Chapter 724: First Encounter with Zheng Wei
After everyone around him grew old, Su Mingzhe chose to travel through time again.

When he opened his eyes, he found that there were people in front and behind him.

"I'm lining up myself... to pay my tuition!"

After a long time, Su Mingzhe integrated his memories and realized that he had traveled to the East China University of Architecture in 1995.

And I am a freshman this year.

"It seems like I haven't been a student for nearly a thousand years. I miss it quite a lot."

While Su Mingzhe was integrating his memories, he was thinking about how to live in this life.

Just as Su Mingzhe was integrating his memories, he heard the two people in front of him complain:

"The tuition at East China University of Architecture is not cheap. The tuition is 800 yuan, the accommodation fee is 270 yuan, plus the school uniform, textbooks and other fees, so 1,500 yuan is gone..."

"If I had known that university tuition was so expensive, I should have applied to a normal university. Not only is there no tuition, I heard there are subsidies."

Su Mingzhe listened to the conversation between several people with a faint smile on his face.

Although many normal universities do not charge tuition fees, the employment scope is not wide, and many normal schools require students to sign contracts in advance, which is far less free than other universities.

After a while, it was Su Mingzhe's turn.

After paying the tuition and getting the receipt, Su Mingzhe went to pick up the school uniform and camouflage uniform.

After everything was settled, Su Mingzhe touched his somewhat shriveled wallet, thought for a moment, and instead of returning to the dormitory, turned around and walked out of the school gate.

This year is already 1994, and the flower-growing world has begun to prosper.

As the saying goes: gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times.

Although the price of antiques in the 1990s was far lower than that of ten or twenty years later, there were still many nouveau riche who were willing to pay high prices to purchase the treasures.

After leaving school, Su Mingzhe went straight to the antique market in Chenghuang Temple.

Because he only had more than 200 yuan in living expenses, Su Mingzhe did not choose much. He walked around and spent 150 yuan to buy a Ru kiln porcelain.

This Ru kiln porcelain should have just been unearthed, and its color looks particularly new, leading many people to think it is a "new item".

However, after Su Mingzhe played with this Ru kiln porcelain for a few minutes, the negative energy on it was dispelled and it immediately showed its original appearance.

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe took the Ru kiln porcelain and went to a cultural relics shop.

"Sir, what would you like to buy? We have everything here. This is from Ru Kiln, this is from Jingdezhen, and this is..."

"I'm here to sell something."

Su Mingzhe walked around, calmly sat down with the shop owner, and then placed the Ru kiln porcelain on the table.

"Boss, please take a look."

As soon as the boss touched it, he knew that the thing in his hand was a treasure, so he put it back without any expression, and then asked with a smile:
"Sir, what's your name?"

"No need to bother, my last name is Su. What's your name, boss?"

"My last name is Zhao, Mr. Su. You can just call me Shopkeeper Zhao. What's your price?"

Shopkeeper Zhao noticed that Su Mingzhe looked calm and did not look like a novice, so he did not plan to bargain hard.

However, in the antique and collectibles business, offering a price is a technical job, and he certainly cannot give a price directly.

"Shopkeeper Zhao, I'll be frank if you want to say anything. I just spent 150 yuan to buy this thing nearby. It's a steal."

Su Mingzhe's words made Shopkeeper Zhao envious and jealous.

Just this one thing is enough to keep the store open for at least half a year.

Su Mingzhe then smiled and said, "I also asked around. Your Bai Liuzhai has a good reputation, so I wanted to sell it to you. The price is..."

Su Mingzhe said this and gestured.

Shopkeeper Zhao took a look and immediately shook his head:
"Mr. Su, your price is definitely not acceptable. No one in the entire market will offer this price. I'll tell you the truth, it's at most 20%."

"Twenty percent is definitely not enough. This is a rare Ru kiln treasure from the Northern Song Dynasty."

Su Mingzhe and Manager Zhao could not reach an agreement after much negotiation, but neither side was willing to give up.

Finally, Su Mingzhe considered for a moment and then said:

"Manager Zhao, how about this? I'll take this item and exchange it for one of your store's most valuable treasures. How about that?"

"What to change?"

Shopkeeper Zhao subconsciously looked towards his store's treasure.

Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe did not pay attention to his gaze. Instead, he pointed to a painting hanging on the wall and said with a smile:

"I want this painting by Zhang Daqian instead."

When Shopkeeper Zhao heard this, he was immediately overjoyed.

The painting on the wall is not a work of Zhang Daqian at all. It is clearly someone else's imitation of Dong Qichang's landscape painting, but using Zhang Daqian's seal.

However, Shopkeeper Zhao did not point it out, as the customer had made the mistake and it was not his fault.

