Eight hundred and fifty-ninth chapter layout (three)
Chapter 859: Layout (3)
Li Dali dumped cultural relics, and the most he found out was that he was guilty of selling stolen goods. Even if he was bitten to death, he would only be sentenced to a few years, and he could also let his subordinates take the blame.
However, the crime of smuggling cultural relics is serious. If the amount involved is large and the level of cultural relics involved is high, it is not impossible to take him out for target practice.
So when Zhuang Rui said this, Boss Li immediately became anxious. If he hadn't been afraid of the power behind Zhuang Rui, he would have turned against him long ago.
"Mr. Li, you have misunderstood me. I mean, these pieces of Cizhou official kiln porcelain can be used in other ways. I heard that some countries are particularly interested in Cizhou kiln..."
Seeing that Li Dali had misunderstood what he meant, Zhuang Rui quickly explained it, almost telling Li Dali to invite *** guests.
Zhuang Rui's "Xuan Ruizhai" is not open for nothing. Although it does not make a lot of money, it is a well-informed place. If there is anything new in the antique shop, it will be spread in Panjiayuan first.
Zhuang Rui also learned a lot of gossip from Monkey. Antiques smuggled out of China are mainly concentrated in two places. The first is Hong Kong, which is used as a transit point and sold to European and other countries.
The second place is ***. Since *** itself has little culture and history, it has always been coveting Chinese antiques. Every year, the customs detects the largest number of foreign tourists carrying Chinese cultural relics out of the country. Basically,
They are all *** people.
For example, when Zhuang Rui first participated in the antique black market in Japan, he met a Japanese man. This was not an accident. Many Japanese people who came to China would buy up precious antiques through various channels.
Bring back antiques***.
In this process, people like Li Dali play a key role. At best, they are called brokers. At worst, they are cultural relic smugglers.
"Mr. Zhuang, is the Cizhou kiln you are talking about the last time we..."
Li Dali now understood what Zhuang Rui meant. Is this guy trying to trick foreigners? But to be cautious, Li Dali still wanted to understand the reason.
You know, if something goes wrong, others will only look to him as the middleman, not Zhuang Rui.
Li Dali and Zhuang Rui had been to Xu Guoqing's laboratory last time and had already guessed that the objects Zhuang Rui mentioned should have come from there. He opened his mouth to ask Zhuang Rui just to confirm.
"Mr. Li, in fact, now that the whole country is under pressure, the antique market has always been prosperous, and you have enough contacts, you can actually consider making the auction house more formal and international. There is no need to stay in a small corner.
of……"
Zhuang Rui did not answer Li Dali's question, but said something else.
Zhuang Rui spoke a little casually, but Li Dali listened with eyes wide open. The prosperity of the antiques market has brought about the country's attention to it. Relevant laws and regulations have been continuously introduced, and the living space of the world's black antiques market has been created.
It's also getting smaller and smaller.
Moreover, tomb-robbing organizations are becoming increasingly rampant now. When Li Dali receives stolen goods, he is always wary, fearing that there may be something that is targeted by the state. He knows better than anyone else that the reason why he is living well now is because he has no
If you touch the bottom line of the law, you would have been sent to jail long ago.
Two years ago, Li Dali wanted to stop working and go ashore. He suffered from insufficient connections and had no real business after coming ashore. Now that Zhuang Rui said this, he hit the soft spot of Boss Li.
"I have a good relationship with Mr. Qian of the Kyoto Auction House. I can introduce Mr. Li to you. You can be affiliated with Mr. Qian in Kyoto. It would also be good to open a branch in Hebei Province..."
Zhuang Rui threw out the bait again. He knew that it was pure nonsense to talk to people like Li Dali about being friends with the country's righteousness. Without enough benefits, it was absolutely impossible for him to take risks to help him plan.
"Mr. Zhuang, how dare you..."
The entry threshold for auction houses is very high, especially for antique auctions, which require relevant qualifications. However, Li Dali's auction house in Hebei Province is only affiliated with a government department and only has the authority to auction related real estate and equipment.
Now that Zhuang Rui had given him an opportunity to enter the antique auction through legitimate channels, Li Dali knew it was a bait, so he had to open his mouth wide and swallow it in one gulp.
"Mr. Zhuang, leave this matter to me. I will definitely satisfy you. But you have to hand over those two things to me first. It's best to have some supporting evidence. After I find someone to look at it, I will release the news.
go out……"
After being able to wash his hands and go ashore, why did Li Dali care about ruining his reputation in the antique black market? Once he made the decision, Li Dali stopped looking forward and backward, and simply took all the work of setting up the trap on himself.
"Sure, Mr. Li, please rest assured that those objects are more than 99% similar to the official porcelain of that year. As long as they have not been tested by carbon 14, there is absolutely no problem..."
Seeing Li Dali agree, Zhuang Rui breathed a sigh of relief. Without people like Li Dali, he really wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.
"That's good, Mr. Zhuang, don't worry. Give me a month and I will definitely organize this auction. Let's hold a special Cizhou official kiln auction..."
