Chapter 118 Partners
"And then? Did you chase him in?"

After listening to Officer Tu's story about tracking, Zhang Yang curiously asked about the follow-up of the story.

"And then, nothing happened."

"Of course I didn't even get a sip of soup."

"Why? Shouldn't we rush in and take those two strong guys away?"

“They are your achievements!”

Xiao Shen, who was standing nearby, was very confused and asked with great sorrow.

Every college student has the idea that “just do it”.

Of course, she hadn't considered at all how difficult it would be to implement.

"This achievement doesn't matter. It's not important anymore."

Officer Tu folded his arms, slumped on the sofa, the word "decadence" written on his forehead:
"When the work is done, I will leave, hiding my achievements and fame. Yes, that's me."

Zhang Yang gave him a thumbs up and added:
"A great man."

"Haha, you discovered me."

"To be honest, Zhang Yang also did this. If you had defeated the group of people who pretended to be you earlier, the tomb robbers would have been looking for you, and we could have caught them all in your house."

"Yes, yes, and I am the one lying in the hospital now."

Zhang Yang rolled his eyes at Officer Tu.

The latter smiled awkwardly.

Zhang Yang didn't bother to pursue the matter with him because he was forced to take a month's leave due to his poor performance.

"Then what do you do now?"

"You're just going to be a street urchin for a month and then go back to work?"

"What position do you want to resume? I'm planning to apply to be a reservoir guard." Officer Tu replied with a smile.

"Ah? Not really? Is that leader so petty?"

Xiao Shen said with great regret:
"Where's my certificate? Is it gone?"

"Miss Shen, please stop teasing me. If you want a certificate for your identity, can't you just tell your uncle?"

"That's different. If a certificate obtained through connections is exposed after a little investigation, my academic career will be ruined."

Although Xiao Shen is usually a little silly, he is still very perceptive in this aspect.

However, Officer Tu couldn't guarantee anything at this time.

He could only laugh it off and pretend to say that he would kowtow to Xiao Shen and find a way to compensate him later.

"Actually, Lao Tu, you still have one thing to do this month."

"Maybe we can make a comeback."

Zhang Yang thought about it and decided that he couldn’t let Xiao Shen work for nothing, right?
Xiao Shen has no shortage of money, but he must have a certificate.

So Officer Tu couldn’t just kowtow and get away with it.

You have to work even when you are on vacation!

"What else can I do? Go abroad and catch a fugitive?"

Officer Tu didn't think he could turn the situation around.

Zhang Yang looked at him and smiled evilly:
"Have you forgotten that the antiques that Fa Qiu Yin exchanged for have not yet been brought to justice?"

"Catching the tomb robbers is only the first step. Aren't the key things the valuable unearthed cultural relics behind them?"

"According to what you said, the traitor is likely to have betrayed us for the second time, and the thing must be in his hands..."

"You mean!"

Officer Tu looked at Zhang Yang in surprise.

The latter nodded at him:

"That's right. That batch of stuff must still be in the country. It's under strict inspection right now, so it's definitely impossible to ship it out."

"Hasn't the traitor communicated with you? You can try to find him. If you can find him, it's not impossible to buy back some of the stolen goods. In this case..."

"My problem is solved!"

Officer Tu continued excitedly following Zhang Yang's words.

He was originally paralyzed on the sofa, but now he straightened his back and regained his vigor.

Clearly his confidence has been restored.

Looking at Officer Tu walking out with his head held high, Xiao Shen looked at Zhang Yang with some admiration:

"Brother, why do I feel like nothing good will happen to Officer Tu after he gets involved with you, but he's so grateful to you?"

"Did you put a spell on him?"

"..."

"Is there a possibility that he could have been even more miserable, and only after meeting me could he barely maintain his current miserable state?"

"Really? That's impossible. If he was so unlucky, how could he have survived until now?"

"Yiyi, do you really have to affect the relationship between us brothers and sisters for an outsider?"

Zhang Yang launched a soul-searching interrogation and finally silenced Shen Yiyi.

Xiao Shen came here today with the intention of questioning Officer Tu.

But seeing the other person's decadent look, she was so kind that she forgot her original purpose.

Now that the person has left, she looked at Zhang Yang who was concentrating on playing with his mobile phone and didn't know what to do.

Glancing around, she spotted something new.

Shen Yiyi walked to the unfinished pyramid, looked it up and down, and knocked it with her hand.

Solid and very rough.

All that's left is some patina to complete it.

However, for such a large item, making it look old is the most difficult part, and she herself doesn't have the hang of it.

Xiao Shen wanted to learn, so he asked curiously:

"Brother, why don't you continue to build this pyramid?"

"Because Anna doesn't want it anymore."

"Why doesn't she want it?"

"Because her family no longer trusts me..."

When Zhang Yang mentioned this, his tone was somewhat helpless.

Now that I think about it, I was a little bit over the top at the exhibition.

It was all the fault of the college student next to me.

However, this business seems to be useless at the moment, and it is easy to be stabbed by others, so it is better not to do it at all.

Anyway, Zhang Yang has found a more profitable business.

"What about Anna?"

"I can only say that we are still friends."

"Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!" Xiao Shen made strange noises, undoubtedly mocking Zhang Yang.

But the next second, she was stunned.

Because she saw Anna walking in from the gate.

"She, she, she, why is she here?"

"Brother, are you lying to me?"

"No, I said her family didn't trust me, but I didn't say she didn't trust me."

Zhang Yang shrugged: "She came here to discuss cooperation with us. You should come and listen too."

