Chapter 4 Leakage?

After thinking about it, Zheng Zheng cleaned up the store, closed the door of Donglai Pavilion, and went straight to the bulk goods street with the bronze balance.

Although the antique street is called "street", it is not the only place, it is a collective name for two streets.

The street where Donglai Pavilion is located is considered a shop street, and there are antique shops on both sides. And next to this street there is another street, which is called the bulk goods street. As the name suggests, it is a place where there is no fixed storefront, and merchants who set up stalls to sell and receive goods gather here, spread a piece of cloth here, and put their own things, which is considered a stall.

There are not many people here, but every Tuesday and Friday of every week, there are antique dealers from all over the world who come to set up stalls to receive goods, which is also an irregular rule.

Today is exactly Tuesday, and there are many antique dealers who set up stalls in the bulk goods street to receive and sell goods, and there are many stalls here, but most of them come to see the rarity, and there are not many people to buy things.

Although Zheng Zheng has the intention to experiment with the true power of the bronze balance, he knows what the situation is in the bulk street, not that there are no real things, but there are too few real things, and the rest are basically fakes, which can only be used to coax laymen. However, this is also exactly the original intention of Zheng Zheng's trip, he wants to experiment with the bronze balance in this kind of land full of fakes.

Holding the bronze balance in one hand, Zheng Zheng took a cursory look at two or three stalls, and then he secretly shook his head in his heart. Although the things on those stalls look ancient, they are all fake, and there is not a single real thing. It's not hard enough to verify a bronze balance with such an obvious fake.

Just as Zheng Zheng was shaking his head secretly, a quarrel came from a stall not far away, Zheng Zheng was curious, so he walked towards the stall.

There were a lot of people standing next to the stall, some looking at things, and some attracted by the sound of the quarrel to watch the excitement. In the middle of the crowd are two middle-aged people who are constantly arguing, both of them are red-faced and arguing.

One of the middle-aged men, who appeared to be the stall owner, was holding a small porcelain bowl in his hand and was arguing with another middle-aged man. And the middle-aged man looked wronged and kept defending himself.

Zheng Zheng listened for a while but didn't hear a reason, he handed a cigarette to a young man beside him, and asked with a smile, "Dude, what's going on?"

The young man took the cigarette light, and although he didn't know Zheng Zheng, he was happy to say to Zheng Zheng: "Hey, isn't that what happened?" The man was here to buy something, but when he was taking it, he accidentally knocked on the small porcelain bowl, as if a crack had been made. The boss didn't give up, so he had to buy it, but the price was really not low, so he had to take 2,000 yuan out. ”

Seeing that no one paid attention to the two of them, the young man lowered his voice and said to Zheng Zheng: "Isn't this a blasphemy? A small coarse porcelain bowl is a little older, but there are few people who collect this thing, and it can steadily increase in price like jade porcelain, and such an object will be won for five or six hundred yuan." Two thousand dollars...... That's not a good price. ”

While Zheng Zheng listened to the young man's words, he looked at the small porcelain bowl in the stall owner's hand. With his experience, Zheng Zheng can be sure that this coarse porcelain bowl should be something between the Ming and Qing dynasties. Although the years are not short, this coarse porcelain bowl is not a thing on the table, it is just a commonly used object at home in ancient times, so the price of five or six hundred yuan is sky-high.

The antique dealer is most afraid of breaking things during this kind of transaction, once this situation appears, the initiative is completely out of the hands of the customer, whether you want to buy it or not, you have to buy this thing. And how to set this price also depends on the mood of the seller, anyway, this is already a nailed business, who doesn't want to make a little more,

Seeing that the middle-aged man was very embarrassed by the stall owner, Zheng Zheng's heart moved: "I came to the bulk street to find something to experiment with the bronze balance, isn't this opportunity here now?"

Thinking of this, Zheng Zheng did not hesitate. He walked out of the crowd, stood in front of the chattering stall owner, smiled and said, "Brother, can I take a look at this thing?"

"Who are you, you?" the kid played. ”

The middle-aged man saw that his business was about to be completed, but he didn't know where a young man came from, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, and he was quite polite when he spoke.

"My name is Zheng Zheng, and I set up shop in that street not far from here. Zheng Zheng was not angry, and said lightly.

As soon as he said this, the middle-aged man immediately stopped talking.

Those who have the ability to open a shop and those who have to set up a stall on the street can be seen at a glance. Although the middle-aged man also doubted whether what Zheng Zheng said was true, he looked at Zheng Zheng repeatedly, but he didn't find that Zheng Zheng was the slightest bit uneasy, and his demeanor was calm and calm, it seemed that he had seen too many such scenes.

