Although, with Meng Zitao's eyesight, he thought that this was a very rare masterpiece, but considering Xiao Likai's high level of imitation, he still didn't dare to take it lightly, and after carefully looking at it, he used the ability again, and the result was indeed a genuine work. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Meng Zitao put the Arhat statue back and said with a smile: "Teacher Xiao, I don't know what your plans are for this Arhat statue?"

Xiao Likai touched his forehead, and said with some reluctance: "Didn't I tell you before that I wanted to transfer the artifacts I left behind to you? However, when I came back and saw these things, I was a little reluctant, thinking about it, I felt that these things were my hard work for many years, and I really couldn't bear to transfer them, so I thought, let's give you this Arhat statue." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Likai said apologetically: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm really sorry, I hope you don't mind." ”

To be honest, if for some other people who have other ideas, Xiao Likai will definitely not be in their interests to go back on his word, and they will feel uncomfortable, although this Arhat statue is good, how much money can it make?

Of course, for Meng Zitao, he has no intention of selling the imitation as a genuine product, and he doesn't want to make such money, so Xiao Likai took out this fine Arhat statue, which is also in line with his heart.

Meng Zitao smiled: "It doesn't matter, in fact, I prefer this Arhat statue in comparison, of course, it would be better if I could buy some high-quality imitations made by you." ”

Xiao Likai pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth secretly, and said, "No problem, when I get there, I will pick two more of my previous works for you." ”

Meng Zitao smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you so much, by the way, how much does this Arhat statue cost?"

Xiao Likai said: "Even if it's three million, if you think it's expensive, we can discuss it again." ”

Meng Zitao felt a little funny, Xiao Likai looked like this, he knew at a glance that he would not be able to do business, how could he have said that he could discuss again before he spoke, that is, he felt that Xiao Likai had the possibility of cooperation, and if it was someone else, he would definitely "climb up the pole".

Since this is the case, and the market value of this Arhat statue is nearly four million, Mencius did not bargain, and said: "Okay, you give me the bank account number, and I will immediately ask someone to transfer money to you, or you can ask for a check." ”

"You don't need a check, you can just transfer money. Xiao Likai was stunned at first, and at the same time relieved, he was really worried about Meng Zitao's price reduction, but he didn't expect Meng Zitao to agree immediately, which was really unexpected.

So, Xiao Likai immediately pulled over, took out a bank card from his wallet, and handed it to Meng Zitao while thanking him.

Meng Zitao smiled and said that he was not welcome, and then made a phone call and asked someone to help transfer the money to Xiao Likai's account.

For Xiao Likai, with three million in the account, the money matter is basically no problem, the whole person is much easier, and he is also a lot talkative.

Arriving at the hotel, after Meng Zitao and Dajun packed their luggage, Xiao Likai took the two of them to dinner.

After the meal, everyone did it for a while, and Xiao Likai received a transfer text message from the bank, and at the same time, he was excited and seemed a little restless.

Meng Zitao smiled: "Teacher Xiao, what's the matter with you?"

"This ...... Hehe, I want to go and take care of my son-in-law's affairs. Xiao Likai said.

Meng Zitao said: "Then I won't delay you, do you want me to help?"

"Don't bother you, I've already contacted the good people. ”

"Then you go quickly. ”

Xiao Likai nodded, and said apologetically: "Shopkeeper Meng, I'm really sorry, I originally planned to take you to mine in the afternoon, but now it seems that I can only wait for tomorrow." ”

"It's okay, I just have to deal with some things too. ”

Meng Zitao did have some things to deal with when he came to porcelain, and when he said goodbye to Xiao Likai, he went to buy some gifts, and took a taxi with Dajun to a villa community.

Meng Zitao called and communicated with the senior who was about to visit, and the other party asked the community security guard to let them go.

According to the guidance of the security guards, the two came to a villa and saw a gray-haired but energetic old man waiting for them at the door.

