There are three antique streets, the most famous of which is Hollywood Road, which has been listed by foreign magazines as one of the top 10 most popular tourist attractions in the world. There are hundreds of antique shops, large and small, with a wide variety of types, and my Yongbao Zhai is also among them. ”

"At the age of 15, because of the pressure of life, I began to work to earn money, and I just started selling yarn, starting as an apprentice. Next door to the raffle shop is an antique shop, I slowly got to know the owner of the antique shop at that time, Huang Yinghao, who asked me if I could help deliver goods to customers after work, and I didn't refuse, so I helped him deliver the goods to customers' homes after work at 6 p.m. every night. ”

Zhai Jianmin was moved and recalled: "A year later, Master Huang told me that I wanted to set up my own door and asked me to do it together. That's when I realized that he had spent a year testing his patience and examining me as a person. ”

After listening to Wen Yiming, he also deeply realized that in the early years, he still retained the tradition of the oldest master with apprentices, and after three years of entering the door, the master raised the apprentice as a child, and taught the ability to eat, manage and live. Three years after leaving the school, the apprentice worked for the master for three years, even if he was still gracious. Then you can set up your own portal and have your own store.

The antique shop is more complicated, in addition to having the luck to meet the Master, you also need to have the understanding and the spirit of hard work, and your vision and luck are the difference between life and death.

"In 1981, I decided to leave the well-established Fook Shing Hong, but I already had a deep friendship with Chef Wong. In order to repay the master's cultivation, in the three years after leaving Fu Shing Hong, he would return to Fu Shing Hong every day to teach the business to his junior disciples, which can be regarded as a thank you for your kindness. ”

Speaking of this, Zhai Jianmin took out his mobile phone, showed the photo to the two of them, on it was a blue and white plate, and sighed: "One day someone sent this blue and white plate, I felt exquisite at first sight, and even had the determination to jump off the cliff." After bargaining, it was pressed from 2 million yuan to 1.3 million yuan, and the money was paid at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ”

"It was one o'clock in the afternoon, and I walked away with my plate. Perhaps it was providential that I did not take the usual road back to the store, but walked a relatively long road that could pass through Master Huang's shop. The master was not in the shop, so I was not able to let the master see this treasure with his own eyes, and I felt a little regretful at the time. ”

"When I got back to the store at half past one, the phone rang, and it was from the master who would never normally call back. At two o'clock, Master Huang came to my shop. The master, who usually wraps up the porcelain just by opening it and looking at it, looked at this plate for fifteen minutes this time. ”

"I thought to myself at the time, the master must have never seen such a beautiful plate, right? But then the master put his glasses down, and he scolded him for splitting his head and covering his face, you have used so many Yongle plates, and you actually see this really?"

Although many years have passed, Zhai Jianmin still said with a wry smile: "After he pointed out a few mistakes, I also found that the fold edge of this plate is slightly thicker, and the bottom foot is high. Although he was unwilling, based on the principle of selling only the real thing, he returned the plate to the seller before 3 o'clock. ”

"Sure enough, three months later, there were a steady stream of high-quality imitations entering the market, and when I saw these high-quality imitations, I felt that I had made the right decision. To this day, I keep a high imitation of that time as a lifelong lesson!"

Ling Tiancheng looked at Zhai Jianmin, who was a few years older than him, and said with admiration: "Needless to say, what I admire most about my brother is the spirit of self-improvement!

Zhai Jianmin waved his hand and said easily: "After the return, I fancy the mainland market, where there are more business opportunities, but language is the biggest problem, and I have no way to communicate with others." ”

"In fact, in the first few months of university, because I couldn't understand the teacher's Mandarin and didn't understand some professional vocabulary, I was confused in class, and I had to ask my classmates for help after class. In order to overcome this difficulty, I recorded in class, listened to it again and again when I went back, and learned it repeatedly. ”

Wen Yiming instantly admired Zhai Jianmin, a fifty-year-old person still has such enthusiasm for learning, which touched him very much.

"There is nothing more precious in the world than time, and the most extravagant thing in the world is a waste of time." ”

Today is really worth the trip, Wen Yiming saw the demeanor of real Hong Kong Island connoisseurs, where the most traditional master-apprentice etiquette is still retained, there are the most formal rules, and there are a group of collectors who really love antiques, no wonder it can become the center of Asian art trading.

Ling Tiancheng filled Zhai Jianmin with tea and asked, "Is Old Man Zhang Zongxian in good health?"

"Okay, good, the old man is busier than me!"

Zhai Jianmin laughed and said: "This time he asked me to come to the mainland to hunt for treasures and see what treasures can be in the bag, this is not just a snuff bottle, the old man must be very happy to go back!"

For Zhang Zongxian, he is really a legendary figure who is like thunder, known as the first collector on Hong Kong Island.

He spent decades collecting porcelain, calligraphy and paintings all over the world, and was universally respected in the world's cultural relics collecting circles. He is also the main promoter of the expansion of the market on Hong Kong Island, two major international leaders of Sufubi and Jiashide, and is also the top platinum VIP.

His expertise in porcelain and miscellaneous has earned him the trust and respect of collectors around the world. These three words of Zhang Zongxian have become the golden sign of the antique industry in Greater China, and the guest of honor of the world's major auction companies.

Some people in the circle joked: When you collect things, Zhang Zongxian is a strange goods, and when you shoot things, he dares to spend a lot of money. What auction company wouldn't welcome such a client who keeps bringing in lucrative commissions?

Speaking of Zhang Zongxian, Ling Tiancheng said with great admiration: "I still remember the first calligraphy and painting auction of Duo Yuxuan in 1993, Zhang Lao appeared at the auction with the No. 1 card, the first lot was Feng Zikai's "A Round of Red Sun Dongfang Chung", the starting price was 20,000 yuan, because it was the first auction, mainland buyers were very cautious in bidding, at most hundreds of thousands of places were added, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he increased the price by tens of thousands, and finally the painting was topped to 115,000 yuan, setting the highest price of Feng Zikai's works at that time. ”

"In 1994, Jiade held its first auction, and the first lot was Wu Xizeng's "Fishing Pleasure Map", with a reserve price of 7,000 yuan. Zhang Lao, who was holding the No. 1 card, stood up and said: Today is Jiade's first shot, I will pay 18,000, and I will send it as soon as I shoot it! The scene was suddenly active, Zhang Zongxian successively increased the price, 28,000 yuan, 38,000 yuan, until it was increased to 88,000 yuan, and Mr. Xu Bangda, the appraisal master, came to the stage and sounded the first hammer, and the old man won the jackpot!

"At the first auction of Hanhai in the same year, I was a fledgling at that time, and I was fortunate to be on the scene, Zhang Lao was holding the No. 1 card again, and took out 16 million yuan in one go, eating half of the auction turnover of 32 million yuan. At that time, I was enthusiastic and excited, and the old man had a kind of momentum everywhere he went. ”

Ling Tiancheng seems to be a fan meeting an idol, no wonder he is so excited, who doesn't like to meet this kind of big tyrant in the auction house, spending a lot of money, extremely refreshing, and his heart is moved when he thinks about it.