Chapter 52: Fighting Spirit
"Mr. Zhou, this is not good, Mr. Qian is the appraiser I invited for the auction, and he is only responsible for the appraisal of the cultural relics at the auction, so I can't open a small stove for you here!" Manager Wang hurriedly stopped. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Hearing Manager Wang's words, although Zhou Fatzi was a little regretful, but he didn't show any dissatisfied expression, Manager Wang can invite a famous person like Qian Lao to participate in the auction, obviously he is also a person with a background, so Zhou Fatzi can't help but glance at him.
"Mr. Zhou, my old bones are on the blacklist of Agarwood House, don't say that you have long eyes, even if I want to buy it myself, Manager Wang doesn't agree!" Qian Lao said with a smile.
Hearing Qian Lao's words, not only Zhou Fatzi, but others also looked at Manager Wang with some doubts, I don't know why Agarwood House still has such regulations, but there are customers who come to the door and don't let them buy.
"You all know that the biggest feature of my Agarwood House is that the market is three prices one, and there will be a huge loss every time a genuine product is sold, if a treasurer like a torch like Qian Lao comes to the shop, it is estimated that it will not take half a day for the real products in the store to be swept away by Qian Lao, and then our Agarwood House should also be closed." Manager Wang said with a wry smile.
In fact, not only Agarwood House is afraid of Qian Lao's famous residence, some other antique shops also regard Qian Lao as a tiger, and there are not many genuine products in the antique shops now, most of them are used in town stores, if they are picked up by people who know how to do it, then this business will not be able to continue.
However, after listening to Manager Wang's words, although everyone can understand, but they are a little unhappy in their hearts, the reason why Qian Lao was blacklisted is because people can distinguish the true from the false with their eyes like a torch, to put it bluntly, Agarwood House is just a special pit for those who don't know how to do it.
"Mr. Zhou, if you really want to ask Qian Lao to appraise it for you, it's not impossible, but you have to buy these collectibles first, as long as they become yours, there is no problem." Manager Wang said with a smile on his face, but his smile was a little treacherous no matter how he looked at it.
"You are really good at business, if we buy them all, even if Qian Lao identifies the authenticity, what is the use." Wu Qian said with some displeasure.
"Yes, Manager Wang, you really know how to do business, isn't this a trick for Boss Zhou?" Other customers around cheered.
"Yo, you can't say that, my small shop is the business of this business, if everyone lets the money be checked before buying collectibles, then my agarwood house will not lose money!" Manager Wang hurriedly explained.
"As long as I can be instructed by Mr. Qian, what if I buy these bronzes?" Zhou Fatzi said magnificently: "Manager Wang, no matter whether Qian Lao's appraisal is true or not, I want these bronzes, how about it?" β
Zhou Fatzi secretly calculated, these five bronzes add up to three million yuan, although it is not a small amount, but it is nothing to Zhou Fatzi, and he cowered and lost face in front of everyone.
"Mr. Zhou is really heroic!" Manager Wang smiled and complimented.
Manager Wang knows that a billionaire like Zhou Fatzi will not lie in front of so many people because he is only a few million, so although Zhou Fatzi has not paid yet, Manager Wang is not afraid that he will repay the debt.
"Old Qian, I have bought all five bronzes, and I ask your old man to help identify them." Fat Zhou turned to look at Qian Lao on the side, bowed and said.
"Hey, Mr. Zhou, why are you here!" Qian Lao showed a wry smile on his face, although he reminded Zhou Fatzi a little just now, but it was not good to cut off Manager Wang's financial route, so he could only be silent on the side, and now Zhou Fatzi bought these bronzes, which made him feel a little sorry in his heart.
Qian Lao walked to the side of the five bronzes, took out a delicate magnifying glass from his sleeve, observed a few bronzes carefully, and tapped a few times with his index finger, listened to the sound of these bronzes, and then sighed lightly and said: "Mr. Zhou, these five bronzes should be new objects, but the workmanship is quite exquisite, and it is okay to move home and decorate the faΓ§ade." β
Qian Lao has been dealing with antiques all his life, and he has a wide range of knowledge and experience, so he can easily judge that these bronzes have traces of aging, and the patterns carved on the bronzes are only emerging in modern times, so it cannot be an antiquity at all.
