Reborn Treasure Appraiser: I Really Didn’t Want to Be an Expert

Chapter 43 He didn't lie?

The morning mist had not yet dissipated, the bluestone road was damp, and Lin Sicheng curled up in the shadow of an old, crooked locust tree.

Holding the coarse porcelain bowl in the palm of my hand, a spicy aroma rose up, and the corners of my lips turned red from being burned.

On both sides were diners like him, squatting in a line on the curb, and the sound of them slurping their soup filled the air.

Xiao Yuzhu glanced at it, then glanced again. Then she took out her phone and a text message flashed out:
Senior Sister Li, I saw Lin Sicheng at Xing Laosan Hu La Tang at the north gate of the college.

Li Zhen replied almost immediately: I'll be there soon.

okay.

Putting away her phone, Xiao Yuzhu pretended to queue up. In just four or five minutes, Li Zhen jogged to the restaurant entrance.

Great, finally caught it?
Professor Shang kept asking, and she didn't know how to respond. She couldn't possibly tell her supervisor: Lin Sicheng had promised to come see her after class, but he'd stood her up.

And it lasts for three days?
She breathed a sigh of relief and followed the team to find Xiao Yuzhu.

"Senior Sister, aren't you going to stop him?"

"No rush, even prisoners need to have a good meal before they are beheaded!"

"That's right, what do you want?"

"A beef patty, no soup!"

Xiao Yuzhu nodded: "I know!"

There is a place to sit on the second floor, but what if Lin Sicheng runs away?
Li Zhen looked around and saw that Lin Sicheng was only holding the soup bowl but not the cake, so she quickly ran to the porridge and cake shop next door and ordered two baskets of buns and three cups of soy milk.

……

Of course, drinking soup alone is not enough to make you full, but Xing Laosan’s pancake tasted too bland, so Lin Sicheng didn’t want any.

I put down the empty bowl and was thinking about having two more roujiamo or two more baskets of baozi when two figures blocked the sun.

He subconsciously raised his head: Xiao Yuzhu blinked, with a look that said, "Let's see where you can run this time."

Li Zhen didn't say anything either, just looked at him quietly, her expression gentle and calm as water.

Lin Sicheng's heart skipped a beat: Oh no.

We agreed to go see Professor Shang, but he forgot about it?
He laughed awkwardly and stood up: "Senior Sister!"

Li Zhen gathered the hair by her ears and said, "You won't be full just by drinking soup. Here..."

Two baskets of meat buns and a cup of soy milk.

Lin Sicheng hesitated for a moment: I’m afraid this breakfast is difficult to digest?

Xiao Yuzhu laughed gloatingly: "After eating Senior Sister's buns, I can't stand her up again, right?"

Why are you bringing up something that is not related to the topic?

Lin Sicheng took it without saying a word.

Li Zhen inserted the straw and handed him the soy milk. "What are your classes this morning?"

Xiao Yuzhu shook her head and said, "Anyway, there are no core courses. Even if there were, he wouldn't study hard!"

Lin Sicheng sighed: "Xiao Yuzhu, it's a pity that you were not born before liberation!"

Xiao Yuzhu changed her mind and punched him with her fist: "You are the traitor!"

It was like a tickle. Lin Sicheng didn't care at all. He looked at the sun that had just come out and asked, "Professor Shang shouldn't be at work yet, right?"

"It's okay. She'll definitely be at work knowing you're coming!"

"I'll go put my bag in the classroom first!"

"Well, it's a good opportunity to send Ah Zhu off. I'll go too!"

Lin Sicheng paused for a moment and said, "Um... Senior Sister Li, Professor Wang asked me to go to his office first after arriving at school!"

Which Professor Wang, the new Professor Wang?

That was the same excuse I used last time. Li Zhen smiled softly, "It's okay. I'll wait for you outside the office. Coincidentally, Professor Wang and Professor Shang are in the same building."

