Chapter 163: Pen Fee, Pan Jiayuan
The vice president of Guardian Auction Company was always the first to be invited into the expert's office, and all their eleven pieces of ancient jade were true, and after receiving the appraisal certificate, the vice president was still sighing, and the matter that he had been worried about for a long time finally had a final word. Although Li Yang is young, he represents He Lao, and no one dares to question the authenticity of these things.
The heads of other auction companies all had the same expressions when they took away the appraisal certificates, which made Li Yang understand why He Lao was so worried that he would go the wrong way. Just one Zhou Ye will make trouble all over the country, if a few more such people come out, it will definitely be a disaster for ancient Chinese culture.
Compared with other auction companies, the person in charge of Blue Sky Auction is the most complicated, and their two pieces of Gangyu have been clearly told that one of them is Zhou Fang and cannot be auctioned, but fortunately, there is another piece that is real, which can be regarded as a consolation prize.
For the auction company, as long as the fake goods are not made public, the impact on them is not too great, and the auction company will not hand over the auction money to the owner after the auction, and at most it is only a 30% advance payment before the auction.
Therefore, the blue sky company is more fortunate than disappointed, if it is found to be a fake after the auction, even if it is not refunded, the company's reputation will be greatly affected, and the future business will definitely fall a lot.
After more than an hour, all these appraisal certificates were issued, and the person in charge of the auction company who got the appraisal report had joy on his face, and he left after greeting Li Yang and them, with these appraisal certificates, their ancient jade auction did not have to worry.
Tang Chunming was the last to walk in, still holding a bag in his hand, Li Yang and the four of them had all stood up, moving their bodies and bones in place, it was really tiring to sit for a day, and even Li Yang felt a little unbearable.
"Mr. Liu, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Xiang, Mr. Li, this is your pen fee, although it is not much, but a little bit of our company's heart, please collect it!"
Li Yang looked at Tang Chunming in surprise, Tang Chunming actually took out four thick red envelopes from the bag, and then handed them to them one by one, which felt a little heavy in his hands.
What Li Yang didn't expect was that Liu Lao and the others just nodded and put it away, not polite at all.
"Mr. Li, you have all worked hard all day, this is what you deserve, this is also a rule!" Tang Chunming saw Li Yang's doubts, thought of Li Yang's age, and hurriedly stepped forward to explain softly.
In fact, experts will charge some appraisal fees for appraisals, which are called pen fees, which are equivalent to a kind of hard work.
The amount of the pen fee depends on the party being appraised, Li Yang and the people they identified this time are all big auction companies, and the pen fee is naturally very generous, each family gave 20,000 yuan, and the thirteen together are 130,000, Li Yang and the four of them divided it into 65,000 yuan each, and the red envelope is full of cash, no wonder it will be a little heavy.
This phenomenon is indeed a kind of industry rule that is tacitly acquiesced, so Liu Lao and they did not refuse, because they also have to bear the responsibility for these things that have been identified, and people will not blame the auction company in the first place if there is a problem, but will scold them for writing the expert who wrote the appraisal.
However, in reality, there are indeed some people who take advantage of this to exploit loopholes, and some black-hearted experts and unscrupulous businessmen have joined forces to issue fake appraisal certificates for fakes to make huge profits, and there are still many such people, so that the current collectibles market is experiencing a great crisis of trust.
After receiving the red envelope, several experts also went back, and today's harvest is still very good for the three old experts. Every year, they can get a certain amount of polishing fees, but there are not many people who have more than 60,000 yuan a day like this one. Of course, if they were willing to issue a certificate of authenticity for a fake against their will, they would have this number every day, but they never did such a thing.
After agreeing with Zheng Kaida to meet in Panjiayuan tomorrow, Li Yang also left the Liuli Factory, and he had already identified the ancient jade in Yanjing, and he would fly to Shanghai in two days to continue to replace He Lao to find Zhou Fanggu jade that had slipped into the market.
In the evening, Li Yang took the initiative to report all the things today to He Lao, including the 65,000 pen fee, He Lao didn't say anything about it, there are rules, Qing Shui can't raise fish, experts are also people, they can't let them work hard in vain, and there is no return, even He Lao himself has also received a lot of pen fees.
He Lao expressed concern about the new appearance of Zhou Fang and other ancient jade, and the Zhu Visiting Rebellion of that year was caused by He Lao running around to minimize the impact, and the harm He Lao knew best. Now there is another Zhou Fang, but it's a pity that he is too old to run like before, and there are other reasons why he can't leave Yanjing now.
But fortunately, there is also Li Yang, which is the most gratifying point for He Lao, and He Lao also believes that since ancient times, evil has not prevailed over good, and Zhou Fang will definitely be able to be completely suppressed like Zhu Wan back then.
Early the next morning, Li Yang took Liu Gang out of the 'community', and said to the driver Li Yang who basically didn't speak now, and already knew his surname.
