Chapter 124: Another Pair of Snuff Bottles (continued)

Seeing the old man's sighing appearance, Jiang Lexian said: "I said Lao Liang, don't you usually don't accept snuff bottles?

The old man sighed: "It's hard to explain this matter, you can talk about the one in your hand first." ”

Jiang Lexian said: "Just now the shopkeeper Meng said that the use of photosensitive photosensitivity method to falsify, this method is to take a picture of the enlarged picture sketch, make a black and white negative, and then use gelatin, potassium dichromate and other mixtures to smear on the inner wall of the snuff bottle, and then fix the negative of the sketch on the snuff bottle, irradiate it with strong light to produce a chemical reaction, form an image of the sketch on the wall of the snuff bottle, and then draw and color it to make a fake. ”

In fact, this method of counterfeiting is relatively simple to see, as long as you carefully observe whether the pattern lines are natural and smooth, whether there is repetition, and whether the edges of the lines are blurred. Generally, fakes using this method will have blurred edge lines, consistent shades and more repetitions. The hand-painted inner pot pattern transition is natural, the picture is rich, and full of charm. ”

While speaking, Jiang Lexian asked the old man to observe it himself, and after a while, the old man's face was full of bitterness.

The old man smiled bitterly: "It's a loss, it's a big loss, I knew this, I shouldn't have answered him at all." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Jiang Lexian asked curiously.

The old man said: "Cao Jin, you should know, these two things are the ones I paid off from him......"

There are many forms of trading in the antique industry, and it is also very common in this circle to redeem debts.

Last year, Cao Jin asked the old man to borrow 300,000 yuan because he was short of money, so much money, of course there must be a low-pressure object, Cao Jin proposed at that time. Let the elderly choose a house or an antique.

The old man felt that the house was too troublesome to deal with, unlike antiques, 300,000 yuan was already considered a small superlative, and it was very convenient to deal with, so he chose antiques.

On the same day, the old man went and chose a random bronze statue. The value of this statue at that time was less than 300,000, and the reason why I chose this one was also because the old man felt that Cao Jin should be able to repay the money, and everyone had been friends for many years, so just choose a similar one.

Later, things were simple, Cao Jin did not repay the money because of eye-catching, business failure, etc., and the old man was also righteous and did not mention a word.

But. As Cao Jin's collection at home became less and less, the old man also knew that the other party could not repay his money, so he took advantage of the opportunity of drinking yesterday to tell Cao Jin that he should give him the bronze statue at the beginning.

Cao Jin agreed, but said that the value of the statue was too low. I'm sorry as a friend and am just right. He also has a pair of Ding Erzhong's snuff bottles at home, which is more suitable.

Although the old man said that he didn't need to be so troublesome, he still agreed, and when he went to Cao Jin's house, he saw that the things were good, so he took them.

"I woke up in the morning. I took out my snuffbox and looked at it, but found that there was a problem with it......"

With a bitter face, the old man gestured to the fake made by photophotosensitivity in his hand, and then said through some gritted teeth: "Cao Jin, that kid is really not a thing. Even if those don't come back, why do I have to talk about it?"

Jiang Lexian said: "Cao Jin is really not authentic in this matter, but I think that with Cao Jin's eyesight, it is likely that he will not be able to see what Shopkeeper Meng said." Speaking of which, if it weren't for Shopkeeper Meng pointing it out, I wouldn't be sure about this one. ”

Meng Zitao hurriedly said modestly: "This is also a coincidence, I just got a genuine piece of Ding Erzhong, and the content is also a landscape, otherwise, it is estimated that I will have to be blind." ”

Jiang Lexian's eyes lit up, originally he wanted to ask Meng Zitao if he could take a look at the snuffbox, but the timing was not right for the time being, so he first complimented him, and then asked the old man: "Lao Liang, do you want me to be a middleman and tell you to agree?"

"Okay. The old man pondered for a moment, and then agreed, in the end, he still expected that Cao Jin was also wrong, after all, the two had known each other for so long, and he didn't want to break off relations with Cao Jin because of this pair of things.

So, Jiang Lexian called Cao Jin, and on the phone, he told the matter bluntly.

Cao Jin looked surprised on the phone and said that he would come over immediately.

While waiting, Jiang Lexian made the following introduction to Meng Zitao and the old man: "Lao Liang, what you fancied in Fan Youxi before, it is here in the shopkeeper Meng, what do you think?"

The old man's name is Liang Youhai, and when he heard this, he immediately turned his attention and said, "Shopkeeper Meng, I don't know if I can cut my love?"

