Seeing this, Chu Chen could only smile bitterly and shake his head, and then put his things away. However, he didn't mean to return the things back, after all, An Gongshi had already expressed his position like this, and if he did that, it would inevitably seem a little unkind.

There was nothing to do all night, and the next morning, everyone went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast, and then returned to their respective rooms, took out the antiques involved in the treasure fight, and prepared to participate in today's exchange meeting.

The place where the exchange meeting was held was still in this hotel, and everyone took their things and followed the guidance of the waiter to a small conference room in the hotel.

The road was unimpeded, but when they reached the door of the conference room, the group was politely stopped by the security guards, and only after they checked everyone's invitations and verified that they were correct, they let everyone in.

Don't think that there is such a security check here, in fact, Chu Chen and they have been living in the hotel and have been identified, so they can enter the conference room so easily, if it is a participant outside the hotel, they must be carefully compared before they can come in.

And it's unlikely that someone will pick up an invitation and want to impersonate it, because it also has photos of attendees on it. Just like Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo want to participate in the exchange meeting, they must go to the organizer to take pictures and deal with it, otherwise, they will definitely not be able to pass the security check just now.

Walking into the door, Chu Chen found that the conference room of nearly 100 square meters had been decorated into a small exhibition hall, in addition to some booths in the middle, there were also some calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall.

It can also be seen from this that Chai Pingle is interested in this exchange meeting. I still care a lot.

The people who can receive the invitation letter at this exchange meeting are all elites in the industry. There aren't many people who can actually come, but one invitation can bring two people. In addition, the antique industry pays special attention to connections, or wants to promote their juniors, so some people fill up the quota.

This also made Chu Chen originally think that there should be some desertion in the conference room, but he saw that some of them were admiring calligraphy and paintings, and some were gathering together in twos and threes to chat, or discussing some antique topics.

However, although there were many people in the conference room, the old-timers were not present. After asking the staff, I found out that except for some old-timers who did not come, everyone else was appraising the antiques that participated in the treasure fighting link.

After all, there are so many participants at the scene, and there are not a lot of antiques brought, and if they are all taken out for comments at once, the time will be too long, so a few old-timers will screen things first.

At this time, Uncle Wu spoke: "Xiaochen, let's go and register the things first." Then I'll take you to meet some seniors and peers! ”

Of course, Chu Chen would not refuse, so everyone came to the registration office first and registered all the antiques that would participate in the treasure fighting session. Then let the staff put it away carefully.

There are many priceless treasures among the antiques participating in the treasure fight, so the staff at the scene of this link are very cautious and careful. In addition, there are special people to track and photograph the antiques here. Security measures are tight, and it is almost impossible to lose them.

Next. Uncle Wu took Chu Chen and the others through a passage to a reception room, where in addition to some experts and shopkeepers that Chu Chen knew yesterday, there were also several old and middle-aged people in their fifties and sixties who were chatting and laughing.

When everyone saw Uncle Wu and others coming in, they all stood up and greeted each other with smiles, and after a period of greetings, Uncle Wu introduced the two sides.

To be honest, these people are located all over the country, even if they know each other, it will be rare for Chu Chen to see them in the future, but as the old saying goes, multiple friends and many roads, especially in the industry where antiques are very well connected, and all of them here are elites, whether it is for Chu Chen or everyone present, it is beneficial to be able to know and be familiar with each other.

After the introduction, everyone began to chat, whether it was the experience of identifying antiques, or some market conditions and gossip, everyone came together.

Although Chu Chen and the others were just listening, they were also relishing.

After thirty or forty minutes, I saw Chai Pingle walking in from outside the door with the young man from yesterday.

"Mr. Chai (Chai Boss) ......"

Seeing Chai Pingle coming in, everyone smiled and said hello, and Chai Pingle also shook hands with everyone one by one and said hello.

After being polite for a while, Chai Pingle smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, Xu Lao and Yu Lao are now outside. ”

"Oh! Without further ado, let's get over now."

With that, everyone quickly stood up and walked to the conference room together.

At this time, the booths in the middle of the conference room were already set up, but now they were covered with cloths, and it was impossible to see what they were.

In addition, next to the booth, there were five chairs, and I saw that there were already five old people sitting on it, except for Xu Lao, Yu Lao, and an old man surnamed Zhou who I met yesterday, the other two, Chu Chen didn't know.

So, Uncle Wu introduced Chu Chen, one is an expert in Lingnan appraisal of calligraphy and painting, surnamed Mao, and the other is an expert in the appraisal of bronzes in Jin Province, surnamed Wang.

