Chapter 185: The Difference Between Magic Artifacts and Antiques
Not far from the calligraphy and painting market, Luo Ding and Yang Qianyun sat in a café, looking at Yang Qianyun sitting in front of him with great interest stirring the coffee in the cup with a spoon, Luo Ding couldn't help but smack his mouth.
For things like coffee, although Luo Ding also drinks it, there is no way to get used to it, in his opinion, this kind of thing is really far from tea. However, in such a matter, Luo Ding has no right to speak, and Yang Qianyun can only go where he goes.
However, at this time, Yang Qianyun's mind was not on the coffee in front of her, but looked at Luo Ding, and a few smiles appeared on the corners of her mouth from time to time.
made Yang Qianyun's action a little hairy, Luo Ding couldn't help but touch his nose, and then said, "What's the matter, you will be shy if you look at me like this." ”
Hearing Luo Ding say this, Yang Qianyun couldn't help but chuckle out with a "pounce", and then said: "You performed quite well in that antique zhai just now, and that Meng Qiu also scared you." ”
Luo Ding shook his head and said, "He is also inexperienced, otherwise I may have to pay a little more blood to buy it." However, even at this price, he has already made a lot of money, and he is afraid that he will spend dozens of dollars to buy this painting. ”
Speaking of this painting, Yang Qianyun remembered that she hadn't asked Luo Ding how much it was worth.
"Luo Ding, how much is this thing worth?" Yang Qianyun is most concerned about this problem, and this is also the greatest fun of picking up leaks.
"A million is always wanted." Luo Ding said with a smile. When Yang Qianyun heard this, she couldn't help but want to roll her eyes, Luo Ding is really lucky, no matter where he goes, he seems to be able to meet good things, for example, today is just to accompany himself to shop, and he originally wanted to buy things, but he hasn't bought his own things yet, but he has already picked up a leak.
Although he is a celebrity, it doesn't mean that he can earn one million in half a day, but Luo Ding just walked around like this, and he got it.
"You're making money too fast, aren't you?" Yang Qianyun "complained" and said.
"We rely on our eyesight to eat, and if we run into it, we run into it, and there is no way to do it."
Luo Ding's words are honest, but in Yang Qianyun's ears, it is no different from stinky fart. Isn't this man more angry than a man?
"Is this painting really that valuable?"
Yang Qianyun looked at the remnant painting on the table, and asked in disbelief, besides, Luo Ding understands feng shui and magic weapons, not calligraphy and painting, Yang Qianyun believes that her knowledge in this area is far stronger than Luo Ding, but she can't see what it is worth after looking at it for a long time. The reason why she didn't remind her when she was in Antique Zhai before was because she knew that since Luo Ding wanted to buy it, there must be a reason for him.
But it's different, since I've bought it, I have to question it. Calligraphy and painting, style knowledge is a very important thing, if there is no style knowledge, you can't recognize or can't determine whose calligraphy and painting it is, the value of such things is not to say that there is none, but often very low - who would want to buy a thing that does not know who wrote or painted?
This picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts that Luo Ding bought is exactly like this, the paper has been dirty, wrinkled, and even broken in some places, and these are not the most important, the most important thing is that there is no payment on this painting at all, even if such a painting is really from a famous artist, how can it be proved?
"Hey, I bought this thing, and I didn't collect it as an antique, it doesn't matter if it's paid or not, and if I can determine whose painting it is." Luo Ding said nonchalantly.
"Ah, why?"
"The reason why this painting is valuable, not from the antique, but from the magic weapon, this painting has a very strong aura, so I bought it, for the magic weapon, whether there is an aura, the strength of the aura is the most important, whether there is a name, what does it matter?"
The biggest difference between magic and antiques is here, antique calligraphy and painting, if you want to be valuable, one is to be old, one is to be from the hands of famous artists, the source inheritance is very important, is an important basis for determining its value, but for magic weapons, it is not the case at all.
A magic weapon, whether it was 1000 years ago, 100 years ago, or 1 year ago, as long as it has a strong aura, it is a good thing, and the surname of time is not so obvious on the magic weapon.
Yang Qianyun thought about it carefully for a while, and found that what Luo Ding said was true, many magic weapons are "nameless", but this does not prevent them from becoming powerful magic weapons, not to mention, just use the "Yang Wood" and "Yin Stone" that Yang Qianyun herself knows, these two things are nameless, not from a famous family, let alone something that was handed down many years ago, isn't it also able to have a powerful aura and be used by Luo Ding in the layout of the Feng Shui Array of the ghost shop?
