Chapter 650

When he was full of wine and food, he asked the waiter to clean the table. After tea was served, director Nian took the box over.

After opening the lid, he pushed it to Chu Chen. Director Nian said with a smile, "Chu Shao, please!"

Chuchen nodded with a smile, and then looked at the things in the box, which turned out to be three pieces of armor.

This armor is actually a fingernail cover, which is the kind of fingernail cover worn by empresses and concubines in the TV series of the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, armor is not unique to the Qing Dynasty. You know, the style of storing armor in China has a long history. According to Han Feizi, during the Warring States period, all the courtiers around Han Zhaohou, the king of South Korea, had long armor.

Chu Chen had met a jade armor of Han Dynasty before, but he couldn't afford it at that time, so he just missed it. In fact, not to mention the Han Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, armor was very common.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, because Manchu women liked to keep long nails, it was a long-standing custom to dye their nails with Impatiens or henna, so they used gold and silver to make nail covers for protection.

Among them, the most representative manicure figure is Empress Dowager Cixi, who listens to the government behind the curtain. She puts decorative metal or Cloisonne false nails on her little finger and ring finger to increase the length of her nails and show her noble status.

In addition, there are many palace dramas in the Qing Dynasty, which makes armor a representative object of the Qing Dynasty.

Generally speaking, the common types of armor are often well-designed and beautifully made, but they are just horn like sets. They are thin in material, simple in style and relatively large in quantity. In the past, women from rich and noble families were more particular about them.

But the three pieces in front of us are really different. They are thick in material, bright in texture and glittering in gold. They are very big. They are at least two centimeters longer than the common armor.

Moreover, the three pieces of armor are exquisite in craftsmanship. The curve of the slow arc is smooth and perfect, and there is no lack of strength. They can be regarded as a model of curve art. Only in this way can we know that the origin is unusual. And it has two remarkable features.

First of all, the armor is made of gold pieces. The surface is decorated with colorful bats. The formula is better than the pattern, which means "concentric double, interlinked with each other". The shape is round and vivid, and the craft is exquisite. It is by no means what ordinary craftsmen can do.

Although it seems that there are more bats, there are many more layers of craftsmanship. Molding, carving, casting, molding, polishing and other craftsmanship are all cost-effective. They should be old palace objects.

In addition, on the three nail sets, there is a gem, two sapphires and one emerald respectively. The gem is warm and shining.

Such a thing, only from the use of materials, can be said to be quite extraordinary, its exquisite shape and technology, let alone. And from the perspective of production style, it should be elaborately made by the palace building office in the middle of Qing Dynasty, which is quite rare.

Chu Chen put the armor back in the box and then asked, "director Nian, how did you think of buying armor?"

Director Nian was embarrassed to smile: "at the beginning, I went to Lingnan with my wife, and she also liked these three armor. However, after coming back, she lost interest in playing for a few days and put them on the shelf, wasting more than 5000 yuan in vain!"

"Oh, director Nian, what do you mean? You spent more than 5000 yuan on these three armor?" Chu Chen asked.

Director Nian said with a smile: "yes, at that time, I spent 5180 yuan. The person who sold me also said that all the gems on it were real. If they were real, why did he sell me? It's not a brain problem!"

Chuchen said with a smile, "you don't have to say that these three precious stones are real."

"Ah! Really? "

Hearing this, Nianju was surprised. His face was full of incredible looks, but chuchen laughed in his heart that although the acting skill of Nianju was good, it was slightly exaggerated and not so real.

After a while, perhaps realizing that his expression was too exaggerated, director Nian asked: "Chu Shao, how much can these three things be worth?"

Chu Chen said: "in terms of their workmanship and materials, I think they should be worth about 350000 yuan."

After listening to the price offered by Chu Chen, director Nian was surprised. He could not help but scold secretly in his heart, that is, unscrupulous businessman!

Of course, director Nian didn't scold Chu Chen. These three armours are exactly the same as what he said. He and his wife spent more than 5000 to buy them when they were in Lingnan, and they were put on the shelf for a long time. When they heard that Chu Chen was engaged in antique business, they remembered that there was such a set of things at home.

However, yesterday, director Nian asked a friend to introduce a teacher Fu, who was in the palm of his hand, to him. He had already seen and identified the product. It was really genuine. At that time, the price given by the teacher Fu was 250000 yuan. He was still very excited when he heard that he had made more than 240000 yuan.

