Antique Dealer

Chapter 8
Wu Hongchang patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, although I'm not very reliable, I also know the seriousness. That thin man is Zhu Junda's nephew, so there is nothing to be afraid of. I don't know that little boy, and his accent is definitely not from the capital city." Yes, we didn't offend him too much, if we really want to settle the score, I'll go and apologize to him, it's not a big deal!"

After hearing this, Liu Manxing felt no pressure in his heart.

But when Fang Hao and the others left the antique shop, Li Mingchao apologized: "I'm really sorry that this happened to you."

Fang Hao waved his hand casually: "Hey, what's the matter, but who is that person?"

Li Mingchao said: "That guy's name is Wu Hongchang. My grandfather's family and his family used to be family friends. In the 70s and [-]s, the two families got dirty and parted ways. Later, my uncle fell in love with Wu Hongchang's. Dad won the competition, that's what happened."

Fang Hao asked again: "Wu Hongchang seems to hate you very much?"

Li Mingchao sneered: "This guy is just a playboy. He has harmed several girls. Back then, he wanted to pursue the daughter of my father's friend. I exposed that guy's character in a timely manner, and he hated him."

Afterwards, Fang Hao learned that Wu Hongchang's father, Wu Yu, was the boss of Xingluo International Art Company, an organization dealing in antiques and artworks in Beijing, and he was quite famous in this circle.

Fang Hao secretly remembered that since he stepped into this circle, he would definitely contact and cooperate with people like Wu Yu, and he must know the other party's reputation in advance to avoid future losses.

"By the way, why did you buy that Fang inkstone?" Li Mingchao glanced at Fang Hao's hand.

Fang Hao laughed: "I said I bought it to grind ink and write, do you believe it or not?"

Li Mingchao said: "Come on, tell the truth, do you think it is a leak?"

Fang Hao said mysteriously: "Let's wash it out, and then we'll know if it's leaked!"

Seeing Fang Hao like this, Li Mingchao definitely thought it was a mistake, but when he looked at Fang Hao's inkstone, he felt that it was impossible. He looked around and said, "Let's go west, a friend of my uncle's is over there." open shop."

Anyway, it will be washed out in a while, and Li Mingchao didn't start researching it. Of course, Fang Hao has already used the system, so he is not afraid that others will find out.

In the past few days, Fang Hao has done some research on the system's function of transforming antiques, and found that the system is still very intelligent, and can choose to preserve some features of the original surface that do not affect the value, such as the dust and dust attached to the surface of the inkstone. The stains can stay, but if cleaning the stains causes the antiques to be damaged, that is Fang Hao's business.

Soon, Li Mingchao took Fang Hao to Zhu Junda's friend's shop.

The owner, Jin Wanqing, is a slightly fat old man who looks to be in his 60s, with gray hair and a kind face. After Li Mingchao introduced him, he explained the purpose of his visit.

I have already bought everything, so I wash it out first.

The inkstone was easy to clean, and Fang Hao cleaned it up quickly.

In the middle of washing, Jin Wanqing smiled and said that Liu Manxing had lost his eyes this time, and he was even more impressed when the inkstone was washed out and placed in front of him.

I saw the stone color of the inkstone is green and green, clean and firm, the surface of the inkstone is shaped like a door, framed on three sides, and shallowly carved with bamboo knots and cloud patterns.The inkstone hall is wide, with several eyebrow lines evenly distributed, and a lying deer is carved in high relief at the ink pool on the forehead of the inkstone, looking back and looking around, it looks cute.The back of the inkstone digs deep and covers the hand, simple and dignified.The elegant eyebrows and the crouching deer looking back add a touch of life to it.

"This is the She inkstone!" Li Mingchao's eyes widened, feeling incredible that the stained inkstone just now turned out to be a high-quality She inkstone.

She inkstone, the full name of Shezhou inkstone, is one of the four famous inkstones, as famous as Tao inkstone, Duan inkstone and Chengni inkstone.It is produced in Shezhou between the Huangshan Mountains, Tianmu Mountain and Baiji Mountain, hence the name.

