City: Start from participating in the Appreciation Program

Chapter 148 Picking

The time soon reached 10:[-], which was the official start time of the competition, and the extra [-] minutes would be considered as round-trip time.

As mentioned earlier, porcelain business is everywhere in the city of porcelain, even if Luo Fan has no guidance, he can still find the porcelain pieces he wants to buy.

However, for the sake of fairness, Cheng Xinwei not only told Luo Fan where there are more people selling ceramic tiles, but also thoughtfully found someone to take Luo Fan there, which really made Luo Fan wonder what Cheng Xinwei was thinking.

Could it be that the father and son have enmity?Or, did he deliberately take himself to a place full of fakes in order to deceive himself?

But Cheng Xinwei shouldn't be so stupid to deceive himself, after all, this is almost equivalent to cheating, and Cheng Luming can be directly judged to lose.

With such thoughts in mind, Luo Fan went out with the people arranged by Cheng Xinwei very at ease.

Coincidentally, Luo Fan found Cheng Luming at the target location, which also showed that Cheng Xinwei did not fool himself.

After the two left to choose the tiles, the people who attended the appreciating meeting next to them realized that the protagonist was missing, and came over curiously to ask where Cheng Luming had gone.

Cheng Xinwei just casually said that Cheng Luming had to go out first, but he didn't mention the match between the two.

Regardless of whether Cheng Luming wins or loses this competition, it's better not to make a fuss, after all, it also involves the existence of a third party, Qin Miaomiao.

Maybe it was because the movement of the four of them was too small, maybe they didn't want to talk to Cheng Luming, the young master, but no one realized that a new round of competition had started here.

Cheng Xinwei, who was a little bored, asked curiously: "Niece Qin, what do you think about this competition?"

"Seeing how confident you are, you seem to have great confidence in your boyfriend?"

Although Qin Miaomiao knew what she was thinking, she didn't intend to express her true thoughts, saying:
"Competitions, of course, are the real story. Before the results of the competition are determined, no one knows who will win and who will lose. We can just wait with peace of mind."

"Uncle Qin, why didn't you prevent Cheng Luming from participating in this competition? Could it be that Cheng Luming's strength is much stronger than his appearance?"

Ever since going through the ups and downs of the last time he gambled with Tan Renjie, Qin Miaomiao didn't dare to talk too much. What if this unattractive Cheng Luming is also a hidden master?
Cheng Xinwei smiled wryly: "If Cheng Luming can really pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, then I can rest assured that I will hand over the Cheng family to him."

"But even so, this game must be held."

"The young eagle must accept hardships before it can spread its wings and fly. I hope this time it will make him grow up."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Xinwei sighed, as if he was very worried about his son's future, Qin Miaomiao didn't know how to comfort him for a while.

On the other hand, Luo Fan was also dazzled in the selection in the market. There are so many porcelain tiles here that Luo Fan was at a loss for a moment to choose.

He can't use the power of truth to appraise one by one. There are tens of thousands of tiles in front of him. If he has to appraise them, he will be drained due to overuse sooner or later.

Compared to Luo Fan's inability to start, Cheng Luming is a native of Cidu after all, so he was very familiar with the road, so he began to rummage through the stalls.

And he didn't intend to miss out, but directly picked from the most expensive pile.

As expected, you get what you pay for, and the quality of this pile of tiles is much better than the pile of tiles that cost a few dollars next to it. Not only are they basically genuine, but the quality is also much higher.

Although these tiles are not complete, you can still see its former beauty from the scale claws, and people can't wait to know what it looks like when it is intact.

Perhaps, this is the charm of tiles.

Although the pile of tiles in front of him were all very good, but it was a competition after all, and Cheng Luming could only choose one of the best quality tiles, and the price could not exceed the stipulated one hundred yuan.

Not long after, Cheng Luming chose a fragment of blue and white porcelain.

This piece of blue and white porcelain is about the size of a palm and has a unique curvature of porcelain. It seems to have been part of a cylindrical plum vase.

