Antique Dealer

Chapter 241 Conditions
After talking and joking for a while, Li Mingchao's attention was firmly attracted by the twenty pieces of antiques on the table (plus the tripod furnace and the jade pendant). During the explanation, Fang Hao also took photos of each antique, which can be used when designing the layout of the exhibition.

After Li Mingchao appreciated all the things, more than an hour had passed. He was a little tired, but more excited, and then said with emotion: "They are all good things, and you are willing to put them all on display for sale."

Fang Hao smiled: "If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come."

Li Mingchao shrugged his shoulders: "Well, anyway, you have a constant supply of goods, and I wonder if your elders have robbed a large foreign museum."

Fang Hao walked over to close the store, and was about to put all the antiques in the safe: "You are wrong, except for the tripod stove, which I bought with money, I used the Qianlong jade seal and the rest of these things to buy them. Someone else replaced it."

"Where did you get the Qianlong jade seal?" Li Mingchao was startled.

"Buy at the street stall." Fang Hao made up a story about picking up leaks at the street stall. Anyway, Li Mingchao couldn't verify it: "Who would have known that the jade seal was so carelessly placed on the street stall."

Li Mingchao was envious: "Why didn't such a good thing happen to me?!"

Fang Hao came back and patted Li Mingchao on the shoulder: "The dream will come true sooner or later."

"Get lost!"

Li Mingchao cursed with a smile, and suddenly his cell phone rang. He took it out of his pocket, looked at it, and slapped his forehead: "Oops, I've let people go, I have to leave now, I'll contact you later."

"Do you want me to take you?"

"No, just go to Panjiayuan, I'll go first."

Fang Hao watched Li Mingchao leave in a hurry, returned to the store, closed the door again, and put the antiques in the safe.

Speaking of which, Fang Hao and Tang Guozhong exchanged 3218 pieces of antiques. Although they were bartered, the system gave the experience value based on the estimated value of the 218 pieces of antiques. The total was [-] million. Calculated, he has already earned [-] million.

Of course, considering that the valuation of the system is often low, after the sale of these nineteen antiques, there should be at least another 10% profit. After spending a lot of money during this period, some tight wallets can be bulged again.

After putting away the antiques, Fang Hao walked around the small exhibition hall upstairs, took a few photos, and then sent them to Shang Xiaoxuan along with the photos of the antiques he took just now, and discussed with her about the arrangement of the exhibition.

After Shang Xiaoxuan looked at the photos, the two had a lively discussion. Shang Xiaoxuan said that she wanted to see the real scene, but she was a little busy at work today and had to work overtime.

Fang Hao told her that this matter is not urgent, and he can come here tomorrow, but he is going to Fengtian tomorrow, so he can only let her come alone, or he can wait until she comes back from Fengtian on Wednesday.

At this moment, Fang Hao heard a knock on the door downstairs and Li Mingchao's shouts. He went down and opened the door, and saw a 27-year-old man standing next to Li Mingchao. Can't come out, a young man who is slightly higher than the first line.

Of course, this young man's clothes are not ordinary. As the saying goes, people rely on clothes, which greatly improves his appearance.

While Fang Hao was sizing up the young man, the young man was also sizing up Fang Hao. Fang Hao's appearance made him feel even more flustered and in a bad mood.

Li Mingchao introduced the two of them. This young man was his aunt's cousin, Su Qimin.

Seeing that the faces of both of them were not very good-looking, Fang Hao asked, "What's wrong?"

Li Mingchao looked a little unwilling to speak: "Go in and talk."

Fang Hao led the two of them into the store. Li Mingchao sat down on a chair and said to Su Qimin, "Show Fang Hao the things."

Su Qimin took out two boxes without saying a word, put them on the table, opened one of them first, and there was a jade bracelet that looked very good for planting water inside.

Fang Hao took a closer look and knew what the bracelet was. He took it into his hand and looked it up for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "How much did you pay for this bracelet?"

"Fifteen thousand." Su Qimin said in a blunt tone.

Fang Hao shook his head secretly, no wonder the two of them looked like this: "You should know, this bracelet is made of water foam, right?"

Friends who play jadeite must know Shuimozi. It is the jade associated with the emerald veins. The color is generally white or off-white, with fewer white spots and color bands. The distribution is uneven, and those with bluish color bands are called " Blue flowers floating in the water".

