Antique Dealer

Chapter 140 The Second Ancestor

Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Tang Mingshan quickly asked, "What are you doing?"

Zhao Xiaorui, who was walking in front, replied, "Go see my grandma."

"Oh."

Tang Mingshan also knew about the old lady's situation. He said, "Let me spare you a little time. My friend has a question about antiques. I want to ask Fang Hao for advice."

Hearing the word "antique", Zhao Shuo frowned unconsciously.

Fang Hao looked at the young man behind Tang Mingshan and asked, "What's the problem?"

Tang Mingshan came in with his friends, and first introduced them to both parties.

The young man's name is Yang Jun. Tang Mingshan met him at a small auction.

To say that the two didn't know each other very well, it's just that Tang Mingshan was an acquaintance, just after meeting him in the bathroom, he chatted with Yang Jun nonstop, and immediately learned about Yang Jun's troubles.

Like Yan Sanzhi, Yang Jun is from Xincheng. Due to the influence of his relatives, he started to get in touch with antiques five years ago.

The antique market in Xincheng couldn't meet Yang Jun's requirements. It happened that his wife was from Xijing, so he simply resigned and moved to Xijing to develop.

In the past, Yang Jun relied on the support of his family to support his collection business, but last year's economic downturn made business difficult, and he felt that he could not make ends meet. After deliberation, he decided to rely on his own advantages to become an antique dealer.

The so-called "broker" is actually a broker, who specializes in matching business for people who want to sell and buy antiques, and earn commissions from it. In the old saying of antiques, it is "runway".

In addition to helping customers pull fiber, Yang Jun will also look for any collections that customers need, and after buying them, sell them to the other party to make a little difference.In the past year, he has only made a few small mistakes, and his life is pretty good.

A week ago, a collector approached Yang Jun and asked him to help find a five-color porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, preferably a Wenwan from the Wanli period, worth between 50 and [-] yuan.

Afterwards, Yang Jun worked hard and finally found a Wanli multicolored dragon pattern pen with the help of his friends. However, when he delivered it to the collector, the other party expressed doubts about the authenticity of the artifact and asked to buy it. Please ask an expert to endorse it, but the collector also guarantees that if it is indeed genuine, he can pay for the expert appraisal fee.

Yang Jun had no choice but to agree, and went to an authoritative expert to appraise it today, and the expert also had the same opinion, thinking that there was something wrong with the thing.

"I've seen the stuff just now, and I think it's old." Because of this, Tang Mingshan introduced Fang Hao to Yang Jun.

Fang Hao asked Yang Jundao: "Didn't that expert tell you the reason?"

"He was quite busy at the time, so he just told me to study more about 'Ham La Guang'." While speaking, Yang Jun took out his things from his bag and put them on the table.

Lead-containing glazed porcelain and low-temperature lead-glazed porcelain will produce a film on the surface of the porcelain due to the erosion of external physical and chemical substances and changes in itself.

Day after day, as the "porcelain age" increases, this membranous substance will gradually increase and thicken, and when it reaches a certain thickness, it will produce a "light" similar to the flickering inside the clam shell, so people Call it "Clam Light".If it is thickened to a certain extent, "silver glaze" will appear, but the "silver glaze" will fade when exposed to water.

The porcelain pen that Yang Jun took out is covered with white glaze, with blue flashes in the white, and dragon and phoenix patterns are painted on it, with blue and white decorations. .

Fang Hao picked up the porcelain brush and looked at it. His painting style is ancient and clumsy, the colors are rich and colorful, and the contrast is strong. It is a typical style of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. No matter how you look at it, it is undoubtedly authentic.

As for the clam light, he really didn't see it, but as long as he has some understanding of the formation of the clam light, combined with some characteristics of the porcelain pen, it can be easily explained.

Fang Hao gave his own conclusion: "I think this multicolored porcelain pen is very open."

Tang Mingshan clapped his hands and said happily: "I knew it, how could I be wrong about the object that opens the door like this!"

"Then how do you explain that there is no clam light?" A young man walked in the door.

Yang Jun quickly introduced: "This is Rong Weijian, the grandson of Rong Lao."

The elder Rong mentioned by Yang Jun was Rong Kerang, the authority who helped him identify porcelain pens. Fang Hao had only heard of this person's name, but he didn't know anything about it.

Tang Mingshan knew Rong Weijian, and he was very unimpressed with him, thinking that he was a dude with five people and six people relying on Rong Weijian's reputation.

Seeing Rong Weijian appearing, Tang Mingshan said sarcastically, "I didn't know that there are experts who can imitate the Wanli five colors to such an extent! Well, even if it's a fake, why don't clams just imitate it?" Woolen cloth?"

Maybe it's because of the mutual restraint of the five elements. Rong Weijian also hated Tang Mingshan very much, and said with a sneer: "It's no wonder that someone can drill eyes every now and then. Mimics the clam light of a colored perimeter."

