Chapter 092 Deputy Director of the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Chen Ran turned sideways and saw a middle-aged man in his forties wearing simple clothes calling him, and he was surprised and said: "Are you calling me?"
The middle-aged man chased after him for two steps with a smile on his face, and when he got closer, he said again: "Little brother, the porcelain cup you are holding looks very beautiful to me. Where did you buy it? I happen to want to buy it too."
One, um... let's do this, little brother, I'm going to the mountains in a moment. I'm in a hurry now and may not have time to make the trip. Just sell me your tea cup and go buy a new one.
How much did you pay for it, and I’ll give you twenty more yuan, what do you think?”
In a hurry? Heading into the mountains?
Chen Ran shook his head, a little amused: "I'm so sorry, I just have to go into the mountains in a hurry."
At this moment, Guo Hai, who was standing on the other side of Chen Ran, suddenly leaned into Chen Ran's ear, lowered his voice and said in surprise: "A Ran, this person is the one who bought our broken jar yesterday for 300,000 yuan.
King’s expert.”
Hearing what Guo Hai said, Chen Ran was stunned for a moment. What a coincidence?
Such a coincidence?
The middle-aged man was also surprised. He said the reason for entering the mountain casually. He didn't expect that the other party would also rush to enter the mountain. He never thought that Chen Ran was deceiving him. He opened his mouth to say something else. At this time
, his eyes suddenly noticed Guo Hai standing behind Chen Ran, and his eyebrows suddenly jumped.
Chen Ran and Guo Hai were going out of Huakang Market, and the middle-aged man was coming from outside. When he and Chen Ran met, he suddenly noticed the porcelain cup in Chen Ran's hand and quickly turned around again.
Caught up.
Since seeing the porcelain cup, apart from taking a look at Chen Ran, his eyes have never left the porcelain cup, and he has not noticed the existence of Guo Hai. Besides, he and Guo Hai only met once.
Guo Hai also changed his clothes today. If you don't look closely, you may not be able to recognize Guo Hai at a glance.
Now he recognized Guo Hai as the person who sold him the bronze instrument yesterday, and he was immediately stunned. After being stunned for a long time, he sighed softly and said with a wry smile: "It turns out that the two little brothers are also
People who share the same views, I thought...ahem...I'm rude and disrespectful!"
Yesterday, although he didn't believe Guo Hai's claim that the broken jar was an heirloom of Guo Hai's family, he still regarded Guo Hai as someone who just wanted to try out the value of the broken jar with a sense of luck, but he didn't regard Guo Hai as an antique.
people inside.
Now looking at the porcelain cup in Chen Ran's hand, he didn't think that the bronze instrument yesterday must have been bought by someone else. When he thought about it, he immediately looked at the other person...
Yesterday's bronze musical instruments must have been picked up by accident. Today's tea cup was obviously picked up by accident. It is not easy to pick up leaks now. For others, it would be good to pick up leaks only once a year. Some people may not even pick up leaks once in their lives.
, and the two young men in front of them actually picked up leaks for two days in a row, and they were still big leaks. This is really good luck, I can't say it. If it were told, it would make people crazy with jealousy.
Even he was a little jealous.
In fact, this is what Chen Ran wanted to avoid. When he went to the Literary and Art Association to sell bronze instruments yesterday, the reason why he did not follow him was not only that the Literary and Art Association generally did not lower the price, but also because of his identity.
Guo Hai took it to sell, and people could tell at a glance that Guo Hai was a child. Even if they didn't believe that Guo Hai said that the bronze instrument was an heirloom of Guo Hai's family, they wouldn't think of other aspects. But Chen Ran was different.
Chen Ran is a person in the antiques industry. Although not many people know him, in fact, many people in the Central Plains collection circle know him. However, they have only heard of him, but do not know who he is.
Normally you wouldn't recognize him when you meet him face to face, but if you happen to meet someone who recognizes him, they won't believe him if he says it's an heirloom of his family, and they will just imagine it as something.
He got it from Taobao.
Guo Hai is not a member of the circle. Even if he sells a bronze instrument, it will not spread in the circle. But it will be different with Chen Ran, who is already well-known in the Central Plains collection circle. As long as anyone says it,
It will definitely spread. Even if you don't recognize him at first, you will know it's him after word spreads.
At that time, he had considered this, so he did not follow Guo Hai and make him famous after transferring the Yuan blue and white porcelain pieces to Bai Lao. At that time, he thought about keeping a low profile as much as possible in the future.
Now he is indeed doing this...
But what is unexpected is that I happened to meet the buyer today, and he and Guo Hai are still together. Not to mention being together, they also happened to have just picked up a leak and let others discover it. In this way, they will definitely be able to
Guessing that yesterday's broken jar was also picked up from a leak, and the leak he picked up today, I'm afraid he can't keep a low profile even if he wants to. He just hopes that Mr. Wang in front of him is not a big mouth and spreads these two things.
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Chen Ran was not that worried about whether it would be discovered that the broken jar was picked up from the Public Security Bureau. Not to mention that Mr. Wang in front of him did not know the specific process. Even if he knew that, as long as Mr. Wang was not stupid, he would not tell the truth.
Going out is the rule of the antique industry, not to mention that if word spreads, he himself will be in trouble.
"Mr. Wang, you're welcome!" Chen Ran smiled and nodded, which was regarded as saying hello to the other party.
