Putting everything else aside, Chu Chen and Wu Ke spent the next half month in several major tourist attractions in southern Yunnan, making up for their honeymoon, which had been delayed for a long time.
Because they wanted to ask for Luanjiao's news from Dean Sima's friends, they put the Spring City trip to the last stop of this honeymoon. But President Sima's friend had something to do temporarily, and returned to Chuncheng a few days later, just allowing Chu Chen and Wu Ke time to visit the major scenic spots of Chuncheng.
President Sima's friend was named Ye Peigen. When Chu Chen heard his name, he was still stunned. Did those who named Ye Peigen like bacon? Later I learned that it was bacon, not bacon.
At the appointed time with Ye Peigen, Chu Chen and Wu Ke had breakfast, walked around the hotel and enjoyed the scenery before taking a taxi to the destination, ye Peigen's antique shop.
Since today is Tuesday, the antique market is sparsely populated. In addition, Chuncheng antique market is characterized by small, scattered and disorderly business outlets, and the market is even colder. To be specific, only one or two of the five roadside stalls are visited.
Maybe they saw Chu Chen and Wu Ke dressed up as tourists, and many stall owners asked them to have a look, saying that they had good things, such as treasures and antiques, tribute porcelain of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and jadeite ornaments with characteristics of Southern Yunnan.
In general, chuchen smiles and waves his hand, saying that he doesn't need it. It's a joke. If they do have what they say, then baby, why set up a stall here?
In fact, as Chu Chen thought, looking around, these antique stalls are not without genuine goods, but the value is really not high, and most of them are fakes, even hysterical artifacts.
And there was one thing that Wu Ke saw. He almost laughed. There was a bronze version of robot cat on one stall! What's more, when you look at it from left to right, from top to bottom, you can see that the craft is really not simple. What's more, from the perspective of shape and color, it's still a bronze ware of the Warring States period.
Seeing this, Chu Chen laughs that the discovery of this object has high archaeological significance. First, it proves that the island animation is not aimless, and the robot cat really exists. Second, space-time travel can be realized, at least the robot cat has been to the Warring States period. It's exciting to think about it!
However, Chu Chen did not arrive without harvest. When they were about to go to Ye Peigen's antique shop, he found a Tang Dynasty silver scissors.
This silver scissors is made regular, symmetrical and graceful. On the front is the Pearl ground gilded flower carving process, and on the partial gilded part are the patterns of rosefinch holding Ganoderma lucidum and lotus seat, which are common typical patterns in the Tang Dynasty.
Unfortunately, after 13400 years, most of the gilding on the decoration has fallen off. Of course, if not, Chu Chen could not have spent hundreds of yuan on the scissors in the end.
In addition, the decorative pattern on the front of the scissors is exquisite, smooth and elastic. Although the silver has been blackened and rusted through the vicissitudes, the tiny chisel marks are still very clear when viewed under the magnifying glass, especially the small circles of the silver pearl ground, which are only 0.5mm in diameter, are dense and orderly. It can be seen from this that the manufacturing technology of gold and silver wares in the Tang Dynasty was so exquisite that the world really admired it.
Because the sliver is not as sharp as iron and bronze, and the scissors can poke, cut, hinge, cut, cut and roll It's powerful. In ancient times, it was generally believed that evil spirits would run away with their heads when they saw scissors, so they were used as a tool to ward off evil spirits.
Therefore, Chu Chen believed that the silver scissors were not used for daily cutting, but hung on the wall to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters.
In the past half a month, Chu Chen and Wu Ke have devoted themselves to playing. They have never touched an antique. This silver scissors from the Tang Dynasty is the first antique he has ever started. In addition to the price of cabbage, Chu Chen is in a good mood.
Let the stall owner pack the scissors in a box, and Chu Chen and Wu Ke come to an antique shop not far away.
However, as soon as he entered the store, a man in his thirties and seventies came in angrily. If it wasn't for Chu Chen's quick eye and quick hand to pull Wu Ke to his side, he might have fallen down.
This makes Chu Chen very angry. Just as he wants to yell, he sees the man put his things on the counter and says impolitely to a young clerk in the shop: "return them to me quickly!"
Seeing this, the shop assistant was puzzled and asked kindly, "Sir, I don't know why you return the goods."
"Is that a question? You sold me fake things seriously and asked me why I wanted to return them? " The man's cross browed rebuke.
