Soon, those who had queued up and passed the audition found their way to the teahouse.
After Wang Dong came in, he sat down and drank three cups of tea. Then he wiped his mouth and complained: "There are so many people, and those people are too unreliable. They are waiting in front of me."
A little old lady came over with a small earthen jar. It smelled like it had been used to pickle pickles for several years. I told her that it was made in an earthen kiln after the founding of the People's Republic of China and was worthless. She still
They glared at me, and the guy behind me got a fake pearl the size of a cow's eye from somewhere, and he said it was picked off the steps of Lafayette Cixi..."
Listening to Wang Dong's complaints and complaints, everyone couldn't help laughing. When they saw the long box in Wang Dong's arms, someone asked: "Fat Wang, what you are holding is Xue Chen's collection, right?
What kind of fun thing is this? Let us take a look at it?"
"There's nothing interesting to see, just an iron sword." Wang Dong opened the box and shook the ancient sword inside in front of everyone's eyes.
The people sitting in the tea room were not blind, and they all roughly saw the value of this ancient sword. It was indeed not a particularly precious thing. This made them confused as to why Xue Chen would do this.
Since you have participated in this column, you must have the intention of standing out, whether it is to show off or to achieve some purpose, otherwise why bother to participate?
No one thought about it. After sitting for a while, everyone stood up, said goodbye and left.
After going downstairs and returning to the car, Xue Chen asked casually: "What did the person in charge of the audition say?"
"I didn't say anything. I just took a look, touched it with my hand, and said I passed. Then I was given a qualification certificate to participate in the next round of selection activities." Wang Dong took out the qualification certificate, and then also
He asked in confusion, "Old Xue, what are your plans? Although I passed the audition, I estimate that this sword may not be able to catch the eyes of those experts, and it will definitely be eliminated in the next round."
"Really?" Xue Chen smiled, turned and glanced at Wang Dong, "I don't think so."
After returning home with the box containing the ancient sword, Xue Chen went to take a look at the color steel room next to it and saw that the construction of the underground storage room was nearing completion. After more than 20 workers worked overtime and started working in shifts, a buried
The fortress-like basement beneath the ground is finally taking shape.
The wall alone is nearly two meters thick and is made of cement, river stone and various high-strength building materials. He used a hammer to hit a dry wall hard. Although it was not with full force, it was still
It is equivalent to the average person using their maximum strength, but only a white spot is left, and not even a trace of the wall surface is lost.
Xue Chen and the foreman have known each other for a long time. Whether it is the house in his hometown or the garage, he is responsible for it.
“Mr.
"Thank you, everyone has worked hard. When it is completed, I will tell Uncle Wang and give you an additional bonus." Xue Chen said with satisfaction.
This private national treasure event held by the CCTV program group had a considerable impact in Haicheng. Haicheng's TV station also carried out some broadcasts and filmed the audition site, and saw a huge crowd of people.
The audition lasted for three days. According to reports, more than 3,000 people participated in the audition, which is an astonishing number. There were about 300 treasure holders who obtained qualification certificates through the audition. That is to say
Only one out of ten people passed.
According to Xue Chen's understanding, not all of the products that have passed the test are genuine, and quite a few of them are very good fakes, for the sake of program effectiveness.
Those that did not pass may not be all fakes, but may be of low value and have no program effect, so they did not pass.
After participating in the first round of auditions, the next second round is the more detailed expert evaluation.
The second round also lasted for three days. There were a total of 300 passed collections, and 100 people participated every day. From these 300 pieces, the best ones were selected to compete for the honor of Haicheng City Folk National Treasure.
Wang Dong was assigned to the third day. He also carefully inquired about the situation in the first two days of the second round, and called Xue Chen that night to complain.
"Old Xue, I asked around, but I didn't expect that our Haicheng people really hide a lot of good things. In the past two days, I heard that blue and white mallet bottles from the Kangxi official kiln appeared on the scene, as well as those from Laokeng.
The glass jade carvings and the pottery people of the Tang Dynasty are both amazing. Take your ancient sword. I think it is 100% impossible. I think you should let me hold the Xuande furnace to suppress them.
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"No, just take that sword. Don't worry, I know it well." Xue Chen said with a smile.
The venue for this second round of selection has been changed to a studio of Haicheng City TV Station. Except for the qualified treasure holders who can attend, other people who want to enter the venue as an audience have to spend money to buy tickets.
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Coincidentally, Shen Wanjun and Yan Ruxing also participated in the second round on the same day as Xue Chen and Wang Dong.
Uncle Shen's purpose was already very clear to Xue Chen. He wanted to use this column to let more people know that he was searching for the remaining two cups of the December Flower God Cup when it was broadcast on CCTV, hoping to collect them as soon as possible.
The Twelve Flower God Cup.
