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Chapter 747 Vancouver Flea Market
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"So you're going to New York?"
After listening to Liu Dong's words, Uncle Long said.
"Yes! I'll come over to see you, and then I'll fly there at the end of the month!" Liu Dong said.
After nodding, Uncle Long sighed slightly: "The Capital of the Twelve Beasts of Old Summer Palace is our country's national treasure. Now that you have seen it, you should buy it back! ... By the way, Xiaodong, do you have enough money with you? Not enough.
If so, I’ll give you some more!”
"No need, Uncle Long! In order to buy tiger heads and pig heads this time, I have prepared 100 million US dollars, which is enough!" Liu Dong said quickly.
"Haha, that's good! It seems like I haven't seen you for more than a year, and you are really promising! Okay, since you have money yourself, you don't need me, an old man, to worry about you. During these few days in Vancouver, you
Just have fun!”
"Then I will bother you, Uncle Long!" Liu Dong said with a smile.
"Hey, what are you talking about? It's too late for me to be happy that you can come see me!"...
Several people chatted with each other until lunch, and then briefly walked around in the afternoon. In the evening, because of Uncle Long's insistence, Liu Dong had to move from the hotel to his home.
Liu Dong got up early in the morning to exercise and met Uncle Long who was also standing in the yard.
"Xiaodong, after we finish breakfast, I will take you to the antique market here for a stroll. I know you are most interested in this!"
"Okay, Uncle Long!" Liu Dong nodded and agreed.
He is indeed interested in the antique market here, and being able to walk and chat with the old man is also the purpose of his coming here.
However, the antique market in Vancouver is somewhat different from the antique market that Liu Dong knows. A more accurate definition here should be the second-hand market.
In foreign countries, second-hand markets for buying and selling furniture, children's toys, and collectibles are very common, and this is also a frugal way of life. People who like to go shopping and buy something like to come here.
Usually they are only open on weekends. Most of them are privately rented stalls, while flea markets that are open every day belong to the state or welfare institutions, and the flea market where Uncle Long brought Liu Dong to is the latter.
The market is not big, only three floors. Like many antique markets in China, the building is divided into large and small stalls, with old furniture, old toys, small commodities, stamps, oil paintings, porcelain, etc. all available!
And the crowds were very lively. This was the first time Liu Dong met so many people in Vancouver. When he and Uncle Long were shopping yesterday, the surroundings were deserted, which made him a little uncomfortable coming from China.
"Look, this is the largest antique market in Vancouver. I have been here a few times before, but apart from wood carvings, I don't know much about other antiques, so I didn't buy anything. But you are awesome, I
I heard Lao Li call me and tell me that you had a lot of big debts while you were in China, so it’s up to you today. I, an old man, can’t do anything to help you!”
After listening to Uncle Long's words, Liu Dong smiled but said nothing.
Picking up missing antiques is a test of one's eyesight, and the other is luck.
Liu Dong's eyesight is good, and no one in the world can surpass him, but luck is something that is beyond anyone's control.
And compared to the domestic market, most of the high-quality goods in this flea market are second-hand goods, and there are not many works of art that can be called antiques. Therefore, Liu Dong has no intention of picking up missing items. He just simply wants to
Have fun shopping with the old man!
"Huh!"
Liu Dong, who had no intention of picking it up, actually found something good.
Mr. Long, who knew him well, understood what was going on when he saw Liu Dong's expression.
"Find something good?"
"It's not too good, it's okay!" Liu Dong said.
Nowadays, he has seen a lot of top-notch antiques and works of art that are national treasures. What might be considered a big deal in the eyes of others is just average in his eyes.
"Let's go over and have a look!"
After listening, Liu Dong nodded, then took two steps forward and stopped in front of a stall.
In addition to some oil paintings on display at the stall, the most common ones are some spoons, plates and bowls, which look quite exquisite, but are actually modern handicrafts, and there are no domestic scroll paintings, ancient books, jade carvings, etc.!
In addition, unlike domestic antique markets where people are always crowded when the market is busy, even though there are relatively many people here, there are only a few stalls in front of each stall. So when Liu Dong came over, they were sitting in the stalls wearing white T-shirts.
, the slightly fat white stall owner had already stood up from the mazaar and greeted: "You two, what do you want?"
After Liu Dong looked at the stall for a few times, he picked up a small, fist-sized white vial from the corner. The vial was about 10 centimeters in height. It was completely white, with a warm and delicate hand. The body of the vial was carved with openwork and openwork techniques.
The dragon, the most noble totem in China, was carved on it. Liu Dong counted the numbers and found that nine lifelike dragons with different images, such as circling, riding on clouds, or catching, were carved on this square-inch bottle.
