Gao Qiang said that he asked Chen Ran to wait for him for half an hour. In fact, in less than twenty minutes, he drove the armed police car he drove for the first time and stopped in front of Chen Ran.
"Okay, you!" Gao Qiang jumped out of the car and stared at the ivory birdcage in Chen Ran's hand: "You are so lucky. In just two or three days, you have found another one.
It's an old thing, it's quite promising, even I'm almost jealous, tell me, you should just stop working as a jade carver, just do this, it won't make more money than doing that."
When Gao Qiang was on the way, Chen Ran had already told Gao Qiang about the ivory birdcage he had found. Gao Qiang said that even he was jealous, which was actually true. It was not about money.
The problem is the fun of picking up leaks!
With the popularity of collecting, basically everyone knows that antiques are valuable. If you want to pick up leaks, there is no way. No one is stupid. They will not give you the chance to pick up leaks. In this way, being able to pick up leaks is like winning the lottery.
.
Why do so many people buy lottery tickets?
Either you want to get rich overnight, or you just want to feel the excitement...
The same is true for collecting. Many rich people play for this kind of excitement and heartbeat. Sometimes they even become deeply addicted to it!
Ever since Gao Qiang came into contact with the antique business, he has always thought that he could pick up leaks, but he tried several times and ended up getting punched out. Picking up leaks makes people feel excited and exciting, but picking up holes makes people very depressed and vomits blood. With experience,
After that, he rarely took action again.
Chen Ran just sold him an old birthday gift two days ago. Although he didn't know how Chen Ran got it, he could guess based on Chen Ran's situation that Chen Ran had picked it up accidentally. Now, in just a few days, Chen Ran
He found another old thing, which naturally made him envious.
Chen Ran was noncommittal and smiled slightly.
"This red sunflower is not bad!" Gao Qiang took one look at Hongxiu and stopped looking at it. Although the red sunflower is precious and rare, it is relative to ordinary people. Just like Uncle Luo and Lao Huang want to get a red sunflower.
It's obviously not that simple for Aoi, but as a high-ranking person, it's not that difficult either.
There must have been many dealers like Xiao Gu who came to the door, and if it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't be able to sell it. This made Chen Ran guess. Xiao Gu finally told Chen Ran to contact him if he needed anything, but because of this,
For Gao Qiang's sake, without Gao Qiang's recommendation, even if Chen Ran came to visit, he would not be ignored.
"It looks like a real thing." Gao Qiang took the birdcage from Chen Ran's hand and got into the car to observe it through the light. However, he only glanced at it twice. In fact, he didn't quite understand it, so he nodded.
, he then looked at Chen Ran who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Do you want to participate in the auction or find a buyer directly?"
It would take at least two weeks for the items at the auction to be sold. Chen Ran obviously couldn't wait, so he asked directly: "Do you have any connections?"
"There is a way out!"
Gao Qiang nodded affirmatively at first, but then his expression became a little hesitant: "The boss I know likes to collect bird cages, but I just don't know if others can appreciate it!"
After thinking about it, he still said to Chen Ran: "Let's let him take a look first. If he doesn't like it, we will find other buyers. As long as he likes it, the bid will never be low.
of."
Gao Qiang did his best for Chen Ran's affairs. Another point was that Chen Ran was his brother. Chen Ran picked up the leak and spread the word, and he felt light on his face.
Collect, collect, that's what it's all about.
Chen Ran naturally had no doubts about Gao Qiang's decision, and from Gao Qiang's words, he could also guess that the other party's identity was not simple, at least he was at the same level as Gao Qiang.
Gao Qiang made a phone call in front of Chen Ran. After hanging up, he said to Chen Ran with a little excitement: "What a coincidence. He happens to be at Bai Lao's place now. I told him that he
Just let us bring our things over there. Mr. Bai, you remember, right? He was the one who invited you to dinner last time and invited us to drink tea. Well, by the way, I forgot about it. You and he also know each other..."
Chen Ran nodded, "Lao Bai, of course he remembered that his first pot of gold was dug from Lao Bai's hands."
"Let's go!"
Gao Qiang drove the car outside Hutong No. 2, stopped, got out of the car, and the two of them entered Hutong No. 2 together.
