Chapter 64: The Treasure Appraisal Conference

At 7:40 p.m. on April 8th, the technicians in the studio hall of Luancheng TV station are checking the equipment in an orderly manner, and the "Cultural Relics Appreciation Conference" is about to begin.

"Cultural relics appreciation conference" is a live broadcast column, but also based on the characteristics of Luancheng more popular antique cultural relics specially opened, the event by the "Kaiyuan Culture Media" hosted, the organizer invited three well-known senior cultural relics and antiques appreciation experts in the province, experts on-site for collectors to provide identification, so it is very popular with antique cultural relics players and collectors. Luancheng TV broadcasts this live on its self-made channel every Saturday at 8 p.m. The activity has been carried out to the second phase, and in the first phase, nearly 100 cultural relics collectors came to the site with their collections to invite experts to appreciate.

Murong Amin experienced half a year of depression and gradually came out of the shadows, she resigned from the errand of the evening newspaper reporter to become a freelance lecturer, specializing in the history of cultural relics, which was deeply concerned by cultural relics lovers, and she also opened a column on the Internet called "Amin Says Cultural Relics", and became a cultural relics Internet celebrity in Luancheng in less than half a year. Now she was invited by Huang Ying to be the artistic director of "Kaiyuan Culture Media", and she personally went into battle at this "Cultural Relics Appreciation Conference" and hosted the show with the Internet celebrity name Amin.

Speaking of this "Kaiyuan cultural communication" must also mention a person, she is the "Luancheng Coal Mine" Qiu Wu's sister Qiu Ying, since her brother Qiu Wu was sentenced to death, she took her father to the provincial capital, she also resigned from the position of a lecturer at the provincial university to take care of her father at home, half a year ago Huang Ying found her, the two talked for nearly eight hours after Qiu Ying decided to join the "Kaiyuan Culture Media" as a manager.

In April 2018, Huang Ying, Murong Amin, and Qiu Ying, three beautiful women, decided to make a big deal to make a famous Luancheng, in Huang Ying's words, the three of them are all heroes among women, as long as there is nothing that cannot be done. The big deal is now the "Cultural Relics Appreciation Conference". Huang Ying invested 5 million yuan to buy three live broadcasts of the cultural relics appreciation conference on the TV station during the prime time on Saturdays. In order to enhance the attention of the "Cultural Relics Appreciation Conference", Murong Amin served as the guest host. The first "Cultural Relics Appreciation Conference" was held last Saturday, and Amin was well received by experts and viewers in the live broadcast with the knowledge of cultural relics he learned.

Tonight is the second on-site treasure appreciation, 8 o'clock in the evening "cultural relics appreciation conference" officially began, the host Amin walked on the treasure appreciation platform with great energy, she was wearing a foundation orchid cheongsam, long black hair high on the top of the head, face like a dough, lips like cherries, apricot eyes smile, voice like silver bells, she said: guests, friends, the audience in front of the TV, I am the host Amin, tonight's treasure appreciation activities officially began, let us use warm applause to invite out the first-class cultural relics appreciation master Mr. Huo Kai; Mr. Min De, a master of calligraphy and painting appreciation of special cultural relics and a professor of the Department of History of the Provincial University; Mr. Sun Guangtang, a famous master of calligraphy and painting cultural relics in our city and the director of the Museum of Cultural Museums, took a seat on the treasure platform.

The first to walk on the treasure platform was Huo Kai, who was full of silver hair, dignified and elegant, and was in his sixties, followed by Min De, who was about seventy years old with a big bald head and a pedant in Tang costume, and finally Sun Guangtang, who was in his sixties with long hair and a shawl and wide-brimmed glasses.

Amin waited for the three masters to sit down and said: The "Cultural Relics Appreciation Conference" was hosted by Luancheng TV Station, co-organized by "Kaiyuan Cultural Communication", this appreciation activity is not only on-site treasure appreciation but also online treasure appreciation platform, online transactions are allowed during the treasure appreciation period, that is to say, the treasure of this appraisal can be sold online, this is a high-tech activity, I hope you support. Okay, in order to leave more time for the treasure collectors, now the treasure appreciation conference has officially begun, and the first treasure owner is invited to come to the stage tonight and take out his treasures for the masters to appreciate.

The first person to take to the stage to ask for an appreciation was a retired teacher who unfolded an ancient landscape painting with a scroll in his arms.

Amin said: What do you call the old gentleman?

The retired teacher said: My surname is Jia, a Chinese teacher.

Amin said: Please introduce this painting, Mr. Jia.

Teacher Jia said: This painting is grandfather when he was young to go to Shaanxi on business in a down-and-out official eunuch to buy, at that time spent 200 yuan of the ocean, it is said that this painting in his house for many years, is the Song Dynasty painter actually painted, the painting is called "Tibetan Snow Map", today please appreciate the masters, not for sale.

