"Grandpa Jiang, aren't you embarrassing us? There are at least one or two hundred Flower God Cups in your collection here. How do we choose? Let alone us. Even if I ask my uncle to choose, he may not be able to pick them.
I picked out all the Kangxi cups, but I still picked a good one..."
Bai Lei, who was originally full of confidence, was dumbfounded when he saw so many Flower God Cups. Hearing what Mr. Jiang said again, he became even more dissatisfied. Although he was confident that his eyesight had improved a bit during this period, it was relatively new.
That said, if he was only given a cup, he could barely confirm whether it was an authentic Kangxi official kiln, but now that there were so many in front of him, he had no confidence at all.
He said that if Mr. Bai came to pick, he might not be able to pick out all of them. It would be good to return one. This was true. If Mr. Bai came to do it, he really said that it was not necessarily possible. Even experts who have studied the Flower God Cup might have seen so many things.
It is also dazzling. Although there are some subtle differences between the Flower God Cup during the Kangxi period and the Flower God Cup during the Republic of China, the difference is very small. Most people cannot distinguish it at all. Only people like Bai Lao who have studied the Flower God Cup can distinguish it.
Come out, but with so many appraisals at once, it will definitely be dazzling, unless you blink without blinking, but this is obviously impossible.
And it is obvious that the Flower God Cups collected by Mr. Jiang are not just the Flower God Cups from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. They are also mixed with high imitation cups. It is like a hodgepodge mixed together. It’s really weird.
Easy to identify.
Not only Bai Lao, but also other experts who have also studied the Flower God Cup cannot guarantee that they can pick out all of them, and that they can all be selected well. I am afraid that only Jiang Lao can guarantee it.
Mr. Jiang can guarantee that it's not that his eyesight is better than Mr. Bai's, but that he has collected these cups for decades and is too familiar with them. It's like a pair of twin parents. Others can't tell them apart, but
The parents of these twins can be identified at a glance.
Mr. Jiang ignored Bai Lei and just looked at Chen Ran. He was not embarrassing Chen Ran, but he just wanted to test Chen Ran. There were not many young people who could be admired and valued by him, and Chen Ran was definitely one of them.
, or even the only one. Although the two met less, Mr. Jiang had high expectations for Chen Ran. If he just used conventional methods to test Chen Ran, it would not be worthy of his attention.
Now let's see if Chen Ran will disappoint him.
"Mr. Jiang, since you said so, let me give it a try. If I pick out all four of your Kangxi cups, you can't break your promise."
Different from Bai Lei's dissatisfaction, Chen Ran breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Mr. Jiang's words. This was naturally not a big problem for him. He nodded and agreed.
Hearing what Chen Ran said, Jiang Lao was not angry. Young people, as long as they have the strength, it is okay to have stronger self-confidence. The key is to be able to take it up and let it go.
Seeing that Chen Ran agreed, he sat aside and waited.
"Chen Ran, there are so many Flower God Cups, but only four are Kangxi's cups. Can you pick them out?" Bai Lei didn't have any confidence at all. Let alone letting him choose, he felt it even after just two glances.
He was a little dizzy. He didn't have much confidence in himself, and he didn't have much confidence in Chen Ran. After all, even if his uncle came, he wouldn't be able to do it.
Chen Ran shook his head and did not answer him, but he was secretly glad that he went to the antique city to accumulate some energy aura before going to the airport to pick up Bai Lei. Although he was confident in his eyesight, he was not yet confident enough to rely on his own eyesight.
The point of picking them all out, after all, is different from when he took the Jade Sculpture Competition exam. During the Jade Sculpture Competition exam, the jades were all different, so naturally they would not be dazzling. Besides the different months of the Flower God Cups in front of him,
They're almost all exactly the same.
When Chen Ran started to choose, Bai Lei had no choice but to choose too. However, when he looked at the first cup, he could still vaguely tell that the cup in front of him was wrong, but when he looked at the second cup
When he was looking at it, he was dazzled and felt that this cup seemed right. After looking at it again, he suddenly felt that it was wrong again. It seemed that the first cup was right, so he had to take the first cup over again and look at it twice.
Distraught, he stopped looking and looked directly at Chen Ran to pick.
Not to mention whether it can be distinguished, but Chen Ran's calm attitude is obviously much better than his. If you want to distinguish all the Flower God Cups, the most important thing is to keep a normal mind.
