PS: Today's first update, ask for monthly ticket support, please, please.

"Mr. Paul is an architect, and collecting porcelain is his hobby."

On the way, Yu Wei introduced: "Speaking of which, he has been collecting porcelain for more than ten years, and he is usually free, so everyone recommends him as a contact." Generally speaking, he should understand the basic information of the members of the association. ”

"It's for the best." Fang Mingsheng said with a smile: "It would be better if that person hadn't left London and was still in contact with the members of the association." ”

"I hope so." Wang Guan agreed very much, but he didn't have much hope in his heart.

In the midst of the small talk, the crowd also came to the vicinity of Mr. Paul's house. After getting off the bus, the group walked through a narrow alley and saw a three-story building.

"This is it." Aftertaste smiled, and rang the doorbell.

There was not much time, the door of the residence opened, and a middle-aged woman with a relatively plump figure came out, and when she saw Wang Guan and the others, her face was full of surprise, but she still greeted her in a friendly manner.

Wang Guan can still understand the usual greeting words, and naturally has a polite smile on his face. Well, he just laughed, as for the specific negotiations, it must be the aftertaste.

At this time, after chatting with the middle-aged woman for a few words, Yu Wei frowned, and immediately turned around and said: "Mr. Paul has something urgent to go out, and he may not come back until noon, she asked us to go in and wait, what do you think?" ”

"Uh......"

Wang Guan didn't even think about it, and immediately refused: "Forget it, don't go in, let's come back at noon." "This is the sadness of not knowing a foreign language, what can you do when you go in and be a guest except smirk?

"Well, that's fine."

Aftertaste smiled and turned to communicate with the middle-aged woman again. Or the other party retained. The aftertaste refused again, anyway, you came and I talked back and forth for a while, and the middle-aged woman immediately smiled and waved goodbye.

"Gone." At this time, Yu Wei beckoned: "I told her, let's go shopping at the nearby flea market first, and then come back to visit at noon." ”

"That's a good idea."

Hearing this, Fang Mingsheng's eyes lit up, and he said with great interest: "Actually, if you don't say it, I plan to go too." London's flea market is comparable to the existence of Panjiayuan and Liuli Factory. I heard that many people make a fortune here every year. Especially not long ago, someone bought a bowl for a few yuan, only to find out that it was one of the five famous kilns of the Northern Song Dynasty......"

"Mr. Fang, since you know that this place is the same as Panjiayuan, then you should also know that the so-called leakage must be true and false, nine false and one true." Yu Wei kindly reminded: "Anyway, as far as I know, many Chinese antiques here are actually directly transported from the mainland. It's not as rosy as you think. ”

"That's right."

Wang Guan agreed: "Mr. Qian also told me about this kind of thing, some connoisseurs travel abroad, see some Chinese antiques, and subconsciously think it is true. Immediately rush to buy it. ”

"When I went back, I found that it was a fake, and after careful inquiry, I found out that the thing was sold from Panjiayuan. For a while, he sighed at the consequences of being in line with international standards. It's your own people, and you pit your own people. ”

Wang Guan sighed lightly: "And foreign experts are not stupid, and when they find that Chinese are swarming here to search for treasures, they naturally realize the value of this kind of thing." The chances of picking up the slip are definitely getting less and less. ”

"That's true." The aftertaste is deeply agreed: "Kong Lao said that he couldn't look down on the same thing ten years ago, but now he suddenly likes it, and if you look at the price again, it has risen at least twenty or thirty times." ”

"Twenty or thirty times is considered a small amount, and in China there are hundreds of times higher." Wang Guan shook his head and said: "The current collection market is on fire, but it lacks a bit of reason, and it will take at least ten years to stabilize and form an order." ”

While talking, the crowd slowly came to the flea market that Yuwei had mentioned.

After coming to the place, Wang Guan found that the aftertaste was very right, it was indeed very lively here, as lively as Panjiayuan. A street passed by a crowd of all kinds, people of all colors rubbed shoulders one after another, moving slowly, stopping to look at the stalls from time to time, bargaining with the stall owners.

Speaking of which, the term flea market actually originated in the West. In the early days of the British, they often sold their old clothes and old things on the street, and those old things often had fleas, lice and other small bugs. Although people have a special phrase, the Chinese are more trouble-free, and the literal translation of the image is flea market.

To put it bluntly, this is a thrift market, which is composed of stalls and stalls, and the market size is different. Most of the products sold are old goods, surplus items, and unused but outdated clothing. From small decorations on clothes, to complete video recorders, TVs, washing machines, everything is available.