Tang Mingshan curled his lips: "You said most of them. Besides, this person is so skilled. Could it be that he can't even imitate the light of a clam?"

Rong Weijian sneered: "Others are not gods, they can do everything! Besides, you are explaining why there is no clam light on it!"

Both of them had loud voices, which made Fang Hao feel a little headache, and he didn't want to waste his time here, so he spoke directly.

"On many newly unearthed multicolored porcelain, clam light does not appear, because some colors are corroded and oxidized by the soil, forming a layer of hoarfrost-like substances, and some are because they are preserved in hanging pits or puddles. The isolation of air and soil makes the glaze look like new, so for collectors who do not have the knowledge of identification, it is only a little bad to confirm whether it is genuine."

Then, he said a few more evidences to prove that this multicolored porcelain pen was indeed newly unearthed.

Rong Weijian was speechless, but Fang Hao's last sentence irritated him, which was obviously mocking him for not having the ability to identify, and the key point was to bring his grandfather in, which is tolerable or unbearable: " Since you say it is true, you have the guts to buy it!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the scene was quiet.

Yang Jun was also speechless in his heart. He always knew that Rong Weijian was a second-generation ancestor, but because of his interests, he still got in touch with him. Afterwards, he felt that there was nothing wrong with him except that he was a little naive and indeed a little bit dandy. I didn't expect to say such a stupid thing now.

After a while, Zhao Xiaorui counterattacked: "Have you lost your mind? Do you think it is true and you want to buy it? If you really think so, you should give this sentence to your grandpa. Let him buy all the antiques that he identified as real!"

Rong Weijian also knew that he was impulsive, but having said everything, he could only bite the bullet and continue: "As long as the price is right, my grandpa will definitely buy it!"

Tang Mingshan said with a smile: "What do you mean the price is right, [-]% off, [-]% off, [-]% off, or no money at all?"

Rong Weijian turned his head and asked Yang Jun: "I remember it was 35, right?"

Yang Jun nodded, thinking, Rong Weijian wouldn't really go crazy, would he want to sell it at a discount?If it was before, he might have agreed, but now Fang Hao's words are well-founded, and he would definitely not be happy to let him sell at a loss.

"30, the loss of [-] is mine!"

Rong Weijian turned to look at Fang Hao: "Will you buy it or not? Don't be so loud!"

Fang Hao laughed: "I'm not stupid, I don't even want to send money. Give me the card number, and I'll transfer the money right away."

"Give him the account number!"

Yang Jun saw Rong Weijian's tough attitude. If he didn't agree, he would definitely tear his face. Now is definitely not the time to turn his face, so he had to take out his bank card.

Seeing that Fang Hao transferred the money happily, Rong Weijian didn't want to lose face, and immediately took out his mobile phone to transfer [-] yuan to Yang Jun, then greeted Yang Jun, turned around and left.

Yang Jun handed Fang Hao a business card, said goodbye very politely, and returned to his private room after going out.

Rong Weijian picked up the bowl and drank a few mouthfuls of soup: "Do you think I'm out of my mind?"

Yang Jun smiled against his will: "How can you, you must have a deep meaning in doing this!"

Rong Weijian said triumphantly: "You think, my grandfather has been in the industry for so many years, would he judge the authenticity just because of the light of the clams? How could he make such a low-level mistake, that would be too small for him! Today only It's just because he was busy and didn't explain it clearly to you, do you think that's the reason?"

Yang Jun thought about it. Rong Kerang, as the appraisal authority of Ming and Qing porcelains in Xijing, may make mistakes, but it is really unlikely that he will make too low-level mistakes. From this point of view, what Rong Weijian said is indeed reasonable. Could it be himself? Wrong him?
Rong Weijian said again: "Yang Jun, I helped you recover the loss, don't you have to thank me!"

Seeing Rong Weijian's smiling face, Yang Jun reacted quickly, and after all the talk, isn't Rong Weijian just thinking about the 5 yuan, or even more?
Who said this kid has no brains!

Yang Jun thought of a few doubts again, and decided to make Rong Weijian happy for the time being, and there will always be a chance to get it back in the future!

On the other side, seeing Yang Jun leaving, Zhao Xiaorui muttered, "Is there something wrong with this person's mind?"

Tang Mingshan found it funny: "I have always known that he is the second generation ancestor before, but I didn't expect to be so 'second'!"

"It won't be a loss, right?" Zhao Shuo asked worriedly.

Fang Hao said with a smile: "It will definitely not be a loss. It is not easy to find such a good-looking Wanli colorful boutique now. Even if you buy it for 35 yuan, it is considered a small mistake."

Tang Mingshan nodded again and again: "Although the current market is not good, it is conservatively estimated that it can sell for 40 yuan!"

Zhao Xiaorui frowned and said, "I've heard that there are many scams in the antique industry. In fact, people's greed is used to cheat money."

Zhao Shuo, who was beside him, also echoed: "Yes, we have to guard against the scammer's tricks!"

(End of this chapter)