Chapter five hundred and ninety.
Even if the female host Dong Xuan didn't say it, Lin Yi knew that the person who wanted to see her at this time must be the three big bosses of Pan Jiayuan.
Lao Cao didn't understand who Lin Yi was going to meet, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "Let's go to the hotel to wait for you first. Go and go back!"
Lin Yi nodded. At this time, he saw Ma Wu getting down to work on the tables, chairs and benches in the auction house, and said to him: "Ma Wu, thank you." As he said that, he took out a stack of money from his bag and handed it to him.
Ma Wuyi was stunned, "What is this?"
Lin Yi said, "Not much, it's only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. If you hadn't informed me, I wouldn't have found so many treasures. You can use this money to have fun with your brothers."
Ma Wu didn't expect Lin Yi to be so righteous, so he accepted the money and said, "Since this is the case, I won't be pretentious anymore--I'll thank you for your brothers."
Lin Yi patted his shoulder before leaving with Dong Xuan.
I thought Dong Xuan would take her to some high-end place, but I didn’t expect to take her to a snack shed.
There were three people sitting upright in the shed, one was fat and the other was thin, and the other had braids.
The fat man was white and fat, and his figure was comparable to that of Fatty Zhu. He was wearing a Tang-style big hexagram and looked kind. Needless to say, he must be the "Baishangguan" among the three big bosses of Pan Jiayuan.
The thin man's body was like a bamboo pole, with a pleat on his face. When he saw Lin Yi, he grinned his teeth and showed a big gold tooth. Needless to say, he must be the "big gold tooth" among the three big bosses of Pan Jiayuan.
The last one with a strange and elderly version of Shamatt, the one with short braids is of course the legendary "Mandarin".
At this moment, the table surrounded by the three of them was filled with various exquisite snacks in the capital, such as fried dough sticks, aiwowo, donkey rolling, fried liver, macao tofu, and three bowls of bean juice.
"Young man, sit down and want to eat something?" Fatty shopkeeper Bai asked Lin Yi with a smile.
Lin Yi glanced at what they ordered and said, "Give me a bowl of bean juice too."
"Then the relationship is good. If you come to Beijing without drinking soy sauce, it means you haven't come." Manager Bai ordered someone to add a bowl of soy sauce to Lin Yi.
Big Jinya looked at Lin Yi with her eyes narrowed and asked, "Your name is Lin Yi, right?"
Lin Yi nodded.
"You made a lot of money at the auction this time, and it can even be said to have shocked the entire Huguo Temple, with a huge glory - you have taken away several sacks of treasures. Is the treasures you have taken away? Is it almost 10 million?"
Lin Yi smiled: "Not that much, only about 8.8 million."
"Haha, this is not much? Young people have a big appetite!" Big Gold Teeth glanced at Lin Yi meaningfully.
But the man didn't speak much, but just stirred the bean juice with a spoon, as if he was more concerned about the delicious snacks in front of him.
Lin Yi smiled and said, "It's just 8.8 million. If it is placed in our small city, it will of course be a huge sum of money, but in this capital, it will probably be a drop in the bucket."
"Haha, it's such a drop in the bucket." Da Jinya smiled, "That's right, millions or tens of millions in this capital are nothing. Maybe it would be amazing if you can take out your treasure from these old books in one fell swoop." After saying this, Da Jinya looked at the other two, and then said to Lin Yi: "Do you know what we ask you to do?"
The waiter brought the soy sauce up and Lin Yi was not polite. He picked up the fried dough sticks and took a bite, then took a sip of the hot soy sauce, then looked up and said vaguely: "Isn't you going to reward me, right?"
Big Jinya, Bai Shuai Guest and Man, the three of them look at me, I look at you.
Suddenly, Lord Man, who had not spoken much, smiled: "Why do we want to reward you?"
Lin Yi said, "Because I helped you to support the situation... Think about it, if I hadn't won the bets repeatedly, who would have been interested in buying your sacks of old books? So, I'm a coaxing place!"
