"Boss Li, it's quite professional in selling porcelain here." Zhang Yang looked at the text on the display and said.

"Professional?" Chen Yanguang scratched his head, looked at Zhang Yang's line of sight, and was stunned for a while before he understood what Zhang Yang meant.

"You're saying they've professionally named this thing, right?"

"The question is, what is a military weapon?"

"A kind of decorative porcelain." Zhang Yang replied.

"Nonsense, of course I know it's an ornament, otherwise it wouldn't be made to look like an elephant, the question is, what is it used for?"

"Decorate the room."

Chen Yanguang: "You ......"

Zhang Yang saw Chen Yanguang's deflated expression, smiled comfortably, and then handed his mobile phone to the other party.

"Okay, I'm kidding, let's take a look at this picture first."

What Zhang Yang showed Chen Yanguang was a blue-glazed military hold unearthed from a Tang tomb.

The shape is a bit like a flask without a handle.

But the usage of this stuff is the opposite of a flask.

"At the beginning, the military holding was a kettle carried by ancient monks." Zhang Yang explained, "Do you see this hole on the top? It's very thin and is used for drinking water. ”

"Do you see the bulge on the neck of the pot, does it look like a pacifier?"

"I feel a bit like suona." Chen Yanguang looked at it and said.

"Okay, pretty much that. Anyway, it's used to tie a rope to prevent the kettle from falling. ”

"The opening on the side is a little thicker than the drinking place on the top, and it is used to pour water." Zhang Yang pointed to the picture and said.

"Huh? Won't water leak out of this mouth when you drink water? ”

"Stupid, wouldn't it be better to just plug it with a plug?"

"Uh-oh." Chen Yanguang suddenly realized, "Damn, why don't you take pictures of the plug in it?" Isn't that misleading? ”

"Then you have to ask the person who excavated this Tang tomb at that time." Zhang Yang shrugged and said.

"Later, the ascetics used copper kettles, and this kind of porcelain slowly evolved into ornaments."

"Among these ornaments porcelain, the elephant-shaped blue and white military holding is the most popular, and it has been sold at home and abroad since the Yuan Dynasty, so it has been found in many shipwrecks of the Ming and Qing dynasties."

As soon as Zhang Yang finished speaking, the Middle Eastern buyer wearing a headscarf in front of him suddenly turned around and said to Zhang Yang in very broken Chinese:

"Thank you for your explanation, for sharing my valuable knowledge, thank you very much!"

"You're welcome." Zhang Yang responded with a smile.

The Middle Easterners, who can speak Chinese, also come to buy porcelain, maybe a Chinese fan.

"Wo groove, this old Deng can actually understand Chinese?" Chen Yanguang and Zhang Yang glanced at each other, and the surprise in their eyes could not be concealed.

"What is Lao Deng?" The Middle East asked suspiciously, "I've been learning Chinese for two years, and it's the first time I've heard the word Laodeng." ”

"Lao Deng means old brother." Zhang Yang explained.

"I see, thank you, two old Deng." The Middle East pointed at Zhang Yang and Chen Yanguang.

"Yes, yes, that's how Lao Deng uses it." Chen Yanguang nodded excitedly.

After coming to the exhibition for so long, he finally found fun.

He pestered the Middle East to teach Chinese.

Zhang Yang shook his head helplessly, it seems that he can only go and give this Ming Dynasty elephant head army a quotation by himself.

Referring to the market price, Sothebyb had a piece last year, and the auction price was 80,000 yuan.

Zhang Yang thought about it and entered a "8000" in the valuation column.

Just now, the hundreds of thousands of things were sold for 10,000, and it was not too much to discount this military weapon.

Five minutes later, it was time to reveal the answer.

Chen Yanguang didn't know where he had gone, so Zhang Yang was left alone at the back of the crowd, waiting for the person in charge to announce the price.

As the half-hour countdown on the screen ended, the price of the military holdings also popped up - 20 million rupiah.

When converted into RMB, it is 9200 yuan.

"Huh~"

Many people at the scene made regretful voices.

The flamboyant bid is okay, not much, and there is hope.

Although the things are not expensive, Zhang Yang still has some expectations in his heart, which is the mentality that cannot be avoided when participating in this kind of activity.

"Now, I announce that the closest price is, Rp. 20 million!"

"Where is the bid of Rp. 20 million?"

Everyone turned their heads and looked for the lucky stranger in the crowd.

It was accurate to hit the offer, not a penny is much, a penny is a lot, everyone wants to see who it is.

"I, I, I."

From behind the crowd came a very familiar voice.

