Chapter 1 The Buyer Who Picks Up Things
At noon one day at the end of October 1986, the sun was shining brightly overhead, and although the temperature was not as hot as in summer, the sun was still dazzling! There were many pedestrians on the streets, and it was time to get off work. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Under the bright sunshine, a young man with a light-colored briefcase walked out of the gate of the Heng County Government Guest House in Gui Province.
As soon as he left the gate, he attracted the attention of several passers-by on the street, who saw that he was wearing a pair of navy blue trousers with a slight flare, a pair of brown leather shoes, and a light blue long-sleeved shirt with sleeves rolled up. She has short hair on top of her head and the latest trendy color-changing sunglasses on her nose.
This dress is really rare in Hengxian, a small county in the southwest, but I have seen a lot of it in movies, and the briefcase that this person is holding in his elbow seems to be a style that is not available in the county department store.
Two words - fashionable!
As soon as Zhang Nan went out, he felt the strange eyes of the people on the street, and smiled helplessly in his heart: "Hell, I'm wearing the wrong clothes again." "It's helpless, no way, he usually wears clothes like this.
He is not from Gui Province, his height of 1.82 meters is obviously classified as a tall one here, he is only 18 years old this year, but he has been working for almost a year, and his job is a purchaser, and this trip is to Gui Province on a business trip. After finishing his business in the provincial capital yesterday, I took a bus for more than two hours in the morning to Hengxian County to do some private business.
This dress made him look a bit maverick in this small county, which was not conducive to his work, because he was going to "pick up" something today, and as soon as he arranged his accommodation, he couldn't wait to go out and check the environment.
Walking along Jiangbei Road in the county seat, I inquired halfway through, and soon found the target: the compound of Hengxian Agricultural Technology Extension Center. However, he did not go directly to the gate, but lit a cigarette across the street and observed for a while.
"The walls around are not high, fortunately there is no communication room at the gate, they have already gotten off work, and there are not many people coming and going, otherwise I would have to buy a set of clothes. I made up my mind, "There's no need to come again, just do it!"
Throw the cigarette butt on the ground and step on it, look left and right across the road, and walk into the compound of the promotion center.
As soon as he entered the gate, he saw that the courtyard was empty, just as he thought: the agricultural department usually has people to come early in the morning to do business, so that he can hurry back to the township. As for the staff in the compound, they will have already left work, and there are few of them.
When I saw the three big words "training building" written on one of the buildings in the courtyard, I was overjoyed and unconsciously quickened my pace slightly. Zhang Nan didn't enter the training building, but took advantage of the fact that there was no one left and right, and walked into the wall lane behind the building.
I took off my sunglasses, searched at double speed, and soon found my target in the east corner - a blue and white porcelain jar with a diameter of more than 30 centimeters was randomly thrown there.
Seeing that there was no one in front and back, he quickly opened his briefcase, took out a blue cotton bag inside, and stuffed the porcelain jar that looked dirty into the cloth bag. Carrying a cloth bag and holding his briefcase, like an unscrupulous guy who is convenient in the wall alley, he swayed out of the door of the Agricultural Technology Extension Center casually and casually.
Zhang Nan felt that his back would be full of cold sweat, and his heart beat one hundred and eighteen!
Walking quickly back to the guest house along the street, the beautiful waitress on duty saw that Zhang Nan was back, and said with a smile: "Comrade Zhang, you are back." After speaking, he handed Zhang Nan a room key.
"Hmm. "There's no way, young and rich, plus handsome, it's popular everywhere. However, Zhang Nan didn't say much, took the key, and turned around with a polite smile, which would not be on his mind about the waitress.
In these years, this mandatory service is often available in government guest houses: when you go out, the room key must be handed over to the waiter on duty, and you will pick it up again when you come back.
Quickly go to the second floor, open the door to your room, and close and lock it as soon as you walk in.
The Heng County Government Guest House should be a newly renovated house in the past two years, and the room where Zhang Nan lives is a single standard room, which is the best "senior room" that ordinary people can live in in the entire county hotel and guest house. There are two suites, but unless the county party committee and county government come forward to book, don't even think about it.
A bed in a general guest house is only about 1 yuan 2, while a bed in an ordinary quadruple room in a government guest house is 2 5 yuan, 8 single rooms, and 15 standard rooms, which will make the average monthly salary of old workers in Hengxian County at most 60-70, which is frightening to death!