Once it gets messed up, it becomes paradoxical, and you may even have to start all over again. But if you start all over again, it will be even more messy.
Chen Ran chose in order. Regardless of whether it was correct or not, he put the cup he was looking at back to its original position. Of course, if it was correct, he would have written it down. With his memory, there was no need to worry about it.
Misremembered.
Among the thirty-two cups on the first floor, he only found one plum blossom cup from the Kangxi official kiln. The others were from the Republic of China and high imitations, with the majority of them from the Republic of China.
After reading the first level, Chen Ran moved on to the second level.
Seeing that Chen Ran didn't pick out the plum blossom cup on the first floor, Mr. Jiang thought Chen Ran didn't notice it, so he couldn't help but frown slightly, but didn't say anything.
Needless to say, Bai Lei was very anxious when he saw that Chen Ran had selected one layer and couldn't pick out one. If you don't want to be dazzled by so many Flower God Cups, it's best to rely on the first glance and look back for sure.
No, there were so many cups on the first floor. How could there not be even a Kangxi cup? But he was confused because he cared about it. The total number of Flower God Cups collected by Mr. Jiang was only four, but the collection cabinet in front of him had five floors.
Yes, then there must be a level where there is no right one.
Although he was anxious, fortunately he knew that he must not disturb Chen Ran now, so he could only worry.
On the second floor, Chen Ran didn't find even one genuine one, but on the third floor, he found three in a row.
Mr. Jiang obviously put a lot of thought into how to arrange these cups. Placing three genuine ones on one floor undoubtedly increased the difficulty.
There are only four Flower God Cups in Mr. Jiang's collection.
Originally, after finding all four of them, Chen Ran was not ready to read any more, but after thinking about it, he might as well finish them all. Needless to say, there was not one on the fourth floor.
The fifth floor...
After reading the fifth floor, Chen Ran picked out the plum blossom cup on the first floor and handed it to Bai Lei. Bai Lei was startled for a moment, and then quickly observed it carefully, but his mind was already confused.
Now he can't see clearly. It seems specious. Chen Ran handed it to him, so it was the genuine one. But he always felt something was wrong. Fortunately, he also knew that he couldn't see clearly now. When Chen Ran put the third layer
After taking out the three cups including the Furong cup, he looked at Mr. Jiang eagerly.
Seeing Chen Ran pick out these four so accurately, Mr. Jiang's eyes lit up, but he didn't say anything.
"Old man, are these four cups right?" Chen Ran asked, looking at Mr. Jiang calmly.
Mr. Jiang stroked his beard on his chin, as if he was thinking deeply, and nodded after a while.
Bai Lei had been looking at Mr. Jiang longingly, and when he saw Mr. Jiang nodding, he was suddenly pleasantly surprised. However, before he could be happy, he suddenly heard Chen Ran say again: "Old man, you have collected more than four Kangxi Flower God Cups."
Only, it should be six, right? I also picked out the other two, I wonder if they count?"
As soon as Chen Ran said these words, Bai Lei was stunned. Mr. Jiang, who was originally sitting there, suddenly stood up and stared at Chen Ran, standing stunned. After a while, suddenly
He laughed loudly: "Well, Chen Ran, I really underestimated you. You can even find out this. If you don't accept it, go ahead and find it. If you find it, it will count, haha."
At this time, Mr. Jiang looked at Chen Ran with bright eyes. He asked Chen Ran to choose like this, not because he meant to embarrass Chen Ran, but mainly because he wanted to test Chen Ran. He and Mr. Bai had some differences.
The difference is that Mr. Bai relies entirely on his personal preference. There is nothing to say about who he likes. But Mr. Jiang is obviously not someone who relies entirely on his personal preference. He values Chen Ran more, but the more he values, the greater his expectations.
Needless to say, the greater the expectations, the more severe the expectations will be. Just like if an elder has high expectations for a younger generation, he will always want him, the younger generation, to learn more and learn better. This is how Mr. Jiang treats Chen Ran.
, he tests Chen Ran like this, even if Chen Ran cannot choose, or chooses wrongly, his four Flower God Cups will still be transferred to Chen Ran, but it will be a different result. He will definitely be disappointed with Chen Ran in the future.
I won’t go into details, but what I want to say is that he will only transfer the first four to Chen Ran, but will not bring up the last two.