"Cooperation? Cooperation with foreigners?"

"Yes, we should focus on the international market!"

A harmless smile appeared on Zhang Yang's face.

For some reason, Xiao Shen suddenly felt worried about the foreigners.

It seemed as if they were about to suffer a serious disaster.

But this time, Shen Yiyi did misunderstand Zhang Yang.

He just wanted to do some small business on the European art network.

People with big fortunes cannot just sit around and live off their savings; they have to find a way to make a living!

Anna is the white glove chosen by Zhang Yang.

Originally, the girl was a little angry about Zhang Yang leaving a mark on the bronze sword.

She didn't think that there was anything wrong with what Zhang Yang did, but she was angry that Zhang Yang didn't tell her in advance and didn't treat her as his own.

But when Anna heard that Zhang Yang wanted to take her into business, she immediately suffered from selective amnesia.

In her eyes, there was no pursuit of money, she just thought what Zhang Yang said was very funny.

For Anna, a German, there is no pressure at all to make money from the British or the French.

I even want to increase my holdings.

After pushing Anna into the seat, Zhang Yang asked her to wait for a moment, and he went back to the room and carried out a cardboard box on a cart.

The box was covered with a thin layer of straw, on top of which lay an Egyptian gold-painted mummy mask.

This is a work that requires unlocking four abilities: [Egyptian Mummy Knowledge], [Mummy Face Painting], [Papyrus Clay Sculpture], and [Egyptian Painting Antiquing] to complete.

Zhang Yang always thought that the mummy mask was carved from wood.

I almost used the wrong skill and hit the wood carving.

Fortunately, he unlocked the knowledge ability first, and then he knew that during the Han Dynasty in ancient Egypt, because there was not so much wood, this kind of thing had been made of "papyrus + plaster" instead.

It is very similar to clay sculpture, and also has a bit of the feel of paper and lacquer.

"Wow!"

Looking at the painted masks in the box, the two women cried out at the same time.

Then he asked at the same time:

"Brother, can you teach me this?"

"Zhang Yang, do you want me to sell this?"

Zhang Yang thought about it and ignored Shen Yiyi for the time being. This girl wanted to learn everything, so he just pretended he didn’t hear anything.

"Anna, this is the deal I told you about. You help me sell it to the buyer on the art website, and we'll split the net profit 20% to 80%."

"20%? No, no, no, 10% is enough."

"Just take what I give you." Zhang Yang said very firmly, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

Give more and let the other party pay more attention. In the initial stage of a business, increasing revenue is always better than reducing expenditure. This is what Zhang Yang believes is the correct business philosophy.

He had the same attitude towards Lao Hu before and towards Anna now:

Give enough money and get the job done.

"OK, I understand what you mean."

"But can you tell me what anti-counterfeiting mark you put on this mask?"

Anna pursed her lips and looked at Zhang Yang.

"No." Zhang Yang shook his head. "Except for not being able to pass the carbon 14 test, there are no other flaws."

"This kind of thing may mess up the foreign cultural relics market, but I really don't have any psychological burden."

"I understand."

Anna nodded happily. She felt that she and Zhang Yang were already family.

On the side, Shen Yiyi was very unconvinced.

It was me, it was me first, it was clearly me who asked the question first.

Whether it was the problem or coming here, it was all my fault first.

So she repeated it again:
"Brother, how do you make this thing? Can you teach me?"

"Sure. There's a mask blank in the living room that hasn't been painted yet. You can paint it completely based on it, and then color it."

"Let me see……"

Shen Yiyi walked to Anna's side and carefully looked at the mummy mask she picked up.

Ten seconds later, from entering to giving up, she walked back silently.

"Do I need to learn to draw first to learn this?"

"Of course, painting is the foundation." Zhang Yang replied with a smile.

He already understood Xiao Shen's condition and it was obvious that he couldn't learn anything.

Shen Yiyi shook her head and found an excuse:

"Your painting is too abstract, who can learn it?"

"This is what ancient Egyptian paintings look like," Zhang Yang explained.

"Forget it, once I learn this thing, I'll be done with it. I can only draw comics from now on."

"Hahaha, that's true."

"Now, it's not like I won't teach you, okay?"

"Yeah, I don't deserve it."

Xiao Shen nodded.

After solving her problem, Zhang Yang continued to communicate with Anna about selling goods abroad.

For him, this was an experiment.

Zhang Yang also has no idea what those collectors abroad will do after receiving the items.

Do we use a magnifying glass to examine it like in China? Or do we send it directly for testing? Or does it have to be collected by a celebrity and passed down in an orderly manner?
Anna was just a college student and she didn't quite know.

However, after she helps to ship goods once, she should be able to help Zhang Yang figure out these things.

"Anna!" Shen Yiyi was unwilling to be lonely and came over to join in, "Your mother doesn't trust Zhang Yang, and you are still doing business with him."

"Then you are the kind of love-brained one!"

"In love?" Anna frowned in confusion after listening to the translated German text: "No! We are partners now."

"Yes, we are just partners now," Zhang Yang emphasized.

"Brother, please don't say anything. Don't let it affect Anna's self-destruction."

"Alright, alright." Zhang Yang dodged and stood in front of Shen Yiyi: "Stop gossiping. Have you finished your homework?"

"No."

"Then go quickly, or I'll tell Aunt Lu about it."

"No, I have to watch you." Shen Yiyi said sternly.

Then I got a brain explosion.

"What are you looking at? I'll take Anna to visit the prison later."

"We must inform the master about doing business with foreigners."

(End of this chapter)