Chapter 103: Zhang Daqian's Painting?
After lunch, Su Chen remembered that after checking out of the hotel, he had an extra deposit of more than 500 yuan, so he took it out and returned it to Xiaoyuan.
Xiao Yuan was a little surprised when he saw Su Chen take out the money, and when he heard Su Chen's explanation, he said with a smile: "Brother Su, you don't have to be so polite." ”
I wanted to excuse myself, but seeing Su Chen's serious face, I had no choice but to accept it.
Except for Tianxiang Restaurant, everyone saw that Su Chen did not have a car, and they all said that they would give him a ride.
However, Su Chen didn't want to trouble these old people, so he insisted on taking a taxi by himself, but while waiting for the bus, he happened to meet He Wenchang and others who also came out of the restaurant.
Seeing Su Chen, He Wenchang and the others were also a little stunned, but they were very knowledgeable, and both sides didn't say anything, and just wiped themselves away.
And Su Chen also saw the guy who was suspected of being the master.
It looks white and pure, but there is a deliberate arrogance all over it, which is completely inconsistent with the image of a tomb robber with unique skills imagined by Su Chen.
A taxi stopped in front of him, and Su Chen left here with a hint of doubt.
After returning to the Jumbo Pawnshop, Su Chen called Lin Xiongye and asked him to arrange for the recruitment of an appraiser, and at the same time, he himself posted a notice on the window of the pawnshop to recruit appraisers.
As soon as this notice was posted, it was seen by Zhou De on the other side.
"Why did that Su Chen ask for an appraiser, isn't he himself?" Zhou De muttered a few words to himself, but soon, his eyes lit up, and a trick came to mind.
Su Chen didn't know that Zhou De was eyeing him again, and not long after posting the notice, Su Chen received a call from Lin Wanqing.
"Su Chen, are you busy now?" Lin Wanqing's voice was like the summer sun, full of earnest feelings.
"Hehe, it's okay, not too busy. ”
"Then I'll go to the pawn shop to find you now, and you can go with me to buy the goods. ”
After agreeing, Lin Wanqing's beige BMW stopped at the door of the pawn shop in less than ten minutes.
"Su Chen, let's go, the goods this time are very important. Lin Wanqing, who was dressed in a blue dress, appeared in front of Su Chen like a fairy.
After getting into the car, Su Chen said the doubts he had been hiding in his heart.
"Wanqing, where did our goods come from?"
The reason why he asked this question was because Su Chen had discovered a very strange phenomenon at the beginning, even in the antique industry.
That is, there is not a single fake in the evening sunhouse. Although there are not many objects, it is true that each one is an old thing, but most of them are antiques that have a relatively large number of surviving and are not very valuable.
But even so, it's still a hard thing to understand.
You must know that antique shops are different from the general industry, and if you search all over the world, you can hardly find a single antique shop that does not sell fakes, which is an unspoken rule of this industry, and even buyers actually know it. Otherwise, do you think there are really such antiques in the world?
In the antique industry, in fact, the main test is an eyesight, if you really hit the eye, you can only blame yourself for not having enough experience, which can be regarded as calling for tuition.
That time Du Chenghai's incident, if he hadn't saved Su Chen's life, and that boss was really ruthless, Su Chen wouldn't have come out at all.
So Su Chen was bored once, and after browsing the antiques of the entire Wanqingzhai in detail, he found that they were all genuine, which made him really surprised.
It's just that he and Lin Xiongye's father and daughter had just met not long ago, and he expected that this kind of thing should be regarded as a secret of Wanqingzhai, so he didn't ask at the time.
Now that Lin Wanqing took the initiative to take him to buy the goods, he also took the opportunity to ask his curiosity.
And when Lin Wanqing heard Su Chen say this, a mysterious smile appeared on her face, and she said with a smile: "Hehe, you'll find out later."
The off-white BMW drove steadily on the street, and twenty minutes later, the BMW drove in the direction of the southern suburbs.
Walking through a gravel road of more than ten kilometers, Su Chen saw a small village appear in front of him.
"It's the second time I've been here, and the last time was with my dad, so wait for me to recognize the way. After entering the village, Lin Wanqing's speed suddenly dropped to the minimum, and she said to Su Chen with some embarrassment.
After turning around, the car finally drove to a manor, and in the parking area, Su Chen also saw several luxury cars.
"That's it. ”
After getting out of the car, Su Chen was able to take a good look at the manor and saw the words "Heishui Tea House" written on the door plaque.
It turned out to be a tea house.
When you enter the tea house, you will see that the facilities inside are very advanced, which is completely different from the classical atmosphere that looks from the outside.
"Uncle Wang, my dad asked me to pick up the goods. ”
In the compound of the manor, a middle-aged man who looked like an old farmer was sitting on a wooden stool, holding a cigarette stick in his hand, and was swallowing clouds.
Hearing Lin Wanqing's voice, the middle-aged man narrowed his eyes, and then stood up with a smile: "It turned out to be Lin girl, why didn't your father come?"
