Du Jing's case is stuck at the embassy. Cambodia's travel visa is easy to handle, but if you want to rely on the travel visa to check the case, you are not afraid of 10,000, and it is easy to get yourself into trouble if you cause trouble.

He needed the assistance of the French embassy, ​​put pressure on the Cambodian local government, and then responded through the local Chinese embassy. The Chinese embassy in Ho Chi Minh City agreed very readily, but it took a lot of time to send letters back and forth.

At the end of September, after a long thought, the landlord agreed to Zhou Luoyang's request.

In this way, as long as he pays 300,000 yuan from Du Jing's money, he can open the store first.

So in an instant, Zhou Luoyang spent Du Jing's generous salary again, leaving more than 2,000.

I have to make money, otherwise I'm so sorry for Du Jing... Zhou Luoyang felt a sense of guilt, and Du Jing would not be paid until October. During this period of time, the money was a bit stretched, and the price of pork also increased, including beef and mutton. . Zhou Luoyang could only give Du Jing some more vegetarian dishes. Fortunately, Du Jing never found out. He could eat whatever he did, and he was quite satisfied.

After he registered the business license, he hired a few workers to simply renovate the store. The last one was dealing in silk clothing, and the storefront didn't need to be overhauled, just a little tweaking of the layout.

Anyway, the profit of this store is not on the strangers and tourists.

In the middle of the journey, Du Jing came twice. Zhou Luoyang had a good temper and was a good talker. The workers also liked to be lazy under his nose, but as long as Du Jing came, everyone would work diligently in an instant.

"Is there no progress yet?" On the last day before the National Day holiday, Du Jing drove Zhou Luoyang to the store and went to work by himself, Zhou Luoyang asked.

"No," said Du Jing, "I have prepared detailed materials, and I have to come to the French embassy today. I will pick you up in the afternoon, and then I will pick you up with Leyao."

"Open?" Zhou Luoyang asked.

"Let's go." Du Jing said.

Today, the two of them completed a small ceremony - working together, turning over the "close" sign on the glass door handle. Du Jing looked up at the sign again, "Chang'an Antique Clocks and Clocks" in six gilt characters.

In this way, the Chang'an Clock and Antique Store opened silently in a corner of Wan City.

Zhou Luoyang has been very busy recently, not only moving into a new home, but also opening a new store. The weather in Wan City has also cooled down, and this year's winter is faster than in previous years. As soon as September passed, the city was suddenly desolate.

Today is the first time for Le Yao to enter the new home. Zhou Luoyang has already made all the arrangements and decided to celebrate with the three of them at home tonight.

"The salary has been paid," Du Jingchao said to Zhou Luoyang. "Check the account and buy some spare ribs to eat at night. It has been a long time since I have eaten spare ribs."

There is no better news in the world than this. Zhou Luoyang was overjoyed, but after a change in his mind, he still found out... Only when Le Yao goes home, Zhou Luoyang will cook more dishes.

I'm so sorry... Zhou Luoyang had a smile on his lips, and he felt guilty for Du Jing. A man who earned 400,000 yuan a month didn't even eat spare ribs at home.

The store has begun to take shape, and Zhou Luoyang has re-mounted the two thangkas and hung them in the center. The ground is covered with Dunhuang silk carpets brought back from the warehouse, and twelve shelves are placed with porcelain, jade, lacquer, tooth horns, Buddha statues, copper and gilt ware. Calligraphy, paintings and seals are stored in a camphor wood box.

Zhou Luoyang also ordered a nine-by-nine wooden glass enclosure. The middle of the two Thangkas on the back and the entire walls on both sides are full of clocks and clocks with complex mechanical structures, some of which were broken and repaired by Zhou Luoyang; If it was still broken, Zhou Luoyang did not dare to repair it indiscriminately.

From the clock to the watch, eighty-one grids are running together, making subtle sounds to remind all things in the world, and the passage of time is endless, and the scene is particularly spectacular.

Under the thangka is a coffee table, a purple clay pot and a set of cups.

