Pixiu Rearing Guide

The auction house's year-end appreciation reception is arranged on the last weekend before the new year. Beiyang Auction House, as an influential local art trading center, attracts relatively high-end customers. The guests who can participate in this reception are either rich or expensive, or With a prominent net worth, if not a connoisseur of everyone, at least he is a celebrity in the business world.At the beginning of the reception, the third sister of the Du family wore a black evening dress and delivered an opening speech. Du Ziyu was among the crowd, smiling and raising a champagne glass to her.

Shen Shi was standing half a step away from Du Ziyu's side. He was tall and tall, and he was a natural clothes hanger.The old tailor was very skilled, and the suits were made to fit properly. This kid had broad shoulders and narrow waist, long legs and hips.Shen Shi found that Du Ziyu was looking at himself, and there was a questioning look in his eyes. Du Ziyu hooked the corner of his mouth and whispered: "It's okay, I think it looks pretty." After being praised, Shen Shi immediately showed a look of joy, Du Ziyu continued, "I tied this Windsor Knot."

After the speech, the video review session began. Shi Shiran, the third sister of the Du family, came over and gave each of them a lottery ticket: "This year's grand prize is Patek Philippe. Now that you're here, try your luck?"

Du Ziyu raised his eyebrows, and gave his lottery ticket to Shen Shi: "You got a bargain, boy," he said, pointing to the rest area on the side of the dining table: "Go there and wait for me."

Shen Shi nodded, and obediently walked towards the dining area, Du Ziyu blinked at his third sister: "Sister, take me around?"

The so-called walking around, to put it bluntly, is referrals, changing business cards, chatting a few words, drinking a glass of champagne, and Du Ziyu walked down the circle, making him acquainted.

The third sister ordered the bulging business card holder in Du Ziyu's hand: "Put these away, boy, go back and do your homework. Before the Spring Festival, your sister's dinner party is full, so let me know in advance which bosses you want to meet, and my sister will call you during dinner." .”

At this time, the lights were brightened, and there were couples of men and women walking hand in hand to the central dance floor. The third sister immediately took Du Ziyu's arm and said, "Dance with sister?"

Du Ziyu smiled and leaned forward to salute, and the two walked to the dance floor, pacing and dancing to Qingman's music.

"Did you lose weight?" The third sister frowned and pinched her younger brother's shoulders, and Du Ziyu's chuckle came from next to her ear: "Sister, I've lost three catties because I've been lazy at home these days."

"That's still skinny!" The third sister snorted and wrinkled her nose again: "Did you change the perfume? It smells like pine wood..."

"Really?" Du Ziyu was stunned for a moment. This natural aura, similar to pine and fir, was unique to Shen Shi. He couldn't tell when he got it himself... the third sister said it was a new one. Perfume, Du Ziyu was amused and helpless, so he could only agree: "Well, it counts."

"It smells good, what brand is it?"

"..." The corner of Du Ziyu's mouth twitched: "Out of print, don't worry about it."

Just after the song was played, Du Ziyu hurriedly gave up his third sister to other men, and walked out of the dance floor towards the dining area. He saw Shen Shi surrounded by several female models from a distance, but he was not lonely at all.Shen Shi's originally stone-like paralyzed face became radiant when he saw Du Ziyu. He stood up, took a few steps forward, and handed Du Ziyu a food plate full of snacks.

"My car is in the way, you can move it." Du Ziyu said in a cold voice, and threw the car keys to Shen Shi, who was at a loss for what to do.Du Ziyu raised his eyebrows, looked a little displeased, glanced at several female models, and said bluntly: "Do you still have anything to do with my driver? It's okay, he's going to work now?"

I don't know which woman "cut" first, and then sighed one after another, the women dispersed without interest, Du Ziyu sneered, pinched a piece of green tea cake and chewed it.

"Are you popular, kid?" He glanced at Shen Shi and said angrily.

"..."

He raised his hand and fanned it to dispel the smell of fat and powder, and the unique clean smell of Shen Shi wafted over. Du Ziyu felt relieved now, and the anxious mood just now gradually calmed down.

"What are you angry about?" Shen Shi asked.

"Not angry." Du Ziyu curled his lips, thinking that he was annoyed just now because of jealousy, childish like a primary school student, his face was full of embarrassment, he didn't want to continue this topic, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only mutter: "Why? There is no lottery yet..."

"What's the second prize?" Shen Shi asked suddenly as his eyes fell on a wife with a child beside the dining table.

Du Ziyu's attention was also attracted, and he asked in confusion, "It seems to be a classic LV bag, why?"

"Eighty percent of it belongs to her."

Shen Shi just said it casually, but Du Ziyu was taken aback by what he said, and he couldn't help asking: "Can you see it?"

