Chapter 6 Guardian Auctions

……

"Little brother, do you like this pair of enamelled bowls?"

Just as Wang Zheng was fiddling with the pair of porcelain bowls in his hand, a middle-aged man wearing a plaid half-sleeved shirt, big gray pants on his lower body, and a pair of ordinary blue slippers on his feet, with a flat head, came over and asked with a smile. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"You're the boss here?"

After a brief look at the counter-argument, Wang Zheng asked.

"Yes! These six-metre stalls are mine! ”

Wang Zheng nodded clearly, then pointed to the small bowl that had been put back in place by him and said, "I like this pair of porcelain bowls, how much does it cost?" ”

"Little brother has a good eye, this is the imperial kiln enamel ...... of the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Wait! Boss, you're bullying me for not understanding antiques, aren't you? Enamel? Now the enamel of the three generations of the Qing Dynasty in the world adds up to only a few hundred! ”

Of course, this is a limited bit of identification knowledge that Wang Zheng seems to have from the novels of Jianbao.

"Hehe, I didn't expect the little brother to be young but still an expert!"

"I can't be called an expert, but I usually like to read some books on this subject, so I know a little bit about it!" Wang Zheng tried his best to make himself look more like an 'insider' and avoid giving the other party a chance to open his mouth.

As everyone knows, the baggage in the antique shop is what they like the most, how much they know how to appreciate antiques, but they are not very proficient in the 'two knives', compared to the antique whites who don't understand at all, they are the best to deceive.

"Since the little brother is an insider, then I won't fool you with those words that deal with laymen. My pair of enamel Caishan butterfly glaze entwined flower bowls are indeed not genuine products of the Qianlong Dynasty. But it's also a hundred years old. The old imitation of Jingdezhen during the serious Republic of China was originally exported abroad to earn foreign exchange, so the workmanship is excellent and the materials are exquisite! It's also a rare good thing to see now, so the price is definitely not cheap! ”

"How much?" Wang Zheng couldn't deny it.

"One price, twenty thousand!"

The middle-aged boss smiled and stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty thousand?"

"That's right!"

"No, 20,000, that's too much! I don't have that much money! ”

"Then there is no way!"

The middle-aged boss shook his head with pity on his face.

Facing the other party's eyes that always pay attention to him, Wang Zheng understands that the psychological price of this middle-aged boss must be much lower than 20,000. But compared to the true value of nearly 6 million for this pair of small bowls, 20,000 is simply not worth mentioning.

But Wang Zheng still has to bargain unavoidably. Otherwise, if you agree too happily, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the other party and make the deal twists and turns.

After all, these guys who do business in Panjiayuan are all human spirits.

"Ten thousand! I can only give so much, if the boss agrees, let's trade now! ”

"No, 10,000 is too little! At least 18,000! ”

After arguing with this middle-aged boss, the two sides set the price at fifteen thousand!

In fact, if Wang Zheng continued to grind, the transaction price could be lower, but in order to avoid a lot of dreams at night, he simply cut the price and agreed.

This is followed by card transfer, because the middle-aged boss has his own POS machine, so this step is very convenient.

However, Wang Zheng saw that he had worked hard for two years, and the wealth he had saved by frugality was so lightly swiped and a third was removed, and he wanted to say that it didn't hurt, it was fake.

But the small bowl that he had put in his backpack gave him a lot of comfort.

"The old doesn't go, the new doesn't come!"

"Little brother, your card!"

"Thank you!"

"Little brother, I still have a lot of good things here, do you want to take a look at them again?" It is rare to meet Wang Zheng, the wronged leader, and the middle-aged boss naturally wants to recommend it as much as possible.

It's a pity that Wang Zheng, who has long figured out his fiction here, could be fooled.

"No, thank you!"

After a simple polite sentence, Wang Zheng turned around and left with his backpack on his back. It soon disappeared into the dense flow of people.

"Lao Liang, I made a lot of money today!"

After Wang Zheng walked away, a middle-aged man in a black vest on the stall next to him said in a voice with envy.

"Hehe, it's okay!"

After playing haha with his companion, the middle-aged man surnamed Liang showed a smug look on his face, he really made a lot of money in this transaction. When he bought the pair of porcelain bowls, he only spent twenty or thirty yuan, and sold them for fifteen thousand, which was hundreds of times the profit.

Of course, when the middle-aged man surnamed Liang was proud, Wang Zheng was even more proud! If the second porcelain bowl is also genuine, then he will make at least 5 million profits from it.