As soon as he went out, Zheng Kaida called, Qin Yong and Zhao Min were still with him, and now the three of them were waiting for Li Yang outside the Panjiayuan Market.
Panjiayuan Market is actually a thrift market, in the old Yanjing is a well-known ghost market in the country, but different from other ghost markets, now Panjiayuan has changed from the dark to the light, and it has become a big antique market.
Moreover, there are more antique shops in the market than Liuli Factory, and these antique shops are open every day, 365 days a year.
In addition to antique shops, Panjiayuan also has a unique greenhouse market and a stall market, and on weekends, not only is Panjiayuan full of street stalls, but even the fence outside the market is full of vendors selling antiques.
In addition, Panjiayuan is also one of the most popular places for foreign businessmen, almost 10,000 or 20,000 foreigners will gather here every weekend, and many foreigners will stay here to return their favorite cultural products, which can be regarded as a great contribution to the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures.
Today happened to be the weekend, and before Li Yang arrived at the market, he found that a lot of people had gathered outside, including many black-and-white-skinned foreign friends.
There are many people, there are many cars, fortunately Li Yang and they came earlier, and it didn't take much effort to find a parking space.
However, it was much more troublesome to find someone, and it took more than 20 minutes for Li Yang to find Zheng Kaida and them, at this time it was only half past eight in the morning, and the market was almost full of people, and its crowding and liveliness were even more severe than those in Nanyang Market.
Li Yang also sighed at such a lively scene, this is just an ordinary weekend, and in the Golden Week and tourist season, I am afraid that there will be more people here.
"Brother Li, I've finally found you!"
Zheng Kaida squeezed over from the other side, his head was covered with sweat, and Qin Yong and Zhao Min who followed him were no better, and the three of them were still bubbling with white gas on their foreheads.
"There are too many people in this Pan Jiayuan, are there so many antiques to be sold?"
Li Yang smiled bitterly, he had never seen such a terrifying scene when he went to Liulichang two days ago, there were already hundreds of antique stalls alone, and there were not thousands of such stalls in the entire market, and it was scary to think about this number.
"In fact, it's all fake, some of them are fooling, not even a work of art, now it's not like in previous years you can still pick up a leak on the stall, and now it's harder to pick up a leak on the stall than to win the lottery!"
Zheng Kaida shook his head, he usually doesn't come here on weekends, and the interest in picking up leaks on the stalls has long disappeared in him, and he mainly comes to Panjiayuan to shop for treasures in those antique shops.
Qin Yong and Zhao Min nodded together, Zheng Kaida was telling the truth, if you want to pick up leaks in the Panjiayuan stall, you can't try your luck in the countryside.
"Hey, it's said that the grand event is a collection, but now it's a grand event, but fakes have also reached the point of flooding, and many people think that the treasures they collect are probably fakes!"
Li Yang smiled bitterly again, now there are more people playing collecting, which also provides a market for those counterfeiters and an opportunity for those black-hearted businessmen.
"You're right, I think when I found the first fake in the collection, I was so angry that I almost vomited blood!"
Zheng Kaida agrees with Li Yang's words, Zheng Kaida has been playing collecting for some years, and he has not been harmed by fakes in the middle. Fortunately, his family has a big business, and he never plays things beyond his ability, although he has suffered a lot of losses and paid a lot of tuition, but at least he has learned some achievements.
"Let's go, let's go in and experience the fun of national collection!" Li Yang chuckled and shook his head, and together with Zheng Kaida, he plunged into the boiling Panjiayuan Market.
There are indeed a lot of people, and when I walk on the road, there are bargaining voices everywhere, some asking for three or five hundred, some asking for thirty or fifty, or even three or five yuan. Li Yang saw a person holding a purple clay pot and bargaining with the vendor for five or ten yuan on the road, and the curious Li Yang looked at the purple clay pot with his special ability, and then turned around and left.
Even if it is a modern imitation, if you use purple clay to make a purple clay pot, it is also a real purple clay pot, which can be said to be a work of art. It can be burned out of mud and painted with chemical paint, can it still be called a purple sand pot? I'm afraid the wholesale price of such a fake thing is only one or two yuan a piece, and the buyer doesn't understand and thinks he's picked up a bargain, so he happily pays thirty-five yuan and leaves.
Sure enough, as soon as the buyer left, the seller showed a smug smile on his face and continued to sell his pile of purple clay pots.
Li Yang shook his head and continued to walk forward, not far further to the greenhouse area, after the greenhouse, you really arrived at the market, there are many antique shops, although there are many fake things in the store, but it is much better than the stalls outside.
Just after taking two steps, Li Yang suddenly stopped, grabbed a person who had just passed by, Zheng Kaida and Qin Yong They all looked at Li Yang in surprise, and the person who was caught by Li Yang was even more surprised.
(To be continued)