Because of Raphael's arrival, Li Cheng had an idea, for example, to provide free accommodation and other methods to attract some artists to come, the condition is to collect a piece of their work, although these artists may have uneven quality of their works, there is no collection value at all, or it is possible that these so-called artists are just here to eat and drink, or attract some lazy guys to pretend to be artists, but with this as a selling point, it is also possible to attract potential painters like Raphael.

This is also a great feature of the Grizzly Bear Ranch to the world, and Li Cheng can also see the clues from his works, so as to judge whether he has the qualifications for a few days of free Grizzly Bear Ranch, it is not that there is no review mechanism, which can prevent this kind of situation to the greatest extent, after all, Li Cheng is not good at the church, but it is not a church, there is no real free lunch in the world, and there is still a certain price, such as a work, or a tune......

Li Chengye is not a vassal and elegant, but through Raphael's matter, he had an idea, and the matter that he thought of was just that, through some propaganda means, it should have some effect.

Of course, Li Chengye didn't expect this idea to have any effect immediately, but as an extremely interested amateur, seeing these artists who could see the head of the dragon and not seeing the tail of the god was also cultivated in his heart, and he felt that his style was higher, which may be the reason why many rich people respect art so much.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng thought of the oak tray that changed his fate, and he was able to see this antique inlaid with dragon robes at the beginning. In addition to its own extraordinary, in fact, thanks to Li Cheng's interest in the antique industry during his study abroad, he often watched some domestic antique identification programs on the Internet, so he was extremely interested in this tray inlaid with dragon robes, and therefore did not miss it in the old furniture store, and thus opened a different life, from a dick silk who may give up halfway through his studies, to a large rancher with the Order of Canada, Of course, Li Cheng's current industry is not worth mentioning in the eyes of many rich and nobles, but this is a huge breakthrough!

And so it goes. All of a sudden, it expanded from the art industry to the antique aspect. After all, art and antiques are inseparable, and experts who identify antiques are also first-class connoisseurs after all, and they also have a super high aesthetic ability for art.

"It's not bad to have time to invest in antiques, but I didn't have the money and energy before. Now the time is there. Everything is pretty much in place. You can also do some hobbies. "There are still a lot of antique investments in China, and the number of people who have begun to enter the antique industry is hundreds of times, or even hundreds of times, compared with a few decades ago. This also proves that the rate of return on antiques is still quite high, but the domestic antiques are genuine, coupled with many policy reasons, so the restrictions on the antique market are still relatively large, and there are many damages or flows to other countries, resulting in the domestic market of genuine antiques is becoming less and less, and it also extends the opportunism of many criminals to forge fakes to get rich.

And there is another point that makes fakes the protagonist of the antique market, that is, there is no perfect appraisal agency in China, which can give a more convenient appraisal platform for folk collectors.

Museums at all levels, cultural relics protection institutions are expressly forbidden to give private identification, so the water here is very turbid, mixed with fish and dragons, if you are not careful, you will be set off, it is a common thing, but the leak is only a legend, basically the same as winning the lottery, Li Cheng can pick up such a big leak, I have to say that the Canadian antique market has not been attacked by such two dealers, the antique market in Canada is still very large, at least the counterfeiting is not so rampant.

At present, Li Cheng does not know much about this line, and plans to take a look, the nearest big city is Calgary, Li Cheng drove there, and after arriving, he came to a small store selling antiques according to his memory, which has a history of hundreds of years here, and many Canadians will sell some of their antiques here, and the boss earns the difference in the middle.

The owner of this shop is a white man in his sixties, who speaks fluent British English and has some aristocratic accents, and the reason why he can hear it is also because he has been in contact with Jenny, the daughter of the earl, and it is estimated that the owner of this old shop, the ancestor may be some kind of nobleman, who immigrated to Canada from Europe.

"Hello, distinguished guest, are you Chinese? It just so happens that I have a batch of porcelain here, so I can take a look at it. "The owner is quite enthusiastic, the main customers of this shop are some Chinese tourists who come to Canada, and often come here to buy some porcelain, after all, porcelain as a link in China's historical trade transactions, has footprints in all parts of the world.

Li Cheng looked at it and felt that these porcelain plates did not look like traditional Chinese porcelain, but like foreign ones, with obvious traces, that is, these porcelain plates all had coats of arms similar to a certain family, and they were extremely magnificent.

"Boss, this isn't Chinese porcelain, is it?" Although Li Cheng has watched some treasure appreciation programs, he is a layman after all, and it is normal for some relatively rare porcelain to be famous.

