What is "obsession"?

After thinking about it, Lin Yi may be obsessed with buying old books. Anyone who likes buying books has this kind of persistence. No matter how hot or cold the weather is, he will always get up early or even rush to the scene without eating, just to compete against time to grab the old books he first saw.

In order to buy old books, I spent all my pocket money, and I was reluctant to eat or wear it, but I spent too much money on buying books. Is there anything I even paid for two or three months for a rare book? In order to buy old books, I always report to the owner of the book seller in time, handed over cigarettes, and smiled, just so that the other party could take out the hidden good things for you to take a look.

No regrets, no attachment to this.

This is the obsession with Taoshu, and it is the person who Taoshushu.

The monk was right. Lin Yi had a strong "obsession". Although he had collected thousands of books, he was still unsatisfied and still greedily nostalgic about the various old book stalls, from Nandu, to Hong Kong, to Nanjing, to Taipei, and to Shanghai... His footprints and his shadows were left in almost every place's old book market.

He has no specific job or a specific career. His job is actually to buy books, and his career is to sell books.

His ideal was once very clear----to wash away all the good books in the world!

Now that I think about it carefully, isn’t this the biggest obsession?

There are all kinds of wonders in the world, and there are so many good books that are hidden among the people. How can you wash them all?

Lin Yi seemed to have realized something and bid farewell to the monk. He knew that the monk was looking at him behind his back, but did not look back, but walked towards the lawn in front of the temple.

Tingting happened to go down the stairs and saw Lin Yizhan smile, "I just made three wishes inside, they all have to do with you. Guess what wish they are?"

Lin Yi smiled and replied, "If you say your wishes, you won't work, so I don't guess it's right." He cleverly avoided topics that might lead to embarrassment.

Tingting thought about it and seemed to be right, so she was not in trouble. She took Lin Yi's arm and walked forward together.

Just then Lin Yi's phone rang. When he took it out, he saw that it was Qin Zhong.

Tingting said, "Mr. Qin?"

Lin Yi nodded and chose to answer: "Old Qin, where are you?"

Qin Zhong smiled: "It seems that I should ask you..."

Lin Yi said: "In Longhua Temple."

"What a good place." Qin Zhong said on the other end, "I heard you are about to leave Shanghai?"

"Yes, I plan to leave tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Come here!"

"What?"

"Come to my side and I'll take you to a place." Qin Zhong said mysteriously.

Lin Yi hesitated a little and looked at Tingting.

"Is there a beautiful woman by my side?" Qin Zhong seemed to have a thousand miles of eyes.

Lin Yi smiled bitterly, "You always have to say a reason if you ask me to go over."

"The reason is very simple. There is a private auction here, you have to come---"

"Why?"

"Because the auction is "Wang Duo's Poems and Manuscripts"!"

...

Lin Yi has many stories, but what he remembers the most is the volume of "The Manuscript of the Poems of Wang Duo to Johnson Tang" he once had no choice but to auction. It was auctioned in Hong Kong at 80 million Hong Kong dollars, about 60 million yuan.

It was also because of that money that Lin Yi had the capital to collect more rare ancient books. It was also because of that money that Lin Yi began a brilliant life of finding a bargain.

However, for Lin Yi, the hand scroll was an eternal pain in his heart. Because he was not strong enough at the beginning, he had to shoot the hand scroll, and was finally photographed by the Chinese American and mysterious tycoon Wang Zekun. Wang Zekun had made an appointment with Lin Yi alone and said something provocative to Lin Yi, "If you have the strength, grab this hand scroll back!"

Now three years have passed, the hand-roll has actually been filmed again, not in Hong Kong, but in Shanghai.

What exactly happened in this?

According to the Wang Zekun who Lin Yi knew, he would never take out his beloved baby for auction. Could he have any questions?

With a stomach full of doubt, Lin Yi said goodbye to Tingting and went to Qin Zhong in a hurry.

...

When I arrived at the appointment, I found Qin Zhong, who waved to him in the car: "Get on the car quickly."

