Speaking of antiques, we have to mention the underground black market trade of antiques.
The underground black market trading of antiques in China has always existed, and it has been banned repeatedly. Especially in the heyday of collecting, there is a tendency to spread on a large scale. Not to mention people who have entered the collecting circle, it is ordinary civilians, more or less.
I've heard some rumors, it's like underground boxing or underground racing.
Compared with auction sales, underground black market transactions undoubtedly involve huge risks. Although the auction company will not make a guarantee that the antiques are absolutely authentic or have no other defects, the auction company can provide a certificate of the item to prove the origin of the cultural relics and other general information.
You can ask national or provincial experts for appraisal, so that the quality of the cultural relics obtained can be guaranteed.
There is no guarantee in underground black market transactions.
Chen Ran has stepped into the antique circle, so he has naturally heard about the black market. However, he has just heard about it, but he doesn’t know much about it. He only knows that underground black markets are basically located in remote areas, with a mixture of three religions and nine streams. Most people simply don’t understand.
I don't dare to go into this muddy water.
Hearing Yan Ruyu say that she was going to the black market, Chen Ran was a little surprised. Such a little girl went to the black market and was not arrested... This thought disappeared in just a flash. Yan Ruyu is naturally not an ordinary person. Since she is so famous,
Then it is obvious that he must have had a lot of dealings with these three religions, not to mention there are very powerful bodyguards following him, so naturally nothing will happen.
To be honest, Chen Ran is also very interested in the black market, but he is interested, but he is very aware of his own strength. Whether it is money or eyesight, he is not qualified now.
In the black market, if you don't have enough eyesight, you have to be 100% aware, so in the short term, he will not get into this troubled water.
In fact, every amount of money he earns now is very difficult and very important. He can't afford the tuition fees, so he can only be cautious...
The other thing is... he really wants to go very far on the road of collecting, but he is not blind!
Sensing Chen Ran's caution and hesitation, Yan Ruyu not only was not displeased, but secretly nodded, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and she smiled playfully at Chen Ran: "We two girls are going to
These places are a little inconvenient after all, I hope you can accompany me there."
It has to be said that Yan Ruyu's lethality is quite large. Although the Yan Ruyu in front of her is dressed very ordinary, this ordinary dress cannot conceal her natural beauty and incomparable beauty, and her graceful manners and the beauty in her skin
Her white face is rosy, her expression is soft and serene, everything seems to be perfect. Just one look at it makes people's hearts flutter, giving rise to a feeling of love and pity.
And it can be seen from her eyes that this girl must have a lot of life experience, but she has no worldly motives and worries, and there are two kinds of things on her face that cannot coexist at all.
Beauty.
Innocence and mature beauty!
It's like she was a fairy, but was thrown into the eighteenth level of hell. After going through the experience of the eighteenth level of hell, she returned to the fairyland. Now she is passing by the human world when she returns to the fairyland!
It’s really exciting!
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"Then just wait for me!"
Chen Ran thought about it for a moment, agreed, and turned around to go back to the house to tidy up.
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"Xiaoyu, it's not enough with me here, why should I take her with me!"
After Chen Ran turned around and returned to the house, a middle-aged woman carrying a black baggage frowned and said to Yan Ruyu.
Yan Ruyu turned around and smiled sweetly: "Sister Ru, you don't know what we experienced last time in Pingzhou Ghost Market. It's always more convenient to have a man following you!"
"Those people were beaten to the point where they knelt down and begged for mercy!" Sister Ru snorted.
Yan Ruyu shook her head: "It is better to do less than to do more!"
"Then why don't we let our own people follow?" Sister Ru said slightly dissatisfied. She always felt a little suspicious when looking at this man. How can there be such a coincidence in the world? He must not be sent by other forces to secretly interfere.
The people around the lady just have ulterior motives!
"Can they help me with my eyes?" Yan Ruyu smiled and glanced at Sister Ru.
Sister Ru said disdainfully: "I think he is just a blind cat who encountered a dead mouse. Besides, with you here, he is still afraid of being blinded!"
"What happened yesterday doesn't count? As an antique player, no one can guarantee that they won't get punched in the eye!" Yan Ruyu said, but fell silent, with waves of thoughts surging in his eyes.
What are you thinking about.
Sister Ru opened her mouth to say something, but when she saw Yan Ruyu fell silent, she closed her mouth.
