The old woman looked up in some surprise and muttered, "Did you really give it to me?"

"Really for you. Boss Li smiled and stuffed the inkstone in his hand into the old woman's arms, and said with some unease, "However, you also have to report the case as soon as possible." I believe that the guys in our store are still relatively reliable, so don't be cheap thieves, and let the police comrades take care of these bad guys. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you, so I'll go and report it. The old woman stood up and thanked her, "This boss is really a bodhisattva, and good people will be rewarded." ”

Boss Li naturally helped the old woman and said to the guy on the side: "Xiao Liu, you follow the old lady to the police station." ”

The crowd burst into applause. Gradually, the onlookers dispersed. Boss Li looked at the figure of the old woman and the little man walking away, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, you know, someone making trouble in front of his shop, whether it has an impact on business or not, but it is definitely a blow to reputation. Suddenly, I heard a voice, "Boss Li is really a good means." ”

Raising his eyes, the smile on the corner of Boss Li's mouth couldn't help but get stronger: "Okay, you're a san, you actually entertained me." The one next to him should be Boss Jia on the side of 'green, fat, red and thin'. ”

Jia Rudao gestured. When the boss of the antique street had a party that day, Boss Li in front of him was not there, so Jia Rudao didn't know him beforehand. However, judging from what happened just now, no matter what Boss Li said in the end, whether it was contrived or suspected of earning some fame, it was not bad in nature.

Moreover, from the information revealed by Ah San, most of the owners of the shops on this side of the antique street are in line with the idea of prosperity, and they will not interfere with the common thing of fooling buyers with fakes, but if they play "touching porcelain" and the like, they will be suppressed by some other bosses.

Boss Li's actions just now can be regarded as winning a lot of praise for the shops on this side of the antique street. Such a way of dealing with it is unthinkable at the antique stalls.

And what antique vendor would compensate an old woman for crying?

As the owner of an antique street shop, many times, you can't just think about your own and immediate small interests. The boss Li in front of him undoubtedly made a good example for Jia Rudao, the new owner of the antique street shop.

However, although Jia Rudao had the intention of sitting in Boss Li's shop for a while, Ah San was indeed not very interested in the study utensils or something. Besides, there are still a lot of porcelain in ancient times, such as pen washes and pen holders, and Ah San must like it if he looks at it. It's just that Boss Li is here, but there are very few such types, basically based on pen, ink, and inkstone.

On the paper, Jia Rudao saw the "Tang paper" thousands of years ago, which was blank.

Such paper, sometimes blank, is more valuable than scribbles with handwriting. If it is a blank piece of Tang paper, it is still very tempting to ask a living famous artist to imitate the handwriting of a famous master of the Tang Dynasty. When it flows to the market, it will inevitably become a high-quality "fake". At least, from the perspective of Jia Rudao, even if he has a special perception, he can distinguish the difference between these "Tang paper" thousands of years ago and the paper under modern technology, can he still distinguish the handwriting of calligraphers?

Of course, all the old ones that can be used on real Tang paper and imitated calligraphy and painting are of a certain level. It has a certain collection value in itself, otherwise, who would take a few thousand dollars a piece of paper to scribble indiscriminately?

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Out of Boss Li's shop for study utensils, Jia Yidao and Ah San turned to start a real "walking the streets". I almost went door-to-door, but whenever I came across the type of shop I liked, I would stay for a while, and if I was not interested, such as furniture, I would chat with the boss and the guys, and then leave quickly.

In Ah San's words: That is, to get acquainted with the face first.

When it came to "Ciyun Zhai", the guy in Jia Yidao's impression was not there, and the person who received the two was a middle-aged man. Ah San was quite polite to him, and whispered to Jia Yidao, although the boss in front of him was not the boss of "Ciyun Zhai", he had a great relationship with the boss. After finishing speaking, his eyes subconsciously looked back and forth between himself and Jia Yidao.

Jia Rudao suddenly understood a little, Ah San is comparing the relationship between the two of them.

