gifted collector

Chapter 284 Preparation
The night was as cool as water, and the Little Antique Street had long since lost its daytime hustle and bustle. Most of the shops had no lights, but Guxuanzhai was an exception. Although Qian Fang and the others had already left, there were still people inside.

"Wow wow wow..."

Because of the quietness, the sound of pouring tea, which is rarely heard at ordinary times, sounds extremely clear.

"Brother Fang Ming, do you really want to go out?"

Jiang Wen looked at Fang Ming eagerly, obviously quite reluctant.

"Well, I always have to go out for a walk and see it."

After drinking the hot tea, Fang Ming was refreshed. Going for a walk was something he had planned for a long time.When chatting with Qian Fang and others before, I joked that now Ningdong City can no longer pick up leaks and go outside to try their luck. This is of course an important reason, but the more important thing is to go out and see the outside world. how is it.

"Then... I'll go out together too?"

Before Jiang Wen finished speaking, she felt guilty first, her face turned red all of a sudden, and she lowered her head.

Seeing Jiang Wen like this under the light, Fang Ming couldn't help but feel agitated, thinking that if he went out with Jiang Wen, there would be plenty of opportunities to eat her on the way—this is clearly a white sheep.

"Hmph! What are you thinking!"

As soon as Zhou Yafang stretched out her hand, she shook Fang Ming's eyes several times, covering his sight. It was obvious that Fang Ming's eyes on Jiang Wen were not pure.

"Ah……"

Fang Ming laughed a few times, then shook his head and said, "No, I'm going out alone this time, and the place I'm going must be relatively remote, so it's not convenient to take you with me."

Although he wanted to bring Jiang Wen with him, Fang Ming rationally refused. He was away from home, and he was not traveling. He might have to go to the barren mountains to collect antiques. How could he bring Jiang Wen with him?
"I……"

Jiang Wen raised her head, her eyes were full of disappointment. Fang Ming couldn't help but tremble when he saw it, and he was almost about to agree, but finally shook his head firmly.

Jiang Wen gritted her teeth and didn't say anything else. She knew that Fang Ming had already made up his mind, and it was useless to say any more. The point was that Fang Ming was right, and it was really inconvenient to take her with her when she went out.

Zhou Yafang had gone out before, and met hooligans on the way. If she hadn't just met Fang Ming, the consequences would have been unimaginable, so she would never let Jiang Wen go out with Fang Ming—even if Fang Ming agreed to her Will not agree.

"Okay, you can go out for a walk, but you must be careful, everything in our business will happen."

Zhou Yafang's experience in this area is much richer.

"Hey!"

Fang Ming raised his right hand, made a body-building gesture, and said, "When you go out, what you are most afraid of is that someone who is not open-eyed will come to make trouble. I can fight like this, so there is no problem."

Zhou Yafang nodded when she heard that. That's true. Fang Ming can fight, so there should be no big problem when he is away from home. More importantly, Fang Ming's brain is also very good.

"Okay, then you can go out after the treasure appraisal meeting is over. The new shop of Guxuanzhai on Dongcheng Street will be handed over to me and Jiang Wen. When you come back, it must have been done a long time ago. You wait to do it. Hands-off shopkeeper."

Zhou Yafang and Jiang Wen have been handling the affairs of the new shop, and Fang Ming doesn't need to intervene. This is one of the important reasons why he dares to go out without worry.

"Okay, I'll make preparations. I'll take some more out this time."

Fang Ming originally didn't want to take too much money out, but after thinking about it, he decided to go out with it. He didn't know when he would encounter antiques, and it was impossible to swipe his card, so it was better to go out with cash. , and you should bring quite a few.

Although Zhou Yafang was a little worried about this, she nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, then go out with some cash, how about [-]? I'll prepare it in advance."

Shaking his head, Fang Ming said: "It's too little. I plan to take 20 yuan to go out. Otherwise, it may not be enough money when it happens. Now 5 yuan can't buy anything."

"But isn't that too conspicuous?"

Fang Ming was right. Now 5 yuan is really not enough to buy anything, especially in the antique business. Nowadays, people are not stupid, and they will call a million and one hundred thousand for every thing, so take 5 yuan is of no use at all, except for changing things on the street stalls.

"It's okay, twenty bundles of money can't be seen outside if it's stuffed in the backpack."

Fang Ming thought for a while and said, "At most, just get an old backpack."

"That's one way."

Zhou Yafang no longer objected and agreed.

In the rest of the time, apart from participating in Ke Liu's live broadcast, Fang Ming went to the exhibition hall and Dongcheng Street from time to time, but he just left after looking around. shop around.

