Dongtai Antique Market.

One of the most prestigious antique markets in the magic capital, it is known as the glaze factory of the magic capital.

The Dongtai antique market covers an extremely wide area, and there are all traders from Dongtai East Road to West Road. From ancient ceramics, gold and silverware, jade, carving, calligraphy and painting tablets, to modern books, stamps, currency, living utensils, arts and crafts are everything.

Even, there are the first group of experts who went to the sea to operate antiques in the magic capital, and they have a pivotal position in the entire magic capital antique industry.

The Dongtai antique market is overcrowded, in addition to those who come to Taobao, there are many people who come to visit the tube.

"Huabaolou, this is what the master said. ”

After getting out of the car of Liang Qiong's driver, Fang Ming went straight to the Dongtai antique market, and finally came to the door of this two-story antique shop called Huabaolou.

Different from those open-air vendors, this Huabao Building not only has a two-story building, but also imitates the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

There were also two stone drums standing on both sides of the door, which were carved with exquisite unicorn pine patterns, and when he saw these two stone drums, Fang Ming smiled, because he knew that he was not in the wrong place.

These two stone drums have a familiar name: Mendang, the so-called Mendang in the middle of the door.

"Little brother, do you want to pick up good things, our Huabaolou has everything from the porcelain of the Ming and Qing dynasties and the ancient jade of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the little brother can come in and have a look." ”

There were two young shopping guides wearing ancient long horse coats standing in front of Huabao Building, and when they saw Fang Ming standing in front of the store, they opened their mouths to solicit customers.

"May I ask if your boss's name is Hua Borong?" Fang Ming asked.

Hearing this, the two shopping guides looked at Fang Ming suspiciously, and then nodded and replied: "That's right, our boss is called by this name, do you know our boss?"

"I'm looking for your boss. ”

The two shopping guides glanced at Fang Ming suspiciously, if Fang Ming hadn't said their boss's name, they wouldn't have paid attention to it at all, but if they could say their boss's name, they might really know their own boss.

"You go to the store and sit down first, and we'll help you ask the manager if the boss is there. ”

When he followed one of the shopping guides into the store, Fang Ming suddenly stopped, looked down at his feet, and asked, "Is there a threshold here, why did you tear it down?"

"You say this, because several guests have tripped over this threshold, so the boss has asked people to tear it down, and it has been three or four years. ”

Those who can come to Huabao Lou are to buy antiques, and antiques are valuables, especially those fragile items such as porcelain and jade, which can not withstand bumps and bumps, and if you accidentally trip over this threshold, there will be nothing.

Huabao Building, not only the appearance is a retro building, but also the decoration of the entire interior, the ancient wood and antique rattan chairs and the display cabinets placed on both sides, all of which are retro appearance.

Huabao Building, as an old shop with more than 30 years of antique business, has an area of more than 300 square meters on the entire first floor, from jade to calligraphy and painting.

The two shopping guides didn't let Fang Ming wait longer, and after a while, a young man followed them to Qin Yu.

"This is our young owner. The two shopping guides introduced the young man's identity to Fang Ming and then left, and their task was to be responsible for soliciting customers.

"Do you know the old man of my family?" Hua Ming looked at Fang Ming, with his understanding of the old man of his family, the people in the old man's social circle were all old, and few were so young.

"I don't know. Fang Ming replied truthfully.

Hua Ming was stunned for a moment, he heard the shopping guide say that someone wanted to find his old man and knew the name of his old man, so he came out, but he didn't expect to get such an answer.

There is a kind of person who can block everything other people want to say in one sentence, and Hua Ming is in such a state at the moment, because he doesn't know what to say all of a sudden.

After taking a deep breath, Hua Ming continued to speak, "Since you don't know my old man, what are you looking for him for?"

Before Fang Ming could answer, Hua Mingming's eyes suddenly lit up, and his gaze fell on the doorway behind Fang Ming.

"Hey, Liu Lao, why are you here, what kind of wind is blowing you here, come and sit inside." ”

Hua Ming directly crossed Fang Ming and greeted the few people who had just come in at the door, and the one who walked in front was an old man with white hair who was over the age of old, and the one who followed the old man was a middle-aged man with glasses holding a wooden box in his hand.

"I'm here to bring you good things, this is my student, and something has happened to his family recently, so he can only choose to sell one thing. ”

Liu Lao spoke, and Hua Mingming's face showed joy after being stunned for a moment, "What is this gentleman called?"

"Don't give your surname Zhang. ”

"Mr. Zhang, do you want to take a hand or just go empty-handed?"