Jia Yidao sighed, such a shop, since it has already opened for business, and it is on the weekend, why is there a customer sitting in the store, and the owner of "Ciyun Zhai" stepped out of the back room a little. When he saw Jia Yidao and Ah San, he was slightly stunned, and then said to Ah San very naturally: "Please sit down, you two were not well entertained just now, please forgive me." ”

Jia Rudao and Ah San hurriedly said that they didn't dare.

The boss of "Ciyun Zhai" is much older than Uncle Zhou of "Zhou Ji", although he is also the boss of the antique street, Jia Rudao does not dare to hold it up.

"Did the two of you come over with a good look, or are you looking at it casually?" The boss first made a calm gesture to his friend, and then asked Ah San, "How is Old Man Wei?"

"The second grandfather talked about you before. Ah San said with a smile.

"Oh, that's strange, isn't the old man reading a few things from me? "Obviously, the boss here is more familiar with Ah San, everyone joked with each other, diluting the strangeness of the first meeting, and then the boss asked Jia Nidao and Ah San about their true intentions.

Although everyone is on the antique street, these bosses are usually busy with their own affairs, and they don't often meet each other.

"What else can we do, naturally we are here to see porcelain, can we still come to you for dinner?" Ah San said with a grin, "It just so happens that Uncle Wang is also here, Boss Gong, shouldn't you come up with some good things for us to pass by?" My brother Xiao Jia, although he is in the jade business, is also very interested in porcelain." ”

Boss Gong's eyes lit up when he said this. As an insider, he naturally understands the profits of the jadeite business. If Jia Nidao is really interested in playing with porcelain or something, then for his "Ciyun Zhai", it is undoubtedly a potential big customer, which is more important than a person like Ah San who relies on Wei Erye's interpersonal relationships and sometimes looks for a little gadget.

In these years, customers who make money are called big customers. Like Ah San, even if he takes a fancy to something good, if the price is too high, Ah San has no ability to accept it directly. Boss Gong's familiarity with Ah San is nothing more than an obstacle to Wei Erye's face.

"Jade business, Xiao Jia ......" Boss Gong pondered for a while, sighed and said, "Could it be that this is the 'green, fat, red and thin' boss on the side? ”

"Who said it wasn't?" Uncle Wang on the side continued, "Seeing the current Ah San and Xiao Jia, Lao Gong, do you think back to the past when we were young, those things that traveled south and north to collect antiques?"

"Hehehe, that's natural, I think at that time, you and I suffered a lot, and it also caused a lot of jokes......" Speaking of the past, Boss Gong and Uncle Wang laughed with some tacit understanding, and then, Boss Gong now seems to be a little snub Jia Yidao and Ah San, and said, "Come, the identities of the two are not outsiders, and they are also interested in porcelain. ”

"I can't ask for it. Ah San said with a smile, stood up, pulled Jia Yidao, who was stunned, and the four of them came to a reception room in the back room of "Ciyun Zhai". Originally, Jia Yidao was still pondering, the people in the hall in front of him were gone, so no one was watching like this, and it was not appropriate.

As a result, Boss Gong was relieved and closed the door directly. Jia Rudao smiled a little wryly and remembered, this is an antique street, for the shops here, it is not a big deal to open more days and less than one day. If you can make a big business, it will be enough to earn back all the time wasted.

Thinking of his mother again, just because the store was vacant for a few days before the opening, he had some complaints, Jia Rudao couldn't help but sigh a little, playing antique collection, the deeper the contact, the more he will understand, this line of work also needs to be substantial......

The reception room is not big, but it seems very exquisite, at a glance you know that it is from the handwriting of experts, clean and tidy, not to mention, everything is placed just right, especially important, the overall structure also exudes a touch of classical charm, quite a bit of antique feeling.

Jia Rudao noticed that on one side of the reception room, there was a display case, and the most striking thing on it was that there was not a single outstanding porcelain work, most of which were stone carvings. One of the most eye-catching is a Shoushan stone carving, carved with a phoenix with wings ready to fly, and a few pieces of bright red color are very skillfully carved into a phoenix crown and feathers.

Recently, Jia Rudao happened to be learning carving, and when he saw such a work, he almost forgot the place where he was at this moment, which was still famous for porcelain.

