When the four of them came in, there weren't many people inside, but they still chose a position that wasn't at the top, in Zhao Qirui's words, it was better to be a little mediocre in this kind of place.

The evening auction is undoubtedly better in terms of treatment than in the afternoon. Whenever a person comes in, there are waiters who prepare water and fruits for them, and they don't need to bring their own water like in the afternoon.

Taking advantage of his free time, Ma Bald introduced the rules of the auction to Chu Chen, everything else is the same, but there is no unsuccessful auction here, and the price increase of the auctioned items must be tens of thousands.

When Chu Chen heard this, he was a little surprised and said, "Then if you can see that it is a fake, will you still be forced to sell it?" ”

Ma Bald said with a smile: "Well, there is no way, the price of the things here is lower than that of a normal auction, and you can't make a lot of money if you remove the cost, so you always need some subsidies, otherwise others are not stupid, Chu Shao, you say yes." ”

Chu Chen thought about it, the reason is indeed this reason, but he always felt a little wronged in his heart.

More and more people came next, but there were actually faces that they hadn't seen in the afternoon, and seeing two of them nodding with Zhao Qirui, Chu Chen understood in his heart that these should be either powerful people or old customers. However, Chu Chen also found that even if they knew each other, few of them sat together.

After a while, the people were almost there, and Chu Chen thought that Yu Guangjie (Chu Chen had asked Ah Chao his name before) might have something to do and wouldn't come.

But just thinking of this, Yu Guangjie and Qian Changxing came in together, and when they saw Chu Chen and the others, they smiled at them, but Chu Chen always felt that there was a hint of schadenfreude in their smiles.

Zhao Qirui is also relatively well-cultivated, and he actually smiled and nodded at them, and after they walked to their seats, Zhao Qirui smiled and said: "We are losing people and not losing the battle, but we have to put them together if we have the opportunity." ”

Speaking of Zuihou, Chu Chen clearly felt a hint of anger in his tone.

After another five minutes, it is estimated that the customers are almost there, and the door is locked. Then the auctioneer walked in, but this auctioneer was not the charming woman in the afternoon, but a middle-aged man with a somewhat magnetic voice.

After the auctioneer took the stage, the lights in the room were lowered and the projector in the room was turned on.

The auctioneer was not polite, so he said: "All the customers who come here are old customers, and I won't say much, the first thing, a pair of rhino rectangular plates." ”

As the auctioneer spoke, two greeters came out of the small door on one side, and then put the pair of plates on the table on the table, and then the projector also showed pictures of two things, and a pair of exquisite rhino rectangular plates came into everyone's eyes.

Zhao Qirui asked Chu Chen with interest: "Xiao Chu, how is this thing?" ”

The rhinoceros is also known as cloud carving, and its process is to first apply red, black or more hues to the fetal bone, until the considerable thickness, and obliquely remove the ornamentation, so different color layers are exposed on the knife edge section. Because the paint layer of different colors is revealed on the section of the knife edge, it is very similar to the texture effect of the horizontal section of rhinoceros horn, so it is named "removing rhino".

Huang Cheng of the Ming Dynasty wrote this description of the rhino in his "Ornament Record": "The rhinoceros has a vermilion face, a black face, and a transparent purple face. Or black red line, or red and black belt, or carved and so on, or three-color change. The text is sparsely engraved sword rings, tapering rings, heavy circles, back lines and the like. ”

The rhinoceros is a carved lacquer, which is unique in the ancient lacquer decoration process, and the discovery of rhino lacquer was first found in the Song Dynasty. Mr. Wang Shixiang also said: "The stereotype of rhino may be in the Song Dynasty." Its shape and pattern are very similar to those of Song Dynasty silverware. ”

The rhinoceros is the best of the lacquerware, the luxury of the aristocratic family, and the heirloom is as rare as the morning star, which is very rare.

"This pair of rhino rectangular plates, looking at the photos, is quite exquisite, and the rhino products were used by nobles before, and buying them is also in line with your identity, Brother Zhao, but I may not be too accurate in identifying the rhino things."

Although Chu Chen has the help of special abilities, it is easy to judge the age, but he has indeed only seen some information about rhino products, and there is basically no research on the physical object, so the details will definitely not be in place, so he said it directly, and it seems to be real, after all, no one will be proficient in all aspects of antiques.

Zhao Qirui was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he also thought of this question, so he smiled and said: "That's right, otherwise you are really a demon, but it doesn't matter, you go up and try it first." ”

After Chu Chen came to power, he directly used the ability, and this was the first time he used the ability today. Because there were a lot of things in the auction, he had decided that the use of the ability could be saved, but he didn't expect to auction those few things in the afternoon, and the two items he identified could be seen with his eyesight.