Of course, there are definitely no fleas in these things now, so the meaning of the word flea market has gradually evolved into a small and small meaning like a flea. Anyway, the size of a market has become larger, and it is not limited to old goods, but also many new goods have poured into the market, and the prices are relatively low, which is very popular with everyone.

However, this market is more skewed towards old objects, as well as real and fake antiques. Don't think that Westerners don't make fakes, in fact, people's methods are not necessarily bad. It's just that the target of counterfeiting is not Chinese porcelain, calligraphy and painting, but high-end art treasures such as diamonds and oil paintings, which are more in line with Western tastes.

For example, Wang Guan recently heard a news from the United States that a century-old gallery has quietly forged oil paintings by a group of art masters for more than ten years, and its total sales have exceeded 80 million US dollars.

Not to mention the huge amount of money, everyone can know from this incident alone that the world is as black as a crow, and the moon in a foreign country may not be brighter and whiter than in China.

However, compared to the things handled by big galleries, big auction companies, and big art investors, the objects in this flea market in front of me are a bit petty. Relatively speaking, it is more civilian, satisfying the interest of ordinary people in Taobao. However, it is also clear from this that the possibility of a treasure here is very small.

After walking through at least a dozen stalls, Wang Guan and the others did not find anything that interested them.

It has to be said that compared with Panjiayuan, the items in this flea market are more inclined to life. Pins, buttons and other delicate and small gadgets, plus some music boxes or something. Probably due to cultural differences, Wang Guan didn't think these things were good, but there were many people watching them in front of the stall, and the probability of a transaction was relatively high.

Seeing that everyone was not interested, Yu Wei immediately smiled: "Let's continue to walk ahead, after passing the corner, there is a store that sells antiques." I remember that there were many shops that also sold Chinese antiques, so I could have visited them. ”

Wang Guan and Fang Mingsheng definitely had no opinion, and immediately shuttled up with the flow of people, and soon came to an antique street. Just across the street, it looks a little deserted compared to the bustling stalls. In fact, it is also understandable that if the stalls are more civilian, then the people in the antique store must be for the middle and high income people.

However, no matter what the country is, low-income people will always be the majority, and the total wealth of society will inevitably be concentrated in the hands of a small number of people, which is a solid pyramid structure. Anyway, judging from the current situation, the so-called common prosperity, the world is the same, everyone is like a dragon, and it is definitely an ideal country and a utopia.

Of course, the different levels of development of countries are also destined to be incomparable between low-income groups between countries. A comparison shows that developed countries are simply paradise, and the income of ordinary people is dozens of times that of ordinary people in developing countries, but they ignore the most critical price issue. The price base of the country is the foothold that distinguishes the middle, middle and low-income people.

In fact, this world is not a paradise for civilians. It's just that for the wealthy, even in the poor tribes of Africa, they can create a paradise environment.

"Huh."

Just when Wang Guan's thoughts were flying, Fang Mingsheng suddenly smiled and said, "Is that stone lion placed in feng shui outside the store, or is it a guise to solicit business?" ”

"What?"

At this time, Wang Guan took a look and saw that in front of an antique shop, there was indeed a stone lion with teeth and claws. It's not very big, but it's full of Chinese carving style, which makes him feel very familiar.

"It's a bit of both."

At this time, Yu Wei smiled: "If you like it, you can buy it directly." Otherwise, people will regard it as an object of feng shui or an eye-catching signboard advertisement. ”

"Then I have to admit that the owner's purpose has been achieved." Fang Mingsheng smiled: "Let's go in and have a look." ”

The other two nodded one after another, and followed Fang Mingsheng into the shop.

After entering the door, Wang Guan glanced around and found that the store space was quite spacious, but the things inside were relatively cluttered. There are not only things native to the UK, but also Egyptian and Arabic objects.

Unlike the situation of domestic stores, the owner of this store also saw a few people coming in, but he only glanced up, but he did not mean to come to entertain, but continued to be busy with his work.

This is also a good thing, people prefer to look at the object quietly rather than being disturbed by the boss's recommendation. But almost instantly, a few people saw the porcelain in a prominent position in the store.

"This is Guangcai!"

At first glance, Wang Guan is very sure of the origin of porcelain. After all, the characteristics of these things are too distinct, not only the idea is tight, the colors are strong, but also everywhere reveals the golden and brilliant texture, in addition to the enamel porcelain, it is the famous Guangcai.

However, compared with the elegant enamel porcelain, the color of several things is more gorgeous, and there is a golden flash, especially the more peculiar shape, which makes people know at a glance that it is Guangzhou woven gold porcelain...... (To be continued......)