"Oh. Xiao Jia also has some research on carving?" Boss Gong noticed Jia Yidao's gaze. asked a question, and then said with a smile, "Look at what I said, Xiao Jia is an expert in playing jadeite, and he is naturally the most vocal about stone carving." I got this thing from someone else a few years ago. At first, I just looked at it and felt that this phoenix was very good, so I agreed, and I still haven't understood whether this thing can be handled. Xiao Jia, since you're here, why don't you tell me?"

"This work is not only good in momentum. Jia Rudao sighed, and knew in his heart that this was a favor that Boss Gong sold to himself. Everyone has just met, and they don't know each other very well, Boss Gong suddenly followed his own interests and hobbies, and let himself show his strengths in front of everyone, I have to say that this is Boss Gong's performance that he values more seriously.

Jia Rudao naturally wouldn't be polite, thought about the wording, and said simply: "The material of the whole stone carving belongs to Shoushan stone, and I won't say much about its preciousness." In carving knife work, it is enough for a novice like me to learn. As for the overall layout, especially the use of the color above, it is lifelike, and it is a rare boutique in the stone carving of Shoushan in Fujian. ”

"Hehe, Xiao Jia, you don't know this, Boss Gong is also a person who likes strange stone collections. Ah San said with a smile on the side, "I can't say, you two will find other common languages besides porcelain." ”

"The two little friends are polite. Boss Gong said modestly.

"Boss Gong doesn't have to be so polite. Ah San was a little displeased, "'Ciyun Zhai' is also a decades-old shop, not to mention as far away as the provincial capital, in the Linhai area, at least a brand store for porcelain collection, besides, Boss Gong, you are also a connoisseur of porcelain collection." If it is an exaggeration to say that you are full of fine products here, then most of them are treasures, which is a big truth. ”

Speaking of this, Ah San suddenly turned his head and asked Jia Yidao, "Xiao Jia, do you know why there are no porcelain decorations in this reception room?"

Jia Yidao looked around, it was really so, but he shook his head slightly.

It is said that Boss Gong was afraid that when customers came to negotiate business, all their attention would be attracted by other porcelain placed in the reception room, so he decided not to display some of his collection of porcelain in the reception room. Ah San said with a smile, "Now, you should always know how many good things Boss Gong has on hand, right?"

When Jia Rudao heard this, he glanced at Boss Gong in surprise.

I really didn't see it, and I dared to love the lack of porcelain in the reception room because of such a reason. It can only be said that Boss Gong is not a confident person, or a person who is too confident.

The four of them sat separately, and Boss Gong personally made a cup of tea for everyone. It is Biluochun, or new tea. The rising mist, with a faint and elegant fragrance, made the whole reception room soon filled with a fragrant smell. Jia Rudao involuntarily took a deep breath, as the so-called fragrant overflowing, refreshing, quite a calming effect.

And Boss Gong is not in a hurry at all about the porcelain to be taken out.

It's like the tea leaves in the tea, slowly, and as much as possible, it stretches little by little......

Jia Rudao could only wait like this, and none of the four spoke first, asking about the porcelain, and Ah San was still saying some digressions, intentionally or unintentionally. Jia Rudao only listened quietly, listened, and occasionally interjected a few words. From this point on, Jia Rudao pondered that he should also learn some basic cultivation skills. Otherwise, when you meet some older generation customers in the future, you will suffer a lot of losses when you negotiate with them.

Many times, whether it is dealing with people or doing business, what they pay attention to is a fire. And the time to wait is indispensable.

Taking a small sip of tea, Jia Yidao felt that the taste was really good. Even if Jia Rudao doesn't know very well, he can feel some of the beauty of it, no wonder so many people like to taste tea, and it has also derived a broad and profound "tea ceremony".

"Huh, what is this?" Jia Rudao suddenly saw that under the coffee table, there was such a utensil similar to the shape of the Xuande furnace, and he couldn't help but be curious, and glanced at Boss Gong who was chatting with Ah San about Wei Erye. And with Jia Nidao's "huh", everyone's attention was focused on Jia Nidao's side.

