Listening to the Cantonese coming from both sides, Qin Ke's eyes looked very curious, especially this kind of Hong Kong-style street, which exudes a British style everywhere, after all, it was the British who was in charge for decades.

The shops on both sides are very Chinese-style, but the buildings on both sides are very British-style, which is a little discordant.

There are buildings on both sides of this antique street, and the so-called antique street is not like a simple antique street in China, and there are office and residential buildings on both sides.

The buildings in Xiangjiang are very peculiar, and they also have a lot to do with the population, and the buildings are close to each other, so that there is today's antique street.

"What are you going to buy?" Qin Ke looked at Lin Xi, the other party called him out, and he kept wandering around, but he didn't have a clear goal.

"I want to buy an old clock. Lynsey said as she searched.

"Bell?"

Qin Ke was very surprised that Lin Xi would buy an old clock, and few people buy a clock in antiques, because the meaning is not good, whether it is given away or kept for himself, there are some bad signs.

However, Qin Ke remembered the jade pendant that he promised the scholar, and took advantage of this time in Xiangjiang Antique Street, he wanted to buy a better jade pendant and give it to the scholar when the time came.

Lin Xi walked into a shop specializing in selling antique furniture, Qin Ke smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine as soon as he entered, he looked inside the store, the whole store was more than 20 square meters, there was only one old man, and the old man was boiling soup medicine on the stove with charcoal.

"Old man, are there any antique clocks here?" asked Lin Xi, looking at the old man in the shop.

"It's all over there. The old man pointed at it casually, without even raising his eyes, obviously not thinking that Lin Xi and Qin Ke would buy antiques.

Qin Ke shook his head, he has seen a lot of such shopkeepers, either this old man really has some ability, or this old man looks down on people, anyway, no matter which one, Qin Ke doesn't like this kind of businessman's way of treating guests.

A good store, a store that can always thrive, not only the things sold, but also their service fog, many Xiangjiang some food shops, service fog attitude is very poor, at first because of the good taste, so this group of people has not changed at all, but when some large catering groups come to share the cake of catering with them, they found the gap.

He believes that if large auction houses or chain stores intervene in the antique market in the future, it will definitely have an impact on these traditional antique shops.

Lin Xi obviously didn't mind the old man's attitude, he walked directly to the position pointed by the old man, and there were a few old-fashioned antique clocks on the simple shelves, accompanied by the sound of "tick, tick".

The antique clock here is not very big, but it is not a very small kind, Qin Ke visually measured that they are about 80 centimeters high, and the style is very gorgeous, and the workmanship is also very meticulous.

The news fed back by the brain made Qin Ke stunned, he didn't expect that in such a small shop, these antique clocks on the table would have a great background, although now three or four million is not a huge amount of money in Qin Ke's eyes, but this is also three or four million.

An ordinary person in a third-tier city may have a lifetime income, and the antique clocks here are all from the Qianlong period, the value is obviously needless to say, the key to Qin Ke's surprise is the workmanship, which is very exquisite.

The shell of the antique clock is very exquisitely carved, which is no longer a bell, but a handicraft.

"How much is this?" Lin Xi took a fancy to one of Qin Ke's previous favorites, that is, the 3 million antique clock, with a golden appearance,

Among the exquisite enamels, the royal blue enamel is the most prominent, and its effect is rich and dazzling, which is unforgettable and breathtaking. This kind of hard transparent enamel with gold and honeysuckle can only be produced in Guangzhou, so it is called "wide enamel", which is transplanted from European transparent enamel.

A closer look at the lot reveals its appearance, with its exterior decorated with gold and enamel that resembles a ribbon-patterned gold enamel vase from the Qing Dynasty.

It can be seen that the craftsmanship of the craftsmen in the Qianlong period reached its peak, many of which are incomparable now, and there are also many ancient antique crafts that cannot be done now.

"Excuse me, how much is this bell?" asked Lin Xi, seeing that the old man did not answer his painting, raised his voice again.

"Can't afford it. ”

The old man didn't raise his head, coldly put down a sentence, and continued to stir the medicinal soup in the porcelain jar with chopsticks.

Qin Ke smiled, because he couldn't hold back when he saw Lin Xi's expression, and someone dared to question Lin Xi that he couldn't afford it.

He thinks that his current wealth is not as much as Lin Xi's, after all, Lin Xi has been used as a lyricist by the king and queen of heaven over the years, and those newcomers are two different concepts.

And over the years, Lin Xi has also invested in some businesses, and his assets will only be more than Qin Ke's, for a bell of several millions, if Lin Xi wants to buy it, it is as simple as eating a meal.

"What kind of attitude do you have!" Lin Xi finally couldn't hold back, pushed his glasses, and looked at the old man with a hint of dissatisfaction, after all, as a customer, he thought that the other party's attitude made him unacceptable.

"Three million broken bells are really a treasure?" Qin Ke snorted coldly and said in a deliberately lengthened tone.

"How do you know?" The old man finally raised his head and looked at Qin Ke with sunglasses, in his concept, these young people didn't understand these antique clocks at all, and he didn't bother to answer that he didn't want to play the piano to the cow.

"Why don't I know?" Qin Ke asked rhetorically, he saw that the other party was aroused by his curiosity, and at this moment he calmed down.

"Haha. Lin Xi smiled proudly, he almost forgot the purpose of coming to Qin Ke today, that is, he didn't want to be cheated, and now Qin Ke really came in handy.

"Young man, do you also have this kind of antique clock at home?" The other party looked at Qin Ke, he thought that it must be Qin Ke's family that also has such an antique clock, so he would judge the price.

"No, but that doesn't stop me from valuing you for this thing. Qin Ke shrugged his shoulders and pretended to be a master of the world, and at this moment his acting skills exploded again.

"Come and sit here. As soon as the old man saw that the other party was knowledgeable, he naturally wouldn't slack off anymore, took the Chinese medicine and put it aside, took out a chair and beckoned Qin Ke to sit over.

"Can you talk about the price of this antique clock now?" Qin Ke looked at the old man with a smile in his eyes, giving people a very cunning feeling.

The old man stared at Qin Ke, and the moment Qin Ke took off his eyes, he sighed in his heart, he has read countless people over the years, but anyone with such sharp eyes must not be an ordinary person, he knows that he has encountered a hard stubble today.

The antique industry is not afraid of meeting the layman, it is afraid of meeting the insider, and the layman will open the price at will, the antiques industry earns the layman's money, but it is not good for the insider.

Often some antique stores will post a sign at the door of the peers not to enter, which means to tell the peers not to enter, so as not to embarrass each other when they get it.

But auction houses are different, auction houses have a reserve price, and they earn a commission.

"Four million!" the old man said with four fingers on his face.

"Three million two hundred thousand, you earn an extra 200,000, if it works, I will take it, if not, let it continue to be used as a decoration in your place. "Qin Ke is more resolute than the old man, and he directly pays a price, after all, the information fed back by the see-through eye will not be faked.

The old man looked at Qin Ke with a wry smile on his face, if this antique clock is sold to a foreigner, four million can definitely be sold, but as Qin Ke said, this antique clock is usually not cared for, and it is a decoration when it is placed here.

And there is also one of the most critical problems, antiques are all lost, and with time, air, temperature, etc., they will slowly deteriorate.