Chapter 94: A Large Investment in Creating a Grave-Robbing Talisman
"Threats don't work, so you try playing the victim instead?" Zhang Yang asked with a smile.

"I'm not playing the victim, I'm really miserable. Brother, do you know how many ridges there are on the washboard?"

"How many?"

"Twenty-three. I've counted them hundreds of times." Mr. Zhan said earnestly.

"Awesome! So tell me, what do you want to do this time?"

"Mr. Zhang, Teacher Zhang, Master Zhang! I'll tell you the truth, I was the one who bought the Preface to the Lanting Poems."

"1000 million. My new assistant helped me take the photo. I've already fired that loser."

"Really?" Zhang Yang was a little unconvinced.

"Really? I have the Lanting Preface in front of me right now. The inscriptions are..."

Mr. Zhan described the work in detail according to the words and seals on it, leaving out nothing.

Zhang Yang didn't say a word the whole time.

It was not until Mr. Zhan listed every appreciation chapter on "Preface to the Lanting Poems" one by one that he began to believe it to about 70%.

Coupled with the resentment in the other party's tone, as if she had been a widow for thirty years, the credibility is as high as 90%.

However, Zhang Yang did not directly admit that he had imitated the words, but asked:

"So what do you want to do?"

"I would like to ask you, teacher, to write a few words for me for free."

"Free?" Zhang Yang repeated.

I thought to myself, why is this guy doing this again?

When Mr. Zhan heard Zhang Yang's question, he immediately panicked and quickly explained:
"You can charge a fee, but you have to tell others it's free, and I can only pay in cash."

"My wife has ordered me to get a calligraphy piece for free. If I get caught transferring money to you, my knees will probably be broken."

"Your situation...Alas!"

Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh.

How should I put it? Even if the other party was making it up, if Zhang Yang met someone on the street who used this excuse to beg for mercy, he would still give him a few coins.

I'm so angry. When will the henpecked man stand up?

"It's not that I'm stingy. Even if I don't charge you for writing, the paper, ink, and subsequent aging all have fixed costs."

"How about this, you give me 888 and I'll write you the word 'miserable'. When your wife asks you about it, just say you went to wash your feet."

"Teacher, you really want me to die!"

"Hahaha." Zhang Yang finally couldn't help laughing, "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore."

"The Preface to the Lanting Poems has more than 1000 characters. I'll give you 10 characters off for purchases over . So, I can give you three characters for free..."

"Can you make up four words?" Mr. Zhan interrupted Zhang Yang and asked.

"Do you have to be so greedy?"

"No, teacher, four characters are auspicious. There is no calligraphy with three characters."

"Alright." Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly. "In this case, there will be no inscriptions or seals. It will just be four simple words!"

"Don't bother me anymore."

"Okay, I'll find someone to make the seal and other things look old when the time comes."

"Then send me the address!"

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he hung up the phone and blocked the other party.

Considering that the other party is a big buyer, he really intends to give these four words. One cannot be so stingy when doing business.

A week later, Mr. Zhan received a package from the "M78 Nebula".

He excitedly took the express package and woke up his wife who was still sleeping.

"Here it comes, free calligraphy and paintings are here."

"Teacher Zhang wrote me four words. We can give them to Section Chief Qi and ask him for help."

Mr. Zhan excitedly shared his plan with his wife.

The latter silently found the scissors.

After opening the express package, I found a square, very flat cardboard box inside.

After the paper box was opened, there was a slightly yellowed piece of rice paper on the front with a big word "美" written on it.

“Why just one word?” Mr. Zhan’s wife glared at him.

"That's impossible. Let me see..."

"There are more underneath. The four characters are written separately. We can just frame them together when the time comes."

Mr. Zhan carefully took out the four pieces of paper one by one.

Lined up on the bed sheet.

……

The day after Grandpa Lu came back.

When Zhang Yang was about to go out in the morning, the old man had just gotten up. He didn't say anything, just sat alone in the yard, as if he was competing with himself.

Zhang Yang heard from Shen Yiyi in the morning that she went to her grandfather's door and eavesdropped in the middle of the night last night.

Didn't cry.

I guess it’s not a big problem.

My grandpa was once defrauded of two hundred thousand yuan, and he was so sleepy in the middle of the night that he was bleeding.

This time, the raw stone definitely wasn’t defrauded of that much money, so it’s a small problem.

But Zhang Yang felt something was not right when he saw his grandfather's condition.

It won’t be Yu Yu, right?

"Grandpa, I'm going to look at the store I want to acquire later. Do you want to come with me?" Zhang Yang took the initiative to invite.

"It's on Yanjiang Road. There are many antique shops there. You can go shopping."

"Take me with you?" Grandpa Lu pointed at himself blankly, "Will it affect you?"

"No, business is done quickly."

"That's great, let's go."

Grandpa suddenly stood up and performed a lightning-fast face change. A sunflower-like smile instantly bloomed on his face, and all the old wrinkles on his face were squeezed together.

How can she be so naive? She is obviously very cheerful!
"Someone has been fooled!" Xiao Shen said leisurely behind Zhang Yang.

"Oh..." Zhang Yang touched his forehead.

Sure enough, ginger is still spicy.

But taking Grandpa Lu out to relax was just a side job, so it can't be said that he was "cheated".

And when I really arrived at Lao Deng’s seal shop, I got an unexpected reward.

Boss Deng’s father, the old Deng who used cigarette butts to burn paintings, was actually a group friend of Grandpa Lu.

The two people often chat in the group.

When they met offline, they were even more affectionate.

They just went swimming together arm in arm, and Zhang Yang didn't have to worry about anything.

After the two old men left, Boss Deng shook Zhang Yang's hand with gratitude:

"Thank you, Boss Zhang."

"My dad always feels that he has caused me trouble. He has been unhappy recently. I haven't been this happy in a long time."

He felt that Zhang Yang brought Grandpa Lu here on purpose.

"You have a heart."

"Hahaha, you're welcome." Zhang Yang was a little confused and responded simply politely.

Then he asked:

"Boss Deng, now that the trouble has been solved, do you still want to sell this store?"

"Sell it. I want to go back to my hometown and start a business."

"Okay, then when can you finish the appreciation chapter?"

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about today, Boss Zhang."

Boss Deng smiled somewhat embarrassedly:
"In fact, the raw materials of those seals are not worth much. They only add up to tens of thousands of yuan. I have already sold the valuable ones."

"So I'll give it to you directly, but you'll have to be responsible for engraving the seal."

"This……"

"Brother, please don't refuse, otherwise I will feel guilty and won't be able to sleep well at night."

"Hahaha, okay then." Zhang Yang nodded frankly.

Now that things have been talked about, the acquisition will naturally proceed faster.

Soon it was time to sign the contract and transfer the money.

Zhang Yang was just taking a final look at the details of the contract when someone suddenly knocked on the wooden door:
"is the boss around?"

"Here I am!"

Boss Deng quickly stood up to greet him, and whispered to Zhang Yang:
"Just watch first, I'll go take an order for you, brother."

After a while, he led the guest to Zhang Yang:

"Boss Zhang, this customer's request is a bit special. I'm not sure if you can handle it."

"any request?"

Zhang Yang didn't take it seriously.

Isn't that what a seal is? Is there anything else you can do with it?

The middle-aged man with a beard next to Boss Deng looked Zhang Yang up and down and asked:

"Can you do the Fa Qiu Seal and the Mo Jin Talisman? There are nine talismans and one seal in total. I'll pay three hundred thousand."

(End of this chapter)