However, a lot of dust accumulated in the carved gaps on the bottle and was not cleaned, covering up the charm of this exquisite work of art. Moreover, foreign people lacked understanding of things coming from China, so this original royal tribute was buried.
In the dust.
Fortunately it met Liu Dong.
"Boss, how much does this cost?" Liu Dong raised the vial in his hand.
“$150 CAD!”
The white vendor rolled his eyes and said.
Liu Dong knew that the price had exceeded the original selling price of the vial in his hand, but he didn't care. In comparison, he still made more money, so Liu Dong didn't bother to bargain and directly paid 150 Canadian dollars to the other party.
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Watching Liu Dong buy the things, Uncle Long, who had been standing by the side just now, also took the things from Liu Dong's hands.
"Is this a snuff bottle?"
Uncle Long had seen the Kangxi enamel snuff bottle that Liu Dong sold to Zhao Defa, so he was no stranger to what he had in his hands.
"Uncle Long has good eyesight. This is indeed a snuff bottle!"
"Okay, don't put a high hat on me, tell me quickly, what is the origin of this thing, but the carving is good, it seems to be the Northern School's technique, and there is an air of nobility that is both skillful and clumsy.
Angry!" Uncle Long said.
"Uncle Long, this is an ivory Nine Dragons snuff bottle made by Qian Yu in the Qing Dynasty!" Liu Dong said.
"You said this is ivory?"
"yes!"
"Oh, I said touching it like this is different from the one you picked up last time!" After playing with the snuff bottle for a while, he gave it back to Liu Dong, "You just picked up a big one just after I came out.
Hey, I got more than two million!"
"Haha, Uncle Long! This snuff bottle is not comparable to the Kangxi enamel snuff bottle from the Qing Dynasty. If it goes up for auction, the price will be a little more than half of the last time!" Liu Dong said.
"Okay, half of it is more than one million, which is enough for you kid!"
The two chatted and browsed the flea market. Although they were happy, Liu Dong didn't find anything he liked.
"By the way, Uncle Long, yesterday I heard Uncle Long say that you bought a farm here?" Liu Dong said.
"Yes, it can't be compared with China. There are so many people, and you have to make an appointment in advance to visit. In addition, I don't know a few of my neighbors, and I don't understand the language. It's boring to stay at home, so
I just bought a farm on the outskirts of Vancouver, how about you come to my place?"
"OK!"
Liu Dong was interested as soon as he heard this. He visited this flea market anyway and found nothing of value except a snuff bottle. There was no point in staying here any longer!
In addition, Liu Dong has been famous for large farms abroad for a long time. When he was in the Netherlands, he wanted to experience it, but there were too many things happening in the middle and he never found the opportunity. Now it is just right to go to Uncle Long's farm.
Seeing Liu Dong's promise, the two of them left the flea market, and then Liu Dong drove out of Vancouver under the guidance of Uncle Long.
Looking at the sparse vehicles on the wide and straight asphalt road, Liu Dong couldn't help but smile and said: "It would be great if our country could be like here. There wouldn't be so many cars, and there would be no traffic jams on the road. It would save more time!"
"Haha, it's not that there are few cars here, it's that there are few people driving. A city of Vancouver with 600,000 people is not as good as a county under Quancheng!" Uncle Long said.
"Hey, Uncle Long, are these all farms?" Liu Dong couldn't help but ask, looking at the single two-story buildings passing by on both sides of the road from time to time.
"All!"
"Then this is too much!" Liu Dong said in surprise.
"Haha, Canada is different from our country. There are fewer people here and more land. The 35 million people in the country are not as large as the population of our hometown Shandong Province. However, the country's area is larger than ours in China, so it is not like that here.
In our country, ordinary farmers farm not just a few acres of land, but large farms of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of acres, and every one of them is a big landowner!... Well, my farm is in front of you.
!”
Following the direction Uncle Long pointed, Liu Dong saw a two-story wooden building not far from the road. Next to the building, there was a row of bungalows and some simple agricultural machinery.
Surrounding these buildings is a row of wooden fences more than one meter high. The fences are covered with unknown wild vines and full of colorful flowers, reflecting the endless green in the distance and the beautiful scenery hidden in the green.
Cows and sheep, quite a leisurely artistic conception that is aloof from the world!
When Liu Dong's car drove along the dirt road leading to the small building, fierce dog barking sounded.
Soon two German black-backed dogs, commonly known as wolfdogs, barked at Liu Dong's car through the fence.
When Uncle Long got off the car, these two loyal little guys soon started wagging their tails again, looking at Uncle Long with a look of fawning in their eyes.
"Xiaodong, I'll open the door, please drive the car in!"
"I got it, Uncle Long!"
………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued)