When Fang Youming walked over, he glanced at the box in front of Zhao Zhuo, said hello with a smile, and then left with Fang Lu.

Although he didn't say anything, it showed even more that he was determined to win, and in his eyes, Zhao Zhuo could not be called an opponent at all.

When the time was almost nine o'clock, more than two hundred contestants were already seated, Ji Xiaofan looked at these people, suddenly remembered something, and whispered: "Brother Zhao, I heard some contestants from my grandfather yesterday, and I know which contestants are most likely to win the championship, I think it would be good for you if you knew." ”

Zhao Zhuo nodded and said, "What are they, you can tell you to hear them." ”

Ji Xiaofan said: "Let's start with the Tong family, there are a total of six people in the Tong family this year, in fact, they are the three sons of Tong Huaishan, the head of the Tong family, and each son has sent two people, among which the most noteworthy is the eldest son Tong Qizhou, who also won the first place in two competitions in three years. ”

Zhao Zhuo looked forward towards his finger and saw an old man in his fifties sitting next to Tong Dongyang, this person was resolute and energetic, wearing a high-end suit, and his body was full of style.

Ji Xiaofan said: "Tong Qizhou is the general manager of Tong's Jade Trading Company, although he is engaged in the jade industry, he loves to collect porcelain, plus he has sufficient funds and many channels, so he can naturally receive a lot of good things." ”

Zhao Zhuo bowed slightly, and Ji Xiaofan continued: "The remaining two people are Tong Dongyang and Tong Feiyu, although both of them are Tong Qizhou's nephews, but they should not be underestimated, Tong Dongyang is a professional appraiser, not only has excellent eyesight, but also has very clever means, he is a guy who does not hesitate to destroy cultural relics for the sake of profit, and the entries he can get are definitely not simple." As for Tong Feiyu, although he kept saying that his porcelain was found in the ghost market, his father was the general manager of Lanjing Auction House, so if he encountered a good antique, it was very likely that he would buy it off-site before the auction was carried out. ”

Zhao Zhuo nodded again and again when he heard this, indeed, Tong Huaishan's three sons each accounted for one-third of the Tong family's industry, so they naturally had the ability to get good things.

Ji Xiaofan continued: "Next is the Fang family, there are not many people in the Fang family, there are only four people, among which it is worth noting that Fang Youming and Fang Lu, Fang Youming has a black and white relationship, most of the things in his hands flow from the black market, it is said that he also has a special way, as long as the antiques are unearthed, they can be directly obtained, and then flow out after screening." ”

Zhao Zhuo narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If that's the case, then the things in his hand are probably no worse than the Tong family." ”

Ji Xiaofan bowed slightly: "Yes, three years ago, he also won the first place in two competitions, and compared to the second place, the price of porcelain is more than a million higher." ”

Zhao Zhuo asked, "What about Fang Lu?" ”

Ji Xiaofan said: "Fang Lu is known as the genius of the Fang family, and Tong Feiyu is equal in talent, I heard that he is very loved by the old man of the Fang family, although this guy is young, but because the Fang family is originally involved in black and white, so he also has some ways in this regard, although it is not as wide as Fang Youming, but the acquisition of antiques is not purely based on the wide road, but on luck, in case of good luck, it is not impossible to get something priceless." ”

Zhao Zhuo nodded approvingly, antiques do have a strong accidental surname, even if the eyesight is good, no luck is in vain.

Ji Xiaofan continued: "In addition to them, there are a few other people worth noting, the first is Mr. Chen Caiyuan. ”

Zhao Zhuo followed his finger and looked over, and saw an old man in white in his fifties, the old man was sitting there calmly, squinting slightly and leaning on the backrest, very leisurely.

Ji Xiaofan said: "Mr. Chen is one of the most well-known collectors in Baicheng, his collection of porcelain parts are fine, including tens of millions of treasures, the last session won the first place in two games, the last session did not participate, since this year, since the competition, then must have found a good thing." ”

Zhao Zhuo bowed slightly, although his opponent was only Tong Dongyang, but this porcelain festival was originally a gathering of people in the antique world, and it was not a bad thing to get to know the heavyweights in Baicheng.

Next, Ji Xiaofan introduced Zhao Zhuo to the other people who participated in the competition, many of these appraisers and antique dealers are quite powerful people, even those ordinary players, all of them have very calm faces, as if they are on the battlefield, it is this kind of atmosphere that makes the Dou Porcelain Festival already have a feeling of tension before it opens.