Hua Mingming is talking about the jargon, so a hand is to put things here to consign, if it is sold, the store will get a commission of 20%, and the so-called empty-handed is to sell this thing directly to the store, of course, the price will definitely be lower.

"Empty-handed. The middle-aged man with glasses replied.

"Okay, then Mr. Liu, let's go in and talk. Hua Ming nodded, generally speaking, if you are empty-handed, they will not receive the goods if they are not acquaintances, but with Liu Lao's guarantee, there is no problem.

Hua Ming led the old man and the middle-aged man with glasses towards the second floor inside, but when he was halfway there, he remembered that there was another person waiting there.

"Brother, my old man is not in the store today, if you really have something to do with him, then come over tomorrow. ”

Hua Ming greeted Fang Ming, but Fang Ming's eyes at the moment always fell on the wooden box that Mr. Zhang was holding, although Hua Ming and the two Liu Lao were not talking loudly, but he heard it clearly, and a chill flashed in his eyes at the moment.

"You can't take this thing. After a moment, Fang Ming retracted his gaze and said to Hua Mingming.

As soon as Fang Ming said this, Hua Ming was stunned, and Liu Lao was also stunned, but Mr. Zhang's body trembled slightly.

"I said brother, you are confused, this is my Huabao Building, whether to accept things or not is my business, what does it have to do with you?"

After coming to his senses, Hua Ming glared at Fang Ming angrily, you must know that Liu Lao is a person who wants to get involved with his own old man, even if Liu Lao, a student, takes out a piece of broken copper and iron, he will have to take it as a cultural relic of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, not to mention that it is impossible to do such a thing as Liu Lao's identity.

"I advise you to contact your father when you receive this. "There are some things that Fang Ming can't say in such detail, at least in this hall.

"I don't need to contact, I can still accept it, I am the young owner here, there is nothing I can't receive. ”

Hua Ming was amused by Fang Ming, because he felt that the tone of the guy in front of him seemed to be a reversal of his identity, making him the young owner of Huabao Building.

Facing Hua Mingming's attitude, Fang Ming frowned, if it wasn't for his master's request, he would have turned around and left at this moment.

It's hard to persuade damn ghosts with good words.

"What is the relationship between this little brother and Boss Hua?" Liu Lao opened his mouth at this time, and asked with some doubts.

"Liu Lao, I don't know what his relationship is with my old man, I know my old man's name, but he says he doesn't know my old man. Hua Ming replied on the side.

"I said can you please stop making trouble, believe it or not I asked the security guards to kick you out. Hua Ming glared at Qin Yu, and then looked at Liu Lao with a smile on his face, "Liu Lao, let's go to the second floor to talk." ”

"That's it, I've fulfilled my master's instructions. ”

Seeing Hua Mingming's attitude, Fang Ming shook his head and didn't say anything more, but turned around and walked directly towards the door.

"When your father comes back, tell him that the old man of Miaohe Village has already come after that. ”

"Sick. ”

Hua Ming rolled his eyes at Fang Ming's departing back, and then led Liu Lao and his students towards the second floor.

Less than an hour after Fang Ming left Huabao Building, a Mercedes-Benz S400 stopped at the door of Huabao Building, and a middle-aged man in his fifties walked down from the car.

The two shopping guides at the door saw the lazy look on the faces of the middle-aged man getting out of the car and immediately disappeared, and the whole person became energetic, and hurriedly shouted: "The owner." ”

This middle-aged man is none other than Hua Borong, the owner of Huabao Building.

"Old Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time, I heard my family clearly say that you are here, so I rushed over on purpose. ”

In a tea room on the second floor, Hua Borong greeted Liu Lao as soon as he opened the door, and he had already learned from his son that Liu Lao had brought a student to sell an antique.

In the tea room, in addition to Liu Lao, his students and Hua Mingming, there was also an old man in his sixties with glasses.

"Obviously, since he is a student of Liu Lao, there will definitely be no fake for that thing, why do you still invite Teacher Li to come up. ”

Hua Borong's face showed displeasure, this old man was the appraisal expert hired by their Huabao Building, responsible for appraising jade antiques.

"Boss Hua, this is what I requested, this business is to have a rule, I can't break the rules because of me, the appraisal still has to be appraised. Liu Lao said with a smile.

"Where is Liu Lao, it still needs to be identified, who doesn't know that Liu Lao, you have a pair of fiery eyes. Hua Borong flattered.

"The antiques industry is too deep, and I don't have much research on jade. Besides, if you don't identify it because of my reasons, Boss Hua, then another day I'll pick up a lot of porcelain from the craft market and send it over, and your boss Hua will also accept it all?"

