Chapter 46 Lin Xiangru Travels Through Time and Space
The next morning, Zhang Yang waited for the person he had an appointment with last night at the bus stop.

A local male college student.

Seeing the other party's attire, Zhang Yang happily paid the money:
"This outfit is nice, and the look is great. Do you remember what I said yesterday?"

"Yeah, I remember almost everything."

The male college student, wearing a brocade robe and a black hair crown, answered with a confused look on his face:

"When I go in, I'll say I'm Lin Xiangru, who traveled through time to the modern era, and then ask them to hand over the Heshi Bi...right?"

"Yes! Didn't you say you were from a drama troupe? You wouldn't be stage fright or be exposed, right?" Zhang Yang asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I have my reasons for being expensive."

"But you didn't tell me what I was going to do after they took out the Heshi Bi."

"Of course, I want more He Shi Bi."

"You just say your goal is to collect all nine pieces of the Heshi Bi and revive Lian Po."

"If you really don't have one, an ordinary jade disk will do." Zhang Yang answered without hesitation.

After he went back yesterday, he thought about it for a full ten minutes and finally figured out the problem.

Small pieces of jade can be carved slowly by yourself.

It is too troublesome to make a large jade bi entirely by hand.

Ancient craftsmen might need to spend ten days or half a month to polish a fine jade bi, but Zhang Yang didn't have the time.

Therefore, for large pieces of jade, it is best to buy someone else’s finished product and then go back and repair it yourself.

But there is still that problem:

What should he do if the shop owner wants to rip him off?
Even if we find a local to be the shopping guide, what if the shopping guide colludes with the boss to set up a trap?
The Antiques Bureau Mid-Game may be a TV drama, but jade scams happen every day.

Zhang Yang thought about it and came up with a way to break the current impasse.

"Watch it. I'll go to the jade shop later."

Zhang Yang communicated with college students:

"You adjust your condition outside first. When you see me coming out and waving at you, come over quickly."

“The show starts as soon as you walk in the door.”

"Do you understand?"

"No problem, boss, go ahead. I'm a professional."

"OK." Zhang Yang gestured.

He moved the bag in front of him, patted his face to adjust his expression, and trotted into the jade shop.

……

It was a little after nine in the morning and there was not much business at the jade market. The plump proprietress was putting on makeup behind the counter when she saw Zhang Yang running in.

"Boss, just look around for whatever you want to buy. Call me if you see anything you like."

"Um, boss lady."

Zhang Yang overcame himself a little before greeting the other party.

The main thing is that the other party calls him boss, but he calls the other party boss lady, which is very strange.

He introduced himself:

"I am the director of Sanyang Tourism, and we are currently filming a promotional video for our Sanyang Jade Market."

"director?"

"Yes, I am."

Zhang Yang pointed outside the door and said to the college student in costume squatting on a stone pier:
“Look, that’s our actor.”

"is it?"

The proprietress walked around the counter and looked out the door.

"The one wearing Hanfu?"

"Yes, but it wasn't Hanfu. He was playing Lin Xiangru, and the Han Dynasty hadn't even arrived yet."

"Lin Xiangru? Who is he?" the proprietress asked puzzledly.

Is there anyone selling jade who doesn’t know Lin Xiangru?
Zhang Yang didn't expect that this would lead to him running into a fish with a loophole.

That’s great. This way I don’t have to go through the trouble of explaining to her whether the He Shi Bi is Hetian jade.

He thought for a moment and said to the landlady:
"Do you know the Heshi Bi?"

"Yes, that's the best-selling large item in our jade market."

"The jade was returned intact to Zhao. The person who protected the Heshi jade was Lin Xiangru."

"Oh, it's him. You said you would return the jade intact to Zhao."

The proprietress suddenly realized what was going on and even blamed Zhang Yang for not explaining it clearly.

She went out to take a look again, came back and gave a thumbs up and said:
"Sure, you guys are professionals at first glance."

"That young man acted very well, exactly like the historical Lin Xiangru."

"Right? We made the costumes based on the history books..."

Zhang Yang did not expose the boss lady's pretense.

