In the evening, Su Xiaofan moved out of the guest house of Yenching University.
The benefits that Jing Shizhen obtained for Su Xiaofan were very good.
In addition to the 60,000 yuan appearance fee, Su Xiaofan's food, accommodation, travel and other expenses during his stay in Beijing will be reimbursed by Yanjing TV.
In the evening, I moved to this hotel near Yanjing Terrace. The price was negotiated with Yanjing Terrace. Su Xiaofan did not need to pay. After leaving, Yanjing Terrace would settle the bill with the hotel.
After settling in, Su Xiaofan had a video chat with his sister.
When she learned that her brother actually went to Yanjing TV Station to be a treasure appraiser, Su Xiaoxiao was so surprised that she almost threw her phone away.
In Su Xiaoxiao's view, Su Xiaofan is just a braggart.
Su Xiaoxiao repeatedly told Su Xiaofan on the phone not to go too far, otherwise he would be sued.
In fact, neither Su Xiaofan nor Su Xiaoxiao know much about treasure appraisal programs.
Not to mention that Su Xiaofan still has several years of experience in the antiques industry. Many people who know nothing about antiques can go to TV stations to become experts.
Whenever an industry becomes popular, there will always be some illegal things happening.
Some people, under the guise of experts, will join forces with uninformed TV stations to go to the private sector to appraise treasures, and then describe some worthless modern handicrafts as priceless antiques.
The purpose of these people is to "whitewash" the fakes, but what are the benefits of "washing" the fakes? The trick of deceiving is yet to come.
After many people know that their "collections" are priceless, they will want to sell them.
But antique collecting is an industry that tests personal abilities.
From knowledge to understanding to funds, everything is indispensable. Most people simply do not have such conditions and can only blindly follow the opinions of "experts".
So those "experts" came out on their own initiative, and they would help the treasure holders issue appraisal certificates for free.
The appraisal certificate is free, but if you want to send it to auction, you have to pay an auction commission and declare it to be operational, which adds up to a large sum of money.
Depending on the value of the collection, this number ranges from thousands to hundreds of thousands.
Collectors who have been deceived by "experts" and firmly believe that the objects in their hands are of great value naturally feel that their money prospects are bright. As long as they are auctioned, hundreds of millions can be deposited into their accounts.
Therefore, those auction commissions worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands are not taken seriously by them, and they are often paid out happily.
After collecting commissions from dozens or hundreds of people, Tibetan friends in those places will find that the companies and people who organized the activities disappeared overnight.
So in the past few years, all kinds of experts appeared in the treasure appraisal column.
Even though Yanjing TV is relatively strict, there have been cases where people smashed treasures in order to attract the attention of the audience.
Now, for the sake of ratings, it is not incomprehensible to invite experts like Su Xiaofan, not to mention Jing Shizhen’s endorsement.
Su Xiaofan hung up his sister's video and had a good sleep.
The next morning, Su Xiaofan got up a little late and didn't go out. He just had breakfast and lunch at the hotel.
[Rudraksha Bracelet, end of cultivation!]
[Low-level magic weapon: Rudraksha beads! 】
As soon as he returned to the room after dinner, two lines of information popped into Su Xiaofan's mind.
"Well, can the accumulating pool transform ordinary items into magic weapons?"
Seeing the string of Rudraksha suddenly appearing on his wrist, Su Xiaofan's eyes suddenly lit up.
The low-level magic weapons were not the incomplete ones that they had encountered before. Thinking of Uncle Jing and Zhao Hengjian's pursuit of the magic weapons, Su Xiaofan couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.
He paid close attention to the other three items in the reservoir.
It will take more than a day for my dragon-shaped jade pendant to finish accumulating. As for the Bagua Mirror and the Jade Guanyin, it will take another two days.
"It feels a little different, but how to use this magic weapon?"
Su Xiaofan carefully looked at the Vajra bracelet on his wrist.
Compared with the first time I bought it, the bracelet seems to be a little more lively, and it will attract people's attention unconsciously.
However, Su Xiaofan still knew nothing about the functions of the magic weapon. He planned to wait until he officially became his disciple, Jingshu, before asking about the knowledge related to the magic weapon.
But this string of diamond beads came just in time.
People who hang out in the antique shop like to wear something. When going for appraisal in the afternoon, these beads can also support Su Xiaofan's scene.
…
At one o'clock in the afternoon, the car sent by the program team to pick up Su Xiaofan stopped at the door of the hotel.
This treasure appraisal activity at Yanjing Terrace was actually recorded in two places.
What we are recording today is the primary election. Only some clips from the primary election will be recorded. Only the collections after the primary election will enter the studio for the final treasure appraisal recording.
In fact, the primary election is the time when experts’ abilities are truly tested.
Every expert has to identify real antiques among hundreds or even thousands of items, and the identification time for each item is very short.
Humans are bound to make mistakes, and the purpose of primary selection is to roughly identify the genuine products.
Finally, during the actual recording of the treasure appraisal program, four experts made unified comments and gave the final appraisal results.
The venue for the primary election is a sports venue rented by the program group.
There is a row of long tables placed in the stadium, which is where several experts conduct appraisals.
In front of the long table, there are several temporary passages blocked, which are used by collectors who come to appraise the treasures to queue up.
At the entrance to the venue, there were several large expert promotional posters, with brief introductions of the experts on the posters.
Su Xiaofan looked at his profile before entering the venue. He was a true disciple of the famous teacher Jing Shizhen, a young bronze craftsman, and a senior practitioner in the antiques industry.
