Siheyuan: starting from security

After paying the money, Shazhu carried the lunch box with an annoyed look on his face and left without saying hello.

Yang Chen didn't care about his attitude, and walked to the factory director's office with five yuan in his hand with a smile.

Knocking on the door, Director Yang's voice sounded inside.

Yang Chen opened the door and walked in. When Director Yang saw it was him, he immediately smiled and said:

"Xiao Yang, after you became the chief of the security department, I haven't talked to you yet. Are you comfortable with it these two days?"

"Fortunately, I definitely didn't get used to it when I first started, but for the safety of the factory, I have to adapt even if I don't get used to it."

Yang Chen had a firm expression and spoke righteously.

"Okay, okay, the country needs people with lofty ideals like you, and this is what young people want."

Director Yang looked at Yang Chen with a look of relief. He just liked people with justice in their hearts. It seemed that the security section chief had made the right choice.

"Factory Director, I came to you to report something to you. When I was on patrol just now, I found our factory's chef, Silly Zhu, stealing vegetables from the factory and taking them home. I fined him five yuan.

But he said that this was something he had always done in the cafeteria, so I didn’t arrest him. Do you understand this situation?”

Yang Chen didn't wait for Factory Director Yang to ask him, so he took the initiative to speak.

Of course he also knows, Director Yang must know this kind of thing, but what does he care about?

You can do it, but you can't say it. Even if it's private, everyone knows it, but you can't say it openly.

"Well...I don't know about this either, but this kid, Silly Zhu, his father used to be a chef in our factory. His father must have taught him this. This was when his father was young and he didn't have a good education. You should fine him for this."

That’s fine, there’s no need to arrest him.”

Factory Director Yang paused as he spoke and then said:

"Actually, this kind of thing is not a big deal. If you don't take away the leftovers and put them in the canteen, they will spoil overnight. It is also a waste. However, this kind of behavior is not advisable. I will criticize Silly Zhu later."

"Well, then I understand, factory director, this is the five yuan I fined just now, and I'll give it to you."

Yang Chen smiled, took out five dollars from his pocket, and handed it to Director Yang.

This was the reason why he came here. He didn't want to rely on this to arrest Silly Zhu.

What he wanted to do was to establish his image of justice with Director Yang.

Although Director Yang will be cleaning toilets for ten years starting next year, he will come back after ten years.

"Okay, I will put these five yuan in the logistics department and use it to buy food."

Director Yang nodded, looked at Yang Chen with admiration, stood up, patted Yang Chen on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"Xiao Yang, I didn't misjudge you."

"Serve the people, serve the factory!"

Yang Chen replied firmly. After finishing speaking, he looked at Director Yang's face and felt that his visit today was not in vain, so he stood up and left.

After leaving the factory, Yang Chen walked all the way to the shopping mall. Today's shopping malls are all state-owned, and they are in Tianjing. They basically have everything that should be available in this era.

I walked around and bought a barbecue stove and coal.

Carrying the barbecue grill and coal, Yang Chen accidentally discovered a trust store next to the shopping mall.

This trust store has basically become extinct in later generations, but it is extremely popular now. Seeing this, Yang Chen naturally wanted to get excited.

The so-called trust store refers to a consignment store, which means that you accept the customer's entrustment, put the things in his place, and he helps sell them.

What the vernacular means is that you can get all kinds of things in your home that you think are valuable and let the store sell them for you, which is equivalent to the Xianyu APP.

However, it is different from the Xianyu APP. What is sold here is genuine.

Whether it's a three-turn beep, a sewing machine, a watch, a bicycle, or antique jade, whatever you want is available here, but it's all second-hand.

Of course, the merchant will definitely not help you sell it for free. He will charge a certain commission fee, which is similar to the pawn shops in the past.

But there are differences. In a pawn shop, after a certain period, even if you take the money to redeem it, you can't get it back. However, a trust store is more flexible and has no time limit.

Those that are sold cannot be redeemed, but as long as they are not sold, you can get them back. This can be said to be extremely popular in this era.

However, around 1990, due to the emergence of Panjiayuan, trust stores gradually disappeared.

As soon as he thought of this, Yang Chen walked directly into the trust store, but he was afraid that if he liked something, he would actually buy it. Just in case, he went to the department store and bought some glasses and a hat. This wave was considered a cover-up.