Chen Yanguang walked forward holding the number plate high, the crowd moved all the way, as if welcoming a star, and when he finished registering, everyone applauded and saw him off.

For a while, there was no difference in the limelight.

The question is, when did he make the bid?

Zhang Yang is very sure that he has never seen Chen Yanguang go up and write the price.

His number plate is still showing off here.

Zhang Yang's eyes followed Chen Yanguang's figure all the way out, and at the corner outside the crowd, there were two white turbans, a man and a woman, who looked like father and daughter, greeting him.

Oh, it turned out to be showing off with other Middle East Yankees' number plates.

The father and daughter and Chen Yanguang also saw Zhang Yang and pointed at him.

Soon, Chen Yanguang came over with a smile and pulled Zhang Yang over to chat.

Chen Yanguang told Zhang Yang as he walked:

"This Abdullah is a Saudi veteran, a serious Saudi prince. He is really rich, and the luxuries on his daughter's body are more expensive than those used by Huihui. ”

"I can only say that it's good that Huihui didn't come this time, otherwise she would have learned the costumes of other princesses, and her buddy's wallet would be heavy again."

Zhang Yang is not very interested in what Middle Eastern oil tycoons are.

This group of white turbans does not like to buy Chinese antiques, which is equivalent to not supporting the career of Zhang Yang.

There is nothing to say to people who do not support their own plans to make a fortune.

The valuable goods they bought by the Saudi royal family were either famous paintings by European masters or rare jewelry.

Traditional Chinese antiques, whether they are paintings, calligraphy or porcelain, are too difficult for them to understand.

"What do they want me to do?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Bashail, that princess, her father blew in front of her, and said how knowledgeable you are, and they said they would invite you to their house in Indonesia."

"They invited me as a guest? Don't, the language is not clear. ”

"Who said that? You've seen other people's princesses and know it themselves. ”

Chen Yanguang sold it for half a minute.

It turned out to be called Basha Il. As soon as Abdul's woman spoke, she really calmed Zhang Yang.

Standard Mandarin, even with a Yanjing accent, is called an authentic way.

"You're an international student?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Not an international student, but my Chinese teacher is a professor at Yenching Language and Culture University. I graduated from Princess Sharma Noora University in Riyadh in 2022......"

"Then your Chinese speaking is really top-notch." Zhang Yang said with sincere admiration.

The pronunciation of some words is even more standard than Chen Yanguang, and there is a kind of beauty of high school students reading aloud.

"Thank you!" Basha Yier smiled happily, "You two are the first purebred Chinese I have met except for Chinese teachers, and I am honored to be recognized by you." ”

"It's a pureblood, thank you." Zhang Yang corrected.

Anyway, the father and daughter just wanted to invite Zhang Yang and Chen Yanguang to sit at their house.

Middle East Lao Deng also said that he wanted to ask Zhang Yang to see his collection.

Of course, the flamboyant attitude is refusal, luxury cars, yachts, and jewelry are really nothing to look at, right?

But somehow, Boss Li smelled and came over.

He greeted father and daughter with a flattering smile on his face.

"Mr. Li, you came just in time, help me persuade Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chen, and tell them that we really just want to invite them to be guests, and we have no other meaning."

"Okay, okay, this is on me."

Boss Li took over the task and pulled the sleeves of his flamboyant shirt.

"Mr. Zhang, let's take a step to speak?"

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yang followed him to the side.

"Mr. Zhang, I know you bought a return ticket tomorrow, but just do me a favor, change the book, and go to the prince's house tomorrow as a guest?"

"The ticket is not a problem, the problem is that I am really not interested." Zhang Yang whispered to Boss Li, "There are too many rules for people over there, and they are even tighter than in China, what are you going to do?" ”

"Say it earlier, Mr. Zhang, if you want to relax, when you finish going to his house, you can choose the whole Southeast Asia, and I will pay for it!"

"So ruthless? Boss Li, didn't you say that you are not interested in money? What's the matter, old and pretty, want to be a colt? Zhang Yang asked teasingly.

"I'd like to, but I'm a civilian, so I don't have that qualification." Boss Li smiled, "Mr. Zhang, let's be honest, this old prince has just set foot in porcelain collection and is a very potential buyer." ”

"I put a lot of effort into getting him interested. Why is the final price of the elephant head army just now exactly 200 million dong? Because we set the price according to the quotation he wrote. ”

In order to convince Zhang Yang, Boss Li even revealed the inside story.

He does everything for one purpose - to drive up prices.