Except for the cracks, the inner and outer sides of this piece of porcelain are perfectly preserved, and it is considered a relatively good piece of porcelain.

What's even more commendable is that the front of the porcelain piece just depicts the head of a lady, which seems to be a self-contained picture, and it can be regarded as a simple painting by itself.

Seeing this piece of porcelain, Cheng Luming was also very moved, and directly asked the boss for a price.

Although this piece of porcelain is not expensive, it is just a piece of porcelain. The boss only offered a price of 100 yuan. After bargaining, he should be able to win it at around 80 yuan, which is very in line with the requirements of the competition.

Sure enough, Cheng Luming finally sold the tile at a price of 70 yuan, and put the tile into the storage bag with satisfaction.

Although it took a long time, Cheng Luming would not be like the monkey in the fable, who lost the watermelon and corn and only found sesame seeds in the end.

Anyway, Cheng Luming was not short of this little money, he planned to buy all the tiles he liked directly, and finally hand in the tile he thought was the most valuable as the competition entry.

Cheng Luming even secretly thought that this Luo Fan might not be as smart as himself, maybe he would make such a low-level mistake.

This Luo Fan picks and chooses, and when he doesn't find any more valuable tiles in the end, when he wants to go back, he will probably be pleasantly surprised to find that this tile has already been taken by someone else!
Although the porcelain business is not as brilliant as before, these good-looking porcelain pieces are very popular. If novices have the idea of ​​buying them later, most of them will lose their love.

It is naturally impossible for Luo Fan to make such a low-level mistake, but after looking at it for a long time, he really didn't see any good tiles.

Not to mention the legendary pieces of Ru porcelain that are worth more than gold, I haven't even seen some of the more famous pieces of porcelain. After wandering around for a long time, I didn't find a satisfactory piece of porcelain.

In fact, this is mainly because Luo Fan's requirements are too high. These porcelain pieces are different from those complete antiques that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. They are usually around 100 yuan, and if they are worth 100 yuan, they are considered super valuable.

As for being able to buy the legendary Ru porcelain at the price of cabbage, it can only be realized in a dream. These stall owners are not fools, how could such an obvious leak appear.

After all, the identification of ceramic tiles is very simple, and basically there will be no drilling.

Although Luo Fan's price is less than [-] yuan, in fact, the most expensive piece of porcelain is about [-] yuan, and there is not much difference between the purchased price and the real price.

It seemed that Luo Fan was not satisfied with the tiles in front of him. The boss thought for a while, pointed to the bag of tiles behind him that had not been unpacked, and said to Luo Fan:

"Little brother, would you like to take a look at this new bag of tiles? Let me tell you quietly, I just dug this bag of tiles from there, and there may be some very good things in it." .”

"Of course, if something is good, the price must be higher."

Regarding this, Luo Fan said indifferently: "As long as your things are really worth the price, it's not a problem for me to pay a little more."

Of course, if it wasn't worth it, Luo Fan wouldn't plan to pay an extra half a dime.

Seeing that Luo Fan agreed, the boss took out a bag from the back, and directly dumped the tiles inside very rudely on his booth, telling Luo Fan to choose whatever he wanted.

It can be seen with the naked eye that these tiles still have some local characteristic soil on them. It seems that they have just been dug out of the soil, and they look very good.

However, this may also be a labyrinth deliberately set up by the boss. After all, the tiles are only stained with mud, and it is not difficult to operate. The specifics depend on the quality of the tiles themselves.

Although Luo Fan didn't have any expectations, he looked carefully.

Looking at it really made Luo Fan discover something. What the boss said was actually true. The quality of this pile of new tiles is much better than other tiles.

It's just that most of such tiles are covered in soil, which increases the difficulty of identification.

As for removing the soil for identification, it is better not to do it if the boss does not personally help you to operate it. After all, no one knows what changes have taken place when these tiles are buried in the ground.

When you remove the soil, what you see is not necessarily a brand new tile, but also the beauty that has been preserved with great difficulty by destroying the tile at the same time.

