3. Departure to the United States
Lying on the bed and tossing and turning for a long time, Chen Mo couldn't sleep even if he wanted to, and some people felt refreshed on happy occasions.
As soon as I felt sleepy, there was a rhythmic sound of shaking the bed in the next room.
"Nima, I can't live this day."
Chen Mo turned over and got up depressed, picked up the cotton wool quilt on the bed and entered the space.
The space is still daylight, bright and dignified. He had been wandering around for a long time, and the excitement had long since passed, so he went to the bedroom with the cotton wool and futon, spread it on the bed, and spent the night in it.
The air in the cave space is fresh and silent.
Chen Mo fell asleep easily, fortunately there was an alarm clock on his mobile phone, and when he woke up, it was already seven o'clock the next morning.
Chen Mo called the hotel to ask for a leave.
Then I went into the space and took a bowl, a plate, a bottle, and three pieces of blue and white porcelain. Packed them carefully, then went out and took a taxi to the nearest American-owned auction house.
Chen Mo identified the plum blossom pendant when he came to this auction house, walked into the door, and explained his intention to the little girl at the front desk.
"Are you sure the item you want to identify is Yuan Ming blue and white porcelain?"
"Of course."
"If you want to identify items such as blue and white porcelain of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, you need to make an appointment with an expert in advance......"
"When is the fastest time I can see an expert?" Chen Mo said hurriedly.
"I'm going to have to make a phone call and ask to find out. However, you have to pay the appraisal fee first, which is 5,000 yuan. β
"Five thousand yuan ......" I remember that the last time I identified the pendant, it only cost a few hundred, how to identify a blue and white porcelain cost five thousand, which is a month's salary. If it is identified as a fake, the 5,000 yuan is not a waste of money.
"Well, yes sir."
"Okay then, is it okay to swipe your card?"
"Of course."
Swiped the card and paid the money. The little girl made a phone call, and after a while, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes walked up to Chen Mo, stretched out his hand enthusiastically and said: "Hello, welcome to the auction house, I am the marketing manager of the porcelain department, Tang Feng." β
"Hello, my name is Chen Mo, it's a pleasure to meet you." Chen Mo stretched out his hand and shook Tang Feng.
Tang Feng led Chen Mo to the second floor, and in the living room, he said, "You want to identify the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan and Ming dynasties, can you take it out for me to see?" β
"Of course." Chen Mo didn't hesitate much, and took a blue and white porcelain bowl out.
Tang Feng took it cautiously, and first looked at the bottom of the bowl [Daming Yongle Year]. But the blue and white porcelain bowl is well preserved, without the slightest trace of wear and tear, and the brows are wrinkled unconsciously. The Yongle year of the Ming Dynasty is hundreds of years ago, and this blue and white porcelain bowl is too well preserved!
The main feature of blue and white porcelain in the Yuan and Ming dynasties is its pigment, and the mature blue and white porcelain appeared in Jingdezhen in the Yuan Dynasty because of the introduction of precious mineral pigments from the Western Regions - 'Su Ma Liqing'.
Tang Feng's fingers flicked the mouth of the bowl lightly, and the sound was loud, accompanied by a crisp aftersound.
To be honest, even an expert in antiques can't identify genuine blue and white porcelain. After all, this thing is rare, and he is not sure if this is true or fake.
After waiting for a while, three old men came in, Tang Feng handed over the blue and white porcelain bowl, and introduced: "These three are experts in the study of ancient porcelain, namely Professor Ye Qingwen, Professor Zhang Aiguo, and Professor Li Zhongren. β
After a little greeting, the three old men studied the blue and white porcelain bowl.
Tang Feng looked at the side and said, "Do you want to drink something, tea or coffee?" β
"Let's have a cup of coffee." Chen Mo replied, I was so excited last night that I went to bed very late, and now I am a little sleepy.
Tang Feng asked someone to bring coffee, and chatted with Chen Mo, his conversation skills are very high, giving people a feeling that he has been familiar for a long time. The two talked about life from antiques, and from life to the city, the Great Wall, **......
The identification of blue and white porcelain is not a hasty certainty. The three old men watched together for a long time, and before they knew it, it was afternoon. The old professor named Zhang Aiguo stood up, looked a little excited, and said: "This blue and white porcelain bowl should be a tribute to the Dafeng kiln in Jingdezhen during the Yongle period, 'Yongle Shengchun Peach Blossom Bowl'." I saw it in an ancient book, it is said that the favorite concubine of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di Wang loved peach blossoms the most, so he specially ordered people to burn three bowls, three plates and three bottles with the pattern of 'peach', and took righteousness for a long time. β
"After this batch of porcelain was fired, it was sent to the capital, but on the way, I didn't know that there was an accident, and the people from Dafeng Kiln only sent empty boxes, and nine pieces of peach blossom porcelain were lost inexplicably. This batch of porcelain was originally a gift prepared by Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, for the Wang family, and Zhu Di ordered the seizure of the Dafeng kiln in a fit of anger. So much so that the famous Jingdezhen Dafeng kiln porcelain has since become a swan song......"
Chen Mo was immediately stunned, and his heart was overjoyed, there was only one voice: money, money, money......