Qin Zhong drove a very low-key car this time, but it was a gorgeous and low-key kind of show-off, because he drove a Volkswagen Phaeton. The most popular car logo w of Volkswagen makes people think that this kind of car is only worth about 200,000 yuan at the top, but who knows that the price of this car is as high as 1.5 million yuan, which is definitely a magic weapon for show-off. There are even many jokes about this car on the Internet---

Speaking of which, a big man bought a Volkswagen Phaeton. One day, he entered the parking lot and was in the automatic parking space. The administrator shouted to him: "Hey, be careful if you drive the passat, don't hit the new BMW 320 next to you, you can't afford it!" The big man shouted: "My car is enough to buy him 5!"

One day, the boss entered the gas station. When he was not careful, the little girl's No. 93 gun was aimed at the top. The big brother was sweating and shouted, "I want to add 97, who told you to add 93 by yourself!" The little girl replied kindly, "Brother, it's absolutely okay to add 93 by passat. How much passat is I add every day? 93 saves money. If it's not Mercedes-Benz and BMW, there is no need to add 97~"

One day, a big guy got married with an important friend and wanted to borrow a heavyweight first car. The big guy is kind-hearted, although he loves cars, he also lends it generously. Afterwards, the friend returned the car. The big guy asked proudly: "How about it, let you have a face in front of your friends?" The friend sighed, "Don't mention it, my friend insisted that this is an old passat that is too cool. Finally, he spent money to rent a current red sports car as a wedding car, and your car was the last one in the wedding fleet to pick up and drop off the elderly and children."

One day, when my elder brother finished parking the car and was about to leave, he heard the conversation between two young people behind him. One said, "Look, wow, Chrysank!", the elder brother felt relieved, and finally there was someone who knew the goods. When he was happy, he heard another young man say, "Fuck, I really bought it!"

In short, this Phaeton is definitely a luxury car with low-key connotation, but few people can understand it. For example, Lin Yi doesn't understand it very much.

After getting in the car, Lin Yi held back and didn't say anything, and Qin Zhong didn't say anything until the veteran driver drove the car to the Shanghai-nan Highway.

At this time, the speed of the pretending artifact is revealed. With a slight increase in speed, it will exceed 12.

Lin Yi felt a little nervous and felt that the speed was too fast, so he said to Qin Zhong: "Can you slow down? I haven't lived enough yet."

Qin Zhong smiled: "What you pursue in driving is just a thrill - why don't you ask me about the auction?"

Lin Yi said, "Tell me, I'm very curious, I guess you can't hold it in any way."

Qin Zhong smiled, "I'm convinced you-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"He... passed away?" Lin Yi was shocked, as if the old man was in good spirits.

"I'm almost eighty, and I'm not surprised to die now." Qin Zhong said, "But his group is in trouble... There are many children. After he passed away, he made a lot of gossip magazines and even went on gossip magazines to fight for his property. I heard that the old man's property is at least more than 3 billion US dollars. Isn't it amazing?"

"The children filed a lawsuit to compete for these inheritances, and the litigation fee alone was enough. Then the group company was divided by the eldest son, the second son, and the third son. Some of the calligraphy and painting collections collected by the old man during his lifetime were not worth estimating and were not easy to divide, so he had to take them out for auction. It would be easier to share the money after selling it..."

After Qin Zhong said this, he glanced at Lin Yi, "You are an expert, of course you should know that the most popular place in China's calligraphy and painting auctions is in mainland China, so those prodigal sons brought these collections to Shanghai for filming--I also heard you talk about the story of "Wang Duo's Manuscripts of Poetry" and realized that you have such a great fate with this rare book, so I called you and took you over to see if you want to..."

Lin Yi directly interrupted Qin Zhong's words, "Of course I want to take it back! Even a price tag higher than before!"

Qin Zhong was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, "Haha, then I'll take you there. Let those big guys see what real collectors are..."

Lin Yi showed a serious look on his face. For him, this manuscript of poetry carries not only an important experience in his book, but also the biggest setback in his life.

Although it was auctioned at a sky-high price of up to HK$80 million, Lin Yi surrendered to the money and gave up his beloved treasure to others.

Although in the eyes of many people, he has taken great advantage, the feeling of begging money is really uncomfortable.

