Chapter 108: The Antique Shop of San Donato
readx;??? Seeing that Wu Di's attitude of checking out was more resolute, Song Ying was anxious and said:
"Mr. Wu, Mr. Zhong has already paid the room fee for ten days, and it is very troublesome to return! And now the hotels in Milan are really full, and I have already called my friends when I was eating! β
"Full?"
Wu Di tilted his head and looked at Song Ying, there was a hint of ridicule in his smile, he was born in business, he had never seen or heard of this kind of thing, how could he not know what this girl was thinking?
Song Ying was looked at by Wu Di for a while, and quickly changed the topic,
"Now that the luxury goods are on sale, isn't Mr. Wu going to buy some souvenirs for his girlfriend?"
Having a beautiful tour guide is better than a declining brother, Wu Di decided to pretend to be confused, anyway, the decision is in his hands, is it possible that he is still worried that this little girl will pounce on him and make him QJ?
"Girlfriend? Now I'm still raising it for me at my mother-in-law's house! Go, like the Eight-Nation Alliance, sweep their antiques. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Song Ying smiled, this Wu Di is at least not annoying, so it will be, but it would be better if it could be a little whiter.
"There seem to be a few antique shops near San Donato, the terminus of the Yellow Line subway, but I haven't been there yet, so I don't know how. In fact, the real good things are at auctions and antique fairs. Florence can stay a few more days when the time comes. β
Wu Di saw that Song Ying was gradually entering the situation, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Miss, you are also professional in acting, and you still need me, an amateur supporting role, to guide you! His tone became more relaxed,
"Girl, is there a word called picking up leaks, do you understand? If you go to the auction and go shopping with others, it is called showing off your wealth! I still owe hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign debt! β
Song Ying stuck out her tongue and protested silently:
"Dare to call me a girl! Believe it or not! Hundreds of millions of foreign debts? Still have the heart to come out and play with women? Fool it! β
suddenly remembered that he seemed to be the woman who was about to be played by him, and he couldn't help but be angry and anxious, and his little white face instantly turned crimson!
Compared with the subway in the capital, the subway in Milan is a lot more dilapidated, but it is a little better, not crowded. At every subway station, you can see a lot of yellow-skinned and black-haired people getting on and off the train. Wu Di can clearly recognize whether they are Chinese or not, but it is not something he can do to distinguish between Koreans and RI himself.
There are not many tourists in San Donato, but there are indeed a few antique shops, gathered in a small street, the storefronts are large and small, and they are all dealing in some European antiques, jewelry, watches, pipes, clothing, armor, weapons and the like, compared to the dazzling variety of Chinese antique shops, it is really not interesting.
Wu Di looked at a few shops, and by the way, he tested the ability of Tianshu, but fortunately, he was able to identify the antiques of foreigners. Although there are fewer varieties of antiques here, the proportion of genuine goods is much higher than that in China, and occasionally you can see porcelain from China and some small bronzes, but they are either modern works of art or are in poor condition, and none of them can enter Wu Di's eyes.
Song Ying was a little embarrassed, she really didn't know much about antiques. Taking advantage of Wu Di's time to look at a spear, she asked an antique shop owner in Italian where she could see more Chinese antiques. The boss didn't mind, took her to the door of the store, pointed to the front and said:
"After that street, there is a small shop specializing in Chinese antiques, but things are very expensive, and the Chinese boss is very cunning!"
Wu Di followed to the door, Song Ying translated the boss's words, Wu Di listened and smiled:
"It doesn't matter, the money is in our hands, if it's expensive, don't buy it, just take a look. This antique, without the historical background and cultural background, is really nothing to look at, and it is better for Chinese people to play with their ancestors. β
That small shop is actually not small, on the contrary, it is bigger than the shops just now, and the owner is really an old Chinese man! However, it seems that the business is not very good, except for Wu Di, there is no customer at this time. The boss was wearing a long shirt and was thin, and when he saw Wu Di and the two of them coming in, he got up and made a gesture, Wu Di hurriedly returned the salute, and for a while, he actually had a feeling of visiting Panjiayuan.
"Sir, you can take a look at it casually, and then we will talk about it if you like it?"
The boss is very simple, Wu Di likes this, and when he buys things, he is most annoyed that someone has always been around to introduce him.
Look at the layout of the store first, the display cabinet against the wall is simply divided into two parts: porcelain area and miscellaneous area, mainly porcelain, which occupies more than two walls!
Wu Di glanced at it roughly, there are a lot of good things, and it seems that there are a lot of real things, but after looking at a few price tags, the price tag is indeed expensive. After looking around and having a bottom in his heart, he returned to the place at the door, and looked carefully at the counter by counter.
The boss stood aside and kept looking at Wu Di, this young man is an expert, at least he has learned, but he doesn't know how his eyesight is?
Song Ying looked at the east and the west boredly, there was obviously nothing here that could attract her, but seeing that Wu Di was attentive, she didn't dare to go over to disturb him. The boss looked at her, smiled and dragged a bench over, and said in a low voice:
"Girl, please sit down, this antique man, he will die when he sees good things, I'm afraid you have to wait, I'll pour you a glass of water."
