162: December Flower Cup
Chapter 162: December Flower God Cup
"No, it's not what you think!"
Li Sisi waved his hand again and again, trying to explain things clearly.
However, Cheng Feihu had this temper and comforted: "Brother and sister, don't worry, I will help you keep an eye on this kid in the future, and I will not let him fail you." β
Regarding Cheng Feihu's unscrupulous mouth, Zhou You really has nothing to say. However, seeing Li Sisi's weak and helpless pitiful appearance, Zhou You was very happy, and suddenly felt that it was really good to have a girlfriend like Li Sisi, at least her innocence could earn a lot of points in front of her parents, which was not comparable to Yao Jiahui, Xu Man and Amamiya Qinyue.
"I'm really insatiable! Xu Man's problem hasn't been solved yet!"
While Zhou You secretly blamed himself for being distracted, he looked at Li Sisi, and was surprised to find that Li Sisi did not insist on rebuttal, but gritted his teeth and did not speak.
Zhou You didn't want Li Sisi to be too embarrassed, so he quickly changed the topic: "Brother Cheng, how is Old Xu's appraisal?"
When Cheng Feihu heard the matter, he immediately replied: "Elder Xu is almost the same as what you said, and I think it's genuine." However, he said that the cornucopia could be kept so perfectly, and most of them had another one, and it was not circulated from abroad, but by some well-intentioned people in China who deliberately resold it to each other and maliciously raised the price. β
Zhou You nodded and said: "It's really possible! If that cornucopia can be gathered into a pair, its value is definitely not less than 10 million, but you only used 4 million to buy it all the time, needless to say that you also know that someone else is fishing, first put a big bait for you, and then when you know that you can make a pair to appreciate the true value of the cornucopia, you will be forced to buy the other one back at a large price to earn more profit difference." Such a method is above board, it is simply a conspiracy in the yang scheme, you have no room for appeal, it is a high-end method of thousands of doors. β
Cheng Feihu's mouth opened wide when he heard this, and he didn't know what to do.
Li Sisi also looked at Zhou You with incredible eyes, and was very surprised that Zhou You suddenly showed extraordinary talent. But thinking of his current identity, he was a little relieved, and there was a little admiration in the surprise.
"Damn!"
Cheng Feihu scolded and said angrily: "No wonder my Lao Tzu always tells me not to play with antiques, saying that there are too many Taos in the antique circle, which is not suitable for people with thick lines like me." This time I was really speechless, and the other party made a hole for me to jump, and I stupidly got into it. β
Zhou You said: "Brother Cheng, it's very rude to take one of the things that were originally a pair to give away, if you don't have any good choices, I have a very good copper cloisonnΓ© enamel celestial ball bottle there, I don't know if you're interested?"
Zhou You didn't want to take out his treasures, but Cheng Feihu is in trouble now, and as a friend, he should do his best.
I didn't want Cheng Feihu to ask, "How much is it worth?"
Zhou You replied lightly: "The teacher once gave me an estimate and said that it could be sold for at least three million." But I think if you take it to auction and use it as a key publicity, it should be okay to sell it for four or five million. β
However, Cheng Feihu shook his head and said, "Hey, it's not a rare commodity to hear this, at least there are a lot of circulation on the market, which loses our original intention of wanting to give a surprise." β
Zhou You couldn't help but sigh: "Four or five million treasures are not enough to cause surprises, what kind of big man is this!"
Cheng Feihu replied helplessly: "This big man once had a very glorious history, which is directly related to the future of our Cheng family, and we have to be cautious." If we have someone in the Cheng family who knows how to buy the national treasure from the hands of foreigners, we will definitely be able to attract his pleasure. It's a pity, this world is not like this, it seems that this time I can only bite those old ghosts a few times. β
Zhou You knew that Cheng Feihu had made up his mind and was going to send it to the door for those old ghosts of the Thousand Gates to slaughter.
However, Zhou You thought of a very good thing, and hurriedly said: "Brother Cheng, you said that you can just buy national treasures from foreigners? Then I do have a few good treasures in my hands, which I exchanged with a foreign antique with others, I don't know if you are interesting?"
"What!"
Cheng Feihu immediately jumped up.
Other people don't know, but Cheng Feihu knows everything about that big man. The big man who likes antiques always laments that too many national treasures have been lost overseas and cannot return to the motherland, which is a regret for his life.
So Cheng Feihu always thought: If someone can Taobao to find foreigners and bring national treasures back to the motherland at a very low price, he will definitely be happy. So I was very concerned about this matter, but Cheng Feihu's appraisal level was really limited, even if there was a professional appraisal team to help, it would be half the effort, and so far I have not been able to find anything that can be called a national treasure.
I didn't want to travel around and surprised him again.
Cheng Feihu hurriedly grabbed Zhou You's shoulders and asked loudly: "Xiaoyou, quick, tell me what era the national treasure is, where did it come from, and how much did it cost?"
