Chapter 40: Getting to Know Qiao's

After the auction of the Huanghuali Buddha carving, Wang Chao then took out an agarwood carving Yunfu cup, "Everyone, this agarwood carving Yunfu cup is made of the best water sinking, it is an object in the Ming Dynasty, and you can come and palm your eyes if you like it."

"Ah, the water sinks the Tuoyun Fu Cup, it is said that it was once loved by the enlightened Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, go, go over and see if it's true, if it's true, then it's really coming, even if you look at it, it's haode"

"Yes, I can't find the best agarwood now, it is said that the agarwood tree species is about to become extinct, even in my lifetime, I will not see success"

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It seemed that there was really someone who knew how to do it, so a group of people who were snoring gathered around to watch, and they judged as they watched, and the Japanese people among them watched with wide eyes

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Seeing that it was almost over, Wang Chao then said, "This reserve price is 3.5 million"

"I will pay 5 million", the Japanese people directly pulled the price to a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach

"5 million wants to take our national treasure away, I will give 5.3 million"

“550”

Then there was another fierce competition, zuihou was still taken away by the old man surnamed 8.6 million, looking at the one, Wang Chao thought: This is estimated to be a special acquisition of wood, it seems that you should make friends with this one in the future.

took out Jin Sinan's eighteen Arhat bracelet again, "Everyone, this third piece is still wooden", as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the old eyes were round, probably wondering who this guy was, why there were so many good things.

"This is a golden silk nan's eighteen arhat bracelet, and it is made of the best Yunnan Runnan in the golden silk nan, with a starting price of 8 million."

"Hey, it's so expensive, Jin Sinan won't be so valuable", although they were separated from each other, but with Wang Chao's non-human hearing, he could still hear it clearly, so he showed an unfathomable smile on his face, and glanced at the Japanese man with his eyes, and this time he made up his mind to let this old self Huaxia beat the autumn wind and spit out what he ate again.

"Indeed, no matter how precious Jin Sinan is, there is no huanghuali, agarwood and other valuables, but after I finish explaining, you can understand, the key to this price is not its own old materials, but the eighteen Arhats carved here, this bracelet has a history of nearly 1,000 years, you know that there is a god show in the history of Buddhism."

"Then who doesn't know, it was when he competed with the six ancestors and wrote the famous poem 'The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is like a clear and pure platform; Always wipe diligently, don't make the dust's high monks" turned out to be the response of the Japanese people shaking their heads there.

"That's right, I didn't expect that as a Japanese national, I would know so much about the history of my country, admire, admire. My Jin Si Nan's eighteen Arhat bracelet was carved by this eminent monk Shenxiu," Wang Chao paused and continued:

"Everyone knows that he is a very famous monk in the history of Zen Buddhism in the north, but what I don't know is that this Shenxiu master turned his enthusiasm to the wood carving after failing to compete with the six ancestors, according to Buddhist historical records, once carved out of the eighteen Arhats of Jin Sinan, and then after the mind calmed down, please six ancestors Hui Neng to give the light, and left in the temple as a gift to the monks, but as a carving of the Shenxiu monks, has been left in Shaolin as the treasure of the temple, and later disappeared in the Northern Song Dynasty through the war tunnel." Seeing that it attracted everyone's attention, especially the eyes of the Japanese people widened and widened, and there was an inevitable light, and he couldn't wait to take it for himself immediately, Wang Chao secretly laughed in his heart and continued to make up the story:

After more than 600 years, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was originally found in the bricks under the Daxiong Treasure Hall when he was a small monk, and was appreciated by Liu Bowen, Liu Bowen and others, and agreed that it was a wood carving of the high monk Shenxiu, and was properly preserved as a treasure in the palace after the tunnel, and later in order to resist the Qing army entering the customs, the Jiajing Emperor gave Wu Sangui a painful cut of love, and after his defeat, this eighteen Arhat wood carving disappeared again until the early stage, When I went to France, I saw this extraordinary wood carving from a descendant of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and bought it for 3 million.

After these sensational words were finished, the following were silent, and the Japanese man behind the tunnel took the lead in breaking the silence, shouting in a hoarse voice, "10 million, I will give 10 million", and after speaking, it was like seeing a bullfight in red cloth, and his eyes were round

"I'll give 10.5 million", it is still the old man who wants to have the surname, and this time he is also excited and ready to compete.

"10.8 million", this is the voice of porcelain Zhang.

The arrogant voice of "12 million" sounded, and the Japanese people continued to shout.