Judging from the title alone, Su Xiaofan is undoubtedly the weakest, but these few points have already been boasted and made Su Xiaofan blush a little.
Except for Jing Shizhen, Su Xiaofan had met the two experts on the TV treasure appraisal program. They were indeed talented and learned, but their character was unknown.
Su Xiaofan was the first to arrive at the scene. After about ten minutes, Jing Shizhen and two other experts also entered the venue one after another.
Jing Shizhen introduced Su Xiaofan to the two experts. The two experts, who were twice as old as Su Xiaofan, did not show any airs.
Just by virtue of the title of Jing Shizhen's disciple, I am qualified to sit here.
In the opinion of the two experts, Jing Shizhen was training his disciples to gain more practical experience in antique appraisal.
The atmosphere at the appraisal site was very relaxed. Except for Su Xiaofan, everyone else brought their own thermos cups and chatted while drinking tea.
Su Xiaofan doesn't have stage fright either. In addition, he has actually been in the antique market and knows a lot about antiques. When he chats, he sounds like an insider.
Outside the stadium, there was already a long queue.
For this event, Yanjing TV conducted warm-up and publicity a month in advance.
The Tibetan friends who came to the scene were not only from Yanjing.
For example, in the Dabei and Dadong provinces around Yanjing, as well as in several provinces further north, there are many collectors who bring their own objects to the appraisal site.
"Uncle Jing, there are almost a thousand people outside. How many antiques are there?"
When Su Xiaofan went to the bathroom to smoke, he took a look outside the door and was stunned by the long queue.
"normal."
Jing Shizhen said nonchalantly: "Thousands of people only have one or two thousand collections. If there are three or five fine pieces in these collections, it is considered good."
As mentioned before, there is a big gap between ordinary people and the collecting industry, and they have no idea what antiques are.
Many people saw items in their homes that seemed to be of some age and came to have them appraised.
Someone once brought an iron basin for feeding pigs at home. If it had been passed down from the Qing Dynasty, it must be a treasure.
In the end, the four experts unanimously agreed that it was just an ordinary iron basin, and the security guards who maintained order at the scene persuaded the man to leave.
Therefore, just because there are more people coming to appraise it does not mean that there are also more real objects. These are two completely different concepts.
"Uncle Jing, can you complete the appraisal today?" Su Xiaofan asked.
"How is that possible? It would be great if the four of us can identify three to five hundred items today."
Jing Shizhen smiled and shook his head and said: "Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the primary elections will be held here.
Xiaofan, the primary election must be quick, put aside the items that you are not sure about first, and clear out those completely irrelevant things first..."
Jing Shizhen explained to Su Xiaofan the secret of primary treasure appraisal.
The primary election does not require accuracy, it is just a job of eliminating falsehoods.
After the three-day primary election is over, Jing Shizhen and others will re-appraise the items that are authentic and those that are uncertain.
After the appraisal is completed, ten or twenty representative antiques and fakes will be selected and sent to the ultimate treasure appraisal shooting and recording site.
After all, the program time is limited, and it takes more than an hour to conduct appraisals and comments. At most, only a dozen antiques can appear in the program.
"Teachers, let's get started."
Under the arrangement of the staff, the door of the gymnasium was opened, and people who came to appraise the treasure immediately poured in.
The Yanjing TV program team is very experienced and has arranged temporary passages in advance to ensure that only one person can stand at the front at a time.
Coupled with the staff's reminder, those holding fragile identification items will keep a certain distance from the front and back.
As a result, the arrangement is now very orderly, and the voices are mixed but not chaotic at all.
While queuing up outside, those who came to appraise the items had already chosen experts in their minds.
As soon as the door opened, a long queue suddenly formed in front of the table of Jing Shizhen and the other two experts.
What made Su Xiaofan a little embarrassed was that there was only one person in front of his table, and he was the one who had just joined Jing Shizhen's team and was squeezed out.
"Ahem, what object are you trying to identify?"
Su Xiaofan coughed and looked at a wooden box held in the man's arms.
"Can I...can I go to the back and line up?"
The man was in his early thirties and looked at Su Xiaofan with eyes full of distrust.
"Okay, I'll wait until tomorrow when I'm in line next time." Su Xiaofan said nonchalantly.
"Okay, I'll give you an appraisal."
The man looked back, placed the wooden box in front of Su Xiaofan, and said, "This is a bronze candlestick. I checked it. It should be from before the Han Dynasty. Can you tell me how much it is worth?"
"Damn it, is it such a coincidence?"
Su Xiaofan, who was wearing gloves, opened the wooden box and was stunned for a moment as soon as he saw it. He didn't need to use the repair system to check this thing.
"Sir, I'm sorry, this is a modern handicraft!"
Su Xiaofan could smell the products of his village with his nose. He could even tell which family the candlestick came from.
"Impossible. My grandfather bought this thing for 18,000 yuan. It has been in my house for seven or eight years. I asked you, can you appraise it?"
The man shook his head repeatedly and raised his voice an octave higher, causing Jing Shizhen and others to look over.
"Xiaofan, do you want me to take a look?" Jing Shizhen asked.
"Uncle Jing, if I can be wrong about the bronze, then I won't sit here."
Su Xiaofan shook his head, picked up the small fluorescent flashlight on the table, and shined a light on a position on the candlestick.
"Here, let's see if you recognize this word?"
Su Xiaofan called the man to the table and motioned him to look at the candlestick illuminated by the fluorescent flashlight.