Because the water foam has a good head, it is transparent or translucent, like ice jade. It is often processed into bracelets, pendants and carvings for sale in the market, and it is difficult for many people to distinguish them.

And the bracelet that Su Qimin took out was Shui Mozi's "Blue Flowers Floating on the Water".

"How much is it worth?" Su Qimin is now particularly concerned about this issue.

Fang Hao said, "How big is it?"

To determine the price of a jadeite bracelet, apart from the quality of the water, the mouth of the jade bracelet is also not to be ignored. Generally, merchants are reluctant to cut a large jade bracelet, because it is obviously more cost-effective to cut a small jade bracelet, so most of the large circle mouths are sold. It is not very good planting water. If you encounter good materials, you can only say "Congratulations", because the price is also very beautiful.

Su Qimin replied, "The circle of 57."

Fang Hao said, "That's the price of Xiaoqian Zhongshang."

"How much does Xiaoqian mean?"

"Those below four thousand are called little thousand."

"Then you mean that this bracelet is worth two or three thousand?"

"More than 2000."

Su Qimin's tone became a little irritable: "This Shuimozi is obviously pretty, and it's no worse than ice jadeite. Why is such a bracelet only worth more than 2000!"

Li Mingchao said angrily: "The colored glass bracelet is also very beautiful, why don't you say it, it should sell for tens of thousands!"

Li Mingchao's words are not rough. As the saying goes, things are rare and expensive. Shuimozi is a kind of albite, while jadeite is a jadeite polycrystalline jadeite, omphacite and sodium chromium pyroxene. aggregate.There is a big difference in the amount of mineral reserves between the two.Albite is widely distributed all over the world, while high-quality jadeite is only produced in Myanmar.

Due to the small number of mineral deposits and the enthusiasm for jadeite in the market, it is not surprising that the price of Myanmar jadeite is rising day by day.

Li Mingchao's words added fuel to the fire for Su Qimin. He immediately stood up and shouted angrily: "You still say it! If it wasn't because you were not punctual, would I have bought this bracelet?"

Li Mingchao also stood up suddenly, and said bluntly: "Yes, I am late, but before you buy it, don't you know to call me? Besides, you bought it because of greed. Fool, think that you can buy an ice bracelet for [-] yuan, and it will be your big dream!"

Seeing that the two brothers were at war, Fang Hao quickly persuaded: "Okay, stop arguing. Now that it has become a fact, then think of a way to save it. Where did you buy the bracelet? Is there a receipt?"

"He bought it at the street stall. Where did he get the invoice?" Li Mingchao was still angry. He told Su Qimin before that he must wait for him to buy it when he arrived, but Su Qimin refused to listen. He still bought the bracelet at the street stall without giving He called, and now he was to be blamed for buying the wrong one, how could he not be angry!
"Can't you find anyone?"

Seeing that both of them were silent, Fang Hao knew the answer, he pointed to another box and said, "What's inside?"

"I don't think the bracelet that that person gave me is quite right. The color is a bit creepy."

While Li Mingchao was talking, Su Qimin opened the box.

Fang Hao picked it up and looked at it: "This is a bracelet made of ice glutinous seeds, it is correct, but the seeds are a little tender."

Jadeite is said to be "kind of old" and "kind of tender". "Kind old" means that the structure of jadeite is dense, the structure is not obvious, and the foundation is clean.

"Nennen" means that the structure of jadeite is not dense enough, the structure is relatively obvious, and there are slightly more cotton and other substances on the foundation.Because the structure of this kind of material is relatively loose, it is prone to oxidation when exposed to the air after carving, and some color bands will gradually turn brown, forming the so-called "variant" effect.

Therefore, in the jade industry, there is a saying that "experts look at the species, and laymen look at the color".

Su Qimin heard that it was true, and finally felt a little better: "I heard that the tender jade will mutate, right?"

Fang Hao said with a smile: "The jadeite you mentioned that can mutate is a particularly low-grade material. Don't worry about wearing this bracelet. It will definitely not mutate for decades."

Su Qimin nodded, and then asked about the price of the bracelet.

Fang Hao said: "This bracelet is not bad except that it is a little tender. The price is about the same as this one made of water foam, and it is worth more than 2000."

This price was a surprise to Su Qimin: "Can two bracelets be worth five thousand?"

"more or less."

The 5000 yuan made Su Qimin bleed back, but when he thought that he had lost [-] yuan for nothing, he began to feel unhappy again. He wanted to blame Li Mingchao. It didn't do him any good, so he blamed the seller for his anger.

