Chapter 19: The Puzzle
"This ......"
Fang Ming suddenly discovered a very serious problem, that is, Zhu Zidong didn't understand antiques at all, and he didn't know whether this plate was worth anything or not, especially in this situation, he would definitely not believe his own words.
When Cheng Wu saw Fang Ming's appearance, he immediately became even more proud, and said, "Yo, I have more than a dozen of them at home for this broken plate, are they all antiques?" “
Fang Ming ignored Cheng Wu, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I don't think it's as good as this, I will take this plate back to Ningdong City to ask experts to identify it and sell it, and at that time I will know if Zhao Huo is really rich." ”
In Fang Ming's opinion, this may be the only way.
Zhang Wu became even more energetic, and said loudly: Uncle Zhang, you can't believe them, it takes a lot of time to go to Ningdong City to sell antiques, and it will take a lot of time to come and go, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no loopholes, for example, Zhao Huo, this kid took the opportunity to borrow money, then we probably don't know. ”
Zhang Dong thought about it for a while, and felt that Cheng Wu was not wrong in what he said, such a possibility does exist, in fact, the most important reason is that he didn't think that Zhao Huo could get 100,000 yuan at all, as long as he left here today, then if Zhao Huo was ready for 100,000 yuan, he didn't know.
"This is not good, this money must be taken out today, if he really has money, whether it is in the passbook or cash, take it out now."
Frowning slightly, Fang knew the idea of 'one' to read 'novels', but then he had no choice.
"Don't bother, I'll take a look."
The old man, who had been standing beside him and had not spoken, suddenly stepped forward and picked up the plate and looked at it carefully, and the plate had just been filled with vegetables, and there was even residual juice on it, but he didn't seem to notice it at all.
"Who is this?"
Fang Ming asked Zhang Jiafang, who was standing beside him and Zhao Huo, that old man came with Zhang Zhangdong, she should know his identity.
"A feng shui master invited by my dad seems to be named Liu Yangping, and I only know this."
Zhang Jiafang shook her head gently, because the family was preparing to build a house, and her father invited the other party back.
Fang Ming breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that this Liu Yangping looked very carefully, and he should know how to understand antiques.
Liu Yangping was stunned for a moment, Liu Yangping was a feng shui master who he had finally invited back through many connections, but he didn't expect that there would be antiques.
"This ...... Master Liu, do you also like antiques? ”
Liu Yangping didn't hear Zhang Dong's words at all, but he still looked at the plate in his hand intently. It was a full half hour before he nodded and put the plate back on the table.
"How much does this plate cost?"
"This ......"
Fang Ming found that he had encountered another difficulty, Pixiu was able to tell himself whether it was an antique or not, but he couldn't see how much it was worth, he had been in the industry for too short a time, and he had very little understanding of the market, in fact, not to mention how much it was worth, he didn't know which dynasty the plate in front of him was!
Fang Ming looked at the Pixiu floating on the back of his hand, and he had a headache at this time. Zhou Yafang was present before, and he didn't have to worry about things like price at all, but now it's different, he is alone in his hometown, is it difficult to call Zhou Yafang? Pricing is a bit too difficult for someone who is new to the antiques collecting industry.
Even if you make a phone call, so what?
After all, she was not on the scene, and it was not so easy to make an accurate judgment.
Seeing that Fang Ming didn't speak for a long time, Liu Yangping's brows furrowed and said, "How much is it?" ”
The plate in front of me is a good thing, and it is the "blue and white plate with entwined branches and lotus patterns" in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. In terms of ornamentation, it completely inherits the tradition of Yuan blue and white, and the tangled branch lotus pattern on it uses the technique of "one stroke". This technique is a new way created on the basis of inheriting traditional calligraphy and painting, and in terms of effect, it is more concise and skillful than traditional porcelain painting and calligraphy, mainly used to describe nature, simple and unpretentious, which is an important feature of the folk kiln in the early Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the outer wall of the plate under the army is painted with a swirl pattern, which is a simplification from the most common wave pattern in the edge decoration without blue and white, because the plate of the folk kiln at this time is made of domestic green material, so the color is grayish, and the glaze color also appears to be gray with green, the inner wall of the circle foot is oblique outward, the sand bottom is not glazed, the bottom has milk spots, the tire color paste is slightly white and exudes a natural light gray, there is sand on the edge of the foot, and even black paste rice marks, all of which can only appear in the fine body of the folk kiln in the early Ming Dynasty.
In particular, the shape of this plate in front of me is quite upright, and the decoration is intact, which is quite rare for the folk kiln, and it is the best of the best.
In addition to being a feng shui master, Liu Yangping also has a hobby of collecting antiques, this time he came to show Feng Shui to the board of directors, he didn't expect to encounter such a good thing, how could he let it go?
As for Fang Ming, who didn't speak for a long time, in his eyes, he naturally wanted to raise the price-where would he have thought that Fang Ming was not this, but he didn't know how to make a price at all.
Fang Ming was taken aback, then he came back to his senses, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "I ...... this thing How much are you willing to pay? ”
This is a last resort - since you don't know how much the plate is worth, you can only let the other party offer the price first.
Liu Yangping was stunned, he didn't expect Fang Ming to let him bid first. He was a man of old age, and immediately realized that the other party was probably a novice, and although he knew that the plate was an antique, he was not sure how much it was worth. Laughing secretly in his heart, Liu Yangping pointed his finger and said, "This plate is okay, I'll give 2,000 yuan." ”
"2,000 yuan? This broken plate is worth 2,000 yuan? ”
Cheng Wu shouted, "This thing can buy 3 pieces for 10 yuan, and it's everywhere on the street." ”
In Cheng Wu's opinion, isn't the plate in front of him a little white? Is it a flower? I saw the exact same thing when I walked around the market two days ago!
Fang Ming frowned, Cheng Wu's words should be let go as a fart, the problem is that the price that Liu Yangping opened was really a little far from what he expected in his heart.
He had the heart to refuse, but he didn't know its true price, and fell silent for a while.
Hearing Liu Yangping's bid of 2,000, Zhao Huo whispered to Fang Ming:
"Fang Ming, I usually use this plate for eating and drinking, 2,000 yuan is already a lot, let's sell it."
Zhao Huo is indeed quite satisfied, after all, he can't earn 2,000 a year of hard work, and now he is just selling a broken plate at home, where would he be unwilling?
Fang Ming shook his head and didn't speak, his brows furrowed more and more, how could this plate be able to cause the reaction of Pixiu in his right hand to be worth only 2,000 yuan?
2,000 yuan, it's better not to sell it, and give Zhao Huo 2,000 yourself.
Of course, he also understood that if he really did this, Zhao Huo would definitely not ask for his own money.