Jin Wanqing picked it up and looked it over: "Not only is it a She inkstone, but the texture should be an old pit inkstone."

The old pit refers to the stone products from the ancient tunnels of the Longwei Mountains. Li Mingchao did not study the She inkstone deeply. Hearing this, he asked, "Jin Lao, how do you judge the old pit and the new pit of the She inkstone?"

Fang Hao also pricked up his ears, pretending to be curious.

Jin Wanqing explained: "The authentic She inkstone comes from the so-called She Inkstone Old Pit of Longwei Stone, which is not in the same geographical location as the ore veins of Xinkeng. In a strict academic sense, Xinkeng inkstone is only similar to inkstone. A 'stone' that does not have very good ink development properties.

Whether it is old pit or not, it depends on whether there are bright spots like pearl shells in the inkstone. The finer and more uniform the distribution, the better. The old pit inkstone has pure and soft luster, and it feels delicate, like touching soft and delicate skin. Inkstones from Xinkeng generally have no luster, or the texture is relatively dry and chaotic, and the luster is extremely bright. They are either thick or slippery like glass in hand, which requires an understanding of the texture structure and color of different stone products in each pit system. . "

Fang Hao scratched his head and said with a smile: "My grandfather has an inkstone that is also a She inkstone. I saw a detail before and thought it was very similar. As for the old pit or the new pit, I don't understand."

The two believed Fang Hao's words, as long as some things had a relatively reasonable explanation and they saw it with their own eyes, they would basically have no doubts.

Li Mingchao patted Fang Hao's shoulder with a smile: "You are very lucky. It is rare to see such an old pit inkstone now, but this time it was a big leak!"

Jin Wanqing nodded and said: "In fact, there are very few inkstone materials in the old pit of She Inkstone, and even fewer are of good quality. I think the craftsmanship should be from the early Qing Dynasty, and the carving is also very exquisite. The combination of the two will be more expensive. some."

Fang Hao took the conversation and said, "Old Jin, can you help me estimate the price?"

Jin Wanqing thought for a while and said, "I guess it should be around 10 to 15."

Fang Hao nodded secretly. The amount he converted was 12, but still the same sentence, the pricing of people cannot be as accurate as the system. If personal emotions are included, it can be said that it is worth thousands of people.

"It's not easy to pick up such a big leak these days!" Li Mingchao laughed. He was in a very good mood at the moment. One was that he was happy for Fang Hao to pick up the leak.

This is actually Fang Hao's original intention. He can not only make money, but also disgust Wu Hongchang and the others, killing two birds with one stone.

Fang Hao said with a smile: "I'm lucky. Speaking of which, I also fell asleep and got a pillow. Recently, I want to move out. I just picked up this leak and settled my rent."

Upon hearing this, Jin Wanqing quickly asked, "Are you going to sell this inkstone now?"

Fang Hao nodded: "I'm still living in the dormitory, so it's inconvenient to store such expensive things, and it will be troublesome if they bump into each other."

Jin Wanqing said: "If you agree, how about I introduce a buyer to you?"

"Thank you so much." What Fang Hao lacks most now is sales channels. He can't bother Zhu Junda every time. Favors don't have to be repaid.

While waiting, Jin Wanqing made tea for the two of them, and then chatted.

Fang Hao and Jin Wanqing had just met, and he was a senior. He didn't know what to talk about. Fortunately, Li Mingchao was a self-acquainted and chatty person. Fang Hao only needed to sit and drink tea, and agree with him when the time was right.

After a while, the buyer introduced by Jin Wanqing came over. The buyer's surname was Cao Mingwei. He was a young man in his 30s, dressed in a suit and leather shoes.

Jin Wanqing saw him and said, "Mr. Cao, where did you come from?"

Cao Wei panted heavily: "I was just about to go to the Asian Games Village to participate in the activities. When I received a call from your old man, I hurried over here."

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