Chapter 244 Picking up Leaks in the Antique Street in Tibet
"Do you think I won't be able to finish the meal? Or are you afraid that I won't have enough money to give you?"
Li Tianbao said calmly while flipping through the menu. He didn't expect that people would doubt his appetite even if he ordered a meal. He tried not to let himself get angry.
"I'm sorry, sir, that's not what I meant."
"It's okay, that's all." Li Tianbao closed the menu and leaned back on the chair.
One advantage of a Western restaurant is that it allows people who are tired to enjoy delicious food in a quiet environment and at the same time enjoy the beautiful music.
And this music made Li Tianbao feel like he was about to fall asleep. Before the food was served, he held his head high and closed his eyes to calm down in this quiet environment. The running around for days had made him mentally abnormal.
exhausted.
"Sir, can you take a seat?" Suddenly, a voice sounded next to Li Tianbao.
"Don't you have a place to sit? It's not suitable."
Li Tianbao was a little angry, and his mood was just getting better. When he came here, he found that no one was here, so why did someone come to sit with him? This was obviously looking for the scumbag.
"Why are you so angry today?"
At this time Emma's voice sounded in front of Li Tianbao. Li Tianbao listened and immediately opened his eyes. Emma sitting opposite him was staring at him. The smile on her face was like this in the morning.
A sunflower in full bloom is very sunny and warm.
"Why is it you again? Do you have free time all day?"
"I just came here to eat, I didn't expect to meet you here so early in the morning. The world is really small." Emma put her hands on her cheeks and smiled at Li Tianbao, which made Li Tianbao suspect that there was something wrong with her.
idea.
"Yes, I originally wanted to be alone, but I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here again."
"Be alone? What's the matter? You can tell me." Emma asked curiously. Somehow, as long as this Finnish woman doesn't take endless pictures of Tibetan mastiffs and black bears, and doesn't show off in front of him, a billionaire.
For a few hundred yuan, Li Tianbao wasn't particularly opposed to talking to her.
Once familiar, Li Tianbao and Emma chatted for a while before preparing to leave, and then Emma said: "I think the sword in your backpack seems to be an antique sword?"
Li Tianbao smiled after hearing this and said, "You also know about antiques?"
Emma smiled and then said: "I don't understand, but I know there is an antique street in Lhasa. I wonder if you are interested."
When Li Tianbao heard about the antique street, he had almost the same feeling as hearing that someone was going to give him five million. Without even thinking about it, he and Emma took the black bear to the antique street with a Tibetan style.
street.
All regular stores in the antique market have closed their aluminum alloy rolling shutter doors, and only four large wall lamps provide lighting for the night market stalls. Under the eaves in front of the store are street stalls, with a dazzling array of small and medium-sized objects placed on the cloth.
Some of these things reflect the eye-catching lighting, while others are dull and dull, but they all look very old.
There were forty or fifty people setting up the stalls. Counting Li Tianbao who just came in, the number of people visiting the stalls did not exceed number 30. Seeing a young man like Li Tianbao come in, the vendors who set up the stalls did not
No one cares about him. No one thinks he is a fat sheep.
Li Tianbao stood in front of the first stall and cast his eyes on this piece of goods. There were at least hundreds of items on this piece of blanket, but none of them could attract the favor of the blue mist in Li Tianbao's eyes, and it could not explain this.
None of the things in it were real, but Li Tianbao could determine which things were real without the prompting of Lan Wu, so he didn't dare to take action easily.
Then, Li Tianbao came to the second stall. He looked around and saw that it was still the same as before.
Li Tianbao came to the third stall, the fourth stall, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh... until the nineteenth, Li Tianbao's brave eyes seemed to be motionless. Li Tianbao thought to himself, "It seems that we have arrived.
Tibet is not very lucky."
Unintentionally, when Li Tianbao saw the twenty-fourth stall, there was finally a jade Guanyin statue about one meter high, which made Li Tianbao react to the blue mist in his eyes.
Immediately, blue mist came out, surrounded the Guanyin statue with only Li Tianbao seeing it, and conveyed the picture. It was a carving workshop, and there were many people carving jade in it. Judging from the clothes, it should be
It was produced in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and should be a very old item. Not to mention that most of the items that can cause the blue mist to appear are very valuable.
Li Tianbao squatted down to pick up the Jade Guanyin. The stall owner looked at the person and shouted: "Young man, please don't touch it! Will you pay for it if it gets damaged?"
After hearing this, Li Tianbao said loudly: "Damn it, you see I'm so stupid, do you think I'm a country bumpkin?"
When the stall owner saw Li Tianbao's unkind words, his eyes were full of contempt and he said: "I think you are like a country bumpkin. As long as you can come up with two hundred, I, the Guanyin Master, will ask you to leave!"
After hearing this, Li Tianbao immediately took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills from his pocket. He took out two and threw them hard on the stall owner's face. Then he picked up the jade Guanyin in front of him and threw it hard on the ground.
Such a scene immediately attracted the attention of other stall owners and passing tourists. The stall owner originally thought that Li Tianbao did not look like a rich man, let alone a knowledgeable person, so he asked Li Tianbao to sell it for 200 yuan.
