Chapter 29: What do you like?
After Zuo Yucheng returned to Luochuan City, he took Qu Xiaowu and the others directly to the warehouse he bought on the edge of the city. As soon as the car approached the gate, two young men in camouflage uniforms led a big wolf dog to trot over to meet them.
He asked a few words through the car window, and learned that everything was normal here, so after the young man opened the big iron gate, he asked Qu Xiaowu to drive the car into the compound.
As soon as the pickup truck entered, the young man closed the door again. The middle-aged man in charge of the warehouse also came out of the warehouse, looked at the furniture on Qu Xiaowu's car, and said to Zuo Yucheng: "Chengzi, the furniture is not as easy to collect as it was a few years ago. Did you say that it will be less and less in a few years?"
"That's for sure, how much can you receive. After Zuo Yucheng finished speaking, he watched Qu Xiaowu park the car on the side of the carriage facing the warehouse door, and then the two guards came over to help and carefully moved the furniture on the car in.
"Recently, there have been a lot of furniture requests, and many customers have asked me about it, but the old rich man is not good at his bones, his hands and feet are not good, and the guy can't hold anything steadily, and it is difficult to expect him to repair it." You'll have to find someone to replace him, or the business here will be delayed. Look at it, it's all piled up, all waiting to be repaired. In the past year, every time Zuo Yucheng came, the middle-aged man would say a few words to him.
This person has been working with Zuo Yucheng for a long time, and he has been in charge of the old furniture.
"I know, I'm going to find someone after I'm busy with the business at hand these days. In fact, he has been looking for the past two years, but the right carpenter is hard to find. The character must pass, and you must really love this line, otherwise the slightest difference may depreciate the value of a very valuable ancient furniture.
He can't watch the craftsmen work all the time, so he has to find someone who is very responsible and capable.
I've looked for several before, but I haven't met a satisfactory one. In his psychology, he would rather let these damaged furniture sit like this than let people who can't trust it do it.
After Zuo Yucheng left, the big iron door closed again, Qu Xiaowu sent Zuo Yucheng back to the store, and he went home by himself.
The next day, Zuo Yucheng followed Lao Hou to the big cat, at first glance, the place looked like a farm compound, the yard was very large, and there were corn stacks on the side, Zuo Yucheng and they arrived according to the address given by the big cat, there were already seven or eight people in the house.
Seeing Zuo Yucheng come in, the big cat came out of the curtain and said, "Why didn't Lao Huang come?"
Zuo Yucheng knew that Lao Huang was a businessman who had become newly rich in Luochuan in recent years, and he was not bad for money, but he was at that level, and then he met the three-inch tongue of a big cat. It's just that he still has itchy hands, and he always wants to try to identify whether his kung fu has risen, and I don't know how many times he has been decided.
He looked up at the big cat, this guy knew Lao Huang's situation, and he also knew that Lao Huang was a mallet in this industry, and he fooled him, this is to use him as a fat sheep to slaughter.
The big cat noticed that Zuo Yucheng was looking at him, and immediately laughed: "Lao Huang really didn't ask me to come here, he heard about this and wanted to come over to take a look." ”
But in the eyes of others, the explanation of his words is to cover up, maybe this news is what he deliberately let Lao Huang accidentally know. It's been a circle for a long time, who doesn't know whose bottom is it?
Listening to the words of the big cat, a few people laughed silently, this line of work is to understand that people make money from foolish people. If you lose, you have to blame yourself for not having the ability and luck.
As he was talking, Lao Huang's fat body appeared at the door. He looked into the room, and although the light was dim, he could tell that everyone was probably together.
The big cat hurriedly beckoned him in, and at this time, a tall and thin man with a slightly sunken cheek stood on the right side of a group of people with his hands behind his back, and said to Lao Huang: "I'm waiting for you, why are you here so late today?"
This person is from Yuchunzhai, and this is deliberately building a good relationship with Lao Huang. People like Lao Huang can go to the big cat today to shop for goods, and tomorrow they may go to their Yuchun Zhai.
Lao Huang snorted, although he was very good at appreciating treasures, he was not stupid in other aspects, and said directly to the big cat: "There is something wrong, it's a little late." Everyone's all together, right?
When the big cat heard this, he led them to open the curtain and go to the room inside.
What the big cat said to Zuo Yucheng, he also told others, Lao Huang came this time, the main thing is to see the bronze gilt thousand-handed thousand-eyed Pessimistic Guanyin statue that the big cat said. The old lady in his family offered a statue of Guanyin at home, and burned incense to worship every fifteenth day of the new year. He wanted to buy a better statue of Guanyin for her mother.
So after the big cat handed him the letter through someone else, the first thing he was interested in was this Guanyin statue.
When the big cat uncovered the flannel on the pile of things, the first thing Lao Huang noticed was the nearly half-human-tall statue of Guanyin.
However, he is also a person who mixes with the mall, and he also knows how to hide his true intentions, although the focus is on the Guanyin statue, and he also shows a lot of interest in other things.
As for the others, they are very introverted and can't see what they really think in their hearts.
The Buddha statue, although the big cat said it very well on the phone, but Zuo Yucheng took a few glances and knew that it was imitated by modern people after making a mold with a genuine product.
This imitation is gilded gold by electroplating, and the luster is unnatural. In ancient times, it was gilded with mercury, and its color would be very calm, giving people a thick feeling.
This is only from the point of view of gilding, in addition to the details of the Buddha statue to observe, the details of the imitation are often not clear, because it is a mold product, after the mold in the clothing pattern, fingers, face, etc. need to be finely processed.
However, modern counterfeiters are not as dedicated as ancient craftsmen, and they may be ignorant of the teachings of Buddhism/teachings, and they are eager for quick success and profit. Therefore, it is naturally difficult for modern people to do the detailed treatment of imitations, and it is not difficult for experienced people to identify the authenticity of this thousand-handed and thousand-eyed Pessimistic Guanyin statue.
Zuo Yucheng only glanced at it twice and then turned his attention to other things, two of which caught his eye.
One is the guqin, the piano is engraved with the words "Moon Ming Canghai", he knows that this kind of piano is a Fuxi-style qin, and he doesn't know where the big cat got it, at first glance it should be one or two hundred years old.
As for the big cat's focus on the Han Dynasty beast face ring copper shop he mentioned, the quality is really good, but it is not from the Han Dynasty as the big cat said, the earliest is the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. If the big cat doesn't say better, it's not a big cat, it's just a business.
Over there, Lao Hou took a fancy to an ivory carved cow/lang weaver girl pen holder, and the two of them looked at each other, knowing each other's intentions.
Everyone has looked around the items and is about to start bidding on the items in the order of the auction.