"Lao Bai's favorite thing is porcelain. He has two shops in this antique city, one is a porcelain shop and the other is a tea shop. He is in the porcelain shop during the day and the tea shop at night." Gao Qiang took Chen Ran into No. 2
Hutong, I gave Chen Ran a brief introduction to Bai Lao.
The name of Bai Lao Tea Shop is Mingxiang Pavilion. The shops in No. 2 Hutong are all tea shops, and the decorations are all the same. They imitate ancient buildings. The doors are also painted in red, and two big red lanterns are hung high on both sides.
Very quaint.
When we arrived at the door of Mingxiang Pavilion, a hostess in cheongsam came up to us: "Brother Qiang, you are here. The old man, Boss He, and Mr. Huang are all waiting for you in the box."
Gao Qiang still talked and laughed in front of Chen Ran, but in front of outsiders, he looked very cold and walked directly towards Mingxiang Pavilion. However, he did not walk too fast, and
He was walking side by side with Chen Ran. When Chen Ran slowed down, he also naturally slowed down.
In this way, although Chen Ran looks a little shabby in his clothing, no one will think that Chen Ran is just Gao Qiang's follower, but that both of them have equal status.
Chen Ran was slightly surprised when he felt this. He had always felt that Gao Qiang had a cheerful temperament, even a little carefree, but now the coldness and delicacy that Gao Qiang showed was something he didn't expect.
Although Miss Etiquette did not know Chen Ran, she smiled at Chen Ran as if she were Gao Qiang. Taking the opportunity of nodding to Miss Etiquette, Chen Ran also looked around the hall of Mingxiang Pavilion. The entire hall was full of people.
It is a very simple decoration, with the classical atmosphere of ancient times everywhere. When you are in it, you feel like you have returned to ancient times.
The hall is divided into many teahouses by screens. At this moment, some people are sitting in the teahouses sipping tea. Although some are talking in low voices, the sound is not abrupt at all. There is only one feeling, that
It’s silence, deep silence!
The rest is the aroma of tea!
The whole hall is filled with the fragrant but not strong aroma of tea.
The box where Mr. Bai was in was in the backyard. Miss etiquette brought Gao Qiang and Chen Ran to the door of the box and turned around. As soon as Miss etiquette left, Gao Qiang returned to the way he was when he was with Chen Ran. He glanced at Chen Ran and then
Finding that Chen Ran was carrying a plastic bag, he asked a little strangely: "What are you carrying?"
"Two little things!" Chen Ran couldn't say much. He originally wanted to sell these two items when he transferred the birdcage, but it was obviously inappropriate to take them out now.
"Xiaoqiang, why don't you come in quickly——"
Gao Qiang didn't ask any further questions. Just when he was about to push the door open and enter, a sound of laughter and curses came from the box.
"Mr. Bai, I have wanted to enter your box for a long time, but I have never had the chance. Today I took advantage of Boss He!" Gao Qiang patted Chen Ran on the shoulder and pushed the door in with a smile. Chen Ran also
Followed and walked in.
As soon as I entered the room, I smelled a light and refreshing fragrance.
Chen Ran looked up and the first thing he saw were three people. Two of the three people were old people. One of them was Bai Lao. The other had white hair, but it was very short and looked very energetic. The rest
The next one is a young man in his thirties.
The three of them sat around a very simple long table. There was a small incense burner in the middle of the long table. Waves of green smoke rose up, followed by a faint fragrance, surrounding the incense burner.
There is a set of purple clay teapots.
"It turns out it's you Xiaoran!" Mr. Bai obviously didn't know that it was Chen Ran who came with Gao Qiang. When he saw Chen Ran following Gao Qiang, he was stunned for a moment, then stood up and asked Gao Qiang and Chen Ran to sit down.
Come down.
The other two people were a little surprised by Bai Lao's actions, but they just smiled and nodded without standing up, and then looked at the birdcage in Chen Ran's hand.
"Xiaoqiang, you've been making a lot of noise these days, I've heard about it!" Glancing at the birdcage placed on the ground by Chen Ran, the young man known as Boss He smiled and cursed at Gao Qiang.
"Mr. Zhou is about to celebrate his birthday, and you won't let him live in peace." Mr. Huang, whom Chen Ran had never met, frowned and scolded Gao Qiang with some dissatisfaction.