Give it to him. But the intention was just to get him to retreat. Who knew that Li Tianbao not only gave him two hundred yuan, but also casually smashed the Guanyin statue that he had always admired.
Li Tianbao naturally understood the stall owner's idea of looking down on others, so he not only took out the money, but also broke the things. Because in this way, even if the stall owner wanted to regret it, it was impossible, but he was able to repair it.
, without having to bear any consequences.
The stall owner looked at Li Tianbao with a bitter look on his face. Even Emma was a little confused and said, "Why did you smash something? It's a cultural relic!"
Li Tianbao turned to the foreign girl and said loudly: "It's none of your business. The boss and I have already discussed the price, and I've already paid. You can do whatever you want with the things."
The stall owner looked at Li Tianbao and laughed mischievously, but he didn't even have the courage to cry in front of a group of colleagues.
After Li Tianbao finished laughing, he pretended to be angry and said: "Remember next time, you can't even keep a piece of jade scum when you look down on people." After saying that, Li Tianbao carefully put the things in a bag.
He stood up, then turned around and walked towards other stalls.
After looking at several stalls, Li Tianbao discovered the second small object, which was a white porcelain ring ring from the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. Judging from the picture, it should be an object from an official kiln.
"What's the price of this thing?"
The stall owner just saw the stack of money that Li Tianbao took out, which made his colleague lose his wife and lose his army. He didn't dare to underestimate this Han compatriot. When he heard Li Tianbao's question, he quickly said politely: "Little brother
If you really want it, just give me two thousand and five thousand! Look, the white porcelain is as shiny and smooth as white jade. It is definitely an object from an official kiln. Moreover, this thing was passed down from my ancestors. It is said that it was mine.
A good thing that my great-grandmother brought as a dowry. And my great-grandmother’s family was once a noble of the Eight Banners. It is absolutely authentic and is an item that has been passed down in an orderly manner. In our line of work, one first looks at the authenticity of any thing, and the second is the inheritance.
It can increase the value by one-third.”
Faced with the stall owner's relentless promotion, Li Tianbao understood something in his heart. If he knew it was a good thing, he would definitely not be so hasty to sell it. After thinking about it, Li Tianbao was very simple: "Two thousand, I don't want one cent more!"
Li Tianbao didn't know how much this thing was worth, but it was right to keep it low anyway. Spending less time with it would mean making more money.
As soon as the stall owner heard this, he was secretly happy and knew that he would definitely be able to come up with the two thousand and five thousand. Now all he had to do was to bet on whether he was willing to come up with it. After being embarrassed, the stall owner regretfully shook his head and said, "Two thousand is less."
Please, can you please add more?"
Li Tianbao stopped talking, got up and walked towards the remaining stalls. Go there first and take a look, maybe you can find something better in age. This ring is only a few years old, so its real value is not high. Antiques are now
In his eyes, the older the items, the more expensive they are. Except for famous paintings and blue and white porcelain from the official kilns of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, other items are priced according to this price standard for him.
I just saw a stall here, and the owner of the white porcelain finger ring seemed to have understood this truth, and he hurriedly called Li Tianbao over there: "Little brother, I gave it to you and sold it to you!"
"Haha, you are still smart!"
Li Tianbao went back and took a look, and simply took out the money and paid. After taking out the ring finger, he placed it directly on his thumb. Li Tianbao shook his hand. He found that the ring finger was not loose at all, and then Li Tianbao sighed:
"I'm really just waiting for me to bring this thing."
When Li Tianbao was about to withdraw his troops, he found an antique shop with an open door next to it. This was very different from the shops he had seen before. Li Tianbao was a little strange and thought to himself, "This Tibetan antique shop is really awesome.
Yes, you actually dare to open your business at night, maybe because of the light at night, you want to hide some tourists from other places who are not very knowledgeable." After thinking about it, Li Tianbao raised his legs and walked into the antique shop.
Antiques are clearly priced, and buyers are not allowed to bargain. As soon as Li Tianbao entered the store, he was attracted by a piece of lacquerware.
The boss walked into the counter, took out a piece of wooden lacquerware and put it on the counter to introduce to Li Tianbao: "This is an incense box made of huanghuali wood, from the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty! If you want it, it's ten thousand! It was originally sold for thirteen thousand, but the materials alone
The vintage is worth the price!”
Just as Li Tianbao was about to speak, the blue mist in his eyes appeared again, and then he demonstrated the entire wooden box process. What was even more surprising to Li Tianbao was that there was actually a text explanation next to it.
Name: Light sand mahogany carved red group incense treasure box.
Era: Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty.
Usage: Items for palace princesses.
Materials: Light sand mahogany Price: Millions After finishing the description, the blue mist flew back to Li Tianbao's eye sockets with a hint of coolness. At that moment, Li Tianbao was really surprised and happy, thinking, "Did I feel the Pixiu eyes last time?"
It’s different. It turns out that new functions have been developed, and now the expressions are more and more comprehensive. I don’t know if Blu-ray can restore antiques for a second time. I will definitely try it out when I return to Panjiayuan.” (To be continued.)