearing, which showed that she was going to play.
"Will you come with me? It's all girls, and there are male models dancing."
She originally wanted to ask Chen You, but she knew that they were both busy all day, so she didn't say anything during the meal.
"Forget it, I'm tired." Chen You waved her hand.
"Then I'll leave." Jiang He waved with a smile.
Chen You got in the car. Gu Shaoyu found a designated driver. He didn't drink, but he was tired as he had been driving non-stop all day.
From Professor Li to several bigwigs in the collection circle, he didn't have such good treatment in front of these people before, and chatting and laughing was also a tiring job.
It was fine when they were having barbecue in the evening. Jiang He was their friend, so there was no need to be restrained and everyone was having a great time.
Chen You said goodbye to Gu Shaoyu, and as soon as she got home, she quickly changed into cotton slippers and lay down on the sofa without any sitting posture. She felt that home was still very comfortable.
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