"Appraising is an ancient skill, and medicine is also very ancient. Isn't it normal for an appraiser to know medicine?" Li Yang chuckled.
Wang Dongsheng shook his head and said, "That's very abnormal."
"Then do you want to stay in Jiangcheng and work with your master?" Li Yang asked with a smile.
Wang Dongsheng chuckled, "Boss Li, you really want me to work for you all the time, don't you? I'm telling you, it's impossible. I have my own antique shop in Beijing, and I also work at the Cultural Relics Research Institute, and I hold a position in the Beijing Municipal Museum. Any of these conditions are better than being here with you."
"I don't have these good material conditions here, but there's one thing you don't have in Beijing." Li Yang smiled and looked at Zheng Xibei, "That is, your master is staying with me."
"If you stay and train well under your master, you might get closer to the level of an appraisal grandmaster. Isn't that a hundred times better than the empty fame you have now?"
"You!" Wang Dongsheng's expression changed. It was impossible for someone proficient in several categories of appraisal masters to not be interested in advancing to the grandmaster level!
After all, they didn't become masters by playing around. First, they had to have a genuine passion from the bottom of their hearts. Otherwise, how could they persist in the repetitive appraisal work day after day, year after year?
For ordinary people, it was a very tedious matter.
Just for money or other things, most people could only reach the expert level in their lifetime. Beyond that, without the effort driven by passion, it was almost impossible to achieve anything.
And an appraisal master who radiated passion from the depths of their heart could not help but want to become an appraisal grandmaster.
Wang Dongsheng was tempted.
But he thought of everything he had in Beijing and found it hard to let go, like a scumbag facing the dilemma of marrying a rich fat woman or marrying an eighteen-year-old girl with a good figure and high颜值, wavering and unable to decide for a moment.
Li Yang sighed and said, "It seems I overestimated your love for antiques. Then let's forget it. Mr. Zheng, you can say goodbye to your disciple properly today. You'll come to work tomorrow morning at twelve and leave at eight in the evening. The base salary is ten thousand, and the bonus will be determined by the difference between the acquisition price and the transaction price of the antiques you acquire and sell."
"If there's no problem, I'll leave now."
"No problem." Zheng Xibei nodded.
Li Yang smiled and said, "Alright, I'll escort Miss Zheng back."
"Wait!"
Seeing that he was really leaving, Wang Dongsheng's expression changed, and he quickly called out, "Boss Li, can you give me a few more days to think about it?"
"Think about what? If you need to think about such a thing, it's definitely going to fail. I won't give it to you." Li Yang didn't play by the rules at all, directly refusing his request and turning to leave.
How could this be!
Logically, in normal circumstances, wouldn't anyone give the other party some time to consider?
Wang Dongsheng was a bit stunned. After a moment of愣, he gritted his teeth and said, "Wait a moment! I won't consider it anymore. I promise you, okay?"
"That's more like it, Mr. Wang. A man should be decisive in his actions." Li Yang was overjoyed. Little guy, I still can't handle you!
Immediately, he turned and walked to Wang Dongsheng, extended a hand, and continued, "From now on, you will be the third manager of this shop. Your treatment will be the same as Mr. Zheng's base salary, but Mr. Zheng's bonus is ten percent. As an apprentice, you get three percent less, seven percent. That's not too much, is it?"
"That's fine." Wang Dongsheng nodded and shook his hand.
Li Yang smiled and said, "Since you have no objections, starting tomorrow, Mr. Zheng will be stationed in the right hall, and you will be stationed in the left hall. Just like the old cultural relics store, when guests arrive, they will first go to Mr. Wang in the left hall. If you think the items are acceptable, you will take them to Mr. Zheng in the right hall for appraisal and pricing."
"If neither of you can make a decision, then you can notify me."
"I understand." Wang Dongsheng nodded.
It seemed that his authority was the smallest, only having the power of initial appraisal, but he had many opportunities to learn from Zheng Xibei face-to-face.
With his current wealth, he was already financially free. He wasn't indifferent to the base salary and bonus, but rather he was more eager to improve his skills.
Moreover, Li Yang's arrangement also made it much easier for his master. Most people who came to sell things couldn't even pass the initial screening.
After all, things were different now.
In the past, people didn't have the awareness of collecting treasures. Even if they held a treasure in their hands, they thought it was ordinary and treated it as scrap.
Now, people are more knowledgeable and informed, but they lack the ability to appraise themselves, so they are particularly prone to treating any scrap as a treasure.
In this era, if three out of ten people who come to sell things are genuine treasures, then they can be grateful.
As expected, Zheng Xibei's work would not be too hard.
After settling everything, Li Yang paid the bill to the waiter and then said to Erduo Dong, who was with him, "Manager Dong, you should go back to the shop now and tidy up the items on the left and right sides, concentrating them in the middle for sales. Also, clear out two positions for the appraisal managers for Mr. Zheng and Mr. Wang."
"After all, they are appraisal big shots. We should give them the proper respect as much as possible. Otherwise, looking down on them would also mean looking down on our antique shop."
"Okay, boss, I'll do it now." Erduo Dong nodded and hurried out.
Zheng Jiaqi looked at Li Yang's profile. They say that a man who is serious is exceptionally handsome. She always felt that Li Yang had an extraordinary masculine charm when he was planning.
His rational wisdom and depth made her heart pound.
"Miss Zheng, it's around one o'clock in the afternoon. It's not too early or too late. Do you want me to take you home directly, or should I take you to see the clothing company?" Li Yang asked her.
According to his original plan, he was going to hand over all the assets he obtained from Chang Wei last night to Tang Xinyu for management that evening.
After all, Tang Xinyu could occupy an important position in such a large company as Tang Group. Even with the advantage of her background, if she lacked talent, no wise CEO would put their daughter in their own company. Instead, they would send her to work for a deeply cooperating boss.
This way, his daughter would not harm his own company, and she would have a stable and respectable job, not spending all day at home living off her parents' money and eventually becoming a useless giant baby. Thirdly, they could also be timely informed about the situation of the company of their deep cooperation partner, so that they would not be completely unaware when the partner company was about to go bankrupt, and would continue to increase cooperation, ultimately dragging themselves down.
However, with the current change in Zheng Jiaqi, Li Yang felt that he had to change as well.
Zheng Jiaqi immediately said, "Mr. Li, I'd like to go to the clothing company to see the specific situation."