Huo Kai looked at the front for a while and said with a smile: Mr. Jia, your painting is a silk ink pen, 103 long, 52 wide, there is a large seal of "Ji Xi Dianbao" on the screen, as well as the half seal of the Ming Discipline Inspectorate and the Qianlong Zhu Collection Seal, if it is a genuine work, it is a pity that the real painting is now stored in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, your painting is not a real work, it was copied by Li Xi in the Qing Dynasty.

Teacher Jia's face suddenly showed embarrassment, and he asked: Is there still a collection value?

Huo Kai said: Of course there is, although it is a little far from the real thing, it is not simple, hide it, since you don't want to sell it, I won't estimate its price.

Teacher Jia blushed and hurriedly put away the scroll and walked down.

The second person on stage was a middle-aged man in his forties, who carried a red bag, took out an object the size of a football from the bag and put it on the table, smiled at the three connoisseurs and said: My grandmother left it, I haven't changed the packaging, I heard my grandma say that it is ancient, please ask an expert to identify it.

The middle-aged man opened his baggage and carefully pulled out a rusty iron fist.

Min Del walked to the iron fist and looked at it carefully several times and said: This thing is called "Dun", it is a bronze utensil in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the princes and nobles are only eligible to enjoy the bronze, from the appearance, the whole body is round, similar to a sphere, and the bronze is slowly made into this shape, the craftsmanship is very exquisite, it is a thing of the Bronze Age, and if it is genuine, it is a national treasure. It's a pity that this thing of yours is an imitation, probably something from the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the value is not very high.

The middle-aged man smiled and asked: How much can it be worth?

Mindel thought for a while and said: about 10,000.

The middle-aged man patted his head and said: What is the meaning of keeping this imitation, I will sell it if I want to buy it.

After speaking, the middle-aged man wrapped the "Dun" in a torn red cloth and was about to go backstage, when an animal head appeared on the screen of the computer connected to the network on the stage. The avatar is a little white rabbit treated with animation, he has two big ears and wears a pair of wide-rimmed glasses, plus the light is very dim and can't see the original appearance at all, he pushed the glasses and asked in a hoarse voice: This buddy, do you really want to sell?

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked for a long time only to find that it was the little white rabbit on the computer screen talking, he smiled awkwardly and said: Yes, I want to sell, do you want to buy it?

The little white rabbit said: Of course I want to buy it.

The middle-aged man said: That's great, but the master said it's an imitation.

The little white rabbit said: It's okay, I bought it and put it at home to watch and play, but I don't give 10,000, 6,000?

The middle-aged man felt a little surprised and noncommittal, turned his face to look at Mindel, and Mindel nodded at him and said: If you don't collect it, you can sell it, this thing is a heart, if you like it, it will be worth money, and you can sell it.

The middle-aged man thought about it and asked: Isn't it a joke, buddy?

The little white rabbit replied: Don't make trouble, sell or not?

The middle-aged man said: Sell, six thousand for you.

The little white rabbit said: Okay, I'll transfer the money to the column group account, and you just leave the things for them.

The middle-aged man turned his face to Amin again and asked: Is this really possible?

Amin replied: Yes, our editor will confirm the payment with this gentleman, and transfer it to you as soon as the money arrives.

The White Rabbit interjected: The money can be transferred to your account now.

Amin said, "Good! You scan the QR code in the lower left corner of the screen to contact our editor, and come to the column group tomorrow morning to pick up the baby.

The middle-aged man smiled, bowed to Mindel and the other two masters, and followed the editor off the stage.

Amin said: Thank you Little White Rabbit, I hope you will continue to pay attention to our treasure appreciation activities in the next issue, and buy what you like.

The little white rabbit said: I will. After saying that, the avatar flashed and disappeared.

Amin said: Okay, this is the first time that our treasure appraisal conference has sold the collection online, let's continue, please the next one.

A man in his thirties with a stiff hairstyle came up from the audience, carrying a cardboard box in his hand, perhaps it was the first time to participate in this kind of event, which seemed very unnatural, and he put the cardboard box on the table and almost fell off, making everyone laugh.

Amin also smiled, and she asked: Nervous?

Bancun said: A little, I have never been on such a high-level stage.

Amin asked again: What do you do?

Bancun said: Me? Trucker.

Amin continued to ask: Is the treasure ancestral or is it found?

Bancun said: Tao, I went to Xinjiang two years ago to buy it in the thrift market, what is it called, well, Yushu, it is said that it was used to warm wine in ancient times.

Amin said: Open it for the audience and the masters to see.

The three masters and the audience all craned their necks and stared intently at the cardboard box on the table. Bancun opened the cardboard box, took out a thing wrapped in straw paper and put it on the table, he rubbed his hands and carefully took out the treasure, holding it with one hand and tearing off the straw paper on it with the other, when he tore off the straw paper, he suddenly threw it out, a round thing rolled on the treasure table several times, people were stunned by this scene, and it was a dead man's skull that fell on the treasure table.