This is all the belongings of Zhou Luoyang's life except Du Jing.

"Just look at it." Zhou Luoyang said casually when he heard the bell on the armrest of the door.

He was looking at his mobile phone, thinking about what channel to find, to publish the news of his own shop, and through a few friends of his grandfather's death, he hoped to reapply for a seat in the Antique Association.

"The bell sounds very nice." The person who came was a blond and blue-eyed foreigner, fluent in Chinese, with a long-legged Chinese girl wearing a scarf and a trench coat.

"Suppressing the Demon Bell." Zhou Luoyang only looked up and then edited the wording on WeChat and sent it to the vice chairman of the association, faithfully pretending to be a grandson, who was originally a grandson.

"Do you have any jade here?" the foreigner asked again.

"Yes," Zhou Luoyang had to put down his phone and said, "Please wait a moment."

The foreigner said, "Just opened?"

"It only opened today, you are the first customer." Zhou Luoyang said, "It is still in trial operation, and it will officially open in November, so it is not displayed. What style of jade do you like?"

Zhou Luoyang put on the gloves skillfully. It is said that these gloves are very expensive. He asked for them from Du Jing. It was the pair that the two of them used to be thieves together last time. .

Zhou Luoyang spread out the velvet cloth cushion and laid out three jade wares, namely a jade cup with a little blush at the bottom, a carved plaque of Hetian jade, and a string of smooth jade beads. To the naked eye, the jade cup is indistinguishable from what can be seen everywhere on the street.

Zhou Luoyang turned on the overhead light and adjusted it to the brightest.

When the spotlights on the head fell, the collections that depended on the texture for three parts and the lighting for the seventh part suddenly shone brightly, and the texture was instantly presented.

"What dynasty are they from?" the foreigner asked.

"Do you want to collect it yourself?" Zhou Luoyang asked, "Or a gift?"

The foreigner thought for a while, but did not answer, the female companion said, "This cup is good."

Zhou Luoyang said: "Unearthed during the Republic of China, Ming Dynasty."

The female companion went to look in front of the other shelves, and the foreigner took out a tube lens with a long finger to observe the details of the jade cup, obviously not interested in the other two.

Zhou Luoyang took out three pieces at the same time, and his intention was really to test him. The jade cups seem to be common and can be seen everywhere, but they are the most valuable authentic items of the Ming Dynasty among the three. The other two jade plaques and jade beads can be bought from some jade markets at a wholesale price of just over 200 yuan.

Of course, if the foreigner chooses the other two, Zhou Luoyang will not set a high price.

"Can I see the bottom of the cup?" the foreigner asked politely.

Zhou Luoyang turned the cup over with his gloved left hand, showed him the bottom of the cup, and turned to the long-legged beauty who was looking around in the store. clock wall.

"Thank you." The foreigner clearly saw the inscription "Three Years of Hongzhi" at the bottom of the cup, nodded, and Zhou Luoyang put the cup on the velvet cushion.

"Any more?" the foreigner asked again.

Zhou Luoyang put away the three pieces of jade, smiled, and said, "It's still in trial operation, and the items haven't been delivered yet. Either you leave your contact information, and I'll let you know when it's empty. Come over for a cup of tea?"

The foreigner nodded, but did not give the contact information. At this moment, the Chinese girl said, "Daniel, look at the wall of their store."

"Yeah." The foreigner smiled and gestured to Zhou Luoyang to Thangka, "Is this your treasure?"

Zhou Luoyang looked back and said, "Oh no, it's not an antique, but it was brought back by my great-grandfather when he liberated Tibet five years ago."

The foreigner obviously showed a slightly embarrassed expression, but Zhou Luoyang didn't care, guessing that he might be an Englishman.

"This kind of mandala is not very popular now." The Chinese girl said.

The edges of the two thangkas are damaged and their colors are ancient. They are emitting from the lotus flower in the center. On the right, there are thousands of silver lights flying out, and on the left, golden lights are flying, just like thousands of meteors flying into the vast space when the universe was born.

