Wang Yongcai's words couldn't help but make everyone sigh.

In reality, those who can really get rich overnight by gambling stones, although it sounds like a lot, but compared with the huge gambling stone crowd, it is just a drop in the bucket, and more is "a knife poor".

Data show that, generally speaking, 1,000 tons of stone can pick out 1 ton of wool containing jadeite, and this 1 ton of jadeite wool can only produce 1 kilogram of high-quality jadeite, and most of the others are low-grade goods. From this number, we can see how slim the probability of "getting rich with a knife" is.

"Ning Ning, you see, it makes sense that I don't learn to gamble stones, you shouldn't want me to gamble, right? Don't be mad at me, okay? Dong Fat said pitifully.

"Humph!"

Su Jinning snorted coldly: "Then you just swore that you wanted to learn gambling stones?" ”

Dong Fatzi said with a smile on his face: "Didn't I have an in-depth understanding at the beginning, but later when Brother Chu and Brother Liu said, wouldn't I become a handsome man who knows the current affairs?" ”

"Come on, just the way you look like you're fat, you're still handsome?"

Dong Fat said with a shy face: "No one stipulates that a fat man can't be a junjie, and my fat body is still useful, and in the evening, I will give you a belly dance, so that you can enjoy it, the dynamic beauty of the fat man!" ”

Saying that, Dong Fatzi also deliberately shook his fat all over his body, and that appearance attracted everyone was hahadaxiao.

"Fatty, don't wait for the evening, show us a show now!" Liu Sizhe said with a smile.

Dong Fatzi hugged Su Jinning and said, "This is the privilege of my family Ningning, do you still want me to be naked in front of you!" ”

Liu Sizhe said with a smile: "Do belly dancers need to be naked?" I think fat man, you're not a belly dancer. It's striptease! ”

Dong Fatzi smiled and said, "As for what kind of dance, this is my privacy." Of course I can't tell you. ”

Su Jinning pushed him with a flushed face, and said coquettishly: "Give me the side to die." No shame or boredom! ”

After everyone joked, Lao Yu said to Chu Chen a little eagerly: "Mr. Chu, I don't know if you have time now, can you help me identify my Buddha statue?" ”

Chu Chen thought about it, it shouldn't take much time to identify it, and it wouldn't delay him to solve the stone, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, Lao Yu hurriedly went to the counter and brought over the brocade box he had just held.

Old than opening the brocade box. Inside is a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha that looks like it was carved out of rhino horns.

Chu Chen gently picked up the Buddha statue and observed it carefully.

This Buddha statue is decorated with snail hair, the meat bun is towering, the forehead is wide and plump, and the eyelids are slightly drooping, which is compatible and quiet. The body is round, and he wears a robe on his right shoulder. Open breasts. The left hand knots the meditation seal, the right hand touches the ground, and the vajra sits on the lotus platform.

After Chu Chen looked at it twice, Lao Yu couldn't wait to ask, "Mr. Chu." What do you think? Is this Buddha statue of a rhinoceros horn? Are the Buddha statues from the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty? ”

Although there were still some doubts, Chu Chen's heart had already roughly figured it, so he replied, "This Buddha statue." The material used is indeed carved from rhino horn. And it's Asian rhino horn. ”

Hearing this, Liu Sizhe opened his mouth and asked, "Brother Chen." I see what Asian rhino horns are on the market, and there are African rhino horns, what is the difference between them? ”

Chu Chen organized a language and replied: "In fact, the rhino horn we talk about in a general sense refers to the Asian rhino horn, while the African rhino horn is called the wide angle, although both can be used for carving and medicine, but in terms of medicinal effect, it is still better than the Asian rhino horn, and as for their characteristics, there are many differences. ”

"The color of Asian rhino horns is black-brown or black-red, just like this Buddha statue, which is black-red. It looks silky and straight, thicker. The cross-section of the rhino horn is a small sand hole, which is like a honeycomb, and the oblique section is a caviar-roe-like pattern, and the filaments of the rhino horn are all linear, not sticky to each other, and the stubble is easily torn by hand. ”

"There is a deep groove on the top of the rhino horn round body, and a post protrudes from the bottom surface of the bottom of the depression part, which is commonly known as the gutter ground post. The wide angle is generally black-brown, with thinner filaments than rhinoceros horns, and they are sticky to each other. There are no honeycomb eyes in the wide angle, no caviar patterns in the oblique section, and no gutters, which is one of the significant differences from rhinoceros horn. ”

Chu Chen continued: "We also know that the number of Asian rhinoceros is not much, therefore, there are more wide angles on the market, less Asian horns, and the difference in medicinal value, so the Asian horns are several times more expensive than the wide angles, so some unscrupulous businessmen use wide angles to pretend to be Asian horns. ”