"One of the important reasons why the shopkeeper was willing to sell this painting to me at this price was that the painting was not paid for and was not sold to me, so he could get so much money by selling it to others?"
Yang Qianyun nodded lightly, Luo Ding's words are the real truth, no matter where such a thing is placed, it is impossible to sell it at a good price, or even at all.
"I think the fundamental reason for the huge difference between antiques and ritual artifacts is that ritual artifacts are used for use, and antiques are used for collection, and it is precisely because of this difference that their value is measured differently."
Luo Ding is also talking about it today, under normal circumstances, he doesn't have much time, and he doesn't have such an opportunity to talk about such things with others, and today he also met such an opportunity by coincidence, and Luo Ding couldn't stop his words.
In this regard, Yang Qianyun is a fairly qualified listener, she didn't speak, looked at Luo Ding, and then nodded her head gently, she was using this way to guide Luo Ding to continue, at the same time, she opened the recorder she was carrying with her and recorded everything Luo Ding said.
"The magic weapon is used to change the aura that already exists, for example, turning evil into prosperity, these are the basic functions of the magic weapon, this is what I just said that the magic weapon is used for, this practical surname determines that if the magic weapon does not have an aura, then even if it is from the hands of famous people such as senior monks and old Taoists, it is also a useless thing, at most it is a symbolic thing."
"But antique calligraphy and painting are different, the reason why people think it is valuable is to understand it from the perspective of art, that is to say, antique calligraphy and painting are used to appreciate, so whether it comes from the hands of famous artists, how high the artistic surname is is very important. Because the more famous you are, the more you are artistic......"
"You're right." After Luo Ding's words were finished, Yang Qianyun pondered for a while before finally nodding and saying.
When she said this, Yang Qianyun raised her head and looked at Luo Ding, who was sitting opposite her. She knew that Luo Ding just came to Shenning City to work hard after graduating from high school, in the eyes of others, Luo Ding seemed to become famous overnight, now he has a car and a building, and even a woman like herself is surrounded by him, but who knows how much effort Luo Ding put in when others can't see it?
For example, if you don't work hard and don't think about what you just said, how can you say it?
Before meeting Luo Ding, Yang Qianyun had done feng shui-related topics for some reasons, and had interviewed many feng shui masters, but no feng shui master gave her such a special feeling as Luo Ding.
Other feng shui masters, as soon as they were interviewed by themselves, put on a set of misty words, chanting about "Water Dragon Sutra" and "House Sutra", as if it was not enough to show their ability. And once a specific question is asked, he will keep his mouth shut, as if as long as he says it, others will learn their skills, but Luo Ding has never been like this, and he has tried his best to say many things in a way that ordinary people like himself can accept and understand.
"This is a kind of bearing, but also a kind of mind!" Yang Qianyun thought silently in her heart.
Going back to the difference between ritual artifacts and antiques in the previous paragraph, how could an ordinary feng shui master be able to tell it? Don't say you can't say it, I guess they won't think about such a question, right?
This is the difference between Luo Ding and them. Now Yang Qianyun is really curious, if Luo Ding goes on like this, what kind of level will he reach in ten, twenty or even thirty years? Will he become a real boss in his industry?
Thinking of this, Yang Qianyun couldn't help but come to her senses.
Seeing that Yang Qianyun just looked at himself quietly and didn't speak, Luo Ding couldn't help but be a little curious, he had the ability to sense the aura, but he didn't have the ability to see through people's hearts, so he had to look at Yang Qianyun quietly, he knew that Yang Qianyun must be thinking about something, so wait for her to finish thinking about it, anyway, there is nothing urgent now, the unfinished building community on Liao Zitian and Sun Guoquan's side is now paving avenues and ghost circles, but Luo Ding remembered one thing, that is, the ghost circle is completed, I have to go to the Feng Shui Array.
But now the magic weapons of these seven feng shui arrays have not yet been found.
"It looks like I'm going to have to deal with this matter tomorrow, or Sun Guoquan will have to kill me—that old boy is in a hurry now. Ha. ”
Luo Ding thought with a snicker.
Time passed slowly, and when Yang Qianyun came back to her senses from the "daze", she found that Luo Ding was also in a trance, so she couldn't help laughing, pointed to the picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts on the table in front of the two, and said:
"Luo Ding, explain to me where the power of this painting comes from."
(To be continued)