The investigators came quickly. First, they took a confession to Mr. Hua. After leaving a receipt, they took all the things back together and said they would give Mr. Hua a reply as soon as possible. Anyway, with Chu Chen's guarantee, Mr. Hua was very relieved.
Later, Chu Chen saw that there was nothing wrong, so he resigned with the investigators.
In the next few days, chuchen's life was very peaceful. As for HuaLao's Antiques, the results came out that night. Not surprisingly, they were all in the collection of the museum.
The reason why the colorful bowl was not found has been explained. As for why the sword and snuff bottle were not found, it is because these three things have been stored in the warehouse for many years, and they are not particularly valuable things. Therefore, except for the half yearly inventory, no one would care about them, so they were exploited by the insiders.
If Chu Chen hadn't discovered it by accident, he would have known it only when he was at the bottom of the year. But by that time, the ghost would have run away.
The theft of the collection also sounded an alarm for Chu Chen. He should not be careless in the management of the museum. If he is careless, it may be his museum that will have an accident next time.
The museum was stable, and now it was off-season, so Chu Chen went around the antique shop early in the morning.
"Eh, Mr. Chu, you are here. Just in time, help me make a decision!"
Just when chuchen saw that there was nothing wrong with the antique shop and was ready to go to the market, he saw Yuanhong Jianxing rush in. He was very happy to see chuchen, and he took chuchen out.
Chuchen followed him out and said with a smile, "elder, are you going to let me help you see something? If the other party knew me, you would have no chance to pick up the leak! "
"For those who don't pick up leaks, these days only those who have just entered the industry think about" getting something for nothing "all the time
Yuan Hongjian curled his lips and then said with a smile, "but it's better to be cheaper. You see, I've prepared a hat and a pair of flat glasses for you. They are all brand new."
Then he took the hat and glasses out of the bag and handed them to Chu Chen.
Seeing this, Chu Chen could not laugh or cry, and said, "elder, you are very well prepared."
"Where, where!" Yuan Hongjian waved his hand with a smile: "to tell you the truth, I joined the art troupe of the community the day before yesterday. These two things are all prepared for this."
Chuchen laughs and puts on his hat and glasses. Let alone, although they are just two simple props, they really change into a person. Of course, if you are familiar with chuchen, you can easily recognize them.
Chuchen said with a smile: "I'm afraid the other party will recognize it!"
Yuan Hongjian waved his hand: "I haven't seen that Seller before. He should be a newcomer. He won't know you if you dress like this."
"All right, let's go..."
Chu Chen followed yuan Hongjian to a side surrounded by a lot of people's stalls, and from time to time there were voices of dispute.
Seeing this, they curiously came forward to have a look. They saw a young man in his twenties and a well-dressed middle-aged man in his forties in dispute.
"I said, what's the matter with you? It's my favorite thing. How can you rob it? Do you know the rules? " The young man held a thing tightly in his hand and denounced the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man said innocently: "ah, you are really interesting. I admit that you first saw things, but you can't afford it. Why can't I buy them?"
The young man retorted, "I just don't have any money for the time being. Now I can go to the bank to get it. What's the problem?"
The middle-aged man said with a smile: "then you go to get it!"
"I'm not fooled by you!" The young man snorted coldly, and then said to the stall owner, "boss, please follow me to get the money."
The stall owner shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "young man, it's not that I don't agree. You see, I'm alone. What if someone wants to buy my things?"
"That is, how can anyone buy something without enough money? Do you think they can still get credit?" Middle aged man satirizes fatigue.
"You're not finished!" The young man suddenly yelled at the man and then said to the stall owner, "boss, since you are worried about the impact on your business, I'll buy you one or two more things. Is that all right?"
The stall owner hesitated and asked, "which do you want to buy?"
The young man glanced at the things on the stall, then took two things and said, "just these two things, boss. What do you think?"
The stall owner looked at the things in the young man's hands, which were a string of Jasper shaped bracelets and a tricolor rabbit statue. He thought: "little brother, these two are gadgets!"
The young people are not happy to say this kind of thing, but they are not happy to hear it.Then he pondered for a moment, picked a statue of Avalokitesvara on the stall and said, "is that ok?"
The stall owner said with a smile: "little brother, you're a happy person. We'll talk about the price later. Anyway, we won't let you suffer."
The young man felt that there were many people here, and it was really not a place to bargain. He nodded and asked, "boss, how much are these two things?"
"Just three hundred." As the stall owner tidies up, he waves his hand.
"Three hundred is a little expensive, so it's two hundred and six."
"Deal..."
Looking at the young man happily paying, Chu Chen chuckled. First of all, today's scene looks like a common game in the antique market. Based on the young man's present performance, we know that he is still a novice in antique. Today's loss must be settled.
Seeing that there was no more excitement, the surrounding people also scattered, including Chu Chen and Yuan Hongjian.