There was a silence below, and it was true that for a piece of wood that was not a top-quality wood, the price was not low

"I'll give 12.5 million", as soon as he said this, the audience was silent, Wang Chao was not only secretly surprised, turned his head to look, and found that it was a man in a navy blue tunic sitting in the corner, this person had come to the stage to see it once when auctioning the jadeite, Wang Chao was not impressed by him.

"15 million" Japanese people do not show weakness, it seems that it is bound to win, Wang Chao is also afraid that there will be more Chinese people to come to "stir up the situation", when it is quiet below, there is no waiting for people to bid, directly auctioned, zuihou This only spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy the golden silk nanmu eighteen arhats were bought by the Japanese people for 15 million, the price has increased nearly 50 times, of course, there is also Wang Chao's "intellectual cost" in it, if there is no such a colorful story, it is estimated that this Japanese people will not spend such a high price, Now it's kind of spit out all the things he just shot.

There was a discussion in the audience, and everyone's eyes looked at Wang Chao from the indifference just now to surprise and respect, this society is like this, there are more people who pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, once it is known that you are worth a lot of money, it will immediately become respectful, of course, the main thing in respect is money, I haven't even had a deep understanding of a person when I first met, and I can't talk about respecting your character.

Wang Chao didn't step down, this time he took out a blue and white porcelain vase from the box, and before he could introduce it, there was a lot of discussion:

"Behold, blue and white porcelain, I don't know if it's true or not"

"Hehe, I don't think it's true, how much is real blue and white porcelain worth, it can't be possible in such a small exchange meeting"

"It's hard to say, this Mr. Wang Chao hasn't come up with a fake, let's wait for someone to introduce it."

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"Everyone, this is a blue and white porcelain vase in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the name is blue and white magpie pattern gourd vase, it is an authentic official kiln porcelain, if you are interested, you can take a look"

As soon as Wang Chao finished speaking, the porcelain Zhang couldn't help but run up and take out a magnifying glass to look at it, and muttered in his mouth while looking at it, "This ornament is very fine, the composition is complex but not chaotic, the shape of the vessel is round, Zhouzheng, dignified and generous from a distance, it is a unique blue and white porcelain ...... of the Ming Dynasty."

The Japanese man behind the tunnel, the man in the tunic who hid in the corner, and even Liu Dejin ran up to watch carefully...... When it was almost time to see, Wang Chao continued:

"This blue and white porcelain is definitely genuine, but the slightly flawed thing is that there is a crack at the bottom, so the price cannot be compared with those sky-high blue and white porcelain, and the starting price is 10 million yuan."

Wang Chao said that the sky-high price of blue and white porcelain refers to the sensational Sotheby's auction that year, the auction price of more than 200 million yuan, so far the highest bid price of blue and white porcelain vase.

"Little brother, I can't see your blue and white porcelain accurately, but if it's really Ming blue and white, even if it's a little flawed, the price shouldn't be so low," Porcelain Zhang stood up and said.

"Mr. Zhang, this is indeed a piece of blue and white porcelain, to tell you, I am also a porcelain collector, there are some porcelain collections at home, this piece of general quality will be put up for auction, hehe, if you are interested, we can communicate with each other later, and visit each other's collections"

"Okay, no problem, little brother is happy, I'll give 12 million"

"15 million"

"17 million"

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zuihou is the one wearing a tunic to take it for 22 million, Wang Chao can't help but be happy: today's auction of these four collections far exceeded psychological expectations, and the cost of being busy is almost negligible, especially blue and white porcelain, which has such a high status in people's minds, and Wang Chao is afraid to take out the other two blue and white porcelain.

After Wang Chao stepped down, Liu Dejin looked at Wang Chao's eyes a little wrong, purely because he was shocked by Wang Chao, and his heart no longer rose up to want to pit a handful of years, without him, Wang Chao took out the items in the exchange has shocked him: first the gold bricks of the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, and then the valuable wood carving, zuihou is a priceless blue and white porcelain, which is not at all like a "fledgling" who has just entered the industry can come up with something, if there is no big family or background behind him, it is impossible to do it.

Thinking of this, he had a secret hatred for his cousin "official fan" Zhang Zhengqing, and said in his heart What kind of eyes do you kid have, you can't see it with such a big person, you have to be close to this Wang Chao in the future, maybe you can pick up some leaks from him, after all, buy it directly from him, it is much cheaper than him taking it out to bid, and then sell it, then ......

didn't continue to think about it, and the queen of the tunnel said to Wang Chao with a smile on his face, "Brother Wang Chao, you are really generous, I have opened my eyes today."