As long as someone in the Saudi royal family begins to collect porcelain, it is estimated that the price of fine porcelain will soon begin to rise, based on the evil trend of comparison within their family.

Those European antique dealers will rush to buy the goods.

Who made the family the richest family in the world?

Aveiro, who was at the end of his career, could take 200 million dollars, and when it came to raising prices, he had to go a little later.

As soon as Boss Li said this, the pattern went up in an instant.

He is a collector of all Chinese antiques!

But Zhang Yang didn't eat his set, and when it came to painting cakes, overseas Chinese were still a little weaker.

He just rubbed his thumb and index finger at Boss Li.

This meaning, the Chinese should all understand - need the meaning of the meaning.

The amount of money is not critical, the main thing is to see sincerity.

"Okay." Boss Li gritted his teeth and nodded, "This time, as long as it is something that is traded with the Middle Easterners, no matter how high or low, I will share 20% of the profits, how about it?" ”

"Atmospheric enough, happy to cooperate!" Zhang Yang said with a smile.

……

Of course, Zhang Yang did not take the two percent for nothing.

For the rest of the day, he basically played the role of the personal docent of the old prince and princess.

Along the way, the two financiers were interested in what was on display.

At the same time, he and Boss Li should be reconciled and take out things as much as possible.

The more they buy, the more expensive they buy, and the more Zhang Yang earns.

It's about the same as the sales of antique stores.

And tomorrow there are even more important tasks.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by Huzi?"

Basha Yir asked, pointing to a porcelain night pot with brown glaze from the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

"The tiger is ...... A kind of ornament like a tiger, you know, the ancients in China had a totemic worship of tigers. ”

"Look at the pattern on it, doesn't it look very much like a real tiger?"

"After filling it with liquid, it can be used to water flowers or used as decorations in the bedroom."

The old prince did not understand these complex Chinese, and needed to be translated into their local language by Basha Yir in order to understand the mystery of this tiger.

After listening to the translation, the old prince nodded happily:

"I love tigers, and I have two tigers at home."

"This tiger porcelain, buy it!"

When the father and daughter communicated with Boss Li about the purchase, Chen Yanguang pulled Zhang Yang and asked him in a low voice:

"Is it appropriate to fool people like this?"

"A tiger, this Boss Li sold him five thousand dollars, it's too pitiful, right?"

"Is it only five thousand dollars?" Zhang Yang didn't notice this price before, and only saw the price after Chen Yanguang's reminder.

He said with a regretful face, "It's over, let this white turban leak." ”

"Missed it? Incredible. Chen Yanguang looked at Zhang Yang in shock, "When we came to visit in the first wave, you said that this thing was worth up to four thousand yuan, or RMB!" ”

"Can that person's money be the same as ours?" Zhang Yang asked rhetorically, "Is your family's money also coming out of the ground?" ”

"I ......" Chen Yanguang wanted to refute, but he was a little speechless, and finally popped out a sentence, "Okay, okay, then who is responsible for you playing like this, causing the global oil price to rise?" ”

"It's moldy." Zhang Yang pursed his lips in response.

Before the two finished talking, the old prince became interested in a pair of porcelain next to Huzi again.

He stood in front of the window, looking at the porcelain inside, and his mouth made a "tsk" sound.

It can be seen that he likes it very much.

Boss Li quietly raised his eyebrows at Zhang Yang, signaling that it was time for him to make a move.

The latter understood, and hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to introduce:

"This is a pair of blue-and-white glazed barns from the Song Dynasty."

"Is it the kind I understand, the warehouse for grain?" Basha Yir asked.

"Our barns in China are not like the barns of foreign farms, they are not used to hold grain, they are too small."

After listening to Basha Yir's translation, the old prince also became curious and asked, "Then what are they used for?" ”

"The one with the ashes." Chen Yanguang replied in a voice that only Zhang Yang could hear.

"Candy, snacks or jade jewelry will do." Zhang Yang gave Chen Yanguang an elbow and replied with a smile, "In Huaxia, this kind of thing is generally a gift for couples when they get married. ”

"You should have noticed that the shape of the two barns is different, one with a pointed top, which is for the husband; One is the shape of the eaves, which is for the wife. ”

Basha Yier's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said excitedly: "Dad, then I want to buy this pair and give it to you and your mother!" ”

Zhang Yang felt that something was wrong when he heard it.

But on second thought, it is the 21st century, and feudal superstition is not advisable.

This pair of blue and white glazed barns is indeed very suitable as a gift.

And looking at the condition is so well preserved, selling 200,000 dollars is really the price of cabbage!

(End of chapter)