Chapter 526： Treasure Pavilion with special rules

"By the way, Xia Yu, take a look at your office, it's already set up."

After talking about buying gold, Wu Hongyi poured a cup of tea to relieve his mental fatigue. He suddenly thought of something and stood up and said to Xia Yu.

"Oh? Then I have to take a good look."

Xia Yu showed expectation, followed Wu Hongyi, came to the door of an office, opened the door, and saw the clean, spacious and bright office.

"This office is so big, it seems that if I don't come here often, I'm sorry for this office."

Xia Yu went in and looked around, and said.

Wu Hongyi smiled and said, "Because I don't know your preferences, this office only has basic office supplies, and you have to arrange the rest."

"No problem, I will decorate myself."

Xia Yu waved his hand and said with a smile.

"But I'm not very familiar with London, I want you to do me a favor."

"What's up? Just say it, as long as I can do it, no problem!"

Wu Hongyi said with a big deal.

"I just saw that you have a lot of antiques in your office. Did you accumulate them at home or buy them? If you bought them, I would like to buy some antiques to decorate them to make them look more atmospheric."

Xia Yu asked.

Wu Hongyi made a stunned expression and smiled: "You said those are not from my house, but I bought them myself. My grandfather keeps all the antiques in my house and we are not allowed to take them out."

Xia Yu was surprised, but also smiled, and exclaimed: "You bought it yourself? Not bad. It seems that they are all genuine products. You can look at it!"

Looking at Xia Yu's thumb, Wu Hongyi waved his hand repeatedly and explained: "You are mistaken. I don't know how to pick antiques. I bought them from a store. An acquaintance buys antiques there. There will never be fakes! And The price will not be expensive!"

Hearing this explanation, Xia Yuqi suddenly wanted to go to the store and asked Wu Hongyi: "Hongyi, the store is still open now? Then I have to take a good look."

"It's still open. The store is called Zhenbaoge. It's been a store for decades. Hua Lao has persisted for decades!"

Speaking of this, Wu Hongyi suddenly looked solemn, as if he was talking about something he respected.

Wu Hongyi's performance was all seen by Xia Yu, his expression moved, and his heart became more and more curious about who made him so respected.

As if seeing Xia Yu’s curiosity, Wu Hongyi pursed his lips, and said solemnly to Xia Yu: "Xia Yu, as long as they are Chinese who have been in London for a long time, they know the existence of Treasure Pavilion, and there are some in it. The story, I will tell you more when you meet it."

"When do you have time? I will take you to the Jumbo Pavilion to buy some antiques. I will take you there. Hua Lao will not worry about taking out precious antiques. Although ordinary people can buy real antiques, they are only of average value. Really valuable antiques, Hua Lao only sells to people who can be recognized by him."

Hearing what Wu Hongyi said, Xia Yu was even more curious. He said to Wu Hongyi: "I have time at any time, you can arrange it."

Wu Hongyi thought for a while, looked at his watch, and found that it was only 3:15 in the afternoon, and said to Xia Yu: "Then I will arrange for someone to buy gold and set off in half an hour. Do you want to drink again? tea?"

"Go ahead, I'll look around and get familiar with the bank by the way."

"Well then, I'll pass first."

"Ok!"

Seeing Wu Hongyi leaving quickly, Xia Yu looked around in his office again, and then went to various departments of the bank to stroll around.

Half an hour passed in a flash.

Wu Hongyi and Xia Yu each took a car, led by Wu Hongyi, and drove in one direction.

It didn't take long for the car to reach Chinatown, then drove to a more remote place, and stopped in front of a shop that looked antique in appearance.

After Xia Yu got out of the car and looked at the shop in front of him, there was a huge wooden plaque, and it was impossible to see what kind of wood it was. There were three large characters on the plaque saying a book on the treasure pavilion.

Before entering the door, Xia Yu saw a lot of porcelain, jade, and wood carvings in the store, but the number seemed to be a lot, placed in pieces, Xia Yu couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Xia Yu, this is the room, let's go in!"

After Wu Hongyi finished speaking, he took Xia Yu into it.

Entering the store, Xia Yu's feelings are completely different. It seems that there is a thick and simple atmosphere in the store, coupled with the light sandalwood fragrance floating in the air, which makes people fall into tranquility unconsciously.

"Master Wu, you are here, please sit down!"

At this time, a middle-aged man in his thirties came over with a smile on his face and greeted Wu Hongyi, looking at Xia Yu and others.

"Xia Yu, this is Uncle De, his full name is Liu Houde, who is Hua Lao's apprentice."

"Uncle De, they are my friends, this is Xia Yu, this is Li Qian, this is Li Wuming..."

"Hello Uncle De!"

"Hello, hello, please sit down."

After Xia Yu and others took their seats, Wu Hongyi asked Uncle De: "Uncle De, has Mrs. Hua gone out again?"

"Yeah, the teacher just went out, but he was not going to collect things, so he will be back soon, and it will take a while!"

"Let’s have a cup of tea first!"

As Uncle De explained, he picked up the purple clay pot to make tea.

At this time, a middle-aged British couple came in from outside, seemingly curious, and looked around.

"Uncle De, there are guests here, we can make tea ourselves, so go ahead!"

Wu Hongyi said that he boiled water by himself.

Uncle De nodded, and apologized to Xia Yu and others: "I'm sorry, please forgive me if the hospitality is not good!"

"It's all right, we can do it ourselves!"

Xia Yu quickly laughed.

Then, Uncle De walked over and introduced the British couple.

After a cup of tea, Xia Yu couldn't help being curious. He stood up and walked around the store, stopping to check the porcelain and wood carvings.

After checking Xia Yu, Xia Yu was puzzled and returned to his seat.

"Hongyi, that's not right. These seem to be modern crafts. Although they are very realistic, they are not antiques!"

Wu Hongyi smiled and nodded and explained: "Yes, these are modern crafts, which are mainly sold to foreigners. Of course, Chinese can also buy them. The price is very cheap, that is the price of the crafts."

"The real antiques are on the second and third floors. There are stairs to go up to the back room. The second and third floors are only open to Chinese, and foreigners cannot enter!"

Regarding this rule, Xia Yuqi asked, "What else is there to say?"

Wu Hongyi pondered for a moment, and said with emotion: "This is the rule set by Hua Lao. She said that the devil is not worthy of collecting the cultural relics of my great country, but only worthy of admiring modern handicrafts."

"And there are some potential rules in Hualao's Jumbo Pavilion Antiques are not sold to foreigners, but only to Chinese who are recognized by him."

Hearing Wu Hongyi's words, Xia Yu showed respect and admired Hua Lao's persistence and views.

However, he still had some doubts in his heart, and asked: "What is the standard of the Chinese recognized by him?"

"You can rest assured, you are absolutely qualified, and he is absolutely relieved to hand the antique to you."

Wu Hongyi smiled.

"this is……"

Just when Xia Yu was about to continue to ask, Wu Hongyi and Yu Guang found an old man in a Tang suit coming from outside the store. He immediately said, "Xia Yu, Hua Lao is back."

Watching Wu Hongyi stand up, Xia Yu also stood up, looking around, and saw an old man with a tough body, red face and long white beard walking towards the shop.

Seeing Wu Hongyi, the old man showed a happy smile.