"My dad had something to do, so he let me come. Lin Wanqing said sweetly.
"Oh, this one next to you is ...... Okay, girl Lin, you don't tell your uncle if you have a boyfriend. The middle-aged man looked Su Chen up and down, and then said suddenly.
"What's the ...... Uncle Wang, this is ...... This is my friend, not ......" Lin Wanqing hurriedly explained, but that shy look, anyone who saw it knew that there was a problem.
After a few simple greetings, the middle-aged man pointed to the inside of the manor and said: "The goods are there, it just so happens that a few antique dealers have come to Anyang and brought some very good quality objects, if you are interested, you can talk to them, I, just rest here for a while." ”
"Okay, then Uncle Wang won't disturb your rest. ”
Taking advantage of the gap to go inside, Lin Wanqing said to Su Chen: "Uncle Wang's family is a large antique middleman, and it is very famous in the antique industry in the entire Jiangnan Province. ”
With Lin Wanqing's explanation, Su Chen understood why there were so many antiques in Wanqingzhai.
Antique middlemen are not new in the antique industry, but they are basically not large-scale, or just individual traffickers.
And this tea house is similar to the existence of a transit station.
When I arrived at the back of the manor, I saw that many people were busy, and one of them turned out to be an acquaintance.
"Hey, it's Xiaoqing, Xiaochen, you're here too. A middle-aged man with a slightly fat posture and a lovely smile greeted the two.
This person is Lin Xiongye's friend who met in Wentian Pavilion at the beginning, Wang Tai.
However, Su Chen remembered that Lin Xiongye said that he was in the jade business.
As if sensing Su Chen's doubts, Wang Tai smiled and said, "This is the family's business, and our Wang family has been an antique middleman for decades. ”
It turned out to be a family business, that is, it was Wang Tai's own business.
Su Chen nodded, indicating that he understood.
Because the Wang family and Lin Xiongye have been cooperating for a long time, Wang Tai, the goods of Wanqingzhai, have long been ready.
Su Chen looked at it, there were a total of fifteen pieces, all of them were old gadgets, but they were all relatively ordinary objects, and the prices were not very high, and they looked like ten thousand yuan.
"By the way, there are a few more expensive antiques here, you can take a look, do you want to buy them. ”
After inspecting the goods, Wang Tai took Su Chen and Lin Wanqing to the other side, where there were several antiques sealed in wooden boxes.
After opening the wooden box, Su Chen fixed his eyes and saw that there were three antiques, all of which were porcelain, with different shapes, all of them were objects from the early Qing Dynasty, and the value was much better than the fifteen pieces just now, and the minimum price of one piece was about 200,000.
Just as Su Chen was looking at the three antiques, a few more people walked in.
"Boss Wang, we are from Changfeng City, there is a treasure here, I don't know if you can see it. The group of four, led by a man of about forty years old, wearing a baseball cap and white casual clothes, said to Wang Tai as soon as he entered.
"A treasure?"
Wang Taileng took a moment, you must know that the Wang family is an antique middleman, basically all of them are volume, if it is one, if the value is low, there is no need to collect it, if the value is very high, then there is no need to go through the middleman.
Although there are some doubts in my heart, what the Wang family does is the role of a middleman, and the person who comes is the guest, so naturally it can't be pushed out.
The man with the baseball cap reached out, and behind him a mature beauty in work clothes pulled out a delicate brown long wooden box.
"Boss Wang, my name is Yin Hongfan, and the baby I am talking about is it. ”
The man in the baseball cap opened the wooden box, took out the painting inside, and then carefully opened a corner.
Seeing this guy's mysterious look, Wang Tai couldn't help but be curious, and poked his head out to look over.
The female assistant behind Yin Hongfan stepped forward, grabbed a corner of the scroll, and then slowly unfolded it.
"This is ......" Seeing this painting for the first time, Wang Tai was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became excited, "This is Master Zhang Daqian's Yellow Oriole Singing Willow Picture!?"
As soon as the words fell, some of the antique dealers around who were receiving the goods instantly moved their eyes here, and then, almost everyone walked towards them quickly, for fear of being a step slower.
"This ...... Is it really Mr. Zhang Daqian's work?"
"Looking at this skill, ordinary people will never be able to do it. ”
"That should be true, my God, isn't this painting sky-high?"
There was a burst of exclamations, and even Su Chen, who was looking at the three pieces of porcelain, was attracted to attention.
"Su Chen, let's go and have a look, they say it's Zhang Daqian's work. Lin Wanqing walked up to Su Chen and said with a hint of surprise.
Zhang Daqian?
Su Chen was shocked when he heard this, he didn't pay attention to it just now, but now that he heard that it was Zhang Daqian, he also walked over with Lin Wanqing quickly.
But when he got closer, he found that the middle-aged man with a baseball cap had just put the painting away.
"This gentleman, I wonder if you can show me your painting?" Su Chen stepped forward and said.
Yin Hongfan glanced at him, saw that it was a young man in his twenties, frowned, and waved his hand: "What do you see, I still have business, don't waste my time." ”