He was not disappointed when he learned that Chen Ran was a member of the same profession and that Mr. Wang could not ignore it. He also apologized to Chen Ran. After apologizing, he hesitated and looked at the porcelain cup in Chen Ran's hand: "Little brother,
I wonder if I can take a closer look at this porcelain cup of yours..."
"What's the problem? Mr. Wang, please take a look."
Chen Ran handed the tea cup to Mr. Wang readily. Judging from the price Mr. Wang gave the broken jar yesterday, he had a good sense of Mr. Wang.
After all, Guo Hai was a complete fledgling at that time. If Mr. Wang wanted to lower the price, he would probably have agreed to it, let alone 30,000, but Mr. Wang did not do so, even if it was 3,000.
When Guo Hai reminded him whether he had given him too much, he showed no intention of regretting it. Obviously, from this point of view, we can see the character of Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang held the tea cup with both hands, held it steady, and then smiled at Chen Ran: "Okay, little brother, let go!" After hearing what he said, Chen Ran took his hand away. This is the rule in the antique industry.
This will happen if you are not familiar with the porcelain. Mr. Wang opened this mouth. If the porcelain suddenly falls to the ground and breaks, then the responsibility will be on Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang took the porcelain cup, looked at it carefully, reached into his pocket, and took out a huge magnifying glass. After looking at it carefully for a long time, he exhaled a long breath: "Little brother, it turns out that we are not just colleagues.
, he is still a master, and he has such sharp eyesight at such a young age, which is really impressive."
"Mr. Wang, thank you. I just have better luck." Chen Ran said politely and modestly. He wanted to ask the other party what kind of porcelain the tea cup was made of, but thinking of his asking, he might have to make a decision.
People are suspicious. If you don't know what kind of porcelain it is, you can tell that it is old stuff. Doesn't this clearly indicate that there is something wrong with it?
Hearing what Chen Ran said, Mr. Wang laughed and said, "The collecting business depends on luck. Sometimes, luck is far more important than eyesight. Little brother, don't underestimate luck.
Without the luck of encountering good things, no matter how strong your eyesight is, it will be in vain, but people with such luck and strong eyesight are rare. I think my little brother is exactly such a person!"
Now he could see that the young man in front of him was an insider, while the other was an outsider.
When Mr. Wang said this, Chen Ran didn't know what to say. He could only say that he didn't dare to take it seriously, and took the tea cup with both hands. At this time, the ivory longevity lock was still in his hand.
After taking the teacup, he put the ivory longevity lock into his pocket.
When he was putting it in, he suddenly touched something in his pocket unintentionally. Without even thinking about it, he took it out and looked at it out of habit. It turned out to be the skull pendant.
Seeing that it was a skull pendant, he put it into his pocket again. The skull pendant consumed so much of his energy aura and there was no reaction at all. During this period of time, he almost forgot about it.
"Eh!"
Just as Chen Ran put the skull pendant into his pocket, he suddenly heard Mr. Wang exclaim and said in surprise: "Little brother, can you let me see that thing just now?"
Chen Ran was startled. He couldn't figure out what he wanted to see for a while, so he looked up in confusion, only to find that Mr. Wang was frowning at this moment, as if he had discovered something.
"It's the thing you took out just now."
Mr. Wang pointed at Chen Ran's pocket and explained again. At this moment, his expression was a little urgent.
Skull pendant!
Chen Ran's expression changed. Is this Mr. Wang familiar with skull pendants?
You must know that his skull pendant is somewhat similar to the vampire jewelry or the ghost jewelry that has gone viral on the Internet. Even if anyone sees it, they won't care. Maybe only those young people will be interested. What's in front of them
Mr. Wang's sudden interest in his skull pendant is naturally different from the interest of young people, so it is a bit intriguing. After all, no one who sees this thing will think it is an old thing.
Seeing Chen Ran's expression, Mr. Wang seemed to know that he was acting too hastily, so he smiled, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Chen Ran: "Little brother, this is my business card. You
Take a look..."
Chen Ran took his business card and took a look, and saw that it said Wang Zhiqing, deputy director of the Central Plains Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. Seeing this name, Chen Ran couldn't help but be slightly surprised. He didn't expect that the Mr. Wang in front of him turned out to be the provincial director.
The deputy director of the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology has a really big background.
Guo Hai also came over to take a look. After taking a look, he was secretly speechless. Just yesterday, he thought this guy was a 250-year-old. He didn't expect that he was from the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology, and was also the deputy director. This
His level is not low, but why did he end up in his small county town?
This is also where Chen Ran is confused.
Perhaps seeing Chen Ran's doubts, Wang Zhiqing smiled and explained: "Our archaeological team has been conducting archaeological work locally recently, but it is still in the preparation stage..."
After hearing what he said, Chen Ran was relieved. Wang Zhiqing's hometown was Bishui. During this period, he led an archaeological team to conduct archeology locally, but it was still in the preparation stage, so he took advantage of this free time and returned to his hometown.
You should know that those who do archaeological research like them are basically out of town all year round. It is not easy to go home. Now that the archeology has not started this time, he can be regarded as giving himself a holiday.
After learning Wang Zhiqing's identity, Chen Ran handed the skull pendant to Wang Zhiqing.
After Wang Zhiqing took it, he looked at it with a magnifying glass with a solemn expression. Just after taking a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then he frowned and muttered something. Chen Ran couldn't hear what he was saying.
He mumbled something and moved closer.
After hearing Wang Zhiqing's murmur clearly, Chen Ran's expression changed...