"Brother Liu, you have won the award, I have to ask you for more advice"

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The two of them were blindly polite below, and they saw that the person in the Mao suit had come to the front desk and began to introduce himself, which was a mouthful of Hong Kong-style Mandarin, "Gentlemen, the contemptible surname is Qiao, it is the Hong Kong Qiao Group, our group has industry, there are also collections and auction companies, I am mainly responsible for the business of the auction company, I came here today and found that it was really right, our mainland is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, which opened the eyes of the contemptible people, so I also took out a gadget for everyone to see"

As he spoke, he took out a small red brocade box from his pocket, opened it, and gently took out a small stone from it, pinched it in his hand and held it high for everyone to see:

"Everyone, please see, this is a piece of Shoushan stone, for seals, white stone, no engraved words, the shape is Zhongli drunk, is the material of Haode safflower jelly hibiscus stone, can be described as the best old material in Shoushan stone, there are friends who like it can come and see, the starting price is 100,000 yuan"

Some people went to see it in twos and threes, Wang Chao thought: I have heard of the Qiao Group in Hong Kong, which is a large collection company, and has its own private museum, called Qiao's Museum, which has a certain reputation in the collection industry, and its collection is mainly small pieces and utensils, and the types are very rich, which should be worth communicating.

"Start bidding below, 100,000 yuan"

"I'll give 110,000"

"120,000"

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The atmosphere is very different from Wang Chao's bidding, it is not enthusiastic, maybe it is because of the fierce competition just now, everyone's eyes have been adjusted, and there are not many people participating in the bidding.

"170,000 for the first time, is there anyone else? The second time"

"I'll pay 200,000," Wang Chao raised the price to 200,000

In the absence of a higher price, Wang Chao pocketed it.

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The next auction is not much new, Wang Chao no longer pays attention, it is almost 12 o'clock at noon, this antique exchange meeting is over, after the meeting, everyone began to pay money with one hand, and take the goods with one hand.

Wang Chao traded with the old man surnamed the Buddha carving of Huanghuali and the agarwood carving Yunfu Cup, and the old man took Wang Chao's hand:

"Boss Wang is really young and promising, I didn't expect to create such a large family business at a young age, and I would like to ask if your ancestors also did this?"

"Yu Lao, you have won the award, I also just started to do it, my family is a generation of farming, hehe, a farmer"

"I originally thought it was the family, it turned out to be even more difficult, it was rare, and there would be more collections of wood and bronze in the future, and we could communicate more", after speaking, he handed me a business card, which said "Yanjing Yanyun Bronze Collection Co., Ltd., General Manager Yu Jinzhi".

Then Wang Chao made a deal with Fujimoto, the man who wore the Japanese Chinese who took the bracelet of Jin Sinan's eighteen Arhats, and the other party walked up to Wang Chao, bowed his head, and shouted in his mouth, "Wang Chaojun, fortunately", and handed Wang Chao a business card with Fujimoto Ichiro, the section manager of "Osaka Yokota Co., Ltd." written on it.

"Mr. Fujimoto is glad to meet, I hope we will contact more in the future"

In Fujimoto's unnutritious politeness, the two agreed to contact more in the future, zuihou Wang Chao and Mr. Qiao Donghai of Hong Kong Qiao's Group finished the transaction, and then asked Wang Chao to have lunch together, Wang Chao thought about it and then agreed.

Wang Chao and Liu Dejin said hello, and made an appointment to get together when they were empty, and then Wang Chao beckoned Zhao Dahai to come out, and drove to follow Qiao Donghai's car to a stop at the mouth of an alley, during which Zhao Dahai and Wang Chao muttered, "He won't see that we have money and want to rob us."

"Nonsense, how can the dignified Qiao Group do such a bad thing, and how much money we have, it's not worth it", got out of the car in the idle talk between the two, but Zhao Dahai stayed in the car, and Wang Chao walked over alone.

Wang Chao has not been to this place, and Guo's restaurant, but also in the courtyard, the decoration style is different from Guo's cuisine, although the appearance is very classical, but when you come in, you find that it is very modern, walk in and face the freehand Western oil painting "Hug Tao Girl", the surrounding walls are soft plate lights, bright and dazzling, in the middle is a crystal chandelier, Qiao Donghai led Wang Chao into a suite, which is more elegantly decorated, the paintings on the wall are still mainly Western paintings, wooden floors, crystal tables, everywhere shows the atmosphere of decoration, Nowadays.