Chapter Seventeen Computer

  After glancing at the time, Chu Chen headed straight to Zhang's mother's house, preparing to re-sign the rental contract and take care of the broadband matter at the same time.

  When Hei Chu was about to arrive at Zhang's mother's house, he saw from afar that Zhang's mother was already standing at the door waiting for him.

  Seeing this, Chu Chen's heart was secretly resentful. After all, it was a matter of making money, and being proactive didn't work. Normally, when she asked the property management to help fix the lights in the corridor, they had never been so enthusiastic before. It was indeed true that seeing money opened one's eyes.

  Mrs. Zhang was overjoyed to see Chu Quan's arrival, and warmly invited him into the house, then brewed a cup of bitter and astringent green tea for him, the taste almost made Chu Quan vomit immediately.

  Later, both parties re-signed the contract in a friendly atmosphere. Of course, the rent was increased by 50, which Zhang's mother would never forget even if she died.

  After handling the rental, Chu Chen and Zhang's mother went to the telecommunications business hall to handle broadband business. The installation time of broadband was uncertain, fortunately, Zhang's mother had acquaintances in telecommunications, and it could be installed at home tomorrow, of course, Chu Chen also gave the other party a pack of good cigarettes, after all, China is a human relationship society, others helped you, there must be some expression.

  After everything was settled, Chu Chen let out a sigh of relief and made up his mind that after the Spring Festival, he would go house hunting to prepare for buying a house. It's really troublesome not having one's own house.

  When Chu Chen wanted to leave, Zhang's mother called him again: "Xiao Chen, your brother Zhang misses you and asks you to visit his store when you have time."

  Chu Chen was taken aback, then smiled and said: "Brother Zhang would never call me to his place for no reason, I wonder if he has brought in another batch of poorly performing rough stones?"

  The Zhang Ge that Chu Chen mentioned is the son of Zhang Dama, Zhang Guosheng, who is 35 years old this year. He also has a shop on Antique Street called Cuiyuan Zhai, specializing in jade business and also operating jade rough stones. It was because Zhang Guosheng was also doing business on Antique Street that Zhang Dama had heard about Chu Chen's eye being hit before.

  When Chu Chen first came to the Pan family garden, he accidentally learned about the profession of gambling on stones and heard many stories of getting rich overnight, which made him excited. Fortunately, he could still control his desires in his heart, and the amount of money he invested was not too much, but it was also a few hundred yuan less per month, and more than that would be over a thousand yuan.

  As for the profession of gambling on stones, it can be said that nine out of ten times you lose. People often think about how much money someone has made, but they never think about those who have lost everything, their families broken and scattered. Fortunately, Chu Chen is good at learning and not blind, plus his luck is okay, so after a few years, he hasn't lost too much. And the place where he gambles on stones is Zhang Guosheng's shop.

  Zhang Guosheng's business is not small, but it may be that his son follows his mother, so he also has a greedy and cheap personality. As a result, he buys one or two poor-quality rough stones every year. It turns out that there are people who will buy this kind of stone, and Chu Chen is one of them. The common psychology of buying such stones is to bet big with small.

  Although some people buy, after all, the quantity is large, and often when taking goods next time, the previous ones have not been sold out. At this time, Zhang Guosheng would invite them over with excuses such as "breaking the door" or "building relationships", and then sell off the previous inventory at a certain discounted price.

  Originally, when picking up goods, it was just picking up the leftovers, and after the customer's selection, you can see what kind of quality the original stone is. Most of them are already brick materials. However, there are also people who buy, even Chu Chen has bought several times. The reason is that one is cheap, and two is that people always have a lucky psychology, saying that they might burst out with good luck and open up jadeite.

  But all these years, no one has ever really cut out jade from that pile of waste rocks.

  "This is something you'll understand once you've gone, I don't interfere with his affairs." Old Lady Zhang said calmly.

  Chu Chenxin said, "You still don't know your son's character, all these years he's been taking care of his business, and not even having a few cups of tea. If it wasn't for us going over to clean up the goods, why would he be so kind as to invite me over? Now that he has this special ability, he's lost interest in gambling on stones, just wanting to placate Zhang Dama."

  But the idea turned quickly, Chu Quan suddenly thought, could his ability also have a response to Fei Cui? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but get excited, and hated that he couldn't rush to Zhang Guosheng's store immediately to try it out. However, he restrained this urge, because today's three chances for using his ability had all been used up.

  The first time he used his ability was on that "hourglass", and later, Chu Chen didn't plan to go to the antique market again today. Following the principle that not using his ability would be a waste, he used it on the two pieces of Qing dynasty furniture in Zhu Dafu's reception room, resulting in the current embarrassing situation, which made him feel like crying but having no tears.

  However, Chu Chen quickly adjusted his mood and thought that the stone wouldn't run away by itself since it didn't have legs. If someone else really picked up the jade inside, then there was nothing he could do about it. So he said to Zhang's mother: "Alright, I'll go to Zhang Ge's place tomorrow after I get my broadband installed."

