Seeing Wen Yiming's puzzled expression, Ling Tiancheng explained: "For the auction house, heavy weapons are important, but after all, they are once in a lifetime. What's more important is the connection, every time there is a senior collector, it is the key to success!"

"Long Xiangmo brought out Hu Jianmin, the great god, who is definitely a top-level existence in the Central Plains antique circle, and he has never attended any local auctions, no way, the level is too low, and there is no good thing worth selling. ”

"Can you imagine how much of a sensation it will cause if he appears at our Tiancheng auction preview in a few days?

Wen Yiming nodded, in business, Ling Tiancheng may not have good eyesight for antiques, but he is definitely a master in business. Where do the auction house's high-quality heavy equipment come from? It all depends on the connections in hand.

Generally speaking, large auction houses rarely solicit collections from the outside world, for many reasons, such as fewer genuine items and even fewer high-quality products on the market. Moreover, it is necessary to face the problem of origin, and unearthed goods are taboo, so the antique shop pays the most attention to the orderly inheritance.

The same collection, if it has been appreciated by celebrities or collectors over the ages, the value is absolutely incomparable!

Especially after the palace collection, the emperor's appraisal of the collection is bound to be priceless. First, it can ensure the authenticity of the products to the greatest extent and provide more identification evidence, and second, the things that can be seen by the emperor have a higher artistic level, which is the main reason why the emperor's collection is warmly sought after by the market.

Ling Tiancheng has ambitions and wants to make his own trading bigger and stronger, so that Tiancheng Auction can go out of the Central Plains and enter the national market. It's very difficult, don't look at it like it's promoted from the third rate to the second rate, but there is a huge gap in the middle, that is, brand influence.

Not to mention the first-class four major auction houses, even if the second-rate Rong Bao Zhai, Duo Yuxuan, and Xilin Seal Society, which one is not a golden signboard that has been inherited for a hundred years?

If you want to really get out of the Central Plains and have a place in the country, you must have a deep foundation of senior collectors. Not only can they collect high-quality heavy weapons from their hands, but also invite well-known collectors to participate in the auction, so as to enhance the reputation and increase the market influence.

To put it bluntly, he wants to use other people's connections and fame to increase the gold content of his auction house.

Of course, for Wen Yiming, it is also his goal, just using Ling Tiancheng and antiques as a stepping stone to get acquainted with local tyrants and magnates. Once they become addicted to incense, they can provide more resources for themselves to continue their incense practice.

"How about coming with me again tomorrow?" Ling Tiancheng said lightly: "Last time, Long Xiangmo fished out Hu Jianmin, a big fish, this time there is a Mansheng pot, and another great god can sit still?"

Wen Yiming nodded, and asked curiously, "It's a big tyrant again?"

"No, it's a really big collector this time!"

Ling Tiancheng introduced: "Strictly speaking, Hu Jianmin is a halfway monk, relying on his family wealth, but for a true connoisseur, he is not a collector!"

"The only criterion for judging a collector is whether he has established his own unique collection system! Whether it is porcelain and jade, or bronze ancient books, any category is broad and profound, from ancient times to the present for thousands of years, from scratch, from simple to complex, there is a set of evolutionary laws. ”

"And collecting is the process of sorting out evidence according to the law, each special era and period must have corresponding items to corroborate, when you can establish a complete system, understand the historical context, is the real collector!"

After listening to Wen Yiming, I couldn't help but sigh that the standard is really high, it seems that it is really not rich to get it, many depend on fate, and the collection is not rich or expensive, and there are few boutiques, once you miss the opportunity, you may regret it for life.

"Didn't Mr. Zhang mention a person just now? Yan Sihai, the country's leading purple clay pot collector, people live in seclusion in the suburbs, tomorrow we will take the Mansheng pot to visit, just let you see what a big collector is!"

After listening to Ling Tiancheng's introduction, Wen Yiming had some expectations for tomorrow's trip, but he didn't expect so many cattle hidden in the people?

