After getting off the plane and actually walking into the urban area of Jingdezhen, Li Yang felt the atmosphere of the porcelain capital here.
In terms of porcelain trade, Jingdezhen may no longer be number one, and the name of Porcelain City may be snatched away by others, but in terms of porcelain culture alone, this is a porcelain capital unmatched by any city in the world.
While sitting in the taxi and before arriving at the hotel, Li Yang saw porcelain signs on both sides of the surrounding roads. Every store, even those that had nothing to do with porcelain, would display them in conspicuous places.
Put some pieces of exquisite ornamental porcelain.
"Boy brothers, this is your first time coming to Jingdezhen!"
The taxi driver suddenly asked. Li Yang turned his eyes back from outside, looked at the taxi driver in surprise, and asked softly: "How did you know that?"
"I have been driving a taxi for more than ten years and have received at least thousands of passengers from all over the country. You can tell at a glance that it is your first time to Jingdezhen. Only first-timers can understand the surroundings.
Everything seems so curious!”
The taxi driver looked behind him in the rearview mirror and said with a smile that the driver looked to be in his thirties. If he had been driving for more than ten years, he had been driving since he was very young.
Li Yang looked at the taxi driver and suddenly thought of Yang Zhigang again. He didn't know what happened to that honest man now.
"You're so awesome. You guessed it right. This is our first time here. Brother, what's your last name?" Li Yang asked with a smile.
"My surname is Cai, and my friends call me Lao Cai. Two brothers, are you coming to Jingdezhen for business or pleasure? If you are here for pleasure, I can tell you a few really good places. If you are here for business, I
I can also point you to some cheaper places where you can make more money!”
Lao Cai, the taxi driver, is very talkative, and he never stops talking after he starts talking. In fact, these taxi drivers who drive to different customers every day generally talk a lot. Sometimes the passengers talk to them, and sometimes they talk to them.
Take the initiative to chat with passengers when you are bored.
"We're just here to take a look!" Liu Gang pursed his lips and smiled before adding.
"Look?" Lao Cai raised his head and looked at Li Yang and Li Yang in the mirror, suddenly revealing a hint of realization: "You are here to hunt for treasure, but it doesn't look like you are so young!"
"Taobao, what Taobao?" Li Yang immediately asked in surprise.
"It's just an antique, isn't it? That's really weird. I really can't see what you are here for. You don't look like students at your age. You can't be here to go to school, right?"
Lao Cai shook his head in confusion and continued to hold his steering wheel. Li Yang and Liu Gang glanced at each other, and both saw the helplessness and smile in each other's eyes.
Li Yang really couldn't tell what they were here for. They were sent by the old man, but they didn't have specific tasks or jobs. They could say they were here for fun, they could be doing business, or they could even be saying they were coming to Taobao.
That's right.
In short, Li Yang didn't come to Jingdezhen for any purpose at all. If he did, it was to see if he had any luck in discovering the location of the fake kiln, take a look at the firing process of these porcelains, and learn more knowledge.
Li Yang looked at Lao Cai driving in front, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked with a smile: "Lao Cai, do you want to outsource this car?"
"Bachelor? Of course we can outsource it. Brother, do you want to charter a car?"
Lao Cai finally turned his head once, glanced at Li Yang and immediately turned away again. It was taboo to turn around while driving.
"Having this idea, how much does it cost to rent your car for a day?"
Li Yang said with a smile, Lao Cai's taxi was an ordinary Jetta, not very comfortable. Li Yang's original plan was to rent a better car here. But he thought of Yang Zhigang giving it to them in Ruili
After seeing the benefits brought by it and seeing how talkative Lao Cai was in front of him, Li Yang changed his mind again.
"It depends on how you run. If you are only in the city, it will cost you at least 600 a day. If you run long distances, it will cost you 800 at least. It depends on where you are going!"
"Okay, I'll book your car now. I'll give you 800 a day, and I guarantee you won't leave Jingdezhen. If there's a long distance away from Jingdezhen, I'll give you more money!"
Li Yang smiled and nodded. Eight hundred a day is not too high. Ruili rented Lao Yang's van for a thousand yuan a day. Renting Lao Cai's car, at least she has a familiar guide in Jingdezhen, which can save money.
They are in a lot of trouble.
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The next morning, before dawn, Li Yang got up early, and Lao Cai was already waiting for them in front of the hotel in his car.
Yesterday, Li Yang directly gave Lao Cai 5,000 yuan, which was regarded as a deposit. Lao Cai's car no longer has to go out to do work during this period, and it can only serve Li Yang.
Lao Cai was very satisfied with this. The chartered car price of 800 was already very high, and he could still make a lot of money after excluding the gas cost. It was much better than working hard to get odd jobs from here and there.
When Li Yang rented this car, he didn’t want the car, but Lao Cai. During yesterday’s chat, Li Yang discovered that Lao Cai is indeed a very potential guide. He is from Jingdezhen himself and drives here.
