Of course, Li Xiaoning didn't come to Yanjing simply to enjoy the joy of fish and water with Tang Wei, he actually received an invitation from Guan Jianguo, saying that Guan Pengju was going to hold a family banquet, and he was specially named to participate.

After another passion with Tang Wei, after washing and having breakfast, Li Xiaoning came to the wardrobe. Although he doesn't come a few times a year, Tang Wei's wardrobe is still full of clothes purchased for him.

Li Xiaoning picked out a new set of casual clothes and wore them, after all, it was a family banquet, and she couldn't dress too formally, and if she denied it, she would be out of the artistic conception of "home" in a home-cooked meal.

Tang Wei finally went to the company and left Li Xiaoning with a BMW mini. Li Xiaoning drove a BMW mini around the street aimlessly a few times, and then drove in the direction of the glass factory. He was going to buy a gift for Mr. Guan.

In fact, when he was wandering around the street just now, Li Xiaoning was thinking about what gift to buy for the old man, it stands to reason that he has money now, and he can buy whatever he wants. But this gift is not something that can be bought casually. It's not good if it's too expensive, but it's not good if it's cheap. After thinking about it, I still think that an antique of little value is the most suitable, and last time I saw a few good antique ornaments in the old man's study, which shows that the old man is also a little hobby in this regard.

Of course, it is becoming more and more difficult to go to the glass factory to pick up leaks, firstly, because of the quality of the goods on the stalls, there are not many real things; The second reason is that there are more and more people with good eyesight, and even if there are a few leaks, they have already been picked up by others.

However, this does not affect Li Xiaoning's procurement plan, because he is not short of money now, there is no need to pick up leaks, as long as he sees the right real thing, the price is secondary. Of course, it would be even better if you could pick up a leak by the way, not only to save money, but also to enjoy the fun of Taobao.

Li Xiaoning came relatively early, and the antique market was not very popular, Li Xiaoning ate another basket of steamed buns at a snack stall, drank a bowl of white porridge, and the exercise in the morning really consumed a lot of body. Moreover, he has loved eating xiaolongbao since he was a child, and now he has the opportunity to rediscover how he felt before, so why not do it.

At nine o'clock and ten o'clock, the glaze factory finally became lively. The shops opened one after another, and the mobile stalls were also set up. Most of the people who wander around the market are over forty years old, and a young man in his early twenties like Li Xiaoning looks very eye-catching.

Most of the shops have regular customers, and they are not enthusiastic about individual customers. Even the stall is not a serious buyer at first glance because Li Xiaoning is too young, coupled with his casual browsing style, so no one solicits him.

Li Xiaoning walked fast because most of the items displayed in the stalls were fake, and it was not worth Lang's time to take a closer look.

When I came to the jade and stone stalls, the crowd was obviously crowded, there was no way, the price of jade and stone had been so much speculated in the past two years, it was no longer a simple sentence "crazy stone" that could be summed up.

Although there are a lot of people here, most of them are watching, and they rarely make a move. Most of the people who came here so early were insiders, and their eyes were quite "poisonous" and they were rarely impulsive.

"Master, is the jade here real or fake?" A sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl asked, following behind an old man in his fifties.

Li Xiaoning followed the voice and looked over, feeling that the old man was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

The old man paced slowly in the crowd with his hands behind his back, but he never stopped. Hearing the apprentice's question, he said: "Jingjing, you remember, antiques are real and fake, but jade is not real or fake, only good and bad. If you play our industry, your eyes must be accurate, how can this quasi-accuracy come about? Do you know? ”

"Yes." The little girl replied, "Read more." Master said that antique appraisal is, in the final analysis, the accumulation of knowledge, and as long as you understand the background and characteristics of each period, you are not afraid to be dazzled. ”

The old man shook his head and said, "You think too simply, if you can become an appraiser in this way, then the appraisal is too simple." You must know that the road is one foot high, the level of antique identification is improving, but the level of antique counterfeiting is also improving, and even many counterfeiters themselves are masters of identification, they know the process and methods of identification, and then do the opposite, the objects manufactured can be fake and real, how can you tell how many books you read? ”

The little girl smiled embarrassedly and said, "Oh, I'm still young." Take your time and learn from Master. I'm just following Master to pick up the leaks today. Hehe! ”

Li Xiaoning smiled secretly in his heart when he heard this. Picking up leaks has always been a legend in the collection world, what 20 pieces of porcelain bowls collected in the countryside were later auctioned for 50 million, what 10,000 yuan to buy a jar turned out to be Yuan Qinghua. In fact, most of them are made up stories, and the more the stories are heard, there is no entertainment.

Li Xiaoning likes antiques, but he doesn't collect them much. He has always reminded himself that in addition to fighting knowledge and vision, the antique industry also fights mentality. A good attitude is the premise of ensuring that you are not deceived. In these years, I have been grateful to CCTV for being able to buy a genuine thing at a real price, and I can still count on picking up leaks every day?