"If you come across any rhino horn works in the future, according to the different places I mentioned, if you look closely, you should be able to identify whether it is Asian rhino horn or not. Of course, what I said cannot summarize all the characteristics of Asian rhino horn, if you are interested, you can read the relevant books for yourself. ”

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Liu Sizhe said happily: "Brother Chen, what you said is quite detailed, if you want to buy rhino horn products next time, I will have a reference." ”

Chu Chen smiled slightly when he heard this, and said: "Rhino horn, I didn't buy it before, but now it's better not to buy it, after all, rhinos belong to protected animals, especially Asian rhinos, which are relatively rare, and if they are killed, it is estimated that they will become extinct." As the saying goes, if there is no buying, there is no killing, and if we don't buy it, we can also contribute to the protection of rhinos. ”

"Of course, I said not to buy it, I just said don't buy it seriously, and sometimes, you have to treat it differently."

Liu Sizhe scratched his head and said, "Okay, Brother Chen, I'll listen to you." ”

At this time, Lao Yu asked: "This, Mr. Chu, I don't know what period this Buddha statue is?" ”

Chu Chen said apologetically: "Old Yu, I'm really sorry!" I've talked so much about it, I've kept you waiting! ”

Lao Yu hurriedly said: "Mr. Chu, don't say that, what you said also made me grow a lot of knowledge, and I have to teach me a lesson!" ”

Chu Chen smiled when he heard this, and said: "Old Yu, you have won the award, let's talk about this Buddha statue, if I am not mistaken, this Buddha statue should be a work of the late Ming Dynasty." ”

"Late Ming Dynasty?"

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, this should be a statue of Sakyamuni in the late Ming Dynasty." Lao Yu, do you think that this Buddha statue is a bit rich and kitsch style, so you think it is a bit like the style of the early Qing Dynasty? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it. Lao Yu nodded again and again.

Chu Chen explained: "In terms of style, the traditional Han Buddhist statues of the early Qing Dynasty did completely inherit the legacy of the Ming Dynasty's rich and kitsch style, which was the same, without development and innovation. But there are some differences. ”

"In the late Ming Dynasty, because the aesthetic concept has changed, a new type of statue mode with a large head and short body, a wide and full face, and a plump body has been formed. This is reflected in this Buddha statue. ”

"There is also the development and creation of some new forms on the statue pedestal. The pedestals of Buddha and Bodhisattva statues generally adopt the form of a lotus seat, which is obviously inherited from the statues of the Song and Yuan dynasties. ”

"In addition, most of the statues are not satisfied with a single form of the lotus seat, and a polygonal Sumeru pedestal is installed under the lotus seat, and the rosette and the Sumeru seat are connected by a cylinder, making the shape more complex and chic, which is also reflected in this Buddha statue."

Speaking of this, Chu Chen talked about a few other details, and then said: "So, I think this should be a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha carved by rhino horn in the late Ming Dynasty, and the workmanship is also fine, and it can be regarded as a fine Buddha statue in this period." Old Yu, I don't know if you still have any questions? ”

After listening to what Chu Chen said, Lao Yu said with a smile: "There are no doubts, but I don't know if Mr. Chu can you help me estimate the price?" ”

Chu Chen thought for a while and said: "This Buddha statue should be nearly thirty centimeters high, and such a large rhino horn work is rare, but unfortunately, after all, it is already a work of the late Ming Dynasty, and the artistic level is somewhat lacking, and the value is estimated to be between 500,000 and 600,000." ”

Lao Yu heard the price, his face was very happy, eighty percent should not have bought expensive, and expressed his gratitude to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen waved his hand and said, "Old Yu, you're welcome, but I want to ask you something, how can there be scratches on this lotus platform?" And I think the traces are quite new, so when I sell them like this, I have to reduce the price a little. ”

When Lao Yu heard this, he was a little indignant, and said: "I don't know which master was lacking in virtue before, so Haode Buddha statue, I don't know if it was glue or what, I glued a needle, and it took me a long time to take down the needle." Otherwise, how could I be willing to mark the Buddha statue like this? ”

After listening to what Lao Yu said, Chu Chen always felt that there was something wrong somewhere, and when he thought about it carefully, he suddenly thought of something from his memory, and hurriedly asked, "Old Yu, where is the needle?" You're not going to throw it away, are you? ”

Seeing Chu Chen's urgent appearance, everyone felt very strange, could it be that there was some other mystery hidden in that needle?

Seeing this, Lao Yu hurriedly thought about it, thought for a while, and suddenly rummaged in the brocade box, and explained with a smile: "It took a long time to get this needle down, and then I put it in the brocade box. ”

As he spoke, he took out a thin needle of about five centimeters from the brocade box and immediately handed it to Chu Chen.

Chu Chen took the thin needle and observed it carefully, this silver needle was different from the usual needle, if you looked closely, you could clearly see some potholes on it, it should be the thing he thought in his mind. (To be continued......)