Meng Zitao said politely: "Hello Mr. Zhang, I am Meng Zitao, please forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting." ”

"You're welcome. Zhang Lao waved his hand, he looked at Meng Zitao, and said with a smile: "It's really better to hear than to see, and it's really a talent, in addition, it should be me who says I'm sorry, if I hadn't been occupying your Hongwu glaze red plum bottle, you wouldn't have to go all the way." ”

This old Zhang's real name is Zhang Hui, and he is the restoration master introduced to Meng Zitao by Wang Zhixuan before. The plum bottle had already been brought to Zhang Hui, and it had been repaired for a while, and then Zhang Hui said that he wanted to study it, and Meng Zitao thought that he was not in a hurry to sell the things, so he agreed.

Zhang Hui said to Meng Zitao some time ago that the research was almost the same, so that Meng Zitao could come to him to get it, but Meng Zitao was too busy during this time, so he didn't have time to come over to get it, so he took advantage of this to come back to the porcelain capital and come to visit, of course, if there was no Xiao Likai's matter, he would also come to the porcelain capital as soon as possible.

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, I'm not in a hurry to transfer things, and I'm idle at home." ”

Zhang Hui's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Do you plan to transfer the plum bottle?"

"I don't have this plan for the time being, and I can't say for sure in the future. ”

"If you want to transfer it, you have to let me know. ”

Meng Zitao saw Zhang Hui's expectant eyes and said with a smile: "No problem, you must have priority." ”

"Then I'll thank you first. Zhang Hui laughed and said, "Let's go in and talk about it." ”

"Good. ”

Following Zhang Hui into Zhang Hui's studio, Meng Zitao took a look and found that there was a huge workbench in the room, except for some tools on the workbench, the rest were porcelain, there were more than 30 pieces and all of them were fine, but these porcelains were either broken for various reasons or repaired.

Zhang Hui walked to the workbench and asked with a smile, "Xiao Meng, how do you feel?"

Meng Zitao's answer was very simple: "Novelty and admiration. ”

Zhang Hui waved his hand: "Don't admire me, to be honest, my talent in this area is really not very good, the reason why so many people believe in me is that I am only familiar with it." ”

Meng Zitao laughed and said, "You are old and modest. ”

Speaking of this, he saw a blue and white flower-patterned flat pot on the table next to him, and he was immediately a little curious, because he was sure that this porcelain should be a fine product of the Yongzheng official kiln of the Qing Dynasty, however, it was repaired using the gold silk process.

Jin Yi is a gold lacquer porcelain repair technique, which is essentially the category of lacquer art, and is often used for the restoration of porcelain and purple sand ware, in addition to this, it can also be used for bamboo, ivory, small pieces of wood, jade, etc.

In this process, broken vessels are glued and painted with gold dust at the joints, a natural restoration technique that can not only restore the object, but also create a unique new work that can bring those beautiful objects to life.

But the porcelain repaired in this way is not so pure, so under normal circumstances, it is not used to repair high-end porcelain, because it is likely to affect the value of the porcelain, but this porcelain does this, which is the strange thing about Mencius.

Zhang Hui knew what Meng Zitao meant at a glance, in fact, he also had the same idea, and said helplessly: "No way, this is the master's own will, he must use the golden method to repair it, and I don't want to force it, if I don't worry that he will find someone else, the result will be worse than now, I will definitely not help him mend it." ”

Meng Zitao said: "This can only be said that radish greens have their own love." ”

Zhang Hui shook his head with a smile, and then took out a brocade box from the cabinet next to him and put it on the table, and after opening it, he saw that it was a glazed red plum vase.

"You look at it first, it's not satisfied. ”

When Meng Zitao saw this repaired glazed red plum vase, his eyes couldn't help but light up, because from the appearance, it was really clear that there were traces of repair, even with his current craftsmanship, it was not easy to have such an effect.

Meng Zitao carefully took out the plum bottle, and couldn't help but admire, it was really well repaired, although it could still be seen if it was broken if it looked closely, but it basically didn't have much impact, but there was a different kind of beauty, which he never expected.

"I really have nothing to say about your old technology, no wonder Uncle Wang would recommend me to you so strongly in the first place!"

"Xiao Wang knows to help me brag. Zhang Hui laughed, but it was still a thing that made him very happy to be able to satisfy Meng Zitao.

After chatting for a few words, Meng Zitao asked, "Elder Zhang, I don't know how much it costs to repair?"

