At two o'clock in the afternoon on March 31, Ao Tang stepped into a shop in an antique market in Shencheng. The shopkeeper Lao Li was accompanying a few old customers to taste a few things, and when he saw Ao Tang, he said hello with a smile, thinking that those old customers couldn't decide for a while, so he apologized and let a clerk accompany him first, and he walked to Ao Tang: "You are here, this time it is still a silver dollar?" ”

A month ago, Ao Tang sold five hundred silver dollars in Shencheng, of which one hundred were in this place, and among all the shops that Ao Tang encountered all the way west, Lao Li's family gave the most fair purchase price, so he took porcelain this time and went directly here.

Lao Li's eyes swept over Ao Tang's hand, and he saw that he was carrying a large woven bag in his hand, which seemed to contain two boxes, could it be that he would sell a lot of silver dollars this time? Last time, Ao Tang sold a total of five hundred silver dollars in Shencheng, and Lao Li knew it in two days, and all the antique markets in Shencheng were people in a circle, and there was some exchange of news with each other, and Lao Li even knew that in two or three cities west of Shencheng, this young man seemed to have sold silver dollars. Of course, further west, out of the Yangtze River Delta, he doesn't know.

In Lao Li's mind, this person made a separate **100 silver dollar, which just shows that he is cautious, in fact, **100 silver dollars is nothing, there is no need to hide it. However, if his current bag or box is full of silver dollars, it is really a large amount, and it is even enough to cause the volatility of the Shencheng silver dollar market to decline.

"Boss Li." Ao Tang sighed, glanced at the other guests again, and stopped talking.

"Oh." Lao Li nodded, although he secretly laughed at Ao Tang and pretended to be mysterious, he still stretched out his hand and led him to the second floor.

"Boss Li, this time it's not a silver dollar, it's two pieces of porcelain, which are also ancestral in the family, you can take a look, if it's appropriate, I'll leave from your side."

"Oh, then I'll take a look." Lao Li smiled, as the owner of the antique shop, he has long been tired of hearing the ancestral excuses of the family, and the ten ** who come to sell things all say that they are ancestral, but the real ancestral ones, at most one or two. In fact, the antique shop doesn't care about the real origin of the thing, as long as it is not a recorded thief.

Ao Tang untied the woven bag, which contained two cardboard boxes, opened the cardboard box, opened the wrapped cotton, and took out the porcelain inside.

Lao Li took the first one and tasted it slowly, the smile on his face flashed, it was really not ancestral, with his decades of experience, he quickly judged the origin, this is "Hailao porcelain". Porcelain is soaked in seawater for a long time, and is eroded by seawater and microorganisms in the sea, which will form a "slurry" on the surface of the glaze, so the luster will lose color. If you want to make the porcelain clean again, of course, Lao Li has a professional method, but it will take a day or two to deal with it.

In recent years, the porcelain market has been bullish, so there are more and more counterfeits, and there are many ways to make them old. The authenticity of other porcelain, even if an expert like Lao Li has been infiltrated for decades, there are times when he looks away, or sometimes even if he exhausts scientific and technological means, he may not be able to confirm the authenticity. However, relatively speaking, the screening of Hailao porcelain is easier, and the industry has already summed up a set of empirical theories, and Lao Li soon had a general conclusion about the authenticity of porcelain. However, he is also a cautious person, and he carefully studied it in various ways for more than half an hour before he really strengthened his inner judgment.

Of course, determining the authenticity of a fake is only the first step, and the real thing is not necessarily a treasure.

Lao Li continued to appreciate, the first porcelain is 40 centimeters high, painted with a picture of a boy playing, the bottom has a blue and white style, "Ming Wanli year" six-character double circle. From the point of view of porcelain details, the porcelain glaze is thick, the painting style is large and the body is small, especially the back of the figure's head is particularly large, which is the style of the late Ming Dynasty. In addition, this blue and white piece uses green material, flashing purple difference, and even becoming a little gray, each era of porcelain has a different style, and these are indeed the characteristics of the Wanli era.

Lao Li made the final conclusion in his heart: this is a Ming Wanli blue and white Baizi picture jar, it is an official kiln, but it is not a high-quality product, in his experience, if it is put up for auction, it will start at about 300,000, and the upside is limited. After calculating in his heart, he had already set an upper limit for acquisition, and he took the second piece of porcelain, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he almost exclaimed, and quickly stabilized his mind and tried his best to maintain calm.

The second piece of porcelain is larger, up to 50 centimeters, it is also the official kiln of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, it is a large jar of blue and white seawater cloud dragon pattern Fu characters, tall and majestic, the texture is warm and moist, the painting style is lifelike, the dragon is fierce and vigorous, in line with the characteristics of the times of many conquests in the Wanli years. Lao Li Shenzhi carefully appreciated it for more than half an hour, not letting go of every detail, and admired it in his heart, this is an impeccable Ming blue and white flower.

