Yu Hua asked the staff about the origin of the blue and white pastel bottle, but fortunately, the original owner did not ask for secrecy, and the staff said it very happily.

Of course, even if the original owner asked for him to keep it secret, Yu Hua also had a way to ask for the information, a small auction house, in some respects, it is definitely not as good as a large company, and he is an old customer here, and some things that are not too confidential can still be asked.

It turned out that the bottle was an ancestral heirloom in the family of a French woman, and it is said that her great-grandfather bought it in the Far East for a small amount of money in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. At first, the family did not realize the great value of this vase, so it has been used as an ornament, and it looks very beautiful.

Once, the woman had a new boyfriend and invited him to her home, and her boyfriend saw the vase and thought it was quite extraordinary, and suggested that she take it to the auction house for appraisal. Experts were surprised to say that the vase was made during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty in China and was worth at least 700,000 euros.

Unfortunately, there should be a pair of bottles, and if the other one can be found, it could be worth at least 1.8 million euros. As soon as the woman heard that there was such a good thing, of course, she couldn't wait to entrust the auction house to help her auction.

After listening to the cause and effect, Yu Hua's heart was very excited, obviously, the bottle at the auction was exactly the same as the one in his own home, and he really didn't expect that the bottle in his house would be so valuable, nearly five million HKD.

Knowing that Lu Dao was like this, he shouldn't have listened to his old father in the first place, and he didn't have to work so hard all these years after selling it. Of course. If you sell it, you won't be able to meet this kind of good thing. I can't become a multimillionaire anymore (at the exchange rate at the time, 1.8 million euros is equivalent to more than 12 million HKD).

Case. He must have bought this bottle, but he was not a reckless person, and before making a decision, he also took a photo for an expert he knew well, and the other party said that it should be a genuine product based on the photo. This immediately reassured him, and he began to mobilize funds.

After all these years of business, in addition to buying a house, Yu Hua also has two or three million savings, but this money. He must not be able to buy that bottle, so he borrowed three million from his friend, and made up nearly six million, he felt that this money should be able to buy that bottle, if it was not enough, then it can only be counted.

The auction was not shocked, only when the bottle appeared, it was considered a climax, but what made Yu Hua a little depressed was that one of the guys had been fighting with him. Although he bought the bottle after arriving at the end, it almost cost him all the money when he counted the handling fee.

After the depression, Yu Hua began to get excited. He hurriedly returned to China, took the blue and white pastel vase at home, and went to Xiangjiang Guardian, a famous auction company in the world. Because he knows that something like this is precious. Only at a large auction can you sell for a higher price.

It's just that what he didn't expect is. The experts of the auction company gave him a slap in the face, and his two bottles were not of the same generation, and they should have been imitated in the late Qing Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty.

This result really surprised Yu Hua and felt too cruel, you must know that he took this bottle but had a debt of three million KHD!

So after coming out of the auction company, he hurriedly invited several experts to help him identify, some people said it was true, some people said it was fake, although this brought him some hope, but others knew that there was a problem with his two bottles, and it was extremely difficult to sell them.

There was no way, Yu Hua could only sell some of the inventory in his hand to pay off the debt, and he sold it urgently, so the price was relatively low, and the two Tian Huang seals were also sold to Tang Hui by him during this period.

After listening to Yu Hua's narration, Chu Chen and Liu Sizhe were somewhat embarrassed, in the antique industry, many people think that domestic auction houses have high imitations, so they believe in foreign auction houses, but is this really the case?

You must know that the developed countries in the West are all capitalist countries, and in such a commercially developed society, is there no auction at all? This is obviously impossible, and according to the statistics of relevant people, the rate of fakes in big auctions is around 10%, and the highest is about 15%.

This is still a big shot, and if it is a small shot, the counterfeit rate may be higher.

Therefore, when going to an antique auction, whether at home or abroad, you should keep your eyes open, otherwise if you don't see that it is a fake, the loss will be much worse than in the stall.

At this time, Yu Hua said angrily: "I have always heard others say that Tang Hui's guy is relatively dark, but although the price he gave was not high before, it was not too outrageous, and he paid more quickly, so I have always sold most of my things to him, but I didn't expect that this guy is so black, even if I can't sell it in the future, I won't sell it to him!" ”

To be honest, Chu Chen also disdains Tang Hui's style, as a long-term business partner, if you are not ready to send charcoal in the snow, then you don't need to take advantage of the fire to rob, right? It's really understandable to make a little money, but if the price you pay is four or fifty percent less than the market price, there will be some problems with your character.

Of course, Tang Hui has nothing to do with Chu Chen, he will definitely not deal with this kind of person in the future, but since Yu Hua has this kind of statement, then he must seize this opportunity.

