On the whole, cork furniture is indeed incomparable to hardwood furniture. However, in cork furniture, there are also valuable good things. There are tens of thousands, even tens of thousands, or even higher than a single official hat chair and a circle chair with beautiful shapes, and most of these goods are official.

The cork furniture made by the official is exquisite, meticulous in workmanship, and does not hesitate to pay attention to the workmanship, which is different from the charm of common furniture. In addition, the vintage is good, and the workmanship is exquisite, which is also very rare. Of course, such good things are rare, especially super beautiful goods made like hardwood furniture, which are even rarer.

"Okay, I'll take a look first!"

For cork furniture, Chu Chen is also quite interested, and Ma Laocai has a lot of cork furniture here, maybe he can meet one or two good things, and it is not bad to buy them back.

So, after Chu Chen responded, he looked at the pile of cork furniture in front of him.

It's just that looking at the cork chairs in it, it makes him very disappointed, there are not many good chairs here, only two late Qing Dynasty ones are so-so, and the others are either scattered, or the workmanship is not good, it is really difficult to enter his eyes.

However, just as Chu Chen was about to give up, he unexpectedly saw a small warping case.

The case is a rectangular piece of supporting furniture with feet underneath. Among them, the warped case refers to the "flying horns" that are installed at both ends of the case surface, so it is called the "warped case".

Nowadays, some people often confuse the table with the table, but the difference between them is quite obvious, simply put, the four legs of the table are at right angles at the four corners of the table. The four legs of the case are not at the four corners, but the two ends are retracted into the case.

Chu Chen's small warped head case is a single face. Chuck tenon structure, small and upright.

Chuck tenon is a kind of mortise and tenon structure commonly used in case furniture. It is in the form of a tenon at the tip of the leg. It is close to the socket at the bottom of the case, and the upper part is also open. Inserted tooth strips. However, the oblique shoulder is cut out of the upper end of the foot and leg, and the notch is removed at the intersection of the tooth strip and the foot and leg, so that when the tooth strip and the foot and leg are combined, the oblique shoulder of the leg and foot is clamped to form a flat surface.

The warped head case in front of you, the edge of the tooth strip is connected to the moire tooth head. The case foot is embossed with a cloud head, the top is a yang line, and the middle of the leg is carved with a curly leaf.

The shape of this case is concise and line-based. The structure is rigorous, the workmanship is fine, the decoration is simple but natural, it is a typical style of Ming Dynasty furniture, specifically in terms of wood and craftsmanship, Chu Chen feels that it should be the work of the early Ming Dynasty.

However, cork furniture has a disadvantage, that is, after too many years, it is generally in poor condition, either deformed, or it is falling apart. And the appearance is not beautiful, it is easy to make a bad impression. This warped case in front of me is like this, it looks inconspicuous, very much like low-grade goods. People don't have the desire to buy.

However, of course, this is the opinion of pedestrians, and Chu Chen will definitely not see it that way. You must know that the heirlooms of the Ming Dynasty are mostly large furniture, which is very rare. The market value and popularity are very high, and they are still so intact from the early Ming Dynasty to the present. It's even more rare, and this kind of thing can't be missed.

Seeing Ma Laocai's father and son looking at him with fierce eyes, Chu Chen didn't look at it much, plus he saw it quickly, in the eyes of outsiders, he seemed to be so-so, and he didn't think that at this time, he was already confident in his heart.

"Mr. Ma, your cork furniture here is all ordinary goods!" Chu Chen shook his head and said.

Hearing Chu Chen say this, Zhang Laocai sneered in his heart, and said in his heart: "There are really not many good cork furniture here, but it is not nothing, and you can conclude that these are ordinary goods at a casual glance, don't you think it's too hasty?" This guy can't be very knowledgeable about furniture, right? ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Laocai felt that it was normal for Chu Chen to have such an appearance, he was young, and his eyesight was good enough in some aspects of antiques, so it was inevitable that he would be arrogant and didn't know how to pretend to understand. It's a pity, he didn't do the furniture business before, otherwise he would definitely have to pit Chu Chen!

Although he had a bad heart in his heart, Zhang Laocai still said with a smile on the surface: "It is true that most of them are ordinary goods, but it is not without good ones, you see that this walnut wood roll is very good!" ”

The second volume is used for furnishing bonsai, flower arrangement, handicrafts and other offerings in the study's study, usually made of mahogany or grass flower pear, generally of different lengths, widths and heights.

Ma Laocai said that the walnut wood scroll is relatively small, the desk surface is simple and simple, the legs are turned inward for the scroll-style feet, the shape is simple, the pulp is heavy, and it is the style of the early Qing Dynasty. It can be placed in the study, can be furnished, can be placed in the study sketches, well-preserved, is rare.

Chu Chen glanced at the lower scroll, and then said a little stiffly: "So-so, it's okay!" ”

"Chu Shao, do you want it?"

