After being full of wine and food, he asked the waiter to clean the table, and after serving tea, Director Nian took the box.

After opening the lid of the box, he pushed it in front of Chu Chen, and Director Nian said with a smile: "Chu Shao, then I will trouble you!" ”

Chu Chen smiled and nodded, and then looked at the contents of the box, which turned out to be three pieces of armor.

This armor is actually a finger cover, which is the kind of nail cover worn on the fingers of the queens and concubines in the well-known Qing Dynasty harem TV series.

In fact, armor is not unique to the Qing Dynasty, you know, China's style of armor accumulation has a long history. According to the book "Han Feizi", during the Warring States period, the courtiers around Han Zhaohou, the Korean monarch, all wore long armor.

Chu Chen had encountered a blue jade armor from the Han Dynasty before, but at that time he couldn't afford it, and he could only regret missing it. In fact, not to mention the Han Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, armor was very common.

It was only in the Qing Dynasty that Manchu women liked to have long nails, and the custom of dyeing their nails with impatiens or henna had a long history, so they used gold and silver to make nail covers to protect them.

Among them, the most representative nail art figure is the Empress Dowager Cixi, who hangs the curtain and listens to the government, putting decorative metal or cloisonné fake nails on the little finger and ring finger to increase the length of her nails and show her noble status.

In addition, there are now many Qing court dramas, which makes armor a representative object of the Qing Dynasty.

Generally speaking, common armor varieties tend to be patterned and beautiful, but they are just a horn-like set with thin materials. The style is simple, the number is relatively large, and the women of the wealthy families who used to be more elaborate will have it.

But the three pieces in front of me are really different, the materials are thick, the texture is bright, the gold is shining, and the size is particularly large, at least about two centimeters longer than the common armor.

And the three pieces of armor are exquisitely crafted, and the curves of the slow arc are smooth and perfect. There is no shortage of strength. It can be called a model of curvilinear art, and this alone knows that the way is not ordinary. And it has two distinguishing features.

First of all, the armor is made of gold flakes hammered and bent, and the surface is decorated with various bats. The next formula wins the pattern. The meaning is "concentric and double-hearted." communicate with each other", the shape is round and vivid, and the craftsmanship is exquisite. It's not something that ordinary craftsmen can do.

Don't look like there are just some more bats, but there are many more layers of technology, molding, carving, casting, molding, polishing and other processes, which are completely costless, and should be old things in the palace.

In addition, on the three nail sets, all of them are set with a gemstone, two sapphires and one emerald, which are warm and dazzling.

Such a thing, just from the materials, can be said to be quite extraordinary, not to mention the exquisiteness of its shape and craftsmanship. And from the point of view of the style of making zuò, it should be carefully made by the palace office in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, which is quite rare.

Chu Chen put the armor back in the box, and then asked, "Director Nian, how did you come up with the idea of buying armor?" ”

Director Nian smiled a little embarrassedly: "I went to Lingnan with my lover, and these three armors were also her fancies, but after she came back, she played for a few days and lost interest, so she put them on the shelf, wasting more than 5,000 yuan in vain!" ”

"Oh, Director Nian, what do you mean, you bought these three pieces of your armor for more than 5,000 yuan?" Chu Chen asked.

Director Nian said with a smile: "Yes, at that time, I spent 5,180 yuan, and the person who sold me also said that the gems on it are all real, if they are all real, then why did he sell me, it's not that there is a problem with his brain!" ”

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Don't say it, these three gems are really real." ”

"Ahh It's true? ”

Hearing this, Director Nian was taken aback, his face was full of incredulity, but what made Chu Chen laugh secretly in his heart was that although the acting skills of this Nian Director were already good, they still seemed slightly exaggerated and not so real.

After a while, perhaps realizing that his expression was too exaggerated, Director Nian asked, "Chu Shao, how much can these three things of mine be worth?" ”

Chu Chen said: "In terms of their craftsmanship and materials, I think they should be worth about 350,000 yuan!" ”

Director Nian listened to the price given by Chu Chen, and while he was surprised, he couldn't help but curse in his heart, profiteer!

Of course, it was not Chu Chen who was scolded by Director Nian, these three armors were indeed the same as he said, they were bought by him and his wife for more than 5,000 when they were in Lingnan together, and they were indeed shelved for a long time, and when they heard that Chu Chen was engaged in the antique industry, they remembered that there was such a set of things at home.

It's just that yesterday, Director Nian asked a friend to introduce him to a palm-eyed master, who had already helped him see and identify it, and the thing was indeed genuine, and the price given by the master at that time was 250,000. When he heard that he had earned more than 240,000 yuan, he was still very excited.

