Chapter 456 Big Peony
In life, it is inevitable to mediate conflicts for others and act as a peacemaker.
However, being a peacemaker is not easy.
Because this is a thankless job for both parties.
If you don’t have better means and skills, you may not only focus on one thing but lose the other, you may even get yourself into trouble.
Let yourself become the object of resentment by one party, or even by both parties.
Fortunately, Ning Weimin still has some ideas in this regard.
He managed his own company in his previous life, after all, he did not become a small boss for nothing.
At least I understand the saying - "One slap can't make a difference".
And his favorite method is to elevate a party's status as high as the biggest peony in the world.
Then try your best to emphasize the differences between the two sides of the conflict.
As long as the person being praised can successfully arouse the sense of glory of the party being praised, it can often make him or her stand out from the dispute and withdraw from the dispute.
In this way, for the other party, since there is no object of conflict, the dispute will naturally be resolved.
Like this time, this method is particularly suitable.
You must know that under normal circumstances, there is a big taboo in this method of flattering and suppressing others.
That is "promoting" one party or "devaluing" the other party, which is not allowed for the other party to hear, so as not to hurt the other party's self-esteem.
But in the current situation, both Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng knew that they had made a big mistake.
No matter what Ning Weimin said or did, they obviously understood the need to calm the situation.
So no matter how wronged or unhappy they are, they will endure it and will never go against Ning Weimin in person.
In this way, Ning Weimin basically said what he said.
For example, he could pick off the sign that said "Forex trading only".
The invoice for the middle-aged man is issued as soon as he says.
He asked him to close the store, but he also said so.
Seeing this, the onlookers are relieved enough, and most people will be satisfied and disperse.
The foreigners are pretty much the same. Since there is no fun to watch, of course they just leave.
Even the middle-aged man himself was surprised by Ning Weimin's "self-inflicted cruelty" in intervening, and no longer doubted that a fair result would be obtained today.
He also declined the request of several masters who had free time to meddle in their own business and insisted on attending.
In this way, the noisy scene returned to calm smoothly.
When several parties involved followed Ning Weimin to his office, the rest of the matter would be easier to handle.
Ning Weimin then began to use the word "peng" again.
He showed great enthusiasm, offered his seat to the middle-aged man, served him good tea, and tried his best to receive him as a distinguished guest.
And after carefully and patiently understanding the whole thing, he not only expressed his gratitude to the middle-aged man for discovering the management loopholes for him, but also asked Xiao Wei and Xiao Meng to bow and apologize on the spot.
As expected, the middle-aged man takes soft things rather than hard ones. Seeing him being so respectful, his anger dissipated immediately.
But this was not over yet. Ning Weimin also struck while the iron was hot and continued to clarify misunderstandings for the middle-aged people.
He introduced the relationship between handicraft stores and book market stalls.
Talking about the same thing, I have always made money from foreigners and then subsidized my compatriots at very low prices.
Now that the middle-aged man knows the real situation, he feels a little embarrassed.
Not only did he take the initiative to express his willingness to reconcile, he even took the initiative to intercede for the two girls, hoping that Ning Weimin would not punish them.
"The main focus of our contradiction is that I really thought you were discriminating against our compatriots just now. Thinking about it now, I am a little too excited."
"To be fair, in fact Your service attitude is much better than that of other places. After all, even the department store promised not to beat or scold customers. It can only be said that we were talking too fast and were not considerate of each other, which led to the misunderstanding."
"Since they both apologized and I bought the cup, let's end it here. I see no need to close your store, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bear it."
As he spoke, the middle-aged man The man took out his money to pay for the porcelain cup.
He didn't want to take advantage of it at all. It was ten yuan in foreign exchange coupons plus ten yuan in RMB, so he paid no less. In his mind, as long as the account was paid, the matter would be over.
Ning Weimin refused. He stretched out his hand and stopped the middle-aged man's hand from handing over the money.
"Comrade. Anyway, I have wasted a lot of your time and made you anxious and angry. Don't pay the money. I will give you the cup."
中The young man's face was filled with surprise. He never expected Ning Weimin to be so generous.
"No, no, this is inappropriate. How can I not pay for something? Besides, this cup is not cheap. If I get it for free, then am I not being blackmailed?"
Ning Weimin smiled and began to reveal his true intentions.