With a puff, all the three big guys laughed. The adult Man who was drinking bean juice was even more laughing so that the bean juice flowed out of his mouth, looking very indecent.
"Okay, you're really... very special." Finally, Zhangguan Bai held back his smile and said, "Yes, it would be difficult to make a move without your help. But we didn't plan to really sell it from the beginning." After that, Zhangguan Bai glanced at Da Jinya and Man and continued, "The book we collected together was so greedy. We only wanted those good books. We usually wanted to throw them to others, so we auctioned all the books in anger. He said he wanted to sell them, but he felt a little reluctant, thinking about those rare books, such as the "Thirteen Classics Notes" you bought. When we first collected, the three of us liked it very much. I thought that these auctions would end in a small fight, so we also found a step to continue negotiating to see how to allocate those precious books, but I never expected that one of you would come out halfway... Oh, life, this is fate, it seems that the three of us had no fate with those rare books."
After hearing these words, Lin Yi was speechless.
I thought I was a great hero, but I didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin, who came out halfway, was favored by others.
"I heard what you said, it seems that I have to pay for this bowl of soy sauce myself." Lin Yi said helplessly.
"That's not necessary." said Bai Jiangui, "We are not so stingy. Besides, you, a seventh-grade collector, can come to the capital. It is also worth it for us to invite you to drink a bowl of bean juice."
Lin Yi was stunned for a moment and glanced at the three of them: "You seem to be very clear about my background."
"Haha, there is no way. The circle of literary works is small, and the circle of ancient books is even smaller. Besides, you are such a young seventh-grade collector, it will be difficult for us to not know you." Bai Jianguan said with a smile.
"So now, since you know my background, you won't invite me to drink bean juice specifically, right?"
"Of course not." Bai Jianguan smiled mysteriously, "We see that you seem to be very interested in ancient book auctions. We happened to be preparing to participate in a big auction in Bohai recently, so we like to be able to borrow your help..."
"What does it mean?" Lin Yi asked.
"It means that although we know a little about ancient books and calligraphy and painting works, we are a little older and sometimes we are dizzy and cannot see the true or false. So I hope you can help us three old men."
"Hey, the three of them look stronger and younger, how can they be old?" Lin Yi said with a smile.
"You guys are not kind," said Manager Bai. "Since we have checked your background, we will know that you are the kind of person who doesn't show up without seeing a rabbit or a hawk. Let's talk about it, what are the conditions?"
Lin Yi smiled, "I, an outsider, have no other people to be ashamed to talk about conditions with you three big bosses--Besides, the capital is so big and there are many people with extraordinary treasure appraisal ability, so why do you come to me?"
"Are you being modest or rejecting?" asked Manager Bai. "If you are modest, then don't say too much. We are optimistic about you! If you refuse, we just want to say that the forced melon is not sweet, and we will not do anything to you." As he said this, Manager Bai stingedly took away the snack in front of Lin Yi. The meaning was very obvious. This is ours, don't eat it.
Lin Yi smiled and had nodded and said, "So OK, seeing that you three old people are so sincere, I will promise you."
"Haha, that's right. Just ask if you have any conditions---" Manager Bai pushed the snack in front of Lin Yi again, and said, "Come on, eat more."
Lin Yi picked up an Aiwowo, took a bite, and said while eating, "That's simple. Generally speaking, you need to get a commission for helping people identify calligraphy and paintings at auctions. However, I am not greedy for money, I am only greedy for books--If things are done, can you let me go to your library to pick up a few old books?"
"What's wrong with this?" Bai Jianguan smiled, "Unlike you, we are in business, we have a lot of old books on hand. If you help us, the door of the three of us will always be open to you in the future."
Lin Yi also smiled, "Then you will have to give me a purchase price at that time. The price is too high and I can't bear it!"
"That's certain, that's certain, haha!" Everyone was happy.
Chapter completed!