"Okay, boss, just tell me how much that wood carving is worth. Report it to the cabinet minister." Even Ye Qun couldn't stand it anymore and said directly, "I just said perfunctory to you, you really treated us two buddies like this."
Being a fool...
"Well, you can take the two thousand yuan." The boss said sarcastically. He also knew that he was going too far...
"What, two thousand? Why don't you go and grab it? I can buy two hundred of these wood carvings for two thousand yuan!" Ye Qun couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said, "Two thousand for this thing? Are you kidding me?"
Even if you have never played with antiques, you know that this thing is probably not worth even ten dollars...
"Boss, you can't say that. This thing comes from the palace, and two thousand yuan is not much." After hearing Ye Qun's words, the boss suddenly became unhappy, which meant that these two people were not happy.
He knows his stuff, so the boss doesn’t bother to worry too much. If he is a knowledgeable person, he will either say that this thing is not accurate and let the boss keep it, or he will put it down and look at something, saying that I don’t want this thing...
"Return to the palace..." Ye Qun was about to say something else. Young Master Tang couldn't help but pull Ye Qun's sleeve. This guy was just afraid that something like this would happen, so he specifically told Ye Qun not to say anything. But this guy just said
You promised well, now...
"Haha, boss, let's take a look at something else. Don't be too harsh on the price, otherwise you won't be able to get this thing right." Young Master Tang said with a smile.
When the boss heard this, he couldn't help but show a bitter look on his face. It turned out that this young man was an expert. It seemed that the trick of deceiving ordinary people was no longer applicable to him...
"How much does this stone peach cost?" The stone peach in Young Master Tang's hand was about the size of a fist, and the carving was quite good and interesting. The quality was much better than the first wood carving he picked up.
"Three hundred peaches," the boss said simply.
Mr. Tang nodded slightly. This time the boss did not ask for a price blindly. This stone peach is also a bit old. It is a small stone sculpture from the Republic of China period. It is lifelike. Although it is not a work by a famous artist, it is good to put it as an ornament in the house. Three
One hundred yuan is considered the normal price.
Young Master Tang picked at the small stall and took four or five small things, including wood carvings, stone carvings, copper coins, strange-looking stones, etc.
"Boss, how much does this brick cost? It looks pretty good. It's definitely suitable for hitting people." After picking a few things, Mr. Tang focused on what he really wanted, this one.
Young Master Tang was still a little nervous at that time. He had done enough foreplay, so the boss shouldn't notice anything.
"Bricks? Boss, you are joking. I don't have bricks here. These are ancient city wall bricks. They were used to build city walls in the past. Now they are cultural relics. You can give me five hundred yuan if you want. This thing is also available now.
It’s not that common anymore, but there were quite a few in the past few years,” the stall owner said with a smile.
"Five hundred yuan? Well, it's okay. I want these things, how much do you think they are." Young Master Tang pulled five things toward him, including the ancient city wall bricks.
"Do you want these things? These things add up to a thousand and six, boss, just give me a thousand and a half." The stall owner said cheerfully.
"One thousand and five? Okay, take it." Mr. Tang took out his wallet from his pocket, counted fifteen Mao Zedong cards and handed them over.
"That's just right. Boss, please wait a moment. I'll wrap it up for you so you can carry it." The stall owner grinned up to his ears when he saw Chapter 15 of Mao Zedong in his hand. These gadgets only cost him a few dollars.
They were collected from the countryside for tens of dollars, or bought from some small shops. Now they can be sold for ten times or dozens of times, which is already a lot of money. The few things that Young Master Tang holds in his hands
The total cost of the things does not exceed one hundred yuan, but I have made more than one thousand yuan by changing hands. How can I not be happy...
Young Master Tang carried the bag that the boss had packed for him and left the stall with a smile on his face. Ye Qun followed behind with some strangeness. A few gadgets cost 1,500 yuan? It's just a scam...
"Fifth brother, you are still unhappy." Young Master Tang joked.
"It's not that I'm unhappy, I just don't understand. That boss is really bragging about not paying taxes. He said that the wood carving is from the ancestors and came from the palace. Are you kidding me? It's just the carver? Although I don't understand appreciation, but the wood carving is
You can tell at a glance that it is a defective product..." Ye Qun said angrily.
"Haha, you said you're not angry? You don't understand this business. Once you understand it, you won't be surprised. He is still exaggerating. You know when I was at the old front gate of Haishi, I met a
What did the stall owner say when he pointed to a chamber pot? He said it was used by Emperor Qianlong. How can you compare it with him? This antique is supposed to be genuine, fake, fake, real. Can you find something good?
, It all depends on one's eyes." Young Master Tang said with a smile.
