Without waiting for the auctioneer to read out the contents, Chen Wen had already recognized what the lot was. Although he didn't know much about artifacts, he was all too familiar with this item - a ruler.

In the house on the back street of the railway, there is a plum blossom brand sewing machine in the bedroom of Chen Wen's parents, which is the tool used by Chen's mother to make clothes for Chen's father and Chen Wen, and it is still Chen's mother's dowry back then!

In Chen's mother's sewing kit, there is a bamboo ruler with a length of one city foot. Chen Wen has been used to playing with that ruler since he was a child, and its shape is the same as the ruler in the auctioneer in front of him, traditional Chinese style, this is absolutely not wrong!

The difference is the antique ruler in the auctioneer's hand, which is golden.

At this time, the auctioneer opened the second long box and took out the second ruler.

Everyone, including Chen Wen, could see that the color of the second ruler was a little dark, which was a little different from the appearance of the first ruler, not golden, but dark yellow with dark red.

Chen Wen understood, copper, oxidized.

After reading the information, the auctioneer said loudly: "These two lots are from Huaxia, and the certificate says that they are tools for measuring length, rulers. The one on my right hand has a silver inner tube with a thin layer of gold on the outside, made 1,200 years ago. The one in my left hand is also a ruler in ancient China, made of copper, 500 years ago. The two rulers are the same set of lots, with a starting price of 50,000 US dollars. ”

There is no history class at the teacher's college, and Chen Wen has taken a junior high school history class, knowing that 1200 years ago was the Tang Dynasty and 500 years ago was the Ming Dynasty.

The auction was held in a private mansion with as many dedicated chairs as Sotheby's, and most of the attendees were standing for the event, except for a few people seated.

Chen Wen and Tang Jin were standing, and in front of them, Jessica and Monty were standing.

Jessica said to Monty, "My grandmother's diary mentions that when she was a child, she had a toy that was an ancient Chinese ruler. Oh dear, can you take pictures of them and give them to me?"

Monty obviously didn't want to buy something for Jessica with tens of thousands of dollars, so he said perfunctorily: "Forget it, ancient measurement tools are not interesting at all. Your grandmother's life is not your life. My dear, you should look forward, your own life is the most important thing. ”

Chen Wen listened to the conversation between the two behind him, and his heart was happy.

Whether Jessica and Monty are true love or temporary bedmates, Chen Wen doesn't care about this at all, he heard the key information, Monty has no interest in these two ancient rulers of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, and Chen Wen is not worried about Chanel's son raising the price with him.

The auction of the two ancient rulers begins.

The bidding rhythm of the previous lot was similar, with a few bidders, but the competition was not fierce, and finally Chen Wen auctioned two ancient rulers for 80,000 US dollars.

Is it expensive? expensive. It is equivalent to more than 400,000 Chinese dollars, and it is more than 400,000 yuan in 1992, which can buy a set of dilapidated courtyard houses in the second ring of the imperial capital.

Ask again,

Because Chen Wen likes these two antiquities, he can afford to pay for them, and spending a little money to buy his pleasure is more important than anything else.

Chen Wen used his credit card to pay the transaction fee of 80,000 US dollars and the notary fee of 400 US dollars, and the notary company issued the auction certificate for the two ancient rulers. At Chen Wen's request, Tang Jin's name was written on the notarial deed.

Why? Customs clearance is convenient.

The two ancient rulers were in hand, and as soon as Chen Wen took the box, Jessica begged for it with an expectant face. Chen Wen complied with her wishes, and let her play for a long time. Today's auction was introduced by Jessica to Chen Wenlai, and it doesn't matter if she plays with Gu Qi for a while.

The auction continues.

Two more Chinese antiquities appeared.

One is a porcelain plate from the late Qing Dynasty, which can have a diameter of one and a half feet, and the pattern is bright and gorgeous.

Chen Wen has very little accumulation of antiques and not much knowledge of Chinese history, but he is an authentic Chinese person, and he knows the national folk customs very well, which is life.

In China, whether it is ancient or modern, people's aesthetics are actually similar.

Not to mention the rich and noble, as long as you know how to appreciate a little, you will prefer elegant and vulgar things. As for those who prefer gaudy things, it is often a fad that will soon pass.