Even after the baptism of time, the thangkas painted with expensive paints still have a heavy color.

"It's very rare," the foreigner nodded. "I've only seen one similar to them. It couldn't have been painted in May 1st."

"It symbolizes the passage of time," Zhou Luoyang said. "The one on the right represents the past, and the one on the left represents the future. According to legend, there are three paintings in total. The middle one represents the present and the great world of Buddhism. The one you see in the British Museum should be It was a collection that was picked up by someone in 1951 and given to Daying."

"Well." The foreigner put away his greedy eyes and regained his composure. He looked into Zhou Luoyang's eyes and smiled.

Zhou Luoyang corrected: "I got it in 1951. In fact, the age of the painting is not clear. These two Thangkas are not for sale.

"Then your treasure of the town shop is here?" The Chinese girl gave Zhou Luoyang a knowing smile, which meant that she was very good. I like this.

Zhou Luoyang said: "No, the treasure of the town store...not in the store now."

The girl was still looking around, Zhou Luoyang thought that this person was quite interesting, and he had read a lot of novels, but some antique shops would indeed bluff to get expensive items "town shop".

"Where is it?" the girl asked again, "Do you still have a branch?"

"Uh..." Zhou Luoyang just said it euphemistically, looking for an excuse, it's hard to explain now, so he made up a reason casually, "The treasure of the town store... Now it is worn on the hands of our big boss, it is a watch , was worn by him to go out to do errands."

"They are 'antique clocks'. They are not 'antique clocks'," said the foreigner called Daniel with a smile. "The main business is of course clocks."

Zhou Luoyang saw that the two still wanted to ask, so he took the initiative to explain: "I'm the second boss."

Daniel looked at the Chinese girl, and the girl nodded to him.

Daniel took out a business card from the inner pocket of his clothes and said, "I am the investment manager of Sotheby's Auction House in the Asia-Pacific region. This is my advisor, Miss Lin Di."

Zhou Luoyang thought to himself that the buyers of your auction houses are also well informed.

Zhou Luoyang took the initiative to shake his hand and said, "Can I make tea? But this tea couch has to take off his shoes."

"Are you interested in participating in our autumn auction?" Lin Di smiled, "I heard about your grandfather, and we also had cooperation with him back then."

When Zhou Luoyang heard this, he knew that the other party was prepared, and said, "I don't have any suitable collections right now, right?"

"Your thangkas are very good," Daniel said, "I have confidence in them."

"You better get rid of this idea," Zhou Luoyang couldn't help laughing and crying. "As soon as you pass through customs with this, you will be arrested and sent to jail. I just opened a store, and I have to put some things to put away. When the store opens, I will donate them. For the National Expo, it would be good to change a pennant to hang."

"What a pity," Daniel said regretfully.

Lin Di was a little embarrassed to hear it. In fact, the moment Daniel came in, the atmosphere with Zhou Luoyang was a little tense. Zhou Luoyang could also feel it. He thought what a pity, why don't you just want to send it back to Daying and get the three thangkas? Do you have a set?

In fact, it was fortunate that the relatives in the family did not know the goods. When the grandfather died, the uncles and aunts had all divided up the exquisite antiques, and the remaining piles of rotten calligraphy and paintings were folded in as waste paper, and Zhou Luoyang was also able to preserve them.

As for how many can be shot, it is really unclear.

Lin Di came to an end in a timely manner and said, "Daniel means that it doesn't have to be donated to the National Expo... eh."

Zhou Luoyang smiled and said: "Donate to other museums, and the final outcome is also forced to leave by Guobo, the same."

"The bottle holding the moon can be brought over." Lin Di said after failing to complete the round.

"There are not many pictures of the bottle holding the moon," Zhou Luoyang said. "It's from the Qing Dynasty."

"We also need some small collections," Daniel said.

"The global economy is sluggish, and even your consumption has been downgraded?" Zhou Luoyang said with a smile, put on gloves, and brought the moon bottle. Daniel also put on gloves, took the bottle holding the moon, and checked it carefully.

