Jiang Hao mobilized manpower to monitor the affairs of the antique market. Zhuang Rui naturally did not know about it, and Jiang Hao did not tell him. He quietly controlled the antique city and its surroundings.
According to the analysis of Jiang Hao and others, given Yu Zhenping's suspicion, after knowing that Zhuang Rui was in the Antique City, he would definitely come to check it out. Perhaps they could get Yu Zhenping's trace here and follow him to his hiding place.
, that way you don’t have to bother Zhuang Rui anymore.
Of course, the conditions previously negotiated with Zhuang Rui were not always accurate.
Zhuang Rui's thoughts were not on Yu Zhenping at this moment. He was still thinking about how to hype up the "Mountain Dwelling" he had obtained.
There is actually not much difference between the hype of antique prices and the business operation model. Why can Moutai in 1982 sell for tens of thousands of yuan a bottle, while Erguotou in 1982 can only sell for 100 yuan at most? Isn’t it just the effect of speculation?
Well?
According to the laws of the market, where there is hype, there must also be neglect. In Zhuang Rui's view, the market has been neglected by Xiao Junxian's works, and it has been severely neglected.
Just like the painting itself is of Moutai quality, but it is sold at the price of Erguotou in the market, the potential for appreciation is very high. This is one of the main reasons why Zhuang Rui is willing to pay a higher than market price to win it.
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Moreover, money is no longer the most important thing to Zhuang Rui now. If there are no natural or man-made disasters, his money will only become more and more. So as long as he can buy things, it doesn't matter if Zhuang Rui spends more money.
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Anyway, his museum will not close after just one or two years. The true meaning of antiques lies in the word "ancient". Even if you don't speculate, in 358 years, the objects that are sold at high prices now may be in the market by then.
The value has doubled.
Some friends don’t understand, knowing that the price of this thing will increase, why are they still selling it now? These business people are not stupid!
The reason is actually very simple. When they buy things, they need money. If they have too many objects in their hands, they will inevitably have no funds to buy the things they like.
To put it bluntly, this thing is like stock trading. If the stock you buy goes up, you have to sell it and choose another potential stock. Otherwise, everyone will buy something and hold it in their hands, and the antique market will be out of products.
Circulated.
After negotiating the price with Lao Qi, Zhuang Rui asked Peng Fei to take Lao Qi to the bank, and asked Peng Fei to withdraw more money. Today is a rare opportunity. If these antique bosses can really come up with some good items.
, Zhuang Rui will definitely return home with a full load.
"Teacher Zhuang, what do you think of my object?"
After Lao Qi finished talking about the matter, the person behind him immediately brought the things over and placed them on the table in front of Zhuang Rui.
"This thing is a bit weird..."
Looking at the bronze vessel in front of him, Zhuang Rui's eyes lit up, but after using spiritual energy to penetrate into the vessel, his brows suddenly wrinkled.
This bronze vessel is not large, about 10 centimeters high and about seven or eight centimeters in diameter. It has three tripod-like legs below. The body is round and covered with patina. It has not been artificially processed. At first glance, it should look like it should be.
It is an object that opens the door.
However, Zhuang Rui saw through the spiritual energy that the bronze vessel's body was filled with purple spiritual energy, but it was obvious that the purple energy was being lost.
Moreover, the three legs under the bronze vessel were empty, without any spiritual energy. Zhuang Rui took a magnifying glass and looked at it carefully for a while, with a clear look in his eyes.
From the magnifying glass, it can be found that the color of the three legs of this bronze vessel is slightly different from the body of the vessel. They should be added later. Seeing this, Zhuang Rui felt a little pity in his heart. If the three legs were not incomplete, this bronze vessel could be classified as
It is a national first-class cultural relic.
Although this thing is not big, it is in the shape of a bronze tripod. It is not a tripod, but it also looks like a tripod. It has three legs like a tripod, and a round belly like a tripod. However, there are no straight ears on the body, which does not conform to the shape of a tripod.
, this should have been a ritual vessel for worshiping heaven in ancient times.
Seeing this, Zhuang Rui couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Henan is indeed the land of the Central Plains with a long history. First there are fish and dragon jade, and then there is the bronze tripod. These unproven things can be seen everywhere.
Seeing Zhuang Rui's silence, the owner of the object became a little anxious and asked: "Teacher Zhuang, what age does this thing belong to? Do you want to keep it?"
"I'm sorry, your thing is very rare in shape, but one thing is that it is incomplete. These three legs were added later..."
Zhuang Rui shook his head. The representatives of a tripod are the bottom feet and straight ears. If these two features are gone, then what do you want to do? Selling it as junk is not pure copper.
"Impossible? Teacher Zhuang, are you mistaken?"