"Let's do this..." After Yan Ruyu was silent for a moment, he stretched out a finger and pointed on the tip of his nose, which was white and red, and said slightly: "Go and investigate his background. You also know that I have been looking for someone.
I am satisfied with the spokesperson of Eagle Eye. My family has long been dissatisfied with me running away every day. Recently, the pressure has become tighter and tighter. I must solve the problem of the spokesperson as soon as possible. After all, after finding the spokesperson, it will take at least two years to get him started.
Three years’ time!”
"Xiaoyu, do you mean you chose him?" Sister Ru looked at Yan Ruyu in surprise, and then glanced at her mouth: "What's so good about him, why didn't I see it?"
"It can't be said that he was selected. He can only be regarded as one of the pre-selected people. But for now, he is the one that makes me most satisfied. But after all, the time is still short, and it still needs to be observed for a while..."
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"Teacher Yan, it is said that in this antique black market, you need to bring cash to enter?"
Chen Ran did not let Yan Ruyu and Sister Ru wait any longer. After a while, the three of them went downstairs together. After going downstairs, Sister Ru went to the parking lot to drive. Chen Ran and Yan Ruyu stood downstairs waiting, although they decided to accompany them.
Yan Ruyu went to the black market, but Chen Ran had no intention of taking action. However, he thought that it would be inconvenient for the two of them to go to the black market, and they would definitely have to come forward if something happened. He wanted to know more about the rules of the black market to avoid getting involved.
After all, the people who can afford to open a black market are people of different religions. If you break the rules, you will get into trouble.
"That's for sure!" Yan Ruyu smiled gently: "There are university professors, collectors, wealthy business owners, and tomb robbers who go shopping in the black market. In short, there are all kinds of people.
This is the identity on the surface, but in the black market, everyone's identity is the same. No one knows anyone, even if they know each other, if they are not together, they have to pretend not to know each other, otherwise, they will be misunderstood by the undertaker.
, and when doing transactions, everyone does it in person, so naturally there are no credit card machines anywhere, even if you bring a check, it won’t work.”
The check is issued openly, and someone needs to go to the bank to pick it up. For these people who are secretly shady, how can there be any insurance with cash!
"Can the organizer guarantee the safety of the participants?" This aspect is also the issue that Chen Ran is most concerned about. It's not that he is afraid, but that if such a thing really happens, he should be prepared to adapt accordingly.
Yan Ruyu was very satisfied with Chen Ran's attitude of asking questions when he didn't understand. The biggest fat sheep in the collecting world are hypocrites who don't know how to pretend to know how to save face. These are the people who are being slaughtered. She also knew everything about Chen Ran's questions: "Generally
Generally speaking, there is no danger. Anyone who can hold an underground black market also has certain strength. Whether it is on the black side or the official side, the joints that should be opened have basically been opened. Before the auction is completed, it will never be allowed.
If something big goes wrong, once the organizer takes the money and leaves, what happens next will be beyond their control."
After Yan Ruyu answered Chen Ran's question, she shared her experience in this area with Chen Ran. In the five or six years since her debut, she has traveled all over the world. There is nothing she has experienced and people she has not seen...
"Most of the items that appear on the antique black market will not be auctioned for too high a price. Moreover, everyone brings cash and will have some scruples. Firstly, it is not safe in a remote location. Secondly, it also requires
To prevent some young people from snooping, so when bidding, even if you like something, you will have a bottom line and don't dare to be too pushy. That's why, as long as you have good eyesight and have the courage to take pictures of things, if
If you have the right stuff, you can make a lot of money..."
The benefits of the black market go beyond that, and there are many more. If it hadn’t been for these many benefits, I’m afraid the black market for antiques wouldn’t be as popular as it is today.
These experiences and experience of Yan Ruyu are undoubtedly very valuable for Chen Ran, who is new to the collecting world.
Everyone knows that if you want to learn something, you have to read more books, but in fact, the things in books are just written materials. There are many insiders and experiences that need personal experience to understand. For example, in the antique business, obviously it is more
In this way, why do the public feel that antiques are mysterious? It is because some things cannot be announced to the public and cannot be formed into written documents.
People who understand do not speak, so they can only be understood but cannot be expressed. That is, people in the circle understand each other tacitly. People outside the circle stretch their heads to see, that is, to watch the excitement, but the real way is to watch.