Lin Di said: "We can issue a certificate, which is reasonable and legal, and can be taken out of the country without any disputes."

"It can be done in the late Qing Dynasty," Zhou Luoyang said. "I will let the foundation open to prove that it will not cause any trouble. Thangka is really not good."

Daniel asked, "When is your big boss coming?"

"He's not in the industry," said Zhou Luoyang, "only responsible for paying."

Zhou Luoyang guessed that they wanted to see the "Treasure of the Town Store", and didn't want to show them more. Even Zhou Luoyang himself didn't know the origin of Du Jing's watch.

"Or I'll find you a retro Daytona?" Zhou Luoyang is still tirelessly promoting his Rolex collection for no other reason. He really doesn't like Rolex and wants to get rid of it quickly.

"Also." Daniel just took off his glasses, put them back on again, and said, "Let me see?"

In the end, the two sides decided to use two watches to participate in Sotheby's autumn auction. Daniel came to Wanshi and completed the task of the autumn auction, obviously quite satisfied.

"I'll send you an invitation letter later," Lin Di said to Zhou Luoyang, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

When Zhou Luoyang was a child, he was taken to an auction by his grandfather. Sotheby's buffet dinner left a deep impression on him. He thought that Du Jing always eats vegetarian dishes recently, and it would be good to take him to try it, so he was very happy. Said, "I want two."

"Are you a lover?" Lin Di said cheerfully, "No problem, wrap it on me."

Just at this time, Du Jing's car was parked outside the store and came to pick him up, and the two sides met each other.

Zhou Luoyang thought, how did it come so coincidentally? !

"Hi! Vincent!" Daniel was surprised when he saw Du Jing.

Zhou Luoyang thought that he wouldn't, but you still know each other?

Daniel wanted to hug Du Jing, but Du Jing made a simple gesture to stop him, and shook hands with him.

Everyone looked at the watch on Du Jing's wrist at the same time.

"This is our big boss." Zhou Luoyang said.

Du Jing was obviously satisfied with the title of "Big Boss", nodded inscrutable, and said solemnly, "You can't let go if you walk slowly."

Daniel had to say, "Go back and contact me again, Mr. Zhou, please call me anytime."

Zhou Luoyang sent the two away, turned back to the store with Du Jing, and said casually, "The arrogant British."

Du Jing was obviously not surprised that Sotheby's came to the door, but after a little thought, he understood what happened, and said, "Let you find something to send for the photo?"

"Give them two watches." Zhou Luoyang asked, "How did you meet?"

"He helped Sotheby's chase a collection," Du Jing said. "National cultural relic, Turkish. It was stolen from the backstage by mercenaries sent by Erdogan disguised as security."

It was the first time that Zhou Luoyang had heard the story of such a movie, so he had to nod his head.

Before the appointed time in the afternoon, Du Jing came just after 1:30. The two took off their shoes in front of the raised low couch, went up to the side of the tea table and sat down.

Zhou Luoyang washed a cup of tea: "Why so early?"

Du Jing took out the meal that Zhou Luoyang made yesterday from the bento bag, uttered a rare swear word, and then frowned: "I just went to the embassy and only gave me ten minutes, and I failed again. Have you eaten lunch yet? "

"I'll order a takeaway," Zhou Luoyang said. "I had tea and snacks just now, so I'm not hungry at noon."

"Eat this," Du Jing motioned, pushed the lunch box to the middle, and said, "I use chopsticks, you use a spoon."

So the two began to eat the meal that Zhou Luoyang prepared for Du Jing yesterday.

Du Jing didn't go back to the company in the afternoon, so he lay down beside the tea couch to take a nap. Since living with Zhou Luoyang, his condition was miraculously controlled, and he slept a lot more. Zhou Luoyang thought that this was right. Du Jing spent too much time on his brain. He spent at least ten hours a day thinking and deducing at a high speed. He needed enough sleep.