Having been driving a taxi for more than ten years, there is almost nothing he doesn't know about.
As soon as Li Yang mentioned yesterday that he was also interested in antiques, Lao Cai immediately suggested that Li Yang attend the antique morning market the next day. The antique morning market in Jingdezhen is a major feature.
The antique market includes night market, ghost market and evening market. This is the first time Li Yang has heard of the morning market. When Lao Cai mentioned it, Li Yang was interested, and they immediately made an appointment to go there early tomorrow morning.
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The antique morning market in Jingdezhen is very unique. It is held every day. The stalls are full when the sky is just getting light, and it gradually disperses after the sun rises.
What surprised Li Yang the most was that there was more than one antique morning market in Jingdezhen. The largest antique morning market was at the Guomao Ceramics Market, which was still a little far away from the hotel where Li Yang was staying, so Lao Cai came early in the morning.
Pick up Li Yang and the others.
Although the antique morning market in Jingdezhen is open every day, the busiest one is every Monday. Unfortunately, today is not a Monday, but Li Yang just wants to see something, and he doesn’t particularly care about the day.
When Li Yang and others set out, the sky was just beginning to light up, but by the time they waited, it was already completely white.
After getting off the car, Li Yang immediately discovered this open-air street stall market. It was a large open space surrounded by low-rise bungalows. If Lao Cai hadn't told Li Yang in advance, I'm afraid Li Yang would have left this place alone.
Treat it like a farmer's market.
With the popularity of shopping malls in recent years, Jingdezhen’s Antique Morning Market has become more and more famous. Even though today is not Monday, there are still many vendors and customers gathered here. Some people are squatting on the ground and looking carefully at the displays.
Take those bottles and jars and see if you can have good luck and come across a real antique porcelain.
"Boss, this is it. Today is not Monday. There are more people here on Monday. The whole place is crowded with people!"
Lao Cai stood in front of Li Yang and said proudly that there were many vendors and people in the market, but they were far from crowded.
But now that I’m here, I can’t leave right away. In fact, Li Yang has always been curious about the antique market in Jingdezhen. This is the porcelain capital for thousands of years. Historically, any number of porcelain can be found here, so there are many genuine ones.
Maybe you'll be lucky enough to find one or two.
“Let’s go in and have a look!”
Li Yang smiled and walked quickly towards the market. Although there were not too many people, there were not many stalls. From a distance, so many stalls were almost all porcelain. Such a special porcelain and antiques sale would be early.
This city can only be found in Jingdezhen in the whole country.
The first antique stall that Li Yang approached was filled with ordinary small bowls or wine bottles. There was no big movement, and the shapes were extremely ordinary. A few even had some bumps or bumps.
mouth.
Seeing the appearance of these things, Li Yang couldn't help but shook his head. These things were extremely ordinary.
Li Yang could roughly see the items in front of him without any special ability. There were about fifty or sixty pieces of porcelain in total. Only three or four of them were old and old. The rest were new, and they all seemed to be
A poor imitation of old porcelain.
After looking at it for a few times, Li Yang left the stall. Those old things were not what Li Yang liked, and Li Yang was not even interested in asking the price.
After walking two stalls forward, Li Yang squatted down. In front of the stall in front of him were hundreds of pieces of porcelain. The Antique Morning Market in Jingdezhen not only sold complete porcelain, but also had a large number of stalls selling ancient porcelain fragments.
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Compared with those whole pieces of porcelain, the number of authentic pieces in these porcelain fragments is much higher, but most of them are ordinary fragments of low value, which cost no more than ten yuan a piece, and the more expensive ones only cost ten or twenty yuan a piece.
, those who like to collect fragments can go back and play with some.
It's a pity that Li Yang was not interested in this. He shook his head and stood up again. Bai Ming might choose some points to go back to when he came here.
"Boss, do you look down on these things?"
Lao Cai suddenly came up and whispered something. Li Yang was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"If you want to see better things, there is actually a place nearby, but the things there are correspondingly more expensive!"
Lao Cai said with a smile, Li Yang looked at him blankly, and then shook his head helplessly: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"It's not that I didn't tell you, it's that you didn't ask!"
Lao Cai waved his hand aggrievedly. Both Li Yang and Liu Gang looked too young to be true antique lovers. Lao Cai thought they were just here for fun at first, so he brought them here. In fact,
I want to prevent them from wasting their money.
Although there are many fake things in the antique morning market, most of the fake things are sold at fake prices. A bowl from the Jiajing official kiln only costs a few dozen yuan, and you can buy it by bargaining for 10 or 20 yuan. So people who buy it obviously
Even if you know it is fake, you still buy it willingly. Even if it is fake, you can show it off as a work of art when you go back. Maybe you can fool a few people who don't understand and show your elegance.
