Chapter 68: Antique Dealers
"Let's play a bulletin, the former Highway Bureau..."
In a hotel, Liu Laodao and I watched the news of the local TV station, which was the report of Chen Tingshan's eldest son, and the dust had basically settled, and the Chen family was about to end.
Chen Tingshan's eldest son committed a lot of crimes, such as embezzlement and bribery, embezzlement of public funds, deception of superiors and subordinates, and keeping a mistress.
"Let's go, it's almost time, it's time to leave"
Liu Laodao shook his head after reading the news, he didn't like this kind of chicken feather thing very much, the Chen family took the blame for themselves, this is the result they deserve.
I nodded, packed my luggage, went downstairs to the front desk to withdraw from the room, and then went out with Old Man Liu.
"Don't go to see Chen Tingshan, it is said that he is hospitalized"
After going out, I said to Liu Laodao that the Chen family collapsed and separated, and Chen Tingshan didn't have the ability to turn the tide, so he fell ill all of a sudden.
"Without that effort, we have to find an antique dealer and sell the turtle beads."
"Old man, where are you hiding your turtle beads, I searched for a night last night and didn't find it, you said you wanted to show me the world"
"It's better to learn massage loose bones if you have this spare time, a hundred days, I haven't forgotten it"
As soon as these words came out, I immediately shut up, I'm so stupid, I bet with Liu Laodao, this is not self-inflicted.
However, Liu Laodao finally showed me a turtle bead, a thumb-sized bead, cyan, crystal round, and there seemed to be a layer of flowing water on it, which looked very beautiful.
I really wanted to play with it, but Liu Laodao refused, Liu Laodao told me that there are not four turtle beads, only two, two of which have been appropriated by the old turtle for other uses, I don't know how to use them, Liu Laodao also refused to say, I thought that there are other stories in this.
And the remaining two are now in Liu Laodao's hands, but not all of them are ours, and the old turtle also had a request for Liu Laodao when he left.
is to sell one of them, and then exchange it for money to fund the Huang brothers, now that Huang Wenli is in prison, Huang Wenxin is also a second-rate son who is in trouble, but they still have a grandson, and they have to leave it to their grandson for the money.
However, turtle pearls are not so easy to sell, because most people do not know the goods, if they sell it as an ordinary pearl, it is worth more than 100,000 yuan, which is already a very high price.
But in the eyes of people who know the goods, this turtle pearl is worth the old nose money, and it is not a problem to multiply it more than ten times, this money is left to the Huang family, and it is not rich and expensive, but as long as they don't waste their money, it is enough for them to live in peace for decades.
So what we need now is to find an antique dealer who knows the goods, but this antique dealer is not so easy to find.
"Boy, let me ask you a question, why are antiques valuable?"
On the way to the road, Liu Laodao began to test me again and asked me such a question.
"It's valuable, it's been a long time, it's rare and expensive, but I've heard that if Qin Shi Huang's urinal could be left behind, it would be worth eighteen million now."
I replied casually that this was not what I said, it was said by my history teacher when I was a student, and that's how he introduced me to antiques.
"You, Liu Jinyang, if there weren't a lot of people now, I really wanted to throw you under the car."
When Liu Laodao heard this, he was so angry that he almost beat me.
"Master, you dissipate your anger, haha, don't be like me, how old am I, I don't understand, you can't teach it"
I hurriedly lowered my eyebrows and coaxed the old man, don't carry it at this time, he will really throw it under the car.
"That's right, I'm angry with you, a little rabbit, it's good, the reason why antiques are valuable is because an object is condensed..."
Liu Laodao began to talk to me endlessly, why are antiques valuable.
Liu Laodao said that antiques are very valuable is actually a virtual concept, time and scarcity is a factor in the value of antiques, but it occupies a small part, such as ancient bricks and tiles, modern preservation is not much, why is it not valuable.
Therefore, for an antique to be very valuable, there must be many factors, such as some historical significance, things used by celebrities, some cultural factors, such as some calligraphy and paintings, and of course, some originally very valuable, such as jade jewelry or something.
