Chapter 111: Qing Kangxi enamel snuff bottle
When he arrived at the entrance of the village, Jin Dashan stretched out his head and glanced around, and snorted a little dissatisfied: "What about people, hey, it's really ink, and making money can be so slow." ”
Muttered over and over again, while taking out his mobile phone, thinking that he should be calling the person in charge of the urban village that he said before.
Su Chen began to look at this realm with great interest.
To say that Jinnan is indeed worthy of being an ancient city with a long history. This urban village, as far as the eye can see, is full of bungalows, red bricks and green tiles, and some houses obviously have architectural characteristics of different periods and dynasties. However, because it has been so many years since the founding of the country, these characteristics are slowly disappearing.
I think this is also the reason why this small town is only being demolished now. There are not many ancient cultural buildings, there is not much cultural value, and compared with other areas, it seems backward, and demolition and reconstruction can be regarded as the only way to survive.
After Jin Dashan's phone call, a man in Tang costume quickly walked out of a nearby alley, about fifty years old, with meticulous hair combed, but a little stylish.
This person's name is Zhang Chun, and he is the person in charge of this urban village, except for the old people who have lived here for decades, he is the most familiar with this place.
"Mr. Zhang, I'm sorry for you this time. Jin Dashan stepped forward and introduced Su Chen to him.
"It turns out that you are the treasure connoisseur that Mr. Jin said. Zhang Chun looked at Su Chen with some surprise, as if he didn't believe Jin Dashan's words very much.
Su Chen just smiled and didn't say anything.
After shaking hands, Zhang Chun took the two of them into this urban village, and introduced as he walked: "In addition to relocation, there are also abandoned ones, there are about 300 families here now, and I don't know what those old objects you are talking about, so I can only take you to see them one by one." ”
These old houses, a few households in them have old objects from their ancestors, it is indeed very common, but more than 300 households, even if you look at it quickly, it is estimated that it will take more than two days, no wonder Jin Dashan specially found this time when he notified at that time.
Looking at Jin Dashan with an excited face in front of him, Su Chen, who was one step behind, was a little helpless, this can be regarded as another wave of pits.
I guess I'll have to spend the next two days.
"By the way, I remember that at Lao Litou's house in front of me, he kept shouting that there was a baby, and it was quite mysterious, why don't we go to his house first?" Zhang Chun asked.
"Okay, it's all going to be seen anyway. ”
After walking for about a minute, the three of them came to the door of a small courtyard.
This is an old mansion with obvious Qing Dynasty architectural characteristics, but it seems that the descendants have not repaired it much, resulting in a somewhat dilapidated feeling on the outside.
It's this big iron gate, but it's a boutique decoration on the market, and I don't know what the family thinks.
knocked on the door, Zhang Chun shouted: "Lao Litou, open the door, I'm Lao Zhang." ”
"It's coming. ”
Because it's a weekend, there are people in every house.
After opening the door, a middle-aged man wearing a white T-shirt and a little honest man came out, and when he saw Jin Dashan and Su Chen behind Zhang Chun, he was slightly flustered, but he still opened the door.
"Brother Zhang, come in, who are these two?"
"Oh, they're my friends, antiques, come to us and see if there's anything to collect. Zhang Chun said truthfully.
Basically, every household knows what they have in their home, after all, Jinnan is called the land of antiques, but they may not know the specific value.
The purpose of Su Chen and the two of them coming is to make the difference, although it is not as much as the previous one, but that kind of opportunity is rare.
"Collect antiques, that's good, you sit down first, it just so happens that I have a treasure at home, you can take a look." Lao Li Tou obviously trusted Zhang Chun very much, and didn't think much about it, after pouring a glass of water for the three of them, he walked into the room by himself and made a fuss.
Soon, Lao Li Tou walked out of the room, still holding an object tightly wrapped in newspaper.
"Come on, come on, you can help me see, how much is my snuffbox worth?" Lao Li Tou smiled with a hint of showing off.
The newspaper opened, and inside was a delicate snuffbox, about seven or eight centimeters high.
Jin Dashan can only be said to know a little about antiques, so Su Chen immediately took the snuff bottle handed over by Lao Li Tou. Vase-shaped, oval, the top and bottom are only the size of a little finger, the shape is indeed very exquisite, and it can be seen that Lao Li Tou attaches great importance to this snuff bottle, and has often played with it from time to time, but it has a somewhat mellow feeling.
"Kangxi period copper-tired glass-enamel snuff bottle!"
Su Chen's mind instantly appeared with the information of this snuffbox, and he already had a bottom in his heart.
"Uncle, your snuff bottle is indeed an old gadget, it should be from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and it is a fine product. Do you want to sell here?"
When it comes to snuff bottles, we have to talk about snuff. Snuff is a foreign product, introduced to China from the Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty, snuff became popular, and snuff bottles made of various materials and textures began to be available.
The snuff bottle is an authentic Chinese invention. Especially in the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong periods, the production process of snuff bottles reached its peak, and most of the precious snuff bottles were also handed down during this period.
At present, this snuff bottle, although it is not the best product produced by the Qing Dynasty Manufacturing Office, is also a top grade and is worth a lot of money.