Zhou Luoyang sat beside him and was pulled into their group by the chairman of the foundation. Everyone never mentioned his debts. Zhou Luoyang added his grandfather's friends one by one, and asked for the contact information of some old customers.

He plans to add them one by one, and from time to time, he will post some curated antique photos in the circle of friends. In December, he will bring some of the collection to the exhibition organized by the foundation.

Sotheby's auction fees are too expensive, hope they can get a good price.

In the afternoon, several groups of people came one after another, all of them young, passing by to watch the fun. Zhou Luoyang glanced at the time and was about to set off to pick up Le Yao, but heard the door slam again.

"I'm sorry, it's closed, it's still open for trial operation, it's only open until three o'clock - Le Yao?!" Zhou Luoyang exclaimed in surprise.

Zhang Yalun pushed Le Yao in a wheelchair and came up from the barrier-free passage. Le Yao smiled and said, "It's so beautifully decorated!"

Zhang Yalun said to Zhou Luoyang, "Le Yao said, if he wants to come to you, I will send him here. It just so happens that there is no class this afternoon."

Zhang Yalun's car was parked outside, the driver brought up Le Yao's luggage again, and Zhou Luoyang hurriedly thanked them both. Zhang Yalun said: "Then I'll go back first. Le Yao, bye, see you after the holiday."

Le Yao said goodbye to Zhang Yalun, and walked around the store in a wheelchair, just watching from a distance. Zhou Luoyang said, "You can take a closer look. But you've seen it all, and it's still those things."

Le Yao smiled and said, "It's completely different after you packaged it like this. I don't dare to get too close, for fear of bumping into something."

Du Jing walked over and pushed Le Yao to look around. Zhou Luoyang began to collect things, ready to go home.

Le Yao said, "Is there anything here that I can afford? I want to buy one."

Zhou Luoyang couldn't help laughing and crying: "Can you stop bullying your brother?"

Le Yao said seriously: "I really want to buy it, it's very memorable, the store you opened."

Zhou Luoyang wiped the teacup and said, "It's my family's shop."

Le Yao said, "But I obviously didn't do anything. By the way, why is it called 'Chang'an'?"

Du Jing changed the subject and suddenly said, "I wanted to buy one before, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity."

Zhou Luoyang remembered that Du Jing wanted to buy a watch from him, maybe this was some kind of expression of their love for him.

"Okay," Zhou Luoyang said, "Little handsome guy, what's your budget, do you want to give it to a friend or keep it for yourself?"

Le Yao said: "I want to collect it myself. I have some private money, but the budget is about 2,000 yuan, so it shouldn't be too expensive."

"Then I think this suits you," Zhou Luoyang took out a watch with an enamel surface and said, "It was made in Italy, a hand-made custom watch, and was sold by an earl. The studio is no longer available, and it is an out-of-print style."

When Le Yao saw the watch, it was really beautiful. It was a muscular giant with a giant ball on his shoulders. Three needles were installed on the slightly raised curved surface.

"It's more than 2,000 yuan," Le Yao said. "I don't think I have to add several zeros."

"We accept installment payments," Zhou Luoyang said sternly, "it's okay to take it slowly after ten years."

Le Yao laughed, and Zhou Luoyang said, "On the dial is Atlas, the son of Titan, who shoulders the celestial sphere to prevent the world from returning to chaos."

"I like it very much." Le Yao naturally knew what it meant - his brother hoped that he would have a strong spirit, just like that Atlas who endured humiliation and became a Titan.

Zhou Luoyang took out the card machine, and Le Yao happily swiped his pocket money card.

"Let me put it on for you?" Du Jing said.

Le Yao raised his hand, Du Jing tied the watch strap for him, Le Yao looked into his brother's eyes and said, "Thank you boss."

Zhou Luoyang laughed, and Du Jing carried Le Yao into the car.

"It's a holiday tomorrow," Du Jing drove away, looking as usual, and said, "In seven days, where do you want to go?"