And he remembered that there was a similar Ming Wanli pot in the 08 Poly Autumn Auction, the only difference was that the word Fu was changed to the word Shou, and the high price was 2.464 million at that time, and the market of the blue and white official kiln in the past two years is still further bullish!

Lao Li finally took his eyes off the blue and white jar, closed his eyes slightly, and was already full of thoughts in an instant, how can he make a lot of money? The young man in front of him is obviously not an expert, otherwise he would not have packed two blue and white pieces in an ordinary cardboard box so casually. Case...... Lao Li's breath suddenly roughened, maybe with a price of two or three hundred thousand, he could buy this treasure of at least two or three million.

The decision has been made, Lao Li looked at Ao Tang, the words came to his mouth, but he retracted again, he squinted his eyes and looked at Ao Tang, and laughed dumbly, saying that people are old and fine, but they can't be old and confused.

If this young man is just a mediocre person, then two or three hundred thousand is fine, even if it is lower, he can say it, antique business, with his eyesight, you don't know the goods, and you mistakenly sell the treasure cheaply, and you can't blame others. In fact, going to the stall to Taobao and going to the countryside to collect treasure is the same reason, and it is immoral and dishonest not to buy the same treasure because of low prices.

But with Lao Li's lifelong experience, the first thing to appreciate is to appreciate people, and the young man in front of him is definitely not a person. From the time he took out the porcelain to the present, nearly two hours, this person did not have the slightest impatience, did not suffer from the anxiety of gaining and losing, but calmly, with a light expression, as if he did not care about the value of these two porcelains at all. With such a bearing, Lao Li has only seen a few people in his life, and they are all leaders from all walks of life, and they are definitely not people who can be deceived and bullied at will.

If you don't understand it now, you can earn him two or three million, what if one day in the future he understands? Do you feel deceived? Although buying low and selling high is a normal market behavior, it should not be taken into account if you lose money. But the question is not whether this person will care, but whether he has the ability to care, and whether Lao Li is willing to take a risk that may not be big for a profit of two or three million!

Ao Tang really doesn't care, and he really doesn't know how to do it, although he looked up some information on the Internet, but the network knowledge base is not omnipotent, especially antique knowledge, all kinds of true and false information are mixed together, no one teaches, and you can't become an antique expert only by looking up information on the Internet. His calmness is because he firmly believes that he has countless wealth, so he will not care about the hundreds of thousands or millions in front of him, in fact, Lao Li really wants to open three or five hundred thousand, which is already within the acceptable range of Ao Tang's own blind judgment.

Lao Li has already made a decision and said: "This gentleman, your two pieces of porcelain, the first Ming Wanli blue and white Baizi picture jar, our store can buy directly, and the price is 250,000 yuan." ”

300,000 things, 250,000 buy, this is actually very fair. If Lao Li takes it to auction, he will have to deduct the commission, and unless the price is raised, he won't make much money.

Ao Tang nodded and said, "Then 250,000 is good." ”

Lao Li said: "The second Ming Wanli blue and white seawater cloud dragon pattern Fu Zi big jar, the estimated price is more than 2 million, the store is small and thin, and it cannot be purchased directly...... In fact, two or three million Lao Li is not unable to take it, the key is that it is not necessary, "If you don't mind, I can help you recommend it to a well-known auction company, waiting for this year's spring auction, according to the transaction amount, you must pay a certain percentage to the auction company, and at the same time, the store also charges part of the commission." ”

Ao Tang didn't care, but he still asked casually: "Then if I go to the auction company myself, won't I be able to pay one less commission?" ”

Lao Li laughed and said: "You can contact the auction company yourself, but every industry has some unspoken rules, and through us, you can avoid a lot of trouble, in fact, it is more secure." ”

"Then it's decided, what agreements do you need to sign and what procedures do you need to go through? The spring auction is a spring auction, but it's spring now, when will it be held? ”

"The time of the spring auction of each auction company is not necessarily, and some of them may be put in the summer." Lao Li replied with a smile, although he can't get two or three million, it's no problem to make two or three hundred thousand steadily, and if the auction price is sky-high, he can also rise according to the commission ratio.

That's just Xia Pat, Ao Tang muttered in his heart, but said: "That's okay, if I have time then, I will come over, otherwise, you will be completely entrusted to Boss Li, and you can call my account after the transaction." As for the porcelain, keep it in your vault. ”

More than two million things, Ao Tang entrusted them without care, this Boss Li has a huge storefront, so many collections, I don't think it will be two million people left. As long as he can find someone, Ao Tang is not afraid of being pitted, and if he is pitted, he will only get it back with interest. And if this auction goes smoothly from Boss Li, Ao Tang doesn't mind auctioning antiques from him several times a year in the future.

Out of the antique market, Ao Tang looked at the time, there were still flights at night, but I didn't know if there were tickets, and there was no need to rush so much. When he passed by a ticket office, he bought a ticket for noon on April 1, and he took a taxi to Guanghua University.

(To be continued)