After receiving the call notification from Bai Lao, Chen Ran suddenly became energetic and quickly asked for the details. After asking, he found out that Hanhai Auction House had received the task of auctioning a pair of Flower God Cups this morning. This pair of Flower God Cups
The sacred cups have been identified as the February Magnolia Cup and the July Orchid Cup among the colorful flower cups of the Kangxi period.
Bai Lao didn't know that Chen Ran already had an orchid cup, so he thought that these two cups were the cups that Chen Ran was currently missing. So as soon as he received the news, he quickly called Chen Ran to inform Chen Ran.
Chen Ran was naturally very happy after receiving the news. While he was happy, he was also surprised that Bai Lao was well-informed.
Hanhai Auction House received the auction task in the morning, so the auction house must not have started to promote the pair of Flower God Cups yet. In this case, the pair of Flower God Cups are undoubtedly still kept secret, but Mr. Bai's side has
We have already received the news. From here we can see how extensive Bai Lao's connections are.
Chen Ran didn't have much contact with auction houses. It can't be said that he didn't have much contact with them, but he basically had no contact with them from beginning to end. However, this incident of Mr. Bai reminded him that he should also deal with some auction houses, no.
Speaking of other benefits, you can see it just by looking at it. The auction houses are almost all antiques, so naturally the information is better...
The pair of Flower God Cups from Hanhai Auction House haven't decided on a date yet, but the auction time will be at least two weeks later. After all, they need to be well publicized for a while. Chen Ran didn't want to wait, so he discussed it with Bai Lao.
, let him negotiate with the auction house to see if the pair of Flower God Cups can be sold to him directly without being auctioned. He will pay the auction house's handling fee.
Bai Lao replied that it might be a bit difficult, after all, the auction house also relies on these famous antiques to increase its popularity, but Bai Lao said that he would try his best to negotiate and asked Chen Ran to wait for the call.
After hanging up the call from Mr. Bai, Chen Ran took out his cell phone and flipped through the phone book, and found the phone number of his old classmate Jiang Tao. Jiang Tao was the vice president of Tianzhong City at Dingsheng Auction House, so he should be the same at Dingsheng Auction House.
Have some connections.
Dingsheng Auction House is the largest auction house in the Central Plains. Although it is not as famous as the big auction houses in Beijing and Shanghai in China, it is not small in reputation.
Mr. Bai's call not only made Chen Ran realize that he needed to make connections with some auction houses, but also realized that the Flower God Cups he was looking for were seven sets, not seven. It would be too difficult for him to find them alone, and in the end
The important thing is that even if he collects all the Flower God Cups that Mr. Bai told him and recorded in his notebook, he obviously won't collect enough seven sets. In this case, he has to find out about the Flower God Cups from other channels.
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After passing the eight cups in Liushu Village, Chen Ran also realized that the Flower God Cups were not only in the hands of the older generation of collectors mentioned by Bai Lao, but also in the hands of ordinary people, but these collectors were not well-known outsiders.
I just don’t know. If you ask around, you should be able to find out.
Chen Ran found Jiang Tao's phone number and called him. First, he asked if he had any news about this. After finding out that he didn't, he asked him to help keep an eye on it.
With Chen Ran's current status in the antique world, he is naturally a person that major auction houses make friends with and win over, so Jiang Tao readily agreed and said that he would try his best to find out for him.
Chen Ran not only contacted Jiang Tao, but also called Mr. Ma to inquire about it. Mr. Ma learned that Chen Ran was collecting colorful flower cups from the Kangxi period, and he couldn't help scolding him for not doing his job properly. However, despite the scolding, he agreed to him.
I'll find out for him.
In addition to Mr. Ma, Chen Ran simply contacted Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei... Needless to say, the results on Wang Zhiqing and Liu Lei's side were not small when they heard that Chen Ran was looking for the Flower God Cup, but they were also full of surprises.
Agreed.
"Xiao Ran, my friend said that he can't let the Flower God Cup be put up for auction. He can't decide, but he promised me that I can postpone the news of the Flower God Cup for one day. Within these two days, if you go to the capital, he
I will give you the contact information of the owner, and then you can negotiate with the owner. As long as the owner agrees, then it won't be a big problem."
I made several calls at once. As soon as I put the phone down, Mr. Bai called me. Although I didn't get the reply I expected, it was undoubtedly good to be able to do this. Chen Ran naturally had no objections.
Feeling grateful in his heart, he thanked Mr. Bai, but in the end, Mr. Bai laughed and scolded him for a while, making Chen Ran dumbfounded. He simply stopped being pretentious. Mr. Bai had helped him too much, so he just kept it in his heart.
