Chapter 65: The Way of Incense
Nightlife is not enough with outsiders also. The next day, I was harassed downstairs by Koyanagi's phone call with trembling legs.
Along with Koyanagi was a senior business manager, in his thirties, meticulous with his hair parted in all directions, a crisp suit, shiny leather shoes, and a portrait of a successful person.
"Mr. Yang, this is Jin Yong, the senior business manager of this Guardian Auction Company, this is Mr. Yang." Koyanagi's very official introduction.
"Hello, Mr. Yang." Manager Jin smiled gently, and shrewdness shimmered under his rimless glasses.
"Hello." We shook hands very amicably, and Manager Jin's hands were dry.
"Mr. Yang has Doucai porcelain entrusted to our company to auction?" Manager Jin invited us to the tea house and asked for three cups of tea.
"Yes, I have a few Chenghua porcelains in my collection, and I want to go to your company's autumn auction, but I don't have time recently." The waiter brought tea, and I thanked him: "Manager Jin, I will probably return to China at the end of October, and I will contact Xiaoliu at that time, of course, you need your company to identify before you can arrange follow-up matters." ”
Manager Jin took a sip of tea and smiled: "Mr. Yang, is that so?" The autumn auction is the most important auction activity for an auction company, and it is very rigorous and cautious. I need to know the name, type, quantity, and inheritance of the Chenghua porcelain you want to auction. Then we can make some arrangements accordingly, and the process is very complicated. ”
"Well, this, I haven't cleaned up the others yet, but the chicken bowl cup is real, it's broken. Inheritance? What do you mean? Is it the origin? It's not easy to say. "I haven't been in contact with an auction company, so I didn't expect it to be so troublesome.
"Hehe, Mr. Yang, I don't think we need to talk about it, I really can't imagine that a person who doesn't know anything about porcelain would dare to say that there are a few pieces of doucai, and a chicken bowl cup. Waiter, pay the bill. "Manager Jin's action of calling the waiter is very chic, I need to learn.
"Manager Jin, why do you say that I don't know anything about porcelain?" Since you were rude first, I didn't need to be polite, I leaned back, hugged the back of my head with both hands, and stretched: "I don't seem to have said a word yet." ”
Manager Jin handed the handbag to Xiao Liu and asked her to pay the bill, and turned to me and said: "Xiao Liu said that Mr. Yang is from JC, and it is impossible for Doucai porcelain, especially top-quality porcelain such as chicken bowl cups, to flow out of the palace, let alone JC from the far side of the Emperor Mountain." However, there are a lot of chicken cups on Taobao now, dozens to thousands. Hehe. Looking at his unstoppable smiling face, I thought it was really necessary to shoot the chicken bowl cup? It's better to fix it and keep it for yourself to drink tea, it's not bad to scare one or two experts to death one day, I calmly looked at Manager Jin and continued: "The things that are auctioned must have a legitimate origin and inheritance, for example, can the stolen antiques in the museum be auctioned?" Especially something as world-renowned as a chicken bowl cup can get involved in endless troubles if you are not careful. Therefore, formal auction companies have strict requirements for inheritance. Mr. Yang doesn't even know what the inheritance is, hehe. And Koyanagi said that when Mr. Yang first introduced the collection to her, she couldn't even tell the difference between doucai and pastel. This makes it impossible for me to understand that a person who doesn't know anything about porcelain can have several pieces of porcelain in his possession. Mr. Yang may think that it is easy to open his mouth and say it, but you would never think that a top-notch savings like a chicken bowl cup would only be owned by those invisible super-rich, whose net worth is in billions, and it is in dollars. Manager Jin looked at my outfit of less than two hundred yuan with interest: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, my time is precious, let's get here today?" ”
"Okay, since Manager Jin is not interested, let's talk about it when we have a chance." I really don't have any opinion on Manager Jin, and I can understand the thoughts of this product. Don't talk about him, if it were me, it would be impossible to believe a person who didn't know anything and swore that he had this and there. What's more, it involves hundreds of millions of lots, needless to say, Xiaoyanagi is not deeply involved in the world, and he met a gangster who cheats money and sex by bragging. However, I was very interested to see Manager Jin's wonderful expression when he saw the repaired chicken bowl cup.