"Mr. Yu, you also know that I have opened an antique shop, I don't know if you are willing to transfer things to me in the future, of course, I will definitely not let you suffer in terms of price."

Of course, Yu Hua would not refuse to agree to this, but it was definitely unrealistic to want him to easily believe in Chu Chen.

Chu Chen didn't say much about this, as the saying goes, Lu Yao knows horsepower, and he believes that as long as Yu Hua can maintain business contacts with him for a long time, he will also understand his way of life.

"Mr. Yu, I don't know how to say that piece of your mountain ......"

"Oh! Look at me, I almost forgot to get down to business! Yu Hua smiled apologetically at Chu Chen, and then took out the things.

Shanzi is actually the kind of object that is carved or used in the garden with mountain stone as the main shape. The mountain in front of me is not very large. The height is only about ten centimeters, and it is white jade. The whole body is carved out, and there is a bright red color around the table. Chu Chen will call it oil extraction.

The front of Shanzi is carved with a person, with hair on the top of his head, his facial features are carved by Yin carved lines, wearing a Taoist robe, holding a whisk of dust in his right hand to make a contemplative shape, his left hand is naturally drooping, and his feet are wearing Taoist shoes. On the right side of the Taoist, there is a boy with his hair combed in a double bun, and his facial features are simply decorated with Yin carved lines, and he is also wearing a Taoist robe. He stood with his hands together and was silent in thought.

A crane on the left side turns its head to look up, the shape is very curious, the pine branches behind it are dense, the clouds float in the meantime, the lake stone is skillfully clothed, and the clouds are also engraved under the clouds, and the whole instrument is finely carved. There is also a cavity in the bottom of the device for insertion and jointing.

This mountain carving is delicate and neat. Overall, however, the carved lines are a little thin. Judging from the craftsmanship and theme of Shanzi, as well as the pulp and other festivals, it should be a Shanzi carefully carved in the south during the Song Dynasty.

However, what made Chu Chen feel a little strange was the color of this oil. It is so red, generally speaking, although the oil is red. But whether it is dark or light, the color will always be a little off. He had really never seen such a bright red color except for blood jade.

Could it be that this piece of jade is blood jade? Chu Chen looked at it carefully and felt that it didn't look like it. As for the dog jade and sheep jade, the color will not be as moisturizing as the piece of jade. After careful identification and use of the ability, he guessed that it was more likely to be oiled, but as for Wei Kehui, it was unknown that he proposed this bright red.

"Mr. Yu, I don't know how much this mountain is priced?" After Chu Chen put the things back, he asked.

"A fixed price of 100,000 HKD!" Yu Hua said in a very firm tone.

This price is not cheap or expensive, and it is suitable to buy it, but it is impossible not to bargain when buying antiques, so Chu Chen pondered for a while and asked, "Can't it be cheaper?" ”

Yu Hua shook his head again and again and said: "No, generally when I do business, a fixed price is a fixed price, if you think it's expensive, then forget it!" ”

"That's the price!" Chu Chen pretended to think about it before nodding and saying, "I don't know if Mr. Yu, do you want a check or a transfer?" ”

"Then check it!" Yu Hua thought for a while and said.

A while ago, Chu Chen listened to Zhao Qirui's suggestion and also went to do a personal check business, this time it was the first time he used it, and he signed the check and handed it over after a while.

Yu Hua was very familiar with the check, and after a while, he verified the authenticity, so he planned to leave.

Of course, Chu Chen couldn't let him leave easily, otherwise where would he find that trap box? So he hurriedly said:

"Mr. Yu, please wait a moment, I won't tell you, my antique shop opened on New Year's Day, and there are not many goods in the store now, I wonder if there are any antiques that you can sell there?"

Yu Hua pondered for a while, and then said: "I do have more than a dozen things at home, but there are very few high-quality things, I'm afraid it won't be to your liking!" ”

Chu Chen smiled and said: "Whether it is satisfactory or not, you must read it first, and I want to sell these things, which is not to my liking, but it can be to the customer's satisfaction!" It's just that if your stuff is genuine and the price is moderate, I can buy them all. ”

When Yu Hua heard Chu Chen say this, how could he not agree, and said directly: "Okay, then let's go now!" ”

So next, led by Yu Hua, the group took a taxi to his home in Kowloon.

Yu Hua's house is a set of 80 square meters of housing, in Xiangjiang, it is already good, but you must know that Lu Dao, he also has an old mother, in addition to his wife and two children, there are five people, and he has to take out some places to put his antiques, so 80 square meters is still a little crowded, of course, even so, it is not bad in Xiangjiang.