Now hearing the price given by Chu Chen, director Nian feels that even though the market price of Wucheng is lower than that of Beijing, it is not as different as 100000 yuan, which makes him feel very angry.

However, this is not the time to be angry. Director Nian came back and frowned and said, "I didn't expect that this thing was so expensive! What a nuisanceChu Chen asked, "why is it so expensive? You bought more than 5000, and now it's worth 350000. It's such luck, but even some antique dealers may not have it! "

Director Nian quickly explained: "Chu Shao, you misunderstood me. I'm not talking about making money and being troublesome. The main reason is that my family doesn't like these three things. Moreover, if she hears about the value of these things, she will be in a hurry to sell them. I don't know anyone who is in the antique business, so she will be slaughtered. That's right

At this point, director Nian seemed to think that Chu Chen was in the antique business and quickly said, "Chu Shao, since you are in the antique business, why don't I sell you these things cheaper?"

Hearing this, Chu Chen chuckled to himself and said with a smile, "director Nian, if it's cheap, you don't need it. You'd better sell it to me at the market price!"

"How can that be?"

Director Nian shook his head repeatedly. Just as he was about to say something, Chu Chen said with a smile, "director Nian, it's not as good as making friends for a while, and I don't like being too utilitarian. In addition, these three pieces of armor are rare. They have high collection value. I can make money by buying them and putting them on for a period of time. You don't have to feel embarrassed! "

Seeing that Chu Chen has said so frankly, director Nian said that if he sold it to Chu Chen at a lower price, he would be suspected of not giving Chu Chen face. Of course, he would not do such a stupid thing, so he said with a smile: "OK, Chu Shao, I'll listen to you!"

"Well, let's sign an agreement..."

After the two sides signed the agreement, Chu Chen wrote a check directly to director Nian, and then the two sides chatted for a while before leaving.

Chu Chen started the car, just less than 10 minutes out, the mobile phone ring up, take out a look, it is the director of the gold phone.

"Director Jin, what can I do for you?"

"Chu Shao, I venture to disturb you. Well, I know that there is an antique business owner who is in a hurry to prepare for shipment. I heard that he has some good things there. Do you have any interest?"

"OK, I don't know where you are. I'll pick you up!"

"I'm right here in XX building."

"OK, I'll be right here..."

When director Jin got on the bus, he explained with a smile: "Chu Shao, in fact, director Nian just learned about the boss from his wife's phone call. However, because the boss belongs to the village of director Nian's wife and the relationship between the two families is not very good, it's not convenient for him to take you."

"Oh Chu Chen nodded, then asked: "director Jin, excuse me, do you know why the boss is in a hurry to ship?"

"I know something about it." Director Jin said with a smile: "in the end, it's still the old saying that you can't live if you commit sin..."

Generally speaking, the old players in the field of antiques are more tactful and sophisticated. They have no choice but to entangle with the real and fake all day long, fall a few somersaults and learn how to be good. If they are not tactful and sophisticated, they basically have no bones left to be eaten by others.

So in the antique industry, there are many smart people, especially antique dealers. Crafty and cunning people are common. However, when it comes to real villains, there are few. The truth is simple. After all, this is business. If you are a real villain, who would like to have business with you?

However, just because we can't find a few doesn't mean we don't have them. The boss mentioned by director Jin is one of them.

This man's name is Ma laocai. It's not that he is really laocai, but a nickname given to him by others. The reason for saying that he is rich is that he is open-minded when he sees money. He likes to go to his side when he sees anything that makes money. He is a miser. His name is nice. In fact, it's ironic.

Ma laocai used to work in a state-owned company, and he was also a very important leader. When he heard that antiques made a lot of money, he fell in love with it. Later, with the convenience of his work, he really made some money from antiques, which paid off the favor. While studying the knowledge, he was duty bound to step into the industry.

However, at that time, Ma laocai's monthly salary was less than 200 yuan. This money was invested in the field of antiques, and he didn't even make a sound. So he used the company's brains to buy antiques.

At that time, there were more poor people, and there were fewer powerful buyers in the industry. Almost all of them bought it and sold it immediately to earn a little money. Ma laocai became a rare and powerful buyer at that time because he wiped a lot of money from the company, so many people did business with him.

However, at that time, Ma laocai didn't open his own shop, and the money was from the company, so no one noticed his temperament