Chapter 077: The Antique Dealer
Hu Debiao's Wanheng Real Estate Company is a leading enterprise in the real estate industry in Luzhou, almost everyone knows it, Qin Fan doesn't need to say the address, and as soon as he reports the name of Wanheng Real Estate, the taxi master will know it immediately, and he will carry Qin Fan away with one foot on the accelerator. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Because it was still early, Qin Fan came to the building of Wanheng Real Estate Headquarters, and at a glance, he saw that the apple-faced little sister at the front desk was secretly eating breakfast, and saw someone coming over and hurriedly hiding the pancakes and fruits in his hand.
"Hello sir, who are you looking for?"
The little sister at the front desk quickly wiped her mouth and asked very politely.
It was the first job she found after graduating, and she didn't want to lose it because she had been complained about eating breakfast.
Qin Fan pointed to the corner of the little sister at the front desk, and said with a smile, "There is still a little sweet noodle sauce on the side of the mouth that has not been wiped off, you can eat breakfast first, I'm not in a hurry." ā
"Ahh I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The little girl at the front desk blushed, took out a small mirror and looked at it, and quickly wiped off the sweet noodle sauce on her mouth.
"Well, are you here to apply? The HR department doesn't start work until 9 a.m. ā
The little sister at the front desk glanced at Qin Fan secretly, feeling that he didn't look like he was here to talk about business, and thought that Qin Fan was going to come to Wanheng Real Estate to apply for a job, and kindly reminded.
"I'm here to find Mr. Hu, I don't know if others have arrived."
Hearing that the big boy in front of him, who looked younger than himself, had come to find their big boss, the little girl at the front desk showed a look of surprise in her eyes, "Mr. Hu is already here, but he is meeting guests in the upstairs office." Do you have an appointment? ā
"I called Mr. Hu a few days ago, and he should know that I am coming today."
Hearing that Hu Debiao had a guest, Qin Fan was not in a hurry. He made an appointment with Hu Debiao to come to see the villa today, and the villa area is not far from here in the city, and it will take 20 minutes to drive there.
"In that case, I'll give Mr. Hu a call to inform you."
As she spoke, the little girl at the front desk called Hu Debiao's office.
"Mr. Hu asked you to go up to him, his office is on the 13th floor, I'll take you up." Hanging up the phone, the little girl at the front desk beckoned to Qin Fan and led him to the elevator to take the elevator.
In the elevator, the little girl at the front desk looked at Qin Fan with a red face, as if she wanted to say something, but she stopped talking.
After hesitating for a long time, seeing that the elevator was about to arrive, the little sister at the front desk said timidly, "That, can you not tell Mr. Hu about my breakfast at work, I live far away from the company, and I don't have time to eat breakfast in the morning." ā
"Don't worry, I didn't see anything just now." Qin Fan naturally wouldn't be careful to tell Hu Debiao about the crime, and agreed with a smile.
The little girl at the front desk was relieved, glanced at Qin Fan gratefully, and chatted with him about Hu Debiao a lot.
"You mean that Mr. Hu's guest brought an ancient painting to show him?" As soon as he heard about antiques, Qin Fan suddenly became interested and asked curiously.
"Well, I saw with my own eyes that the man came to Mr. Hu with a tattered ancient painting in his arms, or the elevator I pressed for him." The little girl at the front desk pursed her lips and said, "But I think that person must be using fake things to fool Mr. Hu again." ā
"Oh? How do you know. ā
"I heard that the man was an antique dealer, and he knew that Mr. Hu was rich and liked antiques, so he came up to Mr. Hu every once in a while. However, none of the things he brought were real, and he was bombarded by Mr. Hu several times. ā
When Qin Fan heard this, he immediately felt a score in his heart, "Dare to love this is a fat sheep who treats Hu Debiao as a fool and has a lot of money." ā
Walking out of the elevator, the little sister at the front desk took Qin Fan into Hu Debiao's office.
Qin Fan saw that in addition to Hu Debiao in the office, there was also a middle-aged man with a mustache wearing a melon skin hat from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and he was dressed a little nondescript.
It seems that this melon skin hat is the antique dealer in the mouth of the little sister at the front desk.
At this time, Hu Debiao and the melon skin hat were sitting on the reception sofa, and on the coffee table in front of them was a framed ancient painting.
"Mr. Hu, your guest is here."
"Brother Qin Fan, you are here." Hu Debiao stood up from the sofa with a smile and beckoned to Qin Fan enthusiastically, "It just so happened that I received an ancient painting today, come and help my brother palm his eyes." ā
The melon skin hat looked back at Qin Fan in surprise, he thought that Hu Debiao's guest was a calligraphy and painting appraisal expert, but it turned out to be a hairy boy who had not dried up, and he couldn't help but feel a little contempt in his heart.
"Mr. Hu laughed, I don't know much about calligraphy and painting, and I'm still in the learning stage." Qin Fan is good at miscellaneous and jade and porcelain knowledge, and does not have any in-depth research on calligraphy and painting.