Bai Lao laughed: "You still don't understand Xiaoqiang's thoughts? Hey, being young is good!" When Bai Lao said that, he did not ignore Chen Ran and brought a cup of brewed tea to Chen Ran: "Xiao Ran,
This is your first time coming to my place, so I want to treat you well. This is the Anhua old black tea I just got. Try it to see if it suits your taste..."
"Thank you Bai Laolao!"
Chen Ran thanked him and quickly took it with both hands. The book he bought not long ago was also about tea. I happened to have read this Anhua Old Black Tea, which is a very rare one.
Based on the black appearance of the finished tea, it is named dark tea. Dark tea is also one of the six major tea categories. According to regional distribution, it is mainly divided into Hunan Anhua dark tea, Sichuan dark tea, Yunnan dark tea and Hubei dark tea.
For example, Yunnan dark tea is actually Yunnan Pu'er tea.
The earliest dark tea was produced in Anhua, Hunan, and now the most famous dark tea is also Hunan Anhua dark tea. It has been popular in Guangdong and Southeast Asian markets since the beginning of the 21st century, and is known as a classic of tea culture and a concentration of tea history.
, the best of tea.
Chen Ran just took it, and Gao Qiang on the other side had already picked up a cup and drank it down in one gulp. Seeing this scene, Bai Lao suddenly cursed with anger and laughter: "What kind of taste can you drink? You have wasted good tea!
"
“It’s sour, sweet, bitter and spicy, it has all kinds of flavors!”
Gao Qiang had a bright smile on his face, and everyone laughed after hearing his words.
Chen Ran also took a sip of tea. The aroma was not strong, on the contrary, it was a bit bland, with a slight burnt aroma, and the taste was slightly astringent.
"Xiaoran, how are you? My tea is good, isn't it?"
Noticing Chen Ran's movements, Bai Lao looked at Chen Ran, and everyone else also looked over with a smile.
“Bai Lao’s tea is really good!”
To be honest, although Chen Ran tasted it, he couldn't say whether it was good or not.
Chen Ran's answer was ambiguous, but Bai Lao didn't want to let him go, so he asked with a smile: "Then I'm going to test you. Can you guess which type of black tea this black tea belongs to?"
When Mr. Bai raised this question, Mr. Huang and Boss He also looked at Chen Ran with interest.
"Old man Bai, didn't you say that this tea is Hunan Anhua old black tea? Now you are testing Xiaoran like this, you are not asking knowingly!" Gao Qiang interjected inexplicably, but this remark made Mr. Bai, Mr. Huang and He
The boss burst out laughing.
"Mr. Zhou loves tea the most. If he listens to your words, I'm sure you will get scolded!" Mr. Huang scolded with a smile.
In fact, when Bai Laogang asked this question, Chen Ran and Gao Qiang had the same idea. But when Gao Qiang said this and looked at everyone's reaction, it was obviously not the case. Chen Ran quickly recalled the book he had read about the subject.
Black Tea's book.
Thanks to his recent improvement in memory, he can read books very quickly. Even though he only read half of the books he bought back in one day, even if he didn't memorize all the contents, he could read them.
Some impressions.
When he thought about it, he thought of the records about black tea.
According to the region, dark tea is indeed divided into Hunan dark tea and so on. However, according to the method and process of making dark tea and the final shape, it is divided into four varieties, namely three-pointed tea, flower brick, Fu brick, and black tea.
brick.
Thinking of this, Chen Ran picked up the purple clay tea cup again and looked at the color of the soup and the bottom of the leaves, then took another sip, carefully savoring the taste.
When the others saw Chen Ran like this, they looked at him expectantly. Only Gao Qiang secretly sweated for Chen Ran. Of course he hoped that Chen Ran could say something so that he could stay in front of Boss He.
A good impression, but he still knew a little bit about Chen Ran's background, so he felt that this possibility was very small.
It's fine if you say you can't, but it won't look good if you say it wrong. I'm not afraid of not being able, but I'm afraid of pretending to understand. Of course, if you can, that's even better!
If you say the wrong thing, it will undoubtedly leave a bad impression on people that you are talking nonsense but not doing things well——
At this moment, the entire box fell silent.
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