The two of them immediately asked someone from the market management office to come over and make an exchange contract in triplicate.

After Su Mingzhe received the calligraphy and painting, he did not reveal what was inside the calligraphy and painting on the spot. He smiled and bowed to take his leave.

Shopkeeper Zhao sent Su Mingzhe away and immediately looked for someone to sell the Ru kiln porcelain.

After Su Mingzhe received the calligraphy and painting, he immediately sent it to a nearby auction house.

The owner of the auction house found an appraiser, who also gave the result that the calligraphy and painting were fake.

Unexpectedly, Su Mingzhe borrowed the tools of the auction house and cut the painting into two in less than a moment.

Behind that high-quality imitation calligraphy and painting is clearly Dong Qichang's authentic work.

Su Mingzhe's action shocked everyone on the spot.

The owner of the auction house immediately offered five million to buy the painting.

Su Mingzhe shook his head:

"Boss, don't look at my youth. I know the market. Dong Qichang's landscape paintings are worth at least 10 million."

"Ten million is ten million!"

The owner of the auction house was determined to get the painting.

Su Mingzhe negotiated the price with the other party again and again, and finally got a price of 12 million after tax.

After the matter was settled, the owner of the auction house took Su Mingzhe to a nearby bank to transfer the money.

Looking at the 12 million in the passbook, Su Mingzhe rejected the other party's invitation to dinner.

The deal is done, so there's no need to be polite.

Su Mingzhe could sense that the other party was not sincerely inviting him to dinner.

After finishing the transaction, Su Mingzhe went to several other cultural relics markets.

I bought more than a dozen bargains of varying sizes and sold them for a total of more than two million yuan.

Su Mingzhe kept the more than two million in the space as reserve cash.

"So be it."

Su Mingzhe went through all the antique markets in Shanghai and found all the bargains he could find:

"The Shanghai antique market is like this. There are only about a dozen antiques that are 'a pearl in the dark'."

But this is normal.

After all, there are so many people hanging around in the antique market all year round. If there were any treasures, they would have been picked up by others long ago, so there would be no chance for Su Mingzhe to make a move.

The dozen or so bargains he picked up today were either recently available goods or had been taken advantage of by someone and passed off as "new goods".

In short, if he wants to continue to pick up bargains in large quantities, he should either come here more often in the future or come back after a year or two.

After figuring out the situation, Su Mingzhe turned around and went back to school.

Today is the last day of reporting.

As Su Mingzhe walked along, he saw many boys standing at the intersection, admiring the beautiful women.

Suddenly, a fat man next to me exclaimed: "Look, there is a beautiful woman in front of us, she looks pure and lovely." But the fat man's friend said in a sophisticated tone, teasing:

"Fatty, all the freshman girls you see were actually seniors two months ago."

Su Mingzhe had not originally intended to look at any beauties, but what these two people said was so philosophical that he could not help but follow their gaze.

I saw a beautiful girl in overalls dragging two heavy suitcases with all her strength.

"Could this be Zheng Wei?"

Su Mingzhe glanced around and saw Zheng Wei walking forward with a suitcase, grinning.

"Where's Zhang Kai? Where's Xu Kaiyang?"

In the movie, Zheng Wei got off the car and seemed to be sent back to the dormitory by these two guys. Why is there no one here today?

Could it be that the butterfly effect occurred and those two guys didn't meet Zheng Wei?

Not finding any trace of the two, Su Mingzhe ran towards Zheng Wei with a guilty conscience:

"Classmate, do you need help?"

"Oh, thank you, thank you."

Zheng Wei, who still had a little baby fat, hurriedly thanked someone for offering to help her.

Just now, those two bastards, Zhang Kai and Xu Kaiyang, saw a beautiful woman in a white dress and long hair, and immediately chased after her and left her on the side of the road.

Zheng Wei was worrying about who to ask for help. Her suitcase was too heavy, and she was sweating profusely after only dragging it for more than 50 meters.

"You are welcome."

Su Mingzhe reached out and took a suitcase from Zheng Wei.

When Zheng Wei turned around, she was stunned.

Su Mingzhe has handsome features, sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and is no less handsome than a movie or TV star. He is over 1.85 meters tall.

Zheng Wei was not short to begin with, but when she stood next to Su Mingzhe, she was almost a head shorter than him. She had to look up when she wanted to look at him and talk to him.

Seeing Zheng Wei begin to daydream, Su Mingzhe smiled slightly, then reached out again:
"Classmate, give them all to me."

"Thank you."

Zheng Wei watched the man lift his two suitcases easily and quickly followed his footsteps:
"Hello, my name is Zheng Wei, what's your name?"