"Why do you think this?" The middle-aged man's tone softened, but he didn't bow his head: "I'm doing business here, it's not a rule for you to come here to insert a bar." ”

"I just heard that you're going to sell this object for two thousand dollars? I'm a little interested. Let me see, I'll buy it if it's suitable. Zheng Zheng said with a smile.

The middle-aged man who had been arguing with the stall owner for a long time finally had a respite now. He wiped the sweat from his face and smiled gratefully at Zheng Zheng.

The middle-aged stall owner secretly cursed in his heart, but with so many people watching, he couldn't make this matter too explicit. He handed the coarse porcelain bowl in his hand to Zheng Zheng with an unkind face, and made a decision in his heart, no matter what Zheng Zheng could say, he insisted on the price of two thousand yuan, and he had to let this middle-aged man buy it.

This stall is said to be a stall, but in fact it is just a piece of cloth spread on the ground and then placed on it. Zheng Zheng didn't rush to look at the small coarse porcelain bowl after taking it, but squatted down and put the bronze balance in his other hand on the ground.

This was planned by Zheng Zheng. If you take the bronze balance to someone else's store to see antiques, no matter how you say it, you have to be a little weird, but there is no problem with the bronze balance in the bulk street, and when you experiment with the bronze balance, you can also naturally place the bronze balance well, which is much more convenient than going to someone else's store.

In the eyes of others, Zheng Zheng is holding this small porcelain bowl and squinting constantly, but only Zheng Zheng knows where he is looking.

On the bronze scale, the small porcelain bowl in Zheng Zheng's hand is projected on the weighing pan on the right, and on the weighing pan on the left, a small weight is slowly generated.

This weight is much smaller than the previous weight, which was almost the size of a walnut for 100,000 yuan, and now it is only one-tenth the size of the previous weight.

"That's not right. Zheng Zheng thought secretly in his heart. It's not that the weight is too small, it's that the weight looks a little too big now.

Now this weight is about one-tenth the size of the previous one, which is almost 10,000 yuan. But Zheng Zheng knew in his heart that the small coarse porcelain bowl he was holding now was not to mention 10,000 yuan, and if it could be sold for 1,000 yuan, it could be regarded as a layman who didn't know how to do it.

"Could it be that this bronze balance is out of order?" Zheng Zheng was uncertain in his heart, but there was no trace on his face. As he pondered, the corner of his eye swept over a jade plaque on the stall.

This jade brand looks good at carving, but Zheng Zheng can see that this jade card is basically an assembly-line production of things, at most as a small pendant to play, not even a handicraft, in terms of starting price, 100 yuan will be the sky.

Zheng Zheng gently put down the small porcelain bowl in his hand, then picked up the jade card, and after playing with it in his hand for a while, Zheng Zheng squinted at the bronze balance.

On the bronze scale, the weight, which had become quite small, shrank several times. Although the weight was a little smaller before, it was still good. But now the weight on the bronze balance has become extremely small, at most the size of a grain of rice.

This change was expected by Zheng Zheng, but in this way, the problem of the previous coarse porcelain bowl was not only not explained, but even more difficult to explain than before.

Ye Chu picked up the jade plate to verify whether there was something wrong with the bronze balance. But judging from the feedback on the bronze balance, the bronze balance's judgment on this jade plate was not wrong.

Could it be that this small coarse porcelain bowl that doesn't look amazing is really worth 10,000 yuan?

Zheng Zheng picked up the coarse porcelain bowl again and frowned slightly.

In Zheng Zheng's effort to look at the coarse porcelain bowl, the stall owner had a few more arguments with the middle-aged man, but it was still the same as before, both sides insisted on their own words, and no one could convince anyone.

"Have you finished reading it? Give it back to me when you're done, and give me the money if you want it. ”

The stall owner watched Zheng Zheng put down the coarse porcelain bowl and picked it up and looked back and forth, feeling very unhappy, and worried that Zheng Zheng would tell the true value of this thing, so he urged Zheng Zheng to say a few words, wanting to end the matter quickly.

Zheng Zheng hadn't made up his mind before listening to these few words of urging, but these words of urging were heard in his ears, but Zheng Zheng gritted his teeth and made a decision: "Anyway, I came this time to test the ability of the bronze balance, since the bronze balance is displayed like this, then I believe that the bronze balance is calculated." ”

Thinking of this, Zheng Zheng no longer hesitated. He handed the small porcelain bowl back to the stall owner, and then said with a smile: "Don't worry, wait for me to say a few words to this old brother." ”

After speaking, Zheng Zheng didn't wait for the stall owner to speak, and said to the middle-aged man beside him: "Brother, this thing is worth two thousand yuan, you might as well buy it." ”

"What?" When the middle-aged man heard this, his face suddenly changed color, and he frowned and said, "Little brother, since you are an antique shop, can't you see it?" Or are you ......?"