Chen Ran and Bai Lei rushed to Binhai International Airport together. Bai Lei flew to Beijing and Chen Ran flew to Nanjing. When they arrived at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.
When he arrived in Nanjing, Chen Ran couldn't take any rest and immediately rushed to Nanjing Tianming Auction House. Although the Huashen Cup often attracted many people to participate in the bidding once it appeared in the auction house, Nanjing Tianming Auction House only auctioned one this time.
Only, relatively speaking, there are far fewer people bidding.
After several battles, the peony cup was finally snapped up by Chen Ran for 380,000 yuan.
After taking the picture of the peony cup, Chen Ran immediately called Bai Lei to ask about the situation. Bai Lei told Chen Ran on the phone that he had been in contact with the owner and that it shouldn't be a problem to get it, but it might cost a little more.
Money, because I don’t know who leaked the news to the auctioneer, and the auctioneer is trying to figure it out, probably trying to raise the price.
Hearing what he said, Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he could win it, it didn't matter if he spent more money.
As soon as Chen Ran arrived in Hangzhou from Nanjing, he received a call from Bai Lei. When the call was connected, Bai Lei excitedly told him that he had received two Flower God Cups and spent a total of 880,000 yuan on them.
Chen Ran was quite satisfied. The price was not outrageous, because the price of a magnolia cup was between 300,000 and 400,000, and the orchid cup was around 500,000.
Without saying a word, Chen Ran asked for his bank account number and transferred 900,000 yuan directly to him. Bai Lei, who received the bank text message prompt, called him and told Chen Ran with a smile that this trip was not in vain and it was okay.
Twenty thousand yuan for errands.
Chen Ran laughed and scolded him for being useless, saying that he had bought you for 20,000 yuan. After laughing and scolding, he told him to put away the cup and make sure he didn't make any mistakes, and then asked him to contact the antique shop as soon as possible.
Bai Lei smiled and said that it's up to you to explain it. He took the cup and saved it directly in the bank...
Chen Ran nodded. In fact, he was not as good as this guy in terms of experience in this area. After all, this guy had spent much more time in the antiques industry than he did.
After Bai Lei agreed, he asked Chen Ran why he wanted to collect all the cups now that they were there. Chen Ran said they were useful, and Bai Lei smiled and asked if he wanted to collect them all and auction them together.
He didn't think that Chen Ran was going to collect seven sets. He just thought that Chen Ran was going to collect all the Flower God Cups and then directly set up an auction house for the Flower God Cups, just like Mr. Wang Shixiang's Xuande Furnace
The auction house, before this, the Xuande furnace collection market was not very popular, but Mr. Wang Shixiang opened the Xuande furnace auction house and it became an instant success. Bai Lei thought that Chen Ran was going to do the same, and borrowed a set of colorful Kangxi Dynasty
The sensation caused by the Flower God Cup will definitely raise the price of the Flower God Cup by auctioning off the other collected cups, so that even if the cup is collected at a high price, one will not lose money.
Chen Ran didn't answer him. Since he thought so, let him think so first.
After hanging up the phone from Bai Lei, Chen Ran found a restaurant to have something to eat first, then chartered a taxi and rushed to Yuhang, a countryside in Hangzhou.
What Chen Ran is looking for this time is Principal Cheng, the vice principal of Shanghu Primary School in Yuhang, Hangzhou. According to Mr. Bai, Principal Cheng has four Flower God Cups in his collection.
I drove to the gate of Shanghu Primary School. The process went smoothly. After some inquiries, I contacted Principal Cheng. Principal Cheng's attitude towards Chen Ran was quite enthusiastic. It was a pity that Chen Ran mentioned the Flower God Cup.
But he was told that it had been given away.
Although Chen Ran was a little helpless, he had no choice but to reluctantly ask who he had given it to. Principal Cheng did not hide it from him and told him the truth.
Principal Cheng retired from the army, and the four Flower God Cups he collected were given to his four comrades respectively.
After obtaining the detailed contact information of Principal Cheng's four comrades, Chen Ran left Shanghu Primary School and contacted Principal Cheng's four comrades respectively.
The Huashen Cup was a gift from Principal Cheng. On the phone, no one was willing to sell it. Even so, Chen Ran did not give up. He rushed to the two locals who lived in Hangzhou first. The financial conditions of their families were not very good.
In particular, one of the families was in urgent need of money. After a lot of talking, they finally recovered two cups. The two cups were a magnolia cup and a chrysanthemum cup. A total of 750,000 was spent.
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After a day off in Hangzhou, Chen Ran rushed to Nanchang. After some twists and turns, he recovered another plum blossom cup, which cost 480,000 yuan. At this point, the four flower god cups collected by Principal Cheng were recovered by Chen Ran.
