On the second day, on the weekend, Li Xiang made an appointment with Su Hong and went to Huang Yuexi's territory, and he still owed someone a meal. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hecheng Wenwan Street, Qingzhu Hutong.

On a winter afternoon, the sun is shining.

Wenwan Street, located on Wulin Road, is not far from the Ming Palace, in the center of the city.

In ancient times, it has always been the official production place of crystal tiles, which can be traced back to the fiefdom of King Ming in the Tang Dynasty. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the largest antique trading market in the southwest region was gradually formed, where you can find any antique artifacts you are looking for.

Qingzhu Hutong is an inconspicuous small alley in this street, the alley is not deep, there are only two or three storefronts, four or five small courtyards. Among them, the Jiekou family is Huang Yuexi's. The old man worked in the Ming Palace Museum, and after retiring, he changed the gatehouse of his yard into a small façade, and started an antique business, mainly for fun, basically belonging to the kind that only enters and does not leave, the old man has almost reached the point of obsession with antiques, and there are good things that are easy not to show to others.

With the gradual improvement of the country's economic life, the people who have become wealthy have gradually had a different mind, and the era of national collection has arrived. Immediately afterwards, a large number of non-emitting elements followed. Seeing more and more ancient tombs being stolen and excavated, many national treasure-level cultural relics being damaged without proper protection, and many being sold to the country, Huang Yuexi felt pain in her heart.

Opening this store, Lao Huang hopes to be able to recover some things and protect them through some channels that cannot be put on the table, and his heart is admirable.

And several shops on this street are his colleagues, and the old guys after retirement have basically the same thoughts. However, the profession is different, and the other two have a jade shop and a porcelain specialty.

Fortunately, the old man has a professional background and is not afraid of being deceived. Of course, this is also due to the children. He has two sons and a daughter. In his early years, when he went to the sea, his business became bigger and bigger, and he was not short of this money, so he tossed it. And they are glad that the old man can have a share of fun in his old age.

Otherwise, pointing to the old man's own retirement salary, this store would have closed down long ago.

Huang Yuexi's store is called "Wen Bao Zhai", the plaque is Qin Xiao Seal conjoined, take the meaning of "Hui Tian Xia Friends, Jubao Qing is proud", the store displays more four treasures of the study, calligraphy and painting stickers, etc., which is also Huang Yuexi's specialty.

When Li Xiang took Su Hong's makeup around and found here, he saw a tea table in front of Baoqing Hall, with a purple sand teapot and a few cups on it. And Huang Yuexi and the other two old men who were about the same age as him, each with a rocking chair swinging in the dragon gate array, seemed to be arguing about something, very enthusiastic, and unconvinced by each other. One has a lovely smile, the other has a serious face, slightly younger than Huang Yuexi, both are about seventy years old, with gray hair, and the two are the owners of those two shops.

Several people saw Li Xiang, a tall and handsome young man, as well as the bright Su Hong makeup, Huang Yuexi stood up excitedly and said, "Li Xiang is here, and this little girlfriend, hurry up and come over to comment, these two old guys have to disbelieve the big leak I picked up." ”

Then he turned to the two old men and said, "Look, the Lord is here, ask him." ”

Listening to the tone, still indignant.

Li Xiang smiled dumbly, he didn't expect to be so old and so angry, just like a child.

Li Xiang had no choice but to obediently take out the cleaned money fish maw from his schoolbag and put it on the table.

Without waiting for others to react, Huang Yuexi snatched it and said suspiciously: "Li boy, how has this changed?" Huang Chengcheng, the fluorescent and translucent appearance is completely different from the previous purchase.

Li Xiang replied: "I cleaned it up with a special technique, this is what it is!"

Seeing that there was no one next to them, and the other two old men were not good-tempered, the serious old man shouted: "I said Old Man Huang, you won't find a special excuse to deceive us in order to brag." Let's start with that, if that's the case, I don't even have to think about that cup. ”

Another chimed in: "It's the same with my hook." ”

Huang Yuexi was angry and said to the two: "Hmph, the heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman." Is my Huang Yuexi that kind of person?"

turned back to Li Xiang and said, "Li Xiang, come, get to know each other." ”

Pointing to the serious old man, he said, "This is Old Man Pan." ”

Pointing to the other one, he said, "Old man Ge." ”

Li Xiang greeted them one by one to find out the source of their dispute.

It turned out that the three old men had nothing to do on weekdays, so they gathered together to drink tea and have fun. As soon as he came and went, Old Man Huang showed off the big leak he picked up, bragging about how legendary his experience was, how the price difference was, and even surpassing them by a lot.