This person cannot accept others saying that his stuff is not good. The person who was praising Zhuang Rui just now immediately became very angry and almost took action without rolling up his sleeves.
"Look at the difference between the body and the three legs. The color and rust are wrong. Although this object was patched up later, it is not a fake. It's good to keep it and play with it..."
Having experienced treasure appraisals in Jinan and CCTV, Zhuang Rui had seen a lot of such people. He didn't say much at the moment and directly handed over the magnifying glass in his hand.
No matter how much he said, there were no facts that could explain the problem. After carefully examining it, the man's face became extremely ugly. He picked up the bronze tripod and squeezed out of the crowd without looking back.
Watching the man leave, Zhuang Rui shook his head and said: "Everyone, these antiques are handed down from our ancestors, but after so many years, it is normal for some defects to exist, and they have been forged from generation to generation.
Don’t be too obsessed with the authenticity of things. Now this thing is fake. In a few hundred years, won’t it become an antique?”
"Yes, Teacher Zhuang is right, everyone needs to correct their mentality..."
"Well, everyone wants their own things to be good, but there are so many good things..."
"Teacher Zhuang, it's my turn, come and help me..."
Zhuang Rui's words caused a burst of laughter in the audience, and the originally tense atmosphere became relaxed.
The next few objects that Zhuang Rui appraised one after another were all modern handicrafts, but the craftsmanship of the fakes was much better than those of Panjiayuan. It was said that most of the fake antiques came from Henan, which opened Zhuang Rui's eyes.
About half an hour later, Peng Fei and Lao Qi came back, but behind Peng Fei, there was a bulging backpack. He followed Zhuang Rui's instructions and withdrew a total of 800,000 in cash.
Zhuang Rui is currently only in short supply of ceramics from the Han and Tang Dynasties, but he is also short of bronzes. However, he does not dare to buy them here blatantly, so Zhuang Rui's purpose is to find some miscellaneous items to fill his jade miscellaneous store.
However, Zhuang Rui was a little disappointed with the items that were later brought for appraisal. They were basically modern imitations. Even if there were one or two genuine items, they were of low value and not worth buying.
In a blink of an eye, it was noon, and Manager Zhang had already booked a banquet next to the antique city. The expert fee was omitted, but it was necessary to treat the expert to a meal. You know, according to Zhuang Rui's current status in the antique world, attending
For such a treasure appraisal activity, I should pay a hundred and eighty thousand hard-earned fees no matter what.
Accompanying them were several leaders of the local antiques association, but those waiting for Zhuang Rui's appraisal did not receive such treatment. They rushed out of the antique city to find a place to deal with the couple, and then came back to queue up.
They also saw that it was impossible for Zhuang Rui alone to appraise the belongings of everyone present. Only by being in the front could he have a chance.
"Huh? Why does that person look familiar?"
As soon as Zhuang Rui walked out of the antique city, he saw a primary school student walking past him, wearing a red scarf around his neck on a hot day, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
However, surrounded by Zhang Li and others, Zhuang Rui didn't think much and followed the crowd across the road and arrived at the hotel.
Just when Zhuang Rui entered the hotel, the figure who just passed by him looked back at Zhuang Rui before disappearing at the intersection.
This person was Yu Zhenping, but what Jiang Hao and others did not expect was that he did not enter the antique city. This also made all the arrangements made by Team Leader Jiang come to nothing. After a hard day of guarding,
After that, the people had to be evacuated.
"Manager Zhang, let's continue?"
After eating and returning to the Antique City, Zhuang Rui sat down for a while and took a sip of water. He couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw the long queue outside. He now understood why there were so many experts at one time. I couldn't bear the workload.
It's really not small.
"Peng Fei, 60,000, pay..."
Zhuang Rui handed a mid-Qing jade Ruyi that he was playing with to Peng Fei, stood up and stretched his waist.
From the time I finished eating to sitting down, I looked at about fifty or sixty antiques. Although many of them were genuine, only six or seven of them caught Zhuang Rui's fancy, and a total of more than 400,000 yuan was spent.
During this period, Jiang Hao made several phone calls, asking if Yu Zhenping had contacted him. It seemed that the guy was also anxious. He didn't have the initiative, so he was naturally tied up in doing things.
"Next……"
Manager Zhang, who was standing at the door and shouting, shouted angrily to the door. He had opened his eyes today and truly saw what it means to be an expert.
No matter what type of antique it is, as long as it is in Zhuang Rui's hands, he can tell the authenticity and provide the basis. Zhuang Rui is a know-it-all about antiques. The saying that one has expertise does not really apply to Zhuang Rui. Until now
So far, no object has been able to capture him.
"Hey, this object is nice..."
Following Zhang Li's shout, an old man in his sixties entered the room. When Zhuang Rui saw the object in his arms, his eyes suddenly lit up.
