My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 53 The Angry Old Father

Li Tianming has been very proud of himself recently. Under the planning of his beloved daughter, his chain stores have occupied the entire city and have begun to expand to other provinces and cities.

I recently bought a new shop. The location of the shop is very good, but the owner is not good at running the business and does not understand the antique industry at all. The shop has been losing money for several years in a row.

Li Tianming took the opportunity to buy it all in one go. Although it cost him a few million more than buying an ordinary shop, it was worth it!

It was not only because of the good location, but most importantly, Li Tianming had picked up a big bargain. The boss had actually casually piled "Visiting a Friend with a Lute" among a pile of antique paintings.

Fortunately, Li Tianming had good eyesight and did not let this treasure be thrown away as garbage.

He was a person who loved painting and was well versed in it, so he naturally understood the value of "Visiting a Friend with a Lute".

"Visiting a Friend with a Lute" was painted by Fan Kuan, a great painter in the Song Dynasty. Its value is inestimable, but the original is in the British Museum.

Although this painting "Visiting a Friend with a Lute" is an imitation, the painter is also a famous artist, Wang Hui (huī), a famous painter in the Qing Dynasty and one of the Six Masters of the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the price of this painting "Visiting Friends with a Lute" is at least several million.

After getting this painting, Li Tianming naturally couldn't let it go. He carefully framed it and put it at home, looking at it every day. Sometimes, when he felt itchy, he would even copy a few strokes of it.

However, at this moment, he was not in the mood to copy, because there was still a hard-to-get antique shop that he had not successfully taken down.

It’s the one next to the ruins of the Ming Palace!
In order to get the shop, he even opened a chain store nearby just to squeeze that shop out of business.

The effect was very good at the beginning, and the shop was about to close down, but now it is gradually getting better.

That antique shop actually started to make a profit!

Li Tianming naturally knew the reason clearly, it was all his precious daughter's fault!

He naturally knew that Li Han, the owner of the antique shop, and his beloved daughter Li Momo were high school classmates.

Li Momo said that the goods in that shop were too valuable and the cost of purchasing them was too high, so it was not cost-effective.

What kind of madness is this?

She also bought a lot of wooden crafts such as bracelets, pen holders, and Maitreya Buddhas from that shop, spending nearly one million yuan.

The wooden artworks are rare genuine goods. Li Tianming not only trusts his daughter's vision, but also his own vision and will not suffer any loss.

But if you tell him that these smooth-grained red sandalwood, top-quality huanghuali and the like come from that shop, he would never believe it even if you kill him!

The business is almost bankrupt due to poverty, yet it still has a collection of top-quality wooden artworks. Does this mean that his father is blind?

Li Momo must have obtained it through his own channels, and then deceived me by saying that he bought it at the shop of his old classmate.

Women are not admitted to college, women are not admitted to college!

What made Li Tianming even more angry was that on the day of his 50th birthday, Li Momo gave him the best wild ginseng, and this girl also said that he bought it from that shop!
There has to be a limit to deceiving your old father!

This is top-quality wild ginseng that is hundreds of years old. It is hard to come by. Which crappy store did you buy it from?

You might as well say that it was Li Han who went to Changbai Mountain to pick them himself!
It's a little more credible if you say it out loud.

Moreover, Li Tianming found out from the bank records that Li Momo had transferred several sums of money to Li Han, totaling two million!

No wonder the shop, which is about to close, is still so strong!

It turns out that someone had dug up your own corner!
Well, this kid, what kind of magic potion did he give to his precious daughter to make her so devoted to him?

When Li Tianming thought about how his precious daughter, who he had worked so hard to raise, was eaten by that kid Li Han, he became furious!

Moreover, this kid is still a hard nut that he has never been able to crack. Thinking of this, Li Tianming became even angrier.

No, a father who can't protect his daughter is not a good father. He must stop this kid's evil plot and expose his conspiracy! So Li Tianming decided to dress up and go to the antique shop next to the ruins of the Ming Palace to meet Li Han in person.

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Business has been good recently. I have sold several orders of wooden crafts and made nearly a million yuan.

Excluding the money spent on Lao Zhu, Li Han’s current savings have reached more than three million.

The days of "partial retirement" are becoming more and more comfortable.

Although Nanjing, a new first-tier city in China, has high consumption, Li Han does not have the pressure to buy a house or a car. Three million is enough for him to live a worry-free life.

However, in order to achieve the goal of transforming the Ming Dynasty, he still has to continue working hard to make money.

There was not much business at noon, so Li Han lay in the inner hall, enjoying the air conditioning, eating ice cream, and humming an unknown tune. He looked so happy.

Nowadays, we, Old Li, can also live a wealthy life with as much ice cream as we want and enjoy air conditioning as we want.

It was so beautiful, the mailbox started to glow.

Hey, Lao Zhu replied.

He jumped up from the bed, went to the mailbox, opened it and took a look.

There was only an ancient painting and a letter lying inside.

He quickly sucked up the ice cream, washed and dried his hands, and then carefully took out the ancient painting and letter.

Did Lao Zhu give himself a painting?
Li Han smiled. He didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang, the domineering emperor who was called a tyrant by many people in later generations, also had such a hobby of pursuing elegance and refinement.

The painting that Lao Zhu gave to me must be no ordinary painting!

Li Han began to look forward to it.

However, ancient paintings cannot be treated casually. If they are accidentally soiled or damaged, they will be ruined.

After all, not everyone has the hobby of stamping and posting comments on ancient paintings.

First put on gloves to prevent the oil on your hands from being imprinted on the painting, then put on a professional mask to prevent moisture or saliva from breathing from getting on the painting.

After making all preparations, Li Han carefully opened the scroll.

Then after taking a closer look, Li Han was stunned.

Is this... a picture of visiting a friend with a musical instrument?

That’s right, as an emerging force in the antique industry, Li Han is very familiar with “Visiting a Friend with a Lute” and recognized it at the first sight.

As a representative work of Fan Kuan, a master painter of the Song Dynasty, this painting of visiting a friend with a zither has a very delicate composition. The elements of mountains, rivers, figures, and trees on the picture echo each other and complement each other.

It can be called the pinnacle of Song Dynasty painting techniques.

However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the British and French allied forces burned down the Old Summer Palace, and the British Anglo-Saxon bandits looted the original copy of this painting. Now this painting is stored in the British Museum.

However, another authentic painting has appeared, and now it belongs to us, Old Li!
It must be framed well. This is a masterpiece that will be handed down from generation to generation. It must not be leaked to others. It will be a valuable cultural asset passed down to future generations.

But why would Lao Zhu give me this painting?

He thought about it and understood. Old Zhu was hinting to him that the two of them were close friends who could understand each other's thoughts at the slightest touch!

Old Zhu, Li Han smiled with relief, I appreciate your kindness.

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