Chapter 12 Zhenbao Lane
After the Spring Festival, Mu Ying was really transferred to work in Shangpu, Xu Gang and her at the airport for a while, Zhang Tianyuan was cold, the two guys didn't see each other anymore, can they be so tired?
Liu Mengxun went back to the other side before the Spring Festival, and also went to Shangpu after the Spring Festival, and called Zhang Tianyuan, saying that if he needed any help, he could speak, but Zhang Tianyuan politely refused, and now he will ask Liu Mengxun for help, and the relationship will be even more unequal in the future.
Zhang Tianyuan and Xu Gang had already told their families about their plans to relocate the jade shop to Shangpu, and they had made preparations before the Spring Festival, waiting for them to leave after the Spring Festival.
In the past two days, Xu Gang has been jumping up and down, very excited, and even specially bought a book on Shangpu dialect to learn, he heard that if he can't speak Shangpu dialect when he arrives in Shangpu, it will be more difficult to do business.
Zhang Tianyuan wanted to take a good turn in the antique market in Xifeng City before he left to see if he could find some treasures, so that he would have funds in the future, and he would not have to borrow money from others.
This time, the shops in Shangpu were all rented with the help of Li Xiao's father, and the deposit had already been paid in advance, so he couldn't keep bothering others.
If it is troublesome, Zhang Tianyuan will be coerced to repay the favor, which will create a very bad impression on others.
It was right that he saved Li Xiao at the beginning, but Li Xiao's father had already done a lot of things for him, and it would be embarrassing to trouble others again.
There are many historical and cultural monuments in Xifeng City, it is a famous cultural ancient city, especially the cultural imprint of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty is the most profound, which makes Xifeng City feel a kind of Qin style and Han rhyme everywhere, including the cultural relics of Qin, Han and Tang Dynasty are very popular here, which makes the people of Xifeng City taste a kind of ancient cultural fun.
In fact, there are two antique markets in Xifeng City, the more famous is Qinhan Street, which is a place where outsiders like to come for sightseeing and buy and sell things.
However, the locals went to another place more often - Zhenbao Lane.
This alley is very hidden, and it is also very small, not as big as Qinhan Street, ordinary people may not be able to find it at all, even if you take the electronic map to find, it is likely to be easily missed, but the locals know that this is the place to go for good things.
The place where Zhang Tianyuan is now is Zhenbao Lane.
This is also the only antique market in Xifeng City originally, dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are even some courtyards in the Ming and Qing dynasties, I heard that several TV series and movies were filmed in the courtyard of this alley, but unfortunately even so, the fame here is not big.
There are many kinds of collections here, if you want, you can also go shopping for a day can also be completely different, such as jade, bronze, coins, wood, porcelain, silver, miscellaneous, calligraphy and painting, comic books, stamps, Old banknotes and so on, but if you want to talk about the characteristics, it is still very Qin, Han and Tang style ceramics and bronzes, which is also the most circulating objects every day, there are fakes, there are genuine products, anyway, the collection, there is a loss, some people are for fun, and some people are to make money, the purpose is different, the fun of collecting is different.
The best thing about Zhenbao Lane is that there is no city administrator here, or it is relatively loosely controlled, which makes some small traders, even tomb robbers who touch the gold, come here to sell something.
There are also people who bring their old gadgets here and want to exchange them for some money.
Because Xifeng City has a long history, many residents here have things handed down from their ancestors, some are treasures, and some are of course worthless, but no matter what, these things fill Zhenbao Lane, which also makes this alley more lively and worth visiting.
Just after the Spring Festival, it was still cold, but fortunately there was no snow, and the Zhenbao Lane was full of people, bustling, and lively.
If you look closely, most of the people who come to this alley are elderly, and only some of the guys in the shop are young people.
Of course, Zhang Tianyuan is an exception, the entire Zhenbao Lane, looking at the guests walking on the street, I am afraid that he is alone under the age of fifty.
