Chapter 377: Broken Porcelain
After suddenly asking about the price of this Xuande furnace on his hand, Ah San did not deliberately check the change in Boss Gong's expression, it seemed that Ah San's inquiry just now was just an unintentional move. It's just that whether it is Boss Gong himself or outsiders like Uncle Wang and Jia Yidao, they all know in their hearts that Ah San's move just now is very successful.
At least, judging from his unconventional means of playing cards, he has a slight upper hand!
"If you want to talk about the Xuande furnace, it is actually just such a furnace made during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty. Ah San deliberately opened the topic and said, "In my opinion, the Ming Dynasty is still powerful, not only did it get a lot of precious red sandalwood back, but almost all the red sandalwood in the world was transported to China, and it also made a fine porcelain like Doucai, and even more, it was cloisonnΓ©, of course, these have nothing to do with Xuande furnace." β
Xu is Ah San is a little far away, Boss Gong said to Ah San: "Ah San, if you really like such a stove, how about giving this number?"
"I'll tell you the truth, this thing really doesn't make any money. Boss Gong said with a smile, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have placed it under the coffee table." If there was any profit to be made, I wish I had done it earlier. β
"Boss Gong, what you said is true. Ah San said.
"That's natural. No matter what, I am not doing a business with you and Ah San, can I still make your money with my conscience?" Boss Gong said, and asked softly, "I gave you this price just now, how about it?...... By the way, this thing is just given to Ah San, you two don't have any opinions, right?"
This last sentence is addressed to Uncle Wang and Jia Yidao.
Jia Rudao smiled bitterly in his heart, could it be that at this time, he could still say that he had an opinion. In the final analysis, if Jia Rudao said that he was not interested in Xuande Furnace, it was false, but his interest was definitely not very great. And because Ah San accepted such a thing, even if it was this Xuande furnace that he picked up from under the coffee table, Jia Rudao was not ready to say anything, and directly acquiesced to Boss Gong's statement.
Perhaps, it is precisely because he saw that Jia Nidao didn't care much about this stove, and Ah San came with Jia Nidao, that Boss Gong had such courage and directly chose to trade with Ah San, who was the last to see this stove, right?
"Eight-fold!" Ah San's mouth popped out of a very crisp word.
"Add a little more. Boss Gong thought for a moment and said, "If you have a 20% discount, it will be directly lower than my cost price." Relationships are relationships, favors are favors, you can't let me lose money, right?"
"Nacheng, since Boss Gong has said so, then I'll add another half. Ah San groaned slightly, then nodded and said, "This price can't be increased." β
"Deal. "Boss Gong is also a very neat person, and he immediately made a decision. Then, it seemed that he had entered a state of doing business, and at this time he turned to Jia Yidao and Uncle Wang, but said with a smile: "Let the two of you laugh, hehe, I'll go get a few pieces right away, and you may be able to see things come out." β
"Lao Gong, I'm not in a hurry here, you better entertain Xiao Jia first. Uncle Wang was sipping tea very leisurely on the side, "Of course, before that, Lao Gong, can you refill a cup for me first?"
"But my brother I was negligent. Immediately, immediately ......" Boss Gong hurriedly added water to Uncle Wang's side, and then asked Jia Yidao, "Xiao Jia, there are many types of porcelain, what kind of porcelain do you prefer?"
Don't look at this inquiry is very polite, but it is also very exquisite.
At least it shows that there must be a lot of good porcelain in the "Ciyun Zhai" at this time, and there are many types of porcelain, so there is room for choice; in addition, it is quite a bit of Jia Nidao to open a jade shop on the Internet, everything is to ask the needs of customers first, so that people have a feeling of being at home, and there is an impulse to buy the next fine porcelain here. However, it is precisely because of this that Jia Rudao doesn't know how to choose.
And Ah San, who was on the side, saw Jia Rudao's slightly thoughtful expression, and couldn't help but interject a little funny, and said: "Xiao Jia, don't be deceived by Boss Gong." Although there are many types of porcelain, they are nothing more than celadon and white porcelain. Or, if you say a specific age, it will be more suitable. β
"Ah San, you can tear down the stage for me here. Boss Gong pretended to be a little annoyed, but in Jia Yidao's opinion, he still had a little cute look. It's like Uncle Wang just now gave up this time to Jia Rudao, and by the way, he asked Boss Gong to continue to renew the tea for him.
