At eight o'clock in the morning, Lin Fan did not go to work, but came to Zhou Li's door wearing ordinary clothes.
I made an appointment with him today to see something, but he wasn't sure.
"Director Lin, you are here, let's go."
After Zhou Li finished speaking, he led the way, with Lin Fan following behind.
After passing through several alleys and alleys, Zhou Li led Lin Fan to a street. There were people setting up stalls on both sides of the street, selling a variety of things.
"What is this place?" Lin Fan asked.
"Do you still remember the ghost market before?" Zhou Li asked.
"Of course you remember, I'm a frequent visitor there." Lin Fan said, since the first time he went to the ghost market, he went there frequently and also bought a lot of treasures from there. In recent years, he has not had any
went.
"Times are developing, and the ghost market is also developing with it. Now there is no need to hide and hide things, so everyone sells things openly, and this place is now formed, Panjiayuan." Zhou Li said.
"Is this Panjiayuan?" Lin Fan said in surprise. This name was familiar to him. When people in later generations mention Panjiayuan, they will think of antique calligraphy and paintings.
"Do you know Panjiayuan?" Zhou Li asked.
"I heard it from others, but I don't understand it," Lin Fan said.
"Most of the people on this street deal in antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but whether the things you buy are genuine or fake depends on your own eyesight," Zhou Li said.
Lin Fan knew without thinking that the probability of finding good things here was much smaller than in the previous ghost markets.
"You are a regular customer here. Do you have any friends?" Lin Fan asked.
"I met a man not long ago. He has a pretty good eye. He should have something real in his hands. If you are willing to pay a high price, he might be willing to sell it," Zhou Li said.
"As long as it's good stuff, money doesn't matter." Lin Fan said with a smile. As long as the price of today's antiques is not too outrageous, you will definitely make a profit.
"Director Lin is Director Lin, this is different. Come with me." Zhou Li boasted.
Under the leadership of Zhou Li, the two came to an antique shop.
As soon as he entered the store, Lin Fan saw the store owner discussing business with a foreigner. The foreigner wanted to buy a vase, but felt that the price was too high, so he was bargaining.
The shop owner is very thin and short, and his most obvious feature is the gold tooth in his mouth.
"Brother Zhou, you're here." When the shop owner saw Zhou Li, he immediately greeted him, then looked at Lin Fan and asked, "Is this Brother Zhou's friend?"
"His name is Lin Fan, and he wants to come to your place to buy some old things." Zhou Li introduced Lin Fan, and then introduced the shop owner: "His name is Da Jinya, and he is the boss here."
"Pan Jiayuan, the big gold tooth, it can't be the big gold tooth." Lin Fan was secretly surprised.
After careful observation, I found that it was not the big gold tooth. It was probably just a coincidence. People here seemed to like to have such names.
"Boss Lin, Brother Zhou, I still have guests here. Please sit down for a while and we will talk later." Da Jinya said.
"Please do as you please." Lin Fan said.
After hearing this, Da Jinya continued to discuss business with the foreigner, and Lin Fan was not idle either. Taking advantage of this moment, he took a look at the items in the shop.
"Did you see that I have another guest here? If not, you should go back and think about it before you come back. I don't have to worry about buyers." Big Gold Tooth said to the foreigner.
The translator next to the foreigner translated what Big Gold Tooth said, and the foreigner immediately agreed to the price that Big Gold Tooth had mentioned before, and paid the money right away.
After the foreigner left, Zhou Li said: "This foreign devil is really easy to fool. He spent two thousand yuan to buy a fake vase, and it looks like a treasure."
"Brother Zhou, I don't open for three years, but open for three years." Da Jinya said with a smile, and then looked at Lin Fan: "What does Boss Lin want to buy?"
"Then it depends on what you have here." Lin Fan smiled.
"I have everything here. Take a look at this bronze statue. This is a good thing. It comes from the Western Zhou Dynasty." Da Jinya pointed at a small bronze statue in the room and said.
"Western Zhou Dynasty? I think it's from last week," Lin Fan said with a smile.
"Big Jinya, it's okay for you to fool people who are new to the industry, but don't show your shame in front of my brother Fan. He is also in our industry, and his eyesight is even worse than mine." Zhou Li said.
"It turns out you're an expert. It's my fault. I'm here to apologize to Boss Lin." Da Jinya said with an apologetic smile.
"Bring out some real things. You should keep these things outside and continue to fool those foreigners." Lin Fan said. He took a cursory glance just now and found that there was not even a real thing.
"Wait a moment." Da Jinya said.
After saying that, Da Jinya immediately stood up and walked to the back room.
"It's better for you to buy his good things than selling them to foreigners," Zhou Li said.
Although Big Gold Tooth deceived the foreigner with a fake today, if he met someone knowledgeable, he would definitely not be able to deceive him and would have to bring out the real thing.
This was also the purpose of Zhou Li bringing Lin Fan here. Otherwise, given Zhou Li's character, he would definitely not tell others casually if he knew who had the treasure in his hands.
After a while, Big Gold Tooth came back, holding a brocade box in his hand.
"Give me Zhang Zhangyan." Da Jinya placed the brocade box on the table in front of Lin Fan, and then opened the lid.
Inside is a washbasin, which is an ancient writing utensil used to hold water for washing brushes.
Lin Fan picked up the wash and looked at it. The mouth of the wash was slightly open, and there were three Ruyi heads and feet on the bottom. The inner part was covered with sky blue glaze, the outer part was applied with rose purple glaze, and the outer bottom was lightly painted with yellow-brown protective glaze.
