Chapter 1: Tomb Robbers in the Country
"It's over, it's over!"
Zhang Can cursed in despair, and his heart sank to the eighteenth floor!
Since entering the Tao three years ago, Zhang Can has been careful and careful, making a small amount of money one by one, following the antique street, the old birds in the thrift market to learn experience, and saving 200,000 hard-earned money in the past three years, but it turned into nothing at this moment!
Things have to start from three days ago, Zhang Can chatted and drank tea with his old friend Su Forest, Su Forest is the palm of Lao Shizhai, in his early fifties, he is also a character in Jincheng antiques, he is very experienced, Zhang Can and Lao Su are fellow villagers, and they basically send Lao Su here when they buy small pieces, in fact, they can't really pick up leaks, one piece will earn three hundred, more than one or two thousand, and sometimes lose a little, but Lao Su will also help Zhang Can make up the difference to the minimum.
After coming and going, over the past few years, the relationship between Zhang Can and Lao Su is relatively iron, under the guidance of Lao Su, Zhang Can's skills are getting better and better, in the antique industry, of course, no one dares to say that he will never be a supreme master, but small knocks and small pieces, Zhang Can does rarely miss.
Just doing a line of work, you naturally want to get ahead in this line, Zhang Can is no exception, always dreaming of one day being able to pick up a big leak, make a fortune, and then buy a house in Jincheng, marry a daughter-in-law, have children and live, life, everyone is arranged like this.
But this dream is basically shattered!
Three days ago, Zhang Can came home from Lao Su's old Shizhai drinking tea and chatting, and when he walked out of the store to the mouth of the alley, a country man dressed very dirty cowered and asked him in a low voice: "Boss...... Want...... Do you want something that has just been unearthed? ”
Zhang Can was stunned, he naturally understood the meaning of this newly unearthed, in their line, that refers to the objects that have just come out of the tomb, but 95% of these objects are fake, at most 1% of the objects are real, and the other 4 percent are old pieces in circulation, but most of the actual value has reached the end, and there is not much room for appreciation if it changes hands.
So in this line of work, eyesight is the most important, in addition to eyesight, it is still eyesight.
The state is to crack down on the theft and sale of cultural relics and antiques, but in the specific industry of cultural relics and antiques, it does not restrict the counterfeiting of counterfeits, that is to say, whether it is true or fake, you have to rely on eyesight, since ancient times it is both goods and silver, and you are not responsible for leaving the cabinet, if you buy a fake or fake, even if you lose a lot, no matter how badly you fall, then you can only knock out your teeth and swallow blood, and you can only swallow it in your stomach to hide, and the law does not restrict the behavior, you are useless to sue, and you will be laughed at when you go out!
This line can completely summarize the ups and downs in this line in four words:
Eye-catching, leak-picking!
Eye-catching, is a loss, a small loss is a small loss, a big loss is likely to go bankrupt, maybe you were a rich man before a night, and you are a personal loser after a night!
Pick up leaks, is to earn, earn tens of hundreds of thousands, that is called small earnings, and the real leakage, that is the people in this line of things are looking forward to, at a very small price, in exchange for hundreds of thousands, even immeasurable treasures, that is, pick up the big leak, of course, pick up the leak is the same as buying lottery tickets, is a thing that can be met but not sought, Jincheng antique market, countless people like Zhang Can are turning, old birds, new birds, rookies, traps everywhere, a bad will be broken.
Of course, there are naturally opportunities in this, but opportunities, which are not something that can be had, and people with poor eyesight, even if they encounter opportunities, they can't grasp them.
Zhang Can doesn't look young, but his experience and eyesight are not bad, and even Lao Su praised him for his strong understanding.
The countryman in front of him, who is in his thirties, can't pretend to be the vicissitudes of life on his face, especially his face and a pair of hands, the skin on his face is a little pale, and even a little pale, which is the reason why he has been in a specific place for a long time, and the hands, the tips of the ten fingers and the tiger's mouth have obvious dry calluses, and this kind of dry cocoon is different from the dry cocoon of doing farm work, doing farm work is a uniform dry cocoon on the whole palm, and the dry cocoon on the hands of this country man is very special.
As soon as Zhang Can noticed this, his heart jumped: this person is a tomb robber!
After being stunned for a moment, Zhang Can hesitated and asked, "...... you What's the matter? ”
The country man looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "Boss, it's not convenient to talk here, why don't you go to the alley with me?" ”
Zhang Can hesitated again, this method is no different from those scammers, it is not uncommon to go to the alley and stun you and rob the money and run away.