After Li Dali heard Zhuang Rui's words, he completely let go of his worries. The things were fake. Even if they were targeted by relevant departments, he was not afraid. At most, it was just tax evasion. What else could he do to himself?
"Okay, please, Mr. Li, please stay at *** for two more days. I will deliver your things to you tomorrow..."
Li Dali is willing to take over everything, and Zhuang Rui is just what he wants. This boss Li is a Jianghu person himself, and he is definitely more professional than himself in starting a game.
After sending Li Dali away, Zhuang Rui happened to receive a call from Xu Guoqing, who also asked him to come directly to the courtyard.
"Xugong, I know this one. It should be called the four-series vase with white ground, black flowers, clouds and phoenix patterns. But what is the function of this one? You need to explain it to me..."
There are two pieces of porcelain placed in front of Zhuang Rui. One is a four-series vase with underglaze color on white ground, black flowers, clouds and phoenix patterns. The whole porcelain vase is large, round and heavy, with patterns such as clouds, dragons, jade and algae carved on it.
It's just that Zhuang Rui recognized these four series bottles, but he couldn't understand the other one. This porcelain was square in shape, with a small opening as big as a palm on it, and figures were painted on all sides. Zhuang Rui was a little unsure.
What is this thing used for?
When Xu Guoqing saw that Zhuang Rui didn't recognize this thing, he immediately laughed and said: "Haha, this is an ancient tribute vessel, specially used for emperors and concubines to pay tribute. Cizhou kiln itself produces porcelain for folk use, so I made it
It’s more appropriate to come up with something like this..."
After hearing Xu Guoqing's words, Zhuang Rui felt a chill in his heart. Isn't this the emperor's toilet? There is a joke in the antique shop that the emperor's toilet is priceless. This is the object in front of him.
But if he hadn't known that this thing had just been fired, Zhuang Rui would never have played with it.
After Xu Guoqing's introduction, Zhuang Rui carefully inspected the two pieces of porcelain. In terms of glaze color and texture and firing temperature, it was really difficult to find flaws in these two pieces of porcelain.
Compared with Cizhou porcelain from private kilns, these two works not only maintain the rough, bold, free and uninhibited painting style, but also have the rigorous and exquisite characteristics of official kiln porcelain.
"Good, XCMG, good workmanship!"
If the object had not just come out of the kiln, it would be difficult for Zhuang Rui to tell the authenticity with his eyes. Zhuang Rui was full of praise when he saw it.
"Brother Zhuang, I've delivered the things. Is there nothing wrong with me?"
Xu Guoqing had just finished firing two pieces, and his hands were itching, so he suddenly flew back to the laboratory.
"Xugong, since you're here, just play for a few days before leaving..." Zhuang Rui said.
Hearing this, Xu Guoqing shook his head like a rattle and said: "No, brother, I'll go back if it's okay. I have a few things on hand that haven't been burned yet, so I don't have time to waste time here..."
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"Okay, then you can go back. However, Xugong, don't let the news about the successful firing of Cizhou official kiln now. Don't let any news leak..." Seeing that Xu Guoqing couldn't be retained, Zhuang Rui quickly explained a few words.
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Now Xu Guoqing's laboratory is also attracting much attention from the local government, because if Cizhou official kiln porcelain can be copied, it will fill a gap in the history of ceramics, which is a very meaningful thing.
When this matter is transferred to the local government, it will naturally become a political achievement. Zhuang Rui does not want those officials who are obsessed with trying to get ahead to ruin his plan.
There was the matter of Tang Sancai earning foreign exchange before. Of course Xu Guoqing understood what Zhuang Rui was thinking, and immediately said: "I understand, even the researchers don't know about these two pieces of porcelain. Brother, don't worry..."
Xu Guoqing went from being so poor that he couldn't even pay the electricity bill to now living a life where his wife and children are on the hot bed. He naturally knows what is good and what is good. Besides, this is money flowing into foreign countries to deceive foreigners. Xu Guoqing has no psychological burden at all.
After sending Xu Guoqing away, Zhuang Rui handed over two pieces of porcelain to Li Dali the next day, as well as several pieces of unearthed Cizhou official kiln broken porcelain brought by Xu Guoqing.
As for how to make things look old, Li Dali has his own professional talents on hand, so Zhuang Rui doesn't have to worry about it at all.
About half a month later, when Zhuang Rui went to Panjiayuan's "Xuan Ruizhai", he heard a piece of news from a monkey: There was a tomb robbing gang in Handan, Hebei Province, and they had recently dug out an ancient Cizhou kiln site and unearthed some treasures from it.
Got a lot of good stuff.
According to well-informed sources, there are two pieces of extremely exquisite porcelain in the stolen ancient kiln site. After identification by some private experts, they are suspected to be official kiln porcelain from Cizhou in the Southern Song Dynasty as a tribute to the imperial palace.
The spread of gossip news in the antique market is definitely no less than that of those old ladies who enjoy inquiring about other people's privacy all day long. In a very short period of time, the news of the porcelain unearthed from the official kilns in Cizhou spread all over the north and south of the Yangtze River on both sides of the Yellow River.