Although it was the Christmas holiday, it was probably because the economic situation of Zhiludao's family was not very good, and the family did not go out to play, when Chu Chen and the others came in, except for the old man who was sleeping in his room, everyone else was sitting in the living room watching TV.

After Chu Chen and the others came in, Yu Hua introduced the family a little and said that they were here to buy antiques, which made the family feel a little excited, and hurriedly invited Chu Chen and them to sit down, and then made tea for them, while Yu Hua went to take out all the things he said.

Most of the things Yu Hua took out were stationery supplies, adding up to eleven pieces, in addition, there were two ancient paintings and a jade plaque. This made Chu Chen feel a little disappointed, because among these things, he didn't see the trap box he wanted.

After the disappointment. Chu Chen felt that it was normal, after all, it was such a strange box. If Yu Hua really gets it, then he has to study it somewhat. But in case he can't open the box and wants to brute-force it, it's over.

You must know that the trap box cannot be forcibly opened, because this will trigger the mechanism inside, thus destroying the collection inside.

Thinking of this, Chu Chen felt very anxious, but what made him feel helpless was that he couldn't ask about the relevant things immediately, otherwise he would inevitably arouse Yu Hua's suspicions. After the end, he could only suppress his anxious mood, picked up the things on the table and looked at them.

Just like Yu Hua said, these things of his are indeed of average quality, except for the two stationery items and the jade plaque, including the other things of the two paintings, they are just ordinary goods, and the total price does not exceed 60,000 RMB.

The remaining two stationery items are a seal box from the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. There is also a piece of hair crystal inkstone carved during the Qianlong period.

The printing box is also known as the printing pad and the printing color pool, which is used to place the printing clay. Most of them are porcelain and jade, round and square, divided into two parts: cover and body.

Yu Hua's seal box is a blue and white seal box fired during the Daoguang period. Divided into two parts, the body is divided, the mother and son are connected, and the petals are shaped. The lid is raised and shallow is circled. The proportions are harmonious and aesthetically pleasing.

The inner wall of this box is glazed with white glaze. The outer wall of the cover body is painted with eight treasure patterns, with lotus patterns in between, the composition is novel and unique, complex but not chaotic, and the layers are clear. The carcass is delicate and white, the blue and white hair color is bright, and the bottom foot book is blue and white "Daqing Road Light Year System" six-character double-line seal book.

Chu Chen took a closer look at the seal box and found that it was indeed genuine. To say that Emperor Daoguang was known for his frugality, restricting porcelain firing, controlling costs, and sometimes making ends meet, unable to pay the normal expenses of the imperial kiln factory, so the output was very low, and high-quality products were even more rare.

And the printing box in front of me is a high-quality example, which can be said to be quite rare.

As for another piece of carved crystal inkstone in the Qianlong period, even if it is relatively rare, the inkstone is also known as water drops, book drops, which are used to store inkstone water for grinding ink stationery.

This inkstone is ingeniously carved into the shape of a beetle (pronounced: bāxià) using hair crystals.

Hair crystals are actually natural crystals containing different kinds of needle-like ores, and these hair needle-like minerals with different permutations and combinations are distributed inside the crystal, and the whole looks like the crystal contains the hair, so it is called Hair Crystal.

The beetle is one of the nine sons of the dragon, also known as the water-absorbing beast, the sex likes water, the legend says that it can adjust the amount of water, so that the river water "less can carry the boat, more does not drown the grass", bless the safety of the party, so it is highly respected by the ancients. The people and the royal family all used this supernatural object on both sides of the bridge to pray for protection.

This piece of beetle inkstone has a flat and wide body, protruding eyes, thick eyebrows, a large nose and a wide mouth, exposed fangs, and two curled horns stretched out closely. Four-legged curled up, lying on the ground, the long tail is stout, the end is divided into two places, curled and attached to the two hind legs, creating a dynamic climbing posture.

The inkstone is also the habit of the cicade pit good at swallowing and spitting out running water, and the back opening is used to hold water, and the mouth injection hole is connected with the abdomen, and the water is even.

This inkstone is made of gold silk brown hair crystal, the gold silk in the body is gorgeous and colorful, very charming, and the shape of the beetle is vivid and realistic, the carving is delicate and expressive, and it has the style of court jade in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

In the traditional culture of our country, crystal has the effect of driving away evil spirits and warding off evil spirits, such as being displayed on the auspicious position of feng shui, as well as the special function of strengthening people's confidence and urging wealth and blessings. And the pit is also a rui beast that blesses one side, and the combination of the two, Chu Chen feels that it is most appropriate to buy it and give it to his father.

In addition, there is a jade plate is also the court work of the Qianlong period, the jade plate is carefully carved from the good Hetian jade, the jade is warm and white, and the two ends of the jade plate are engraved with Ruyi cloud heads. The front is embossed with longevity peach, Buddha's hand, and the back is carved with "more blessings and more longevity", which means auspiciousness and is a rare good product.

