Chapter 70: See the enamel again

The proximity of Zhou Yu did not distract the two people involved.

A guest who looked like a jade seller pointed to the jade carving in his hand and asked excitedly: "100,000 yuan is really too little, don't you know the current price of Hetian jade? This jade carving was auctioned by me from Hong Kong for 330,000 yuan, the certificate is here, if you don't believe it, you can take it and take a look." If it weren't for the urgency, where would I sell it cheaply! You're black enough, and when you see that I'm in a hurry to use the money, you just kill the price to not even a third. ”

The owner of the jade shop explained helplessly: "This distinguished guest, you can't say that. Your piece of jade is indeed Hetian jade, and the carving is also very good, but your price is the price of other people's auctions, and it is also the price that has been speculated, and it has a lot of moisture; I'm not afraid to tell you that if people like us buy it, the price will definitely not exceed 200,000. ”

Hearing this, the jade seller calmed down, and his face was a little ugly.

Finally, the jade seller muttered, "Then you don't have to press it to such a low level of 100,000." ”

The owner of the jade shop replied, "Isn't that a means of doing business?" I press the price to death, and the room for bargaining with you is much larger, and no matter how good your bargaining skills are, I will have a certain profit margin. ”

The jade seller was obviously very dissatisfied with this price, so he didn't even have to think about bargaining, and said goodbye directly: "Hey, forget it, I'll just take it and mortgage it." As long as I get through these days, I don't even have to sell my favorites. ”

"Please walk slowly. ”

The owner of the jade shop was also polite, and still said goodbye without humility.

Li Dazhi, who saw his mouth wide open, finally closed his mouth and sighed: "Others say that antiques are games played by smart people, but now it seems to be true." It's amazing that the owner can be an antique collector and appraiser, no wonder you can start from scratch. ”

Regarding Li Dazhi's straightforwardness, Zhou You smiled and greeted: "Let's go over and have a look, this jade shop owner is quite a real person." ”

Li Dazhi honestly followed behind Zhou You.

"Welcome!"

When the owner of the jade shop saw Zhou You and Li Dazhi coming, he immediately put on a smiling face.

He had already noticed Zhou You and Li Dazhi. The eyesight honed in the antique city can be seen at a glance that Li Dazhi is Zhou You's bodyguard, and naturally he doesn't dare to have any contempt for Zhou You, who is dressed in ordinary clothes, and directly regards Zhou You as a low-key second generation official.

Zhou You asked very directly: "Boss, I don't know if you have any old goods here?"

"There is ......"

The owner of the jade shop would say no, so he simply ran to the glass container in the middle of the store, took down the box placed in the most conspicuous part, and handed it directly to Zhou You. The jade shop owner then hesitated for a moment, then took out a square-shaped ancient box from a corner of the counter and handed it to Zhou You as well.

"Yes, it's all jade that is a bit old. ”

Zhou You picked up a piece of dragon-patterned jade pendant, nodded and praised: "It's a pity that a lot of jade artifacts are mutilated because they are not very well preserved, which makes the price drop significantly." However, it is not easy for you to do business here, and I will not comment in vain about affecting your business. ”

After traveling around and eliminating them a few times, he finally picked up two pieces of jade that he thought were the most valuable, and asked, "How do you sell this jade owl?"

The owl, or owl, is believed to be a sign of wisdom as a predictor of events. On the other hand, their nocturnal activity and ominous noise have become a symbol of mystery and the supernatural.

Many of the totems of the ancient jade of the Red Mountain are derived from nature, and they represent people's desire to obtain superpowers from nature. In ancient times, people hoped to see everything clearly from the night, hoped to fly like a bird, and hoped to catch prey easily like an eagle, and the owl that was common in western Liaoning had all these advantages, so it was inevitable that the owl became the totem worship of the ancestors in the Hongshan cultural period.

In the unearthed ancient jade of Hongshan, many of them are jade owls.

The owner of the jade shop knew that Zhou You was a tricky person before he saw Zhou You, and now he saw that Zhou You had picked the best device in his shop, so he naturally had to deal with it carefully: "Mr. is worthy of being an expert, and he likes the best objects in our store at a glance." I believe that Mr. also knows that this thing is Hongshan ancient jade, which has quite excellent historical value and collection value, and is of great significance. In this way, Mr. is an expert here, and I will not fool Your Excellency, I received 36,000 yuan, and I received 40,000 yuan from you, what do you think?"

"Nice, reasonable price!"

I am very satisfied with the price.

He knew that the jade shop owner would definitely not have as much as 36,000 yuan when he received this item, and he might not even have 3,600 yuan. However, the market situation of the Hongshan jade owl is not bad, and it can be sold for 40,000 or 50,000 yuan at will, and the larger jade can even be sold for more than one million.

In general, there is still a profit to be made from traveling around.

After Zhou You settled the bill directly in cash, he continued with his second transaction: the remaining piece of jade was a standard dragon and phoenix pattern jade.

Zhou You asked, "What about this piece?"

Just made a big deal, the jade shop owner was in a good mood, and immediately replied: "Mr. is a straightforward person, then I will no longer make those fictitious, this jade is very good white jade, jade white and moist, the front carved dragon pattern and phoenix pattern, the back of the relief seal book 'dragon and phoenix Ruixiang', the whole vessel is polished well, and the carving is fine." There was once a 4S shop owner who offered 30,000 yuan to buy it from me, but I didn't sell it, but if my husband asked for it, he could take it for 30,000 yuan. ”

"Thirty-three, that's okay. ”

When Zhou You heard the news, he almost laughed out loud, and immediately counted the cash to confirm the transaction.