"This ......" Lao Li showed a hint of hesitation, and said softly, "They are all saying that this place is going to be demolished, originally I wanted to keep this treasure forever, but my son and daughter-in-law want to buy a house in Hualan Community...... This one...... 500,000, okay?"
Seems to feel that the price he quoted is too high, Lao Li Tou showed a nervous look on his face, and then said: "This snuff bottle is handed down by my ancestors, I think my family was also a solid family back then, this family is in the middle of the road, if I don't really need money, I won't sell it." ”
"Su Chen, how is it, at this price, do you make any money?" Jin Dashan asked in a low voice.
Su Chen glanced at him in some surprise, if he had stayed in normal times, this guy would definitely not ask him like this, but would have bargained directly with the seller, how could he ...... today
As if sensing Su Chen's incomprehension, Jin Dashan smiled and said, "It's not easy, it's not easy." ”
Zhang Chun also understood at this time, among the two, it was mainly this age, and he immediately whispered: "Boss Su, is it okay to pay the price of 500,000 yuan?"
In fact, although this snuff bottle is not the top of the snuff bottles, it is worth a lot of money, and if you meet a collector who loves this kind of thing, it is absolutely no problem to have around 1.5 million.
So Su Chen didn't say anything, nodded and said, "Uncle, 500,000, pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, is it okay?"
"Ah, 500,000 is really okay?" In the end, it was an honest middle-aged uncle, who looked a little unbelievable for a while, and when he reacted, his face was full of surprise, "Okay, good, pay the money with one hand, and deliver the goods with the other." ”
Hearing that Su Chen agreed to the deal, Jin Dashan was very excited, and directly pulled Lao Li's head and ran out, saying that he was going to a nearby bank to transfer money.
Su Chen and Zhang Chun did not follow, but stayed at Lao Li Tou's house, chatting.
"Uncle Zhang, I think if you want to demolish it, the demolition fee shouldn't be less, right?" Su Chen looked at the house and asked casually.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Chun shook his head and sighed: "How can it, we are not an urban area, we are relatively backward, so how can the demolition fee be enough, alas, if we can, most of us will not want to be demolished." ”
"Oh, that's right. Su Chen didn't know much about this kind of thing.
However, these words opened Zhang Chun's chatterbox, and he said in an obviously unhappy tone: "This time it is Dalong Real Estate Group that is responsible for the development of this place, and I don't know how much money I can give." However, if every family has treasures, most of them will be sold before the demolition, which is an opportunity for you. ”
Su Chen obviously felt this.
I will go to see a few families later, and if there are really a lot of antiques, I can inform Uncle Lin to organize a small purchase in this urban village. Su Chen quickly had an idea in his heart.
Jin Dashan and Lao Li Tou soon returned, and their faces were full of smiles.
Out of Lao Litou's house, Zhang Chun took the two to the next house.
After entering the door and talking for a while, I found out that this family originally had a treasure, but it was sold to someone else just yesterday, which made Jin Dashan and Zhang Chun, who heard the news, a little disappointed.
In the next few households, what made Su Chen and the others a little depressed was that either there were no old gadgets at home, or they had already been accepted, which made them all realize that something was wrong.
"Why did they all take it away? Brother Zhang, it wouldn't be you who took someone else to take it away, right?" Jin Dashan was a little angry, in this case, it seemed that someone had taken the lead.
"Brother Jin, what you said, if I brought someone else, how could I take you to run again, the reward you promised me does not include this. Zhang Chun replied a little angrily.
Su Chen saw on the side that the two of them would not talk well, and he might be anxious, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "It's not clear what happened now, let's go to a few more houses to see." ”
The two could only nod their heads in agreement.
The next few households, what everyone didn't expect was that in addition to the fact that there were no objects at home, they let the two of them receive two antiques, although the quality was average, far less than the snuff bottle just now, at most it was worth about 100,000 yuan, but this situation made the three of them scratch their heads.
"What's going on, I don't believe that those who come to buy antiques don't look down on these ......" Jin Dashan shook the small plate he had just received in his hand, "so he deliberately let them go." ”
"Maybe I know why. ”
Zhang Chun had been pondering, and at this time he seemed to have thought of something, and said in a somewhat helpless tone.
"What is the reason?" Jin Dashan hurriedly asked.
With Zhang Chun's narration, Jin Dashan and Su Chen gradually understood what was going on.
Although this urban village is small in size and has a total population of more than 1,000 people, it can be divided into two "factions". In the whole village, there are two largest surnames, one is Zhang and the other is Li.
Zhang Chunnai is the head of the house surnamed Zhang, and he is the person in charge personally appointed by the above, so he speaks in the whole village, but the others are different.
Don't look at this place so small, but that's it, the view of the portal is more serious than ordinary places, and the people who have been to the three of them, the people whose antiques have been taken away, are all from the side of the surname Li. And Lao Litou's snuffbox was not taken away, which was really lucky, because he only came back from the field yesterday.
"I estimate that the one who brought others to buy it should be the head of the Li family, Li Dayuan. Zhang Chun said apologetically.
Su Chen and Jin Dashan were also speechless when they heard this, in such a small place, they still had this kind of clan opinion.
"Forget it, anyway, in such a big place, it's normal for someone to grab business. Su Chen can see it, after all, money is endless.