Chapter 144: Uncovered
In the antique shop, a young man who was nearly 30 years old accused the shopkeeper: "What's the matter with you? I didn't even pick it up, so you just let it go, who is it that the thing is broken now?"
The shopkeeper frowned and said, "Why are you beating a rake? You said you want me to show you something, but you didn't prepare it, and now it's broken to blame me?"
Meng Zitao said: "What! It's clear that you were so fast just now that I didn't even have time to prepare, and the person who beat me up was you at all!"
The shopkeeper said: "Hehe, it's the first time I've experienced what it means to 'refer to a deer as a horse' in real life, and I'll tell you, if you don't give an explanation for this today, I'll call the police." ”
The young man looked unlucky: "Call the police, call the police, I'm still afraid of you!"
The shopkeeper smiled angrily: "Okay, then let's go to the police station to solve it, I'll see what you say then." ”
At this time, a middle-aged man squeezed in from the crowd, and when he walked into the store, he asked, "Old Yan, what's the matter?"
The shopkeeper said with a dissatisfied face: "As soon as this person came in just now, he asked me to ask for this Tianqiu bottle, I saw that he was very anxious, so I took the bottle down and showed it to him, I didn't think that he would not catch it after reaching out, what is this?"
"Lao Yan, you're breaking the rules by doing this, right?" said the middle-aged man with a frown.
The shopkeeper said embarrassedly: "It's true that there is something wrong with me, but I've been very careful, who knows he's like this!"
Hearing this, Meng Zitao in the crowd sneered, since he can open a shop in the antique city. How can you not know the rules of antiques, and you can't hand things directly in other people's hands? No matter how anxious the other party is. People who know the rules will not break the rules.
So. Generally, this kind of porcelain falling to the ground is not an accident but a man-made one, in order to make the buyer lose money in a situation where it is not clear.
The young man said disdainfully, "If you are careful, can this bottle be broken?"
The shopkeeper snorted coldly: "Who knows if you did it on purpose." ”
The young man said, "I said you did it on purpose!"
"Alright, alright. The middle-aged man hurriedly started a round and said, "Since everyone has no evidence to prove that they are not wrong, how about everyone take a step back?"
The young man snorted coldly and didn't say much. Although he felt that something was wrong with this, who told him to be careless?
The shopkeeper said, "Then I'll suffer." Just count 200,000. ”
As soon as the store's words fell, there was an uproar in the crowd, and the people around them were all knowledgeable, and they all felt that the scene in front of them should be set up by the store.
It's just that the antique industry rarely dismantles each other, and the young man is alone, so no one stands up to help him speak.
But in general, such occasions. It's almost the same if you accompany a few thousand yuan, or at most 10,000 yuan, and you can say 200,000 yuan with one mouth, isn't it forcing young people into a dead end? It's strange that young people will agree.
The reaction of young people is also as everyone thinks. In addition to being stunned, he immediately became angry: "I said why don't you change careers, just go to the bank to grab money." ”
The middle-aged man also said with some displeasure: "Old Yan." You've passed it!"
The shopkeeper waved his hand: "I'm the real thing, 200,000 is already cheap." ”
"You say the real thing is the real thing!" the young man scoffed.
The shopkeeper snorted coldly: "If you don't believe it." We can take it to an authoritative organization for identification!"
Seeing the store's sworn appearance, the surrounding audience was strange. Could it be that this celestial vial is indeed real?
It just so happened that there were two pieces of debris at the door, and when someone took it in his hand and looked at it, he gasped.
"The fetal quality is delicate and white, the size of the fetal soil particles is consistent, the fetal quality is better than that of the Tongzhi period, and it is thicker than that of Xuantong, which is really the characteristics of the fetal quality of the official kiln porcelain in the Guangxu period!"
"No, is it genuine?"
For a while, everyone looked at each other, and Meng Zitao also frowned, is it really the shopkeeper's carelessness, not a bureau?
After thinking about it, Meng Zitao felt that something was still wrong, and seeing that the young man looked a little flustered, he also squeezed in.
The shopkeeper and the middle-aged man glanced at Meng Zitao strangely, and after the young man was slightly stunned, his face immediately showed joy.
"Xiao Tao, why did you come to Jinling?"
Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Brother Hongchang, I still want to ask you, when did you come to Jinling?"
The young man's name is Meng Hongchang, and he and Meng Zitao are from the same village, and the two families are distant relatives, but they are almost out of Wufu.
Although the blood relationship has been a little far apart, Meng Zitao and Meng Hongchang are very close, and this matter is related to Meng Zitao's parents.
At the beginning, Meng Shuliang and his wife had been married for several years but had not moved, and when they went to the hospital for examination, both of them had some physical problems, so they moved the idea of raising one.
It happened that Meng Hongchang's family was in poor circumstances at that time, and there were three boys in the family, and the relationship between the two families was relatively good, so Meng Shuliang and his wife wanted to adopt Meng Hongchang, and Meng Hongchang's parents also agreed.
After that, Meng Hongchang went to Meng Shuliang's house to live for three years, and Xu Ping became pregnant and had Meng Zitao.