"The glaze is bright and moist, warm and plump. This is the rose purple glaze drum nail wash from Jun kiln in the Song Dynasty." Lin Fan made a judgment.
"Boss Lin, you have such good eyesight." Da Jinya praised.
"I want this wash, please give me a price." Lin Fan said, looking like he had a lot of money.
Da Jinya didn't say anything and directly stretched out five fingers.
"Five thousand?" Lin Fan asked.
"Yes, if you think the price is suitable, you can just take it." Lin Fan said.
"Deal." Lin Fan agreed without hesitation. He didn't negotiate the price with Da Jinya. After all, he wanted to buy things from Da Jinya in the future and had to leave a good impression.
Moreover, it will not be a problem to sell this water-washed product for four or five million in two or thirty years.
"Then do you want cash?" Da Jinya asked with a smile.
"Cash, I just have it with me," Lin Fan said.
"You are a cheerful person, you can just take this water wash away." Da Jinya said.
"Big Gold Tooth, you are a businessman. A big customer came today, and you only sell this one thing?" Zhou Li said, knowing that Big Gold Tooth must have hidden many good things.
"Brother Zhou, I really don't have many good things here. I have to keep two of them as store treasures, otherwise I won't be able to open this store?" Da Jinya said.
"This is my phone number. If you have anything good in the future, you can call me directly and I will give you a high price." Lin Fan wrote his phone number to Da Jinya.
"Okay, no problem. As long as I have something good, I will definitely call you first." Da Jinya said.
"Can I take the liberty to ask where these imitations in your store come from? If it's not convenient for you to answer, forget it." Lin Fan said.
He just took a look and saw that there were several items in the Dajinya shop that were very realistic imitations. Even he had to look at them several times before he was sure they were fakes.
"There's nothing to say about this, and it's not a big secret. There are many craftsmen in this area who make imitations of this kind. I bought them all from them." Da Jinya said.
"Who did you buy that vase and porcelain bowl from?" Lin Fan pointed to a vase and a porcelain bowl on the shelf.
"Boss Lin, you have really sharp eyesight. You can tell at a glance that these two things were bought from Gui Shou Zhang. Among the craftsmen in this area, his craftsmanship is the best." The big gold tooth stretched out.
Thumbs up said.
"Where does Ghost Shou Zhang live?" Lin Fan asked.
"Are you also interested in these imitations?" Da Jinya said.
"Imitation items are also valuable for collection. Some imitation items are even more valuable than the original items. This ghost's craftsmanship is quite good. I want to see if his works are worth collecting." Lin Fan said.
"When you go out and walk to the left, you will see the second alley and the third courtyard on the right. Gui Shouchang lives there. However, he has a weird personality and is unwilling to interact with others. Most people can't even enter his courtyard.
If you tell him that I introduced you there, he will definitely let you in." Da Jinya said.
"Thank you very much." Lin Fan thanked him, picked up the box, and prepared to look for the ghost hand.
"Boss Lin, Brother Zhou, walk slowly." Da Jinya said.
After leaving Da Jinya's shop, Lin Fan said: "I can go alone, so don't follow me and go to other places."
"Okay." Zhou Li nodded.
After separating from Zhou Li, Lin Fan followed the address given by Da Jinya and arrived at the gate of the courtyard where Gui Shou Zhang was.
Lin Fan knocked on the door, and after a while, someone came to open the door. The person who opened the door was an old man in his sixties, with gray hair and a somewhat stooped figure.
"Are you being arrogant?" Lin Fan asked. Seeing that the other party didn't reply, he continued, "It was Da Jinya who introduced me here."
"Come in." Guishou said expressionlessly.
Lin Fan followed Gui Shou Zhang into the courtyard. The courtyard was very large and messy.
There are some finished porcelain and some semi-finished porcelain randomly placed in the yard. There are also many porcelain pieces on the ground, which must have been broken recently.
Lin Fan took a look at the finished porcelain and found that these porcelains were more realistic than the imitations in the Dajinya shop. If they were placed elsewhere, even he would have to carefully identify them to be sure they were imitations.
"Put a price on whichever one you like. If the price is right, take it. If the price is not right, get out." Gui Shou Zhang only said one sentence and continued to work on his own affairs.
Lin Fan didn't pay attention to the tone of this man's words and just looked at him.
Although these porcelains were well imitated, Lin Fan was not interested in buying them. Instead, he carefully watched the movements of the ghost hands.
At this time, Oni Shou Zhang was applying glaze to a blank. This was the last process before firing the porcelain, and it was also an extremely important and difficult process to master.
It is necessary to apply a moderately thick and uniform enamel layer on the blank. If it is not done properly, defects will be left.
"You are trying to imitate a piece of porcelain from the Ru kiln of the Song Dynasty," Lin Fan said. Although the porcelain in Gui Shou Zhang's hands was still a semi-finished product, he could tell what Gui Shou Zhang was trying to imitate.
Guishou Zhang glanced at Lin Fan in surprise, but didn't say anything.
After watching for a while, Lin Fan could see that this man's craftsmanship was very high, and most people wouldn't be able to tell it was fake.
Lin Fan thought for a while, and when the time comes, he can let people come here to buy some and then carry out transactions with foreigners.
Anyway, with their eyesight, they can't tell the difference at all. Even if they hire people, those people are all incompetent. With such superb skills, they can't tell the difference either.
Lin Fan doesn't have any mental barriers to making money from foreigners.
