Chapter 122: Hidden Mysteries
Eat it?
Su Zhe really admired Chen Maochuang for daring to say such a thing.
This "reunion" jade carving doesn't look big, if you really eat it, Su Zhe is really afraid that it will kill people. However, Chen Maochuang released his ambitions, and Su Zhezhen didn't respond, wouldn't he be embarrassed?
Su Zhe didn't say anything, Chen Mao was a little more confident, and sneered: "Boy, there are some things that can't be said casually, when I was playing Jade, you were still wearing open pants." If you say this is Hongfei, I have nothing to say, Fu Lushou? Hmph, this is really a big joke I heard. ”
Store Manager Li has been operating "Tan Qing Zhai" for more than ten years, not to mention antiques, even jadeite has been touched for decades. The "reunion and reunion" jade carving in Su Zhe's hand was picked up by him a few months ago.
"Tan Qing Zhai" was created by the grandfather of the store manager, and it was a pawn shop at that time.
In times of war, many pawned things were not redeemed in the end. After the liberation of the revolution was opened, in the 70s, my grandfather was reluctant to accept this complex and opened the store again to do business.
By the beginning of the nineties, when people's living standards improved, it was already his father who took over. So the things that were pawned by others decades ago were put out, and the pawnshop was changed to an antique acquisition, and the current name was changed.
In the first few years, it was an ancestral business, until a customer bought a snuff bottle in the store for 200,000 yuan, and the family of store manager Li saw a business opportunity.
Until now, "Tan Qing Zhai" has three stores in Kuncheng City, and Guan Gong Temple is the head office, and its roots are rooted here.
Store Manager Li grew up touching antiques since he was a child, not to mention porcelain, bronze, silverware, etc., there will naturally be no shortage of jewelry.
After recovering this "reunion" jade carving, Store Manager Li studied it for a long time before marking the price of 280,000 yuan. In fact, everything in the store passed through his hands. There are so many things, it is impossible for every one of them to be an antique.
According to people's interest in collecting antiques, the price of an ordinary Qing Dynasty copper coin is several thousand.
Most of the people who come to Guan Gong Temple are tourists, and almost all of the shops in the vicinity cooperate with tour groups. In the past, tourists could only be slaughtered at will if they were brought in, but today's tourists are more savvy than opening tour companies.
If the tour group brings tourists to buy things and sees that the store is full of tens of thousands of dollars, then the store can be closed.
There are a lot of modern handicrafts in the store, such as jewelry, jewelry, and jade pendants. If the customer really likes something a little old, Manager Li has never said a lie. Although he knew in his heart that even if it was a fake sold to customers, he probably wouldn't find out much. But he remembered what his grandfather said: "Down-to-earth, no deception".
This is also the reason why so many antique shops were closed in Guangong Temple, and the flow of people coming to "Tan Qingzhai" every day remained at a certain amount.
"Tuan Tuan Reunion" jade carving store manager Li came back, first studied it for a long time, and finally found Jin Taipan to analyze, and confirmed that it was the jade carving of the Qing Dynasty before the price code was marked.
This jade carving is said to be from the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period court jade carver Zhu Yongtai, the famous jade carver, Li store manager once saw his Yunlong jade urn jade carving, such a ghostly carving, not to mention that it can't be carved with current technology, not to mention that there is not such a high technology at the time.
The jade carving of the cloud dragon jade urn is made with the shape of the jade, which is approximately flat square, and the cloud dragon pattern is carved around the body, and the light element in the abdomen is engraved with the poem of the Hongli inscription at the bottom. At that time, it was the carver who analyzed the jade carving of "Tuan Tuan Tuan Reunion" that dared to guess that it might be from Zhu Yutai's hand.
No matter how carved it is, the material used in jade is undoubtedly Hongfei, and this store manager Li can still distinguish it.
At this moment, Chen Maochuang is so full of words, the two sides are not at all under the stairs. was about to be a peacemaker to persuade the two of them to take a step back, but they heard Su Zhe speak: "Chairman Chen, this is what you said, everyone heard it, if this is 'Fu Lu Shou', one million will swallow the jade by the way." ”
Chen Maochuang raised his eyebrows and asked, "What if not?"
"If not, I'll accompany you for a hundred yuan, and this jade carving will be yours in total. ”
Chen Maochuang laughed, this kid must have burned out his brain, and he was obviously sending him money. The laughter stopped, and Chen Maochuang said: "Everyone has heard it, let Store Manager Li testify, don't play tricks then." ”
Store Manager Li was a little worried, seeing that Su Zhe was determined to gamble, he had to be a notary.
Su Yucheng doesn't know much about jadeite, but he can still recognize the red jade and glass species. The jade carving in Su Zhe's hand, she looked like it was indeed a red jade material, but Su Zhe's confident appearance made her unable to guess what medicine he was selling in his gourd for a while.
Someone bets, and naturally there are onlookers.
All the customers in the store focused on the bet between the two people, and the selection of jade pendants and jewelry was put aside for the time being.
Chen Maochuang had a confident expression, "Boy, if you admit defeat now, I will be generous, and this matter will be settled." ”
Su Zhe took out the jade carving and put it on the table that Store Manager Li specially asked him to take out, and Chen Maochuang made him proud first, and he cried when he turned around.
