Chapter 209 Miscellaneous stalls in the cultural and entertainment area
Flea Market Art and Toy Area.
Recently, it was Shen Yu’s first time to go shopping in Wenwan District.
Originally, according to the plan, the cultural toys area should only sell cultural toys such as gourds, walnuts, and bracelets.
But the reality is that Tibetan friends in Chuzhou are not very interested in Wenwan.
If you only sell toys and other items, then the merchant may not be able to make money from the stall fees.
Later, based on the feedback from the merchants, I wondered whether it was possible to sell some other categories of small items under the premise of mainly selling cultural toys.
The Marketing Management Office held a meeting to discuss it and then agreed.
There is nothing we can do about this.
The free stalls in the calligraphy and painting area, ceramics area, jade area, and miscellaneous area have long been gone, and no one will transfer them at the increased price.
In order to allow new businesses to have space, this is the only way.
Of course, if you want to bring a pair of giant stone carvings like a pair of stone lions or a cart of old furniture to the cultural and entertainment area for sale, it will definitely not work.
I spent half an hour visiting more than a dozen stalls, but didn't get much. I only bought a bunch of small-leaf red sandalwood beads.
Just when Shen Yu wanted to take a look at the calligraphy and painting area, a large miscellaneous stall suddenly caught his eye.
This stall is in a good location, under a large willow tree that is a hundred years old.
The canopy of the giant willow tree is like a giant sunshade umbrella, covering the stall below, which is very cool.
After walking over, Shen Yu found that the stall was very big and had everything.
There are hundreds of pieces of porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, bronze, wood carvings, lacquerware, ancient coins, ancient books, etc.
What’s interesting is that there are many hand-strung beads behind the stall.
Big-leaf rosewood, red rosewood, golden wood, chicken wing wood, green sandalwood, blood sandalwood, jujube wood, peach wood, there are always more than a dozen snakeskin pockets.
The boss is very smart in business. You can buy his antiques according to what is written on the small board in front of the stall. Depending on the price, you can also choose a string of beads.
At this moment, a very heavy-looking counterfeit mobile phone was placed on the money box, playing a stand-up comedy by a non-famous cross talk artist at a moderate volume.
The stall owner sat on the bench and listened very fascinated.
When he heard someone coming, he just glanced at it casually, and then made a casual gesture to Shen Yu.
Then he continued to shake his head while listening to his cross talk.
When setting up a stall in a flea market, as long as the age is above forty, most people like to listen to the radio.
There is nothing we can do about it.
Before there were smartphones, stall owners could only pass the time by listening to the radio or reading martial arts novels.
Many stall owners spend a lot of time reading books as they grow older, and their only pleasure is listening to the radio.
This habit really won’t change for a while.
But the good thing now is that with the APP on your smartphone, you can listen to it whenever you want. You can choose what you want to listen to and who you want to listen to.
Shen Yu casually picked up a blue and white double-eared porcelain vase from the stall and looked at it. The bottom of this porcelain was very raw, and the glaze was full of luster. It was newly fired and was not even a fake.
Putting down the porcelain vase, Shen Yu picked up an emerald green jade sculpture of Guan Gong.
The carving of this Wusheng jade is not bad, the texture is fine, the hand feels good, and there are no impurities or cracks. The only pity is the material.
It's not jade or mutton-fat jade, but aventurine. This thing can't be sold at a high price.
I picked up a few sets of calligraphy and painting and unfolded them. They were all very famous, including those from the four great families of the Yuan Dynasty, the four monks from the early Qing Dynasty, and even the Taoist Buddhist paintings by Wu Daozi, a painter from the Tang Dynasty. Unfortunately, they were all imitated.
Shen Yu sped up and looked at more than a dozen porcelain and wood carvings. They were either leftovers or fakes.
At this time, some bald stall owners also finished listening to the cross talk. He picked up a glass can and drank some tea. He was a little surprised to see that Shen Yu hadn't left yet.
Then I saw Shen Yu holding a flashlight in his left hand, a magnifying glass in his right hand, and a pair of white gloves, looking like an expert, and then I started to pay attention to it.
"Little brother, just tell me which antique you like. My stall hasn't opened yet today. I'll give you a 20% discount on any item."
Shen Yu secretly smiled. What the stall owner said was purely to deceive laymen. None of the antiques on his stall had clearly marked prices. It was up to him to ask for as much as he wanted. Where did he get the 20% off?
"May I ask the boss what your name is?" Shen Yu said politely.
"My surname is Wang, Wang Dahai. Just call me Lao Wang. I wonder what good thing my little brother has chosen?" After Wang Dahai introduced himself, he asked Shen Yu with a smile.
"Boss Wang, the items on your stall are really..." Shen Yu shook his head and did not continue.