Leaving the auction house, Mansheng asked Zhang Lao to clean it up, and let Yan Sihai palm his eyes tomorrow. If there is no problem, then the other party will definitely participate in the auction and put the rare Mansheng pot into the bag, which is good news for Tiancheng.

The next morning, Ling Tiancheng set off with Wen Yiming, went straight to the outskirts of the city, and came to the small mountain village, where he finally met the legendary collectors.

"Sihailou?"

Wen Yiming looked up at the six-story small building in front of him, with three big characters on the plaque, Sihai Building, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, full of domineering.

"Hide in the small building and become a unity, and take care of his winter, summer and spring and autumn!"

Ling Tiancheng explained with a smile: "This is the meaning of Sihailou, Yan Sihai has been obsessed with purple sand all his life, and his life savings have been used to collect and research, although his net worth cannot be compared with Hu Jianmin, his influence in the circle is more than equal, and he is very famous." ”

"Not only that, but he is also a master of the tea ceremony, and he has a wide range of friends, and he is also a good friend of my father, but he is low-key and modest, and he doesn't like to show his face. ”

Wen Yiming nodded, this is the demeanor of a master, Hu Jianmin has 10 billion, and he only took out a tenth of it to collect it because he likes calligraphy, which is nothing.

There are only 100 million people, all of which are used to collect and study purple clay pots, which is obsessive love!

The two knocked on the door, and the next person greeted them, all the way to the hall, Yan Sihai was already standing in front of the sea of tea, and said with a smile: "Distinguished guests are coming to the door, please take a seat!"

"Elder Yan, I haven't seen you for many days, don't come unharmed?"

Ling Tiancheng greeted with a smile, because the relationship was very familiar, he pointed to Wen Yiming, and said easily: "This is Yiming, a master of incense dao, bring him to recognize the door today." ”

Wen Yiming took the initiative to step forward to say hello, Yan Lao smiled and nodded: "Okay, good, since ancient times, heroes have been born as teenagers, they are all their own people, sit down and chat while drinking tea!"

The three of them sat down, the huge sea of tea was neatly filled with all kinds of tea props, the charcoal fire in the red clay stove was hot, and an iron kettle was boiling water on it, Ling Tiancheng said with a smile: "Yiming, we are blessed today, it is not easy to enjoy Yan Lao's tea banquet!"

"You kid!" Yan Sihai glared at Ling Tiancheng and scolded with a smile: "Every time you come, you are like a bandit, even eating and taking, and you are still thinking about my inventory at the bottom of the box, which is not kind!"

Ling Tiancheng's face turned red, and he quickly took out the Mansheng pot, held it in front of the old man with both hands and said, "Look at what you always said, won't I send you a baby today?"

"Huh?"

Yan Sihai's eyes lit up, he quickly wiped his hands with a towel, carefully took the purple clay pot, stroked it gently, and said excitedly: "Mansheng pot, it's really Mansheng pot!"

Wen Yiming sighed secretly, this is a master, you can know the truth and falsehood with a touch of your hand, don't even think about it without decades of eyesight, all experience has been transformed into intuition, accurate at a glance!

After being recognized by Yan Sihai, Ling Tiancheng was completely relieved, and quipped: "I don't have anything to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, I dare to come to see your old man without a treasure?"

Yan Sihai couldn't put it down and played with the pot, and asked, "Hmph, Mansheng pot is a baby, you kid gave it to me for nothing?"

"I ......" Ling Tiancheng didn't expect the old man to say this, and he had an idea: "If my filial piety respects you, you should definitely be, but the problem is not mine, it is a leak, so ......"

"Oh, I came here?" Yan Sihai was a little surprised, looked at Wen Yiming again, and sighed: "Xiaoyou is lucky, Mansheng pot is very rare, it can be said that it is rare to see in a hundred years, fate, it is really fate!"