I bought three of them, but there was nothing I could do about the remaining one, because it was in the Lanzhou Military Region, which was too far away, and the person’s attitude was quite tough. After telling him not to sell it, Chen Ran couldn’t get in touch with him.
, and finally had to give up on this one.
Although there have been many twists and turns, the results are still satisfactory, much better than Bai Lei's side. Until now, Bai Lei's side has not made much progress.
There were seven Crazy Yangs, one in Nanjing and three in Hangzhou. With these eleven flower cups, Chen Ran rushed from Nanchang to Fuzhou by train.
On the way, Chen Ran received a call from Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma said that he had been asking Chen Ran about the Flower God Cup for the past two days, and he found out a lot, but most of them were unwilling.
Fortunately, the old man used his thin noodles to buy two for Chen Ran.
Although there were only two, Chen Ran was already very satisfied, and he was even more delighted that one of them was a Lotus Cup. After thanking the old man and hanging up the phone, he quickly called Bai Lei.
The two Flower God Cups that the old man asked for are still in the capital. He called Bai Lei and asked this boy to take out the two Flower God Cups. When he arrived in Fuzhou, he transferred another hundred and five to this boy.
Wan, except for the hibiscus cup, the other one is a lotus cup.
As more and more Flower God Cups are collected, Chen Ran's savings are getting smaller and smaller. So far, he has spent more than 10 million.
Although he spent so much, Chen Ran didn't feel distressed at all. Even if he couldn't collect all seven sets of the Flower God Cups he got back, he would never lose money.
After having some food in Fuzhou, Chen Ran took a car with the box containing the Flower God Cup and rushed to the home of Mr. Guo, who lived in Guling Township, Fuzhou. Mr. Guo was also a famous collector in China. Mr. Bai’s
He is even older, a figure of Mr. Shi's generation. He has been living in his old house in Fuzhou since he was old. Mr. Bai also befriended Mr. Guo when he was young. He and Mr. Guo are also close friends. Mr. Bai always
When passing through Fuzhou, they would all come to visit Mr. Guo. According to Mr. Bai, Mr. Guo has six Flower God Cups in his collection.
"Dead?"
Mr. Guo's residence was easy to find. It was close to a small hill. There were only two or three houses in this area. Chen Ran rushed here and saw an aunt repairing flowers and plants on the lawn by the roadside, so he went over and asked who was there.
I didn't know that I got such a result.
"The old man died at the end of his life. He just celebrated his ninetieth birthday a few days ago, and he just had a wedding ceremony..." When she heard that she was looking for Mr. Guo, the aunt started nagging Chen Ran non-stop.
Chen Ran had no choice but to interrupt her and asked which courtyard belonged to Mr. Guo.
The aunt pointed to Chen Ran and said that you will know if you go over and take a look. There are several cars parked at the door. After Chen Ran thanked him, he walked over.
The houses in this area were all old houses of a certain age. Turning a corner, Chen Ran saw several cars parked at the entrance of a yard, which must be this house.
The door to the yard was open, and there were several people talking in the yard. Chen Ran walked in directly. When he saw Chen Ran coming in, the people talking in the yard stopped and looked at Chen Ran.
One of them, a middle-aged man in his thirties, came up to Chen Ran and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Mr. Guo has passed away, and Chen Ran did not hide his purpose of coming, he just said he was here to collect antiques.
"Collecting antiques? There are no antiques at home. The old man donated all the antiques." Hearing that Chen Ran was here to collect antiques, the middle-aged man said angrily, ignored Chen Ran, and turned around and walked back.
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All donated?
Chen Ran was startled, then shook his head with a wry smile. Needless to say, if he donated it, it would definitely be donated to the museum, and then he would be out of luck. Although it was a pity, there was nothing he could do, and he could only make a wasted trip.
After taking a quick glance, Chen Ran sighed lightly, said no more, turned around and left, but when he was about to walk out of the door, he suddenly stopped.
At this moment, Chen Ran's eyes were attracted by a table placed at the door. To be precise, it was the things on the table that caught his attention.
This is a small red lacquered table, or a bedside table. There is a coffee table on the table. In addition to a teapot, there are also several teacups on the coffee table.
Chen Ran's eyes were attracted by these teacups, because these teacups were clearly Flower God Cups.
What's going on?
Could it be that the Flower God Cup collected by Mr. Guo was not donated, or was it missed?
Chen Ran stared blankly at the teacups for a long time before letting out a sigh of relief. He looked back at the people talking in the yard and hesitantly walked to the small table.
There were only four Flower God Cups on the small table. Chen Ran looked at it and found it strange that three of the four Flower God Cups were rose cups and one was a chrysanthemum cup.
No, according to Mr. Bai, the six Flower God Cups collected by Mr. Guo are not duplicates, right?
Chen Ran shook his head strangely...
[I just came back from a long trip, so the update is a bit late, I apologize... Many thanks to brother xxoo for the reward...]