Zhou You didn't expect Cheng Feihu to be so excited, and after signaling him to be quiet, he replied slowly: "I used 40,000 yuan to find a broken gladiator's sword by chance, and later it was identified as the sword of Martinos in the ancient Roman period, and finally under the consultation of Ming Lao, I exchanged for an ancient porcelain of the Song Dynasty and three relatively rare porcelain of the Qing Dynasty. β
"It's only 40,000!"
Cheng Feihu's eyes lit up when he heard this.
Although Cheng Feihu didn't know what the Sword of Martinos was, he knew that it was a treasure from the ancient Roman period. And the appearance of ancient porcelain in the Song Dynasty made Cheng Feihu even more excited, and he vaguely saw the appreciation of the big man.
Zhou You further explained: "That ancient porcelain of the Song Dynasty, jointly identified by the teacher and several prestigious elders, is a masterpiece of Jun kiln for the needs of the royal family, and the number of those types of porcelain is extremely rare, most of them are abroad, and it is not easy to find one." β
"Good! good!"
Cheng Feihu patted Zhou You's shoulder very hard, and his emotions were a little out of control.
Jun kiln uses a kind of opsene glaze, and the colorant of the glaze is mainly copper. At that time, the firing technology was relatively proficient. However, the copper red glaze is very sensitive to the temperature and the atmosphere in the kiln when firing, and the normal red color can not be obtained if it deviates slightly.
Born in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the production scale was small and the firing time was short, but eventually declined with the southward migration of the Song court. The heirloom of Jun porcelain is dominated by respect, furnaces, bottles, washes, flower pots, and pot holders, but the Jun porcelain that travels around is a very delicate Wanhua porcelain pillow, which is rare in the rare.
After Cheng Feihu was a little sober, he immediately asked, "Xiaoyou, when can we go over and see that ancient porcelain of the Song Dynasty?"
Zhou You replied: "The porcelain is kept in my house, and it can be done at any time, the main thing is that you can arrange the time." β
Cheng Feihu thought for a moment and replied: "In that case, then let's rush back overnight! But before we go back, we have to go to Jin Cheng Pawn to visit Teacher Bai, he has a national treasure-level antique there as my backup target." If you don't have your ancient porcelain from the Song Dynasty, and the price of the second cornucopia is beyond my affordability, I will definitely ask Mr. Bai for this national treasure, and I must prepare this gift perfectly. β
"You've really gone to great lengths to give this gift. β
Zhou You nodded and replied: "I haven't seen Teacher Bai for a long time, as a junior, it is appropriate to visit the elders of my peers." β
Li Sisi watched the conversation between the two, especially Zhou You's calm and comfortable posture, which made the admiration in Li Sisi's heart stronger and stronger.
"It's still easy for Xiaoyou to talk!"
After dealing with things, Cheng Feihu looked at the big meal on the table and said with a smile: "Xiaoyou really understands my mind, I like a hot meal like the whole cow banquet." I've been here twice, but I'm still lingering, and this time it's a treat. β
After speaking, Cheng Feihu ate and drank as if no one was around.
Zhou You and Li Sisi glanced at each other slightly, smiled at each other, and began their meal.
Full of wine and food.
Cheng Feihu, who was very happy, and Zhou You, who was also satisfied, each drove Li Sisi back to school, this time it didn't cause any sensation, and even some students were a little in awe when they saw Li Sisi's appearance, and it is estimated that they all regarded Li Sisi as a hidden character who pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger.
Subsequently, the two took advantage of the moonlight to come to Jin Cheng's pawn shop.
Hearing that Cheng Feihu and Zhou You were visiting together, the flattered Teacher Bai hurriedly went out to greet Zhou You and welcomed Zhou You in.
Zhou You has been to the pawn shop where Wang Hao used to work, and knows a little inside. Although Jincheng Pawn is the leading pawnshop in the country, and the scale is many times higher than Wang Hao's pawnshop that is not famous at all, but in the final analysis, it is still the same pattern.
Teacher Bai did not receive Cheng Feihu and Zhou You in the VIP room, but in his own study.
High imitation of Qing Dynasty Huanghuali furniture, a wide variety of books, and even a few oil lamps on the wall that do not seem to be used for decoration, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, everything. The antique study room and the gold splendor outside, high modernity is simply two heavens, and the atmosphere of the study room also makes Zhou You feel the taste that an antique connoisseur and collector who has been famous for decades should have.
Cheng Feihu said very directly: "Teacher Bai, this time I took the liberty to come here, all for Teacher Bai's December Flower God Cup!"
This set of December Flower God Cup is said to be an antique teacup handed down by a Qing Dynasty official, which was damaged during the great turmoil, if it were not for its original owner to secretly bury it in the ground, and then forced to die for the livelihood of Teacher Bai, otherwise it is unknown whether anyone in this world can get a complete set of December Flower God Cup.
There are a total of 12 teacups in this set of December Flower God Cups, and none of the teacups are painted with flowers representing the twelve months, each of which has an extremely rich and auspicious meaning, so these teacups are also called Flower God Cups.
"It turned out that I came to see the December Flower God Cup, come and ......"
Teacher Bai immediately took out the December Flower God Cup and the whole set of tea sets, and began to boil water to make tea, and even wanted to use the December Flower God Cup to entertain Cheng Feihu and Zhou You.