Seeing this, Chu Chen could only smile bitterly and shake his head, then put the things away. However, he didn't mean to return the things. After all, an Gongshi has made such a statement. If he did that again, it would be a bit inhuman.
The next morning, everyone went to the restaurant of the hotel to have breakfast. After breakfast, they went back to their respective rooms and took out the antiques for today's exchange meeting.
The venue of the exchange meeting is still in this hotel. After taking the things, we came to a small conference room of the hotel with the guidance of the waiters.
All the way unimpeded, but when they got to the door of the conference room, they were politely stopped by the security guard. After they checked everyone's invitation and verified it, they put them in.
Don't think that there is only such a security measure here. In fact, Chu Chen and his colleagues entered the conference room so easily because they had been living in the hotel and had been identified. If they were participants outside the hotel, they had to go through careful comparison before they could enter.
Moreover, if someone finds an invitation and wants to impersonate it, it's unlikely because there are photos of the participants on the invitation. For example, if Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo want to participate in the exchange meeting, they have to go to the organizer to take photos. Otherwise, they will not be able to pass the security check just now.
Entering the gate, Chu Chen found that the conference room with an area of nearly 100 square meters had been decorated into a small exhibition hall. In addition to some booths in the middle, there were also some calligraphy and paintings on the wall. Chu Chen took a closer look and found that these traditional Chinese paintings were not made by ancient famous artists, but they were also made by contemporary famous artists.
It can also be seen that Chai Pingle is very concerned about this exchange meeting.
The people who can receive the invitation for this exchange meeting are all elites in the industry. In fact, not many people can really come. However, an invitation can bring two people. In addition, the industry of antiques pays special attention to contacts, or wants to promote their younger generation, so some people have used up their names.
As a result, Chu Chen thought that there should be some desolation in the meeting room. Some of them were appreciating calligraphy and painting, while others were chatting with each other in twos and threes, or discussing some antique topics.
However, although there were a lot of people in the meeting room, the elders were not present. After asking the staff, they found out that except for some elders who did not come, others were identifying the antiques involved in the treasure fight.
After all, there are so many participants on the scene, and they bring a lot of antiques. If they comment all at once, the time will be too long, so several elders will first screen things.
At this time, Uncle Wu said, "Xiaochen, let's go to register our things first, and then I'll take you to meet some of our predecessors and colleagues!"
Of course, Chu Chen would not refuse, so everyone went to the registration office first, registered all the antiques that would participate in the treasure fight, and then asked the staff to put them away carefully.
There are many valuable treasures among the antiques participating in the fight. Therefore, the staff on the scene are very careful and careful. In addition, there are also special personnel to track and take photos of the antiques. The security measures are very strict, so it is impossible to lose them.
Next, Uncle Wu took Chu Chen and others to a reception room through a passageway. In addition to some experts and shopkeepers that Chu Chen met yesterday, there were several old and middle-aged people in their 50s and 60s talking and laughing there.
When everyone saw Uncle Wu and others coming in, they all stood up to greet each other with a smile. After a while of greetings, Uncle Wu introduced them to each other.
To tell you the truth, these people are located all over the country. Even if they know each other, Chu Chen will hardly meet them in the future. However, as the old saying goes, many friends and many ways, especially in the industry of antiques, which has a very important social network, are all elites here. It is beneficial for Chu Chen and all of you here to get to know each other.
After the introduction, we began to chat, whether it is the experience of identifying antiques, or some market quotations and gossip, we all come together.
Although Chu Chen and others were only listening, they were also interested in it.
After thirty or forty minutes, Chai Pingle came in from the door with the young man of yesterday.
"President chai (boss Chai)..."
Seeing Chai Pingle coming in, everyone said hello with a smile, and Chai Pingle shook hands with everyone one by one.
After being polite for a while, Chai Pingle said to everyone with a smile: "everyone, Xu and Yu are already outside now."
"Oh! It shouldn't be too late. Let's go now "
with that, we all stood up and went to the conference room together.
At this time, the exhibition booths in the middle of the conference room were all covered with cloth, but I couldn't see what it was.
In addition, beside the booth, there are five chairs. There are five old people sitting on them. Except for Xu and Yu, who we met yesterday, and an old man surnamed Zhou, Chu Chen doesn't know the other two.
So Uncle Wu introduced Chu Chen. One was an expert in painting and calligraphy in Lingnan, surnamed Mao. The other was an expert in bronze ware in Jin Province, surnamed Wang.One by one, after greeting several elders, they refused each other and sat down on a circle of sofas, tables and chairs placed around the booth.