When he arrived in front of the TV station building, Xue Chen saw for the first time from the hands of the clerk brought by Yan Ruxing the collection that the other party brought to participate in the column. It was a jade seal!
"The treasure of Kyushu imperial pen!"
Xue Chen took it in his hand and took a look, with a little shock on his face.
"This is...Qianlong's jade seal?"
Seeing Xue Chen's surprised look, Yan Ruxing showed a proud smile: "Xiao Xue, your eyes are indeed good. This is exactly the jade seal of Qianlong."
"Uncle Yan, you have hidden it well enough. I have never heard that you actually have a jade seal belonging to Emperor Qianlong." Xue Chen said in surprise.
On the side, Shen Wanjun shook his head and said: "It's not just you, even I don't know. I only found out in the past two days. Lao Yan is really shameless, hiding it so deeply."
"What, you said this is Emperor Qianlong's jade seal, the one used to seal imperial edicts?" Wang Dong came forward and looked at it with wide eyes.
"Ahem." Yan Ruxing choked on Wang Dong's words and coughed several times.
Shen Wanjun also laughed and said: "Xiao Wang, you should read more."
Wang Dong scratched his head and realized that he must have said the wrong thing.
"Dongzi, this jade seal is indeed used by Qianlong, but it is not the national seal used to seal the imperial edict."
Xue Chen smiled lightly and explained to Wang Dong.
"As we all know, Emperor Qianlong was a man who was very artistic and loved collecting. Many precious calligraphy left over from the previous dynasty were stamped with Qianlong's jade seal. According to investigations, Qianlong used more than one thousand jade seals in his lifetime. There are more than 700 pieces, including more than 500 seals used to authenticate calligraphy and paintings. A Mid-Autumn Festival post written by Wang Xianzhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty only has more than 30 words in total, but our Emperor Qianlong stamped more than 80 seals on it. "
"Eight...more than eighty? So many!" Wang Dong was dumbfounded.
"Xue Chen is right. Emperor Qianlong is deeply hated by some calligraphy collectors, because the blank spaces in many fine calligraphy and paintings are covered with Qianlong's seal, and a lot of artistic conception is missing." Shen Wanjun smiled. He said softly.
"Except for the lost ones, most of Qianlong's more than 1,700 seals are kept in the Forbidden City. There are probably 200 or 300 that are circulated outside, and Uncle Yan's is one of them."
After listening to Xue Chen's general explanation, Wang Dong finally understood.
"Uncle Yan, this Qianlong seal of yours is really a good thing. Why are you willing to take it out this time?" Xue Chen asked. Although Qianlong's seals are many, after all, they are personal items used by Qianlong, and their value lies in There is no thirty or fifty million that cannot be taken away.
"Well... ah, haha." Yan Ruxing said haha. Of course there was a reason for him to take it out.
In the past ten years, his Wanrui Antiques Store has definitely been the number one antique store in Haicheng. However, in the past two years, its position has been a little unsecured. Xue Chen and Wang Dong's joint venture, Joyo, has now experienced a sudden rise in fame and popularity. Like the fire, Shengshi Antiques Store, which opened in the past six months, is also growing rapidly, and Longteng Antiques Store is also following closely.
He had only one purpose in taking out Fang Qianlong's jade seal, which was to give his Wanrui Antiques Shop some face and let everyone in the Haicheng antique circle know that he, Yan Ruxing, had a lot of good stuff in his hands.
Yan Ruxing put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Xue Chen, why didn't you take out your Xuande furnace and then take a standard sword from the Ming Dynasty?"
If it were the Zhenzong's Xuande furnace, it could be compared with his Qianlong seal, but a standard sword from the Ming Dynasty would be far behind.
Xue Chen also laughed: "Well, well, everyone will know about it later."
"Then let's go in." Shen Wanjun suggested.
Several people walked toward the door of the lobby on the first floor of the TV station building. When they reached the door, they happened to encounter four or five people walking to the door from the other direction.
"Xu Ming? And isn't he Mao Fengkai, the manager of Shengshi Antique Store? How did these two people get together?" Xue Chen glanced at the two people walking in front.
When they met Xue Chen and others in front of the door, Xu Ming and Mao Fengkai stopped and glanced at Xue Chen with unfriendly eyes.
It goes without saying that Xu Ming was hostile to Xue Chen. Mao Fengkai also once stole a lot of money in public and completely lost his face. Since then, he has been honest and not as arrogant as when he first arrived in Haicheng.
"Xue Chen, you also participated in this show? Humph, what good thing did you bring? Could it be your Xuande furnace?" Xu Ming squinted and snorted coldly. For Xue Chen, holding a Xuande furnace in his hand was already a sea city. It is even well known in the entire Yunzhou Province antique circle. (To be continued)