Yuan Hongjian shook his head and sighed: "when I see this young man, I think of myself who just joined the industry. When I see something, I feel like I've burned my ass. I'm not calm about it, and I can't get any big harvest."
Chuchen smiles and agrees with Yuan Hongjian. If you want to stay away from your body when you visit antique stalls, you must learn the skill of "no hurry, no slow". Generally speaking, there are two points that need to be paid attention to when shopping for antiques: price and quality.
In terms of price, no matter how much the seller offers, you should not feel cheap. For example, just now the young man spent two hundred and six yuan on the two items. When he heard that the stall owner was asking for three hundred yuan, he was sure that he felt very happy. He symbolically cut down forty yuan and went to dream of becoming rich.
In fact, Chu Chen also took a look at those two things. In his eyes, they didn't look like real Jasper and tricolor. Maybe they were just a bunch of rotten glass, or a fake tricolor ceramic that he didn't know where to make. In this way, he didn't know what beauty young people had.
The second and most important point is to determine your own psychological price. Generally, when you encounter a favorite thing, when your psychological price is close to the psychological price of the stall owner, it is usually easier to make a deal.
If you don't know the price of a thing, you'd better not ask about it, because it's hard to avoid losing money without knowing the price. If you take a fancy to a piece of jade or a piece of porcelain, and you are sure that it is "worth the money", then you should make bold moves. You are always hesitant and always want to take advantage of it. You are doomed to suffer a big loss.
Yuan Hongjian continued: "but the stall owner doesn't look like a good man. Fortunately, I didn't start it just now, otherwise I would have suffered."
Chuchen asked with a smile: "elder, what do you like?"
Yuan Hongjian said with a smile, "that's the pair of precious mice. I'm going to buy them for my wife."
Chuchen laughs: "elder, you are also very romantic."
Yuan Hongjian embarrassed smile: "where ah, this is not our marriage is about 45 years, just we are all rats, I thought to send such a gift to him at that time."
"Oh, forty five years. It's not sapphire. I have to congratulate you." Chu Chen quickly arched to Yuanhong to express his congratulations.
Yuan Hongjian waved his hand with a smile: "these years are so flat and light, it's no big deal."
"Plain is true." Chuchen said with a smile: "just now I have a look at that pair of precious mice. I think it's more likely to be genuine."
"Oh Yuan Hongjian was stunned and patted with both hands. He regretted: "if I knew this, I should have bought it just now!"
Chu Chen said: "I just looked at it a few times. I don't have to prepare for it. He has so many things that he may come back later. If you don't feel at ease, let's catch up now. It should be too late."
"Forget it." Yuan Hongjian shook his head: "it's just a pair of precious mice. It's not that they can't be found. What's more, if we go after him now and ask him to buy it, in all probability he will sell it for the price. Rather than that, I'd better go to other places to look for it. "
"OK..."
Next, Chu Chen accompanied yuan Hongjian around the market stall. Chu Chen got several gains, but yuan Hongjian didn't have what he liked.
Stop and go, two hours later, they returned to the original position, did not expect and Chu Chen expected before, the stall owner came back to set up a stall.
Seeing this, Yuan Hongjian was very happy, but it was not the time when he didn't know anything at the beginning. Even if he was excited, it seemed very ordinary.
They went to the stall, first looked at other things, then picked up the pair of mice and looked at them.
This pair of precious mice is made of copper. One mouse holds hot pepper in its two claws and looks around with wide eyes. The other mouse carries hot pepper in its two claws and sends it to the mouth as if to taste it. Both mice have long tails and big bodies. They are lovely and happy. Pepper and (Jiao, Zhao) homonym, that is, Jiaoyun fortune, the meaning of wealth, red fire, the whole implied wealth, wealth and wealth.From the aspect of the shape and the copper quality of the treasure mice, Chu Chen judged that this pair of treasure mice should be genuine in the Qing Dynasty, which is quite good.
Seeing Chu Chen's suggestion to himself, Yuan Hongjian also had a number in his mind, so he talked with the stall owner about the starting price.
During this period, Chu Chen looked at other valuable things on the booth.
"Well?" Just when Chu Chen saw a small mahogany box in the corner, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
This small box is made of mahogany. It is simple, simple and elegant, with bright pulp. It is divided into three layers, three drawers and four bright lines. This box is exquisite, elegant and quiet, and has practical value for collection.
However, on the one hand, the mahogany used in this small box is not very good. On the other hand, the surface of the box is gray and insignificant. Moreover, there is some bluish yellow soil around the bottom drawer, which is not very good-looking.
But it was the turquoise soil that made Chu Chen feel rather confused, so he took the small box in front of him and observed it.
"I said, boss, what's the matter with your good box and the mud containing most of the drawers?" Chu Chen opened the bottom drawer and asked with a frown.