Opening an antique shop and getting rich through all the worlds

Chapter 105

After organizing the new name list information and sending it to Gu Shaoyu, the late-night snacks happened to arrive.

“Are you still going back later?” Shen You meant Great Qi.

“Mm.” Wen Zhi responded softly.

“Alright then. The day after tomorrow the shop will open.” Shen You paused for a few seconds. “The congratulatory gift you brought belongs to the studio.”

Hearing this, Wen Zhi raised his eyebrows with a lazy smile.

“However you want to handle it is fine. That was tribute recently presented.”

After finishing the noodles, Shen You had said she’d see him to the hotel entrance, but in the end, he walked her to the elevator.

Unexpectedly, they encountered Jiang He there.

Jiang He’s gaze swept over the two of them, then she gave Shen You a knowing smile, tactfully not greeting them aloud.

But watching Shen You bid farewell to Wen Zhi and enter the elevator alone, she rarely showed a confused expression.

“Wasn’t that gentleman just now your boyfriend?”

“No.” Shen You coughed lightly. “Just a friend.”

“I understand.” Jiang He smiled softly. This meant she hadn’t succeeded yet.

However, she was somewhat puzzled. There shouldn’t be many people with better conditions than young Mr. Xu, not to mention the Xu family’s weight.

Binding with the Xu family would help Shen You’s career develop better. Not just Jiang City’s collection halls, even those in the capital would show some respect.

Yet Shen You had never considered taking that path.

That man just now seemed to have attended the auction venue before, but had gone with Shen You. She had no information on him from her side.

Jiang He lived on the floor below Shen You. The elevator wasn’t a good place for discussing business. After everyone returned to their rooms, they verified tomorrow’s arrangements in the group chat.

Shen You’s eyelids were fighting each other. After clarifying studio matters, she quickly removed makeup, bathed, and slept.

With the first day’s experience, everything about the second day’s exhibition was much easier, as they were just following established procedures.

She didn’t change the fire resistant cloth jacket, wearing a qipao underneath and the jade hairpin displayed yesterday.

Today’s exhibition drew even more visitors than yesterday.

Everyone knew that the exhibition lasted only two days. If they didn’t come today, they might never have another chance to see fire resistant cloth.

“I canceled meetings and rushed here overnight. It’s so worth it!”

“Absolutely. This is the ceiling for old materials. If I could collect this, I’d laugh myself awake sleeping.”

The question of whether she’d sell had been asked several times over two days, with prices climbing higher each time. She hadn’t agreed to any.

What collector could bear to part with such things?

Even Great Qi’s old emperor treasured this material beyond measure.

In the blink of an eye, afternoon arrived. The exhibition concluded perfectly, living up to everyone’s efforts.

In Jiang City’s collecting circle, aside from those few bosses with private museums, no one had held exhibitions with such grandeur.

The entire circle witnessed Shen You’s influence, and their positioning and attitude toward her required reconsideration.

After packing everything up, they went to the reserved restaurant’s private room for a celebration banquet.

“Finally finished. Everyone rest for the next couple days.” Shen You told the three studio members.

Hearing the subsequent arrangements, everyone sighed in relief.

These two days, while they’d appeared composed, everyone had been tense, constantly worried about making mistakes, not daring to relax for a moment.

“Wonderful! Tomorrow I’m staying home, sleeping and ordering takeout. Just thinking about it makes me happy.” Yu Xiaosu said.

Beside her, Shen You added, “Me too.”

Then she produced a bag containing specially prepared gifts for everyone. Crafts bought from Great Qi, one for each person.

Professor Li received a celadon tea caddy, Jiang He got a hairpin that could complement qipao.

For the rest, Yu Xiaosu and Hua Yun also received hairpins in different styles. The men got uniform items—exquisite small wooden carvings.

Bought casually that day at a Great Qi workshop, purple sandalwood with decent craftsmanship, suitable for desk display without losing face.

“The workmanship looks expensive.” Professor Li sighed softly.

Good quality newly fired porcelain wasn’t cheap either, let alone what she’d given, which closely resembled restored artifacts.

If it were expensive, he wouldn’t accept it.

“It’s not expensive, it was fired by a friend.” Shen You said sincerely.

She spoke truth. It was just over ten taels of silver, the wooden carvings only ten taels.

Only buying the same craftsmanship in modern times would cost two to three times more.

“Really?” Professor Li asked with a full smile.

“Of course it’s true.”

Hearing the definite answer, Professor Li accepted the gift happily. Seeing this, everyone else accepted theirs with peace of mind.

Manager Xiao Lu and Jiang He had both contributed considerably to behind-the-scenes coordination. With these two veterans overseeing, everything had gone so smoothly.

Xiao Lu had received the studio’s commission. Jiang He had said from the start she was helping out. Naturally, Shen You couldn’t take the benefits then burn bridges and cut ties.

So when she was giving Jiang He her gift, she specifically mentioned that it was just a token of appreciation.

Jiang He didn’t beat around the bush with Shen You, gracefully indicating that the benefits she’d gained from helping were already sufficient, and that there was no need to remember favors.

The best state for business relationships was mutual benefit, with both sides maintaining boundaries. They both deeply agreed on this point.

“Everyone will be driving later, so let’s substitute tea for wine.”

After Shen You said this, the whole table toasted together for the celebration banquet, then began eating.

When the dinner ended, Gu Shaoyu needed to return to the hotel to arrange Fu Xicheng and Hua Yun’s subsequent itinerary.

Everyone else went home.

As the banquet’s host, Shen You needed to wait for everyone to get in their cars before leaving.

Standing roadside, after waving goodbye to Xu Jiayan and Professor Li in their car, she called Yu Xiaosu and Cheng Liang over to her car, giving them a ride home along the way.

Yu Xiaosu sat in the passenger seat, holding her received hairpin, deeply moved.

Especially after seeing former classmates complaining about work, each more miserable than the last.

She’d really struck gold, because where could one find such a good boss!

This was her first time receiving real jewelry, and a silver-gilt hairpin with a tourmaline on top at that.

And her boss never exploited wages.

This job, she absolutely had to do it well!

After getting out and entering her rental building, Yu Xiaosu nodded to herself solemnly.

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Having completed a major task, Shen You returned home feeling drained of energy. After securing all valuable items and doing an inventory check,

She collapsed on the sofa like Uncle Ge, not wanting to move.

She only opened the shop after resting a day, although the antique store rarely had customers anyway.

The hot pot tea brewing equipment had arrived by express, perfect timing as temperatures were dropping. Shen You wanted to experience it, planning to set it up in the courtyard.

She’d also buy some roses to make rose milk tea in jars. Thinking this, she pulled out her phone to order.

**

In the evening, just after dinner, having used the system function to clean the house, Shen You was preparing to go upstairs to watch movies via projection.

The cross-dimensional shop entrance on the system side hadn’t closed when the doorbell rang.

Looking once, she felt that she still needed to do business from random entrances.

So she went to open the antique carved door again.

In the courtyard stood someone with slightly sunken cheeks, somewhat disheveled hair, poor mental state, yet exceptionally bright eyes.

[Welcome to the ‘Everything Available’ Antique Shop.]

The system’s preset voice startled this person.

“Miss, are you speaking?” He asked in a daze, thinking to himself, why did this girl’s voice sound so strange? He’d never heard anyone speak in such a tone.

“Well, not exactly.” Shen You was also studying the customer.

Wait, why were there shackles on his feet???