"What? Emperor Qianlong used it? So unreliable? What evidence does he have that it was used by Emperor Qianlong?" Ye Qun said angrily.
"Then what evidence do you have to say that Emperor Qianlong didn't use this? Unless Qianlong jumped out of the ground and said that I didn't use it, otherwise we all have different opinions and no one can prove anything." Young Master Tang shook his head and said.
.
Let Emperor Qianlong jump out of the ground and say that he has never used it...
"So what's special about that bunch of things you just bought from there?" Ye Qun asked.
"Special? Of course, there is indeed one good thing in it. You can guess which one it is." Young Master Tang said with a smile.
"Which one? No need to guess, it must be that brick." Ye Qun said with determination.
Young Master Tang was stunned when he heard this. How could he be so sure? Could it be that he also saw the mystery of that ancient city wall brick?
But doesn’t Fifth Brother know nothing about this stuff?
Seeing that Young Master Tang was restrained by him, Ye Qun couldn't help but smile and said, "Do you think I also saw something special about that brick?"
"Well, isn't it? Otherwise, I bought five things, how could you be so sure that I was talking about the ancient city wall tiles? Young Master Tang asked doubtfully.
"Haha, I haven't done any research on antiques. To be honest, I haven't found anything special about that broken brick." Ye Qun laughed.
"Then how do you know?" Young Master Tang asked.
"It's simple. I can't see things, but I can see people. I can tell from your performance that that brick is not simple." Ye Qun said.
Look at me? Am I acting so anxious? But why doesn’t that smart-looking stall owner see anything fishy?
"Is my performance so bad? Why didn't the boss see it? If the boss had seen it, he would never have sold me the ancient city wall bricks for five hundred yuan." Tang Dashao said.
"Haha, that's because the boss didn't know beforehand that there was something fishy about what you chose, but I knew it, so I could tell. That tile was your last choice. After you made the selection, you listened to the boss's quotation, and you didn't hesitate.
The deal was done, and since I got what I wanted, there was no need to look any further, so I judged that there was something wrong with that brick." Ye Qun said with a smile.
"Fifth brother, your ability to see things is not very good, but your ability to see people is very good. Yes, there is something wrong with that ancient city wall brick." Young Master Tang nodded. Sure enough, although Ye Qun is not in politics, he is still good at it.
He comes from a big family and has a good way of judging people.
"Come on, what's the secret of that brick? It must be not easy for you to like it." Ye Qun asked hurriedly.
"Hehe, of course it's not simple, but that's not an ancient city wall brick, but an inkstone." Young Master Tang said with a smile.
"What? Inkstone? One of the Four Treasures of the Study? Impossible, I think it's just a brick." Ye Qun said in surprise.
"Haha, if you look around, it is indeed a brick on the outside, but there is something inside. Brother Wu, don't even think about it. If even a layman like you can tell that this is an inkstone, then it will be our turn to spend five hundred yuan.
Do you want to buy it? The stall owner knows a little bit about collecting, so how can the value of an ancient inkstone be only five hundred yuan?" Young Master Tang shook his head.
"Well, that's true, but you are really good. You can see the extraordinaryness of the bricks before you even get to the stall." Ye Qun admired. Before he got to the stall, Young Master Tang told himself not to speak.
Obviously, at that time, Tang Fei already knew how extraordinary that brick was.
"Hey, it's not that powerful. Good luck, good luck." What Young Master Tang said was true. If he hadn't been lucky enough to get superpowers from a damaged ceramic dog, I'm afraid he still wouldn't know what happened.
Where are you messing around...
"But the bricks haven't been opened yet, how do you know it's an inkstone?" Ye Qun asked doubtfully.
When Young Master Tang heard this, he broke out in a cold sweat. Yes, the bricks haven't been opened yet. Damn, you are overdoing your pretense...
You can’t say that you have the power of seeing through things...
"I guessed it," said Young Master Tang.
"Guessed?" Ye Qun looked at Young Master Tang with some suspicion. Can he guess this? Did he overestimate this guy's ability...
"Well, I guessed it. I have seen similar things before. There was an inkstone hidden inside the bricks of the ancient city wall. I had carefully observed the inkstone when I was working at the stall and found that there were fine cracks on it. This
It's similar to the one I've seen before, so I guessed there might be an inkstone hidden inside." Young Master Tang nodded and said, until now, he could only explain it to Ye Qun like this, although this explanation was full of loopholes...
"Is this really the case?" Ye Qun looked at Mr. Tang with disbelief. If Ye Qun believed this explanation, then he would be an idiot... This guy didn't even look at the bricks.
I have already told myself not to speak...
"Well, it's really like this." Seeing that Ye Qun didn't believe it, Mr. Tang had no choice but to shamelessly hold on...