The shop assistant said innocently, "this gentleman, when I sold this thing to you, I didn't seem to tell you that it was from any dynasty, did I? Moreover, I told you that this item was not for sale and you had to buy it. I also invited a middleman to come here. Even if I didn't sell it, I couldn't do it. Now you come here to say that you want to return the goods. How can you be so reasonable? Don't you know the rules of antiques? "
The man said angrily, "yes, you didn't tell me what kind of thing it was from the dynasty. But look at this thing. The money under it is actually for microwave ovens. Is there such a thing in ancient times?"Then he took the things out of the box and showed them to two customers in the store.
Curious, Chu Chen also took Wu Ke to the past, only to see that this thing is like a bowl, not a bowl, not a plate, glaze sky blue, looks like a kind of quaint texture, to be quite likable.
However, just like the bronze robot cat just now, what is more striking is that there is a vague pattern under the bottom glaze, and the position is a little bit partial. If you are careless, you may not find it. Chu Chen came forward and looked at it carefully. It really looked like the word "special for microwave oven", which made everyone laugh.
The shop assistant was speechless, but even so, it was impossible for him to get a refund.
"OK, I'll call the police."
Said, the man picked up the mobile phone quickly called the police.
At this time, two old people in their fifties came out. One of them was a little thin and wore a cardigan. He frowned and asked, "Xiao Tang, what's the matter?"
The shop assistant said innocently: "the customer wants to return the goods, but he insisted on buying it at the beginning. Now he thinks it's wrong to return it. How can there be such a reason?"
The man said angrily: "Oh, it's reasonable for you to sell fake goods here? What's more, it's still used for microwave oven. This kind of thing can't be returned? "
The old man looked at the things and then said with a smile, "this gentleman, did you come here with Lao Yang to buy this thing?"
"Yes, can you just say it back?" The man said impatiently.
The old man shook his head: "I'm sorry, according to the regulations, it can't be returned."
"Well, anyway, I called the police, just wait for the police to come over!" The man gave a sneer.
The old man laughs and doesn't worry about it at all. There's nothing wrong with it. Even if there's a lawsuit, he won't lose.
At this time, the old man arched his hand to the other guests in the shop and said some words of apology. When he saw Chu Chen and Wu Ke, he immediately reacted. He quickly stepped forward and said with a smile, "are they the curator and madam Chu?"
"Hello, shopkeeper Ye!" Chu Chen and Wu Ke said hello to the polite old man.
"Today is a bad day. Please forgive me." Ye Peigen apologized to them and said, "why don't you go to have a cup of tea first and have a rest?"
Although Chu Chen and Wu Ke also want to see the excitement, they are suspected of doing so, so Chu Chen nods and agrees. But just then, two policemen came in.
"Who called the police just now?" Asked one of the policemen.
"It's me." The man quickly walked up to the police.
"What can I do for you?"
"Well, I'm going to sue this shop for fraud..."
Next, the man talked about it in detail.
It turns out that the man surnamed Qian is an antique player and has been collecting antiques for some time. Half a month ago, he saw this porcelain here. At that time, as soon as he saw the shape of this thing, he thought he liked it very much. However, when he asked, the shop assistant said it was not for sale, and he refused to say anything.
As the saying goes, money is hard to buy, good heart, see their favorite things, Mr. Qian is not willing to give up. So he found a lot of relationships, and then he found a friend in the antique industry, who was also a friend of Ye Peigen, hoping to buy the object through a middleman. Later, with the help of the middleman, he bought the antique for 50000 yuan.
Mr. Qian was very happy when he got the things, so he invited the Tibetan friends who had common interests to come home to watch. As a result, there was a friend with sharp eyes who said that there seemed to be money under the glaze at the bottom of the object.
For antiques, there is a word at the bottom called "money", which is a witness of the age and helps the appreciation of antiques. Mr. Qian was very happy to hear that, but at the same time, he was a little strange. Why is the money under the glaze? Is it a defective product?
Thinking about the problem, Mr. Qian took this antique to the relevant departments for identification, to see what words were written under the glaze at the bottom.
I don't know. I was startled. After testing, the handwriting under the antique Mr. Qian bought turned out to be "special for microwave oven". When he saw these words, Mr. Qian was furious. What Dynasty antique could be used for "microwave oven only", which shows that the shopkeeper and the middleman set up a game to pit themselves.