After a while of excitement, Chai Pingle, as the host, came out and said in a loud voice with a smile: "thank you, especially the old people, for taking time out of their busy schedule to attend this exchange meeting. Here, on behalf of..."
"Hua Hua Hua..."
Everyone gave Chai Pingle face. After he finished a thank-you speech, he gave warm applause.
Chai Pingle waved his hand with a red light on his face, and then said in a loud voice: "well, I won't say much nonsense. First of all, let's invite Mr. Yu to uncover the mystery of the first treasure for you!"
Yu Lao stood up with a smile, went to the first booth, reached out and took off the cloth on the booth.
"The first collection is the Qing Kangxi five color gold flower butterfly pattern plate brought by shopkeeper Bao!"
"Ah! It's Kangxi's five colors of gold flower and butterfly pattern! And it looks as like as two peas in the the Imperial Palace. "
"It seems that we can have a lot of fun today..."
After listening to Yu Lao's words, the audience was in an uproar. Many people were excited and surprised, while some people were nervous and lost. There's no way. There are only six positions, one radish pit. There are so many people at the scene, and someone will be squeezed down.
"Shopkeeper Bao, you have lost money this time! Actually bring such a baby to come, not to mention to be able to get the first, the first six must be stable! "
"Thank you! Thank you A middle-aged man who looks fat bows his hands to the people around him.
"Well, please come on stage to appreciate it. After a while, we'll have another exchange!" Yu Lao said with a smile.
As soon as the voice fell, everyone stood up one after another and went on stage one by one to appreciate. Although there is no time limit, we only watch for two or three minutes at most and give it to the people behind us. After all, we should pay attention to our own image in such an exchange meeting.
Although many people brought others over, there were not many people who could accept the invitation. In total, there were only about 30 people. In addition, some people came to appreciate it together. It was only 20 minutes after Chu Chen's turn.
Chu Chen put on his white gloves and went up to the stage with Uncle Wu. One of them stood on one side and picked up a tray to observe.
"Chuan pan", also known as "platter" and "whole dish", is a utensil for holding food. Although both belong to the category of "pan", their originality lies in the word "Zan".
"Save, gather." As the name suggests, it is composed of disks divided into several pieces. "Save" has the meaning of moving, for the disk, it should be "the disk that can move". Therefore, the chuanpan is a combination of several small plates with equal volume, regular shape, independent but interconnected.
When today's people no longer stop at the pleasure of the tip of the tongue, but have the need not only to be refreshing, but also to be happy, in fact, as early as hundreds of years ago in the Ming Dynasty, the ancients have solved this problem for us, this is the invention of the save plate.
The biggest advantage of save plate is its unique dressing effect and display function. In the past, most of the containers in full bloom appeared individually and independently, with their own businesses, lacking contact and sense of wholeness. As soon as there were many dishes, there might be a mess. However, the appearance of hoarding dishes broke this isolation and embarrassment.
Just think of a number of small plates with equal amount of fruits and vegetables, vegetables and snacks. The fruits and vegetables are colorful, the meat and vegetables are mixed with each other, and the snacks are crisp and soft. The shapes of the plates, slices, dices and silks complement each other, and the tastes are sour, sweet, salty and spicy. Finally, the dishes are gathered into a whole. What a delicious dish?
Moreover, it is very convenient to take and store, and it is skillful to display, which completely avoids the embarrassment of dishevelled cups and plates. People only say that there are many vessels in full bloom, which are single and independent. Who would have expected that this ingenious thought would change into such a shape? It's really pitiful and lovely.
It was first made in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, then became popular in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, and continued to the late Qing Dynasty. The number of a group of platters varies, and the number of platters can reach more than 20. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, there were many colorful and tricolor dishes.
This group of storage plates on the exhibition stand consists of 12 large and small plates on the inner and outer floors. Fold along, shallow abdomen, flat bottom, ring foot. The inside of the plate is painted with butterfly patterns of flowers, and the gold tuanshou characters are painted along the red "zhe" characters on the face. The outside of the plate is painted with eight auspicious patterns of red color, and the gold seal character "Shou" is painted.
This plate is unique in shape and rich in color. It depicts the patterns in green, red, purple, yellow and gold. What's more, this group of plates are basically the same in size, color and craft as the one collected in the Palace Museum. At the same time, they are well preserved. This is a very rare and precious work of art.