After haggling with her for a long time and looking at her expression, Zhang Yang was sure that she must have believed it.

After heaving a sigh of relief, I began to explain the filming to her:
"Our promotional video is about Lin Xiangru traveling to modern society, trying to retrieve the Heshi Bi to save the State of Zhao, and then coming to your store to buy jade."

"By the way, boss lady, do you have any Heshi Bi here?" "Yes, aren't there all of them on the counter?"

Zhang Yang looked in the direction the other person pointed.

After seeing what was inside, he couldn't help but frown.

That's not jade, that's a tool for cutting leeks.

"These are all Afghan jade. Oh, and there's also a cracked Russian material. Anyway, they're not very good."

"Boiled!"

The proprietress stood up and cursed:
“Now even people who shoot short videos know Yu?”

"I was wondering why it is getting harder and harder to do business now."

"Okay, okay, boss lady, don't talk nonsense to me."

Zhang Yang waved his hands in annoyance. As a director, he had to have this kind of temper.

"We are shooting a promotional video, so we have to shoot jade bi made of top-quality Hetian jade."

"If you don't have it here, I'll go to the store next door."

Seeing that the proprietress was still hesitating, Zhang Yang sighed deliberately and said:
"Alas, what a pity! People nowadays can't even handle the overwhelming traffic."

"Director, wait a minute!"

"Wait, I'll get it for you now."

The proprietress put down the makeup mirror and went straight into the black curtain behind the counter.

After a long while, she came back with a locked suitcase.

Some experts on the Internet said that the truly good jade pieces are all stored in such storage boxes.

"Director, this is the most valuable item in our store."

The proprietress opened the box while talking nonsense.

When Zhang Yang saw what was inside, a perverted smile almost appeared on his face.

Wow, they are all Hetian jade bi.

White jade, blue-white jade, and green jade.

Except for the most expensive mutton-fat jade, there are jades of all colors.

Moreover, the patterns on the jade bi are all different.

If I were to carve it myself, it would probably take half a year to complete it all.

Zhang Yang wandered around the market all day yesterday but didn't see a single treasure like this.

Sure enough, what the old man said was right, it is not so easy to take out the real thing.

Normally they take the Afghan Yumeng people.

He has gone through so much trouble and now he has finally reaped some rewards.

The proprietress didn't notice Zhang Yang's wolf-like eyes and continued to mutter:

"Please be careful when you take the photo later, don't break it."

"Broken?" Zhang Yang shook his head. "It's okay. If it's broken, we can just buy it."

"purchase?"

The proprietress raised her head, looked at Zhang Yang and smiled.

"Director, do you know how much this box costs?"

"How much?" Zhang Yang asked.

"At least one hundred thousand!"

"This is still the internal price. If it were someone from another place, or someone who doesn't know much about the business, I would dare to sell him any one of these for 100,000 yuan."

"I have a channel behind me, you know, directly to the place of origin. Ask the entire jade wholesale market, who has this connection?"

The proprietress was talking big and her saliva was almost spraying onto the jade disk.

Zhang Yang only received one key piece of information: one hundred thousand!

Is it expensive?

It's really not expensive.

This is the price of Hetian jade now.

Zhang Yang was determined to get this box of jade discs. If he couldn't make it, he would ask Mr. Zheng for more customization fees.

Anyway, Mr. Zheng is going there to earn foreign exchange, so he shouldn't care about this small amount of money.

"Madam boss, now that you say that, I'm a little afraid to take pictures."

Zhang Yang said, taking a step back to advance:
"We actors are clumsy. If we drop your things, and you charge me 100,000 yuan for each, who can afford it?"

"It's okay, it's okay. One hundred thousand dollars a piece is a ridiculous price. Director, you guys are here to help with the publicity, so I will definitely charge you based on the purchase price."

"Is that so? Madam Boss, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Zhang Yang took out his cell phone and said:

"One hundred thousand, scan the code or transfer via online banking?"

"Ah?" The lady boss was stunned for a moment, "You haven't broken anything yet, so you don't have to pay in advance."

"Or do you really want to imitate Lin Xiangru and smash the Heshi Bi?"

(End of this chapter)