This kind of interest in details is far from being comparable to the hustle and bustle of life.
"Then get a random little gadget that you've always kept in your hand. Jia Rudao thought about it and said, "First, I am only new to porcelain, and I don't appreciate things that are too expensive, and if they fall into my hands, they will be buried." Second, my porcelain shop is about to open, and there are naturally a lot of places to use money on hand, and for the time being, I can't get too much cash for the time being. Boss Gong can't let me, because of my own preferences, bet the jade shop on you at that time, right?"
"Hehe, Xiao Jia is also a funny person. Boss Gong said with a smile, and then motioned to Jia Yidao that a few people could wait for a while, and he went up to the second floor by himself.
"Xiao Jia, the few words just now are very good. Ah San quickly sat down beside Jia Yidao, and by the way, he also brought the Xuande furnace that he had just received.
"Ah San, you kid can be regarded as picking it up today. Uncle Wang looked at Ah San's appearance from the side, and said with some joy, "It's not easy to dig out a 'leak' from Lao Gong's mouth, it's not easy." β
"Otherwise, Uncle Wang, if you like it, I'll give you this thing with my hand, okay?" Ah San didn't eat this set, and he stuffed it back very happily.
The smile on Uncle Wang's face suddenly became a little sneering, and then he shook his head slightly, "Good boy, it's really good, there is someone in Master Wei's successor......"
In this way, even Ah San's face is relatively thick, and he feels a little red.
"I really didn't see it, you kid would blush too. Jia Rudao couldn't help but joke, turned back to the topic just now, and asked, "What's wrong with what I said in those words?"
Ah San slapped Jia Nidao, handed over a clear look, and said, "Your family background, I still don't know?" said, regardless of the existence of Uncle Wang on the side, leaned into Jia Nidao's ear and whispered, "However, seriously, for Boss Gong like this, you need to squeeze him a little more, give him something to surprise, or just pretend to be pitiful first to win some sympathy." It's not very useful, but it's better than nothing. β
"Dare to love you, it's a ploy. Jia Rudao grinned.
"I can't help it. Ah San shrugged his shoulders and said, "By the way, the price just discussed, the funds on my side are not enough for the time being, brother, do you want to support it." β
"Isn't it, how precious is this thing?" Jia Rudao was a little surprised.
"It's not that it's expensive, it's that I've had something else going on these days. Ah San didn't say it specifically, and Jia Rudao didn't want to ask too much, so he nodded directly. Between friends, this little help still needs to be provided. It's just that something that can make Ah San feel more important, and it has something to do with money, what will it be?
Could it be that Ah San has taken a fancy to something of high value?
"Speaking of which, this Xuande furnace should be able to make you a small profit, right?" Jia Rudao asked.
"Who knows. Ah San said, seemingly a little unconcerned, "The Xuande furnace is inconclusive at all." Xiao Jia, you know it too. For this thing, the rule in the industry now is to only judge the merits, regardless of whether it is true or false. If you get it right, such a Xuande furnace should be able to sell for a price of 350,000 yuan. β
Speaking of this, Ah San was still a little sighing: "When will I be able to find a real Xuande furnace?" Thousands of calls, front and back, and the Quartet come to the dynasty not to mention for the time being, Xuande Emperor Zhu Zhanji just saw that the furnishings of his house were too cold, so he decided to come to a fine decoration, made a big gimmick, and changed the style or something. As a result, he happened to meet the emperor of Siam, who gave him a lot of wind-ground copper. β
Ah San sighed and asked, "Wind grinding copper knows, don't you know? I don't know." I don't know who Emperor Xuande listened to, the original refined copper can appear a strange treasure after four smelting. No, on the whim of the emperor, he let the people below use wind-milled copper as the main material, and allocated gold, silver, and a lot of precious metals and so on, all of which were smelted together. It's a hodgepodge, but luckily, it's really smelted. It's just that only a quarter of the original stuff is left per catty. Xuande pondered, this thing is not much use, just imitate some of the predecessors of the works to do, what Shang Dynasty Ding, the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty, made a total of more than 3ooo pieces, some say that more than 5ooo pieces, there is a furnace in this, that is, the so-called real Xuande furnace. β¦β¦ However, who knows where these Xuande furnaces are staying. β
"Perhaps, this is the one you have in your hand. Jia Rudao said teasingly.
