This antique store was about to re-organize its layout during the off-season. There were oil paintings, porcelain, and even furniture and artworks scattered throughout the store. Several store clerks were busy shuttling among them. When Yu Fei came in, he didn't come to say hello.
The two people who had just bumped into Yu Fei quickly put down the bronze sculpture and apologized to Yu Fei.
Yu Fei shook his head magnanimously and asked: Are you going to renovate?
One of them said: There are fewer customers in winter, so the boss said he would take this opportunity to change the location and put some popular artworks in prominent positions to attract customers. Like this one, he pursed his lips and pointed to the one in front of him.
The black bronze man sculpture said: It has been stored in the store for many years, and has never found a suitable buyer. The boss believes that placing this bronze man in the store is a waste of space and cannot even be decorated.
, why not throw it outside, maybe someone will like to take it away. Otherwise, you can only wait for the cleaners to take it away.
Throw it away, Yu Fei said in disbelief. He had just accidentally checked it with his true energy, and was surprised to find that although the chaotic energy inside the bronze man sculpture was not very old, it was very light and agile. It was obviously a
This is a very rare work of art, most likely by a famous artist. Of course, Yu Fei doesn't know which famous artist it is. He knows very little about bronze sculptures, let alone a foreign artist.
I don’t even know. But it’s such a rare piece of art, and it’s ridiculous that the shop owner wants to throw it away.
Yes, sir. The clerk shrugged and said. He didn't understand why Yu Fei was interested in such a bronze sculpture. In fact, he had long felt that the bronze sculpture was an eyesore. Now the new shop owner finally made a wise decision.
It needs to be disposed of. This sculpture is about 1.8 meters tall, which is about the same height as Yu Fei. But it is dark, thin and slender, and has no aesthetic appeal at all. This is why the shop owner and the clerk unanimously decided to throw it away.
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If you are interested in this sculpture, you might as well accept it. The clerk saw that Yu Fei's eyes were looking at the sculpture brightly, so he knew that he was interested in this sculpture, so he said.
Although he didn't know the origin of this sculpture, Yu Fei knew that it was by no means simple. It was not impossible to buy it.
This is really a wonderful idea. Yu Fei said: To tell you the truth, this sculpture and I are really destined. I fell in love with it at the first sight. Let’s set a price. Although Yu Fei really wants to get it, he can’t.
I don't want to take advantage of others. Besides, if the shop owner finds out that this sculpture is worth a lot of money in the future and wants to take it back, I'm afraid it's really unclear.
The clerk shrugged and said: I think you may not have heard me clearly. This sculpture originally belonged to us. If you want it, you don’t have to pay at all. You can take it away. This saves us the money to buy it.
People throw it away.
In the clerk's mind, Yu Fei has become a weirdo, to be interested in such a bronze sculpture. Forget it. Giving it to him saves him a lot of trouble.
I think it's better to ask your boss to come out. I still have some antiques that I want to buy together. Yu Fei is not willing to waste too much time on this. He is also worried that his insistence on paying will arouse the other party's suspicion. In the end
A good way is to buy a few more antiques to dispel the other party's suspicions.
Just now, Yu Fei had used his Qi to sweep around and found that there were a lot of antiques in the store, but they were very miscellaneous. There were antiques from Asia, Europe and even Africa, and the placement was indeed haphazard. I really don’t know what this antique store is like.
How do you support it until now?
As soon as he heard that Yu Fei wanted to buy antiques, the clerk did not dare to neglect and quickly invited the boss out. It is the off-season, and it is a very good thing to sell an antique. What's more, the clerk's vision is so sharp.
Looking at Yu Fei's clothes and listening to his conversation, he knew that Yu Fei must be a very important customer, so he didn't dare to neglect him at all.
The store owner came out quickly. His name was Justin. He was in his forties and had not taken over this antique store for a long time.
This antique shop has been managed by his father before, but unfortunately, his father just passed away due to myocardial infarction some time ago. Because he passed away in a hurry, there was no words left for him at all. Justin's thoughts on the antique business
He didn't have much interest, but the antique shop was passed down from his family, so he could only manage it with difficulty.
Justin is a top business administration student at Cambridge University. He really wants to use modern management methods to run his ancestors' antique shop. In his opinion, injecting modern elements into this ancient industry will definitely have unexpected effects.
The antique shop will flourish in his hands.
But reality dealt him a heavy blow. Instead of having any effect, his reforms caused the antique shop to lose many old customers. And in the off-season of Bermondsey Antique Market, only a few customers visited it every day.
People, let alone buyers.
But Justin didn't think there was a problem with his management style, but he suspected that there was something wrong with the layout of the antique store. He just took this time today to rearrange it and clean up some garbage if he could.
Justin became even more enthusiastic when he learned that Yu Fei was Chinese. It was not that he had deep feelings for China, but because Chinese people are very heroic and often spend a lot of money.
Distinguished gentleman, I don’t know how I can help you. Justin said warmly and respectfully.
I want to pick out some Chinese works of art. I don’t know what good ones there are, Yu Fei said. In fact, in a short period of time, Yu Fei has already checked out all the collections in the entire antique store, although most of them are open.
Objects, but there were no antiques that attracted him. Asking Justin just diverted his attention.
In the end, with Justin's hard selling, Yu Fei selected five antiques that were still acceptable, including two blue and white plum vases from the Qing Dynasty and two landscape paintings from the Song Dynasty.
Boss, give me a price. Yu Fei said, then he pretended to be casual and pointed at the bronze human sculpture still placed beside the door and said: Count him in too.
"Yu, this is considered a gift from me. It doesn't cost any money." Justin said.
No, no, no. Yu Fei waved his hands repeatedly and said: There is an old saying in China that brothers settle accounts clearly. Mr. Justin is open for business, how can I take advantage of everything?
In the end, after some humility, the bronze sculpture was finally sold for a symbolic price of one pound. Of course, it was also written down in the transaction details.
Seeing that this bronze sculpture finally belonged to his name, Yu Fei breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people may wonder, isn't Yu Fei not interested in European art? He is even willing to exchange famous paintings by Picasso and Monet, so how can he be interested in such a bronze sculpture with no aesthetic feeling?
Thinking hard to buy it.
In fact, Yu Fei really didn't like this sculpture either, but the reason why he bought it was very simple. Naturally, he wanted to exchange it for some precious Chinese artworks.
Although I don't like it, there might be other fools who like it.
Just like last time, those sketches that were so smeared that you couldn't tell what they were were replaced with precious antiques such as the authentic paintings of Luo Shen and the Fish Intestine Sword. How do you know that Princess Alice will not be stupid again this time?
Woolen cloth
But after buying these works of art, Yu Fei's problems arose again.
This time he fully expected to be treated like a distinguished guest upon arriving in London, and stayed at Princess Alice's royal estate again. So he didn't even book a hotel, and casually visited the Bermondsey Antique Market, but something unexpected happened.
He bought several pieces of art, including large pieces such as bronze sculptures. Seeing Yu Fei's dilemma, Justin came up with the idea to let Yu Fei store them in the store first, and promised that they would be properly kept.
But this is what Yu Fei doesn't want. This bronze sculpture is not ordinary. Justin's mallet can't see it, but it doesn't mean that others can't see it. If two people happen to see it and snatch it away at a high price, then what if he
In the end, the joy was all in vain.
After much hesitation, Yu Fei decided to book a hotel first, and then spend some money to ask Justin to hire a car to deliver these antiques to his hotel.
While discussing the details, Yu Fei's phone rang. To be continued...