Le Yao said, "We have an appointment in our class to go to the autumn tour in three, four, five or three days... Wait, this is not the way home?"

Zhou Luoyang smiled and pushed Le Yao into the elevator and into his new home.

"Joining Ceremony." Du Jing and Zhou Luoyang moved things over last night and stayed there for one night, but they didn't officially start cooking, and only used the microwave.

"Come and open the door." Zhou Luoyang said to his younger brother and gave him the key card.

Le Yao swiped the door card, Du Jing opened the door, Le Yao shouted with a smile.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the night view is bright. Zhou Luoyang has carefully arranged it and said, "The room on the right is yours."

Le Yao rolled his wheelchair and passed by Zhou Luoyang's door. He subconsciously glanced inside. The new house was much cleaner. The distant view of the room is the best.

"Is this house rented or bought?" Le Yao asked.

Zhou Luoyang went to prepare dinner, Du Jing changed out of his suit, stood behind Le Yao, and said, "Rent."

Hearing Du Jing's voice, Le Yao obviously hesitated for a while, then looked up at Du Jing and resumed his smile.

"Does it cost a lot of money?" Le Yao said.

Du Jing replied simply: "Not much, do you want to take a shower first?"

"I can do it myself," Le Yao replied, "Thank you."

Du Jing and Le Yao got along, and suddenly became a little bit different. Du Jing didn't say anything, turned around and closed the door for him.

Zhou Luoyang has been busy for more than half a month, moving and opening a store, but when he saw Le Yao's smile, he felt that it was all worth it.

In the evening, Du Jing and Zhou Luoyang cooked together, poured some wine, and toasted with Le Yao who was drinking.

"Can I drink it?" Zhou Luoyang observed Du Jing's situation.

"Yes," Du Jing replied calmly, "it's not a big problem."

"Drink less." Zhou Luoyang didn't interfere too much with Du Jing's drinking, he knew that Du Jing should also be measured.

"Are you tired?" Zhou Luoyang felt that his younger brother's expression was a little abnormal.

Le Yao said: "One thing, I have to go to bed early and try the new bed, it looks very comfortable."

After dinner, Zhou Luoyang sighed that the hard work of this period finally came to an end temporarily, lying on the sofa pondering.

The store has opened, moved, everything is getting better, and the predicament of previous life has gradually become sunshine. And all this was brought to him by Du Jing.

Zhou Luoyang looked at Du Jing washing dishes, and his feelings became very complicated. He didn't know how to repay him, but once he showed the emotion of repayment, Du Jing would definitely be angry.

Du Jing seemed to sense that Zhou Luoyang was looking at him, turned back and glanced at him indifferently.

"What?" Du Jing asked.

Zhou Luoyang shook his head with a little drunkenness on his face.

Du Jing turned on the dishwasher and finished processing. Before coming to the sofa, before taking off his shirt, he said to Zhou Luoyang, "Move inside."

Zhou Luoyang moved in, the sofa was very big, Du Jing also lay up together, and lay down together to think about things.

"Le Yao seems to have something on his mind." Zhou Luoyang said.

Du Jing replied, "If he doesn't want to say it, you don't know."

Zhou Luoyang turned his head, looked at Du Jing, and wondered, "Could it be love?"

Du Jing said: "Everyone has adolescence, and Le Yao is no exception."

Zhou Luoyang didn't answer, the alcohol made his heart beat a little faster.

Du Jing turned his head to the side, the two of them were facing each other, neither of them said anything, breathing each other's breath.In the evening, they all drank Irish rum, Du Jing's face was a little red, and Zhou Luoyang's breath was sweet with raspberry rum.

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Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the bright night scene of Wan City is reflected, with thousands of lights.

"Thank you," Zhou Luoyang said with red eyes, "Du Jing, you have always been the most important person in my life. No matter what happened in the past, it would be great to see you again."

Du Jing was silent, ten seconds, twenty seconds.

Half a minute later, he kissed Zhou Luoyang on the face by drinking alcohol.

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