"I do. Ah San made an angry expression, "There are only a few thousand things in total, and they are all made with secret recipes, and now even the so-called secret recipes have been lost, if you can find one so easily, then I can't do it." β¦β¦ This probability, I'm afraid, is really smaller than picking up a Yuan Qinghua. β
"I can't say that. Jia Rudao pondered and said, "There is always a chance." Hehe, if you don't like this thing, then what are you going to do with it?"
"Make money. Ah San glanced at Jia Rudao angrily, and continued to sigh and said, "This kind of Xuande furnace, whether it is imitated or not, should be worth a lot of money." β
For this, Jia Rudao can understand. As Ah San said, in the market in recent years, most of the Xuande furnaces are based on quality, regardless of authenticity. Because the Xuande furnace inherited by later generations is actually not very many. On the basis of those few, the later people wondered, what should be done?
So some people began to imitate in large quantities. What is circulating on the market now is basically a batch of imitations. But this Xuande furnace is not quite the same as some other collectibles. If you can't say imitation, it must be bad. Just like some of the official kiln porcelain in the Qing Dynasty that imitated the previous dynasty, the price was also very high.
Moreover, what is particularly rare is that it is precisely because of the proliferation of these imitations that many ordinary people can see the style of the famous Xuande furnace. I have to say that in the domestic environment, imitations and piracy are all popular......
Subsequently, Jia Yidao felt that talking about Xuande Furnace with Ah San so endlessly seemed to be a little out of bounds. He took Uncle Wang together and began to discuss some experiences in porcelain collection. You know, this is the purpose of Jia Rudao's coming to "Ciyun Zhai" here.
As for the Xuande furnace, let Ah San steal the fun alone. According to Ah San's own words, he is about seventy percent sure that that thing belongs to the Ming imitation. So, Jia Nidao immediately asked for dividends, and he simply proposed that if Ah San did not give after-sales dividends, Jia Nidao resolutely refused to pay when he left!
Ah San could only laugh twice as a "hehe" thief and stopped talking.
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It didn't take long for Boss Gong to walk in while saying sorry. In his hand, he held a pack of newspapers, which was supposed to be wrapped in a piece of porcelain.
According to Jia Yidao's requirements, Boss Gong will definitely not be a heavy weapon at first, and in addition, it will not be too perfect in terms of quality. Otherwise, Boss Gong would have given the things to his hands a long time ago.
As for why Jia Nidao chose some porcelain that has been kept for a long time and has not yet been traded, it is also because Jia Nidao wants to collect some chic gadgets. If it's too popular, you can't say it, even if it's a little flawed in condition, others will accept it. Of course, just now, Ah San came over in a hurry, smiled weirdly, and praised Jia Rudao's request, which was more reasonable and right.
It's not that Jia Yidao really can't put away high-quality porcelain.
After all, this is a time to do business with "Ciyun Zhai", and Jia Rudao naturally thinks that it is better to be able to trade than to return empty-handed. If you can trade as soon as possible, it is better than the result of grinding out every three or five times. All in all, it is to make a good impression on each other first.
In this way, Jia Rudao shirked that his jade shop was about to open, and it was reasonable that he would not be able to spare too much money. With Boss Gong's shrewdness, he must be able to understand that Jia Rudao is not ready to spend a lot of money to complete a transaction. If there is really any good porcelain, it can be identified and selected slowly in the future.
Besides, Jia Rudao always felt that he was in the Jade line, and he was quite handy. In terms of porcelain collection, although there have been good gains repeatedly, but in the final analysis, it is still a novice, isn't it?
Of course, such an idea would never be uttered. Otherwise, Ah San, the so-called "veteran", would probably be so envious of Jia Yidao's luck in the porcelain collection that he vomited blood, right?
