Shi Lei stretched out his hand to find the man and asked for the string of agarwood again, looked at it carefully, put it on the tip of his nose from time to time and sniffed it gently, and learned more about agarwood. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"The dark part on the top is the oil of the white wood, which is why agarwood is called agarwood. ”

Shi Lei returned the bracelet to the man and asked: "That means that the agarwood on the market today is basically artificially made, right? Of course, there seems to be no difference between artificial and natural." ”

The man shook his head slowly and said, "The first half of the sentence is good, more than ninety percent of the agarwood on the market today is artificial agarwood, and as an ordinary daily thing, there is no problem." However, there is still a big difference between man-made and natural, and this is not an attribute that can be given by time alone. Natural agarwood, especially inverted agarwood, which has been tested by water sinking and buried in sand for many years, is relatively solid inside, and nature also helps us to directly eliminate the parts that have no oil or less oil, leaving behind the parts with extremely thick oil. Ordinary white wood, the density is between 0.4 and 0.6, and artificial agarwood due to the short incense time, businessmen are always profit-seeking, it is impossible to let the white wood continue to secrete oil, with a little fragrance to take out and sell for money. Therefore, it is difficult for the density of such agarwood to exceed 0.8. However, most of the natural agarwood, especially the inverted agarwood, can be sunk in water, and the so-called agarwood is also named from this. The best in agarwood, also known as Qi Nan, is formed by the change of agarwood oil, where there is Qi Nan, there must be agarwood, but where there is agarwood, it may not be able to produce Qi Nan. This is another branch, and the doorway here is too deep for me to touch easily. Qi Nan is absolutely impossible to obtain by artificial means, at least not yet, so the price of one gram of Qi Nan is also unimaginable to the world, dozens or even hundreds of times that of gold is not exaggerated. ”

Shi Lei was dumbfounded, dozens or even hundreds of times more than gold? Are you kidding me? About 300 yuan a gram of gold, wouldn't dozens of times cost tens of thousands of grams? What if it was hundreds of times? Shi Lei was simply unimaginable.

"Many businessmen on the market use all kinds of means to forge Qi Nan with their conscience, and I don't know how many people are fooled by this every year, not to mention anything else, just a little, the so-called Qi Nan in the market now, but two or three thousand yuan a gram, this kind of price, connoisseurs know that it is absolutely impossible to buy Qi Nan. ”

Shi Lei hurriedly calculated his assets, 100,000 yuan a week already made him feel that he was so rich that he couldn't do it, but if he used this money to buy Qi Nan, wouldn't he only be able to buy a few grams a week?

Seeing Shi Lei's surprised and inexplicable appearance, the man smiled again, added a cup of new tea to Shi Lei, and said slowly: "Little brother, don't be too surprised, if you are interested in cultural play, don't start playing with agarwood." As I suggested, you'd better start with some less expensive rosewoods. ”

"I know mahogany, doesn't it mean that mahogany is expensive?" Shi Lei interjected.

The man still smiled slightly, and said: "The reason why mahogany is very expensive in the world's impression is because of two points, first, most people actually refer to mahogany furniture, and even if it is not mahogany, a set of all-wood furniture has to be tens of thousands or even more than 100,000, so in comparison, the price of a set of mahogany furniture is not particularly outrageous." And the second point, when people talk about mahogany, what comes to mind is HN Huanghuali, a precious variety of mahogany such as Indian small-leaved red sandalwood, which naturally raises the value of mahogany in the impression. In fact, in ancient times, mahogany was only a general term for red hardwood, and in modern times, in order to regulate the market, the state standardized mahogany into two families, five genera, eight categories, and thirty-three types. Wenge wood and all kinds of sour branches and all kinds of sandalwood are among them. In addition to the often said HN yellow pear and small leaf red sandalwood, the price of other mahogany is not too high as a cultural play. For example, African wenge wood, most of the bracelets are only a few tens of yuan. ”

Shi Lei suddenly realized, nodded desperately, and said, "There are so many sayings, I really don't know anything." ”

The man smiled generously and said: "The literary play is the study room instrument developed from the four treasures of the study, and later the Buddhist and Taoist supplies were also added to it, all kinds of materials are available, and wood is only one of the larger branches." In recent years, the living conditions have improved, and many people have begun to place their affection on all kinds of utensils, which has enriched the antique market again. Although it is called an antique street, it is actually a cultural street, and the antiques of the real age are basically going to the auction, who will sell them here?"

Shi Lei only felt that he had benefited a lot today, but the miscellaneous items of literature and entertainment were a very large category, and the knowledge involved in them was impossible for him to learn in a short period of time. What he cares more about is actually the price of the game, which is related to the speed at which he spends money in the future.

"According to what you say, the price of the cultural play here is also very large, right?"

The man nodded with a smile and said: "Except for a few stores, most of the stores are inflated, and it is difficult to say the specifics, but if you are interested in buying two pieces back, you must remember one thing, only the wrong purchase is not the wrong sale, no matter how much the final transaction price is, you can't take advantage of them, at best, you can compress their profit margins to a minimum." ”

Shi Lei heard something else, so he asked, "What about you here?"

The man laughed, shook his head, and said, "Do you want me to beat you out when you ask that?" Fortunately, you can ask me, and if you ask someone else's words, I'm afraid that you will turn your face on the spot. My store is also unique on this street, and it is probably the only one that does not negotiate the price. ”

Shi Lei nodded, of course, he didn't fully believe this man's words, after all, he was also a businessman, how could he not make money by opening a store?

"I don't dare to buy anything like this, it's obvious that I'm slaughtered, it's just how much I've been slaughtered. ”

The man shook his head again and said with a smile: "I can't say that, it mainly depends on your understanding of Wenyu." You walk into a random store and take a fancy to an object, don't care about the price at all, you have to have a basic value judgment about the object in your own heart. Then ask for a price, and if the other party's offer is not outrageous, you will make a counter-offer, as close as possible to the price in your heart. To a large extent, there is no accurate price for this kind of thing, after all, there will never be two exactly the same objects in this world, and some are just similar to each other. Therefore, the first is related to culture, and the second is also a play mentality. For the same object, the value standards in the hearts of different people are different, the so-called favorite. If you like it, the price will be higher, and if you don't like it, the price will naturally be lower. ”

"You mean if I want to buy something, I'll never be able to show that I like it in front of the shopkeeper?"

The man laughed and said, "The son can be taught, that's about it." The basis for all of this is that you have a basic understanding of these things, though. If you don't know anything, naturally there is no standard to measure it, and those profiteers don't slaughter you like that, who do they slaughter?"

Shi Lei thought for a long time, and finally said, "You really never negotiate here?"

The man smiled silently.