Chapter 445: The Antique Black Market
It was about half past six, but because it was summer, there was plenty of light outside.
After Li Yi came to the garden, he first looked around briefly, then squatted down and began to carefully examine the growth of the orchid grass.
After experimenting before, he found that the demon eye and the sycamore can obviously promote the growth of the surrounding plants, and the heart bud found the problem not long after taking it back, and it has been thrown outside for two days, plus he is not sure if it is poisonous, so he didn't bother to see if it will also have an impact on the growth of the surrounding plants, and now that he is sure that it is okay, he can take a closer look.
I just looked at a few plants, and I didn't feel anything abnormal, the door next door creaked, and Mr. Liu pushed the door and walked out.
"Xiao Li, it's really not easy to see you! What about you, either go abroad for a long time, or come back and be busy without seeing anyone, although young people are in good health, but also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, otherwise when you reach my age, you should know what regret is! ”
Li Yi stood up with a smile, but he didn't expect Old Man Liu to squat down,
"You orchids, I think it's really unusual, I haven't seen you take care of it, how can it grow better than those potted plants in this wilderness?"
Li Yi shook his head, this question can't tell you.
"Oh yes, what's that little bud you put outside these two days? So recruit bugs? ”
Li Yi shook his head again,
"A friend sent it, and he didn't know what it was, but it did attract bugs, so I moved it back again."
"Oops. Why don't you throw that thing away quickly and put it at home, do you think there are fewer mosquitoes at home? ”
Old man Liu slapped his thigh. Stood up,
"By the way, is there any time for these two days? Shi Yuan happened to be filming in Yanjing, and he said that if you are free, you can go to the visiting class, rest assured, he didn't say anything to that girl. ”
Suddenly, I heard Old Man Liu mention Cheng Yu. Qianying, who had been suppressed by Li Yi in the depths of his heart, suddenly jumped out, but thinking of Lu Ningshuang who was far away in France, Li Yi sighed silently. Shaking his head,
"I'm afraid I don't have time, I have to go to France again in the next day or two."
"Okay. You remember, anyway. When you have time and want to go to the shooting site to see, just give me a call or give Shi Yuan a call. Alright, you're busy, I'll go for a walk. ”
Seeing Old Man Liu leave, Li Yi observed in the garden for a while, and found that the bluegrass didn't seem to have changed significantly, so he got up and walked back to the room.
Dinner time. The phone he had placed on the table rang suddenly, and he picked it up and looked at it. It was Tan Moxuan, so he directly pressed the answer button.
"If you have time tomorrow, I'll take you to a good place."
Li Yi laughed twice,
"What's the best place?"
"Have you heard of the antique black market?"
"The antique black market? Really, when will this thing be taken out publicly? ”
"Hehe, as long as the interests are sufficient, anything can be put on the table, this antique black market is said to have been open for three years, and the safety should still be guaranteed, if it's okay, let's go around together?"
"Good!"
At half past five the next morning, Tan Moxuan rushed to Li Yi's side.
"This black market is open in Dingbao City, we are setting off now, and the time is just right to get there."
"Okay, let's go!"
The fat elephant glanced at Gu Feng proudly, Gu Feng spread his hands and showed a smug smile, if he had to attribute being handsome to a sin, then he would rather bear more of this sin.
It turned out that Li Yi originally meant to bring Gu Feng over, but before he could mention it, Tan Moxuan took the initiative to mention it first, if he took his younger brother to drive, the fat elephant was more suitable than Gu Feng, because Gu Feng looked heroic, a bit like a policeman.
"There are ten major merchants in the black market, and it is said that they are connected to most of the tomb robberies and theft groups in China. But I guess this is also an attractive gimmick, because if that's the case, I really don't believe that anyone dares to have the audacity to blatantly serve as an umbrella for them. ”
Li Yi nodded.
"Some of the things they deal in are indeed unearthed from the outside, but most of them should still be collected from the market, but in the name of a black market, it is easier to make money by taking advantage of people's curiosity and taking advantage of it."
"It should be like this, otherwise, it is really unreasonable. But there are only 10 merchants on the market? In that case, wouldn't the goods be a little too small? ”
"It's true that there aren't many things, but it's definitely more than you guess right now, and there should be nearly 10,000 pieces. In addition, those who are invited to participate can also bring things to participate in the transaction, but their margin is relatively high, 20%, so some things may be more expensive than those bought outside. ”
The fat elephant drove, and Li Yi and the two chatted about the black market in the back seat, and it didn't take long for him to almost understand that this should be a rather clever marketing method, and the so-called black goods on the black market should actually be things that can explain the origin.