Looking at Jia Yidao's line of sight, Boss Gong said with a smile: "This is a Xuande furnace, I don't know the specific age yet." If Xiao Jia is interested, he may wish to help take a look. ”

The three words "Xuande furnace", as long as you know a little bit about it, must be like thunder. I have to say that its fame is really loud enough. Just listening to what Boss Gong said, Uncle Wang and Ah San were ready to take a closer look.

Jia Rudao picked it up nearby, and it was very heavy to start, a little pressing. Tilted the Xuande furnace slightly, and saw that at the bottom paragraph, there were three lines of six-character regular script "Ming Xuande Year System". However, in Jia Yidao's impression, almost most of the Xuande furnaces, whether they are real or old, most of them will get such a style, right?

Otherwise, how can it be called Xuande furnace?

Jia Rudao played with the Xuande furnace carefully for a while, and felt a little nervous in his heart. This is a rare mood for Jia Yidao. It's not that such a Xuande furnace in front of him makes Jia Yidao a little uncontrollable, for fear that he will bump into it, or he may have the intention of picking up leaks. Some of the information of the Xuande furnace, Jia Rudao also knows something. It doesn't matter whether this thing is real or fake since ancient times, because there are too few genuine products, and there are a lot of imitations in later generations. Not to mention anything else, even the ones displayed in the museum, there are also many copper incense burners marked as Xuande models.

But what about the actual situation?

These Xuande copper incense burners on display are from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, and no one knows whether they are genuine.

Jia Yidao's nervousness was only affected by the atmosphere in the reception room. You must know that this is "Ciyun Zhai", sitting in front of Jia Nidao is Boss Gong of "Ciyun Zhai", and the "Xuande Furnace" in people's mouths is far heavier than some other people say.

It's like an ordinary thing, if the emperor has used it, then he has the capital of pride invisibly. This is also the reason why some things that have been collected by celebrities are worth a lot more than the same things that have no historical stories.

Otherwise, why do the vendors in the antique street desperately make up stories for their things? Attracting the attention of buyers is one aspect, and more importantly, it is to let customers understand that the things they want to buy have a historical heritage, and this thing is inherited in an orderly way in the collection.

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After Jia Rudao simply appreciated it, he put the Xuande furnace on the coffee table. Then, Uncle Wang first took it and played with it, and asked casually: "Old Gong, when did you collect this thing? This thing looks very good." "I don't ask Boss Gong to answer honestly.

Then Ah San took his hand, and while looking at it casually, he muttered: "Boss Gong, this should be a Ming imitation thing." This overall shape is relatively full. Cupola is also very real, in the touch of the feel, there is a little meaning, indicating that the copper of this stove is very refined, really good...... How much does it cost?"

Jia Rudao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

According to common sense, if a person helps you identify something, and most of the words in his mouth are good, then it means that this person is obviously not very optimistic about your object, or even if he is relatively optimistic, he does not want to accept it. Otherwise, he himself said that this thing is relatively good, which is not conducive to his next bargaining.

After Ah San's previous call, Jia Rudao was thinking that he was unlikely to ask about the price, but inexplicably, Ah San asked, very suddenly. Don't say it's Jia Yidao, even Boss Gong, who is with the old god, was also caught off guard, right?

Jia Yidao raised his eyes slightly and looked at Boss Gong's reaction, and was really a little surprised. However, Ah San opened his mouth to ask, and Boss Gong couldn't help answering, and said: "I just received this thing, and I just said it, I don't know the specific age myself, and it's hard to be sure." ”

"Boss Gong, what you said is wrong. Ah San said with a smile, "If you can determine everything yourself, then how dare a little player like us accept things from you?"

If Boss Gong himself knew the specific market price for each piece of collectibles, that is to say, all the things that flowed out of his hands would not make a big profit, then who would be willing to buy porcelain from "Ciyun Zhai".

Anyone who collects a piece of porcelain, even if he likes it to death, hopes that when he buys it, it can be lower than the market price, and there is an opportunity to pick up the leakage. After all, the kind of people who know that they will suffer a loss if they buy it, but still want to buy it, belong to the absolute minority.