Chapter one hundred and forty-ninth fame spread far and wide
Chapter 149: Fame spreads far and wide
Not far from Li Yang's eyes was a shop specializing in ancient jade, with a more direct name, Guyuzhai.
Regarding antiques, Li Yang is most interested in ancient jades, followed by porcelain, and then other miscellaneous items. What he is least familiar with is calligraphy and painting. It is easy to determine the age of calligraphy and painting, but the artistic conception on calligraphy and painting is not simply understandable.
Well, at least Li Yang currently doesn't have this skill.
Therefore, after seeing these shops, the first thing Li Yang wanted to enter was the Ancient Yuzhai.
The Ancient Yuzhai store lives up to its name. When you enter the store, everything you see is jade. The counter is filled with all kinds of ancient jades, and the shelves at the back are also filled with various ancient jade carvings and ornaments.
"Boy, what do you want?"
There were two people in the store, an old man and a young man. The old man was about sixty years old, and the young man was very young, only fifteen or sixteen years old. They were a very mismatched pair.
It was the old man who ran out to talk to Li Yang and the others. It seemed that the young man was an apprentice or the grandson of the old man. Many people in antique business like this started in elementary school, and many antique shops have a tendency to be passed down from generation to generation.
“Just take a look!”
Li Yang smiled and replied, although it was his first time to Liulichang, he had heard from Wu Xiaoli and Zheng Kaida before that there were many rules for this kind of antique business place. At least Li Yang didn't know anything about it. If he wasn't sure he wanted to buy something,
If so, it's better to be vague.
"Okay, you two can watch as you like!"
The boss, who spoke in a pure Beijing accent, said hello and then returned to the counter. He took out a piece of yellow ancient jade the size of a vegetable plate and wiped it. Maybe he was not very optimistic about Li Yang and Liu Gang and didn't think they would definitely buy anything.
Li Yang didn't care about the boss's attitude and looked carefully at the counter. As soon as he saw the first counter, Li Yang was stunned. There was a round jade pig dragon inside, which made Li Yang couldn't help but rub it.
Eye.
The round jade pig dragon can be said to be the representative of Hongshan culture and a representative work of ancient Chinese jade. The Hongshan jade pig dragon has a history of more than 4,000 years. At that time, China was still in primitive society.
There is a piece of ancient Hongshan jade in Mr. He's collection, but it is not the Jade Pig Dragon. Mr. He has been eager to collect a piece of the Jade Pig Dragon for a long time, but he has never had the chance.
Li Yang actually saw such a rare thing at once. Li Yang's face looked a little strange. If the thing in front of him was real, he probably didn't believe it.
He quietly activated his special ability, and as he expected, there was only a faint yellow halo on the surface of the Jade Pig Dragon, confirming it to be a modern imitation.
Li Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head. When he saw this jade pig dragon, Li Yang actually had a little hope. This was Liulichang after all. Unfortunately, this hope was too slim and eventually collapsed.
With a piece of Jade Pig Dragon that disappointed him, Li Yang was no longer interested in Gu Yuzhai, and his special abilities instantly enveloped most of the stores.
Except for the old man and the young man sitting in the innermost place, Li Yang could clearly see the ancient jades on the counters and shelves outside. According to Li Yang's idea, the name of the ancient jade studio should be changed to the modern one.
Yuzhai is more in line with the situation of the store.
Of all the ancient jades that Li Yang observed, less than 30% were genuine ancient jades, and some of them were imitations of the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty. Most of the ancient jades from other dynasties were ordinary goods and were not of high value.
Li Yang can't think of collecting such ancient jades at all now. Perhaps Li Yang has more good jades, so his requirements for collecting ancient jades are higher.
Li Yang took a few steps forward and covered all the remaining ancient jade with special abilities. The so-called 'ancient jade' in these places behaved similarly to the ones just now.
But there is a really good piece, which is the piece that the old man is wiping on his hand. This piece of yellow ancient jade is a round jade openwork from the Tang Dynasty. There is a circle in the middle, with a jade dragon carved inside the circle, and eight square holes on the outside.
, and in the middle are carvings of several galloping horses.
"Old sir, can I have a look at this in your hand?" Li Yang pondered for a moment, then pointed to the ancient yellow jade that the old man was injured and asked.
The production of this jade carving is quite exquisite. The ancient jade is well preserved and the shape is beautiful and decent. What is rare is that this jade carving is very large. Nowadays, ancient jade like this is generally rare and the value is correspondingly higher.
"This? I'm sorry. This was ordered by someone else. I will pick it up today!"
The old man raised his head and glanced at Li Yang, chuckled and shook his head. He did not deceive Li Yang. This was really an ancient jade that had been reserved by someone. They had already paid for it, and the old man just wanted to clean it and hand it over to the buyer.
"It's okay, thank you!"
Li Yang couldn't help but shook his head. Only one piece of quilt he was interested in was reserved. It seemed that he had no luck with this shop for a few days.
"Boss Ma, I'm here, are your things ready?"
Just as Li Yang was about to leave, he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from behind. Li Yang and Liu Gang turned their heads together and watched in shock as a very familiar person strode in from outside.