Amin's reaction was still calm, and she whispered: Don't panic, don't panic, this may be an ancient relic.

Huo Kai grinned and said: Hurry up and call the police, this is not a cultural relic!

Seeing this scene, the hundred and ten viewers present all ran out of the live broadcast hall, leaving only the host Amin, two editors and three treasure experts on the treasure appraisal platform.

In less than half an hour, Li Nuo, Wang Ning and others rushed to the live broadcast hall of cultural relics appreciation. A female editor said: No one is near the stage, we know to protect the scene.

Li Nuo nodded and said that she knew, she checked the scene, and there was indeed no trace of being trampled on, at this time the forensic doctor Tang Wan also came in, he briefly understood the situation, put on gloves and squatted down to inspect the skull, and looked at her carefully and said to Li Nuo: Sister Nuo, you take a closer look.

Li Nuo took a closer look at the skull and couldn't help but be stunned, and there were four crooked small characters engraved on the white bones: I am Ji Yu.

Wang Ning couldn't help but whisper when he saw this line of small words: I'm going, why did he come here?

Li Nuo glanced at him and whispered: Don't talk nonsense.

Wang Ning immediately closed his mouth.

Lenovo asked: Where did this thing come from?

Amin walked up to Bancun and said, "The baby he brought."

Li Nuo saw that Murong Amin wanted to say a few words of greeting, but when the words came to his lips and swallowed back, she said: Murong Amin, are you the presiding officer of the treasure appraisal tonight?

Amin said: Yes, Deputy Section Chief Li, I am glad to see you here.

Li Nuo smiled at her, and then said to Ban Cun who was squatting aside: Come here.

Wang Ning dragged Bancun to the skull, his eyes were blurred and he didn't dare to look directly. Li Nuo asked: Where did you get this thing? Let's be honest.

Ban Cun's voice trembled and said: How do I know, I brought this bottle of jade from home into a box, who knew that when I got here, I opened it and became this thing, and I was scared.

Li Nuo asked: Where did you come from?

Bancun replied: I bought it from the thrift market, 50 yuan.

Wang Ning asked in surprise: I'll go, you bought this treasure with 50 yuan?

Ban Cun said: Well, I wonder if the treasure expert looks away, maybe he can make a profit.

Li Nuo asked: Have you ever left this thing on the way here?

Bancun thought for a while and said: Halfway through... I almost bumped into a fashionable old man who was sitting on the ground and playing tricks, and I had to ask me for 500 dollars, so I reasoned with him for a while.

Li Nuo asked: What kind of car do you drive?

Bancun said: I drove the electric car, I didn't hit him, he leaned on my handlebar, it should be touching porcelain.

Li Nuo asked: What happened later?

Ban Cun said: I helped him to the side of the road and told him a good word for a long time, he said that he was thirsty and asked me to go to the opposite shop to buy mineral water for him, I bought him a few sips and left.

Li Nuo asked: Where is it?

Bancun replied: It's on the side street south of the TV station, not far from here.

Li Nuo asked: Did he tell you what it was called?

Bancun replied: No, thank God he didn't knock on me, who still asked his name.

Li Nuo asked: Did anyone see it?

Bancun replied: There is no one in the Ryukyus in the black bar on that street.

Li Nuo understood in his heart, it was this old man who designed the cultural relics that were wrapped in inches, what is this guy going to do? Li Nuo asked Bancun again: What did you mean by the fashionable old man just now?

Bancun replied: He doesn't look like an old man except for a hunchback, wearing a broken hat, his body is straight, and he can't tell how old he is.

Li Nuo said: Okay, Wang Ning, you take him back to paint the portrait of the old man.

Amin said: Captain Li, do you still use us to go to the "Second Criminal Investigation Division"?

Li Nuo asked: Amin, you invited Sun Guangtang?

Amin said: How can I have such great ability, I was invited by Huang Ying, do you see? Those three are experts in cultural relics and antiques on our land, and their influence is high.

Li Nuo lowered his voice and asked: Amin, is the high-end also messing with you?

Amin smiled and said: That guy is not messing with me, he is messing with Huang Ying.

Li Nuo asked again: Is Huang Ying terrible now?

Amin replied: Yes, Luancheng is not the richest man and can be in the top three, but that girl is rich and rich, but she is also enough for sisters.

Li Nuo asked: I heard that Qiu Ying also belonged to her name?

Amin replied: Yes, she is the manager of a media company, and we are both mixed up with Huang Ying, and now she takes care of both of us.

Li Nuo pondered for a moment and said: What is the secret of the treasure appreciation conference, right?

Amin laughed, she said: Don't leak the secret of heaven, hahaha, I'll invite you to dinner another day.

Li Nuo shook hands with Murong Amin and left, she could sense Amin staring at her back and smiling happily.