Xue Chen shook his head and didn't care. Knowing is normal, not knowing is abnormal. Liulichang is a nationally famous antique trading center, and the speed of information transmission here is the fastest. As long as there is a slight disturbance in all parts of the country,
It can spread here in a very short time.
Li Lingchun followed him to the second floor, seemingly hesitant to speak.
"Uncle Li, do you have something to tell me?" Xue Chen took a look and asked with a chuckle.
"Well... I wonder if I can have a chance to take a look at the Yongle blue and white hand cup?" The hand cup is so attractive that Li Lingchun really wants to see it with his own eyes. It can be considered a great experience.
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"It's just this matter. Of course there is no problem. Uncle Li, you are too polite. Just say it."
Xue Chen put his hand into his coat, and when he took it out again, the hand cup was already in the palm of his hand. Li Lingchun was stunned when he saw this. He couldn't believe that such a precious thing was casually placed on the coat.
In your pocket? This heart is too big. What if it breaks?
Li Lingchun carefully touched the cup placed on the coffee table, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but nodded: "I dare not comment casually on a national treasure like the hand cup, but I
It feels like it should be the real thing.”
Looking at the hand-pressed cup, Li Lingchun felt really incredible. It turned out that the rumors were true, and the owner actually got a hand-pressed cup.
"Master, did you really get eight thousand yuan?" Li Lingchun was still a little unbelievable and raised his head and asked.
When he got an affirmative answer, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. After all, he had been based in Liulichang for seven or eight years. He had seen and heard many bizarre and surprising things, including monsters, monsters, monsters, ghosts, and snakes.
Don't be surprised.
But confirming this matter caused waves in his heart. The difference between eight thousand and hundreds of millions is enough to make anyone feel extremely frightened.
"By the way, Zhuge also told me that you should notify him when you come back. It must be because of the hand cup. In the past few days, more than a dozen people have come, all wanting to buy the hand cup.
of……"
Xue Chen waved his hand, pressing the cup as a national treasure, even if he wanted to get one, he would have to try his luck, it was rare, and he was not short of money, so of course there was no need to sell it.
In the evening, Zhuge Yi came after hearing the news, and Zeng Guangrong, an expert from the National Palace Museum Cultural Relics Research Institute, came with him. After seeing Xue Chen, the two exchanged simple greetings, and soon "showed the fox's tail."
I wanted to see the cup with my own eyes.
When Xue Chen took it out, the two of them took turns holding it in their hands and looking at it carefully.
"Xiao Xue, you are really...well, I don't know what to say about you. Even I am jealous." Zhuge Yi tapped Xue Chen with his finger and shook his head with a smile.
Zeng Guangrong held the hand cup in his hand and couldn't put it down. He said seriously: "There is also a hand cup in the National Palace Museum, but the inside of the cup is flower heart. According to the record in "Museum Guide", the double lion rolling ball
It is better than the flower heart, that is to say, your piece is more valuable and cherished than the one in the National Palace Museum."
This meaning is not simple, it is more precious than the ones in the National Palace Museum. As long as it is said out, it is not only a face, but in a sense, it directly raises the identity of the person who collects it to a very high level.
Just as Li Lingchun said, all the shops on Liulichang Ancient Culture Street have heard about the hand cup, but most of them are dubious, even though this matter has been widely uploaded on the Internet.
Why don't you believe it? Naturally, it's because the things are so precious, and their value is so high that it's hard to believe that you can come across them on the street stalls.
Liulichang is a mixed bag, full of opportunities to make money, and also full of dangers and traps. If you are not careful, you may fall into a carefully arranged trap and be severely cheated, so you have developed a cautious attitude.
It is my habit that once I encounter anything, my first thought is to doubt whether there is anything fishy about it.
Now when I suddenly heard that someone accidentally got a national treasure-level antique, the Ming Dynasty Yongle Blue and White Pressed Hand Cup, for 8,000 yuan, I naturally became suspicious. They all wondered if it was a hype, just to give a loud name to the newly opened Zhuoyue store.
advertise?
However, the day after Xue Chen came back, Zhuge Yi stated that he had seen the hand cup, and there was nothing wrong with it, so it was undoubtedly authentic.
Others may lie, but Zhuge Yi will not. Zhuge Yi can be said to be one of the last remaining old-timers in Liulichang. He has been working on this street for forty years. He can be said to be a living fossil of the history of Liulichang.
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Zhuge Yi was also an old man with both virtue and skill. Many times, when there were some conflicts or entanglements in Liulichang, Zhuge Yi stood up to mediate and made a decision, so he was very respected.