  Zhang's mother heard this and immediately walked towards the telecommunications business hall, walking along the way to Chu Chen said: "Xiao Chen, you go busy with your own affairs, I will urge my friend to speed up."

  Chu Chen was suddenly speechless, feeling as if his head was full of black lines.

  The next day, Chu Chen still got up at six o'clock and went to punch for a while. When he came back, he had breakfast on the way and then went home to turn on the computer in the living room and started fiddling with it.

  Yesterday on my way home, I had just walked halfway when I received a call from Uncle Wu, saying that his computer was ready and asking him to go to the store with the staff to pick it up.

  Chu Chen was delighted to retrieve his computer, but at the same time, he couldn't help but think to himself, "Is heaven jealous of my wealth? Why did half of the 50,000 yuan in my hands slip away like this?"

  The whole computer cost over 13,000 yuan, but the price is worth it for the configuration. I heard that the CPU is this year's Pentium 4 and the hard drive has 40G, which is much better than Uncle Wu's computer, making him very envious.

  When the computer was brought over, the system had already been installed, and several games were also installed, such as Monopoly and Red Alert. However, Chu Chen wasn't very interested in Red Alert. After the computer was set up, he started playing Monopoly enthusiastically, but he wasn't interested in the foreign characters in the game, probably because he had some nationalist tendencies.

  Yesterday, Chu Chen played Monopoly until 1 am, with a bit of an addictive flavor. Fortunately, since his fist broke through to the Small Week Sky, he has slept much less, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get up at 6 o'clock today.

  When Chu Chen had only three more plots of land to win, he heard a knock on the door. He opened it and found that it was the broadband installation staff. He looked at the time, which was just after 8 o'clock, and couldn't help but admire Zhang's efficiency. He guessed that Zhang must have pestered her friend so much yesterday that they had no choice but to come today.

  Although he had a familiar relationship, Chu Chen still served the staff with tea and cigarettes. As the saying goes, "Eat people's mouths soft, take people's hands short", this is Chu Chen's unorthodox method for his Beijing career in recent years.

  As expected, the staff saw Chu Chen's enthusiasm and installed his broadband in a beautiful and secure manner. They also gave him some phone lines and computer cables for future use. After completing the work, Chu Chen even gave the worker a pack of cigarettes. It was a win-win situation that made him sigh with emotion, thinking that it is indeed true that being convenient to others is also being convenient to oneself, just as the ancients said.

  The broadband was installed, and Chu Chen couldn't wait to get online. He first casually browsed several forums about antiques, to be honest, the online resources during this period were not many, and antique forums were only a few scattered ones, and the quality of the forums was also uneven.

  After comparing several times, Chu Chen still felt that the forum introduced by Wu Shu had the most popularity and the most information, so Chu Chen registered an account on that forum and casually browsed through a few sections.

  However, most of the posts on the forum were questions from beginners, and Chu Chen couldn't help but answer a few. Before long, he was revered as a master by several people, which made him feel somewhat embarrassed.

  Chu Chen couldn't help but sigh, in the world of antiques, having a good master is how important. Fortunately, when he first entered this line, Wu Shu brought him along and later hand-in-hand guidance made him take fewer detours, spend less sweat, and also spend unknowingly much less money.

  Thinking of this, Chu Chen's heart was filled with even more gratitude towards Wu Shu, and he vowed to be even more filial to him from now on.

  The world of the internet is vast, especially for a newcomer like Chu Chen. Everything seems fascinating to him at this moment. What's more, he can communicate with fellow collectors from all over the country, which makes him feel delighted.

  Moreover, Chu Chen's learning was originally solid, and now he has the ability to remember everything at a glance. In terms of ceramics, he can be said to be not much worse than some teachers. The questions he answered were all pertinent. Moreover, he is humble and modest. Within just two or three hours, his popularity in the forum soared, and he even made friends with several people.

  After exchanging some thoughts with a few friends on the forum, Chu Chen looked at the time and found that it was already twelve o'clock without realizing it, which made him think, is this considered indulging in trivial pursuits? So he said goodbye to his friends on the forum and shut down his computer to go eat.

  After lunch, Chu Chen woke up from his nap and went to Zhang Guosheng's Cuizhai with a refreshed spirit.

  On the way to Cuī Yuán Zhāi, he happened to pass by Chǔ Chēn's usual practice spot. He hadn't been there for a few days and was feeling a bit nostalgic for the environment, so he decided to take a detour to take a look.

  The regular stalls in the market are fixed stalls, but they are very expensive and cannot be rented without a certain amount of capital. Temporary stalls, on the other hand, are much cheaper, with prices varying by location, generally ranging from 10 to 25 yuan per day.

  Thanks to Wu Shu's connections, Chu Chen was generally able to rent better locations at a lower price, and the locations were more or less within a fixed range, making it convenient for repeat customers to find him, so over the years, Chu Chen still had quite a few old clients.