"Hehe, Brother Qin is modest. Last time, your calligraphy was sold for a sky-high price of 13 million, if you don't know calligraphy and painting, then those calligraphy and painting appraisal experts on TV will be unemployed. ā
At this time, the surprised eyes of the melon skin hat were about to pop out, listening to Hu Debiao's meaning, this young man in front of him who was not good-looking actually earned tens of millions of dollars with a calligraphy?
The melon skin hat has been in the antique business for decades, and his worth is only millions, how can he not be jealous.
"I'm just a little bit lucky."
Qin Fan couldn't cry or laugh, buddy was really not pretending to be forced this time, if it weren't for those pair of treasure pupils, he really wouldn't have found the "Cold Food Post" worth tens of millions.
But obviously, Hu Debiao didn't believe half a word about him.
Luck?
If you don't have this eyesight, even if you're lucky, you'll throw your baby away as garbage. It's not that there are no such things in the antique world, but there are too many.
"Mr. Hu, who is this little brother?" The melon skin hat looked at Qin Fan carefully several times, from the outside, this young man is no different from an ordinary student on the street, what ability does Hu Debiao admire so much?
"Boss Zhan, this is my little brother. Don't look at his young age, his eyes are poisonous, no treasure can hide from his eyes. ā
Hearing Hu Debiao's words, Boss Zhan was a little disapproving.
In the antique circle, even those old experts with decades of experience in antique appraisal dare not say that they have never been eyed, let alone a boy whose hair has not grown, this cowhide should not be blown out.
"Brother Qin Fan, this is Boss Zhan, who opened an antique shop in Dongcheng."
This Boss Zhan was also born in shoveling land in the early years, and when he was young, he went to the countryside to collect old goods for several years. At that time, Boss Zhan was still young and not afraid of hardship, and he made a fortune by shoveling land.
Later, the owner of an antique shop took a fancy to him and recruited him as an apprentice, teaching him the knowledge of antiques and the ins and outs of the antique business.
Because Boss Zhan is clever and quick to learn, he is very valued by the boss. Later, somehow hooked up with the daughter of the owner of the antique shop and became the fast son-in-law of the antique shop. Since the boss only has one daughter, the antique shop naturally went into the hands of Boss Zhan.
In Hu Debiao's words, this Boss Zhan is quite good at antique identification, but his character is not very good, and he likes to steal and play tricks to take advantage of small advantages.
He didn't know where he heard that Hu Debiao also likes to collect, so he did everything possible to catch Hu Debiao and recommend antiques to Hu Debiao in three days.
However, most of these things he brought were greasy, either defective or high-imitation, purely treating Hu Debiao as a fat sheep to slaughter.
But he didn't know how Hu Debiao could make such a big real estate business 205, his brain was more shrewd than a fox, and it was not easy to cheat the money in his pocket.
Several times, the greasy antiques brought by Boss Zhan were all seen through by Hu Debiao, and even people brought things out.
But this Boss Zhan has an advantage, that is, he is thick-skinned enough.
Even though he was blasted out by Hu Debiao the day before, he still continued to talk about business with Hu Debiao the next day with an antique like no one else.
This time, Hu Debiao didn't want to pay attention to him, but he heard Boss Zhan say that he had a genuine painting of Shi Tao in his hand, so he agreed to meet him to see this so-called authentic painting of Shi Tao out of curiosity.
However, at first glance, Hu Debiao was very disappointed, this Shi Tao's painting is really good at first glance, quite like Shi Tao's landscape paintings. But from the paper, it is flawed, this painting is not the Qing Dynasty at all, it should be an imitation of the Republic of China, and the value is not high.
"Brother Qin Fan, Boss Zhan brought a landscape painting of Shi Tao, you came just in time, come and have a look."
Hu Debiao hadn't seen many ancient paintings, and he was afraid that he would miss Shi Tao's authentic handwritings after seeing them, so he thought about asking Qin Fan to help him palm his eyes. Although Qin Fan is not very old, Hu Debiao is still very convinced of his eyesight.
Shi Tao's paintings?
Qin Fan's heart trembled, Shi Tao was a famous painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, one of the four monks.
Due to the admiration of painting and calligraphy collectors, the price of Shi Tao's paintings has risen in recent years, and a genuine landscape painting of Shi Tao is worth at least millions to tens of millions.
"Mr. Hu attaches so much importance to the little brother, presumably the little brother must be a master of calligraphy and painting appraisal. Let's take a look at how this painting is, whether it is Shi Tao's authentic work. ā
Boss Zhan stabbed Qin Fan in a weird way, he didn't believe that a hairy boy who was not as old as his son could see anything famous.
Qin Fan smiled and didn't care, his eyes fell on the landscape painting of Shi Tao, and his expression was focused on appraising.
Not long after, Qin Fan seemed to see something, and his eyes showed a contemplative look.
Although Qin Fan did not have any in-depth study of Shi Tao's paintings, in his opinion, this landscape painting has a form but no spirit, and does not have the charm of Shi Tao's paintings. And the biggest flaw in this painting is in the paper, Qin Fan can see at a glance that the paper of this painting is old, and the real age is not at all in the Qing Dynasty.
It's just that Qin Fan felt that something seemed to be wrong, and this painting didn't seem to be as simple as it seemed on the surface.