Manager Jin said hello, took the handbag from Xiaoliu's hand, and walked straight out of the hotel. Koyanagi said goodbye to me in a low landing, and it is estimated that the existing position is not guaranteed. I looked very pitiful and comforted Xiao Nizi: "Xiaoyanagi, don't be discouraged, when I come back from Japan, I will send you a photo as soon as possible, and your people will probably rush to do a physical appraisal after reading the photo." I'm very interested to know your Manager Jin's expression at that time. Doucai porcelain may be an opportunity for you auction house, a grand event. But for me, it is a more precious teacup, not that my wealth can ignore the value of the chicken cup, but I have no interest in the chicken cup at all, if it weren't for the chance to meet you, I wouldn't be too lazy to take it out and put it on the auction. You can swallow your anger for a month, and when I come back, you will definitely be angry. Trust me. ”
"Thank you, Brother Yang." Xiao Yanagi was moved, and his eyes were watery: "You know my phone, call me when the time comes, alas, maybe I won't be working in Guardian at that time." ”
So strict?! It's a little messy: "It's not so strict, right?" ”
"Really, I'm just starting out in the industry, and my performance is not good. I can't pull the lot......" The more Koyanagi spoke, the lower his voice became, and the hand that took the bag trembled slightly.
"Don't worry, no matter how they dismiss you, I promise to let them invite you back." I'm confident.
"Thank you......"
After sending Koyanagi away, I went back to my room to provide a wake-up call. Two big white sheep lay lazily in the blanket and whispered. I punched it and lifted the blanket to cause a scream, and one of them was slapped in the ass: "Get up, eat, go shopping." Eh, Abu, get out of bed, don't twist, I don't want to die young. Gu Xiaojing, don't come here, go brush your teeth, it's smelly. ”
After having breakfast in the inn, we drove to the famous Pan family Y, the big one, the big brother of the real one.
BJ's antique market is truly at the "feet of the Son of Heaven". Not only are antique dealers from all over the country gathered, but also because it has been built by Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty for more than 600 years, and its historical and cultural heritage is not comparable to that of ordinary cities. Pan's Y was crowded with people, Abu and Gu Jing were wearing big sunglasses, and they were so hot that there were fine beads of sweat on both sides of their noses.
"It's too hot, shall we go around?" Gu Jing held a small handkerchief and kept fanning.
"That's it, why don't we go back to the car and wait for you." Abu was very lazy, and I didn't think it was very convenient for them to follow, so I ran to buy three bottles of herbal tea.
"Here, you two rest first, and I'll come back after a turn." Handing them the drink, I turned and entered the door.
I prefer to look at the stalls, the right side of the front yard is full of stalls, all kinds of objects are readily available, but it's hard to say whether it's true or false. Walking around with the crowd, there is basically no drama in picking up leaks here, and I don't plan to buy anything today, just look at the excitement. With the flow of people into the greenhouse, all the beautiful handicrafts are seen, I bought a string of aquatic plants agate bracelet in front of an agate stall, one hundred and fifteen, the thing is not bad. Further inside are all tall shops, and when you arrive here, you can feel the precipitation left by history here, all kinds of antique doors, pairs of stone lions, old doors covered with copper and iron, gray bricks and green tiles, if it is not for the crowd rubbing shoulders, it will make people have the illusion of traveling through time and space.
There are still two people out there who are worried, and I can't get enough of it alone. Come by yourself another day and study from house to house.
After leaving Pan's house Y to find Abu Gujing, he first went to Ma Liandao to put the car back in the office. Gu Jing and I first went to a French supermarket chain next to the tea market, and Abu called us after finishing his errands.