"Mr. Chu, what do you think of these things?" Yu Hua asked.

Chu Chen smiled and said: "Mr. Yu, it seems that your eyesight is very good, these things are all genuine, I can buy them all, but except for these three things, the others are relatively ordinary, so the price is ......."

Yu Hua was quite happy when he heard that Chu Chen really planned to buy all these things of his own, and said with a rare smile: "Since Mr. Chu is so refreshing, then I will also give you a preferential price, a total of 800,000 yuan, what do you think?" ”

The price given by Yu Hua is really good. Even in the mainland, it is already very cheap, not to mention Xiangjiang, which is one or two percent higher than the mainland. Therefore, Chu Chen also agreed happily.

But just as Chu Chen took out the check and was about to pay. Yu Hua's son walked out of the room with a small box. When he saw that box, Chu Chen's heart was really excited, because if he was not mistaken, that box was the trap box he had been looking for for a long time.

"Ah Sheng, why did you take out this box?" Yu Hua asked in Cantonese with a frown.

"Dad, I can't open this box for a long time, it's better to sell it to this gentleman, and you can also make up for it!" Yu Hua's son said a little shyly.

"But what if there's any treasure in there!" Yu Hua said with a frown.

"What a treasure! I've shaken this box several times, if there's really a treasure in it. Why didn't there even make a sound, I think Bacheng is an empty box! Yu Hua's wife muttered softly beside her.

Yu Hua heard her say this, thought about it and felt that there was indeed some truth, if there was really something in the box, it would be a little loud, thinking about it, he was a little hesitant in his heart, whether this box was sold well, or not?

Take advantage of this period. Yu Hua's son put the box in front of Chu Chen, and then smiled at him shyly.

Chu Chen nodded at him with a smile, then suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart, picked up the box and observed it carefully.

The shape of this box is rectangular. The length is about 36 centimeters, and the height is 20 centimeters, and the whole body is made of small leaves of red sandalwood. Chu Chen estimated that it was precisely because this box used this very precious raw material. will survive in the case of not being able to open.

Trap boxes are basically made up of wooden strips of varying widths. Therefore, in addition to the special material, there is really nothing special about this box.

Chu Chen looked at it carefully. He shook the box again, but he didn't see any sound at all, which made him frown a little, could it be that this box was really like what Yu Hua's wife said, it was an empty box?

Of course, if he wanted to know whether the box was empty or not, it was very simple for Chu Chen, he only needed to use the Spirit Treasure Eye once, but the result of using the Spirit Treasure Eye made him almost scream, because there were not only things in the box, but its value was also very amazing.

As for why there is no sound, it is also because there are several silk bags filled with cotton and other things in the box, which fill the space inside the box, so no matter how much you shake it, there will be no sound.

As for what was inside the box, Chu Chen only knew that Lu Dao was a work of calligraphy and painting, and as for what it was, he didn't delve into it, because he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to control the excitement in his heart when he was there, and if Yu Hua and the others discovered his strange appearance, it would be in vain.

"Mr. Yu, I wonder if you want to transfer this box?" Chu Chen secretly calmed down, and then asked.

"Are you interested?" Yu Hua did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

"Yes!" Chu Chen nodded.

Yu Hua pondered for a while, and then asked, "Mr. Chu, forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, do you know what kind of box this is?" ”

"Yes!" Chu Chen knew that if he said a lie now, it would cause variables, so he didn't think much about it, so he admitted it and said: "This box is called the Trap Box, and it can only be opened after a certain number of steps!" ”

"Oh, so you know how to open this box?" Yu Hua asked again.

Chu Chen smiled slightly and said: "I know that the Dao is the Dao of the Knowing, but unless the original owner of the Dao is set up by the formula, it will be difficult to open." ”

"Formula? Do you need a mantra to open this thing? Yu Hua asked suspiciously.

Chu Chen replied: "It is indeed a formula, you must know that this mechanism box of yours is a three-phase mechanism box, it takes one hundred and forty-four steps to open, and there are various combinations, if there is no formula, it is difficult to open it at all!" ”

"In that case, why did you buy this box?" Yu Hua asked suspiciously.

Chu Chen smiled slightly: "Because of interest!" It's rare to see a three-phase trap box like this, so I wanted to buy it and study it! ”

"Really?" Yu Hua stared at Chu Chen, wanting to see something strange on his face.

"Why should I lie to you?" Chu Chen spread his hands and said, "You don't think there's anything else in here, do you?" As your lady said, if there is something in it, it will be somewhat felt, and it is obvious that there is nothing in this box. (To be continued......)