"Boss, is this okay?" The countryman saw that Zhang Can was very hesitant, obviously distrustful, and immediately said, "You find a place, I still have a companion, I asked him to take things and go with you, and inspect them in your place, okay?" ”
Zhang Can felt the truth from his words, thought about it, and then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, trouble, I'll go with you to the alley to have a look!" ”
Anyway, he has nothing of value on him, and the cash is only three or four hundred yuan, even if he robs it, it is only such a big thing, besides, those who engage in these robberies will not dare and will not really kill people, it is a big crime to kill the head, it is not worth it.
In a small alley more than one meter wide, the countryman's accomplice was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who carried a woven bag for fertilizer, and Zhang Can was even more relieved when he saw it.
The countryman took the woven bag from the boy's hand and told him, "Stand guard outside the alley!" ”
After the boy walked out of the alley, the countryman handed the woven bag to Zhang Can.
It weighs only about two or three catties, Zhang Can took a deep breath, and then slowly opened the bag, and there were some soft things such as foam cloth strips in the bag, so as not to break it, and then open the foam cloth strips, only to see a glance, Zhang Can is trembling!
This is a red glazed bottle with a fine mouth pattern, skimming, thin neck, hanging abdomen, circle feet, thin neck, slightly constricted in the center, the neck gradually widens downward into an apricot round drooping abdomen, the curve changes slowly, the two sides look symmetrical S-shaped, the overall height is only more than 30 centimeters, like the shape of a heart.
"Jade Pot Spring!"
Zhang Can just didn't say it in his mouth, but he was extremely shocked in his heart, if this is a real one, after figuring out the age and texture, you can know its approximate price, but one thing is for sure, this bottle has a round and delicate color, and a mild feel.
One million, Zhang Can was so nervous that he even sweated out, what he dreamed of encountering, did he encounter it today?
However, Zhang Can still suppressed his excitement, pretended to be very calm on the surface, closed the mouth of the bag, and then asked the countryman: "This bottle, the color is too fresh, it doesn't look like something with a vintage, how much do you say you want?" ”
"Something like a vintage?" The countryman was stunned, then put the bag in his arms, shook his head and said: "Since the boss said so, then I don't need to say the price, this thing was unearthed when it was a pair, and the other only for my third uncle to take to the south to find a buyer, I heard my third uncle say that there is a buyer for 300,000, my third uncle didn't want to sell, but the south side of the wind is tight, and a little worried, so he gritted his teeth and sold, and the people came back, so we didn't go to the south, the boss said that this thing has no year, then I'll find someone else to see!" ”
"Wait a minute......"
Zhang Can still couldn't help but let out a low scream, thought about it and asked, "How much do you want?" ”
The countryman smiled innocently and said, "It can't be less than my third uncle's price!" ”
That's 300,000, Zhang Canyi frowned, wanted to pick up a leak at a low price, I'm afraid it won't be, but a heart can't beat well, mixed in the antique market for more than three years, this is the first time to see something beyond his imagination, the objects that he has seen and played with before, are generally hundreds, thousands, the highest one is only more than 20,000, as soon as he opens his mouth, he has not encountered it, of course, this kind of jade pot spring is also the first time he has encountered it!
Zhang Can thought for a while, and then discussed with the countryman: "Big brother, let's do it, this price is so high, let me take a photo first and ask my friend if it's okay?" Then he added a few words: "Of course, if you really want to talk about it, then you should find a friend to identify it, it doesn't matter if it's small, everyone is cautious about this valuable object, right?" If you believe that your stuff is real, then don't worry! ”
The countryman nodded and said: "Of course, it is a trivial matter whether the business succeeds or not, and the business does not become benevolent and righteous, my things are made by me from the ground, of course I am relieved, take a photo, take a photo!" ”
Zhang Can immediately took out his mobile phone, carefully took out the bottle from the bag, and then took several photos up and down, left and right, and then passed the photo to Lao Su.
In just a minute, Lao Su's call came, and Zhang Can turned his back, holding the microphone of his mobile phone and trying not to let the countryman hear it.
"Xiao Zhang, where did you take that photo? Did you see it with your own eyes? ”
"Yes, I saw it, Lao Su, you say, how much can this thing be worth?" Zhang Can suppressed his voice very low, very low.
"Xiao Zhang, this is not easy to say, this object may be the Yuan and Ming Dynasty jade pot spring bottle, I can't be sure if I don't see the real thing, but the color on the photo is still very good, the highest price of similar porcelain pieces on the market is the glaze red entwined peony pattern jade pot spring bottle in the Ming Hongwu period, 97 years in Hong Kong Christie's to 22.02 million Hong Kong dollars!"
Zhang Can's brain shook violently!
Lao Su's words made his brain confused in an instant, two million yuan! How many times is that 300,000 RMB? It's not so much, I only need half of it, even if it's 10 million yuan, 10 million minus 300,000, he can still earn 9.7 million!
What is the concept of 9.7 million?
The house, the car, the wife and the son, everything, and the money can be saved, this is the concept of 9.7 million!