The old is happy, the old is happy, the older you are, the more childlike you are. The three of them have worked together all their lives, and they often quarrel over professional issues.

This time was no exception.

Of course, the two old men were not convinced, they were real treasures, and they were once legends that shocked the entire collecting world. What do you have to show off with a fish maw. What's more, your things are not around yet, empty mouth and white teeth, who believes it.

Speaking of legends, we have to introduce those two things.

Old man Pan's so-called cup is called "Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup", which is really a legend.

Ten years ago, their shop had just opened, and they were in dire need of some goods to fill the storefront. In particular, the antique shops in the crystal factory do not have the treasures of the town store, and they also want to exchange one or two treasures.

However, which of these things can be called "treasures" is not a name or a surname, and the origin is clear. And it's worth a lot of money, and it's hard to find.

There are a lot of places where they have worked, but can they take them out?

This also attracted the attention of those who cared about it, so many so-called treasures with twists and turns in their stories came to the door, of course, none of them could pass their eyes, all fakes.

But one day, a middle-aged man in his forties came to the door, carrying a piece of porcelain, claiming that his mother was seriously ill and in urgent need of money, and asked for 500,000 yuan.

This kind of drama is staged almost every day on Wenwan Street, of course, no one believes it, but Old Man Pan takes it seriously. The key lies in the porcelain: the Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup, which caused controversy.

Of course, if it is really a Chenghua chicken bowl cup, let alone 500,000, even 5 million, there are people vying for it. You must know that 20 years ago, Hong Kong Island auctioned a chicken bowl cup, which was sold for more than 6 million. Not to mention now, even the dynasties after Chenghua are all priceless and marketable, and they belong to the palace and are very precious.

And this cup is -- it's not easy to eat.

The cup is slightly skimmed open, gradually constricted under the mouth, flat bottom, lying on the foot. The cup body is small, the contour line is flexible, the straight is hidden in the curve, and the song is straight, showing a dignified and graceful, elegant and beautiful charm. The outer wall of the cup is decorated with two groups of hens, with lake stones, moon seasons and orchids, a scene of early spring. The plantar edge of the foot is unglazed for a week. The bottom of the blue and white on both sides of the column in the regular script "Ming Chenghua three-year system" double-line seven-character paragraph.

The whole cup is the same as the one treasured by the Mingdao Palace, except that the bottom of the cup is slightly thicker.

But the problem lies in this "slightly thicker". As we all know, Chenghua porcelain has the characteristics of "thin as cicada wings, light as cotton paper", when has there been such a thick cup bottom.

Therefore, after many authoritative evaluations, it is unanimously believed that this cup is an imitation of the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and the level of the utensils is extremely high, almost to the point of being fake and real, as for such a high level, why is the bottom of the cup so thick? Most people guess that since it is a master, it will be proud of the group, and it is not willing to just imitate, so it makes such a difference.

Although this cup is an imitation, it is still very high in the level of porcelain making, which is relatively rare. Of course, it's not worth the high price of 500,000 yuan, and there are still tens of thousands of yuan.

But the middle-aged uncle was a man who admitted death, and he bit to death, 500,000, a lot of money, which scared off almost all those who had the intention to start.

But as a big expert in the porcelain industry, Pan Lao has his own opinion, he has a strong feeling, that this cup is "Chenghua Doucai", plus after the investigation, it was found that the story of the owner of the cup turned out to be true, and he urgently needed money, and this 500,000 yuan was the medical expenses they needed.

Old man Pan was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he gritted his teeth and bought it. This is not a small amount, and he does not have a rich son, and this clap has spent almost all the old man's life savings.

No matter what it is, as long as it is controversial, it is easy to attract attention, not to mention that the three of them are well-known in the antique world.

When the old man really bought this cup, it caused a sensation in the entire Tiannan collection world. Those who knew the root of the matter sighed at Old Man Pan's obsession, this money was enough for him to be painful. Even the two friends for many years complained, and the old lady at home had a cold war with him for several months, because the old man was obsessed with studying this cup all day long.

If this is all it takes, then there is nothing to talk about, and the peak turns around at the birth of the old man's grandson, and the old man's attention shifts from the cup to the grandson. Until last year, the naughty little grandson accidentally touched the baby chicken bowl cup on his workbench to the ground, although it was not broken, but the bottom of the cup fell off. The old man's heart hurts, hurry up and pick it up, and then he discovers a big secret.

