Chapter 308: Brother Kong Fang
"Gambling stones?" Jiang Ping asked subconsciously, and at the same time, his brain spun rapidly.
Even in his previous life, Jiang Ping had only studied the finished products of jadeite and jade. And how to identify the jadeite rough, it can be said that it is ignorant.
However, in this life, Jiang Ping has the ability to snob, and it is not a problem to see through the jade rough. Just like the last time you found a sea yellow material at the demolition site, as long as you can see the golden light on the rough stone, it means that the stone will definitely win the bet. Since this is the case, Jiang Ping naturally wants to take a look.
Although everyone is saying it right now, jadeite and jade have risen sharply. But judging from the experience of Jiang Ping's previous life, these things will increase by tens or even hundreds of times in the next ten years, and it is definitely a good choice to make a little investment now.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ping no longer hesitated, and immediately said to Wu Hanqing: "This is really good, I'll go with you!" β
In fact, Wu Hanqing asked Jiang Ping out of politeness, but he didn't expect him to be really interested in gambling stones, and he couldn't help laughing: "I really didn't expect it, your interests are really extensive, and you are actually interested in gambling stones." β
"It's all cultivated when I was already learning physiognomy from my master." Jiang Ping smiled at Wu Hanqing very modestly: "My master has also studied in the gambling stone and passed on all his experience to me. It's just that I haven't had the opportunity to practice, so I just took advantage of this time to try my vision. β
Hearing Jiang Ping's words, Wu Hanqing was also solemn. He had witnessed this young man's miraculous physiognomy with his own eyes. The gambling stone skills taught by the same master must be not trivial, and Wu Hanqing can't wait to see how Jiang Ping's performance on the gambling stone is.
Since Jiang Ping is willing to go. Of course, Wu Hanqing will not refuse. Immediately smiled and said, "That's good." I'm going to leave early the day after tomorrow and we'll meet at the intersection, how about that? β
"No problem." Jiang Ping smiled: "I also have to go and prepare, let's see you then!" β
"Okay, see you then!" Wu Hanqing also had a lot of things to arrange, and soon left in a hurry.
Jiang Ping is very confident in using snobbery to judge the rough stone, but the premise is that there is enough aura to support it. In order to ensure a sufficient supply of aura, Jiang Ping had to carry a batch of antiques with him.
Jiang Ping had already thought about it. Because of the long distance to the south gambling stone, the antiques carried must be small in size and not easy to damage, which is more convenient to carry, and if it can also provide abundant aura, it will be more ideal.
There are not many antiques that can meet so many conditions at the same time, and the best choice is only ancient coins. Fortunately, there are a lot of antique coins sold on the antique street, so Jiang Ping decided to wander around here first and buy as many suitable ancient coins as possible.
Although it is not a weekend, there are still many antique coins for sale in the antique shops on both sides of the antique street. Although the price will be relatively high. But Jiang Ping didn't really care. In fact, all he needs is the aura in the ancient coin, as for the ancient coin itself. As long as you don't lose money when you sell it in the future.
It was precisely because of this idea that after visiting a few shops, Jiang Ping received more than a dozen ancient coins that were quite good in all aspects. However, considering that if you go to the south to gamble on stones, there are hundreds of original stones to be identified, and this ancient coin alone is definitely not enough.
Jiang Ping decided to buy as many ancient coins as possible, so he came to a shop pΓΉ with a lot of personality on the antique street, and the name of this shop pΓΉ is very characteristic - Brother Kong Fang.
Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this shop specializes in all kinds of ancient coins. Although the faΓ§ade is not large, the counters, walls, and other places are full of ancient coins for sale. Even a well-informed person like Jiang Ping walked into the store, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the number and variety of ancient coins here were something he had never seen before.
Brother Kong Fang's boss is also surnamed Kong, named Kong Weichao, and he is a middle-aged man in his early fifties. Wearing a pair of thick glasses, he looks more like an old pedant. When Jiang Ping walked into the store, Kong Weichao was using a magnifying glass to examine an ancient coin.
Seeing that a guest came to the door, Kong Weichao didn't deliberately come out to greet him, but just nodded lightly to Jiang Ping and said, "Please look at it casually, just take a fancy to what you call me!" β
Seeing a lot of antique shop owners, when they saw customers, they stepped forward to greet them, implementing the strategy of pressing step by step, Jiang Ping was very satisfied with the casual atmosphere of Brother Kong Fang. He also nodded to Kong Weichao, and said with a smile: "Cheng, I'll trouble you again after I see it." β
After saying this, Jiang Ping casually looked at it in the store. There are really a lot of good things in Brother Kong Fang, and Jiang Ping soon fell in love with more than 20 ancient coins. These coins are either small in existence or very old, and they are all good things. Of course, the aura contained in it will be very abundant. Except for places like Brother Kong Fang, which specialize in selling ancient coins, it is really not easy to find so many in other stores at once.
Jiang Ping silently calculated in his heart, if you count these more than twenty ancient coins, there are nearly fifty in total. Although the number is still slightly insufficient, it barely meets his expectations.