For Shen Yu, an "old Jianghu" who has been in the antique circle since he was a child, he will definitely not directly say that there are no real things in your stall.
Just click on the stall owner and he will understand.
If the other party really has a good item and wants to take action, they will naturally take it out. Otherwise, they can just leave.
"Didn't like it?"
"Hmm!"
Wang Dahai smiled again and narrowed his eyes: "Look carefully, my stall is not big, but there is indeed an old thing that opened the door during the Yongzheng period."
Shen Yu pointed to a small blue and white bowl at the edge of the stall and asked, "Are you talking about this small bowl of Yongzheng blue and white porcelain?"
His words immediately made Wang Dahai's smile freeze.
It was a small underglaze bowl decorated with a folded flower in the center and a blue and white lotus pattern on the outer wall.
The small bowl is not big, not much bigger than a tea cup in a restaurant.
The condition is also good, there is no chipping or scratching, but it is a little dirty and does not look very nice.
Wang Dahai looked at Shen Yu up and down for a long time before he praised: "I didn't expect that this little brother is an insider!
"This Yongzheng official kiln porcelain is a treasure passed down from my ancestors. It was originally kept at home. I didn't dare to sell it when my family members were sick and needed money.
"To be honest, brother, don't tell me I'm quite fat now, but I've lost more than ten kilograms in just the past few days."
While talking, Wang Dahai even rubbed his eyes. When he opened his eyes again, two lines of hot tears fell down.
Shen Yu looked at Wang Dahai, but swallowed his saliva, "You are such a good actor, you can cry immediately when you talk about acting."
"Little brother, you don't know how much hardship my family suffered when we got this treasure..."
Seeing that the stall owner had already prepared his emotions and was about to start performing, Shen Yu quickly waved his hand: "Stop, buy antiques and give stories to me, so you don't have to waste time talking, stop now."
Wang Dahai didn't show any embarrassment, "Hey, I really met an expert.
"Little brother, you also know that if you don't tell me the origin of this treasure on the antique street, who would be willing to buy it?
"Just think that my brother just farted.
"But having said that, this small blue and white bowl is really a treasure, and it is indeed passed down from my family.
"Think about it, the old items from the Yongzheng period are almost 300 years old now, right? There aren't many 300-year-old items in this market."
Shen Yu had no time to waste time with him and directly slapped him in the face, "Boss Wang, you should say these words to those who are new to the industry.
"The value of antiques lies in their intrinsic value rather than their age.
"In terms of age, the sand in the river, the stones on the mountains, and the soil on the ground are all hundreds of millions of years old. I don't see anyone carrying a big stone home as a treasure.
"From the shape of your blue and white bowl with lotus pattern, there is nothing wrong with it: it has an open mouth, a curved belly, and rounded feet.
"It's just that the painting is very poor. This is not a tangled branch. Those who don't know better think it is a dead vine.
"Furthermore, the two-line six-character inscription of 'Made in the Yongzheng Year of the Qing Dynasty' on the bottom of the bowl is just irregular. The word 'made' has not been written yet and is missing a stroke. It is a typical defective product.
"If the official kiln produces this crap, the kiln superintendent will not die even if he has nine lives."
Wang Dahai didn't change his expression and said in a deep voice: "Little brother, you don't know this. This is a fine product from a folk kiln. Not everyone dares to play like this. The more it is like this, the more it shows the value of this treasure of mine." Precious."
Shen Yu suppressed his laughter and said, "Okay, okay, I'm just a man of few talents and limited knowledge.
"But blue and white porcelain should be of the highest quality if its body is white, its glaze is shiny, and its patterns are exquisite.
"This treasure of yours, judging from the pickles on it, has probably been used as a pickle bowl, right?
"Since this is your ancestral treasure, why don't you wipe it? Isn't this a bit unreasonable?"
Shen Yu didn't know why he was talking nonsense to the shrewd stall owner in front of him.
He just had a feeling that there was something he wanted at this stall.
This feeling is very strong.
Wang Dahai gave a thumbs up, with a look of admiration on his face, "Gao, my little brother is amazing, I, Wang Dahai, am convinced.
"To tell you the truth, I picked up this item when I went to the countryside to dig out an old house last week. I haven't even had time to clean it yet.
"Do you really want to buy something good?"
Hearing this, Shen Yu frowned and pointed at the pile of rags on the stall, "Boss Wang, what you said is meaningless. If I don't buy good ones, why should I buy these handicrafts?
"Let me tell you the truth, I need to give a gift to my elders now. As long as you have it and the price is right, I will buy it right away. I will bring all the cash with me." After Shen Yu finished speaking, he patted his shoulder. package.
Wang Dahai looked at Shen Yu's bulging backpack, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He glanced left and right and waved to Shen Yu, "Come on, come this way."