Chu Chen's expression made Ma Laocai feel that it was indeed the same as what he just thought, Chu Chen didn't know much about furniture, which made him feel a little secretly happy in his heart, and he felt that when he made a bid, he might be able to make more money.

Chu Chen pretended to be silent for a while, and then said: "That's it, I just want to buy some gifts to give away, if you can get cheap, then I'll pick four chairs, a desk and this next scroll." ”

Ma Laocai laughed: "Chu Shao, what you said, can I still be expensive for you to buy?" You pick out what you want, and I'll count the money for you. ”

"Okay......

After speaking, Chu Chen selected the two chairs he had just taken a fancy to and the small warped head case, and chose two chairs that were okay, and put them in front of Ma Laocai together with the next scroll just now.

Among these five pieces of furniture, Ma Laocai only thought that two of the chairs and the next scroll were good, and he didn't think there was anything good about the most valuable case, if it wasn't for the fact that this thing was very old-fashioned, he wouldn't have bought it at all.

Ma Laocai thought for a while and said: "Chu Shao, it's rare for a distinguished guest like you to come, and I won't come to the void, these are a total of 80,000, what do you think?" ”

If you only take the value of that small warped head case, the value must be more than 50,000, but as I said earlier, there are indeed tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of cork furniture, but in addition to the warping head case here, even the most valuable next volume is only worth six or seven thousand, and the other four chairs add up, at most less than 10,000.

And Ma Laocai obviously didn't recognize the warping case, otherwise with his character, it would be impossible to quote this price. Therefore, Chu Chen felt that although he didn't know what the reserve price in Ma Laocai's heart was, the offer of 80,000 yuan was completely prepared to slaughter him, which made him frown.

Ming Mazi has been paying attention to Chu Chen's expression, and when he saw Chu Chen frowning, he roared angrily: "Ma Laocai, don't you want to mix, such a thing, you actually reported 80,000!" ”

Ma Laocai said with an aggrieved face: "Brother Ming, the price I quoted is lower than the market price, I really didn't report more!" ”

If in terms of the actual value of things, Ma Laocai is indeed much lower than the market price, but Chu Chen doesn't think that Ma Laocai's heart is so kind, and if he agrees to this price immediately, Ma Laocai may still be suspicious, and it will not be beautiful at that time.

So, Chu Chen waved his hand to Ming Mazi and said with a smile: "Mr. Ma, we don't talk darkly, what about me, there is also a shop in Panjiayuan, and the business is not bad, so I still know the price of this cork furniture." ”

Hearing this, the father and son couldn't help but be a little stunned, especially Ma Laocai, who secretly scolded "bad luck" in his heart. The reason why he reacted like this was also because it was not the first time he had traded with the boss of Pan Jiayuan, so he understood that the good ones who could mix well in Pan Jiayuan were all human spirits, and it was not easy to make money from such people.

Of course, he felt that Chu Chen might be bluffing, but since Chu Chen had such good eyesight, it shouldn't be false to think about it.

Thinking that his plan to make a fortune was shattered again, Ma Laocai was secretly annoyed, and at the same time, he could only sigh in his heart, and then sneered: "Chu Shao, since you are a peer, then please make a bid!" ”

Chu Chen was not polite, and immediately said: "I gave these things away, then I won't take advantage of you, just 18,000, what do you think?" ”

Seeing that Chu Chen actually opened to the bottom of his heart all of a sudden, Ma Laocai immediately believed Chu Chen's words completely, which made him very angry in his heart, and kept scolding Chu Chen for being a profiteer.

Seeing that Ma Laocai lowered his head and didn't reply for a long time, Ming Mazi urged: "Old Ma, just do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it, you are a girl!" ”

Ma Laocai came back to his senses and said with a sad face: "Chu Shao, it is said that the price you gave is not low, but I also said just now, I am not good at furniture, and the price of these things is not low. ”

"It's strange to believe your words!"

Chu Chen laughed secretly, and then asked, "Then how much do you say?" ”

Ma Laocai pretended to be pitiful and said: "You see that I am already half paralyzed, and I will count on these things for living expenses in the future, and my requirements are not high, how much do you let me earn, count 22,000, what do you think?" ”

"At most, 20,000 yuan, otherwise I might as well buy it in the capital, so that it will save freight."

Chu Chen shook his head and put on a businesslike appearance, if it was someone else like Ma Laocai, then 20,002 would be 22,000, but for a person like Ma Laocai, the consequences of kindness will only make him treat you as a wronged leader, he doesn't want to pay kindness for himself, not to mention, and be called a fool behind the back of others.

Speaking of which, when he was 18,000 just now, Ma Laocai had already earned nearly 10,000 yuan, just like he just said, he was not good at cork furniture, if it weren't for the cheap and profitable things, he wouldn't have bought these things at all.

Now, seeing that Chu Chen was not fooled by him, Ma Laocai pretended to bow his head and groaned for a while, and finally could only agree with some regrets. (To be continued......)