As soon as he heard Qian Lao's words, Zhou Fatzi's face immediately drooped, knowing that these bronzes must be fake, it is a trivial matter to spend unjust money, the key is to lose face, after all, I spent millions of yuan to buy a few scrap copper and rotten iron, if it is spread out, it will not make people laugh and lose their big teeth!
"Fat Zhou, not everyone can do this antique industry, I think you should hurry back to SX to dig coal!" Yue Ming said sarcastically coldly.
The people around him were also embarrassed, although they didn't say sarcastic words like Yue Ming, but their eyes showed a look of schadenfreude, which can be regarded as a common disease of the Chinese people.
"Mr. Zhou, don't take it too seriously, when everyone in the collection industry has a blind eye, I didn't suffer less when I was young." Qian Lao patted Zhou Fatzi's shoulder and comforted.
"Old Qian, I also bought these two Buddha statues and calligraphy and paintings, can you also help me take a look!" Wu Qian put the four antiques on the table and spoke.
Wu Qian saw that Zhou Fatzi couldn't get off the stage because of Yue Ming's sarcasm, and wanted to breathe a sigh of relief for her husband and ask Qian Lao to help her identify this antique, even if only one of them was genuine, it could make the husband and wife look better and not leave in disgrace.
Although Wu Qian's four antiques are not as expensive as Zhou Fatzi's, they are nearly two million, and Qian Lao is proficient in the world and also sees Wu Qian's thoughts, although she does not approve of her impulsive move to save face for her husband, but it is not easy to stop the other party, nodded noncommittally, and stepped forward to help identify.
When everyone saw that Zhou Fatzi's wife bought four antiques for Qian Lao to help identify them, they were not only envious of the two people who were rich, but also wanted to see if these four antiques were real, and it was a very rare thing to be able to hear the comments of Qian Lao, an appraisal master.
For the appraisal of Wu Qian's four antiques, Qian Lao used it for a relatively long time, but unfortunately Guanyin and Buddha statues are also high imitations, although some value is far from the purchase price, it can be said that these two items also bought a loss.
As for the other two calligraphy and painting scrolls, one is the Song Dynasty Su Shi's words, and the other is the Ming Dynasty Tang Bohu's painting, although the handwriting and painting work are a little similar, but it is only copied by later generations, not from the real work of the two, and in the end it is the same as Zhou Fatzi.
After the appraisal of Mr. Qian was completed, Zhou Fatzi and Wu Qian both had bitter faces, and they smashed millions of yuan at once and did not buy a single genuine product, and they also asked Mr. Qian to appraise in front of everyone, which can be said to be a loss of adults.
"Tsk, no wonder they all say that Mr. Zhou is rich? I spent five million yuan at once, and I didn't even blink an eye, admire! β
"The antique industry is like this, it's more knowledge and eyes, but it's not something that can be played with more money?" Everyone whispered.
"Fat Zhou, you can also deal with coal, and the elegant business of art collection is not suitable for you!" Yue Ming was not afraid of offending Zhou Fatzi, and he did not deliberately lower his voice and said.
Yue Ming has been pressed by Zhou Fatzi for so many years, this time Zhou Fatzi entered his industry, and it can be regarded as a big loss, how could he not take the opportunity to make things difficult.
"Yue Ming, you don't talk cool here, your vision may not be better than ours, you have the ability to buy a few antiques, let Qian Lao help identify them!" Wu Qian countered.
For Wu Qian's radical method, how can Yue Ming not be afraid, he has been immersed in the antique industry for several years, he thinks he has some ability, and he is looking for a chance to prove himself, and said fearlessly: "Okay, then I will also choose a few antiques and let Qian Lao appraise them!" β
Hearing the conversation between Wu Qian and Yue Ming, everyone didn't know that the two were on the right track, and they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to compete with each other, and the happiest among them was Manager Wang, who was depressed when Zhang Wei bought the gold-inlaid jade Guanyin statue from him just now, and he had already been thrown out of the clouds.