"Haha, as long as Liu Lao, I will definitely accept all the things you sent, anyway, regardless of whether it is true or not, I will tell those buyers when the time comes, this is an item that Liu Lao has bought in his hands, and it can be sold for a little more expensive if he wants to. ”

"You're really a businessman......

Liu Lao smiled and waved his hand, but there was also a touch of arrogance on his old face, although Hua Borong's flattery was very heavy, but it also showed his reputation and status in the antique circle.

The procedure of antique identification is very complicated, but it is a little simpler for jade, after all, the first point of jade identification is to judge the authenticity of jade, generally speaking, as long as it is real jade, there are few fakes, because the cost of real jade counterfeiting is a little larger, and many counterfeiters will not get it.

"Yo, this is Jade Ruyi. ”

Hua Borong glanced at the jade that Expert Li was identifying at the moment, it was a pair of jade Ruyi, which was a high-grade jade in terms of pulp and transparent purity.

"The owner, this is a high-grade Qingtian jade, from the perspective of the pulp, it should be during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, but the strange thing is why there is no red silk in this pair of jade Ruyi. ”

Hearing Expert Li's words, Hua Borong also walked over and took a look, indeed, the two jade Ruyi styles are the same size, but there is a red silk looming in one of them.

"Could it be an impurity?"

Hua Borong put forward his own opinion, because a lot of jade is not a color, which is caused by the distribution of minerals during geological movements, after all, jade is also a type of stone.

"It can only be explained in this way, although the distribution of this red line is a little strange, but this does not affect the value of this pair of jade Ruyi. ”

Li gave the appraisal results, and the next thing is to talk about the price.

"Boss Hua, let's talk about it first, I'm just pulling a line, you don't have to look at my face about the price, just follow the rules of the industry. ”

Liu Lao held the teacup and said that he would not interfere in this matter, Hua Borong nodded, he understood that Liu Lao was afraid that he would see the price high in his face.

"Some time ago, Jiade Auction House auctioned a pair of jade Ruyi in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty was 1.8 million, but that was the price of the auction house, and the transaction price in the general market was about eighty percent of the auction house, that is, 1.4 million, so that our Huabao Building could pay one million to receive it, Mr. Zhang, what do you think. ”

After thinking for a while, Hua Borong made an offer.

Liu Lao's students obviously didn't know much about the antique trade, and looked at Liu Lao with a plea for help, but Liu Lao didn't say anything about drinking tea by himself, as he said before, he just pulled a line and didn't participate in the sale.

However, seeing that his student was hesitant, Liu Lao still sighed in his heart, his own student only knew that he was a little unfamiliar with the world.

Although the antique industry is deep, but with himself here, since Hua Borong wants to sell his face, the price given will naturally not be too outrageous.

"Okay, I'll accept the price. After hesitating for a moment, Mr. Zhang finally nodded in agreement.

"Okay, the business is negotiated, Mr. Liu and I will have a meal together in the evening, thank Mr. Liu and Mr. Zhang for taking care of my Huabaolou business"

Hua Borong smiled and invited, spending one million to collect this pair of jade Ruyi, although there is a profit, but not much, in fact, if it is not for Liu Lao to bring someone over, he will give a price of 800,000 at most.

This is an antique shop, it will not be open for three years, and it is not for nothing that it will be open for three years.

"Okay, just learn from Boss Hua to understand the recent antique market situation. Liu Lao also responded with a smile.

A transaction was completed, and Hua Mingming also had a smug look on his face, and said, "Old man, I didn't mess things up this time." ”

"That's because of Old Liu, if you want to be someone else, can you do things well?"

Hua Borong doesn't know what his son's personality is, and he has been studying antiques since he was a child, and he knows how to go to nightclubs and drink all day long.

"Hehe, as soon as I saw Liu Lao, I knew that the God of Wealth was coming. Hua Ming didn't care, and then pouted, "But it's funny to say, there was a guy in the store before, and he even wanted to stop me from accepting Mr. Zhang's pair of jade Ruyi, and his tone was still very arrogant." ”

"Oh, the store staff?"

"No, I heard the shopping guide say that he knew your name, but when I asked him, he said he didn't know you, I said old man, it won't be the illegitimate child you left behind when you were out there. ”

Hua Ming looked at Hua Borong with a suspicious expression, Hua Borong couldn't cry or laugh, and scolded: "Nonsense." ”

"No, I see what the man said...... Oh yes, after the old man in Miaohe Village, I thought you had an old friend in that township. ”

"I don't have any serious thoughts in my head all day long, what a wonderful river......"

