"By the way, Brother Zhang, when you were in Yangon, you told Mao Shifa that it was an excuse, I know you are not the kind of person who is greedy for enjoyment, you must buy this thing for a reason, ivory woven mats, what kind of price can it reach?"

Back in the hotel room, Zhang Tianyuan carefully took out the ivory mat, ready to check what was written in Japan, Myanmar Internet is very inconvenient, but this five-star hotel is still okay.

When Serlin helped Zhang Tianyuan, he couldn't help but ask, he knew that Zhang Tianyuan was not the kind of person who had no purpose, since he bought this thing, he must have bought it for the purpose of enjoyment, saying that it was for enjoyment?

"Hehe, I sue you, the value of this ivory mat is not something that can be measured with money, this is a first-class cultural relic in China, only the Palace Museum has it, and others don't have it at all. If you really want to say a price, it is estimated that it can be hundreds of millions, the key is that whoever gives me 100 million now, I will not sell it if I am killed. ”

There is a sentence in many books, called "Gold in troubled times, collection in prosperous times".

In fact, when the war is in chaos, antiques and other collectibles are not at a high price, and many people sell them directly, after all, these things are very inconvenient to pick up, and it is better to exchange them for gold. But in times of peace, it's completely different, and this gold guest is not as valuable as an antique.

Let's just talk about Zhang Tianyuan, even if others are willing to exchange gold for him for this fixation, he himself is not willing to exchange it.

"Hundreds of millions! first-class cultural relics!"

Serpentine has worked in the army and has also recaptured a lot of cultural relics for the country, so the concept of first-class cultural relics is still very clear.

The "Grading Standards for Cultural Relics Collections" stipulates that cultural relics collections are divided into precious cultural relics and general cultural relics. Precious cultural relics are divided into first, second and third grades. Representative cultural relics with particularly important historical, artistic, and scientific value are classified as first-class cultural relics, second-class cultural relics with important historical, artistic, and scientific value, and third-class cultural relics with relatively important historical, artistic, and scientific value. Those with certain historical, artistic and scientific value are general cultural relics.

This ivory mat is a first-class cultural relic among the precious cultural relics. That is, this is the best artifact.

The snake can't help but be shocked. He let go of his hand in disbelief, because his hand was still touching the mat. He didn't dare to touch it at this time, for fear that he would accidentally touch this thing. He had seen Zhang Tianyuan pick up treasures, and it was not the first time, but every time he had a different shock, it was the first time that he had picked up first-class cultural relics.

For a moment, Serpentine thought that he would simply learn some antique knowledge, and simply do this business, how fast the money would come. But he soon rejected the idea. What kind of skills do you have? So what kind of meal to eat, so many people who collect antiques and antiques, and they don't say a few like Zhang Tianyuan, this is a real genius, and he can't learn it by himself, just like people like Einstein and Edison, in the past thousands of years, there has been such a one.

"Brother, first-class cultural relics can't be sold. Otherwise, it is a crime. Serpentine reminded.

"I know this, I'm not interested in selling this thing, I'm going to keep it for myself, such a good thing. Wouldn't it be a shame to sell it? ”

Zhang Tianyuan never thought of selling this thing, if it was when he first started playing antiques, he didn't have any money in his hands. Then it is estimated that it will be sold, and the state does not allow it to be bought and sold. That's fine, just take it to Hong Kong and sell it. But now it's different. He himself is definitely unwilling to sell, the key for him now is not short of money, if he is short of money, then it is better to say, it would be a pity to sell without lack of money.

The two of them were talking, and suddenly remembered the doorbell outside, when Serlin opened the door, it was Xiao Fengrui and Murong De who walked in, and Zhang Tianyuan was too focused on the problem, so he didn't notice that someone came in, if he knew, he would definitely put the mat away first, this is not an ordinary thing after all, if outsiders see it, it will not be good after all.

"Stinky boy, you're hiding here alone to watch the baby, just now I heard the kid with hairy stone hair say that you bought a broken mat and spent nine thousand dollars, and thought you were crazy, but later I found out that it was an ivory woven mat, whether it was a real thing, if it was a real thing, nine thousand dollars for your kid to take advantage of it." ”

Xiao Fengrui's relationship with Zhang Tianyuan is now closer, this is not only a relative, but also because he knows that Zhang Tianyuan saved his wife, Zhang Tianyuan can even tell him such an important secret, that is, he regards him as a very good friend, he and Zhang Tianyuan are not only brothers and sisters now, but also talk a lot more casually.

"Since the two eldest brothers are here, let's come and have a look together, in fact, I can't be sure, but I saw that the person named Xiaoshi is still more sincere, and nine thousand dollars is not too expensive, so I gritted my teeth and bought it, just you can help me identify it and see if this is a real ivory mat." Of course Zhang Tianyuan won't tell the truth, in this way, it's actually okay, let Xiao Fengrui and Murong De appreciate it, and he doesn't have to be too public.

In recent years, there have been a lot of fake ivory carvings.

Due to the high value of ivory materials and the small number of sources, but its purity and gentleness are particularly favored, counterfeit ivory products are not uncommon. Most of its counterfeiters use bone materials to imitate tooth materials, smoke and dye new tooth materials to pass off fake as real, and make huge profits with shoddy products.