On the second day after discussing with Zhou Yafang and Jiang Wen, Fang Ming suddenly had an idea, that is, it might be more convenient to go out by bicycle. Anyway, collecting antiques also depends on luck, and you have to go to the village. Since it is not so convenient to take a car or drive like this, of course, another advantage of this is that cycling is also a trend now. He has such a dream for a long time: Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone?
As soon as he thought about it, Fang Ming took advantage of the few days when he didn't have many other things to do, and actively prepared. The most important thing was of course to buy equipment.

Since he was a layman, Fang Ming checked all kinds of information. After spending a lot of time choosing and comparing, he slowly bought the bicycles, rucksacks, tents, water bottles, clothes, shoes, etc. he needed, and then It is modification, especially for bicycles.

These professional outdoor sports items are not cheap. If it was before, Mingke would not be willing to buy them. Now it is different. After he has money in his hand, he is very happy to spend it.

After Zhou Yafang and Jiang Wen found out, instead of stopping them, they helped him make plans, the most important thing was to plan the route for Fang Ming, and they spent a lot of money to buy a camera and DV for Fang Ming, the purpose of which was to make him feel comfortable anytime, anywhere. They can all take photos and videos, and there are computers and wireless network cards, etc.—these are all for Fang Ming to send back photos in time.

"Hey, I think you can't wait to go by yourself."

Zhou Yafang glared at Fang Ming and said, "Of course we want to go, but is it possible?"

"Yeah, I really want to go too."

Jiang Wen had a longing look on her face, but she also knew that this was impossible, let alone that she was not allowed to go in the first place, and now it is even more impossible to go out by bike.

"Ha! Forget it, it's too inconvenient for you girls to go out. Let's go when we have a chance to travel by car in the future."

Fang Ming let this matter go away with a haha, he didn't want to "provoke" Zhou Yafang and Jiang Wen anymore, if they had a headache and fever and had to go together, then it would be a big deal, and it would be impossible to take care of them It's a problem, but after all, it's not as convenient as going out by yourself.

Zhou Yafang and Jiang Wen really wanted to go, but they also knew it was unrealistic, so they could only talk about it.

"Fang Ming, you have to pay attention to antiques when you go out this time. After our new store opens, we will encounter the problem of too little stock just like the previous Guxuanzhai."

Zhou Yafang's brows were tightly knit together, and she even pressed her fingers on her temples several times. It was clear that this question gave her an unusual headache.

I encountered this problem when Guxuanzhai had just finished its renovation and opened, and it turned out that it could only borrow some antiques from Qian Fang to make up for it. Later, Fang Ming "swept the stall" and ruthlessly picked it up. The problem was solved, but these antiques were sold quickly later, making a lot of money and at the same time the consequence was that there were no more antiques.

Although it was said that a new strategy was set later, only selling good antiques and providing appraisal services, but even if selling good antiques, there must be antiques, right?

Not to mention that the storefront of the new store is even bigger now, and there are not a few antiques in the store in Time, Space and Space, which is really unsightly.

So these days, while Zhou Yafang is busy decorating, she is also asking where to find good antiques. Even if the price is a little high, she is not afraid, but the problem is that she can't find them at all!
This time Fang Ming went out, Zhou Yafang could only pin her hopes on him.

"Okay, no problem, leave this to me. You know my skills, unless you don't come across something good, as long as you do, I'll be able to tell. Hey, I'm Zhou Papi, as long as, So as long as it is a good thing, it will not escape my palm. However, there is a problem that if I buy a good thing, how can I bring it back? I can’t just buy one and come back, right? Small ones Fortunately, I can’t take the big one with me.”

I didn't think of this question before, but now I feel a headache when I think of Fang Ming.

"This...Brother Fang Ming, why don't you drive away. It's convenient for you to ride a bicycle, but one is that it doesn't save effort, and the other is that if you come across a large antique, there is no way to take it away. For example , if you come across a piece of bronze weighing dozens or hundreds of catties, you can’t carry it on your bicycle, can you?”

Jiang Wen blinked her eyes and thought for a while, but suggested that Fang Ming drive out.

"That's a good idea."

Zhou Yafang nodded in agreement, and said, "Fang Ming, why don't you just go out by car, mainly because it's more convenient when you bring antiques."

"Okay, I might as well put my bicycle in the car and drive it to a big city. After putting it down, I will go out and ride around. If I find an antique, I will take it back to the car."

Because of the change of plan, Fang Ming thought about it and decided to drive his Hummer to modify it. The main thing is to temporarily remove the back seat to increase the space for storing things inside, and also order some special shockproof boxes or boxes. Shelves and the like, of course, but also to add shelves and the like on the roof, it will be three days after everything is ready.

(End of this chapter)