The boss apologized to Meng Zitao, then took the jadeite and took two more pieces of porcelain.

When Meng Zitao saw these two pieces of porcelain, he was overjoyed, and he was really "nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get them", and the high imitation porcelain he was looking for finally came across, and there were two pieces at once.

"Mr. Meng, these two pieces of porcelain are treasures in my store, you can see if you like it or not. The boss said.

Meng Zitao smiled and nodded, then picked up the porcelain and looked at it carefully, looked at the two pieces of porcelain inside and out, and confirmed that they should be high-melamine made by the latest technology.

"I wonder what Mr. Meng thinks of these two pieces of porcelain?" the boss asked with a smile.

"It's ok. Meng Zitao nodded slightly: "How to sell?"

"Two pieces of three hundred thousand. The boss replied.

Meng Zitao directly refused: "It's too expensive." ”

The boss frowned slightly: "Mr. Meng, to be honest, you are from Xiao Lu, I will give such a price, and if you change it to someone else, this price is simply impossible." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "For you, boss, the purchase price of these two pieces of porcelain should not be expensive, right?"

"What do you mean by that!" the boss's face was a little gloomy: "Do you think there is a problem with these two pieces of porcelain?"

Meng Zitao smiled slightly, although he didn't say it himself, but the meaning had already been expressed.

"Oh, in that case, then I want to ask, what is the problem with these two pieces of porcelain?" The boss smiled with a little sarcasm, if you want to say that there is a problem with jadeite, it is because his level of identification of jadeite is not high, but in terms of porcelain, he has nearly twenty years of experience, how can there be a problem with carefully selected porcelain?

Lu Jianjia also felt that the conclusion given by Meng Zitao was too hasty, to say that it is possible to say that there is a problem with one piece of porcelain, how can it be that there is a problem with both, could it be that his friend wants to deceive people? That is a slap in the face, it is definitely impossible.

Meng Zitao quickly cut through the mess, and directly pointed out the problems on the two pieces of porcelain, which made the boss and Lu Jianjia a little unbelievable, and then, the boss's expression became embarrassed, and there were problems with taking out three things in a row, how could it not be embarrassing.

Meng Zitao said: "To be honest, these two pieces of porcelain are remarkable, even if they are not antiques, they are also very exquisite works of art, and the market value is not low." ”

The boss smiled bitterly: "The key is that I have an eye!"

Lu Jianjia said: "Such a realistic imitation, if it were me, it would definitely be eye-catching." ”

The boss shook his head and sighed, saying so, but he was at a loss.

Meng Zitao opened his mouth and asked, "I take the liberty of asking, I don't know where these two pieces of porcelain were bought?"

The boss raised his head and looked at Meng Zitao with some confusion.

Meng Zitao said: "Actually, I am also in the antique business, and I think this kind of high imitation is very valuable, and I want to see if there is any possibility of cooperation." ”

The boss hesitated, but still declined: "I'm sorry, I can't tell you about this." ”

"Okay. Meng Zitao did not force it, and was ready to secretly send someone to investigate.

The three hundred things I took out had problems, and the boss was also embarrassed, so he went to get a piece of porcelain that had been hidden for more than two years, and there was no problem with this one.

For good things, Meng Zitao has always been a refusal to come, although the price is not cheap, he still bought it happily.

After sitting and chatting for a while, Meng Zitao said goodbye and went out, and Lu Jianjia left first because he still had something to do.

After walking a few steps, Shu Huijie said: "The surname Lu is really not reliable, and after such a long delay, I bought a piece of porcelain." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's already good, there are a number of high-end porcelain in the market, and it's lucky to be able to buy one, and it's not so easy to pick up leaks." ”

Just as Shu Huijie was about to speak, a girl ran out next to her, wearing a mask and a hat, wrapping the whole person tightly, and she couldn't see who he was.

The girl ran up to Meng Zitao, threw him a folded note, and ran away.

Meng Zitao felt that she had no malicious intentions, so he didn't take action, opened the note, and saw that it was written in traditional Chinese "New York Jugu Zhai" and "Don't get involved here", these two paragraphs.

"Hey, what does this mean?" Shu Huijie said as she looked at the words on the paper.

He Wanyi said: "It should be said that the two pieces of porcelain just now should have been bought in a place called 'Jugu Zhai' in New York, so there is no need to talk about it later." ”

Meng Zitao nodded.

"Then why did she tell us?" Shu Huijie asked again.

"Have you forgotten what happened yesterday?" asked Meng Zitao with a smile.