But if it weren't for the fact that it was really expensive, this guest house would not be semi-open to the outside world, so Zhang Nan would not be able to live in such a high-end room. Revenue-generating depends solely on the bookings of various government departments and factory units, and the occupancy rate is too low.
Zhang Nan, who walked into the room, threw the briefcase on the table at will, carefully put the cotton bag on the bed, tried to control his slightly trembling hands, and took a few deep breaths before opening the cotton bag, revealing the blue and white porcelain crown inside.
The porcelain jar in Zhang Nan's hand is about 30 centimeters high, about 35 centimeters in abdominal diameter, and there is a small gap about 10 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters wide at the mouth of the jar. The overall enamel is delicate, and the pattern of the can body from the mouth to the bottom has entwined flowers, entwined peonies, theme decorations and variant lotus petal patterns.
The theme is a grand ornamental scene, with a total of 7 characters of different identities: under the guidance of auspicious clouds and colorful phoenixes, a man wearing wings facing the sky behind the mountain rocks, wearing a long robe and a double jade belt, rides a horse with a whip. Behind him is a long-bearded military general wearing a crown, stirring a bridle in his left hand, holding a steel whip in his right hand, galloping on a horse. Then there are mountain stones, flag weaving, and there are three spear-holding and armor-wearing soldiers in the middle of the mountain.
On the other side of the tank, two people are fighting, one wearing a small crown of hair and holding a steel fork, turning around to parry, and the other holding a spear and chasing after him.
After more than 20 years in the antique business, Zhang Nan has never gotten his hands on a porcelain jar of this level, and he couldn't help but roar angrily in his heart: "Yuan Qinghua Wei Chi Gong rode the Savior picture jar alone!
He is only 18 years old, and he can't do business for more than 20 years since he was in his mother's womb?
The reason is simple: one day in the fall of 2016, Zhang Nan, a 48-year-old antiques dealer, was drunk and wanted to sleep, only to wake up to find himself back 30 years ago when he had just started working as a purchaser in the Materials Bureau.
And this porcelain jar in front of him can be described as a national treasure of China! Before Zhang Nan crossed, one of the nine "blue and white character story porcelains of the Yuan Dynasty" recognized by the world!
If you insist on calculating according to the price, one of the "Yuan blue and white Guiguzi descending mountain picture jars" was auctioned for 14 million pounds at Christie's in London on July 12, 2005 at the "Chinese ceramics, handicrafts and export handicrafts" auction, which is 10,000 pounds after commission, equivalent to about 230 million yuan, setting the highest auction record for Chinese artworks in the world at that time!
Before the crossing, Zhang Nan was an antique dealer, and after the age of 40, he was more of a business collector, and he wanted to collect a piece of Yuan blue and white from the official kiln for many years, not to mention the "character story porcelain", how can he not be excited about this rare treasure in his own hands!?
The other 8 pieces of "Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Character Story Porcelain" are either in major museums at home and abroad, or in the hands of foreign private collectors, and this piece in his hand is the only one that Zhang Nan has the opportunity to have, although it is a very disgraceful "pick-up".
"Holding a steel fork, the general who is fleeing for his life should be Duan Zhixuan, and the one chasing after him is Shan Xiongxin. Sitting on the horse was Li Shimin, and then Wei Chigong. After carefully observing the inside and outside state of the porcelain jar, Zhang Nan carefully took it into the bathroom to clean and dry.
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In 1980, the Hengxian Agricultural Technology Extension Center built a training building, and during the construction of the building, when the workers used a bulldozer to bulldoze a small hillside, they found this "picture pot" in the 1.2-meter-deep soil, and the mouth of the tank was touched by the bulldozer to create a small gap about 10 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. According to local customs, it is not easy to take the items inside the soil home, so the "picture pot" is thrown at the construction site.
After the building was built, the workers randomly stacked the "picture jars" in a corner behind the training building.
Until one day in 1987, a walking agronomist picked it up and planted flowers and corn seeds...... It wasn't until 1989 that it was discovered by museum staff by chance and finally donated to the state.
The above is the bizarre birth experience of "Yuan Qinghua Wei Chi Gong riding the Savior's picture jar" in Zhang Nan's memory, because it is too bizarre, so the memory is profound.
Sitting on the chair next to the coffee table in the room, lighting a "phoenix" cigarette, looking at the porcelain jar next to the suitcase on the ground, "It's time to go home." ”