"Boss Zheng, it's ready and waiting for you to pick it up!" The old man immediately changed his smile, stood up and walked towards the door to greet the newly arrived person in person.
"Li Yang?"
"Brother Zheng?"
Li Yang and Zheng Kaida shouted at the same time, their faces full of surprise and a hint of surprise.
"Why are you here?"
Zheng Kaida didn't have time to pay attention to the shop owner and hurriedly walked up to Li Yang. Zheng Kaida knew that Mr. He was looking for Li Yang and that Li Yang had come to Beijing, but he didn't expect to meet Li Yang in Liulichang.
"I have nothing to do today, so I just came here to take a look!" Li Yang said with a smile, remembering what Zheng Kaida said when he came in, his eyes suddenly moved and said: "Brother Zheng, did you buy that Tang Dynasty openwork sculpture?"
"Yes, I made a reservation with Boss Ma when I came to Beijing last time. This time I took advantage of the final procedures to take my things away!"
Zheng Kaida nodded immediately, with a strange look on his face: "You don't like this piece of openwork, right? Or, you don't like it?"
"That's not true. I just asked, and the store said someone had made a reservation. I didn't expect that the person who made the reservation was you!"
Li Yang shook his head vigorously. He was interested in this piece of ancient jade, but he would never compete with Zheng Kaida.
"That's good, I thought you weren't optimistic about it!" Zheng Kaida seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. What he just asked Li Yang actually had two meanings.
The first is that Li Yang also likes this thing, which proves that the thing is really good. As long as it is good, it doesn't matter to Zheng Kaida even if it is given to Li Yang.
Secondly, there was something wrong with this thing. Li Yang saw the problem, so he asked him. If this was the case, it would be a bit troublesome. Zheng Kaida had already paid for it.
Looking at it now, the worst case scenario has not occurred, but it can also be seen from this that Zheng Kaida already trusts Li Yang very much in terms of ancient jade and recognizes Li Yang's level.
"It turns out you two know each other, Boss Zheng, this is the product you want, you can keep it if you like it!"
The shop owner finally got a chance to intervene and looked at the two of them in surprise. He heard clearly what Zheng Kaida and Li Yang said. It sounded like Zheng Kaida was consulting Li Yang. This was very important to him.
It's a bit incredible.
"Okay, thank you, Lao Ma!"
Zheng Kaida happily took over the Tang Dynasty openwork carving. This openwork carving cost him 300,000 yuan. It was a collection he liked very much, but it had other uses this time.
Putting away the openwork, Zheng Kaida pulled Li Yang again and said proudly to the old man: "Old Ma, let me introduce to you. This is my partner and my good brother Li Yang. Can you
Even though he is young, his skill in ancient jade is no worse than yours. The Zhou imitation Zigang jade from Nanyang was the one that my brother recognized first!"
The shop owner was smiling. He immediately stayed there when he heard Zheng Kaida's introduction. Of course he had heard of Li Yang's name. It was already amazing to be able to recognize the Zhou imitation jade that had been drilled by many experts. He also gambled on the stone repeatedly.
Glass species and Smurf jade have long been circulated by many people who play jade, but he did not expect that the inconspicuous young man in front of him was Li Yang.
"It turns out to be Mr. Li, disrespectful!"
The owner of the shop, Lao Ma, immediately walked out quickly, clasped his fists and said, and looked at Li Yang curiously. Even the young man in the innermost court ran out after Zheng Kaida's introduction, and couldn't help looking at Li Yang.
"Mr. you are too polite!"
Li Yang hurriedly returned the gesture with cupped fists. He was really not used to this kind of gesture, and it was far less natural than shaking hands normally.
"That's right. Mr. Li is now a wizard in our ancient jade world. I didn't know it was you just now, so I apologize for being so negligent!"
Although the way the shop owner spoke made Li Yang a little unacceptable for a while, it can also be seen that Li Yang has been accepted by many people in the jade industry. In any case, his reputation has been established.
After exchanging pleasantries with the shop owner, Zheng Kaida took the Tang Dynasty openwork sculpture and left the ancient jade studio with Li Yang.
Outside, Li Yang learned that Zheng Kaida had ordered a lot of things at Liulichang this time, almost three million yuan worth of goods. These were the things that Zheng Kaida was going to buy and provide to their auction company for the autumn auction. It was time to prepare for the autumn auction.
Not much. Zheng Kaida was afraid that there would be insufficient auction items in the autumn auction, so he made preparations first. If he could find enough auction items, he would keep these things for his own collection.
This moved Li Yang quite a bit. Zheng Kaida could have purchased these in the name of his company, but he didn't, because these things were purchased from antique shops at high prices. No one knows whether they can get a good price at auction.
Clearly, you might lose money, so Zheng Kaida will bear all the risks yourself.
It can also be said that Zheng Kaida really wanted to run this auction company well, and he really paid a lot for this new company.
Rongbaozhai is the place where Zheng Kaida orders the most things. He ordered three treasures here, each of which is worth more than the ancient jade just now.
Ten minutes after coming out of Guyuzhai, Li Yang saw a tall antique building. Rongbaozhai is one of the most famous antique shops in Liulichang. It is also a century-old shop with a unique