"This is Chinese porcelain, but it is a batch of porcelain customized by Europe, that is, export porcelain, the age, it should be the Daoguang period of China, I live by reputation, so I will not lie to you."

"Daoguang? It's been a while now, and it's an old antique. Li Cheng saw the label attached to the back, the price was 1,000 Canadian dollars, but it was genuine, if it was really the export porcelain of the Daoguang period, it would be sold in China, at least it would make a few thousand or even tens of thousands of soft sister coins.

No wonder it is now thriving to foreign Taobao, and the profit difference here is still quite large. Li Cheng also visited this store for the first time, but it was only a few thousand Canadian dollars, and he did not hesitate, even if it was fake, it was not bad to decorate it in the living room.

"Boss, these three export porcelains are wrapped up for me, I want them." Li Cheng didn't have any bargaining, and it was not easy to do a small business, plus the reputation of this century-old shop, since it was clearly said that it was export porcelain in the Daoguang period, what else did Li Cheng not worry about? Honest management in foreign countries is the basic rule of the business field, and it is impossible for the boss to damage the reputation of his store for those small profits.

Therefore, these three porcelain plates can not be fakes, after all, they are not antiques of great value, the export porcelain of the Daoguang period can not be compared with the Kangqian prosperous era because of the quality, plus the many that survive, 1,000 Canadian dollars is the normal market valuation, but to put it in the domestic antique market, these three export porcelain will double it is possible.

Harvested three genuine products, which is a more gratifying thing for Li Cheng, and the owner of this old antique shop got to know each other, his name is Hall, British immigrant, has lived in Canada for several generations, and has run this small antique store, which is still quite famous in the local area, don't look at his small area, but there are many roads.

Li Cheng also came to explore the way, and after getting to know the old Hall, he made the first transaction, and the two also got acquainted with a lot, the antique shop is like this, there are usually no people, but every transaction, the boss can make a lot of profits, which is in response to an old saying in the Chinese antique industry, "three years do not open, open and eat for three years".

"Old Hall, this is my business card, if there are any good things in the future, just leave it to me to see, if it is suitable, the price will not be a problem." Of course, there are a lot of Western antiques here, all of which are some classical furniture, table clocks, oil paintings, etc., Old Hall took out a violin and said, "Cheng, this is a classical violin, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

"I'm only interested in Chinese antiques, I forgot to say, I don't know anything about Western antiques, if there is any porcelain, bronze, miscellaneous pieces and the like, you can call me, Western antiques, I am a complete layman, and I have no interest in collecting in this area." After all, Li Cheng is abroad, although his hobby is aimed at antiques, but it is limited to Chinese antiques, the so-called refinement is not more, and then set foot in Western antiques, there are more ways to learn, Li Cheng does not have so much energy to understand the history of Western antiques.

"Okay, I remember this, if there are any good Chinese antiques in the future, I will inform you as soon as possible, well, you live in Grizzly Bear Ranch, and it's not too far from downtown Calgary." Old Hall also seems to know the address of the Grizzly Bear Ranch in this area, in this area, the Grizzly Bear Ranch is still quite famous, after all, there is a lot of TV publicity, plus the favor of many repeat customers, so the specific address of the Grizzly Bear Ranch in Old Hall is not strange, and it is estimated that he has vaguely heard it.

"Good old Hall, good to meet you, we'll see you another day." Li Cheng took the three porcelain plates carefully packed by Old Hall and left the old shop.

The main thing is to take some measures to prevent shocks and falls, add some foam and the like to improve the drop resistance of the box, and the porcelain itself is a fragile object, so it is necessary to be extra careful when packaging.

Li Cheng didn't expect to reap a big leak when he just set foot in the Canadian antique industry, not to mention that Li Cheng was just a hobby, and he never thought that it would be extremely difficult to make a living from it, and it was extremely difficult to find three export porcelain.

Contentment and happiness, the establishment of the old Hall line, in the future there are still opportunities to encounter good objects, the future will be long.

Just returned to the grizzly bear ranch, there was a little problem with the husband and wife Tongxin Hotel, at the moment Hu Weiran was still in the hospital for treatment, Li Cheng promised to help take care of the hotel, so he couldn't lose his trust in others, since the staff couldn't solve it, Li Cheng put the porcelain plate, and went out in person, in fact, there was nothing serious, but some guys didn't have anything to do, no matter what country there are some unreasonable people, such as this, said that there are cockroaches in the food, and the sound insulation of the room is not good, At night, he often heard what kind of bed exercise was being done next door, which seriously affected his itinerary, so he was very dissatisfied with the couple's Tongxin Hotel and planned to ask for compensation. (To be continued......)