"For the sake of fairness, Director Chen, you can take a closer look at the jade carving, otherwise it will really be Fu Lushou, and you think I am a fake." ”
With so many pairs of eyes staring, Chen Maochuang was not afraid of Su Zhe making small movements under his nose. Besides, the jade carving in front of him, even if he looked at it a hundred times, it was still certain that it was carved with red jade material.
"Boy, don't delay the time, I don't believe that a piece of red fei can still be conjured into a piece of 'Fu Lu Shou'. Chen Maochuang was unimpressed.
Su Zhe snorted slightly: "Director Chen, don't really believe it, Hongfei really has a chance to conjure 'Fu Lu Shou'." ”
Chen Maochuang snorted, not having the heart to listen to Su Zhe's nonsense. Seeing that he asked Store Manager Li to come out with a diamond carving knife, Chen Maochuang didn't know what he was going to do.
The crowd of onlookers also didn't understand what Su Zhe was doing with a carving knife.
Su Zhe touched the drill of the carving knife and opened the perspective eye. If it weren't for Chen Maochuang who knocked the jade carving to the ground with his handbag and broke the cabbage leaves on it, Su Zhe really didn't dare to bet with Chen Maochuang.
When he took the jade carving from the salesman's hand, there was a chill in Su Zhe's eyes. At that time, he thought it was strange, because before the transaction, he had seen it with her perspective eyes, and it was just a modern artifact, not at all the Qing Dynasty antiques that the salesman said.
But after breaking the leaves, it was as if the jade carving had peeled off a layer of shell, and Su Zhe felt that a breath had reached his eyes, so he looked at it with a clairvoyant eye. I don't know if I don't see it, but I see that there is a hidden mystery.
The outer layer is red jade, and as the see-through eye penetrates inside, it is found that there is a layer of violet jadeite under the leaves, and the texture is more delicate than that of the shell.
At that time, Su Zhe thought that the two colors coexisted, and then looked at it and found that there was a vague layer of emerald under the violet jade.
Su Zhe immediately thought of the rare variety of "Fu Lu Shou".
I have to say that the jade carver who carved out the "reunion" is ingenious. The original size of this jade carving must have been more than that, but he only chose a small piece of it, and the main thing was that he deliberately chose to cut it from the edge to hide the other two colors of jadeite.
The work of "Tuan Tuan Tuan Reunion" does not seem to be carved by the jade carver, but as a matter of course. Only by wrapping the exposed red jadeite part in a solid body, so that people will not find the violet jadeite and ice jadeite underneath.
Su Zhe didn't understand why the jade carver wanted to hide this, but the qi of this jade carving did not come from the surface, but from the two layers inside. Su Zhe didn't understand why the outer layer was out of breath for the time being, but it was all hidden inside.
One thing he can be sure of is that this jade carving is undoubtedly an antique, most likely from before the Qing Dynasty.
However, this antique will soon be destroyed in his hands, because he wants to make Chen Maochuang lose heartily. Antiques are broken one and one is missing, but Su Zhe is not a collector, at least for now, he prefers money more than collecting.
Su Zhe's carving knife gently swiped along the edge of the sandwich bag, and pushed forward little by little with the sharp knife drill, and a good jade carving was gone.
The store manager Li on the side looked sorry for a while, just now he thought that Su Zhe was a person who knew the goods, but he didn't expect to confiscate an antique in order to fight for a breath. It's just that the things in the store are sold, and what the customer wants to do with it is his business.
After the knife, Su Zhe cut hard along the edge. When the mezzanine was loosened, Su Zhe put the carving knife aside, picked up the jade carving and broke it hard.
With a "collapse", the jade carving was divided into two halves.
Su Zhe put the broken two halves on the table and said, "Director Chen, if you are not short-sighted, take a serious look at whether this is 'Fu Lu Shou'." ”
Chen Maochuang chuckled at the corner of his mouth, and sneered: "Don't think that if you separate the jade carving, you will run out of 'Fu Lu Shou', I really think" The latter words did not speak, Chen Maochuang glanced at the table, his face immediately changed, and his body stepped forward to pick up half of it and looked.
"How is it possible, how is it possible"
Chen Maochuang didn't believe what he saw in front of him at all, green, red, purple, the three colors were clearly visible, that is, they were distinct, and they were next to each other. Look at the other half, and it's the same.
Chen Maochuang had a look of disbelief on his face in addition to surprise, he had been in the jewelry store for so many years, and it was not that he had never seen "Fu Lu Shou", but it was the first time he had seen it with such a good texture.
"Director Chen, you are a professional jewelry merchant, please tell everyone, what is the situation?" Su Zhe sneered in his heart, if your master didn't want to occupy the Tanglin Market, I don't want to make things difficult for you. If you lose face, you have to blame your master.
There was no need for Chen Maochuang to answer, the onlookers had already guessed the result from his expression.
After the appraisal by Store Manager Li, Su Zhe said lightly: "Director Chen, you just said that if this is 'Fu Lu Shou', you will eat it whole." Now everyone is still waiting for you to fulfill what you just said!"
Chen Maochuang's face turned pale.