Wu Di really didn't have time to take care of Song Ying, this was his first actual combat after half a month of training with the second senior brother, how could he be sloppy? And there seem to be a few good things in this store, wouldn't it be nice to be able to find them out without relying on the book from heaven?
Antiques, like beauties, are not patient to look closely. Wu Di looked at the two shelves, and overturned his initial judgment, this world is as black as a crow, and the world's antiques are generally fake!
The boss's porcelain is roughly placed according to the age, and the third shelf is still porcelain, but the dynasty has arrived in the Qing Dynasty, Wu Di has seen no two, and one piece of porcelain has attracted his eye, sacrificing red glazed bowls! A red-glazed bowl about the same size as the one Wen Yaru showed him!
Holding the small bowl in his hand, Wu Di was even more emotional, it was too similar, if it wasn't Italy, he would even think it was Wen Yaru's. He carefully looked at the glaze, the fetal quality and the style, and asked:
"Boss, how much does this cost?"
"Mr. has a good eye, this is a red-glazed bowl of Xuande sacrifice imitated by the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, with exquisite workmanship and intact condition, which is very collectible! It's also a jing product in my shop. β
"Jing Pin? Jing products should also have a price! β
Wu Di secretly said that this boss must have been mixed up in Panjiayuan, and this tone is exactly the same as the guy there!
The boss didn't speak, smiled and pointed to the shelf, Wu Di turned his head and looked, 200,000, very cheap! He was about to speak, when he suddenly realized that this was in Europe, and the symbol in front of 200,000 was also the symbol of the euro, and 200,000 was 2 million! Looking at the small bowl in his hand again, he shook his head, put the bowl down, and said:
"If it was in the Xuande period, this price would be too worthwhile, but in the Kangxi year, it was not sold at this price in China."
"Although I rarely go back to China, I know a little bit about the domestic antique market. Troubled gold, prosperous collection, now China is the advent of the prosperous era, so the antique market is becoming more and more popular, it is no exaggeration to say that this treasure antique is a price a day! Moreover, in recent years, some big European collectors have also frequently made their purchases to raise the price of Chinese porcelain at auctions, so this price is really not expensive. β
"What price does the boss really want to sell?"
"What price can I get if I really want to buy it, sir?"
Wu Di smiled, stretched out five fingers with one hand, and said:
"Fifty thousand, euros!"
"Oh, you buy cakes, sir, you are so good at bargaining, this price is impossible."
"Then boss, can you tell me another possible price?"
"Twenty percent off, twenty percent off is the best price."
One million six thousand? Wu Di shook his head silently and said:
"Boss, I'll take a look at the others, and if there are any suitable ones, we'll talk about them then."
The boss nodded and stepped aside.
After a while, Wu Di fell in love with a shadow celadon plate, the porcelain is extremely thin, and the dragon flower is secretly carved. The bottom paragraph is four words and two lines, and the Yongle annual system.
Look at the list price, 50,000 euros. Wu Di picked up the plate and asked:
"Boss, how do you sell this?"
"This is the celadon of the Yuezhou kiln in the Yongle period, and it is a rare genuine product. The Tang poet Tortoise Meng praised the elegance and beauty of the Yue kiln celadon with "the wind and dew of the nine autumns and the more the kiln opened, and won the thousand peaks and cui sΓ¨", and its glaze was clear and green, like ice and jade, giving people a sense of elusiveness, and was known as the secret sΓ¨ porcelain. In the 18th century, the Yue kiln celadon was transmitted to France, and the French upper class was impressed by this exquisite porcelain, like a clear green lake glaze. At that time, "The Shepherdess" was being staged at the Paris theater, and the French used the name "Selangordon" to call the Yue kiln celadon. β
Since you want to show off your knowledge, then I will say a few words and see whose words are true! Wu Di took over the boss's words and said:
"The flourishing period of the Yue kiln was in the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the technology of the northern kilns and Yaozhou kilns has made great progress, and the white porcelain carvings of the kilns are clean and pure, and the celadon carvings of Yaozhou kilns are more blue than the more kilns, and the porcelain used in the palace does not need to be more than the kiln. Therefore, boss, I am afraid that this porcelain is an imitation of the late Qing Dynasty, and this price cannot be reached. β
The boss put this porcelain in the pile of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty, obviously he also had this idea, and he didn't argue when he heard it, and asked directly:
"And how much does the gentleman think it should be worth?"
"Ten thousand, ten thousand euros."
At present, the status of Yingqing in China is not high, small pieces of porcelain are generally about 200,000, and jing products can reach millions. But Wu Di obviously has no obligation to illiteracy for the boss, since he thinks it is the Yuezhou kiln, he should tell him the Yuezhou kiln.
The boss shook his head, obviously not believing in this price, Wu Di also knew that the price of this thing was not easy to talk about, so he didn't care, put down the porcelain plate, and continued to look down.