Chapter 217: Bronze Statue
Of course, the cultural relics store in Yongcheng is not as good as the glaze factory in Beijing and the cultural relics store in Shanghai, but the scale is still there. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info And as a long-established treaty port, there are a lot of goods here, and many of the cultural relics sold are very distinctive.
But this time Zhang Nan is here to be a little follower, and he doesn't care about anything else, just as a spectator.
At noon, the leader of the cultural relics store was not there, and the exhibition hall had to call its own part of the calligraphy and painting inventory, which was very smooth: anyway, it was stored separately, and it was done in an hour with a comparison of documents!
They were piled into the last row of seats and the body of the tool cart - it was a strange-looking, boat-like tool cart with three rows of seats and a small body at the back.
Zhang Nan has never seen such a model, maybe it was imported from any country in Eastern Europe, and he has never even seen the car logo.
One word: ugly!
As soon as the calligraphy and painting were pulled back to the exhibition hall located on Yaoxing Street in the center of the city, the staff who stayed behind left some food for a few people in the canteen, and then they took two bites, and the director of the agricultural curator said that he would go home to rest first.
His house is only about 200 meters away from the exhibition hall, in a Western-style courtyard built during the Republic of China, there are four houses side by side on the first floor.
Zhang Nan remembers that he went to it twice when he was studying, and such housing conditions are very good in today's Yongcheng, and he can't even think about it without a certain level.
Zhang Nan left Qiu Bo and Xia Mili to look at the pile of things, and he and the other two also went back to the hotel to rest.
Returning to the exhibition hall at less than three o'clock in the afternoon, a five-ton Dongfang Feng and two trailers had already arrived.
Fortunately, the yard is big enough, otherwise it wouldn't have stopped.
Director Nong also came back and was chatting with Xiang Weirong.
"Brother-in-law, why are you here?"
"The other drivers were not familiar with Ningbo, so I followed. How's it going, loading?"
Feign!
The exhibition hall borrowed a forklift, and the carriage was padded with old cloth to increase friction, and six large iron cannons were loaded on it first, and then the driver tied it with hemp rope to avoid the danger of rolling around during transportation.
The iron cannon can't be broken, but there is no place to cry if the furniture of the Ming Dynasty is smashed!
A staggering amount of precious old furniture began to be sorted into trucks, and it was busy until night, and the two trailers were almost full!
Even Zhang Nan, a soy sauce beater, is tired enough, not to mention the "stevedores".
It's hard to believe it: more than 150 calligraphy and paintings counted 210,000 foreign exchange coupons, and two cars of red sandalwood and huanghuali furniture are only 170,000!
This is already the result of several careful checks by the researchers and finances of the exhibition hall - the old furniture is not as good as calligraphy and painting, and that's it.
Adding those cannons, Zhang Nan simply gave $100,000 first, and whether it was enough for tomorrow will be said.
For 100,000 US dollars, Zhang Nan covered at least half of the Ming and Qing dynasty huanghuali and red sandalwood furniture in the entire Yongcheng area!
According to Director Nong: After a special period, these two types of furniture are still well preserved in Yongcheng area, at least two-thirds of the most classic exhibition halls, and at least 90% of the entire exhibition hall in the warehouse!
Because the time was late, the three drivers were left to stay in Yongcheng for one night, get a room at the Cultural Affairs Bureau Guest House to arrange accommodation and dinner, and leave tomorrow morning.
As for the extra Dongfeng to be used tomorrow: Director Nong and Zhang Nan were loading the goods, and took the time to go into the small warehouse to take a look, there were not only some Western porcelain, but also a large number of Western oil paintings and a few pieces of Western furniture, and even two marble sculptures at the end.
And after this half-day tossing in the big warehouse, in addition to the astonishing number of "ten miles of red makeup" and unearthed artifacts that Zhang Nan didn't want, there are still a lot of fragments, which need to be seen again tomorrow.
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Dinner was eaten as fast as a war, and it was only 7 o'clock after eating, and Zhang Nan drove the tool cart to the small warehouse of Yongcheng Nonferrous Metals Import and Export Company with the director of the agricultural curator, brother-in-law and Qiu Bo.
There are already people waiting: Manager Yu in his 50s, and a salesman named Xu Jinjie in his 27 or 8.
Director Nong and Manager Yu are old friends, and this trip is to purchase non-ferrous metal antique goods.
As for why he came at night? Curator Nong doesn't care about that!
He brought the official receipt for the acquisition of cultural relics in the exhibition hall, and as for what the other party would do next, he didn't care and didn't bother to ask, anyway, he didn't want to be greedy for a penny from the unit.
"Old Yu, what's the good stuff lately?" Ask as soon as you meet.
"I said that my director of the Agricultural University, it would be good to be able to say that my good things are okay in your eyes, old rules, look at the goods. ”
As soon as he entered the warehouse, Zhang Nan saw that it was like a warehouse of Yanxian Metal Company, but it was basically piled up with second-hand non-ferrous metals, copper, aluminum, zinc and so on.
There is also a locked private room in the storeroom, which opens the door and turns on the light.
Hey guys, what's in here is absolutely fascinating!
What the hell is there?
There are a pile of flattened old European copper pots, intact but dirty copper plates, four or five burlap pockets of all sizes, and a bronze female robe statue about 60 centimeters high erected in the corner.
"I guess it's just that bronze statue that you can look at. ”
Hearing this Manager Yu's words, Director Nong said, "Has anyone seen it?"
"Hehe... Didn't you go to the capital some time ago, this thing was found from a batch of scrap copper imported from South Asia, and there are two strange old bronze Buddha statues.
I couldn't wait, so I let the old building of the cultural relics store look at it first, but the kid was very stingy, and this female bronze statue was only two hundred.
Both weigh 20 kilograms, and he's calling Hanako! I didn't sell him anything when I got angry!"
It could be seen that Manager Yu was still a little embarrassed, but Director Nong didn't say much, but gestured to Zhang Nan.
When you are a follower, you have to have the consciousness of a follower, and you stepped forward to move the bronze statue over.
There are no damages and scratches on the face of the bronze statue, but there are a few bruises on the skirt position, and the overall feeling for Zhang Nan is okay.
Director Nong also looked at it carefully, and after a while, he said, "This is up to 500." ”
When Manager Yu heard this, he smiled and did not increase the price: "Okay, you are an expert." ”
As he spoke, he took out two strange-shaped Buddha statues from a pocket, and Zhang Nan's eyes were sharp, and he saw that this pocket seemed to contain all kinds of copper coins.
Zhang Nan bent down and simply opened a few other pockets: copper, aluminum, nickel, and even a small pocket of old silver coins.
"Curator, do you want to pick a coin?"
Zhang Nan can speak a few words of "Allah" Yongcheng dialect, but it is not standard, and he speaks Mandarin simply.
After a brief introduction just now, Director Nong said that this is a student who studies with him, and he is not a fool.
"If you're interested, just take a look. ”
When Manager Yu heard this, he said, "Just flip it, take a few if you like, don't need money." Send it to the bank in a few days to see if you can choose which foreign exchange change can be exchanged, and the rest will be all melted. (To be continued.) )