Can't come out.
Yan Ruyu is willing to teach, and Chen Ran is willing to learn. In this way, Chen Ran will naturally benefit a lot. What he has not realized at this moment, at least not yet, is how much Yan Ruyu's experience will bring to him.
The benefit, at least, will allow him to take very few detours on this road.
Chen Ran not only listened, but while listening, he also integrated it with the books he read in his mind. This was also his advantage. With his strong memory, as long as Yan Ruyu mentioned something, he would read about it.
The information immediately came to his mind——
Compare one by one, confirm one by one, resolve doubts one by one, and gain insights one by one...
Later, even Yan Ruyu was surprised by Chen Ran's strong learning ability and progress, which made her choice even more biased towards Chen Ran.
Chen Ran's progress is very obvious. In this short period of time, his understanding of antiques has made a qualitative leap. Even if he cannot be called an expert, he has left many people behind.
A person's temperament is obviously related to a person's connotation. Otherwise, how can we say that this person has something in his belly and looks different? Now that Chen Ran has made this qualitative leap, his whole person
His temperament has also changed, becoming more restrained and more steady...
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On Longhai Road in Zhongdu, a yellow Land Rover off-road vehicle drove past quickly and stopped in front of the gate of a bus station on Longhai Road. After the car slowly pulled over, Chen Ran got out of the car.
I looked up and saw that generally speaking, both train stations and bus stations are quite mixed, with all kinds of people like ticket sellers, and this bus station is no exception.
Chen Ran came in a Land Rover, but there was no ticket seller to solicit customers.
After sweeping his eyes, Chen Ran stood leaning against the Land Rover. When he was in the car, he had made an agreement with the other party according to the contact information Yan Ruyu explained, and now he was going to collect evidence.
The black market has many rules and regulations, and it is impossible to go there without those who guide you.
After waiting for about five or six minutes, a young man wearing a cowboy hat walked towards Chen Ran.
Chen Ran made a gesture, and the young man's face was immediately filled with a smile, as if he had met someone in a foreign country. He ran over with a smile on his face: "Where are you going, brother?"
"Wasptown!"
Chen Ran said calmly.
The young man didn't say anything, he just smiled, but his eyes were looking into the window through the window glass. Chen Ran understood that he meant to look at people, so he knocked on the glass, and the glass lowered. The young man took a look,
When he saw the two women, he smiled, turned around and smiled at Chen Ran: "Brother, I have three tickets here, which are two hundred yuan, five hundred yuan, and one thousand yuan. Which one do you want?"
"Is there any difference?" Chen Ran didn't hear what Yan Ruyu said about this.
"There's no difference!" The young man smiled and shook his head: "It's just for good luck. Lucky numbers are more expensive, ordinary ones are cheaper, and unlucky numbers are even cheaper!"
Hearing what the young man said, Chen Ran directly found out five hundred yuan and gave it to the young man. He didn't care whether it was auspicious or not. Presumably Yan Ruyu wouldn't care either. Of course, he couldn't just choose an unlucky one, just an ordinary one.
Just right.
The young man handed Chen Ran a card. After putting the money away, his voice became more enthusiastic: "Brother, do you understand some of the rules?"
Chen Ran ignored him and looked down at the card. The card looked like a business card, but there was only one number on it——
Number 12!
Numbers 6 and 8 must be auspicious, Chen Ran thought. While thinking this, he opened the passenger door and got into the car.
After a while, the Land Rover sped away...
Driving on the Songcheng Road from Zhongdu to Kaifeng, after many twists and turns, we finally arrived at our destination. The place is a bit remote, in a village beside the highway. After entering the village along the downhill road, you can see the
There were many cars parked at the village intersection.
Sister Ru also parked her car on the side of the road. Yan Ruyu, Chen Ran, and Sister Ru all got out of the car. They turned a few turns along the small side road in the vegetable garden before arriving at the door of a house. This was a very ordinary house.
The house is a bungalow with a large yard. In fact, the yard is a wheat field in the countryside.
At the edge of the wheat field, there were two people sitting there casually every once in a while. They seemed to be chatting casually, but they were obviously from the patrol. When they saw Chen Ran and three people stepping into the yard, they immediately became confused.
Three or four young men stood up and stopped the three of them.