Now that Zhuge Yi said this, those who were half-believing were reluctant to believe it, but once they believed it, their hearts were filled with envy and jealousy, and they all unconsciously looked at the newly opened outstanding antique.
shop.
There were a lot of rumors about the hand-pressing cup on the Internet and outside, but Xue Chen was not greatly affected. It's not that he was unhappy after getting the hand-pressing cup, but it was just unnecessary to show it on his face.
This time, the plan to go to exchange meetings across the country was in vain, and only a dozen transactions were made. This made Xue Chen feel very regretful and helpless, and looking at the current situation, he could not do it again in a short time.
I went to the exchange meeting, but it was a waste of time. I can only wait for the popularity of the hand cup thing to slowly subside, which may take half a year.
But the things he wanted to do have not been completed yet. There are only a dozen or so things, which are much less than what he planned. They are not enough to see at all.
"Is it true that we can only try our luck at flea markets abroad?"
If it's not really necessary, he still doesn't want to go abroad. It's too much trouble, and it's far less reliable than the domestic exchange market. Foreign flea markets are a hodgepodge of markets. They don't just sell art. If you want to find something from domestic
The chance of valuable things leaking out is very small.
After thinking about it for a while, he planned to call Zhuge Yi for advice. After all, Jiang was still experienced and experienced, so he might be able to point out a way for him.
"You understand that because you are in a hurry to open branches, and the cooperation channels cannot keep up, some stores are faced with a situation of having no goods to sell, right?"
After hearing this, Xue Chen repeatedly said yes, with a rather helpless tone: "I originally planned to visit exchange meetings in various places, but I can't do that now."
Zhuge Yi on the other side of the phone was silent for a while, probably thinking. After a while, he said: "Nowadays in online forums, many people call you the King of Pick-Ups."
"Those are all people on the Internet who are bored and talking nonsense." Xue Chen smiled and said.
"No, this is the affirmation of you by some people in the national antique circle. It can be said that your reputation in the national antique circle now may not be comparable to mine." Zhuge Yi said seriously.
Zhuge Yi was not complimenting Xue Chen, nor was it necessary. With his status and status, he no longer needed to compliment others. What he said was true.
Among the upper echelons of the capital's antique circle, who knows Zhuge Yi's name? But when it comes to his national reputation, it is very average. He is not ranked among the top ten in the antique circle. A big reason is that he himself
He rarely leaves the capital and rarely participates in activities.
After a few days of hustle and bustle, the word "Xue Chen" has become familiar to many people across the country. They all know that there is such a young but extremely discerning leak-picking king who is famous and has reached an extremely high level.
high.
"Xue Chen, you can definitely use your fame to do a lot of things now. Even if you want to solve the channel problem, it's not difficult." Zhuge Yi said with certainty.
Xue Chen hurriedly asked humbly for advice and asked how to do it.
"The antique industry is booming now and is in a period of barbaric growth. Generally speaking, it is a mixed bag of good and bad, and it is full of fraud. Not one out of ten antiques seen on the market may be genuine. It is precisely for this reason.
, now there are so-called expert appraisal meetings all over the country.”
When Zhuge Yi talked about the expert appraisal meeting, his tone became more solemn and displeased.
"Expert appraisal meeting..."
Xue Chen naturally knew what it was. To put it simply, a few or two appraisal experts got together and held an appraisal meeting to appraise the low-level antique enthusiasts. Some appraisal meetings would charge a certain fee, but
More are free.
Since it is free, those who have "baby" but have been suffering from no one who can prove it to themselves flock to find experts for appraisal.
But are there really people in the world who are willing to help others without expecting any reward? There must be some, but those so-called experts certainly don’t.
Many of those experts are not real experts. The difference between Zeng Guangrong, an expert from the Palace Museum Cultural Relics Research Institute, and that is the difference between a pheasant and a phoenix!
These experts often have dozens of names, which are quite scary to say and give people a very sharp feeling. For example, they are the director of a certain folk collection association, the deputy director of a certain ancient ceramics research institute, and the special director of a certain collection website.
Invite consultants.
Do these names really have any gold content? It’s almost zero. They are all private pheasant organizations that are here to subsidize these experts.
These experts, who have several or even a dozen well-known names, do appraisals for ordinary people, naturally for money, but since it is free, how to make money, that is, by issuing certificates!
When the so-called experts appraise an antique, nine out of ten of them will say it is a good thing, making the treasure owner ecstatic. Then, the experts will say that it only costs a few hundred to a few thousand yuan to get a certificate.