This cup is double-bottomed.

Judging from the notch, the two cup bottoms fit tightly together, and there are obvious signs of bonding on the edges. The old man was dumbfounded, could it really be a complete fake, not even a copy at the end of the Qing Dynasty? When the old man carefully cleaned up the broken place, he was ecstatic.

There is also a style at the bottom: the three-year system of Ming Chenghua is basically the same as the glyph at the bottom.

This is completely based on the real thing, and it was deliberately made into an imitation.

Regardless of the purpose of this person's actions, Old Man Pan became famous again.

Because Japan has just auctioned a chicken bowl cup for 30 million, setting a new record in the 80s. And in terms of appearance, there is no good old man Pan.

What a leak!

In terms of return on investment alone, after four or five years, Old Man Pan's investment has been returned 60 times.

It's so godly.

For a while, the story of Old Man Pan became a good story, causing a sensation in Tiannan and even the entire Chinese antique world.

No one remembers the criticism of the old man when he bought things.

As for Old Man Ge's leakage, it is also wonderful.

On a "ghost market", he spent 2,000 yuan to exchange for a jade belt hook in the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the seller directly told him that it was a modern imitation of the old, but the jade material is shiny and the carving is exquisite, it is really a rare boutique, and it is not worth the price only from the jade itself.

Of course, the "ghost market", the origin is not easy to say, in the old man's professional eyes, this piece of jade is estimated to be a modern imitation, although not very sure, but the jade material is good, two thousand yuan is also worth it.

I don't know that after going home, I will study it carefully and find out the mystery from it.

He used a high-powered magnifying glass to carve the dragon texture position on the back of the jade belt, at the dragon's head, and found a line of large seal and small characters, the font was hidden in the dragon pattern engraved line, the carved groove was secret, and it was subtle, and it was absolutely impossible to observe with the naked eye.

Faintly, he felt that there was something else hidden in this hook.

However, he didn't have a deep study of ancient Chinese characters, so he hurried to find an expert authority. So a phone call went to Liu Qiming, a friend of many years, and called him in the middle of the night.

After careful identification, it is confirmed that the text is: the thirty-third year of the Emperor's reign, and the Cangcuo system is used for white with hooks.

It means that a person named Cangcuo, in the thirty-third year of the reign of Duke Qi, made a jade clothes hook for Gongzi Xiaobai.

Su Qiming said that from the glyph point of view, it is indeed the Spring and Autumn Qi State with a big seal.

This is really amazing, the hook used by Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai has a name and a surname, and the inheritance is clear. Among the jade artifacts that have been handed down at present, there is basically no handwriting left in the Zhou period. What's more, it's still Gongzi Xiaobai, who is Qi Huangong, one of the five tyrants.

Therefore, no matter what purpose or method this person named Cangcuo engraved, these seal characters are of great help to the study of that period of history. Even from the perspective of art form, the font itself is also worth a lot.

As a result, Old Man Ge also became popular in the circle.

There is only one Huang Yuexi left, and he is not convinced.

In terms of professional skills, he is an absolute authority in the world of calligraphy, painting, literature and entertainment, and he is a great figure than Pan Ge's prestige in their respective fields. At the very least, if he bought that chicken cup, absolutely no one would dare to say "no".

It's good now, these two guys actually took the lead, and they all got good treasures. Although he also has some calligraphy and painting treasures in his own shop, the most valuable of them are Tang Yin's "Peony Lady" and Zheng Xie's "Autumn Bamboo and Stone Picture", which are quite valuable.

But these are all bought by him with real gold and silver, not to mention picking up leaks, and a few of them were even forcibly bought by his son, with a lot of premium.

There is another reason, he is so famous, the stall owners of the antique market basically know him, how can it be so easy to pick up the leaks. As long as he has his eye on something, the price will definitely be ridiculously high. Even if it is a tattered thing, people will wonder: whether it contains a mystery, it is necessary to raise the price, and it is possible not to sell it.

After coming and going, the three of them blocked: if Old Man Huang could also pick up a leak with a price disparity that exceeded theirs, no matter how much it was worth, he would lend him his Chenghua Doucai Chicken Bowl Cup and the small white jade belt hook for ten days to appreciate.

Now that Huang Yuexi finally picked up a big leak, no one believed it, how did he not get angry, and he was about to roll up his sleeves and continue the theory with the two old immortals, when he heard a voice behind him and said, "I can prove it." ”

Who is this, so annoying, halfway through, Pan Ge and the second old man snorted lightly.

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Chapter 72 (End)