"I said, where are we going, ah, I'm so sleepy..."
It was past one o'clock in the morning when Bai Lei came back last night. He felt like he hadn't slept for long, so he was pulled up by Chen Ran. He was pulled by Chen Ran in a daze all the way in the taxi, until he got out of the car and was
I woke up after a blast of cold air. When I saw the unfamiliar environment in front of me, I asked confusedly. While asking, I kept yawning.
"Who asked you to go out and fool around in the middle of the night..."
Chen Ran glared at him angrily. He got up at six o'clock and immediately woke this guy up. As a result, this guy just kept waiting for him for more than an hour. By the time they went out, it was already past eight o'clock. Who knew what he would do?
I won't go out.
Bai Lao's friend postponed the news of the Flower God Cup for one day, so he had to rush to the capital today. He had no time to waste in Tianjin, so he wanted to visit Crazy Yang's senior brother.
After all, he can't just leave without talking to Crazy Yang. Judging from Crazy Yang's situation, Crazy Yang is obviously autistic. He can't hear you at all when you talk to him, and only he can
He could only hear what the senior brother was saying, so Chen Ran was going to ask his senior brother to help him communicate with him and see what he had to say. If that didn't work, he had no choice but to talk to him first.
Just put it aside and look at it later.
"I just couldn't sleep and went out for a walk..."
Bai Lei smiled angrily. He had a massage in the hotel last night. As a result, he was so angry that he ran to the bar to catch a beautiful woman, but he didn't catch one after sitting there for half the night, so he had to be dissatisfied.
He ran back, and when he talked about it, he was extremely depressed.
Chen Ran ignored him and took him towards the home of Senior Brother Yang Kuangjun. The place where Senior Brother Yang lived was also an old house, but compared with the Yang family's place, the environment was not on the same level.
The houses in this area all have the same style, with red-painted doors, bluestone pavements, and stone steps. Occasionally, some grass grows in the gaps. The walls are painted white, and the tops of the walls are covered with green tiles.
of plants.
When Chen Ran and Bai Lei arrived here, although the sun was shining brightly, there was a slight chill as they walked here.
Seeing the environment of this residential area, Chen Ran felt a little unsure. Needless to say, the people who lived here were obviously not ordinary people. It might be a bit difficult to convince others to spread the word, but he had to give it a try anyway. No, that one
I can leave directly.
Chen Ran remembered that Aunt Chen told him that it was the fourth house in this residential area. When he arrived at the door of the fourth house, he knocked on the courtyard door.
"Whose home is this?" Bai Lei was still surprised when he reached the door. Yesterday, when Chen Ran asked Aunt Chen about the address of Brother Yang Kuangmao, he didn't pay much attention. He had been in a daze this morning, let alone
Said, so he still doesn't know who Chen Ran is taking him to find.
Chen Ran was about to explain something to him when the red painted door suddenly opened with a creak.
Standing at the door was a middle-aged man, in his thirties, with a long face and a high nose. He was wearing a suit and holding a briefcase. He seemed to be about to go out.
After the middle-aged man opened the door, he looked at Chen Ran and Bai Lei strangely, and then asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"Excuse me, does Mr. Yang live here?" Bai Lei was standing against the door, blocking Chen Ran. When he saw someone coming out, Chen Ran quickly pulled the boy away.
When I got down, I greeted the middle-aged man.
"Are you looking for my dad?" The middle-aged man didn't have any special expression on his face, but he just walked out, waved to Chen Ran and Bai Lei and said, "My dad is not in good health now and doesn't see visitors. You two
I'd better go back..."
Chen Ran frowned and opened his mouth to say something else, but the middle-aged man immediately closed the courtyard door, gently pushed Chen Ran and Bai Lei, and said impatiently: "Don't stay here anymore."
, my dad has just been discharged from the hospital, and the doctor told him not to see outsiders. If you have anything to do, go find other people."
"If you don't see me, you can see me. Push..." Bai Lei was standing on the steps and was pushed by the middle-aged man unexpectedly. He almost fell down. Coupled with the middle-aged man's bad attitude, he suddenly opened his eyes in dissatisfaction.
But before he could finish speaking, Chen Ran stopped him.
"Sorry to bother you."
The middle-aged people said this, and Chen Ran was helpless. Alas, he knew it was not that easy. He sighed softly, pulled the dissatisfied Bai Lei, turned around, and left.
But before they had even taken two steps, a voice suddenly came from behind and stopped them: "Wait..."