Hua Borong's words came to an abrupt end, and the whole person stood up from the chair at once, and hurriedly asked with a trembling voice: "Did you hear that person right after talking about the old man of Miaohe Village?"

"I heard it right, and Mr. Liu and this Mr. Zhang also heard this, old man, if you don't believe it, you can ask Liu Lao. ”

Hua Borong's gaze instantly turned to Liu Lao, and Liu Lao's face showed a look of memory, and he replied after a few seconds: "That young man did say this. ”

"Where is that man now?"

Hua Borong's body trembled slightly, this scene made Liu Laolao's eyes look surprised, he had known Hua Borong for so many years, and it was the first time he had seen Hua Borong in this state.

I was ridiculed for a few words and left. Hua Ming also found out that something was wrong with his old man, "Old man, you won't really be hit by me, right, that guy is really your illegitimate son?"

"Obviously, I palmed my mouth. Hua Borong's expression suddenly became serious, and he scolded.

"What did you say, old man?" Hua Ming was also angry, "If you say it, you can say it, I didn't say anything else, it's a big deal that you can get your bastard back again." ”

"You kid......" Hua Borong was so angry that he slapped Hua Ming directly towards Hua Mingming, but he was dodged.

"Old man, are you really here?"

"That old man is the great benefactor of our Hua family, without him, there would be no our Hua family, and there would be no you. ”

"Ahh

Hua Ming was speechless, looking at his old man who was as angry as a lion, and his voice became weaker when he was angry, "But I don't know, and he didn't say it." ”

"Elder Liu, take a such. ”

Hua Borong said apologetically to Liu Lao, and then without saying a word, he pulled Hua Ming out of the tea room.

"You tell me everything that happened when I met Engong's apprentice, and don't miss a single detail. ”

"Actually, there wasn't much of a thing, I just heard the employee say that a young man was looking for you......"

Seeing his old man's attitude, Hua Ming didn't dare to be poor, and immediately told what had happened.

Hua Borong has been listening quietly, and after Hua Mingming finished speaking, his brows have wrinkled into a Sichuan character.

"If my guess is correct, this young man should be Eungong's apprentice, and the immediate priority is to find him. Hua Borong thought for a while and continued: "In addition to you, there are two other shopping guides who have seen him, the three of you will go to find it immediately, and you must find Engong's apprentice." ”

"No, I'll go with you to find it, and apologize as soon as I see Engong's apprentice. Hua Borong thought for a while and added.

"Old man, aren't you, you go with me to find it, what about Liu Lao's side, that Yu Ruyi ......"

"What else is jade Ruyi, since Engong's apprentice said that he can't accept it, then he can't accept it, we don't want this jade Ruyi. ”

Seeing his son's puzzled expression, Hua Borong knew what his son was thinking.

In front of Liu Lao, the deal that has been reached is reversed, this is a slap in the face of Liu Lao. But his son didn't know, but he knew Engong's ability, and since he was Engong's apprentice, he must have inherited Engong's ability.

Since Engong's apprentices have said that they can't accept it, he can't ask for this pair of jade ruyi even if they give it to him.

It's just that Hua Borong can't tell his son these words, at least there are some things he can't reveal until he meets Engong's apprentice and gets his permission.

"Old man, let's go look for it now, and if I find it, I'll call you, you better stay here and explain to Liu Lao." ”

Although Hua Ming was dissatisfied with Hua Borong's attitude, he also knew the priority of the matter, Liu Lao's background was not small, and if he really regretted it without an explanation, he angered Liu Lao and had a big impact on the business of the store.

Hua Borong thought about it and felt that this idea was feasible, but he still advised: "No matter what, you must find someone, apologize to someone as soon as you find someone, don't put on your posture, and your attitude must be sincere." ”

"Okay, okay, I know, I promise to invite him back like an ancestor. ”

Hua Ming just said a grumbling word, but what he didn't expect was that his old man really thought for a while and then nodded in agreement.

Hua Ming almost fell, but this also made him understand the attitude of his old man, that is, he must not offend the young man, otherwise his old man may really be able to do such a thing as killing his relatives in righteousness.

Even if you can't do such a thing as killing your relatives in righteousness, it is terrifying enough to cut off your pocket money for a few months in a fit of anger.

Hua Ming hurriedly ran out with the two shopping guides, Hua Borong looked at the back of his son leaving, but his eyes were slightly red.

"Mingming, you have always wondered why I gave you such a name, in fact, this name was given to you by Engong, Engong said that your five elements are unstable and yin and yang are difficult to reconcile before you named Mingming. ”

Hua Borong whispered to himself, Engong has the grace of rebuilding their Hua family for two generations, and he must find Engong's apprentice no matter what.