Elegant and vulgar things, in terms of style and color, tend to be plain, Chinese word-making words, many praise words are of this category, silver-wrapped, elegant, pure, and so on.

If you put half an inch of makeup powder on your face, can you give people a sense of elegance and vulgarity?

On the other hand, the vulgarity, from the words and vocabulary, to the attitude of the common people towards these vulgar lovers, is derogatory and disdainful.

The big plate in the auctioneer's hand is a gaudy thing, with a red and green glaze and a pattern of bells and whistles, it can't be a thing in the court, and the ancient rich and noble people would not put such a thing in the hall to show their eyes.

Moreover, this plate is too large and extremely crispy, which is very inconvenient to transport back to China from France, and it is a pity to accidentally break it.

The other is a box of copper coins from the Kangxi period, 1,000 pieces. Chen Wen knew that the old man Kangxi had been the emperor for 60 years, and during his reign, he issued hundreds of millions of copper coins, which was too large and worthless.

Chen Wen did not participate in the auction of these two antiquities.

As more and more lots appeared, Chen Wen gradually discovered a pattern.

The auction of collections popular in the wealthy circle of France is mainly based on three types of objects.

The first category, which is also the best-selling, is luxury goods such as jewelry and watches, designer bags, etc. The second category is metal antiquities, especially those of gold and silver. The third category is ornaments with bright colors and patterns, such as the kind of colorful porcelain and handicrafts.

Those antiquities that are more cultural but have a plain style, Chen Wen has not seen today.

Chen Wen asked

Jessica: "Why don't you see the paintings today?"

Jessica explains: "There are too many fakes of oil paintings, and they can only be done through professional oil painting auction houses, otherwise buyers will not be reassured. ”

Chen Wen thought to himself that in another ten years, let alone oil paintings, even Chinese ink paintings will be full of fakes, and some examples are so outrageous that even the author himself cannot figure out whether a certain painting was painted by himself.

The auction of the private collection ends.

Chen Wen asked Jessica if she needed to take his car back to Versailles.

Jessica said she would not be back to Versailles tonight and would return to school early tomorrow morning.

Chen Wen and Tang Jin say goodbye to Jessica and Monty.

Monty's response was polite, but only polite, without any additional attitude attached, neither an invitation to the next reunion, nor the idea of befriending Chen Wen.

Chen Wen easily sensed the attitude of Chanel's son, who kept a long distance in politeness, completely different from Daniel, Bosa, Baia, Moreno, and other Swiss and German banking sons.

On the way back to Versailles, Tang Jin pouted and said, "Jessica's boyfriend is arrogant. ”

Chen Wen smiled and said, "Do you really think that others will be arrogant to you? In fact, Monti's attitude belongs to a very typical performance of the rich class in France, they will neither be arrogant to you, nor affectionate to you, they don't have you in their eyes at all, they have no time to be arrogant to you. ”

Chen Wen added: "The Daniel you met on the tennis court, and a few Swiss friends you haven't met, they are the same kind of people as Monty in their bones, but the process of my friendship with them is full of strange experiences, and this is the only way to establish a unique friendship." Well, friendship, ha, I think that's a pretty appropriate word. ”

Tang Jin tilted his head to look at Chen Wen and said with a smile: "Bad guy, you have become different from before. ”

Chen Wen asked, "Do you like my changes?"

Tang Jin said: "I like it, I like it to death!"

Back at the shared house, the two took a shower and got into the bed to play.

Tang Jin changed into the bikini he bought yesterday, stood on the bed scratching his head and posing, and posed in various poses, making Chen Wen very happy.

Have some fun and calm down.

Chen Wen smiled and said, "Sister Tang, you are getting worse and worse!"

Tang Jin asked, "Do you like it?"

Chen Wen sent Tang Jin's previous words back as they were: "I like it, I like it to death!"

Chen Wen has such a perception in his heart that in the early 90s, Chinese girls wore bikinis, which seemed to have the taste of breaking taboos, which gave him more amazing feelings than European and American girls wearing the same swimsuits.

Chen Wen understood, no wonder Tang Jin, Zhang Wanting and those female students who came to study in France were in a hurry to wear bikinis in France, and they probably wanted to break some things that had been shackled for many years in their hearts.