In the supermarket, Li Ice Cream held an event, bought a few boxes of mille-feuille snow, and gave a thermos box. Gu Jing likes the taste of ice cream very much, you spoonful and I spoonful are crooked. Out of the supermarket, Abu hadn't called yet. I led Gu Jing to continue to visit the tea market, the first and second floors are specialized in tea, and the third floor is antiques and miscellaneous, mainly miscellaneous, root carvings, old furniture, tea sets and so on. The fourth floor is a camera store.
I took a fancy to a red clay poured Shih Tzu pot in a tea shop on the third floor, 200cc capacity, the price ranged from five hundred to three hundred and eight, I bought a few Shih Tzu pots myself, but they are not as good as the spout of this Shih Tzu pot, the spout of this Shih Tzu pot is very short and exquisite. I was discussing with the boss what kind of giveaway, Gu Jing called me: "Yang Ping, come, look at this tea pet is so cute." ”
I walked over to take a look, it turned out to be a small stone Buddha tea pet in the shape of Rulai, imitating the Dazu stone carving, but the shape was made into a Q version, very kawaii. There is also a set of three Western Three Holy Treasures next to it, Tibetan Heart, Tibetan Tea Pet, that is, Amitabha Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Great Trend to the Bodhisattva are all Q versions. No wonder Gu Jing likes it, these tea pets have been nourished by the boss with Pu'er tea for a long time, and the color is close to tea, and the tea dirt has accumulated with that kind of historical heaviness. The price is very cheap, one hundred, and in the end, the bargaining price brings down the Shih Tzu pot for a total of seven hundred.
"You're wearing agarwood, aren't you?" The proprietress who helped pack the gift box for us saw the agarwood bracelet on my wrist and asked me curiously in a mouthful of Anhui Mandarin.
"Yes, you can see agarwood at a glance, and the level of the proprietress is not low." I replied with a smile that the proprietress was about forty years old, very classical, and wore a thin emerald bracelet on her wrist.
"Hehe, a little bit of understanding, I like to smell the incense and enlighten the Tao, there are very few people who play agarwood now, one is too expensive, and the other is too fake. There is also a lack of culture here, and there are very few people who basically know what agarwood is. Come, sit down. The proprietress beckoned us to sit down, first used a small purple sand stone scoop, strained a cup of tea in a fair cup, poured it for the two of us, poured the rest of the tea on the Jizo Bodhisattva tea pet, and then went to the display case and took out a wooden box. When I opened it, there was a set of incense supplies, small clips, small shovels, small spoons, small brushes and a small stove, all of which were made of copper and very exquisite: "Try this year's raw pu'er." This incense and tea tasting are elegant things, modern life is stressful, lighting a piece of incense at night, can clear people's minds, relieve stress, help sleep, I like it very much. ”
The proprietress elegantly scooped out a little incense powder from a small glass jar: "This incense powder is called Bodhisattva Qi, it is Cambodian agarwood, and it is the best agarwood powder in the circle, and this is used on the electric incense burner." The proprietress poured the incense powder into a delicate electric incense burner and handed the glass jar to Gu Jing: "You smell it, how about it?" ”
Gu Jing put the glass jar close to her nose and sniffed it: "Well, it's very unique, the fragrance is light and elegant, I like this smell, come, you can smell it too." As he spoke, he brought the glass jar close to my nose, and a cool and elegant, slightly sweet and greasy smell rushed straight to the back of my head, which was indeed not comparable to the synthetic fragrance.
The proprietress smiled and turned on the incense burner switch, heated it slightly, and a rich and mellow, wonderfully changing aroma permeated us, making us feel very comfortable.
"Yang Ping, this feels very comfortable, it's too intoxicating." Gu Jing squinted her eyes and savored.
"This incense is really a science," I asked the proprietress as I looked at the delicate incense utensils, "Are these things expensive?" ”