So Jiang Ping interrupted Kong Weichao, who was studying ancient coins, and said to him with a smile: "Boss, take this, this, this...... Show them all to me. β
Listening to Jiang Ping order more than 20 ancient coins in one breath, Kong Weichao also began to pay attention to this young man. Although he is indeed an obsessive lover of ancient coins, he is also the owner of Brother Kong Fang, and he is a businessman.
Now that he met a big customer, Kong Weichao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly put down the ancient coins and magnifying glass in his hand, and said to Jiang Ping with a smile: "Young people have a good eye, and they pick the best things I have here." β
"Hehe, boss, you've won the prize." Jiang Ping kept a low profile, and did not forget to praise the other party: "The main thing is that you have a lot of good things here, and you can pick them out." β
Complimenting Jiang Ping quite complacently, Kong Weichao took out all the ancient coins he asked for with a smile. Jiang Ping looked at those ancient coins one by one, and asked about the price at the same time, except for one that was too bad to be interested, the others were not bad.
Of course, so many ancient coins in good condition and relatively rare in themselves are naturally expensive. In the end, Kong Weichao used the computer to calculate and found that the total price of these ancient coins was as high as more than 78,600 yuan.
For Kong Weichao, there was no single business price so high in the whole year last year, so he took the initiative to say to Jiang Ping: "Young man, if you really want so much, the price is 75,000 yuan!" β
Now Jiang Ping is also worth millions, and since Kong Weichao has taken the initiative to cut off more than 3,000 yuan, he did not bargain anymore, and simply agreed. So Jiang Ping transferred his bank card, and when the money arrived in Kong Weichao's account, those ancient coins were Jiang Ping's.
Kong Weichao carefully used a small sealed bag to pack all the ancient coins separately, and finally put them into a pocket and handed them to Jiang Ping. Jiang Ping took the pocket and was about to leave, but the rest of his eyes saw the ancient coin that Kong Weichao was studying just now, and his heart couldn't help jumping.
This is a knife-shaped coin, and such ancient coins were most used during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Although the surface of this knife-shaped coin is mottled with rust and the handwriting is somewhat blurred, and it looks very ordinary, Jiang Ping can still be sure that this knife-shaped coin is very likely to be genuine.
In this day and age, genuine knife coins are rare. Jiang Ping didn't want to miss this knife-shaped coin, and immediately asked Kong Weichao: "Boss, can you take a look at this ancient coin?" β
Kong Weichao hesitated slightly, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, you see." β
Jiang Ping picked up the knife-shaped coin and observed it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. He had thought it was an ordinary knife-shaped coin, but now he could confirm that this knife-shaped coin was unusual.
This is a Boshan knife, a type of Qi Ming knife, which was cast between 284 and 279 BC when the Yan State captured a large part of the territory of the Qi State. During the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, it was unearthed in Xiangyu Village, Boshan, Shandong Province, with special words, and it was called "Boshan Knife", which was rarely handed down. Because of this, the value of Boshan knives is also very high, and there will be a trend of rising tide in the future.
For Jiang Ping, what is more important is that such ancient coins minted in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which have been handed down to the world, must contain much more aura than ordinary ancient coins. If he can buy this Boshan knife as well, it will be of great help to him in his upcoming gambling journey.
So Jiang Ping didn't hesitate at all, and immediately asked Kong Weichao: "Boss, is this money sold?" How much? β
Kong Weichao is an expert, and he also knows that this is a Boshan knife, and after thinking for a while, he said to Jiang Ping: "I see that you are also a knowledgeable person, so I won't say what kind of money this is." If you really want it, a fixed price, 18,000! β
Jiang Ping bought more than 20 ancient coins just now, and it only cost more than 70,000 yuan, and this Boshan knife is close to 20,000 yuan, which is indeed not cheap.
However, Jiang Ping knew that as long as he waited for two years, the price of Boshan knife could rise to at least 50,000. So he didn't think about it, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, deal!" β
Seeing that Jiang Ping agreed simply, Kong Weichao's face also showed a hint of a smile, and he nodded to him and said, "Okay, let's transfer it now, this Boshan knife is yours." β
As soon as Kong Weichao's voice fell, a middle-aged man walked in from outside. He also heard Kong Weichao mention the "Boshan knife", and immediately said loudly: "Here is the Boshan knife?" Okay, I want it! β
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Jiang Ping immediately frowned dissatisfied. He has already negotiated the price with Kong Weichao, which means that the deal has been completed. This middle-aged man actually stuck a pole in this side, saying that he also wanted this Boshan knife, which completely broke the rules of antique trading, and he would be despised wherever he went.
Of course, Jiang Ping couldn't allow this kind of thing to happen, and was about to reprimand the other party for not knowing the rules, but he saw an acquaintance walk in. This guy is none other than Dong Zhen, who was in adultery with Xu Hongfei and the wolf a while ago, and suddenly disappeared before the Chinese New Year! (To be continued......)
PS: First update.