The current Chu Chen, with his eyesight, is most sure of the two types of porcelain and jade, and for the time being, his main energy is also focused on these two aspects. But he will also look at other aspects of knowledge, no way, who told him to have the ability to remember.

Of course, this will definitely help him a lot in his study of antique identification, just like now, although Chu Chen has not come into contact with rhino products, but compared with the information in his memory, coupled with the ability to determine the result, the speed of learning has undoubtedly accelerated a lot.

This pair of rectangular plates, about 38 centimeters long and 14 centimeters wide, is full of black lacquer carved Ruyi patterns, profoundly revealing several layers of red lacquer sandwiched in black lacquer. The ruyi pattern is curled and symmetrical, the paint color is calm and pure, the knife work is tactful and smooth, and the broken lines at the bottom of the plate are fine and natural.

From the point of view of knife work, this pair of rectangular plates can be said to be almost the same, and from several characteristics, it should be from the same person's hand, both are the standard appearance of Ming Dynasty lacquerware, and the ability also confirms that this pair of rectangular plates are the works of the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

After walking back to his seat, Chu Chen said softly: "It should be a pair of rhino works in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, which is very open." ”

However, although Chu Chen said that this was a thing from the Ming Dynasty, he shook his head, of course, this action was made for others to see.

The reason why he was cautious now was that he had a better line of sight here than in the afternoon, and others could easily notice his movements. Second, after all, the auction is a place of deception, not only to guard against others, but more importantly, Yu Guangjie and them are eyeing each other, in order to avoid things in the afternoon, it is better to be cautious.

"Really?"

"I still can't be wrong about this open-door work, if Brother Zhao, you don't worry, after taking pictures in a while, if it's not right, I'll buy it." Chu Chen said confidently.

Zhao Qirui said sincerely: "Xiao Chu, you don't have to be like this, although we don't have many times to cooperate, but I can also see that when you appraise, you will not easily draw conclusions, I will definitely believe what you say." ”

"Xiexie Brother Zhao's trust, but I still have to say that if what I identified is wrong, you can come to me, and I can compensate you for all your losses."

Chu Chen solemnly said the guarantee, after all, the two have not cooperated many times, and he said this to dispel some of Zhao Qirui's doubts, as for Zhao Qirui to fully believe in him, he is not extravagant, but he believes that with his ability, Zhao Qirui will admire him in his heart sooner or later.

After Zhao Qirui heard this, he said happily: "Xiao Chu, don't be so serious, but I still like your character, it's really, reassuring." ”

When the auctioneer saw that no one was on the stage to check, he said, "The starting price is 10,000 yuan, everyone start bidding." ”

"Thirty thousand"

"Fifty thousand" ......

Unexpectedly, there are many people who like this thing, and after a while, someone bid up to 120,000.

"150,000" Yu Guangjie also began to bid.

After this price came out, there was silence around, and this price should be everyone's psychological price.

Originally, Chu Chen thought that Zhao Qirui would not bid, but he didn't expect that he quoted a price of 160,000 yuan before the auctioneer ended the bidding.

Maybe Yu Guangjie thought that he was nine out of ten, but he didn't expect that there was still someone to offer, which made him slightly stunned, so he glanced back at Zhao Qirui, but saw Zhao Qirui smiling at him, this smile seemed to him to have a deep meaning.

Yu Guangjie smiled a little unnaturally, then turned his head and frowned and thought for a while, but finally gave up the offer unexpectedly to Chu Chen, which was really a little different from his aggressive posture in the afternoon. ……

Zhao Qirui observed the rectangular plate in his hand with great interest, and as soon as the pair of rhino works arrived in his hands, he felt that this pair of works was unusual. There's an old saying in the antique shop, haode things, you can speak. Fake things, inferior things, can imitate colors, can imitate appearances, but can't imitate the charm in them.

And this pair of rhino works is full of charm, imitations can never be like this, it is indeed as Chu Chen said, it is something that opens the door.

Chu Chen saw him so happy, and he also guessed in his heart that it was not only because this pair of things was good, but also because he had pulled back a game from Yu Guangjie.

Next, the speed of the auction was very fast, and twenty or thirty things came to the stage, some of which were real and some were fake. Of course, Chu Chen basically didn't get his hands on these things, but there were two pieces of porcelain that he could see from the photos that they were fakes, so he knew that there should be more than these two fakes inside.

However, whether it is true or not, because the rules of the auction have been auctioned, but Chu Chen also guessed that there should be more or less truth and falsehood, after all, the buyers on the scene are either rich or expensive, if they are angry, then they will not be mixed up in this part of the capital.