Most young people prefer to go to Qinhan Street, where it is not only spacious, but also sells more beautiful things, there is also a calligraphy and painting street inside, specifically to buy some imitation calligraphy and painting and modern calligraphy and painting, young people do not care about the collection, buy a few and take it back to hang at home, it is also a pig's nose with onions, pretending to be an elephant.
And most of the people in Zhenbao Lane know how to collect, as for how much they know, it's not very clear.
In this line of collection, there are many choices, and the quality of the goods is also good and bad, not as simple as true or fake.
For example, there are pretty goods, loaded goods, open door goods, pressure goods, gift goods, and licensed goods, even if it is true, then you may not be cost-effective if you buy it, and you may not be able to make money.
In the price code of collectibles, there are also sky-high prices and line prices, it depends on how you handle and how you judge.
Although Zhang Tianyuan has mastered the six-character truth, but he does not dare to start rashly, collecting this industry, after all, it is still experience, even if there is a six-character truth, you can buy real things, but you may not be able to buy valuable things, so he is also careful to observe first, not easy to start, if you want to buy, you must also buy those things that can be confirmed to be more valuable.
The antique collection industry is also different from others, if you buy something online, if you buy a fake, then you can return it, and you can even resort to law, but the collection industry, there is no such statement.
There is a no-return rule in this industry.
The antique industry is an industry with knowledge and vision, people who understand and people who are experts will buy, since they understand antiques, buying real and fake generally say that there is no rule for returns.
It includes a lot of complex reasons. For example, there is basically no price standard for antiques, and in the process of trading, both parties must voluntarily close the transaction after a contest of comprehensive knowledge such as history, culture, appreciation and discernment.
At the same time, because the liability of both parties cannot be effectively defined for after-sales damage, it is more important to pay more attention to the friendship and trust generated by long-term contact and communication between the buyer and the seller, so they can achieve friendly negotiation with each other during or after the transaction.
That's why, there is basically no genuine thing in those antique shops on the surface, or there is nothing too valuable, the real good things, which are prepared for the old customers, this is the friendship and trust generated by long-term contact and exchange, the buyer is not afraid of losses, but in fact, he can't make a lot of money, just to stabilize the word, of course, come here to buy things, not to make money, more to collect, because most of them are rich people.
And the seller believes that these old customers are basically open for three years, and then they are not afraid of not opening for three years, which is also a stable word.
In addition, there is no so-called fraud in this industry.
Anyone who buys and sells antiques must be connoisseurs, connoisseurs must have a certain eye for appreciation, and the authenticity and falsehood, age and taste of antiques are extremely complex, understanding and cognition, opinions and conclusions are different, it is a project of common argumentation and research by connoisseurs.
And with the market, price and market trading circulation intertwined, without strong professional quality and recognition of the eye is impossible to collect good, few, fine, strange, absolute antique artworks, and some antiques even the seller can not study thoroughly.
In fact, buying and selling antiques is a contest between buyers and sellers in terms of knowledge, maybe the seller misses the sale, maybe the buyer buys a fake and buys the wrong one, and can only summarize the lessons learned, which is two different concepts from fraud. The so-called antique shop is not suitable for ordinary people, and the difficulty lies in the authenticity and falsehood, and it is impossible for laymen to understand the connotation of the antique industry.
It is precisely because of the above two rules, so some people in the antique collection industry will make a lot of money, some people will lose a lot, there is a way in this, your ability is good, you can make money, your ability is not good, then sorry, there is no way to lose.
Zhang Tianyuan found a few pieces of pressed goods in the antique store, that is, the treasure of the town store, but unfortunately people don't sell them at all, and he is not the kind of person who is particularly rich, he can use money to stone others to death, so he has no choice but to give up, and then choose those private stalls.
Most of the things sold by those people are defective, rotten, and can even be said to be garbage, but if you are lucky, you can buy good treasures for very little money, Zhang Tianyuan feels that he is still more suitable for shopping in these stalls, hoping to hit the luck.
But after turning back and forth, he didn't find anything worth selling, and Zhang Tianyuan couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
What he didn't know was that at this time, a pair of thief's eyes were already staring at him.