After thinking about it, I felt that what I did was indeed not right.
Although he didn't want the antiques to be lost overseas, he still earned a lot of commission from the other party.
As he lowered his head, his expression flickered. After figuring it out, he looked up and said, "Mr. An, I do know that antiques won't see any return for at least ten or twenty years, and their value may even depreciate further."
"I'm sorry for deceiving you into buying antiques before. Everything I said was just an excuse."
"I want to earn your commission, but I also hope you can buy those antiques, so that they won't be lost overseas."
At this point, his expression flashed with reminiscence: "Over the years, whether due to war or trade, too many of our country's treasures have been lost overseas."
"Although the current domestic situation is not good, I believe that there will always be a day of peace. Those antiques are not only the things of the ancients, they also represent thousands of years of cultural heritage of our country."
"I will return the money I cheated you of as soon as possible, but as you can see, I probably can't pay it back right away. I hope you can give me six months."
"Do you think I'm here to collect a debt?" An Jingzhi raised his eyebrows. "If I were here to collect a debt, I wouldn't be the only one here."
"So what are you doing?"
It was only after investigating the other party that An Jingzhi suddenly figured out how to fill the trap of buying antiques.
"I want to hire you to collect antiques for me."
The other party was surprised: "Don't you know that these antiques can't be sold?"
"I don't need them to be sold, can't I just keep them at home and enjoy them?"
Xu Ergou was silent for a moment, then advised, "Mr. An, if you want to collect some antiques because of what I just said, I don't think it's necessary. Although antiques are not worth much when sold, they will still cost a lot of money to buy."
"Did you think I didn't see your little tricks a few years ago?"
"How could I not know that antiques are worthless?"
Xu Ergou suddenly raised his head and looked into the other person's eyes. "You...you've seen through my thoughts for a long time? You know that I deliberately persuaded you to buy more?"
"What else? Do you think my money is all blown away by the wind? Those antiques you introduced are very cheap, so I just spent them."
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"Where is Jingzhi? Why haven't I seen him for a whole day?" Xie Yingfeng asked.
"I heard from the servants that he was talking to someone in the study." Sanniang said casually.
"What is it that requires Jingzhi to discuss in person? Is it about publishing?" asked Er Niang.
"No, the person who came is Chinese." Sanniang said.
Not long after, the three of them saw An Jingzhi and Xu Ergou beside him.
Before they could ask, An Jingzhi took the initiative to introduce Xu Ergou who was standing beside him. Xu Ergou agreed to his offer and would help him collect antiques in the future.
There are also many people around Xu Ergou who don’t understand the industry. It is more reliable for him to mobilize his own connections to collect the money than for An Jingzhi to do it himself.
After the introduction, Xu Ergou also respectfully bowed to the three people before leaving.
After the people left, Xie Yingfeng couldn't help but ask, "Why are you thinking of collecting antiques when everything is fine?"
"It wasn't a sudden idea," An Jingzhi explained. "I had been thinking about collecting antiques before, but didn't our family's funding chain break down?"
"Don't worry, Auntie, I'll use the money from selling books to buy antiques. It won't affect other businesses."
He explained the reason why he and Xu Ergou collected antiques.
According to his explanation, he bought antiques a few years ago and lost money on them because he had no intention of selling them. He bought them and kept them at home just to prevent them from being lost overseas.
He directly copied Xu Ergou's reason, which was also the reason why the other party agreed to help him collect antiques. Because their goals were the same - to prevent antiques from flowing overseas as much as possible.
Second Mother's face darkened. "What are you talking about, kid? If it's for the country, do you think your eldest, second, and third mothers will stop you?"
An Jingzhi knew he had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's all because of my son being so formal."
"Then in the future, if Auntie, Second Auntie, and Third Auntie have the spare time, please help me collect some antiques."
The three of them looked relieved at this moment, and Sanniang said:
"So Jingzhi, you started the printing house a few years ago in preparation for opening a newspaper, and you bought antiques to prevent them from being lost overseas. You also want to get the money you paid for your military uniforms back."
"We thought you were just fooling around, but it turns out you already had your own plans."
They felt a little emotional as they talked about this. They originally thought that Jingzhi's failures were due to his lack of business knowledge, and that he would be fine after some practice. However, they didn't expect that it was because they didn't understand the child's thoughts.
Thinking about it carefully, Jingzhi's grades in school were always poor, but he would often run to participate in patriotic activities. At that time, she just thought that the other party was fooling around. Now, thinking about it, Jingzhi's sincere patriotism made her feel ashamed.
She completely believed that Jingzhi's poor grades were due to his unwillingness to write.
No one would believe that Mr. Shanhe, who is admired by all the intellectuals in Shanghai, is a poor student.
Now, not only the intellectuals in Shanghai are vying for praise, but even the foreigners in the embassy like Jingzhi's articles.
Before long, Jingzhi's articles will be able to reach the other side of the ocean.
The three sisters had similar thoughts. They looked at each other with pride in their eyes.
They didn't know that the other party was participating in the patriotic movement. They just went to join in the fun because all their classmates were going.
"Okay, our Jingzhi is great." Xie Yingfeng slapped An Jingzhi on the shoulder.
An Jingzhi reminded: "It's okay to collect antiques, but it must not affect the operation of the factory."
He was afraid that the three of them would even neglect the factory in order to help him collect antiques.
But obviously, his worries were unnecessary. The three of them understood that only if the factory continued to operate could they have more funds to collect more antiques.
"Don't worry about it. Are your three mothers such stupid people?" said the old lady.
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Red zone.
"The person who wrote this novel is definitely a scientific genius!"
The man in a plain military uniform said excitedly.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the science fiction novel published by An Jingzhi was completed, and all three volumes, upper, middle and lower, were published.
It was only after Ma Lifei accidentally read part of the content of the newspaper that he thought of asking someone to help him collect all the contents.
"Mr. Shanhe?"
"Who is this Mr. Shanhe?" he asked after reading the author.
The person on the other side replied, "Comrade Li Fei is busy with the research institute and may not know that Mr. Shanhe is now a famous writer in Shanghai."
"Ambassadors from various embassies were treated as guests of honor."
"He's just a writer?" Ma Lifei immediately grasped the key point and asked.
"He is not only a writer, strictly speaking, he also has unique insights into politics, economics and military affairs."
"When we went to collect this book, we also collected all his articles."
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