A little more.

After entering the trust store, Yang Chen looked around. There were a lot of old things in there.

Originally, Yang Chen just came to look at it, but now he looked at it seriously.

Yang Chen saw all kinds of antiques and wanted to pack up the store.

However, he only has two thousand in his body now, so it is naturally impossible to pack them all.

After looking carefully, the prices were quite expensive, ranging from tens to hundreds. Yang Chen shook his head.

Forget it, I might as well go to my hometown after a while and collect some antiques when I have time.

After all, in this era, not many people care about antiques in the mainland.

In the city of Tianjing, due to historical reasons, almost every household in the countryside has some antiques.

And the price is much cheaper than here. He has limited funds, so it is still a good deal.

Collecting it yourself can be regarded as preserving something of historical value for the motherland.

Just as he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly lit up and he saw a painting.

Yang Chen didn't know much about antique calligraphy and painting, but he knew about Tang Bohu's paintings and calligraphy. After all, Tang Bohu's paintings were considered to be the most popular paintings in later generations.

This painting is Tang Bohu's "Lushan Waterfall Viewing". It's not that he has seen it before, but this painting is too famous.

In 2003, it was sold for US$590 million, which was approximately worth RMB 3.6 billion at the time.

Although in Yang Chen's opinion, there must be some inside story, it must be worth hundreds of millions.

After all, there are dozens of Tang Bohu's paintings that have sold hundreds of millions, and this one, which is the most expensive, is better than other paintings. Those paintings have sold for hundreds of millions, but this one has sold for hundreds of millions. Isn't it easy?

"Boss, how do you sell this?"

Yang Chen pointed at this painting and asked the boss next to him.

The boss stretched out a finger: "The seller consigned it to 100 yuan."

"Okay, boss, open the invoice. I bought this."

Yang Chen directly took the money out of his pocket and gave it to the boss. It wasn't that he didn't want to negotiate a price, but the thing he entrusted was just like this, a fixed price.

"By the way, boss, does this seller have anything else to rely on? If so, I'll take a look."

Yang Chen took the painting with satisfaction and was about to leave. Suddenly he realized that this painting seller couldn't possibly have just this one, so he asked again.

"There are two more pictures, take a look."

The boss quickly pointed out his hand again. He didn't expect Yang Chen to actually buy it just now. Now that he saw Yang Chen actually paying, his attitude immediately changed.

"This also belongs to Tang Bohu?"

Yang Chen looked at it doubtfully. One was a woman in ancient costume playing the flute, and the other was a painting of mountains and sun.

"Yes, they are both by Tang Bohu, "Still Mountains and Long Days" and "Ladies Playing the Flute" respectively.

"How much is this?"

After Yang Chen heard this, he immediately asked his boss that he also knew about these two pictures, including the "Still Mountains and Long Days Picture".

In 1989, when the 10,000-yuan household didn't have much, it sold for 500 million U.S. dollars, worth 3 billion yuan.

As for this picture of a lady playing the flute, it sold for 600 million yuan.

"There are two hundred in total, and they are all one hundred pairs."

"Okay, let's open the ticket. I bought these two too."

Yang Chen took the money out of his pocket and handed it to the boss. He carefully took the white gloves from the counter and folded up some calligraphy and paintings.

The boss didn't care when he saw this. After all, the three hundred yuan was not a small number.

However, he didn't know Yang Chen's inner joy. These three paintings and calligraphy were worth seven billion, but now they only cost three hundred.

Although more than seven billion is only in name, three paintings worth more than one billion are still easy. After all, these three paintings are the best ones painted by Tang Bohu.

Moreover, Tang Bohu's calligraphy and paintings are different from other antiques in that they are particularly easy to sell. It can be said that you are not afraid of getting them in your hands.

After taking the calligraphy and painting, Yang Chen walked out.

Although there are still many antiques in the trust store, he cannot collect them all by himself.

It was easy for the officials to notice it, but luckily the paintings with the highest value were not missed.

As for the other antiques in the trust store, they will be worth several million at most in the future, and not even a single painting will be worth all that.

It's not worth the risk, and I only have two thousand left on hand, so I can't buy much.

But this money is different if you go to the countryside to buy it, or buy it directly in Tianjing City, you can just collect it for one or two yuan.