After listening to Mr. Qian's statement, ye Peigen said wrongly: "you must buy this thing, and I haven't said anything about the Dynasty from the beginning to the end. How can I blame you? What's more, I've been abroad all this time, and Lao Yang and I haven't seen each other for two months. How can we partner with you? Isn't this nonsense? "
As the police station is next to the antique market, there are many such things happened to the police. One of them asked the man, "Mr. Qian, did shopkeeper ye tell you what Dynasty it was?"
"No The man simply shook his head.
Next, the police asked him a few more questions, and finally told him clearly that the evidence was insufficient and they could not ignore the case reported.For this result, the man is very unconvinced, muttering to go to court, do not want money back never give up.
After the men and police left, ye Peigen took chuchen with them into the reception room and served them tea.
"Let's see the joke." Ye Peigen explained with a wry smile: "in fact, it was put in my shop by a relative of mine. At the beginning, I thought it was a fake thing, but because of the relative's face, I put it in the corner and asked Xiao Tang not to sell it."
"I didn't expect that he came here three times and four times to let Xiao Tang sell it to him. He also found Lao Yang to be the middleman. Just that day, I let Xiao Tang deal with it by himself because things didn't go well. Now it seems that it's all our responsibility. It's really a disaster."
From the conversation between the man and the police just now, Chu Chen knew that the man was suffering from his own misfortune. Moreover, the man was quite self righteous, and his responsibility was completely removed. At first, the police wanted to mediate. At last, he found that there was no remedy for him, so he didn't bother.
Chuchen smile: "business well, meet this kind of person is inevitable."
"Yes Ye Peigen had some emotion. After a while, he came back to himself and made a smile to introduce chuchen and his wife and his friends.
After a few pleasantries, Chu Chen asked, "Mr. Wei, listen to shopkeeper ye, do you have any news about Luan Jiao?"
Wei Sheng smiles and nods. Just as he is ready to speak, he sees the assistant named Xiao Tang come in and whisper a few words next to Ye Peigen.
"Oh! What about the Ru kiln in Song Dynasty? Is it true or not? " Ye Peigen said in surprise.
Hearing this, everyone's eyes turned to them.
Xiao Tang nodded and said, "I saw it just now. It seems to be true, but I'm not sure."
"Well, I'll go and have a look." With that, ye Peigen stood up.
"Lao ye, such a good thing, let's have a look together!" Wei Sheng said with a smile.
Ye Peigen heard the speech and patted his forehead: "I almost forgot that there were experts present. Xiao Tang, please invite that man in."
"OK..."
When Xiao Tang went out, ye Peigen said, "actually, I think it's very possible that this thing should be an imitation."
"Why do you say that?" Wei Sheng Huan asks curiously.
Ye Peigen explained: "don't you see that my shop is located in the middle? If it's true, can it take me? What's more, if it's a real one, it's easy for him to get it to the auction company for auction. Why sell it in the store? "
Wei Shenghuan nodded and said, "it's the same, but what if the seller is not familiar with the auction company, or someone else has gone away?"
Of course, even though he said that, he also felt that the possibility was slim.
"Count..."
As soon as ye Peigen waved his hand, Xiao Tang came in with the guests. However, when he saw this man's appearance, Chu Chen was full of surprise, because this man was no one else. It was Mr. Ding, but he was not as sloppy as the capital and more like Ding Chunqiu in a TV play.
"Who are you?" Seeing Ding laoguai's appearance, everyone felt a little surprised, and Chu Chen also pretended.
Ding laoguai laughs: "I'm not that actor, but I look a bit like him. But everyone calls me Ding laoguai, and you can call me that as well."
When he said that, he looked around. When he saw Chu Chen and Wu Ke, his hands could not help shaking, and there was a trace of confusion and doubt in his eyes. However, he immediately calmed down and asked in surprise: "eh, little brother, how do I think you look familiar?"
"Not familiar." Chuchen secretly turned his mouth. Although he put on makeup that day, he couldn't shrink his bones. He couldn't change his figure. Of course, dinglaoguai would feel familiar with him. However, old Ding strange so ask, also may recognize him is Chu Chen, intentionally so ask.
Ye Peigen said with a smile: "this is the curator of Chu who owns the imperial seal. You think he is familiar. You should have seen him on TV."
"I said, why do you look so familiar?"
Surprised, Ding quickly put his things on the table and shook hands with Chu Chen warmly:
"curator Chu, your name is like thunder. I didn't expect to meet a real person today. I'm so lucky!"
