Chapter 458: Foreigner Antique Shop

I heard the proprietress of the shop say just now that this street was built in 1886 and has experienced two world wars without the slightest damage, which made Han Chong's heart very unbalanced.

Compared with Hitler, who had a bit of an artistic temperament and loved beautiful architecture, the Japanese emperor was simply a miscellaneous.

After they entered China, they ruined Chinese civilization, destroyed many buildings, and robbed too many treasures.

After coming out, the two visited several more stores, and Bi Yue said, "Han Chong, come and see this one, there are a lot of Chinese things in it......"

Han Chong, who didn't want to go shopping much, chased after Bi Yue after hearing Bi Yue's shout, this is also coming by himself, he can't sweep away the interest of his prospective daughter-in-law, right?

Han Chong entered the store and glanced at it, this store is not small, divided into five or six areas, the first place to enter the door, all the Chinese handicrafts, of course, these things are not so good, can only be called handicrafts, you know, "Made in China" is very powerful.

There are a lot of friends who travel abroad, see some very delicate handicrafts, and are ready to buy them and bring them back to China as a souvenir, who knows that when they go to China to show off to friends, a few English letters under those handicrafts madeINchina, which clearly explains the origin of these things.

That is the factory in China, I didn't expect to go abroad, pick and choose, and finally choose a made in China.

Han Chong looked at these things for a long time, and sure enough, under Han Chong's careful identification, these things are all exported to domestic sales, either used to fool foreigners who do not understand Chinese culture, or used to deal with those Chinese who come to foreign countries to search for treasures, anyway, none of the seemingly exquisite things are true.

On the other side, there are some cold weapons and armor from the European Middle Ages. There were also many spears, halberds, war hammers, battle axes, and bows and arrows scattered around, and it could be seen from the pulp of these things that all of them were modern crafts, and Han Chong really didn't have much interest.

On both sides of the corridor, there are closed and locked glass windows, which are filled with many handicrafts of various styles, including East Asian lacquerware such as paper fans and dressing boxes from Japan. It seems that this is the earliest prototype of the Japanese AV industry.

There are all kinds of lighters that have been worn out in the glass window, and even the old revolver and revolver flintlock pistol, neatly lined up in the glass window, not to mention, these things are still a little interesting.

Because of his lack of understanding of these things, Han Chong opened his pupils and urged Jiaolong to help him appreciate them, but to his disappointment, it looked like something that was some years old. In fact, it is still a modern handicraft.

Judging from the appearance and pulp alone, Han Chong could not tell the age of these objects, but after Jiaolong's corroboration, the authenticity of these things is naturally difficult to hide. Han Chong didn't expect that this fake DAO version is also so prevalent in Europe?

Walking to the back of the shop, you will find some Renaissance works from the late 12th century, the most conspicuous of which are of course the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. However, Han Chong knew that these things must be fake.

In addition, under the oil paintings hanging on the wall, there are many clocks that look like the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. There were pocket watches and wall clocks, and there were various styles, about fifty or sixty yuan, and on each watch, there was a small label indicating the price.

"Huh? It's a good watch......"

Han Chong pointed to a pocket watch with a silver chain in the glass case, and said to the middle-aged Frenchman who had been looking at him in non-standard English, "Can you understand English?" ”

"I will."

Obviously, the boss's English is a little better than Han Chong's.

"Then please take out that watch, I want to take a look......"

"Of course, sir, I will be happy to serve you......"

The middle-aged man politely bent down to Han Chong, took out a bunch of keys from his waist, opened the glass cabinet, and took out the pocket watch that Han Chong wanted to see.

This middle-aged man's name is Kane, when his grandfather's grandfather was in his generation, this shop existed, and it has been almost 1 century now, Kane is also a foreign antique dealer, since Han Chong just entered the store, he paid attention, this seemingly young man, should be a connoisseur, the expression in his eyes is very orderly, and the length of stay can show which thing is good and that thing is bad.

To be honest, this foreign boss not only speaks English well, but he has also been exposed to Chinese and is learning it. Why.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, China's consumption power has greatly improved, and today's foreign businessmen no longer think that it is the Japanese who are generous, on the contrary, there are many foreign businessmen who are now vying to learn Chinese, especially to communicate with those Chinese high rollers.

Han Chong naturally didn't know what the middle-aged shopkeeper had in mind, and his attention was on this pocket watch at the moment.

The silver chain on the pocket watch has become a little dull and slightly gray due to oxidation, while on the surface of the pocket watch, there is an enamel filigree figure pattern, with three colors: red, black and yellow, and the figure on it is wearing an eighteenth-century gentleman's dress, and the image is extremely realistic.

After Han Chong pressed the machine on the top of the pocket watch, the cover of the watch bounced up, it was very sensitive, and it did not become dull because of the passage of time, it seemed that the maintenance was still very good, of course, the hands inside had stopped turning, because this was indeed a very old antique pocket watch.

"Twenty thousand euros?"

Looking at the price on the silver chain, Han Chong couldn't help frowning, although this watch contained aura, it was not very rich, in other words, the value was not very high.

There are also Western watches left over from the Qianlong period of Kangxi in China, the price is generally around 100,000 rmB, and the price of this watch is 20,000 euros, which is somewhat beyond Han Chong's psychological price.

"Boss, I want to ask, can this thing be cheaper?"

Han Chong raised the enamel filigree filigree in his hand and asked Kane.

Kane shrugged his shoulders, shook his head and said, "Oh no, sir, this watch was left by my grandfather. It costs at least 20,000 euros, which couldn't have been cheaper......"