“Of course it’s not for nothing. I just ask you to reveal the truth to a mystery for me!”
"Answer? The truth?" the middle-aged man wondered.
"Yes, such an ordinary porcelain cup, there are many similar ones in the store. I put it in the store to catch fish for foreigners, and I never thought that anyone from us would buy it. Since you There must be a special reason for buying it at such a high price, right? Isn’t this thing old? It shouldn’t be..."
Ning Weimin’s eyes focused on the middle-aged man’s hand again. Cup, as if he was afraid that the middle-aged man would misunderstand, he also explained.
"Don't worry, the thing is already yours. I just want to find out. Did you pick it up from my hand?"
These few sentences are the same. Said, the middle-aged man immediately laughed.
"Hey, young man, I didn't expect you to know a few words in the industry. Well, since we are like-minded people, I won't hide it from you. This porcelain cup is old, and it is not very young. In my opinion, it is One thousand three hundred years..."
"Huh? No...no way?" This statement shocked Ning Weimin.
Although he was mentally prepared, this answer far exceeded his psychological expectations.
After counting on his fingers, he screamed.
“You said this...is from the Tang Dynasty? It couldn’t be from Xing Kiln, right?”
As soon as he said this, the middle-aged man's expression looked even happier.
"Oh, that's good, that young man is very knowledgeable. You also know the Xing Kiln, the originator of white porcelain. It's really rare for young people like you to have a certain understanding of ceramics."
But he shook his head and put the porcelain cup on the table.
"But you are wrong. This cup is even older. I think it is from the Sui Dynasty..."
Looking at Ning Weimin, his mouth opened wide in disbelief. The middle-aged man became even more excited.
"It's no wonder you're eye-catching about this cup, because it's so ordinary. It doesn't have any decorations, and the characteristics of the shape are not obvious. It's just a white porcelain cup. Most people can't see the bones of this porcelain cup, and they will miss it."< br>
“But I am different. My eyes can only see what is inside, so I can tell at a glance that it is not an ordinary thing. Take the glaze color of this porcelain cup, for example, it is lime glaze, and the glaze is very transparent. , very similar to a layer of glass. This is a typical characteristic of Sui Dynasty porcelain. "
"The white color contains water vapor, but it is not as pure as today's white porcelain. This is also in line with the characteristics of the ceramic firing technology of the era and the northern aluminum. The characteristics of high-speed rail are low. Look at this mud tire. It is specially formulated. The thick bottom part of the tire is as hard as steel and makes a metallic sound when struck. This is also extremely important evidence of its age."
Ning Weimin heard it. It was almost blinding.
“…Oh my god, can you make such an inference just by looking at it with your eyes? But…as far as I know, there is no white porcelain in the Sui Dynasty porcelain discovered so far, right? ”
"Huh? What you said is outdated. You are showing cowardice again. It should be said that there was no actual white porcelain from the Sui Dynasty before liberation." Feeling a bit high-spirited.
“But in 1959, we unearthed a batch of white porcelain from Zhang Sheng’s ancient tomb in Anyang, Henan, in the 15th year of Emperor Kaihuang’s reign in the Sui Dynasty.”
“And it comes from the records in "Daye Miscellaneous Notes", It is also said that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty liked to eat dried fish from the sea, and the dried fish must be put into new white porcelain bottles that had not been filled with water. This shows that the imperial porcelain of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also included white porcelain. There is evidence. "
"It was not easy to make white porcelain in the Sui Dynasty. Most of them were made for the royal family. They were rare and precious, so there were very few white porcelains from the Sui Dynasty. It is a great blessing for the ceramic world to find this porcelain cup here.”
"Otherwise, if no one knows the goods and you sell them to foreigners, wouldn't it result in the loss of a national treasure? From this point of view, you really have to thank me for preventing you from becoming a sinner of the nation..."
中When the young man talked about his proud moments, he couldn't help but hit Ning Weimin with a cymbal and smiled happily.
And his words had completely stunned Ning Weimin, and his questioning tone was extremely respectful.
"You...are so knowledgeable? Who are you?"
The middle-aged man made an understatement and took out his work permit.
"My surname is Ye, and my job is to study ceramics."
Ning Weimin opened it and saw that it was actually a researcher from the Palace Museum, named Ye Hemin.
(End of this chapter)