At that time, Meng Hongchang's father borrowed money to engage in transportation, and the family began to be well-off, Meng Hongchang was his son after all, if he didn't have a way, he wouldn't have raised others, now that the family is rich, Meng Shuliang also has a son, he wants to take Meng Hongchang home.
Although Meng Shuliang and his wife were a little reluctant, they still agreed considering the actual situation.
Meng Hongchang lived in Meng Zitao's house for three years, and also had feelings, and then he would go to Meng Zitao's house to play every other day, and lived in Meng Zitao's house for a period of time every winter and summer vacation, and the relationship with Meng Zitao was very good, just like a brother.
Later, Meng Hongchang has been working in the capital after graduating from school, and he can't come back a few times a year, so Meng Zitao felt strange, why did Meng Hongchang suddenly appear in Jinling, could it be a job transfer?
Meng Hongchang said with a smile: "I came to Jinling on a business trip, so I went to the antique city to go around, but I didn't expect to encounter this kind of thing." By the way, don't you own an antique shop? Help me see if this thing is real or fake!"
I heard that the young man in front of him was actually the owner of the antique shop, not only the shopkeeper, but also a considerable part of the onlookers showed suspicion in their eyes.
"At such a young age, it can't be bragging, right?"
"Okay, I'll take a look first. ”
Meng Zitao squatted down, picked up a few pieces of porcelain on the ground and looked at them carefully, with his previous experience, he had some numbers in his heart, and then verified it with his ability, it was indeed the same as his judgment.
Seeing Meng Zitao standing up, Meng Hongchang hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
Meng Zitao said: "I'm not very optimistic about things. ”
"Ha!" the shopkeeper sneered and said, "Since you think it's wrong, then let me ask you, is my heavenly bottle tire right?"
Meng Zitao nodded and said, "It's true." ”
The shopkeeper sneered: "In that case, are you embarrassed to say, 'Not very optimistic'?"
Meng Zitao asked rhetorically: "Who stipulates that the fetus is right, and the thing must be right?"
The shopkeeper was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "You don't think this is an old tire and a new color, right? Young man, I think you should go back to the furnace to practice more, don't come out and be embarrassed." I'll just ask you a question, what kind of bottle is this?"
Meng Zitao said: "Tianqiu bottle, you have said it yourself. ”
The shopkeeper sneered: "Yes, this is the Celestial Sphere Bottle, you don't know what the Celestial Sphere Bottle is used for, right?"
Ceramics are generally divided into two categories, one is daily-use ceramics, which can be said to be produced because of people's needs for daily life, and people are most exposed to in daily life, and they are also the most familiar porcelain, such as tableware, tea sets, coffee sets, wine sets, tableware, etc.
The second is furnishing porcelain, which is specially used for display and ornamental ceramic art products. Including bottles, statues, screens, porcelain plate paintings, thin-tire bowls, sculpture products and certain high-grade fine varieties belonging to the scope of daily ceramics.
The celestial ball bottle began in the Yongle and Xuande periods of the Ming Dynasty, and was like a celestial sphere, so it was called the celestial globe bottle. The Qing Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties were in their heyday, and the antique style prevailed. The imitation of the celestial ball bottle is a large-scale porcelain for palace furnishings.
The meaning of the store, Meng Zitao also understood, it is nothing more than to say that because the Tianqiu bottle is a large-scale porcelain for furnishings, it is unlikely to just produce white tires and put it like that, and in the market, Meng Zitao has indeed not seen the old tire and new color Tianqiu bottle.
Meng Zitao said lightly: "If you say so, then where did those white tires of the third generation of the Qing Dynasty come from? In addition, the identification of antiques does not rely on speculation, the key is evidence." ”
"yes, do you have proof?" the shopkeeper laughed.
Meng Zitao said: "Will you believe the evidence I said?"
The shopkeeper sneered: "How do you know that I won't believe it if you don't say it?" Or do you not know that you don't have it at all!"
Meng Zitao smiled: "I don't want to waste my tongue with you, but didn't you just say that you are willing to take things to an authoritative organization for appraisal? ”
"Okay, then we'll leave right away!" the shopkeeper said with confidence, but his expression was a little unnatural and a little weak.
Although the shopkeeper's weak look was fleeting, he was still captured by Meng Zitao, who had been paying attention, and he also knew it in his heart. But the shopkeeper's righteousness made him feel that he still had to be on guard.
Meng Zitao said with a smile: "Brother Hongchang, we have to put away these porcelain pieces." ”
Meng Hongchang immediately understood what Meng Zitao meant, and said, "Yes, I heard that there is a trick of dropping bags now. ”
The antiques industry does have a scam.
For example, if a buyer falls in love with a piece of porcelain from an official kiln in the Ming Dynasty, after the transaction is made, the store will come up with some reasons and ask if they want to help pack it. If the buyer agrees, the store will take the item, find the paper for packaging at the counter, wrap the item in a brocade box, and finally give it to the buyer.
When the buyer goes back, he opens it and finds that the thing is just an imitation, and then it will be too late to regret it. (To be continued.) )
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