"Sometimes, people who are particularly wealthy can feel it." Shen Shi said calmly, as if confirming his words, his eyes swept across the crowd at the venue.

Du Ziyu suddenly thought of something, took out his business card holder, and asked the waiter for a pen: "Tell me, among these people, which ones are rich."

Although Shen Shi didn't quite understand what Du Ziyu was thinking, he still pointed to him while looking at him: "On the left side of the catwalk, the one in black suit and blue striped tie; the one pouring champagne, brown suit and red bow tie; Fa, the one with the pearl necklace..."

As Shen Shi said, Du Ziyu quickly found the corresponding business card and marked it.Soon after drawing all the business cards, Du Ziyu looked at Shen Shi with a slight smile, and the corner of his mouth could not help but raise: "Good boy, you helped me a lot!" Seeing that Shen Shi didn't seem to understand, he explained again: "You saved me the trouble of checking the background. In the past few minutes, all the buyers I will focus on in the future have been selected."

Although he still didn't fully understand, Shen Shi understood that he had helped Du Ziyu, so he smiled knowingly: "Just as long as you are happy."

While talking, the lottery draw, which had been waiting for the entire game, finally started. The third and second prizes were drawn one after another. Sure enough, all the people with good fortune that Shen Shi mentioned just now won the prizes, and those who got the first prize At that time, Du Ziyu didn't even need to guess, and won Shen Shi's number without any suspense.

The third sister was the award presenter, and when she saw Shen Shi come up to receive the award, she was also very surprised. If it wasn't for the random lottery tickets she personally distributed, she would have wondered if there was something tricky about this link.The third sister smiled helplessly, and awarded the grand prize to Shen Shi, thinking in her heart that it doesn't count that her younger brother was kidnapped by this kid, and she had to wear a valuable watch. The Du family owed him everything in the previous life up!

Shen Shi came back with a gift bag and handed it directly to Du Ziyu, but was pushed back by Du Ziyu.The corner of the mouth of the person on the opposite side was hooked, and there was a smile on his eyebrows and eyes: "You are the one, hold it yourself."

Shen Shi shook the gift bag, then heard Du Ziyu sigh, leaned over and took out the box inside, opened it, and inside the box was a mechanical belt watch.

"Extend your left hand." Adjusting the time, Du Ziyu directly helped Shen Shi put it on, looked at it for a while, nodded and said: "En, it suits you quite well."

Shen Shi seemed to like this watch very much. After the dinner, he always raised his arm to look at it. Du Ziyu found it interesting, so he told him how to adjust the time and how to look at the watch.Shen Shi stared at the dial, and suddenly asked: "4:47:33. Can you adjust it?"

"Can it be possible..." Du Ziyu was stunned for a while: "What are you doing at this time?"

Shen Shi didn't answer, but just stubbornly pinched the adjusting button and rotated the hour and minute hands until 4:47. His fingers paused, as if he was confused, and continued to adjust it backwards until it returned to 12 o'clock after a cycle of 4 hours. bell.

"Is the watch not broken?"

"Of course it's good," Du Ziyu laughed, "But if you plan to continue playing like this, I can't guarantee it."

Shen Shi raised his head, looked at Du Ziyu with some puzzlement, and pointed to the clock hand: "Why, after 4 o'clock, this one no longer points to the position of 4?"

"Mechanical structure, why?" Du Ziyu really didn't know what Shen Shi was thinking, and shook his head helplessly.

"However, I've seen a watch, it's 4:47, and the pointer points here." Shen Shi frowned, really struggling with this question.Du Ziyu subconsciously wanted to say, "It's just that the watch is broken." But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly felt something unusual. This thing...is not quite right!

"Where have you seen such a watch?" Du Ziyu asked cautiously.

Shen Shi didn't even need to think about it, it seemed that the impression of this incident was too deep for him to blurt out: "On this body." He said, pointing to the wrist with the new watch: "I entered this pair of After the body, I woke up for the first time, wearing it here." He paused, as if trying to search the scene in his memory, and then confirmed firmly: "4 o'clock, 47 minutes, 33 seconds."

"Why didn't you say it earlier?" Du Ziyu instantly realized the seriousness of the problem, and his heart beat faster.If the hour hand at that time did not point to a certain position between 4-5 o'clock, but pointed to 4 o'clock accurately, then it is possible that the hour hand, minute hand, and second hand were artificially moved to this position, in order to convey some kind of information...

"I only remembered it when I saw this watch."

"Is this piece of glass still there at that time?" Du Ziyu nodded his face, seeing Shen Shi hesitated for a moment, shaking his head, his heart became more and more tense, and then asked: "Then do you remember, the sky at that time was like What time?"

"In the evening, the sky just started to darken." Shen Shi recalled.

"After that, where did you throw the watch?"

"Jiangli."