"Yesterday ......" Shu Huijie immediately remembered: "You mean, that girl just now is the one who got drunk yesterday? ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "Otherwise, how can you explain it, people are not related to us." ”

Shu Huijie looked at Meng Zitao and said, "I asked my brother yesterday, and said that you are lucky and you don't look like a person, but today I saw that it was really like this." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I've always been doing charity." Okay, let's not mention this, it's still early, let's find a place to hang out. ”

"I know there's a ...... nearby"

In the blink of an eye, another day passed, and at nine o'clock in the morning, Meng Zitao and the others came to the front of the auction hall as promised and met with Lu Jianjia.

Lu Jianjia also introduced two friends to Meng Zitao.

One is also from the mainland, but he came from the mainland more than 20 years ago, known as Boss Xiao Zhou, in fact, he is nearly fifty years old, but because of his maintenance skills, coupled with his old age, he looks like he is only in his early thirties.

Xiao Zhou has been in contact with antiques when he was in the mainland, and has a collection history of more than 30 years so far. That is, he began to study antiques as a teenager.

Everyone was curious and asked why he came into contact with antiques so early, and he explained that he was a native of the porcelain capital, and he grew up near the old kiln site, and he was interested in porcelain from the ear to ear.

Xiao Zhou's business is mainly based on buying and selling, supplemented by collection. The porcelain he left in his hands is at two extremes in terms of age, one end is ancient porcelain, mainly Tang and Song celadon, and the other end is modern porcelain dominated by color porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, spanning thousands of years in the middle.

Asked why he collected so much, he explained that he thinks that the collection should have a specialization, these two aspects of porcelain are still blank in the market, he believes that with the development of the antique market, it will definitely heat up, so first set up a bureau, anyway, the porcelain in these two periods is not very expensive, just invest it.

Lu Jianjia's other friend is called Lao Xiao, an overseas Chinese, but he is younger than Xiao Zhou, and he is still a big boss, Lao Xiao has only been in the antique industry for more than a year, just starting, but his family is more supportive of him to do this.

I really don't support it, because Lao Xiao is doing import and export trade business in New York, because it is an exclusive business, and he makes a lot of money, so he is addicted to gambling, but he is more restrained and does not come much, but even so, it scares the family enough, and too many families are ruined on this "gambling".

So, after Lao Xiao became obsessed with antiques by chance, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief.

Meng Zitao listened to Lao Xiao's situation, and said in his heart, if people get bastards, the speed of playing antiques is no worse than gambling.

Of course, Lao Xiao seems to be quite shrewd, and he is not a hot-headed buyer.

I heard that Meng Zitao was a colleague from the mainland, Xiao Zhou and Lao Xiao were more enthusiastic, and then found that Meng Zitao had his own unique views on antiques, and his enthusiasm rose a little.

Several people are masters who can speak the Tao, plus they have a common hobby, and in less than a moment, they got together and began to call each other brothers.

Speaking of this auction, Meng Zitao asked: "I look at the preview lots, and it seems that there are few fine works. ”

Xiao Zhou said with a smile: "There is no way to do this, if you can't sell it in your hand, what kind of good thing will it be?" But the auction advertisement is very loud, even Boss Xiao is here, and someone will definitely add some high-quality utensils temporarily, such as me." ”

"Yo. Lao Xiao smiled and said, "Boss Zhou, you brought something good over to make my eyes rise." ”

Xiao Zhou said with a smile: "Everything has already been taken and registered, how can I take it out? Anyway, the auction will start in a while, and I will be able to see it later." ”

Lao Xiao said: "There are nearly 500 lots in total, and I don't know when it will be your turn to appear." ”

Xiao Zhou said: "It is two pieces of porcelain, a Ming Wanli blue and white Eight Immortal Bowl, and a pair of Qing Qianlong blue and white entwined branch lotus pattern bowls." ”

Lao Xiao said happily: "Yo, it's all good things! ”

Xiao Zhou smiled: "It's just so-so." ”

After ten o'clock, more than 50 people had gathered in the auction hall, and some visitors who wanted to participate in the auction had already begun to register and receive their licenses in an orderly manner. A deposit of $200 is required at the time of licensing, which can be refunded after the auction or offset the purchase price. If the order of the venue is disrupted, then it will be confiscated.

The auctioneer walked up to the stage, an American with a microphone pinned to his collar and a Chinese translator next to him.

The auctioneer first announced the auction rules, which were basically the same compared to other auctions, so the scene was still noisy, and few people were listening at all, even if they wanted to listen, the commotion on the scene could not be heard clearly.

However, when the auctioneer announced the official start of the auction, the scene immediately fell silent.

For some of the guests on the scene, the auction was a novelty and a thrill, so as time went on, the auction was joined by more valuable lots, and the atmosphere in the room soon became enthusiastic, and everyone rushed to shout for the price.

However, Meng Zitao is very quiet, because the starting price here is too low, some only start from 10 yuan and 20 yuan, although it is a US dollar price, it is only about 100 yuan when calculated as RMB.