He gritted his teeth in his heart and said, "Don't let me meet that guy again!"

Su Qimin sat for a while, feeling awkward and didn't want to stay here anymore, so he got up to leave.

Seeing Su Qimin go out, Li Mingchao snorted coldly: "What an idiot, I loved taking advantage when I was a child, and I'm still like this when I grow up. Thousands of reminders, ten thousand instructions, I still have to make mistakes! I will definitely say that I was not punctual. , If I had known, I shouldn't have agreed to help him choose the bracelet, just let my uncle bring one."

"Yes, why didn't you ask your uncle to help?"

Fang Hao was a little curious. He asked Li Mingchao to help him even though there were existing channels to use.

"My uncle and my aunt don't have a good relationship, and the two families basically have nothing to do with each other now."

Speaking of this, Li Mingchao sighed again: "I was so happy today, but it's really unlucky to encounter such a thing!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Fang Hao, pretended to grit his teeth and said: "It's not like you, a boy who can turn bad things into good things, no, you have to treat you tonight, and you have to kill you, an old landlord. Just one meal!"

Fang Hao said with a smile: "Okay, you can pick any place you want."

"Seeing you like Versailles makes me angry."

"If you say that, I won't invite you tonight."

"No, brother, I was wrong! Let's go to the oyster bar to make up for it today."

Li Mingchao saw Fang Hao looking at himself with a smile that was not a smile: "Why?"

"Have a girlfriend?"

"Why do you have a girlfriend, I'm thinking of you!"

"Bah! I'm in good health!" Fang Hao said with a smile again: "Hurry up and tell the truth!"

Li Mingchao still denied it: "I really don't have a girlfriend, besides, even if I have a girlfriend, it's only been a few days!"

"Remember what I said today. I'll tell Liu Shi and Ma Hongfei right away, if the three of us find it tricky, don't blame us, hehehe..." Fang Hao gave a strange laugh.

"If you say no, there will be no. Just like you, I will eat two dozen more oysters tonight."

"It's up to you, as long as you can eat it, but I'm afraid you will scream at night."

Fang Hao was laughing when Yan Sanzhi called. He hurried to the side to answer the call. He learned that Yan Sanzhi was going to Qiongdao to recuperate for a few days and would not be back until next week. If he still needs Wenwan, let him Go get it now.

Fang Hao hung up the phone and said to Li Mingchao: "Well, unfortunately, I have to go out for a while. If I come back early, let's go to Hao again."

Li Mingchao said: "Don't be in such a hurry, wait until you come back from Fengtian. By the way, I met a counselor at school before, and he asked you to go to school to arrange the exam as soon as possible, so as not to affect your credits."

Fang Hao said: "I'll go there when the matter at my antique shop is settled."

Fang Hao drove Li Mingchao for a while, and then went to Yan Sanzhi's shop.

After not seeing him for a while, Fang Hao saw that Yan Sanzhi looked thinner and his skin was darker, which gave Fang Hao a bad premonition.

When Yan Sanzhi saw Fang Hao, a slight smile appeared on his face: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and you look more and more radiant. Unlike me, you almost stepped into the coffin with one foot."

Fang Hao asked with concern: "Is your old health okay?"

"I can't die for the time being." Yan Sanzhi smiled, and immediately got down to business: "How many articles do you want, and what range?"

"Fifty to a hundred, how many do you have?"

"What do you think, you want to empty out the goods in my hand!"

As Yan Sanzhi said, he went to the counter and took out the Wenwan that he had prepared earlier: "I only have three pieces in this section, and one for [-] yuan, do you want it?"

"want."

Since he has enough money, Fang Hao must take it down, but after taking these few things, the money in his hand is a bit stretched.

The three pieces that Yan Sanzhi took out first were the inkstone and inkstone of the Four Treasures of the Study, an ingot of Gaohui inkstone from the Royal Molan Pavilion of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and two Duan inkstones from famous Qing Dynasty masters.

Fang Hao looked at it, but found no problems. He estimated that the sum of these three items should be about 230 million.

The remaining one worth 200 million is a jade ware. The white jade lin ax made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty is made of high-quality suet jade and is open-carved. The whole device is exquisite in craftsmanship and exquisite in carving. jade axe.The value is about the same as the three above.

(End of this chapter)