Start with an antique shop and become rich overnight

Chapter 40 Professional Manager

After looking at the auction items at the preview, Shen You planned to select a few special sessions that interested him.

She didn't go to the porcelain special session on the first morning because the overall quality of the pieces she made herself was higher.

Go straight to the afternoon session.

The two-day preview process passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, the Xilu Study Autumn Auction officially began.

Shen You had plenty of time, so he had lunch at home.

She changed into a light blue fishtail cheongsam and a white shawl, and simply tied her hair up. She didn't choose an expensive jade hairpin, but just a simple silver hairpin.

Pair it with a floral hand-embroidered bag in the same color.

It was a cloudy day when I arrived at the study. There was a hint of coolness in the autumn wind, and sweet-scented osmanthus flowers were scattered all over the ground. Combined with the surrounding Chinese-style buildings, the atmosphere was full.

When Shen You walked towards the door, she inadvertently met a pair of dark eyes.

Black suit, tall and slim figure.

"Why are you here too?" Shen You couldn't help but ask.

Wen Zhi raised his eyes lazily and smiled eye-catchingly, "Oh, this is the home I used to live in."

Shen You: ???
I heard that this garden was private, but I didn't expect it to be his home.

"Who is this lady?" a female voice sounded behind him.

I saw a young woman with a very good temperament coming up and standing side by side with Wen Zhi. Her eyes fell on Shen You, and there was a hint of rejection in her smile.

"You care too much." Wen Zhi frowned slightly and spoke in a distant tone.

The woman was looked at by his emotionless eyes and immediately restrained herself, but she was unwilling to give in.

He has never been like this.

She had used this secretive method before, but he treated everyone the same, as if he didn't care about anyone.

She had been doing this here for so long, but she still couldn't get close to him.

What on earth does this woman have the right to do this?

"You guys chat." Shen You looked at them like this and said that he would not get involved.

As he said this, he was about to walk inside.

Wen Zhi turned around and walked beside Shen You, "Want to go in together?"

"Are you also attending the auction?" Shen You looked up at him.

"I suddenly wanted to go and have a look." Wen Zhi curved his lips, thinking of what happened just now, and began to explain.
"Tu Yan is a professional manager in charge of Xilu Study. The ancient buildings here cannot be rebuilt, nor can the original structure be destroyed. This kind of old wooden building is not comfortable to live in.
But the garden needs to be taken care of even if you don’t live there, and I don’t have the time to do it, so I hired someone to do it.”

Xilu Study has been managed by Tu Yan for three years, and the commission she received was generous enough.

But now, Tu Yan still wants to intervene in his affairs.

There is no need to cooperate with people who lack sense of propriety in the future, so changing a manager is not a big deal.

Shen You listened and gritted his teeth.
"That is to say, part of the high commission I paid was given to you."

Wen Zhi looked at her seriously and said, "It's okay. The prices in your shop are not low either."

As they were talking, the two of them had already walked to the entrance of the venue.

The special auction was held on the waterside pavilion, with people below holding up signs. There were also two separate private rooms on the second floor.

Jiang He was coordinating the process and arranging issues in the private room, then he pointed someone over to lead Shen You to her seat.

Seeing Wen Zhi's extremely handsome face, Jiang He, who was busy in front, also had a flash of surprise in his eyes.

The moment they both came out, there was a sense of story and atmosphere.

Is this the person behind Shen You? No, it seems that Shen You is also the person behind him.

Especially when Shen You sat down to adjust her bracelets and looked at Wen Zhi next to her, she seemed to have the air of a wealthy boss. "Is the girl who took out the Ru kiln porcelain you mentioned here also?"

In the private room, an old man in a low-key Tang suit put down the tea bowl.

Xu Jiayan, who was sitting on the other side of the square table, glanced at the chat on his phone and said, "She just arrived. Why don't I bring her over to say hello to you?"

"I heard that her expertise in restoring cultural relics is pretty good." Old Master Xu smiled and said, "Please ask her to come over."

After all, it was his grandson who mentioned him personally, so we should give him some face.

"Okay." Xu Jiayan nodded happily.

Shen You received Xu Jiayan's message. Although she was not good at dealing with such occasions of greeting, she had vaguely known in the past two days that Xu Jiayan's grandfather had an extraordinary influence.

Many people here want to say hello, but none of them can enter that private room.

If she doesn't go, it would be somewhat ungrateful.

People of this level would not lower themselves to argue with her, but if she offended him, it would be bad for her future development.

"I have something to do."

Shen You just said something to Wen Zhi and walked towards the private room.

Xu Jiayan came out to meet her and saw that there was another person at the table. From his profile, he could see an invisible sense of oppression from him.

Unlike ordinary people, he had only seen this feeling in the elders who held high positions in his family.

"Did you come here with someone?" Xu Jiayan asked casually.

Shen You: "Well, I guess so."

As if he was aware of the gaze coming from this side, Wen Zhi side-glanced at Shen You and Xu Jiayan, his slender fingers slightly crossed, with no expression on his face.

Shen You followed Xu Jiayan to the private room on the second floor. Gu Yue, who was sitting at another table, saw this scene and felt a little unhappy.

She had inquired and found out that Shen You was the one who inherited his relative's antique shop.

Apart from that, her family doesn't have much of a background. If the other person's family background is better than hers, she won't say anything, but there are girls of ordinary backgrounds everywhere.

Xu Jiayan didn’t even think of bringing her and Gu Shaoyu to say hello, but he brought Shen You over instead!

How could she feel comfortable?

"Hello, Mr. Xu." Shen You was fully alert and greeted with a smile.

"Don't be nervous, the old man just looks serious." Xu Jiayan said in a low voice, but it was clear that his words were also addressed to old man Xu.

Old Master Xu looked at his grandson, then turned his gaze to Shen You with understanding.

The girl looked nice, with sincerity in her eyes, much better than those people below who just kept saying compliments.

Moreover, she was willing to donate even the Ru Kiln, which shows that she has good character.

"Jia Yan is right. I also know Lao Li. I heard him talking about you a few days ago. Don't stand. Come and sit down." The old man said kindly.

Shen You sat down and found that the old man also liked porcelain, so they chatted for a while, from Ru kiln, Jun kiln to sweet white glaze.

"The little girl prefers sweet white glaze, but I prefer Jun kiln."

Many of the people the old man interacts with understand these things, but there are not many young people who not only know how to appreciate porcelain, but also have some understanding of porcelain making techniques.

So the more we talked, the happier we became.

"Girl, do you have any good porcelain?" The old man used to be in a high position and had seen all kinds of people. The younger generation's thoughts could not be hidden from him.

“There are still a few items that can be sold, but they were not put up at this auction.” Shen You automatically hid the ones that could not be sold.

"I heard that there was nothing outstanding in the special show this morning except a pair of porcelain bowls, so I didn't come." The old man smiled.

"When you want to take out the good things in your hands later, don't forget to call Grandpa Xu."

(End of this chapter)