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Elder Liang, I also told Shopkeeper Jiang before, I collect cultural toys, and the price of that pen wash is not low, if I transfer it now, it is not cost-effective." ”

Jiang Lexian added: "Fan Dingxi, that guy recognizes money but not people." ”

Liang Youhai understood what Jiang Lexian meant, and he scratched his head: "This matter is indeed a little difficult to do, let me think about it again." ”

In fact, the easiest way to do this is to exchange for things, Liang Youhai should be able to think of it, but judging from his performance, he should be reluctant to give up his collection. Meng Zitao didn't care about this either, and said with a smile that there was no problem.

Next, we chatted for a while on the topic of antiques and exchanged some appraisal experience.

Although Meng Zitao didn't say much, he could get to the point every time, which made Liang Youhai very surprised, but he didn't expect that the young Meng Zitao was actually quite powerful.

Previously, Liang Youhai didn't think much when he heard Fan Dingxi's title, thinking that Meng Zitao was at most a rich second generation who experienced life, but now it seems that Meng Zitao is simply "no three-thirds, how dare you go to Liangshan".

Since Meng Zitao's ability is good, Liang Youhai's attitude also began to be enthusiastic, and he exchanged business cards with Meng Zitao, as well as contact information on the Internet, and said that he would communicate more in the future.

Of course, Meng Zitao was also very happy and happily agreed.

When it was time to eat, the main lord Cao Jin finally came, he was in his forties, he looked very thin, and his spirit was not very good.

As soon as Cao Jin came in, he hurriedly apologized to Liang Youhai, saying that his eyesight was not good and he didn't see anything wrong.

Seeing that Cao Jin did not repay his debts, and his attitude was very good, Liang Youhai's mood was much better, but this matter was like a fish in his throat, if it could not be resolved satisfactorily, it would definitely affect the relationship between the two.

Jiang Lexian looked at the time and proposed, "Why don't we go to dinner first, and talk about things after dinner, what do you think?"

"Okay, let's eat first. "Everybody has no problem with that.

The group found a restaurant not far from the antique shop and enjoyed a rich lunch first.

After the meal, let the waiter clean the table and make tea, Liang Youhai said: "Everyone understands the reason, I won't say more, Lao Liang, what do you think?"

Liang Youhai said: "I don't have any requirements, just give me the original statue." ”

Cao Jin smiled bitterly: "Lao Liang, I don't think I can do this." ”

"Why?" Liang Youhai asked with some displeasure, it was only one night, if he didn't deliberately, he really didn't believe that Cao Jin could deal with the statue, and now that Cao Jin said this, of course he wouldn't be happy.

Cao Jin said: "Lao Liang, let me tell you the truth, the reason why I want to change that statue is because someone wants it." So that night, the statue had already been taken by the man. ”

Liang Youhai sneered: "Why didn't you tell me about this kind of thing earlier? Based on our friendship, would I disagree?"

Cao Jin smiled and said, "It's because of our many years of friendship that I'm worried." I know it's a bit of a coincidence, doesn't that bring a solution?"

Liang Youhai sneered: "What way? Do you have anything else worth 300,000?"

Because he was not familiar with snuff bottles, Liang Youhai didn't want to choose that pair of snuff bottles. But there is no way, Cao Jin's collection has been handled much worse, and the value of the snuff bottle is more than 300,000, so it was chosen.

Speaking of which, this matter has something to do with Liang Youhai's greed, however, if he hadn't drunk a little confused, it was unlikely that he wouldn't have seen it. Now that he has found out that both things are fakes, and Cao Jin has taken the statue away, of course he will think the worst.

Cao Jin said: "Kang Lixing, you know, he still owes me a lot of money. ”

"Kang Lixing owes you money, how could you lend him money?" Jiang Lexian was a little surprised.

Cao Jin smiled bitterly: "I am related to him, and when I borrowed money from him, I didn't know that he had the essence of being a liar, and when I realized it, the money had been lent to him." ”

Antiques, obsessed with a lot, Kang Lixing is one of them, because of the love of antiques, only buy not sell, make the family economic tension, natural family relations are also tense, in the end, the wife and children have run away with others.

Because he was reluctant to sell a collection, Kang Lixing borrowed money everywhere among friends, but this guy borrowed money but often did not pay it back, and since then he has lost his credibility.

Jiang Lexian didn't understand why Cao Jin borrowed so much money from Kang Lixing, but he didn't want to dare, so he asked: "With his character, it shouldn't be possible to repay the money, right?"

Cao Jin said: "I have a way to solve this matter, and he will take something to pay it back if he has no money." ”

Liang Youhai didn't believe it, and said, "Since you have a way to get Kang Lixing to repay the money, why didn't you solve it earlier?"

Cao Jin touched his nose: "I have a way, but after using it, there will be a feud between me and Kang Lixing." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone also understood that it should not be an ordinary method, and Liang Youhai didn't say much. (To be continued.) )