"My name is Su Mingzhe."

"Are you also a sophomore?"

"No, I'm a freshman, majoring in civil engineering. What about you?"

"What a coincidence! I am also a civil engineer."

"Which dormitory building are you in?"

"do not know."

"Then I have to go to the freshman reception office to check first."

Su Mingzhe took Zheng Wei for a walk and talked with her, and first helped her report to the new student reception office.

Coincidentally, the two were in the same class, Class 12 of Civil Engineering.

"Girls' Dormitory Building No. 302, Room . This is a good location."

Su Mingzhe continued to help Zheng Wei carry the luggage and walked towards the dormitory building.

Because it is the beginning of the school year, there are quite a few boys in the girls' dormitory, as well as parents sending their children to school.

Su Mingzhe helped Zheng Wei carry the luggage all the way to the door of dormitory 302.

Room 302 was at the end of the corridor. Su Mingzhe walked with Zheng Wei all the way there. It was like walking through a country of girls. He saw many erotic scenes out of the corner of his eye.

"You're not honest either!"

Zheng Wei noticed Su Mingzhe's gaze and said with a smile:
"Do you have a girlfriend? Do you want me to introduce you to one when school starts?"

If you are a real freshman, you will probably be embarrassed to respond.

However, Su Mingzhe smiled playfully and continued:

"Okay, that's what you said. Now you owe me a girlfriend."

"Okay, I owe you a girlfriend."

Zheng Wei is also carefree and doesn't care about owing anyone any favors.

As the two chatted, they finally reached the end of the corridor.

dong dong dong-

Zheng Wei knocked on the dormitory door first, and after getting the girl inside’s consent, she pushed the door open and went in.

Su Mingzhe stood to one side and waited for Zheng Wei to confirm that there were no erotic scenes inside before following her in.

"Thank you, Lao Su. I'll treat you to a meal in a couple of days."

"I'll remember this. See you when school starts."

Su Mingzhe did not refuse Zheng Wei's words, and then greeted another girl in the dormitory with a smile.

"Hello, classmate. My name is Su Mingzhe, and I am also a civil engineering student."

"Hello, my name is Li Weijuan."

Li Weijuan's appearance is not as delicate as Zheng Wei's, but she is also very charming, with thick and long braids.

Seeing that she seemed a little reserved, Su Mingzhe waved to Zheng Wei, said goodbye and left.

After Su Mingzhe left, Li Weijuan's gossip fire started to rise, and she pulled Zheng Wei aside and asked:
"You are Zheng Wei, right? Is that handsome guy your boyfriend?"

In the eyes of the two girls, only seniors would be so bored as to stand at the school gate and carry luggage for freshmen.

"No, he's a freshman like us. I just met him on the road and he helped me carry my luggage."

Zheng Wei recounted how she was 'abandoned' by her sophomore senior and 'saved' by Su Mingzhe. Suddenly, her eyes turned to the lower left bunk, where there was a photo taped to the wall.

The person in the photo is the "enemy", the beautiful woman in a white dress and long hair.

"It's true that enemies are on the same road!"

Su Mingzhe walked through the corridor of the girls' dormitory again and experienced the scene of Tang Monk walking in the Kingdom of Women.

After returning to the dormitory, the other three roommates arrived.

A local student named Wang Zhifei, with a fair complexion and a well-mannered look.

There were two students from other places. The one from Shandong Province was called He Qi. Although he had a gentle face, he was strong and muscular, and it was obvious that he was a good fighter.

The last roommate is from Jiangsu Province, his name is Lu Xihe. I heard that his mother likes to eat pastries from Luxihe, a century-old local shop, so his father gave his son this name.

Boys’ friendship is very simple. After getting to know each other and making sure that everyone’s family is relatively well-off, they make an appointment to go to the basketball court to play basketball for a while.

Su Mingzhe originally thought that he could run into Zhu Xiaobei, who loved playing basketball, but after looking around several times, he couldn't find any trace of Zhu Xiaobei.

After coming back from playing ball, the four of them took a shower and went out for dinner outside the school.

Since everyone's family was well off, we prepared four cold dishes, four vegetarian dishes, four main dishes, two soups, and finally drank two boxes of beer.

After a party, there is no longer any sense of estrangement between us.

After university starts, military training is inevitable.

The military training time at East China University of Architecture is half a month.

Everyone was very lucky that the military training took place inside the school.

The campus of East China University of Architecture is full of lush greenery. Although the military training was very hard, everyone did not get too tanned.

And on the second day after the military training ended.

Su Mingzhe made an appointment with a real estate agent and planned to buy a house nearby, and then he received a call from Zheng Wei.

She was still single, but she broke up first.

(End of this chapter)