The identification of ivory carving handicrafts is the same as the identification of bamboo carving, starting from its texture, style, shape, pattern, style, etc., grasp the key, comprehensive investigation, in order to remove the false and retain the true.

In fact, there are many identification methods, which generally have to be considered holistically, but Xiao Fengrui and Murong De are not experts in ivory carving, so their judgments are a bit one-sided, but they are all correct.

Xiao Fengrui said: "The ivory itself has its own unique pattern, called 'tooth pattern', just like the age of the tree; with the center of the tooth center to the surrounding expansion, as the elephant grows older, the tooth pattern becomes thicker and thicker, and the natural pattern of the ivory is a deep and a shallow tooth pattern to form a parallel or 'human' shape and a network shape." The tooth carvings that are generally used to make zuò fake are all bones, and bone imitations have no tooth patterns. It has a rough texture, and the surface is covered with small rough sand spots when viewed with a magnifying glass. Along the way, you can tell whether it is tooth or bone by looking at the tooth lines and small sand spots, and the lines are almost impossible to see in plastic products. Judging by this. This thing should be a good thing, really a good thing, such a detailed ivory mat, it is really very rare, especially after the silk splitting process is lost, if you want to use ivory to make zuò mats, it is simply impossible, many so-called ivory mats on the market are counterfeited with plastic, you are good. It's true, maybe Emperor Yongzheng is still sitting here and reading the chapter, you are too good, this ability to pick up leaks is really too big, this treasure seems to be related to you, always running to your hands. ”

Murong De also nodded and said: "Genuine ivory products are not hydrophobic, if water droplets are used on the products, the water droplets have no obvious edges, and they can be evenly adsorbed on the products after being wiped by hand." Water does not shrink, while plastic textiles are hydrophobic, i.e. water droplets dripping on plastic will not soak away, and water traces will shrink when you wipe the water droplets by hand. I just saw your sweat dripping on it, which basically proves that this is the real thing, and I envy it. Brother Zhang, your good luck really makes us jealous, you explain honestly. Isn't it the Jade Emperor's brother-in-law?"

After Xiao Fengrui and Murong De observed for a long time, they both came to their own conclusions. The two of them really admired Zhang Tianyuan so much, they knew that Zhang Tianyuan was good at picking up leaks, but they were surprised when they encountered it repeatedly, it seems that no matter where they go, this baby is like a shadow, this ivory woven mat is a domestic thing in the Qing Dynasty, and it was actually met when Zhang Tianyuan came to Myanmar, do you say this is fate?

Listening to Murong De and Xiao Fengrui's words, Zhang Tianyun shook his head and smiled: "That's not the way I put it, I also hope that I am the brother-in-law of the Jade Emperor, or even the son-in-law of the Jade Emperor, but it's a pity that it can't be done, if it's true, why am I going to Myanmar so hard." As soon as you arrive at the hotel, you will sleep with your head covered, I worked hard to go to Yangon under the scorching sun, but it took a two-hour plane back and forth, this is not called luck, this is simply God's reward for hard work!"

"Alas, what you said makes sense, if we are diligent and go to Yangon, maybe this thing will be ours, but it's a pity, it's a pity, it was preempted by your kid. But this thing can't be traded in China, or I will open 200 million, how about you sell it to me? I have to give Old Man Ye a gift, the Seven Dragons Chengxiang you gave to Old Man Nie last time made him blush enough. ”

Xiao Fengrui believes in Zhang Tianyuan's vision and character, so he really dares to spend 200 million to buy this thing, although 200 million is a lot, but he can still take it, if he can please Old Man Ye, not only will life be smooth in the future, but it is estimated that the Ye family will also be indispensable in this business.

Because after returning to China, this thing can't be bought and sold, and it's okay to trade privately, but if something happens, it will be very troublesome, so it's better to get this thing in Myanmar first, and as for the money, he can give it to Zhang Tianyuan after he goes back.

"I want to do a good thing, I'll give you 200 million, you can get me an identical thing? By the way, Brother Xiao, can you redeem the things I sold to you now? I know now that it's easy to sell things, but it's hard to buy things, and now I don't know where to spend it if I have money. ”

Zhang Tianyuan rejected Xiao Fengrui very firmly, and even put forward a request to redeem the antiques that he had sold before, of course, he was just talking, he really regretted selling, now that he has money, and if he wants to buy it back, it will be very difficult, unless Xiao Fengrui and they have a big financial problem, then it is possible, but it is also a bit of a robbery, which is not good.

Now Zhang Tianyuan will not sell what he has in his hands, and when he really wants to collect, he will know how hard it is to collect, you want to buy, you fancy other people's things, and others may not be willing to sell it. Picking up this kind of thing is purely based on luck, if you encounter a good one, if you can't meet it, then it's useless for you to be anxious.

"Don't think about it, don't think about it, what was sold to us is ours, if you kid wants to rob it with his wealth, don't blame us for turning our faces. ”

"Come on, Brother Xiao, that's what I said, you're really afraid of me robbing, don't you know who I am? Peace of mind, but Brother Xiao, if you encounter difficulties in the future and want to sell, then come to me, I promise to give you the best price." (To be continued......)