You must know that this piece of dragon and phoenix pattern jade is not an ordinary jade, but a jade from the Han Dynasty. The wall is the heavy weapon in the ritual vessel, the ancients saluted the sky with the wall, and the jade quality of this wall is warm, the wall is decorated with cloud bat pattern, the atmosphere is regular, it is the standard Han Dynasty vessel type. The most important thing is that its color is too ingenious, and the perfect match between water and white jade makes up for the loss of jade quality due to time, and it is filled with a simple and heavy atmosphere, which is simply ingenious. Zhou You conservatively estimated that the value of this jade bi was more than twenty.

Coloring refers to the phenomenon that the natural water or minerals erode the jade body and change the color of part or the whole of the jade when it is in contact with water, soil and other substances in the environment for a long time. Common colors are Shui Qin - white, cinnabar Qin - red, Tu Qin - earth brown and red, mercury Qin - black, Tie Qin - dark red, copper Qin - green, in addition to blood Qin is red, but it is not conclusive whether this name is appropriate.

The color and jade color can be blended so perfectly, there are not many in ancient jade. It was definitely his luck to be able to meet such a jade artifact during his travels.

"Can this little brother give me a moment?"

Just as Zhou You was about to leave, an old and feeble inquiry voice came from behind him.

The person who came was indeed an old man, although he was not gray-haired, but the black hair with white hair, and the old face without a godless face were enough to explain the sorrow and heaviness of the other party. Even though the old man was wearing a pair of glasses and looked a little bookish, it was still difficult to hide the other party's anxiety.

The owner of the jade shop was in a good mood, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know if there is anything that can help the guests?"

Li Dazhi retreated behind Zhou You and gave up his position to the old man.

The old man carefully opened a backpack and pulled out a beautiful porcelain carved and somewhat small shape from the bag full of cotton.

"It's enamel again!"

Zhou You saw the appearance of porcelain, and his face immediately showed a bitter smile.

"Please come inside and talk!"

The owner of the jade shop hurriedly invited.

And Zhou You followed in unknowingly, while Li Dazhi stayed at the only entrance at the door, protecting the safety of everyone's transactions.

The owner of the jade shop glanced at Zhou You, didn't think much about it, and asked, "I don't know the guest's surname, where is the person?"

The old man replied: "My surname is Li, and I am a teacher at a local elementary school. ”

"It turned out to be the wisdom enlightener of the people. ”

The owner of the jade shop complimented Mr. Li, and then went straight to the topic and asked: "Mr. Li, I don't know why you chose a small shop? You see that the main business of the small shop is jade, and the façade is smaller than others, neither the image nor the profession is very right." ”

It's not that the owner of the jade shop is suspicious by nature and asks so many sensitive topics, but if the person who plays with antiques is not careful, sooner or later he will be deceived. The owner of the jade shop has been here for so many years, and he has seen countless connoisseurs cheated out of everything because of a moment of greed, and this time the thing is too amazing, he can't help but be careless.

Teacher Li replied, "It was a student's mother who told me that you are a reliable person, so I came. I went around the antique world and asked three companies that seemed to be the most powerful, but they were either unsure or the prices were too low, so I came to you to try my luck. ”

The owner of the jade shop hurriedly asked for the image and name of the student and his mother, but Li Lao was not angry, and honestly told the root cause of everything.

It turned out that the reason why Mr. Li wanted to sell this ancestral fine porcelain was because his only son wanted to get married, but the woman asked for an independent house before he was willing to get married.

When the jade shop owner heard the image and name of the student and his mother clearly, he immediately smiled bitterly, because they were all relatives of the jade shop owner. In this way, Mr. Li's words were impeccable, and the jade shop owner didn't know how to tell the difference.

In desperation, the owner of the jade shop could only ask, "Mr. Li, do you know what this porcelain is?"

Teacher Li replied: "I know, I checked it on the Internet, it is called enamel color, which is very valuable." ”

The owner of the jade shop asked, "Then why don't you take it to an auction company or a pawn shop? With the strength of these companies, you can definitely eat this thing from Mr. Li." ”

Mr. Li immediately frowned, and replied helplessly: "I have been to auction companies and pawnshops, but the appraisal experts of the auction company said that they could not see it and rejected my auction request, while the appraiser of the pawnshop nodded, but he was only willing to give me the price of 220,000 yuan for death, which was too different from the price I imagined, so I refused." ”

The jade shop owner's face became even more painful, and he replied, "Teacher Li, I thank you for looking up to me, but it's a pity that the small shop really can't afford to eat this thing." Even if I make an offer, the amount will not exceed 220,000, so I can only apologize to you. ”

Zhou You suddenly asked, "Can I ask a few words?"

Teacher Li looked at the jade shop owner suspiciously, as if he was consulting.

The owner of the jade shop said: "This gentleman is also a connoisseur, very remarkable, and he has just spent nearly 100,000 yuan to buy two pieces of jade from me. ”

With the words of the jade shop owner, Mr. Li also nodded.

Zhou You asked, "I don't know what the appraiser who is willing to give you a price is called?"

Teacher Li was stunned, obviously not understanding why Zhou You asked so much, but without thinking about it, he immediately replied: "That pawn shop is called Jin Cheng Pawn, and it has an excellent reputation in our city, so I will take the liberty of going over." It's just that I don't know what the specific name of that master is, only that everyone else calls him Teacher Bai. ”