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Chapter 195: Secret filming, who is the monkey?
Several people carefully examined and discussed tomorrow's matters, and agreed that Yang Jianlong would pick him up at home early the next morning. Lin Ran returned home with great expectations.
There was no talking all night, just waiting for the secret shooting to take place the next day.
"Drip."
Two clear horns sounded at the door of Lin Ran's house. Lin Ran's family had already gotten up, and his parents were getting ready to work in the fields when they saw a car honking at the door.
Still seemed very curious.
Lin Ran also put on his best set of clothes and slowly walked out of the house.
Yang Jianlong opened the passenger door from the inside and let Lin Ran sit in.
"Xiao Ran, where are you going?" Lin's father asked curiously. He had never seen his son look so formal.
Yang Jianlong is also wearing a suit and tie on his chest, looking extremely capable.
"Dad, we have to go to the auction, and we won't be back for dinner today." Lin Ran smiled back.
Yang Jianlong also waved across Lin Ran and his parents, then closed the car door and sped away.
"Auction?" Lin's father and Lin's mother remained at a loss, but Lin Wanjun next to them was used to it.
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After galloping all the way and picking up Wei Chengbin and others, Lin Ran and his party headed straight for today's destination.
Sapphire Flower and Bird Market!
Park your car at the door and walk in. Birds are singing and flowers are everywhere. There is a street selling potted plants. There are birdcages hanging in the shop, and all kinds of birds inside are chirping non-stop.
Lin Ran took a casual look and said, "Hey guys, these birds will be national protected animals in the future, and they can still be sold openly in the market."
Although he felt a little curious, he followed Yang Jianlong straight to his destination.
Arrive at the door of Dark Photography Shop.
"Qingyufang." Lin Ran silently recited the name of Anpai.
From the outside, this is just a relatively large store with hundreds of potted plants of various sizes.
Wei Chengbin and Li Yuanhao were already waiting at the door with their things. They also changed into Chinese tunic suits, which were their most formal clothes.
The four of them nodded, and Wei Chengbin and Li Yuanhao followed behind them.
As soon as I walked into the store, a clerk came up to me and asked with a smile: "Sir, what potted plants do you want to buy?"
"We are here to sell sapphire." Yang Jianlong said.
This was the secret code for their auction. The clerk obviously knew all this, but he looked at everyone with suspicion.
"How many new faces are there?" he asked.
"We are from the Zulong Chamber of Commerce." Yang Jianlong replied, he looked the most businessmanlike here.
After Yang Jianlong finished speaking, he glanced at Wei Chengbin and Li Yuanhao. They understood, stepped forward, took out their red cloth, and handed it to the clerk.
The clerk immediately called the store manager to put the cultural relics away.
Then he smiled and asked the four of them to sit down and made them tea.
Only then did Lin Ran see that the store manager was carefully examining the goods they brought with a magnifying glass.
While they were drinking tea, blond and blue-eyed foreigners kept coming and going.
The clerk seemed much more enthusiastic towards them. He almost didn't ask any questions and directly greeted them to the second floor. He spoke fluent English, so much so that Lin Ran thought it was a foreign trade store.
After a while, the store manager came out from behind and came to the four of them with a smile: "The goods you have are really good. Please come with me."
Behind the store manager were two clerks, carrying the things that Wei Chengbin and the others had brought.
A few people went up to the second floor and discovered that there was a different world here!
Compared with the potted plants on the first floor, the mahogany furniture and scattered decorations on the second floor look very oriental.
But there are also extremely incongruous places, such as a stuffed deer head hanging on the wall.
A group of foreigners were whispering to each other, and even the one with dark hair was talking to the people around him in fluent English.
Seeing Lin Ran and others entering the venue, the atmosphere in the venue instantly became quiet.
People started whispering to each other. Yang Jianlong and the others couldn't understand, but Lin Ran did hear a few words clearly.
"How come there are such young Chinese people here?" This was said by a black-haired man. From the appearance, he should also be of Chinese descent, but he has become a foreign national.
"Monkeys also know how to appreciate cultural relics? Hahaha." A foreigner with blond curly hair and a suit laughed unscrupulously.
"Mr. Steve, they should be here to sell things." The red-haired woman beside him explained.
"Look at how poor they are, what good things can they sell?" said another blond foreigner.
"Don't you understand this? There is a saying in China that the poorer you are, the more glorious you are. The poorer the people, the older the things they use." A fat man with freckles also agreed.
As soon as he said these words, the whole place burst into laughter.
It looked quite lively. Yang Jianlong and others didn't understand what was going on. They took a look at Lin Ran's expression and guessed it.
"Mr. Yang." The clerk led the four people to the seats next to him and said to Yang Jianlong, "You guys are all sitting here. Your number is No. [-]. When your number is called, you go up to the stage to introduce the cultural relics, and then write down the reserve price. Be here."
"Wait a minute." Yang Jianlong did not pick up the documents, but pointed at Lin Ran and said, "This is the boss of the firm."
"It doesn't matter." Lin Ran was too lazy to explain to the clerk and whispered to Yang Jianlong, "Just fill in the price above. The base price is two thousand, do you understand?"
Yang Jianlong nodded, took away the signed documents, and the four of them sat down.
The rest of the shops are all Chinese, but everyone's expressions are dull, with their heads lowered, either reading or playing with their own cultural relics.
Obviously, they also felt that what they were doing was not honorable.
Only then did Lin Ran notice that there was a card on their seats, and there was also a card on their seats.
The name of the company is written on it.
"Green Tea", "Qianjue", "Panlong"...
These seemed to be just arty titles, but they shocked Lin Ran.
They are all well-known business houses in later generations. They often appear at major auctions and purchase cultural relics at high prices.
Unexpectedly, they acquired cultural relics not for collection.
But to sell to foreigners and earn the price difference.
Foreigners are very interested in Chinese cultural relics, and most of them are arranged by consortiums to acquire cultural relics. Therefore, they have deep pockets and can raise the price to about ten times at every auction.
These businesses also made a lot of money as a result.
No wonder they are developing so fast. It turns out that primitive accumulation began in this era.
However, it can be seen that the cultural relics in their hands are not valuable yet, they should have been bought from all over the country.
Lin Ran was glad that he came to the secret auction and was able to see the true face of these businesses.
More and more foreigners entered the venue, and Wei Chengbin couldn't help but become nervous. He asked, "Mr. Lin, what were those foreigners laughing at just now?"
"They laugh at us Chinese as monkeys." Lin Ran said through gritted teeth, glaring at the fat pig just now.
"Is that fat pig scolding us?" Yang Jianlong followed Lin Ran's gaze and couldn't help but feel angry. However, he couldn't do anything to foreigners. The current public security management basically favored foreigners.
"The mouth is on him, so let him do whatever he wants."
Lin Ran sneered, "Let's teach them a lesson in our own way!"