After greeting a few of the old-timers, they said goodbye to each other and sat down on a circle of sofas, tables and chairs arranged around the booth.

After a burst of excitement, Chai Pingle, as the organizer, walked out and said loudly with a smile: "Thank you, especially a few elderly people, for taking time out of your busy schedule to come and participate in this exchange meeting, here, on behalf of ......"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa......"

Everyone gave Chai Pingle a lot of face, and after he finished saying a thank you, they gave him warm applause.

Chai Pingle waved his hand with a red face, and then said loudly: "Okay, I won't talk nonsense, first of all, let's invite Yu Lao now to unveil the mystery of the first treasure for everyone!" ”

Yu Lao stood up with a smile, walked to the first booth, and reached out to remove the cloth from the booth.

"The first collection is a plate of Qing Kangxi five-color gold flower butterfly pattern brought by the shopkeeper of the Qing Dynasty!"

"Ahh It's actually Kangxi's colorful golden flower butterfly pattern plate! And it looks exactly the same as the collection of the Forbidden City! ”

"Looks like we can get a big deal today......"

Listening to Yu Lao's words, the audience was in an uproar, many people's eyes showed excitement and amazement, while some people looked a little nervous and lost. There is no way, there are only six positions in total, one radish is pitted, so many people are participating in the scene, and someone will definitely be squeezed down.

"Shopkeeper Bao, you have made a lot of money this time! Actually brought such a baby here, not to mention being able to get the first, the top six must be stable! ”

"Prizes! Overpraise! A middle-aged man who looked chubby arched his hand to the people around him with a smug face.

"Okay, please come to the stage to appreciate, after a meeting, let's communicate again!" Yu Lao said with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, everyone stood up one after another and came to the stage one by one to appreciate them in order. Although there is no time limit, everyone only watches it for two or three minutes at most, and then gives it to the people behind, after all, such an exchange meeting, you still have to pay attention to your own image.

Although many people brought others over, there were not many people who could accept the invitation, and the total was only about thirty people, plus some people came forward to appreciate it together, and it was only twenty minutes after Chu Chen's turn.

Chu Chen put on white gloves, walked up to the stage with Uncle Wu, lined up on one side, picked up a plate and observed.

Also known as "platter" or "whole plate", "platter" is a utensil for holding food. Although it belongs to the same "plate" category, it is unique in the word "saving".

"Save, gather." As the name suggests, it is a combination of plates that are divided into several pieces. "Save" has another meaning of moving, and it should be "a disk that can be moved" for the disk. Therefore, the accumulation of disks is the combination of several small disks of equal size, regular shape, independent but interconnected with each other.

When today's people no longer stop at the pleasure of the tip of the tongue, they have the need to not only be refreshing, but also pleasant, in fact, as early as hundreds of years ago in the Ming Dynasty, the ancients have solved this problem for us, which is the invention of saving plates.

The biggest advantage of the plate is the unique dressing effect and display function. In the past, the utensils were mostly single and independent, each of which lacked a sense of connection and wholeness, and when there were many plates, there might be a mess, but the appearance of the plate broke this isolation and embarrassment.

Imagine a number of small plates of equal amounts, embedded with various melons and fruits, side dishes and snacks, colorful melons and fruits, vegetables and vegetables interspersed, snacks are soft and collocated, the shape of blocks, slices, dices, and silk complement each other, the taste is sour, sweet, salty, spicy, and finally gathered into a whole, what a pleasing and pleasant dish?

And it is very convenient to take and store, and it is skillful to display, which completely avoids the embarrassment of cups and plates. People only say that the utensils are more single and independent, who would have thought that this ingenuity would change into a new appearance, which is really pitiful and lovely.

The system began in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and was more popular in the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and continued until the late Qing Dynasty. The number of platters in a group varies from more than 20 to more. Kangxi saves plates with colorful and three-color varieties, and there are various varieties in the Qianlong period.

This group of plates on the booth consists of a total of 12 large and small plates on the inner and outer floors to form a sunflower style. Disc folded edge, shallow belly, flat bottom, circled foot. The five-color painted flower butterfly pattern in the plate, along the face of the red color "swastika" word brocade depicting the golden group longevity word, the outer wall of the plate red color eight auspicious patterns, and depicting the gold seal book "longevity" word.

This plate can be described as a unique shape, rich in color, with green, red, purple, yellow, gold and other colors to depict the ornamentation, colorful, and more rare is that this group of plates regardless of size, color and technology, are basically the same as the Forbidden City collection, and at the same time very well preserved, this is quite rare, can be described as a very precious work of art. (To be continued......)