As for the result, Chen Ran not only picked out the first four, but also picked out the last two. Although they haven't been selected yet, since Chen Ran said this, he obviously already knew it.
He was surprised to be able to pick out the first four, and now Chen Ran also picked out the last two, not to mention, it was enough to move him.
Although he already highly valued this young man who taught him a lesson the first time they met, he found that he still underestimated this young man.
Don't you know that Chen Ran was also very happy in his heart. Fortunately, after finding four, he also checked the ones below, otherwise he would have missed two.
Initially, he was not prepared to take a look at the first four, but after thinking about it, he still took a look. As a result, he found two more on the fifth floor.
The Flower God Cups collected by Mr. Jiang are not the four as mentioned by Mr. Bai, but six. There are no duplicates among these six.
Although Chen Ran didn't know what was going on, even if he didn't believe in his own eyesight, he still believed that the energy aperture would not be wrong. As for why Mr. Bai said that Mr. Jiang had four instead of six, he didn't know.
Needless to say, the last two were the last two. Chen Ran picked them out after hearing what Mr. Jiang said.
Bai Lei, who was still hesitant at first, believed it when he saw Mr. Jiang nodding. However, he was stunned for a moment. It was obvious that Chen Ran's hand shocked him.
After reacting, he completely lost his temper towards Chen Ran. Now he finally understood why his uncle and Mr. Jiang valued Chen Ran so much. Not to mention them, even he was convinced. Oh, it was shocking.
Not like this.
Now that all six cups have been selected, Mr. Jiang naturally had nothing to say and transferred them all to Chen Ran. A total of 2.9 million was spent on Chen Ran.
After transferring the account, Mr. Jiang did not let Chen Ran leave. Instead, he pulled Chen Ran to see his collection. Chen Ran was happy with it, but he would inevitably be warned not to go down the wrong path. Bai Lei was there.
Of course, the sidelines are also indispensable.
Fortunately, it was getting late, and after a while, Mr. Jiang could only let Chen Ran and Bai Lei leave.
This trip, although I was tested by Mr. Jiang, the result was pretty good. Not only did I get four Flower God Cups from Mr. Jiang, I also unexpectedly received two Flower God Cups, which was an unexpected surprise.
Chen Ran was also very satisfied. Don't look at just two of them. You must know that the surviving Flower God Cups are even rarer after he searched for them.
After leaving Jiang's home, Chen Ran and Bai Lei had dinner in a restaurant together. Bai Lei was a little stimulated and drank a little more. Of course, he didn't drink too much and he had to drive.
After dinner, Bai Lei asked Chen Ran if he wanted to go somewhere else. Chen Ran shook his head. Now the only person Bai Lei told him was the one with the eleven Flower God Cups. Although the others were also mentioned, but
Chen Ran didn't even remember it, because they were all from some museums, so there were too many involved.
Chen Ran told Bai Lei to let him take a good rest first, after all, he had been running away for so many days.
Back at the apartment, Chen Ran was thinking about how to auction it. Although he had not collected seven units yet, he had already collected five units. How to auction them was a problem.
Whether to take them all directly to the auction house, or to take one set to the auction house first and then take the others to the auction, is a question of whether to hide it from the auction house.
The reason for this consideration is that no matter which one, when promoting, there will definitely not be several sets, but only one set. Publicizing them all will cause a sensation, but it will not be conducive to the auction, because the people who come to the auction will
Everyone knows that there are several sets. During the auction, it is difficult to get the price for the first few sets, so we will promote one set first.
Such a rare treasure can attract everyone with just one set.
If they were all brought to the auction house, Chen Ran was worried that the news would be leaked before the auction. In that case, it would be better to just advertise that there are so many sets.
This is not impossible.
Just like the two Flower God Cups at Hanhai Auction House, Bai Lao was able to get the news in advance. Every auction house probably has such connections.
Of course, this is just Chen Ran's preliminary idea. What to do will have to wait for him to check the information. If he only tells the auction house to auction one set, then he can undoubtedly start promoting it now. After all, his time is not
It's very comfortable. It's already the end of the month, and there are only more than ten days left before He Zhenhua's agreed time.
Just as he was thinking about this issue, he received a call from Cao Huiyao.
"Ruoruo doesn't want you as an uncle anymore."
This was the only sentence that came through the phone before it was hung up...
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