pappabearbooks Chapter 1756: The key lies in the museum
Chapter 1756: The key lies in the museum
Just as he was about to leave, Ma Zhen mentioned another thing.
"Actually, have you forgotten something?" Ma Zhen asked.
"what's up?"
"If according to what your teacher said, his family was once a court official, and his family once opened a private school, how can he be considered a wealthy family in the capital?"
Lin Ran agreed with Ma Zhen's point of view and nodded.
Ma Zhen continued: "So his family should have a certain reputation in the capital. Maybe you can try to start from this aspect. Don't tell me that your teacher knows about his family's situation, but doesn't know where his family lives now?"
Of course Lin Ran asked Tang Lanxuan at that time, but his house had already emptied everything and no one could be found. Otherwise, he would have come to question the situation on the day he got the letter.
"That should be a down-and-out nobleman. It's normal to hate the museum." After learning this, Ma Zhen began to analyze Chen Cheng's heart.
This idea was quite interesting. Lin Ran asked, "What does his family's decline have to do with the museum?" Lin Ran didn't understand the logic.
Ma Zhen said with a smile: "Haha, the museum is a place to witness history. His family must be inextricably linked to the museum. Of course, this is just my guess. You can ask him about the situation yourself after you meet him."
From Tang Lanxuan's description, we can know that Chen Cheng's family should actually be considered wealthy, and they are descendants of court officials. Indeed, in every sense, they should be descendants of large families.
Even if they have disappeared, they should be able to find his whereabouts through neighbors.
At that time, Tang Lanxuan just wanted to look inside his house, and did not consider the neighbors. This was an area where he was not down-to-earth as a museum director.
Ma Zhen's suggestion was that Lin Ran could start from this aspect.
"So that's it! What a good idea!" Lin Ran felt like he suddenly realized that compared to antique appraisal, communicating with people was not what Lin Ran was good at.
By his time, search engines and short videos were already very popular. If you wanted to find someone, you usually started from these angles.
If that doesn't work, you can post a help announcement online.
According to the algorithm of the Internet era, homecoming information is recommended to people with contacts.
In this way, many abducted children and some people who were separated from their families due to disasters found their separated families.
This is the role of the information age. Today's information is very limited. Let alone looking for people, people who are just a few blocks away may not know each other.
"Well, thank you for your advice." After getting enough advice, Lin Ran decided to set off immediately to find Chen Cheng as soon as possible and settle the teacher's worries.
"Actually, I suggest you use a reward method to find people." Ma Zhen said, "Under the so-called heavy reward, there must be a brave man. In the vast sea of people, it is very difficult to find people by your own ability. You must be good at it. Taking advantage of people’s psychology, as long as you are willing to spend money, the higher the reward, the greater the probability of finding someone.”
After all, he came from the port city. In the port city, finding people has become an industry chain.
There are private detectives there, and as long as they can afford it, they will do everything they can to help you dig people out of the crowd.
But this profession does not exist in the capital, and it is impossible to approve their business.
The most direct and simple way to place a reward is to paste a photo and the reward phone number on a telephone pole.
"Actually, this is not good." Lin Ran smiled, "There are a lot of scammers nowadays. When they see that there is money to be made, they will try their best to deceive you. If they provide false information, they may waste it. My time."
"It's possible. As for the screening of information, the decision-making power is in your hands. You can take charge of it yourself."
This set of rules may have formed a clear norm in Hong Kong City, and it is indeed very easy to use.
But in the Mainland, there are many limitations in using it now.
Not to mention that he did not have a clear photo in his hand, another point is that most of the people nowadays are illiterate, and they cannot read even if the description is clear, so they can only rely on photos to find people.
In addition, Lin Ran had the experience of being a human being for two lifetimes and understood a truth deeply.
Even if he has too high illusions about people's hearts, he will definitely be bruised in the end. In order to get money, someone will definitely make up a lot of false information. He also has to think carefully about how to screen.
However, he still expressed his gratitude to Ma Zhen, at least helping him sort out his clues.
There are 1000 million permanent residents in the capital. Finding Chen Cheng among these 1000 million people is truly like finding a needle in a haystack.
After leaving Ma Zhen's house, Ma Zhen immediately called the major merchants in Liuyunbao City to investigate whether there was any recent consumption record of a person named Chen Cheng.
Lin Ran actually had his own ideas.
He decided to go back to the museum to get Chen Cheng's photos and also ask about his teacher Mr. Xu.
For Mr. Xu, his impression was not particularly deep.
Because he used to work in the National Museum, and Mr. Xu was a retiree of the Palace Museum.
It could be seen at the auction venue that Mr. Xu actually admired Chen Cheng, and the two seemed to have a good relationship.
Perhaps, Mr. Xu can know his whereabouts.
The suggestions Ma Zhen gave him were all good, and he would try them, but he also knew that these two methods were very time-consuming and energy-consuming. If Tang Lanxuan had not promised that he must find Chen Cheng, Lin Ran might have Choose to give up, the price/performance ratio is too low.
Before asking Yang Jianlong for help, Lin Ran had a new idea.
Rather than looking for a needle in a haystack, it’s better to make breakthroughs at a fixed point.
Go back to the museum first, ask the teacher Chen Cheng's hometown, and then go to the nearby neighbor's mountain to search for information to learn about his recent movements.
Then I asked where Mr. Xu lived, and had a vague feeling that Mr. Xu should be connected with Chen Cheng.
And he also had a bold speculation in his mind, that is, Mr. Xu might not know about Chen Cheng.
The whole thing was thanks to Ma Zhen, who helped him analyze the matter, otherwise he would really be like a headless fly, searching aimlessly in the capital city.
After clarifying the idea, things are not as complicated as imagined.
"It's very strange to say that Chen Cheng has already broken up with the Palace Museum. He must be hostile to the people inside, but he is so polite to Mr. Xu. The two of them must have a good relationship."
"Mr. Xu should know where Chen Cheng lives now."
Back at the museum, Tang Lanxuan's office was open to him.