When the time reached nine o'clock, the audience began to enter the venue one after another, and at ten o'clock, the opening ceremony finally kicked off.

The Dou Porcelain Festival is sponsored by the Baicheng Appraiser Branch, and the judges are well-known figures in the Baicheng antique industry, including Tong Qi'an, the president of the branch.

At the beginning of the opening ceremony, the mayor spoke, and Mayor Baicheng was obviously busy with official business, so after a short official speech, he handed over the microphone to Tong Qi'an.

Tong Qi'an stood on the platform and said loudly: "The triennial porcelain festival is a major event in the antique world of Baicheng, and it is also a happy day, because we can see a large number of porcelain treasures that have never been published. The Dou Porcelain Festival is divided into six competitions, and the first one that will be held today is the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. ”

"The so-called porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty Tongzhi, Guangxu, Xuantong and the Republic of China. Although the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is not a fine porcelain on the market, it has distinctive characteristics, because at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to the gradual decline of the official kiln until it was closed, some skilled craftsmen who originally worked in the official kiln made a living, and they created and fired some unique new porcelain products in the combination with the folk craftsmen. Such as light color porcelain, new pastel porcelain, etc., can be described as unique. ”

"In addition, the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is not far from this generation, which is equivalent to the porcelain of a farther age, which has a larger number of surviving and exquisite intact, and everyone knows that the porcelain is broken by seven points, and if the porcelain is damaged, then its appreciation space will be limited, so the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China can be said to be a collection with little investment but high appreciation space."

In addition, the porcelain of the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is also very little in the risk of investment, because the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty Kang, Yong, and dry porcelain have always been a hot spot for investment, so now the vast majority of the imitation objects of porcelain are concentrated in the porcelain produced during that period, and the imitation of porcelain during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China is relatively small, even if it is imitated, it is also limited by the skill of the maker, resulting in many imitations and genuine products that are quite different and easy to identify. There are fewer fakes and they are easy to identify, so the risk to investors is relatively small. And with the heating up of porcelain in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China in various trading markets, the market is also very good. ”

Tong Qi'an's words were eloquent, attracting warm applause from the audience, of course, his words were not lost without loss, because in addition to comparing these unseen porcelain, there is also an important link, that is, auction.

Among the visitors who can come to the convention and exhibition center to participate in the Dou Porcelain Festival, there are actually a lot of collectors and players, and there are many rich people among these people.

The auction link is naturally in cooperation with the Tong family's Lanjing Auction House, it can be said that the entire process of the porcelain festival is made by the Tong family, and the economic benefits are naturally great.

After Tong Qi'an finished speaking, he announced that according to the different admission cards of the contestants, they will come to the stage in different orders to draw lots, and the lottery link is also an opportunity for players to show their faces and show everyone's identity, so as to make the Dou Porcelain Festival appear more weighty.

Of course, there are several types of admission cards, but they are only divided into two categories when drawing lots, one is the players, that is, ordinary people and players who have participated in the competition before, and the numbers drawn in this category are relatively early.

The second category is people in the antique world, whether it is antique dealers, appraisers or collectors, these people are more likely to sell things with higher prices, so the numbers drawn are at the back of the comparison.

After everyone drew lots, Zhao Zhuo found that his number was 198, and the numbers of Tong Dongyang and others were all in front of him.

After the lottery is completed, the first session of the Dou Porcelain Festival officially kicked off.

The light in the convention center has been dimmed a lot, and the lights above the platform have been brightened a little bit, so that the platform is more well-lit.

Next, the first contestant took the stage, the first contestant was a young woman of 27 or 8 years old, who looked quite peugeot, wearing a black dress, looking down and generous.

Two staff members helped her carefully place the box on the platform, and then slowly opened it, and then everyone saw that it was a green pastel Zen bottle inside.

This Zen bottle draws the traditional cabbage butterfly pattern, the shape is beautiful and generous, the glaze is full of moistness, the quality is quite intact, this cabbage butterfly pattern is a very common pattern on the porcelain of the Qing Dynasty, the cabbage and the hundred wealth are the same sound, the metaphor of the family wealth, whether it is the rich or the ordinary people's homes, there are often such porcelain.

From the preliminary appearance of the shape and glaze, it looks like a genuine work in the late Qing Dynasty, but to determine whether it is genuine, it is necessary to let the judges carefully identify it before knowing.

(To be continued)