Now hearing the price given by Chu Chen, Director Nian felt that even if the market price of Wucheng was lower than that of the capital, it would not be a difference of 100,000 yuan, which made him feel very angry.

However, now is not the time to be angry, Director Nian came back to his senses, frowned and said, "I didn't expect this thing to be so expensive!" Hey, what a hassle! ”

Chu Chen asked, "Why is it expensive and troublesome?" You bought it for more than 5,000, and now it's worth 350,000, so it's such luck, but even some people in the antique shop may not have it! ”

Director Nian hurriedly explained: "Chu Shao, you misunderstood, what I said is not that it is troublesome to make money, the main thing is that my family doesn't like these three things, and if she hears the value of the things, she will definitely be in a hurry to sell them, and I don't know anyone who does the antique business, and if she goes rashly, she will be slaughtered." That's right! ”

Speaking of this, Director Nian seemed to remember that Chu Chen was in the antique business, and hurriedly said: "Chu Shao, since you are in the antique business, why don't I sell these things to you cheaper!" ”

Hearing this, Chu Chen smiled secretly, and said in his heart, it was really similar to what he thought before, so he said with a smile:

"Director Nian, if it's cheap, you don't need it, you might as well sell it to me at the market price!"

"How can this be!"

Director Nian shook his head again and again, and when he was about to say something, Chu Chen said with a smile: "Director Nian, this is not enough to make friends, and I don't like to be too utilitarian." In addition, these three pieces of your armor are still quite rare, and the collection value is very high, I can make money by buying it back and putting it for a while, and you don't need to feel embarrassed! ”

Seeing that Chu Chen had already said it so bluntly, Director Nian said that it was cheaper to sell it to Chu Chen, so he was a little suspicious of not giving Chu Chen face, of course he would not do such a stupid thing, so he smiled and said: "Okay, Chu Shao, I listen to you!" ”

"Alright, let's sign an agreement......"

After the two sides signed the agreement, Chu Chen directly wrote a check to Director Nian, and then the two sides chatted for a while before leaving.

Chu Chen started the car, and less than ten minutes after driving, the mobile phone rang, and when he took it out, it was the phone of Director Jin.

"Director Kim, do you have anything to do?"

"Chu Shao, I take the liberty to disturb you, that's the case, I know that there is a boss who does antique business, and he is in a hurry to prepare for shipment, I heard that he has a few good things there, I don't know if you are interested?"

"Okay, I don't know where you are, I'll pick you up!"

"I'm here in the XX Mansion right now."

"Okay, I'll be right over ......"

When Director Jin got into the car, he explained with a smile: "Chu Shao, in fact, the matter of that boss was only learned by Director Nian from his wife's phone call just now, but because the boss is from the same village as Director Nian's wife, and the relationship between the two families is not very good, it is not convenient for him to take you there." ”

"Oh!" Chu Chen nodded, and then asked, "Director Jin, may I ask, do you know the reason why the boss is in a hurry to ship?" ”

"I've got to know a little bit about that." Director Jin smiled and said, "In the end, as the old saying goes, you can't live if you do your own evils......"

Generally speaking, the old players in the antique industry are more sleek and sophisticated, no way, all day long with the true and false, a few heels, learn a few well-behaved, not tactful and sophisticated, basically to be eaten by others There are no bones left.

Therefore, in the antique shop, there are many shrewd people, especially antique dealers, treacherous and cunning people are common, but when it comes to real villains, there are not a few. The reason is actually very simple, after all, this is business, if you are a real villain, who wants to have business dealings with you?

However, just because you can't find a few doesn't mean you don't, and the boss Director Jin said is one of them.

This person's name is Ma Laocai, so it doesn't mean that he is really called Lao Cai, but that others gave him a nickname. The reason why he is said to be old and rich is actually to say that he sees money and sees something to make money, he likes to go to his side, a complete miser, this old wealth is called good, in fact, it is not ironic.

This Ma Laocai used to be in a state-owned company, and it is a small but very important position, by chance I heard that antiques are very profitable, and I fell in love, and later, with the convenience of work, he really made a few sums from antiques, and paid for the sweetness, so he studied the knowledge while stepping into this line of work.

However, at that time, Ma Laocai's monthly salary was less than 200 yuan, and this money was invested in the antique industry, and there was no sound, so he started the company's crooked brains and rubbed a lot of oil from the company to buy antiques.

At that time, there were more poor people, and there were few powerful buyers in the industry, almost all of them bought and resold immediately to make a little money, and Ma Laocai became a rare powerful buyer at that time because of the relationship between the company and a lot of oil, so many people traded with him.

However, at that time, Ma Laocai had not opened his own store, and the funds were all obtained from the company, so no one noticed his temperament...... (To be continued......)