Then Professor Zhang Aiguo continued: "Of course, we are not sure that it is genuine, and we still need to make a progressive appraisal of the 'Yongle Shengchun Peach Blossom Bowl' to determine its firing time......
This work was not done in a few hours, it took two or three days.
After the appraisal results came out, it was determined that it was genuine, Chen Mo's heart blossomed, and all the soft girl coins floated in his eyes, and then he took out the Yongle Shengchun peach blossom vase and the plate. One by one, a complete set of 'Yongle Shengchun Peach Blossom' porcelain......
"These three pieces of porcelain have been handed down by my ancestors, and I would like to entrust them to your company to buy them."
"We're more than happy to serve you." Tang Feng's eyes flashed with excitement, and he then called the senior management of the auction company to formulate the auction circulation. This set of blue and white porcelain was first sent to Hong Kong for a week, and then sent to Paris, France, and New York, USA, to create an advertising effect, and then entered the large-scale summer art auction with Sotheby's auction house.
After inviting a lawyer and signing a retention agreement, Tang Feng asked, "Mr. Chen Mo, do you want to set off with us?" β
Chen Mo shook his head: "I still have something to deal with, you can inform me after the auction is over." Chen Mo didn't want to go with him in order to avoid trouble. The origin of this blue and white porcelain cannot be studied deeply, especially in China, and if it is not good, some people will jump out and ask for donations to the country.
"Okay, it will take about a month, during which please keep the communication open, and we will communicate at any time if you have any questions." Tang Feng smiled and shook hands with Chen Mo, and the two said goodbye.
Chen Mo went to the hotel the next day to quit his job, planning to spend a few days in Beijing. Speaking of which, after coming to Beijing for so many years, Chen Mo hasn't had a good time. Beijing**, Great Wall Forbidden City, Bird's Nest Stadium...... There are too many places to play, and when the 15th hotel settles his salary, he booked a ticket home.
To go abroad, he also needs to go back to the place where he is registered to apply for a passport. Chen Mo's hometown is in a quiet town in the southwest, and the plane is in Rongcheng, and it takes three or four hours to take a long-distance bus. The fellows sitting on the bus, listening to the familiar dialect, a sense of intimacy arose.
It's not good all these years, Chen Mo has been evading and reluctant to come back. People are all good-looking, a kind of bitterness in the heart that can't be said.
The temperature at the end of April in the southwest is neither cold nor hot, and I took off my thick winter clothes and put on a fashionable spring and autumn style, and some handsome guys and girls are directly very cool dressed. At the long-distance bus station in Chongshan, I had to transfer to the minibus home, and when the bus arrived at the main station, it was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Mo refused to answer the shouting of the motorcycle at the gate of the station, and walked home. His family lives on the edge of the town, not far away.
When I got home, it was empty, and when I looked at the time, my parents should still be at work. Chen Mo's parents work in a nearby furniture factory, and the salaries of the two elders are higher than Chen Mo's, and the conditions at home are not bad. He lives in a small two-story building that is common in rural areas, and his family has a little sister who is in her third year of high school in addition to his parents, and he comes back once a month after living in school.
When my parents came back in the evening, they were startled, and they saw a person standing at the door from a distance, and thought it was a thief. Chen Mo was embarrassed for a while, he came back to surprise his parents, and he didn't notify anyone, but he didn't want to be frightened. However, he quickly diverted the topic to other aspects, telling his family a story that he had made up a long time ago, saying that he was going to go on a business trip to the United States and come back to apply for a passport.
"When I went to the United States, I heard that the salary there is very high." Chen's mother asked excitedly.
"Well, seven thousand dollars a month is equivalent to tens of thousands of yuan." If you tell a lie, you have to go down. There is still half a month left for the auction of porcelain, and when the time comes, the money will be taken, and then the jackpot will be won.
"What's the use of making so much money, you don't even have a girlfriend when you're thirty years old. Look at which person in our village who is the same age as you has not started a family. Father Chen took the newspaper and said with an unhappy face.
Chen Mo looked embarrassed and said, "I know Dad." I'll step up......"
The following days were very unpeaceful, and my mother's class was no longer in class, and she talked about blind dates for Chen Mo all day long. After kissing a few times, all I saw were crooked melons and cracked dates, Chen Mo couldn't look down on it, and Chen's mother couldn't look down on it.
After staying at home for more than ten days, the passport was finally processed.
On the day of departure, the little sister Chen Xi specially took a day off and came back to see him off: "Brother, can you take me to the United States after the college entrance examination?" β
"Yes. The premise is that you have to get into a good university, otherwise you don't need to talk. Chen Mo smiled and touched Chen Xi's head. This girl studies very well, and she is in the top few years every year, and it is not difficult to be admitted to a good university if she is going to play normally.
Chen Xi pursed the bridge of his small nose and said excitedly: "Yay! Look at my sunflower point acupuncture hand. β
Chen Mo smiled and said, "Childish." β
"You're just naΓ―ve. Ignore you, I just came back and want to leave, and I don't want to talk about accompanying me more. β
"Okay, good, I'll take you everywhere when you take the college entrance examination. I'm going through the security check, so let's get my acupoint unlocked quickly. β
"Haha, you're naΓ―ve."