Zhang Hui shook his head: "Forget the cost, it's enough for you to put things in me for so long for me to study." ”

"That's not going to work. How could Meng Zitao agree, so he was about to take out the checkbook from his bag.

Zhang Hui pressed it with his hand: "I said no, I don't need it, I won't be happy if I do it again." ”

Meng Zitao insisted: "I think you also know how much my porcelain can increase in value after repair, if you don't accept it, then I'm really embarrassed, Uncle Wang will definitely say it about me when I turn around!"

"If he asks, just tell him the truth. ”

"I don't want to go. ”

"Why are you so stubborn, okay, let's do it, if you encounter curium porcelain with better craftsmanship in the future, you can bring it over yourself or someone else, right?"

The curium porcelain mentioned in Zhang Hui's words is the porcelain repaired with curium nails, and Meng Zitao saw that there were also porcelain repaired with curium nails on the table, so he was a little curious about Zhang Hui's request: "Zhang Lao, what do you mean by curium porcelain with better craftsmanship?"

Zhang Hui said: "Do you know that there used to be a special process for decorating with curium nails?"

When Meng Zitao heard this, he immediately understood that in the past, curium porcelain was not only used to restore porcelain, but also became a kind of decoration in itself. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, some people began to deliberately fill the purple clay pot in good condition with beans, and then pour water to crack it, ask the craftsman to make it, and sometimes make a specific pattern to play and show off.

Zhou Bogao at the end of the Ming Dynasty was such a person, he said in "Wu Dimei Zhu Caotang to see the pot song": "For spring, Dabin famous pots, the price is not easy to distinguish. But don't be true, and the side search is incomplete in the good thing, and use it from Yiyue. ”

It can be seen from this sentence that there have been people who play with the broken pot since ancient times. When a new curium purple sand pot is raised until the curium and the teapot are integrated, when you see the curium on the pot become a part of the pot itself, the curium nails at that time add a bit of simplicity to the purple sand pot, and it has a unique charm.

It's just that curium was very popular in ancient times, but now it is about to become a lost craft, so it is not easy to find this kind of curium porcelain.

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Okay, as long as I find it, I will definitely bring it to you." ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "You don't have to be so deliberate, just find it, forget if you can't find it." ”

Meng Zitao smiled, although Zhang Hui said so, he would not be so casual, he always tried his best to find it.

Next, the two chatted on the topic of repair, as time went by, Zhang Hui became more and more surprised, he didn't expect at all that Meng Zitao actually had experience in repairing, and the level was not low, although this made him a little strange, but it also made him very happy, and simply talked to Meng Zitao for a long time.

Because Zhang Hui was too enthusiastic, if it weren't for the fact that there was something to do the next day, Meng Zitao would almost have lived in Zhang Hui's house.

It was another Monday, Meng Zitao got up at four o'clock, didn't even bother to eat breakfast, and went straight to the porcelain capital International Trade Plaza with the army.

They walked through a street-facing storefront, and a stall market suddenly came into view. Although it is still early, the market is already rubbing shoulders.

Meng Zitao saw that there were about two roads in this market, which were in an inverted "L" shape. On one road, there are stalls full of ancient porcelain tiles, and on the other road, there are stalls mixed with miscellaneous items. The vendors scattered their goods on the ground, connecting them one by one, and it was a spectacular sight.

I saw that there are about 400 stalls here, and on the snakeskin cloth spread out along the road, there are piles of ancient porcelain pieces, books, calligraphy and paintings, bronze and wood carvings, and people are playing flashlights, in groups of three or five, or squatting to play with objects, or bargaining with red ears, or standing to watch the excitement.

This is the "ghost market" of the porcelain capital, and unlike other places, it is only available on Mondays.

According to Mencius's understanding, in the 80s of the last century, the earliest antique morning market appeared at the entrance of the porcelain hotel, which was the predecessor of the "ghost market". In the early 90s of the last century, this "ghost market" moved to the area of People's Square and gradually took shape.

The goods of the traders here are mainly purchased from nearby villages, while the fakes come from several large antique porcelain production bases in the porcelain capital, and ancient porcelain fragments are dug up or picked up at construction sites scattered throughout the city and countryside and unprotected kiln sites. (To be continued.) )