"Thank you, thank you..." Chuchen quickly smile a few modest.
After the two sides exchanged greetings, ye Peigen said, "Mr. old man, I heard that you have a utensil from Ru kiln. I wonder if we can enjoy it?"
"Yes, yes!" Old Ding took the things out with a smile, but he was very depressed. He secretly scolded himself for his bad luck. He actually happened to meet Chu Chen. Now he can only hope that Chu Chen can be cheated by the improved craftsmanship recently.
The thing that old Ding took out was a censer. The bottom of the censer was three feet away, and the bottom was in the shape of a round tripod. There were six milk nails on the tripod cover, and there were eight lotus openings on the top edge of the tripod cover. The carcass is thin and the color is not tea. It is fully covered with glaze. There are three sesame seeds at the bottom. The nail marks are obvious and the shape is beautiful.In ancient times, people who believed in religion must bathe and burn incense before doing other things. For example, Emperor Weizong of Song Dynasty was good at writing and painting. Before writing and painting, three pillars of zhe Xiang should be common. The three legged eight lotus is of peculiar shape, and its manufacturing technology is very difficult in Song Dynasty Ru porcelain. Therefore, it is concluded that it is a royal utensil.
After the three of them had seen the censer, everyone looked into his eyes with a strong interest, which made the nervous old monster Ding feel relieved. In his heart, he thought that he had heard all along how high Chu Chen's eyes were. In fact, it was just like this!
But how could this man be so much like that man that day?
Dinglaoguai gently frowned, quietly staring at chuchen's face, looked again, and finally did not find a flaw. Thinking that there are many similar people in the world, he finally felt that he should be a little worried.
Old Ding doesn't know. Chu Chen saw what he did just now. Seeing that old Ding didn't seem to connect him with the man who made up that day, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not easy to find that old Ding is showing his horse's feet again. Chu Chen doesn't want to miss the chance for nothing because of such a thing, otherwise he will be very regretful.
Mr. Ding said with a strange smile, "do you like this thing or not
The three of them looked at each other and saw that everyone was very interested in it. Ye Peigen could not help but feel embarrassed. It was impossible for him to give up this thing, even if he lost his property, because this kind of thing is a treasure that can be met and cannot be asked for. He would not lose money if he bought it.
But now that everyone is interested in it, it makes Ye Peigen a little worried. Although he is the boss here, it's very easy to split the friendship between the three if he frankly asks others to give up. This is a treasure that can't be met and asked for. If no one wants to give up, if one can't handle it well, everyone's friendship may be over.
It goes without saying that Chu Chen's identity is not good enough to offend him, and Wei Shenghuan is also his friend for many years. If there is a gap, it will be more than worth the loss.
"Mr. Ding, please allow us to discuss it."
"OK..."
Then, ye Peigen took everyone out of the reception room.
"I think everyone is interested in it?"
Chuchen and Wei Shenghuan both smile and nod.
"There is only one thing. What do you say?"
"Draw lots." Chuchen immediately proposed.
"All right, draw lots!"
This method is the simplest and everyone agrees with it.
"One!"
"One!"
"Right
Chuchen laughs, because the signature he draws is "Zheng". Of course, who told him to have the ability to cheat? No one else can win him.
Ye Peigen and Wei Shenghuan both shook their heads and sighed, but they didn't expect Chu Chen to cheat. They could only lament their bad luck.
Back in the reception room, Ding laoguai said with a smile: "you must have discussed the result. If you like it, then I don't talk nonsense. It's a buy it now, 6 million!"
Chu Chen shook his head directly: "Mr. Ding, your price is too expensive. Even if you go to the auction, you can't get 6 million!"
"This is the Ru kiln of Song Dynasty. Let alone 6 million, it's possible to meet 8 million people you like." Mr. Ding shrugged his shoulders.
Chu Chen still shook his head: "at most 3 million!"
"300 is too little, 580!"
“320……”
Next, we fought and fought, and finally closed the deal at the price of 4.7 million yuan.
After signing the agreement, Chu Chen went to the nearby bank to transfer the account to Ding laoguai. When he returned to yepeigen's antique shop, he saw the two of them admiring and admiring.
"Curator Chu, you have picked up a treasure. You must treat today!" Ye Peigen said enviously.
Chuchen said with a smile: "what treasure do you pick up? This is a real fake!"