As Boss Gong slowly opened the newspaper wrapped outside, a colorful leaf-patterned bottle gradually appeared in front of several people. Jia Rudao noticed that when Uncle Wang saw this thing, he only glanced at it, and then stopped looking at it, and he still had a feeling of knowing it. Obviously, he hadn't seen this thing before, but he felt that Boss Gong had dug a small pit and was testing Jia Yidao's eyesight.
Jia Rudao couldn't help but immediately lift his spirits and looked at it carefully.
The tire glaze of the whole Doucai leaf pattern bottle is more delicate, it looks white, there is no beige feeling, and it is relatively light and thin on the carcass, and the transparency is very high.
In addition, the enamel on the surface of the bottle is also white and moist like clotted fat, giving people a very delicate and warm feeling......
"Boss Gong seems to be competing with the Ming Dynasty today. Taking advantage of the time when Jia Rudao was identifying, Ah San on the side chatted casually with Boss Gong. The Xuande furnace just now is a Ming imitation, and the Doucai leaf pattern bottle that appeared here also belongs to the Ming Dynasty, so it's no wonder that Ah San will ask this question.
"Things from the Ming Dynasty are good. Boss Gong didn't care about Jia Yidao's appraisal, but smiled faintly as Ah San asked, "The things of the Ming Dynasty are at least relatively valuable." β
If ordinary people say this, I am afraid that people will feel the copper smell of some merchants. However, when Boss Gong said this, he seemed very light-hearted, as if the things of the Ming Dynasty were indeed valuable.
Ah San has to admit that many times, only everyone like Boss Gong, or his second grandfather, will show such a demeanor, right?
"The good things of the Ming Dynasty are relatively valuable. However, this thing is not easy to say. Uncle Wang on the side seemed to have the same feeling as Ah San, and interjected at this time, "I have seen this doucai leaf pattern bottle no less than three times before, and the ring punch on it is really helpless, what a pity." β
The so-called punch is the damaged place.
"Listen to Uncle Wang's reminder, Xiao Jia, did you hear that?" Ah San said to Jia, raised his voice slightly, and said, "You have to be careful when you check." Since there are all punches, I wondered, I can't say that this thing was received by Boss Gong from a stall vendor. β
"Nonsense!" Speaking of the origin of this thing, Boss Gong was very serious, "This bottle of Ming Chenghua Doucai Scroll Punch has been in my hands for nearly ten years. If it weren't for Xiao Jia's first visit, and when I was upstairs, I suddenly saw that it was exactly in line with Xiao Jia's proposal, and I really wasn't ready to take it down. β
"This is something that has been bet on your hands for nearly ten years?" This time it was Ah San's turn to be a little surprised. You must know that in terms of the flow of porcelain in "Ciyun Zhai", a piece of porcelain can be bet on for nearly ten years, which is really a great thing. If it's not really a very good thing, it's an absolute fake.
Turning to think that Uncle Wang had also checked such a Doucai leaf pattern bottle, but he didn't stop it, Ah San looked at Boss Gong's eyes, and suddenly became a little weird, and his mouth was muttering: "Even if it's something that has been collected for ten years, can't it be that you collected it from the antique stall ten years ago?"
"Well, you kid looks like you're deliberately finding fault. You won't stop without telling you the real thing. Boss Gong understood Ah San's entanglement very well, and immediately didn't explain more, motioned to Ah San to be quiet, and waited for Jia Rudao to finish the identification, and then talk about the origin of this thing, and why it was kept in "Ciyun Zhai" for nearly ten years.
You know, the average porcelain shop can be bet on more than ten years, but there are not too many, and even, many porcelain shops have only been so old for ten years.
However, Ah San thinks that maybe the "rush" that Uncle Wang said is the main reason.
And although Jia Nidao on the side of the coffee table was concentrating on appraising such a piece of porcelain, his ears were not idle, the conversation between Ah San and Boss Gong, as well as Uncle Wang's reminder, he listened to it in his ears and remembered it in his heart.
When looking at this Doucai leaf pattern bottle, Jia Rudao's initial idea was to compare what he saw with the Ming Chenghua Doucai porcelain in his impression, and faintly felt that the porcelain in front of him, at least in style, was very in line with the characteristics of that era.
In this way, for such a piece of porcelain, it is quite a bit of a feeling of falling in love.