As soon as Han Chong heard Kane's English with a French accent, he scolded his mother in his heart, it is estimated that this Frenchman is also an authentic French antiquities dealer who started from practicing stalls.

And what this grandfather left, Han Chong himself put a question mark first.

"Okay, since it was left by your grandfather, and the gentleman doesn't like it, then I won't buy it, so you can continue to keep it to commemorate your grandfather......"

"That Bi Yue. If it doesn't work, let's go. ”

Han Chong shook his head and handed the pocket watch to Kane, he was here to pick up the leak, not to pick up the garbage, this thing is only worth more than 100,000 yuan in China, and he spent 200,000 yuan to buy it abroad, isn't he sick?

"Oh, sir, the price is still negotiable if you really want it. I believe that my grandfather is in heaven, and I hope that the things he likes will have a good home, so can you discuss it......"

Kane saw Han Chong return the pocket watch to him without hesitation, knowing that the price of 20,000 euros scared Han Chong. He knew in his heart that although this thing was from the eighteenth and ninth centuries, many of them were left over from Europe, and the price was not very high. That's about four or five thousand euros.

"No...... No, boss, you must not say that. If your grandfather knew that you had sold this thing, he would definitely scold your grandson for being unfilial, at least in our country, what your ancestors left behind, then you can't just sell it......"

After Han Chong heard Kane's words, he almost laughed in his heart, at least this showed that Kane was talking nonsense to himself.

However, Han Chong is not entirely sure. He had heard before that foreigners never took their own family seriously, if you complimented his mother on her good looks, and wanted to have some super friendship relationship with his mother, it is estimated that the foreigner would rush to sell you something, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

Han Chong's words were said in Chinese, and Kane couldn't tell whether it was scolding or what, so he took the pocket watch and said, "Ten thousand euros, sir, this is the lowest price, if we can, we can still trade......"

Han Chong shook his head, he really didn't have much interest in this thing, if he bought it for 10,000 euros, and he could buy 1 million rmB when he returned to China, Han Chong would still think about it, but the difference of tens of thousands of yuan might be smashed in his hands, and Han Chong would not do this deal.

Just as he was about to say no, Han Chong suddenly remembered something and said, "Let's discuss this thing later, may I ask if there are only these things in your store?" Are there any objects that are even older? Or some damaged paintings, books, etc.? ”

Han Chong suddenly thought that there are often people who come to buy and sell antiques in the antique street at home, and this street is equivalent to the antique city of Paris.

"Oh no, sir, your words are an insult to me, you know, my shop is the largest art store in Paris, and of course there are more than that, and there are many valuable goods in the warehouse, and we can continue to talk about it......"

It may be that Han Chong's meaning is not very clear, Kane became a little excited, and corrected Han Chong's mistakes in a hurry, and a few words of French came out of his mouth from time to time.

"Sir, no, I'm not that expression, I think you misunderstood me, I mean, I don't like anything here, if you have something in the warehouse that I like, then the money...... Definitely not a problem......"

Han Chong's eyes lit up when he heard that there was still a warehouse in this store, in domestic antique shops, good things would never be placed on the shelves, they were all placed in hidden warehouses or safes, anyway, most of Han Chong's treasures were in the basement.

Han Chong just doesn't know if the owners of antique shops in France also have this habit?

After clarifying his meaning, Han Chong also took out a gold card from a famous Swiss bank and shook it at Kane, if the other party knew the goods, he should know that the overdraft amount of this card could reach 5 million euros.

This is also what Han Chong came to Europe and handled in advance.

How could someone who does business in a metropolis like Paris not know the gold card in Han Chong's hand? After seeing the card, Kane's eyes suddenly widened, and his demeanor became more respectful.

In the past few years, the art market has continued to heat up, but people's eyes have also become tricky, in the antique shop can catch a big wrong, it is also a more difficult thing, the average person when buying valuable art, will bring a professional appraiser, like Han Chong and individual customers can pay 5 million euros, it is really rare.

This is the case at home and the same abroad, so Kane's eyes are shining at this moment, and he can't wait for the so-called Leonardo da Vinci paintings in his store to be real, so that Han Chong can buy them.

He had forgotten about the watch first, and for such a high roller, it was a bit of a trivial. However, before going to the warehouse, the owner also planned to sell the things in the store.

"This gentleman, these are all very valuable works of art in the store now, and they are all very old, you can take a look at them again......"

"Oh, forget it, I don't like any of these things......"

After Han Chong heard the words of the shopkeeper, he shook his head in disappointment, and was about to take Bi Yue away, this shop is already the last one on this street, it seems that the moon in this foreign country may not be rounder than in China, and it is no fun to find a good thing.

"Hey, sir, please stay......"

Seeing Han Chong walking out with the woman, Kane was anxious, just now he just wanted to fool Han Chong again and sell a few things in the store, now that he knows that Han Chong is really not interested, he will naturally come up with good things.

"Huh? Anything else? ”

Han Chong looked back at Kane with a faint smile on his face, although he had not been in the industry for a long time, he also knew that if this store was really a century-old store, then the real thing would definitely not be placed in the store.

Kane didn't dare to play any more, bowed slightly to Han Chong, and said, "That's right, dear sir and lady, if you have time, I can take you to see some of my grandfather's collections, I promise, they are all works of art of great historical value, compared to these, it is indeed better......"

Han Chong nodded, his heart blossomed, and said, "Okay, I hope your grandfather's collection will not disappoint us......

"Please wait a minute......"

"Of course."

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