There are too many topics of antiques, I really have to talk about it seriously, ten days and half a month are not enough to talk about, Liu Laodao is not going to talk about these, what he wants to talk about today is some special antiques.
The so-called special antiques, naturally have some special functions, such as a piece of jade, buried in the ancient tomb for thousands of years, that jade will absorb some earth qi or corpse gas, this kind of jade is a very bad thing for ordinary people, wearing it on the body will only give people disaster, but some people can make it play a greater role.
There are also some murder weapons, such as the rope on which the dead man hanged, if this rope provokes the resentment before the hanging, then this is not an ordinary rope.
And the antique dealers who buy these antique objects, in the antique dealer group, is also a special existence, this group of people is very mysterious, even Liu Laodao is not very familiar with them, before occasionally dealt with, this group of antique dealers has another name, called the underworld antique dealers.
"Antique dealers in the underworld, these people have no problem with their brains, take such an evil name?"
After I listened to it, I smacked my tongue, the merchant group is also a very superstitious group, most people will give themselves a beautiful and even meaningful name, the antique dealer in the underworld, very evil.
"I don't understand this very well, some people say that they also deal with the dead, so they are called merchants in the underworld, boy, you remember for me, if you meet this kind of person in the future, stay away, it's best not to mix with them, they are too evil, the people who can eat this bowl of rice are not ordinary people, they themselves are nothing, but for others, tsk..."
Liu Laodao said to me very seriously, this is a special group, it's okay to deal with them occasionally, but definitely don't associate with them, otherwise they have nothing to do, but you are different, you don't know when you are unlucky and die.
I nodded thoughtfully, remembering, it's okay to do business, be friends, don't be it, I can't afford to play.
A day later, Liu Laodao took me to the magic capital, this kind of treasure is difficult to sell in a small city, there are really not many people who know the goods, and they can't sell at a price, the magic capital is different in this kind of place, there are too many rich people, and it is not a matter of eight million, so it can sell the turtle pearl at the highest price.
The magic capital is a modern metropolis, Liu Laodao said that he came here many years ago, but now the changes are too great, and he doesn't understand where those businessmen were hiding at that time.
So we can only find it one by one, this group of underworld merchants is too special, they will not be mavericks, they are generally hidden in ordinary antique dealers, so it must be in the antique city or some old streets.
We started looking for it from the antique city, there are many antique cities in the magic capital, and the place is also very large, we didn't find it for a day, but Liu Laodao was not in a hurry, and walked slowly.
It's funny to say, Liu Laodao's Taoist robe also caused us a lot of trouble, some treat us as liars, and some treat us as fat sheep, they are really heroes from all walks of life, each showing their magical powers.
So Liu Laodao can't help but warn me, the antique industry, since ancient times, the water has been very deep, and the various scams and scammers in it are quite powerful, don't think that you are very powerful, maybe you will be targeted by some people, it is good to be empty of people and money, and it is not new to seek money and kill people.
Especially don't think that you can pick up leaks, it was normal to be able to pick up leaks twenty years ago, because people at that time had just gotten rid of poverty, and they didn't know much about them, and there were many folk treasures, but now it's different, people's living standards have come up, and they have begun to improve some spiritual culture, and they have time to study antiques, so good things have long been taken away, if you encounter any leakage scenes, not to mention anything else, nine out of ten are scams.
The next day, Liu Laodao stopped at the door of a very inconspicuous small shop and looked up at the plaque on the door.
"Great court, great mockery?
I looked at the plaque on it, it looks a little old, but it's not special in the antique city, many shops are playing like this, even the newly made plaque is old, it looks like it's very historical, and it's this tune to play.
It's just that this name is a little silly.,Other shops are all Shemo Xuan and the like.,It looks very elegant.,That's it.,What is it called?,What a ghost name.。
"Hehe, boy, you be louder, believe it or not, someone will clean you up later?"
"Haha, just kidding, really"
"Shut up, don't embarrass me"
Liu Laodao scolded, then walked in with his feet raised, and I hurriedly followed.
However, as soon as I stepped into the door, there was a sudden rush of wind chimes in the store, and in the soul nourishing wood on my body, Chen Menghan's screams came from me, which made my face change dramatically.