Chapter 212 leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade
In 2006, at the Xiangjiang Sufubi Autumn Art Auction, a seventeenth-century Tianhuang stone carved lion paperweight from the Ming Dynasty received widespread attention from many collectors after a three-day preview.
On the day of the auction, the bidding was very fierce, and it was finally sold at a high price of 40.89 million yuan.
In 2018, at an auction in Shendu, a Qing Dynasty Tianhuang Bodhisattva statue had a starting price of 15.8 million yuan.
All of this shows that truly high-quality Tianhuang stones are extremely expensive.
Although the piece in Chen Wenzhe's hand is small, it is his biggest gain from this trip to the ghost market.
As for the Three Cauldrons and Two Gui, he really couldn't collect them.
"Those Three Cauldrons and Two Gui, are they really going to be handed over to the school?"
Back at Chen Wenzhe's villa, Zhang Yijie asked.
"I must hand it in, and I must do it now, without delaying even a minute!"
Chen Wenzhe's attitude was more resolute this time because he knew that this kind of thing could not be concealed.
It's not that he doesn't trust Zhang Yijie and the others, it's that he doesn't trust those tomb robbers.
Compared with him, those guys are the real tomb robbers. They excavate destructively, and after they unearth it, they are eager to sell it or even smuggle it abroad to make huge profits.
As soon as these people move, it is simply impossible to hide the people who are interested.
Maybe now, the Dahai City Public Security Bureau has started taking action.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe didn't say any more nonsense. After putting down other things, he directly drove into the sacred car that might be a black car and drove towards the school.
On the way, Chen Wenzhe called Professor Tao.
Therefore, when the car drove into the campus, it was immediately taken over by several security guards.
Three tripods and two gui are not ordinary things. Once such things are discovered, they are 100% a national treasure.
Following several security guards, we arrived at the Taoyan Center building.
As soon as the car stopped, a group of people gathered around it.
Among them were Professor Tao, some professors from the School of Sculpture, and one who seemed to be the vice president.
"This is Principal Wang, and that is Dean Bao. You should all know them. Now take a look, good boy, you will really surprise me."
When he saw Chen Wenzhe, Professor Tao patted him on the shoulder and began to praise him as if no one else was watching.
Chen Wenzhe stood in the middle of a group of old men, a little at a loss.
The old men, in particular, looked very anxious. Unfortunately, Professor Tao didn't introduce them, and Chen Wenzhe didn't know them either, so naturally they didn't know what they wanted.
"Okay, we all know this is your favorite disciple, now let's take a look at the thing, maybe it's a fake!"
"Fake? Impossible. My student is very good at distressing, so he can't be mistaken!" Upon hearing this, Professor Tao immediately became unhappy.
Chen Wenzhe was very embarrassed, as old-fashioned work seemed not to be a serious skill!
"These old guys are professors in the history department. In our school, they are simply dispensable departments. You can ignore them!"
Professor Tao pulled Chen Wenzhe and introduced him to several old men from the history department. No, they were all old professors.
"Hello professors!"
"Okay, you're a nice guy. Have you called the police?"
"You old guys, don't you believe it? If it's a fake, wouldn't you call the police now to lie about the military situation?" Professor Tao said with a smile.
"Just in case, even if it is a high imitation, the appearance on such a large scale is definitely not groundless. Hey, I don't know which big tomb is unlucky."
"Call the police first!" At this time, Principal Wang said decisively.
As long as he comes forward, these things that have entered the school will be considered stable.
Therefore, even if the police are called, no one can take away the school's belongings from here.
Professor Tao took Chen Wenzhe to sign several agreements, mainly donation agreements, and some instructions, which mainly explained the source of things.
"I'm afraid you don't know that it is illegal to buy antiques from unlicensed places, such as street stalls, farmers, scrap collection stations, etc. It is illegal to buy antiques legally.
Things must be bought from regular places.”
"Is there such a thing?" Chen Wenzhe was a little stunned.
Does buying and selling antiques have to be in a formal place? Even if you say this, no one may believe it.
"It really does happen, but you are lucky. I learned about it. The local government really intends to turn the Jiuzhuang Fair into an antique market. The last fair was a warm-up for them, so from now on,
Shopping there is just as legal as in Panyuan, the capital of the gods."
Seeing the proud Professor Tao, Chen Wenzhe felt a little ashamed. The tripod just dug out of the soil actually became legal?
Now that Professor Tao has said it, he can’t believe it!
"Don't you believe it? Let me tell you, we don't care whether things are legal or not. If they are illegal, how can they flow into the regular market? So we bought it. Is it our problem? Just leave it to the school. This kind of thing is hidden
Can’t live.”
Of course Chen Wenzhe knew this. The muddy smell was too strong and could not be eliminated in a short time.
Besides, Chen Wenzhe knows how to age the bronzes, which can aggravate the muddy smell of bronzes, that is, make them rust, but he cannot eliminate the rust.
That kind of special trace given by history is really difficult to eliminate without destructive cleaning.
By the time they had completed various procedures, many police officers had already arrived at the Taoyan Center building.
Needless to say, things with wide open doors are easy to identify as long as you are not blind.
Once the authenticity is verified, things will become big.
The tombs of the scholar-officials of the Western Zhou Dynasty also contained three tripods and two guis, which is no small matter.
By this time, nothing happened to Chen Wenzhe.
Even matters that should be subject to police questioning were handled by Professor Tao.
The thing is very simple. Chen Wenzhe went to the ghost market to buy it in the dark. He didn't even see the person's face clearly. Even if he was questioned, he couldn't tell anything.
"Is this the end? You spent half a million!"
"Is it us? You guys don't want me to donate 500,000 yuan to the school, do you?"
Zhang Yijie glared at Chen Wenzhe and said: "Some things should not be joked about. We followed you there just to join in the fun. If you are willing, give us some business. If you are not willing, just keep them all for collection. Don't say anything about sharing equally, and don't mention it.
Regarding shares, the situation this time is completely different from last time."
Chen Wenzhe smiled and said, "I'm just testing you, do you really think I'm going to give you money?"
Seeing that the three classmates were silent, Chen Wenzhe said again: "Let's do this. I don't want the money for the nine pieces of porcelain. It's 450,000. Yijie, you and Lao Cao will share it equally."
"What about me?" Zheng Yu said with a smile.
"You? Your koi attributes have played some role. Whether it was the dog taking the mouse or the coffin, you were the first to discover it. I won't give you more, so I'll just give you a few copper coins.
If you want Han bricks, you can take a few pieces, but I won’t give you anything else.”