It was only at this time that Wang Zheng truly realized what kind of huge profits the antique industry of 'three years of not opening, opening for three years' often mentioned in treasure appreciation novels.

However, buying antiques is not over, Wang Zheng is not for collecting, he is for making money! Therefore, the next step is to sell the treasure that has just arrived.

Although there are many ways to sell, for Wang Zheng, a completely layman, the auction house is the safest.

As for choosing which auction house, Wang Zheng had already thought about it very clearly on the way here!

Because he carried two treasures with him, Wang Zheng didn't dare to squeeze the subway anymore. I spent more than 100 yuan to take a taxi to No. 80 Chongwenmenwai Street! Then take the elevator straight up to the 11th floor, and after watching the elevator open, you will go straight to the logout of Guardian Auction House! Wang Zheng took a deep breath and strode over.

In fact, in the capital of China, almost all the world's best-known auction houses have a branch here, and Christie's and Sotheby's are no exception. But after Wang Zheng considered it comprehensively, he still chose Guardian. Without him, he needs money urgently, and although he is not angry, he still wants to keep Chinese antiques in China.

Of course, Poly Auction, which was originally on a par with Guardian, was also a choice for Wang Zheng, but the advantages of Poly Auction were more concentrated in calligraphy and painting. Relatively speaking, Guardian, which was established earlier, more comprehensive, and has a good reputation, is more suitable for Wang Zheng himself.

"Hello, sir! Welcome, do you have an appointment? ”

When Liu Dong first entered the door, the high-looking front desk lady had already asked respectfully with a smile.

"Nope!"

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

"I have an ancestral antique that I want to auction with you!" Wang Zheng directly explained his intentions.

"Okay, please here!"

As he spoke, the receptionist took Wang Zheng into a completely Chinese-style reception room.

"Sir, here's a form, please fill it out first!"

After Liu Dong sat down, the reception lady had already handed over all the pen and paper.

After taking the form, the content was not complicated, and after a brief browsing, Wang Zheng filled in some simple information such as his name, contact information, and the type of antiques that needed to be auctioned.

"That's it!"

After taking the form and quickly browsing it, there was no problem, the reception lady smiled and said, "Sir, please wait a moment, our appraiser and account manager will come over soon!" ”

"Hmm!"

After Wang Zheng nodded, the receptionist turned around and went out. Soon there was a special service staff who brought him tea and pastries!

Wang Zheng is not surprised by this kind of service, originally when his decoration company received customers, he often did this.

It didn't take long for footsteps from far and near to sound outside the door. When Wang Zheng stood up, a thin middle-aged man in his thirties in a suit; and a middle-aged man in white cotton and linen Chinese half-sleeves with a mustache on his chin, about forty-five or sixteen years old, pushed the door and walked in.

"You are Mr. Wang Zheng, right?"

The man in the suit smiled and stretched out his right hand towards Wang Zheng.

"Hello, I am!"

"Hello, hello, I am the account manager of our Guardian Auction, my name is Li Yang. This is our Guardian Auction's special appraiser, Mr. Zhu Zicheng! ”

"Teacher Zhu, hello!"

"Hello!"

After the two shook hands, Li Yang continued: "Mr. Zhu has very deep skills in porcelain identification, and this time he also provided identification services for Mr. Wang. ”

"Okay!"

"Then let's take a look at Mr. Wang's collection?" After the three of them sat down, Li Yang took the initiative.

"Of course!"

After Wang Zheng nodded, he took the backpack next to him, and then took out a pair of small bowls wrapped in thick newspapers inside, and carefully placed them on the solid wood low table in front of him.

"Huh?"

Zhu Zicheng, who didn't pay much attention to Wang Zheng, immediately became cautious after seeing the two small bowls.

There is no need for Li Yang to say more at this moment, Zhu Zicheng has quickly entered his professional mode, and after taking out the white gloves from his pocket and putting them on, he can not wait to bring the two small bowls in front of him.

For a normal identification model, it would obviously be rude for him to do this without the permission of his master.

However, Wang Zheng, who didn't know anything about antique appraisal, didn't say anything although he frowned.

Only Li Yang, who knows Zhu Zicheng, understands that the other party usually does this, most likely because he has encountered a real boutique antique. So, he also became inspired.

Like the network promotion position of the home improvement company that Wang Zheng once worked in, Li Yang, the account manager, will also have a commission if he can bring a big customer to the company.

Of course, Wang Zheng belongs to the automatic door-to-door customers, and the commission is not so high. But no matter how little money there is, it is still money, and that is also performance.

Time passed minute by minute, and about ten minutes later, Zhu Zicheng put down the two small bowls.