As for whether there are some real taboo things hidden in these antiques, you don't have to worry about this, because this kind of thing is inevitable in any antique market, it depends on your personal eyesight.
There weren't many cars out of Beijing in the morning, and it wasn't a holiday, so it only took them two hours to find a place.
This time, the black market was opened in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Dingbao City, and when the fat elephant drove the car to the front of the warehouse where the black market was held, there were dozens of vehicles of various colors parked there.
"There are not many people who participate every time, but these people are either local tyrants or masters, so if you want to buy really good things, it is no less difficult than visiting the market in Panjiayuan."
Tan Moxuan said as he handed his mobile phone to the guard at the door for inspection, Li Yi had seen it when he was in the car, and there was an invitation letter there, which was sent by text message on his mobile phone.
After checking the invitation, the guard opened the small door on the large iron gate and stepped aside.
It was a huge and empty storeroom, and there were four rows of simple shelves of that kind in the form of steps, three of which were filled with all kinds of goods, and the other was a little sparse.
"These three columns are the shops of the top ten merchants, and the remaining column is for us people."
Li Yi looked around and found that there were almost a hundred people standing in front of various stalls to pick up things, these people, men, women and children, but they all had one thing in common, that is, almost everyone was carrying or carrying a large bag, and there should be cash on it.
"Let's go, there aren't many things anyway, let's look at them one by one."
The three of them walked to the first booth in the first column, and on this stall, some porcelain was placed.
"Be very careful when looking at things here, especially porcelain. You see, these shelves are very simple, if you are not careful when you take something or put it back, you will break it by mistake, but you will be slaughtered. ”
Li Yi nodded, bent down, and began to carefully examine the porcelain placed on the shelves.
Although the lights are on in the warehouse, the light is still a little dim, so the color of many porcelain looks abnormal, and the difficulty of identification is much greater than that in the outside market.
The first shelf of more than twenty pieces of porcelain took him almost fifteen minutes, and he didn't see anything good. And because of Tan Moxuan's reminder and the environment of the scene, in the end, he didn't use the spirit cards to identify them one by one, because at this point now, he is no longer too eager for some ordinary small leaks, and the use of the spirit cards is more casual.
Since it is said that antiques should pay attention to the fate of the law, then, if you miss it, you will miss it.
Soon, they looked at the three shelves, during which Li Yi also found a few good things, but after getting his hands on them, he found that two were fakes, and the other two were real, but they were very average, so he simply asked a price and did not choose to sell.
The fourth shelf is not porcelain, but a dozen small piles of copper coins of various colors.
Seeing this, Li Yi's heart moved, it seemed that he had never encountered a copper coin worthy of collection, and he didn't know what his luck would be this time.
In front of the copper coin stall, there were two other customers who were picking, Li Yi glanced at the copper coins they picked out and put aside, and found that one of the Kaiyuan Tongbao actually had the word "Yong" written on the back of the official book, and couldn't help but sigh, it seems that the goods of this house are not bad.
Kaiyuan Tongbao was the main currency in circulation during the 286 years of the Tang Dynasty's rule, and because the economy was particularly prosperous during the Kaiyuan period, it was surprisingly large compared to other copper coins.
But the large amount of the world does not mean that it is not precious, in the dozens of Kaiyuan treasures found at present, although most of them are dozens of dollars or even a few dollars can be bought, but some of the treasures, the price can still easily reach thousands of yuan or even more.
Among them, the price of Kaiyuan Tongbao Lishu Xiaoping's back "blue" Sanyun, Kaiyuan Tongbao Lishu Xiaoping's back "Yong" is close to 2000, and now Li Yi sees this Kaiyuan Tongbao Lishu Xiaoping on the back of "Yong", and its price is also sold to about 1500 yuan.
The middle-aged man noticed that Li Yi was looking at the copper coins he picked out, so he glanced at him vigilantly, and then quietly took the few copper coins he picked out in his hand and quietly changed them to the other side.
Li Yi shook his head dumbly and turned his attention back to the pile of copper coins.
On the whole, the quality of these copper coins is not bad, and they should have been carefully cleaned one by one, but in this way, the possibility of leakage is much smaller.
Li Yi doesn't care, anyway, even if there is a treasure, as long as it is not the legendary mother money, it should not be expensive, if you really want to collect it, just buy it at the original price.
There were a lot of copper coins, and he didn't bother to look at them one by one, so he took the opportunity to pick them up and directly opened the spirit card.
Hey? This cool air doesn't seem to be something that ordinary copper coins can give! (To be continued.) )