"Why don't you talk? What do you think?" Qin Zhong asked again. At this time, his voice seemed very soft.

Lin Yi smiled and shook his head, "Ha, what else can I think? Of course it is about that rare book. If I say no, you won't believe it. Can I ask one more question?"

Qin Zhong nodded, "You said!"

"I wonder, if I tried to bid for this manuscript, how much would you support me?!"

Qin Zhong was silent. He held his chin with one hand, his eyes deep...

Lin Yi didn't dare to urge Qin Zhong, after all, he was driving, and he was driving at a speed of more than 120 kilometers per hour. All Lin Yi could do was just wait patiently for Qin Zhong's reply or not.

"How much do you need?" Qin Zhong finally spoke.

"One hundred million." Lin Yi said calmly.

Qin Zhong took a breath and said, "It's done!"

Lin Yi, smiled.

...

The car finally drove out of the highway. Lin Yi saw a place with only a few lights from a distance, and it was not clear in the darkness. Qin Zhong's car speed obviously slowed down.

Looking around, it seemed very remote. Lin Yi was a little strange. Why did Qin Zhong bring himself here? However, with the experience last time, Lin Yi also knew what "a village with dark flowers and bright flowers" was, so he didn't rush to ask questions, let it go, and see where he was going.

Not far away, Qin Zhong parked the car in front of a high wall and flashed the lights twice. Only then did Lin Yi see clearly that it was not a complete wall, but a steel door of the same height as the surrounding wall.

The door slowly opened, a light shot out from inside, and then it went out. This time the door was completely opened. Qin Zhong stepped on the accelerator again and opened it in.

Before I could think about it, the car Lin Yi was riding slowly around the shade of the trees along the path. At this time, Lin Yi discovered that there were two high walls on both sides of the road just now. After turning around, he realized that the road behind him seemed to be just a passage. What place is this? It was so strange. I just had this idea in my mind, and the lights were already in front of me...

If it weren't for the design of high walls on both sides and tree-lined paths just now, the lights here had already leaked. Could it be that such a design was to prevent the lights from leaking out...

There was no time to continue to let Lin Yi think about other issues, and the scene in front of him had already stunned Lin Yi.

After seeing this, Lin Yi knew what it means to be a rich and rich man. Compared with the scene here, even the most prosperous commercial district in Shanghai is nothing.

Lin Yi looked at it and found that the area here covers an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters. In addition to a four-story building with a typical Gothic style standing in the middle, there are two huge swimming pools in front of it, and all kinds of flowers and plants are planted around it. There is a transparent cover with a dome-shaped arc-shaped covering above the top of the head, covering the entire manor...

For a manor, Lin Yi can only use this word to describe such luxurious and super large area. It seems that in his impression, the manors seen in TV and movies may not be as large as here.

Of course, such a manor would not surprise Lin Yi very much. What really surprised him was the men and women walking around under the brilliant lights.

Lin Yi knew in his heart that this was a so-called party or party, but he did not imagine that men were wearing formal clothes and bow tie, and women were wearing evening dresses. Everyone’s clothes were simplified, which was not much different from the men and women they saw. However, looking around, they could still easily see the temperament of their bodies, which was definitely not something that ordinary rich people could achieve.

Another strange thing is that the weather is a bit cold in March and April. Those people should wear thicker jackets when they are outdoors. However, the people in front of them are clearly wearing summer. There are single shirts, and short-sleeved and sleeveless ones...

Qin Zhong's car did not stop. Lin Yi followed him around the party men and women and drove to the back of the house. He saw a downward ramp behind him, and it was obvious that there was a private underground parking garage here. He walked slowly forward and stopped the car.

It was indeed a huge underground parking garage. When the car drove over to find an empty space, Lin Yi paid attention to the sign of the car parked here. It was not as famous as he imagined. It was mostly the common Audi A8, BMW 7 Series and other cars. Occasionally, there were one or two Lin Baojini or Ferrari and the like in the middle...

It’s just a pity that Lin Yi has never been interested in luxury cars, otherwise he would not have been able to recognize how awesome Qin Zhong, the Volkswagen Phaeton, was. But he was still very strange, why are there few decent ox carts here?
Chapter completed!