Du Ziyu was slightly relieved, but even so, it was not completely guaranteed that the watch would not be recovered by the police.In just a few minutes, Du Ziyu's mind turned, and he was sure that the message left on the dial was hinting at the whereabouts of the Burmese gambling stone.

However, the Stilwell Highway, 4:47:33... What exactly does it represent?

"What are you worried about? Is this body in trouble?"

Shen Shi's words interrupted Du Ziyu's thoughts, he looked at Shen Shi, didn't know where to start, he just said perfunctorily: "It's a little trouble, I'm here, you don't have to worry."

Shen Shi frowned, with worry written in his eyes, but he still didn't ask any further, just nodded: "What do I need to do..."

"I won't be polite to you." Du Ziyu quickly answered the words and smiled at him.

After that night, this question has been bothering Du Ziyu. There are no more clues to dig out from Shen Shi. Du Ziyu has been tortured by this question for more than a week. Until New Year's Day, the mystery is still unsolved, but Li Wu came back at this time .

Du Ziyu made an appointment with him at an antique shop, and Li Wu went up to the second floor with a big suitcase in his travels. Du Ziyu poured tea for him and smiled, "Why did you come to me with your luggage?"

"Stop talking nonsense, let's see what this is!" Li Wu cracked his mouth and smiled, without thinking about drinking water, he opened the suitcase directly, and there was a revolving lantern carved with emeralds inside.

"Old Li is very trustworthy. He said that he will not be short-changed for one month and one day." Du Ziyu couldn't help picking up the revolving lantern and looked at it carefully. He had heard from Zhou Dahai that this old Li was good at carving ornaments, and he especially liked detailing. It's extremely precise——

The blue and white column in the inner core is cut very thin, with Ruyi Xiang patterns engraved on it, and a jade base at the bottom, just enough to stand a candle.A wire is passed through the center of the base, and an impeller is installed on the top. Fishing lines of different lengths are hung on the impeller. Tourmaline beads are tied to the other end of the fishing line. Form a circle of bead curtains.The outermost lampshade is Maoshui jadeite, and the icy jadeite is embossed with pictures of ladies admiring flowers, and the carving is also vivid.

Du Ziyu asked the staff to find a candle and light it on the lamp holder. The air inside the lamp was heated and rose, the impeller rotated under force, and the tourmaline beads spun along with it, making a crisp clanging sound.Seen from the outside, a mass of warm yellow light diffuses from the center of the emerald. The outer emerald is as warm and transparent as a layer of green window screen. Tourmaline beads turn into colorful shadows and reflect on the emerald. Turning and floating faintly, I can vaguely see the grand scene of ladies lighting palace lanterns and enjoying flowers in the garden under the moonlight.

"How?" Li Wu raised his eyebrows, with a smug expression, and gave Du Ziyu a thumbs up: "I said this lamp is absolutely perfect! Lao Li told me that a piece of broken stone can be made into a work of art, and half The credit is all on you, if we sell this thing, he will give you 50% share."

"My sister, will there be an auction before the Spring Festival?" Du Ziyu looked at the radiance in front of him, thoughtful.He remembered that on the day of the dinner party, he mentioned that the auction house wanted to gather the collections that failed to sell this year, and hold another year-end auction.

"Do you want to shoot this?" Li Wu immediately understood, he frowned and pondered: "How much are you going to pay for the base price? This thing is beautiful, but the jade seed water is still not top-quality, so it's only three to five hundred?"

Du Ziyu leaned over and blew out the candle. The candle smoke filled the air, and he said casually, "800 million."

Li Wu was stunned for a moment, and reached out to touch Du Ziyu's forehead: "Young Master Du, are you okay? You're crazy about money!"

"I just want it to fail." Du Ziyu said, took out his business card holder, slammed it on the tea table, and smiled at Li Wu with a sly look: "I have recently locked in a group of good quality buyers. Just taking advantage of this auction, everyone is invited, and if the auction is not passed, how can I have the opportunity to meet with these interested buyers?"

"What tricks do you want to make?" Li Wu laughed, and found that Du Ziyu had a lot of tricky business ideas.

"Let's have dinner together at noon, I'll tell you slowly." Du Ziyu said, suddenly thinking of Shen Shi's incident, he asked Li Wu casually: "By the way, you said that if a dead person wrote a place name before he died, And artificially set the watch to 4:47:33, what is it implying?"

Li Wu couldn't keep up with his train of thought, so he was stunned for a while: "Have you liked reading mystery novels recently?"

"Well, I'm free." Du Ziyu nodded, and seeing Li Wu's helpless look, he gave up looking for inspiration from him. Apart from being slick in business, his brother-in-law is very thick in other aspects.So, he simply stood up: "Let's go, let's eat." As he spoke, he edited a WeChat and sent the same question to Shi Lai.