After listening to the boss's words, Huang Chong did not speak, but took the purple jade light in the boss's hand, carefully studied it for a while, and then said: "It is indeed the purple jade light, but Boss Gao, you also said it yourself, it has to be the purple jade light made by Cao Sugong to have this price, but this piece is ......."

Smiling, Huang Chong put the ink ingot back on the table and said:

"The four great ink-making masters of the Qing Dynasty, Cao Sugong, Wang Jinsheng, Wang Jie'an, and Hu Kaiwen, are all leaders in the ink industry, and they have all set up their own ink-making workshops, and they have run shops, and the skills of ink-making have been passed down."

"And the Cao family's ink-making, starting from Kangxi, has never been broken after thirteen generations, and later merged with Hu Kaiwen's workshop to become the magic capital ink stone, this ink ingot is purple jade light, but from the perspective of the dryness of the ink, the earliest is only Jiaqing or Qianlong, it cannot be Cao Sugong's own ink ingot, it is not a famous ink, it can only be regarded as a top grade."

"It seems that the little brother is indeed an expert." After hearing Huang Chong's words, Gao Shan hesitated for a while and said, "You are actually a friend of Teacher Li, so let's do it, 300,000, and all this box of ink will belong to you." ”

……

"The price of 80,000 yuan was sold for 300,000 yuan in a blink of an eye, and now I understand what it means to not open for three years, and open for three years." Hearing the price offered by the boss, Brother Ma said in a low voice.

"The antique industry is like this, testing eyesight, the opening money that I got almost free just now is 200,000 yuan." Zhuang Rui said.

"That's right, it's not just antiques, it's not just our jade business." Shi San'er said: "It's someone who can make good jadeite from scraps." ”

"Well, too." Brother Ma nodded.

……

After Huang Chong heard the price, he shook his head and said, "It's too high, two hundred and twenty thousand." ”

"Since the little brother is an expert, he should know these inks." Gao Shan pointed to the ink ingots lined up on the table, which were all neatly arranged by him in chronological order, and said: "Cao Sugong's purple jade light, Wang Jinsheng's Qingyunluo, Wang Jie'an's green linxi, Hu Kaiwen's jade cicada ink...... Not only the ink ingots of the four famous masters of the Qing Dynasty are all together, but even from Kangxi to Guangxu, so sorted, it is almost a chronology of the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, although these inks are not the best, but they are also of the highest grade, and the collection is so complete, very collectible, if the little brother is really willing to collect, then I will take a step back, 270,000. ”

Huang Chong thought for a while and said: "It's still too high, after all, it's just a high-grade ink ingot, and now the collection of ink ingots is still only a small niche, Boss Gao, otherwise, you and I will each take a step back, 240,000, how about it?" ”

"Little brother, don't forget, this box is also a good thing." Gao Shan tapped on the box containing the ink ingots and said.

"Huh?" Zhuang Rui and the others were stunned, they didn't expect the boss to take the box to talk about things, and looked at the box.

The overall workmanship of the box is relatively simple, and the exterior is not so polygonal, and the four corners of the lid and the position of the lock bolt are inlaid with a thin copper sheet, which is the shape of the bat, with the auspicious meaning of "five blessings".

Huang Chong didn't answer immediately, but put his hand on the box, habitually wrapped the entire box with mental power, and then was slightly stunned, there was something wrong with this box, but Huang Chong quickly returned to normal, and no one noticed.

"Boss, this box has insect eyes, if it is really precious wood, where will such a situation occur, this box should be made of peach wood, and the material can only barely be considered good." Huang Chong said: "Otherwise, I will add another 10,000, 250,000, and if Boss Gao agrees, we will make a deal." ”

"Good!" This time, Gao Shan nodded very happily and agreed, and the two signed a contract, and the box of ink ingots that had not yet been covered with hot ink changed owners.

……

"Are these really Gu Mo? How can you tell? Zhuang Rui asked, because he bought a box of ink, it was very heavy, and it was inconvenient to take it with him, so he simply sent it back to the hotel first, and when he was packing, Zhuang Rui asked.

"The old ink usually has its own simple and faint fragrance, which is the ink fragrance that Ma Ge just said, and it will show a simple tone, and the new ink is a little weird, because the gum is too heavy, in addition, the ancient ink due to the age, the gum naturally recedes, the texture is as hard as jade, the surface is silky haircut, showing a strong spirit, the color is black and purple, and the hands are heavy, this should be genuine." Huang Chong arranged a few ink ingots on the table and said:

"Some ancient ink, there is patent leather on the surface, the farther the age, the more thick the patent leather, and show snakeskin broken lines, and the patent leather broken lines on the guqin are very similar, and like the ancient porcelain open piece, there are lines without cracks, hidden between the patent leather, and at the same time flash blue brilliance. There are no snakeskin fractures on modern imitation patent leather, only fracture lines. ”

"These things, two hundred and fifty thousand, won't they be lost?" Ma Ge said: "I have seen people collect things such as calligraphy and paintings, brushes, etc., but this ancient ink, to be honest, is the first time I know about it." ”

"The collection of ancient ink prevailed in the Ming Dynasty, has been respected by the literati of all dynasties, to the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, it has reached the extreme, but after the founding of the People's Republic of China, it declined, until the eighties and nineties, Dongying took the lead in the rise of the trend of collecting ancient ink, and then attracted the attention of domestic collectors."

"After the Ninety-Seven Dynasty, the economic crisis, the collection of ancient ink, also went downhill, however, in recent years, it has rebounded again, such as this piece of purple jade, although it is not a famous handiwork, but there are no more than 10,000, and it can't be taken down at all."

"In the past two years, the collection of the study room has been popular, and the ancient ink market is naturally speeding up, after all, the real good ink can be done like lacquer, and it is true for thousands of years, not the current ink can be compared, usually the good ones are kept for fun, and the broken ones are used for writing."

Huang Chong picked up another piece of broken ink and said, "For example, these broken inks, even if they are priced in thousands, they can be bought." ”

"I've seen it for a long time, I've seen it for a long time."

"Of course, if it is a pure investment, the rate of return of ancient ink is definitely not as fast as porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, but I am not for investment this time, mainly because I usually write and paint, and I need to use ink.

"That's what else you can earn?"

"If you have any money, you can look at this box." Huang Chong looked at the box and said with a smile, it was the abnormality of this box that made Huang Chong finally decide to take it.

"Boxes?"