V1.Chapter 20 (1/2)
The short and fat man in his forties, named Chen slam, has a good meaning. Unfortunately, he has hit a low point now.
Chen manguan came from a rural family. In his early years, his family was poor. When he was a teenager, he went to work in the city. He was an apprentice in an antique shop. With his studious, diligent and willing to bear hardships, he was soon appreciated and promoted by his boss. Coupled with his loyalty and enthusiasm, he has built a good network over time.
In the early 1980s, the owner of this antique shop was taken by his children to settle in the United States, and the antique shop changed hands to others. Chen has long had the idea of going it alone, but he is very kind and loyal. He thinks the boss is kind to him, so he just stays in the store. Now the boss has settled abroad. For the new boss, Chen manguan naturally has no gratitude or resentment with him, so he quit his job in the antique shop and began to work alone.
But in the antique shop these years, even if he was taken care of by his boss, Chen slam didn't save much money and didn't have the funds to open an antique shop. In desperation, he had to be a runway in the antique market, that is, a middleman. Introduce running among antique buyers and sellers, and mention some benefits when it is said to be a transaction. With his accumulated contacts and accurate insight into antiques over the years, he did not expect to accumulate rich wealth in just three years. Since then, he has officially opened an antique shop in the city.
Business is booming. Chen manguan soon became the vice president of Dongshi antique chamber of Commerce and a famous antique dealer in Dongshi and even in China.
The bigger the business, the bigger the heart. In addition, Chen has been flattered and sought after in recent years, and his mentality has gradually become somewhat impetuous. After 1992, the national policy changed and began to vigorously develop the economy. Some foreign friends came to China to discuss investment. Some of them had a strong interest in domestic antiques. However, the state strictly controls the export of cultural relics, the declaration procedures are strict, and those with long-standing historical value are not allowed to export even if they are declared.
However, the price of cultural relics in the overseas market is much higher than that in China. This is a piece of fat meat. Chen manguan wanted to swallow it, so he moved his mind and started the business of cultural relics smuggling.
This illegal business is naturally cautious. After several times of doing it safely, Chen has tasted great sweetness, and his courage has been relaxed.
Three years ago, a batch of cultural relics worth more than 1 billion left the country for Vietnam. The route that had been safe for several times actually encountered an exchange of fire. Not only the delivery man died, but also the cultural relics were broken to pieces.
Chen manguan lost his fortune all at once. Fortunately, he has been cautious in smuggling over the years. Although he has been investigated, nothing has been missed, saving him a prison sentence. But faced with a large amount of compensation, he went to borrow money everywhere. But who else would lend him money at this time? From a well-known antique merchant in Dongshi to a poor man, business friends began to hide for various reasons, and the city officials put on a pair of official prestige and played an official voice. Even the relatives who have benefited a lot from him over the years have begun to speak without salt.
Sneer, white eyes, pointing, warm and cold human feelings, the world is hot and cold, which has made Chen Manchuan taste it all over the past three years.
When his career was at a low ebb, only the scum wife who had come with him from the difficult times kept comforting him, even endured the provocation and criticism of his mother's family, borrowed money for his comeback, and never said a word of complaint. Seeing his wife like this, Chen was ashamed to think that he had made a fortune over the years and was indifferent to his wife when he saw the world. He once disliked that his wife was not beautiful enough, his figure was not slim enough, his educational level was not high, he knew nothing about antiques and had no common language with himself. He has been socializing outside these years. In the face of the temptation of young and beautiful women, although he finally controlled it and didn't do anything sorry for his wife, it is also true that he can't see his wife more and more in his heart.
After great ups and downs and warm and cold human feelings, Chen slam saw a lot of things at once. He didn't say anything to his wife, but secretly made up his mind to make a comeback and make his wife happy for the rest of her life!