Lin Sicheng sighed helplessly: It seems there is no way to escape.

Forget it, whether you stick your head out or hide it, you will get hurt.

"Senior Sister, let's go!"

"it is good!"

Li Zhen nodded, and she and Xiao Yuzhu stood on his left and right, sandwiching him in the middle, as if they were afraid that he would run away.

As the three of them walked out of the street, a Mercedes-Benz stopped by the roadside.

A large number of people got off the car, including six or seven people, but Wang Qizhi was not among them.

Shan Wangshu pointed into the alley, and a group of people walked in. Ye Anning just turned around and stopped again.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the backs of the three people: The boy in the middle looks a bit like the person who picked up the dog bowl yesterday?

I read it wrong?
Just as she was looking carefully, Wang Huaizhi patted her and said, "What are you looking at? Let's go!"

"Oh……"

……

When he arrived in the classroom, Lin Sicheng thought about it seriously.

It’s not that it’s difficult to refuse. If he really wants to find an excuse, he can find a lot of them.

He was thinking about how to refuse Professor Shang's kindness and at the same time deepen his relationship with Professor Shang and Li Zhen.

if not?
Those twenty-odd pieces of Han tiles have been piled up for almost two weeks. When the machine arrives, we can't let him shape them bit by bit by himself, right?

He doesn't know anyone at the moment, so he definitely can't let Xiao Yuzhu, the hard worker, go. But if Senior Sister Li could spare some time to help, wouldn't it be faster and better?
In addition, electric kilns and embryo throwing machines are far from enough. 3D scanning, projection modeling, far-infrared heating, and even air compression and electric grouting are also required.

For the time being, I can only borrow it from the school’s ceramics laboratory, and Professor Shang is now the deputy leader of the ceramics group, so she must get her consent.

If that doesn't work, why not just buy one and build a small studio?
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Lin Sicheng sighed: With the one million or so in his hand, it would be difficult for him to even buy a set of modeling equipment, let alone a studio.

But it has to be built sooner or later.

Because if you want to make money, and want to make more money, you still have to rely on porcelain.

In 2014, a large multi-colored glaze vase from the Qianlong period was sold at the Skinner Auction House in the United States for US$25 million.

Before it was put together, when the big jar was broken into seven or eight pieces, the investment company only spent 700,000 RMB to buy the porcelain pieces.

Two years later, China Guardian Auctions sold a cut-off Qing Yongzheng blue and white alum-red jade pot with dragon pattern.

This is more typical: before it was put together, it was just a pile of broken porcelain, no piece was bigger than a fist, and it was incomplete. After it was put together, it was only two-thirds of the original.

But in the end it still sold for 5.4 million.

So, how much money can you make by picking up bargains? And it depends on luck. If you are unlucky, you may not come across one in three years.

There will be no such concern if you use porcelain tiles.

Of course it would be best if you could find a complete set of broken pieces, but if you can't, isn't it possible to piece together porcelain fragments from the same period?

A piece of Jun porcelain from the Song Dynasty costs only a few thousand yuan. Even if you put together a small piece, it would cost at least four or five hundred thousand yuan.

About half of the wealth my grandfather saved for himself came from this.

But I don’t have the status and prestige of my grandfather, so forget about borrowing the laboratory. At most, I can use it occasionally.

So, I have to work hard to earn money. It doesn't need to be a lot, but if I can have 5 or 6 million by the time I graduate next year, I can basically set up a studio.

If all else fails, just rely on your parents: Why make trouble for yourself when you can't just sit back and do nothing?
Seeing him sitting there in a daze, Li Zhen didn't urge him. She slowly ate the beef patties and occasionally chatted with Xiao Yuzhu.

When they were almost done eating, Lin Sicheng's phone buzzed. He picked it up and heard Wang Qizhi's voice: "Have you arrived at school yet?"

Li Zhen was suspicious for a moment: Lin Sicheng didn't lie?
(End of this chapter)