Chapter 105: Screen Drawing (Part 2)
Silence tells Huaping not to cry, and explain the matter clearly first. Huaping will tell the story like a pear blossom in the rain...
It turned out that Huaping's surname was Leng, and the whole family worked in the Yin family since his ancestors. Her father was no exception. He entered the Yiheyuan pawn shop in the Yin family as an apprentice. For more than 20 years, he has worked diligently and conscientiously, touched the various ties of this industry clearly, and also developed a pair of fiery eyes. No matter what kind of gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings he could tell the authenticity as soon as he passed by.
Naturally, his status rose. Five years ago, Dachaofeng, the shopkeeper of the largest pawn shop in Shaoxing. It was the highest-ranking one of the Chaofeng. He had to take action with antique treasures worth more than a certain amount. Not only did he live easily, but his income was also high, but his reputation was not very good... It was no wonder that just by relying on the pawn shop's "nine outs and thirteen return" and desperately exploiting customers, which Chaofeng has a good reputation?
But after Miss Yin took over the family business, she gathered the Chaofeng people and said, "The monks of the Southern and Northern Dynasties opened pawn shops first to save people from urgent need. But now, there is a saying that "If you want to be rich, open pawn shops and don't spit bones." The things that were banned were obviously worth ten taels of silver, but the pawn shop was only paid nine taels; but when the guests paid the redemption, they obviously did not breach the contract, but they insisted on charging the other three months of interest, totaling thirteen taels, which was bloody and heavy exploitation!' Although her tone was not high, the faint dignity in her tone made the Chaofeng people look down on her.
'People are forced by poverty or for urgent changes. Although they know that it is a fire pit, they have to give up their own life. However, they have no choice but to hate and put the most vicious curses on pawnshops and courtesans, so that the reputation of this industry is even worse than that of brothels and gambling houses.' Ms. Yin said again: 'My Yin family has many industries, and pawnshops are just one of them. Although they make huge profits, they have damaged the reputation of their main business. It is really not worth the loss, so I am now intending to put out the shop.'
The Chaofeng people were scared... It was not difficult for them to find another job based on their ability. The difficulty was to find another generous and generous boss like the Yin family. They asked the lady one after another, saying that it would be impossible for us to change.
Miss Yin was waiting for this, otherwise what would it take to do? She agreed with the court and the court that the value of the goods should not belittled and changed to "eleven returns". In this way, although it is still "nine returns", as long as the repayment is paid on time, the interest will be only one cent. In fact, pawnshops are still making money, but they are not so profitable.
The Chaofeng people received a fixed salary that was allowed to rise but not fall, and they were not affected at all, so they naturally had no objection. It seemed that only the boss earned less.
However, as soon as this method was implemented, Yiheyuan immediately broke the threshold in front of the city, so that even the guests from other counties ran far to Kuaiji to pawn. With small profits, the loan amount increased greatly, and the profits far exceeded the original. The salaries of the Chaofeng people also increased, and they were convinced.
In fact, the harvest is far more than that. Through the word of mouth of the guests, the Yin family's reputation for benevolence and kindness has become increasingly popular, and scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are willing to do business with their families, so the income increase brought is immeasurable.
But at such a proud moment, Huaping's father fell into a big fright that he couldn't get up and fell into someone's "Immortal Jump"...
Around the end of the year, a customer came to the store and asked to speak in a mysterious and mysterious way. Chaofeng knew that there was something precious to pawn. He saw that this person was clean and dressed in a generous manner, so he led him to the back as he said.
Although Chaofeng was prepared in his heart, he was still shocked by the things that the man took out... It was a long-standing letter paper with only twenty-eight words on it: "Xizhi paused his head. When the snow was fast, he paused his head, and he wanted to be peaceful. He failed to succeed. He was unable to do so. Wang Xizhi paused his head. Zhang Hou of Shanyin.' It also added the seal of Wang Youjun, which was also covered with ancient monuments.
"Quickly Snow Time Qing Tie?" Chaofeng said in a lost voice. He felt his heart was about to jump out. Every Chaofeng was well-known for this letter that was known as the second running script in the world. I don't know how many copies I have read.
The man showed him a look, then quickly took it back and said, "How about it, how much can you give?"
Wang Xizhi's original works are worth a fortune, not to mention the "Quick Xue Shiqing Post" second only to "Lanting Xu"?
How could Chaofeng make the decision for such a big thing? Hurry up and invite the shopkeeper Dachafeng. After the shopkeeper Leng came to reveal his identity, he said to the man: "As long as it is an intact original, it will be at least more than 10,000 taels of silver... But the specific amount must be checked first."
The man reluctantly took out the post of the Kuaixue Shiqing and repeatedly told him not to break it. Shopkeeper Leng was a veteran of this trip, so he didn't have to worry. So he collected all the four major court courtesans in the pawn shop, cleaned his hands and changed his clothes, and checked it on the spot.
It took half an hour to carefully check the paper age, ink color, calligraphy structure, stamp and seal color, etc., and finally came to an unanimous conclusion that it was indeed the original work of Wang Youjun! At the same time, the estimated price was given, 15,000 taels of silver.
The man felt that it was too little, and both sides bargained, and finally set it to 20,000 taels. For such a big deal, naturally I had to ask the boss first. That day, the lady went to the provincial capital to inspect, and only Mr. Yin was at home. The old boss heard that there was a post from the snow in the snow. He was happy when he saw the appraisal letter signed by four ministers. He immediately made a decision and asked someone to withdraw cash from the warehouse and send it to the pawnshop.
The two parties agreed to make this big deal in three months.
Although the shopkeeper Leng had already instructed the pawn shop to keep his mouth in mind, the news of the birth of "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" spread like wildfire, and many friends, officials, gentry and celebrities, went to the Yin family to ask for advice. No matter how much the price it cost, you should see the true face of the "No. 2 running script in the world"...
Master Yin was so annoyed that he would push these requirements if he could push them, but there were some that could not be pushed away, so he had to take them to the pawnshop treasure house to enjoy... Seeing those people's dazzling looks, he actually felt very happy.
But just today, a distinguished guest pointed out that this character must be a fake!
If someone else said it, Master Yin would sneer and said, "Jealous!" But the person who said this was Xu, Wei, Wenqing, and Taishan Beidou, the way of calligraphy and painting!
Master Yin asked him the reason, and Xu Wei asked him just one question, which completely exposes his last fantasy.
"If you wrote to this Zhang Hou, where would you write the four words "Shanyin Zhang Hou"?"
Where to write it? Of course it is on the cover of the letter paper, and no one will use this title to the recipient on the letter paper.
Chapter completed!