Therefore, it is generally not recommended for novices to buy this kind of new ceramic tile with mud. Not only is it more difficult to identify, but it will directly destroy the tile if it is not cleaned properly.

However, this is not a problem for Luo Fan, he just needs to find the most valuable piece in this pile of porcelain.

Thinking of this, Luo Fan began to simply pick up the tiles on the ground, hoping to find tiles that met his requirements.

Soon, Luo Fan found a very thin piece of porcelain, which was particularly unique among the thick pile of porcelain.

This is a piece of dark blue porcelain, without any pattern decoration on the surface, only some simple stripes on the porcelain itself for decoration, revealing a simple beauty.

Of course, it is also possible that this tile is not in the patterned position, so there is no pattern at all.

Luo Fan's personal words are inclined to the first point of view, because the simple stripes alone are already very beautiful, and there is no need for some extra paintings to add to the liking.

Although 80.00% of this piece of porcelain is covered with soil, Luo Fan's intuition has already told him that this is a good thing, just based on the 20.00% visible to the naked eye.

Anyone with a little imagination can have a feeling of knowing the whole leopard when seeing the exposed part of this piece of porcelain.

The reason why this piece of porcelain is so thin is probably because its decorative function is greater than its actual function, so in order to enhance the perception, it is made particularly light and thin.

Of course, this may also be the reason why it appears here. Thinness means that it is not strong enough, and it may not be able to withstand the test of leaving the factory.

Luo Fan searched the knowledge in his mind, and it seems that there is no record of such a kind of porcelain in any dynasty. This may be just an experimental work, and it was not able to come out due to some defects.

This is also an extremely normal phenomenon. The ancient craftsmen were very ingenious, and often just a single idea could keep them busy for a long time.

In fact, quite a few of these porcelain pieces buried in the ground of Porcelain City are the experimental products of the craftsmen, and the other part are the defective products that appeared during the firing process.

Really fine porcelain is actually very difficult to appear here, and most of them have already been sent to the dignitaries who need them.

Here I have to talk about another advantage of the tile, it is precisely because of its incompleteness that it is perfect.

A flawed piece of porcelain is destined to be destroyed. After all, these craftsmen cannot bear the anger of those who can use them, no matter who they are.

But having flaws does not mean that this piece of porcelain is useless, avoiding these flawed places, some parts are even more perfect than some tribute porcelains.

Collecting tiles can help you do this. You only need to select tiles with perfect parts for collection, and you can smoothly avoid the influence of these defects.

Not much nonsense, now that Luo Fan has a goal, he directly asked the boss about the price of this tile.

The stall owner may not know what the tiles in Luo Fan's hands are like, but he still understands the basic business rules of asking high prices when someone looks at them.

The stall owner thought for a while and said, "I think the little brother and I are destined, how about I sell this piece of porcelain to you for 500 yuan?"

500 yuan?Although this tile looks good, it is obviously not worth the price, and it is even more unqualified as an entry in the competition. Luo Fan wants to buy it because he is simply interested.

But since the boss took him for granted, he didn't want to talk nonsense with the boss, so he turned around and prepared to leave. He didn't forget that it was still game time, and he had to find a tile that could be used as a competition as soon as possible.

It's just that Luo Fan left the boss in a hurry. At this time, shouldn't you just sell me if you can pay the price? What does it mean to turn around and leave?Why don't you play your cards according to the routine?

"One hundred, one hundred I will sell." The boss shouted.

Seeing that Luo Fan didn't seem to want to stop, the boss shouted again: "Fifty, fifty, you can't afford it, you can't afford it, you can't be fooled."

Only then did Luo Fan stop. If it was 80 yuan, he could buy it for fun.

After paying the payment, the tile officially became Luo Fan's possession, and Luo Fan was going to ask the boss to borrow a place to find some water to clean the tile before leaving.

After all, this piece of porcelain is full of mud, which is neither convenient nor hygienic to carry.

The boss kindly reminded Luo Fan: "Little brother, this kind of thing is not suitable for washing. Without professional skills, it is easy for you to wash it. I will be responsible for it. I can't afford it."

(End of this chapter)