I walked all the way and looked all the way, and soon I walked past the jade stall and came to the front of a shop that specializes in all kinds of stoves. Li Xiaoning didn't think about it, and walked in.

The Xuande furnace itself is very rare and precious. Historically, the status of Xuande furnace in the Ming and Qing dynasties was even higher than that of porcelain. Because Emperor Xuande announced that he would make more than 600,000 pieces of porcelain, and only 3,000 pieces of bronze would be made on a large scale. In the Yongzheng period, there was a record in the history of the Qing Dynasty that there were only four bronze ware in a batch of styles.

Copper was still very important as the main currency in circulation in ancient times. In ancient times, it was impossible to use bronze as a practical item for life. At that time, bronze ware was only used by princes and nobles, and was rarely used by ordinary people. In addition, the Chinese people pay attention to "Jijin". From the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty to the Song and Yuan dynasties, brass is very precious, a symbol of status and wealth, and the Xuande furnace can be described as the renaissance of bronze culture. However, in history, the original shape of bronze ware was flamboyant and terrifying, and it was used to sacrifice and sacrifice to the gods. By this time, it was small, practical. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the copper furnace had more contact with the literati, which was related to the study and the matching of agarwood.

Most of the Xuande furnaces circulating on the market are two or three hundred thousand yuan. These stoves are either Kangxi's or Yongzheng's. Porcelain from this period was sold for millions. And a stove is only a few hundred thousand. There is still a lot of room for appreciation in its value. A piece of furniture from the Ming Dynasty, whether it is sea yellow or other materials, is hundreds of thousands, millions of hardwood. A Ming Dynasty painting costs millions or even tens of millions of yuan, and a Ming Dynasty Xuande furnace can be bought for more than 100,000 yuan. There's still a chance to pick up the leak when everyone doesn't quite understand it.

As soon as he went in and walked around, Li Xiaoning knew that he had come to the right place, the things here were very complete, and the condition was also very good.

Li Xiaoning casually asked a few Xuande furnaces, but he was taken aback, it turned out that the price of this boss was really daring to open, and he was indeed an expert and a businessman who really knew how to do business. If you want to pick up the leak from such a person, it is quite difficult, and it is the difficulty of extracting teeth from the tiger's mouth.

After a few laps back and forth, Li Xiaoning finally stopped in front of a three-legged stove with curved ears. This is a very rare furnace type, and it looks very new, but Li Xiaoning can see that this is a genuine product. Because it has the style of a typical palace office, the plum branch is made strong and powerful, and the craftsmanship is complex and elegant, and this royal temperament is difficult to imitate.

"How much does this cost?" Li Xiaoning pointed to the stove and asked.

"Good eyesight. It's the prettiest stove I've ever had. As he spoke, the boss stretched out his right hand and made a six-character gesture.

"Sixty thousand?" Li Xiaoning nodded, "The price is fair." ”

"This gentleman, don't dare to joke." The boss shook his head again and again and said, "How can you buy such a good stove for 60,000 yuan?" 600,000! ”

Li Xiaoning smiled and said: "If this stove has not been cleaned, 600,000 may be really worth it, but now!" I can only give 60,000! ”

"That's what I said. But this thing is a real thing after all. 60,000 yuan to buy the real Xuande furnace? There was a hint of unconfidence in the boss's tone.

As he was talking, the old man Li Xiaoning met at the jade stall just now also walked in with a female apprentice. When the boss saw the old man, he hurriedly greeted, "Mr. Ma is here?" I've got a few new stoves to see if there's anything you like? ”

This sentence of Mr. Ma suddenly reminded Li Xiaoning of where he had seen this old man, it turned out to be on TV. This old man is a well-known collector and antique connoisseur in China, and he is also a celebrity who often appears on television.

Mr. Ma said a few polite words to the shopkeeper, and his eyes were also attracted by the stove in front of Li Xiaoning, looked up and down, nodded again and again, and said, "It's a good thing." How much money can you make? ”

Li Xiaoning was a little dissatisfied, and said in her heart that your old man's eyes are really big, can't you see that I have taken the first step? He coughed twice deliberately.

Mr. Ma had actually seen Li Xiaoning a long time ago, but he didn't expect Li Xiaoning to be the buyer, because Li Xiaoning was too young, and this stove was too new, and ordinary people would not think that this stove was genuine.

Mr. Ma knows the rules, since Li Xiaoning has already asked the price first, it is not good for him to intervene again, so he had to retreat with regret on his face, and said again and again: "It's a pity, it's a pity!" ”

Li Xiaoning said in her heart, did you take the boss's money? How do I feel like you're such a childcare? However, after all, Mr. Ma is an expert in this industry and an elder, so it is inconvenient for him to speak disrespectfully, so he asked the boss again: "Boss, give me a real price!" ”