Antique Dealer

Chapter 83 Greed
"Tell me, what happened to Luo He?"

Liu Tai took a sip of the noodle soup: "Didn't Luo He go to another auction a few days ago..."

Qian Hao interrupted him, very surprised: "Isn't it, his money is going to be squandered by him, and you still want to pick up the leak?"

Liu Tai waved his hand: "Listen to me, this time it's the staff of the auction company who took the initiative to contact him and assure him that the thing must be genuine, so he can take the auction with confidence."

Hearing this, Fang Hao shook his head secretly. This was obviously a bluff. If this is really the case, can Luo He pick up the trick?
Liu Tai continued: "I think you all know that this is a lie to him, but he is not that stupid, and he knows to record what the other party said. Later, he went to the preview to see a few lots, and finally spent a total of 56 bought two pieces of blue and white porcelain from the Kangxi period.

He asked me to take a look at those two pieces of porcelain. At first glance, there was no doubt that they were authentic, but upon closer inspection, there was a serious problem. Both pieces were high-quality imitations, and the imitation was in place. It is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the real from the fake.However, if those two pieces were genuine, they could be sold for 560 million yuan, and the others were not fools, so they gave him such a big leak. "

Qian Hao shook his head: "This guy is just too greedy, he's like this, he still doesn't forget to pick up mistakes, he doesn't have a long memory at all!"

Liu Tai sighed: "Isn't that right? Now his wife knows that he borrowed money to buy fake porcelain, and they are arguing for a divorce. When the creditors find out about this, they come to him for money. Sell ​​the house to pay off the debt."

Qian Hao said: "Hey, if he sells the house, then the marriage must be divorced."

Liu Tai spread his hands: "Isn't that right? Do you think he is miserable?"

"That's what he deserves!" Qian Hao sneered.

Fang Hao also disdains Luo He's behavior, but this kind of person is not uncommon among people who engage in collection and investment, just like a friend named Wang Shuqing that his father knew.

Ten years ago, Wang Shuqing was a boss with tens of millions of assets. Because he was fascinated by cultural industry investment and jade and other antiques, his interest was out of control.

There was one thing that impressed Fang Hao very much. Once, Wang Shuqing went to his house for dinner. At the dinner table, he said triumphantly that he spent more than 100 million yuan to buy a jade pen holder, saying that he would definitely be able to sell it for a good price.But as a result, he spent a large sum of money and entrusted an art investment company to conduct exhibitions and auctions, but the investment cost was not recovered due to the failed auction of the jade pen holder.

Although there were not many such investments in the past ten years or so, just a few times, he was hurt and he was heavily in debt.In order to fill the shortfall and repay the previous debts, he spent many years of savings, sold and mortgaged many properties, and borrowed from others at high interest rates.

Up to now, I haven't heard from him for more than a year, and I don't know whether he is dead or alive.

After eating the noodles, Liu Yu took out the small bronze figurines he mentioned. Fang Hao judged that they should be from the Jin Dynasty.

After Qian Hao read it, he was indeed not interested.

Afterwards, Liu Tai took the two of them to a house selling ancient books.

It is an old community, but after renovation in recent years, the environment looks tidy and clean.

Liu Yu rang the doorbell at the door of the corridor, and after a while, an old voice came out from the speaker: "Who is it?"

"Uncle Niu, it's me, Xiao Liu who came here before."

"Why are you here again? Didn't I tell you that I won't sell it until the price is reached!"

"I can't afford it, but I brought my friend here. If you still want to sell it, can you let my friend come in and have a look?"

The other party was silent for a moment: "Come in."

After opening the door, a group of people walked up to the third floor. An old man who was nearly eighty had already opened the door and waited at the door.

Uncle Niu looked at Fang Hao and Qian Hao behind Liu Tai: "Which friend of yours wants to buy?"

"It's this one."

Liu Tai indicated that the buyer was Fang Hao, and Fang Hao smiled at Uncle Niu.

Seeing that the buyer was such a young man, Uncle Niu frowned slightly, and then said, "Come in, there are shoe covers here."

The three changed their shoe covers and followed Uncle Niu into the living room. At this time, there were two old ladies in the living room. One was about the same age as Uncle Niu, probably his wife, and the other was about 70 years old. They were sitting on the sofa. Knitting a sweater.

"Wait here, I'll go get the things."

Uncle Niu said, walked back to the room to get things, after a while, he came over with a box: "Young man, you have to look after it, if something is wrong, according to the rules of the antique business, I am Not back."

Fang Hao knew that what the old man said was good intentions, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will take a closer look."

Uncle Niu also prepared white gloves and asked Fang Hao to put them on.

In some cases, gloves should be worn when handling antiques. This is because human skin is covered with residues such as oil, dirt, salt and sweat, and these ingredients can corrode, wear and contaminate antiques.Wearing gloves can effectively isolate such injuries and protect the works.

At the same time, antiques may also threaten people's safety.For example, some antiques may have undergone various treatments, and there are still harmful chemical substances left on them. In addition, some cultural relics have sharp protrusions or burrs on the surface, which may pierce or scratch the skin.

Of course, it is not necessary to wear gloves in all situations. For example, when appreciating porcelain, it is best not to wear gloves, because some gloves are very slippery and can easily break porcelain.It is safer to take the porcelain directly with your hands, and human sweat will not harm these cultural relics.

Closer to home, Fang Hao put on his gloves, carefully took out the ancient book from the box, and observed it carefully.

Just like what Liu Tai said before, there are indeed some problems with the preservation of this set of "Nv Fan Bian", which should be insect-eaten and flooded. Fortunately, it is not very serious and has little impact on the entire set of ancient books.

Looking at the whole set of books, in terms of the current market, the price of 120 million can only be said to be so-so, plus the fee for Liu Tai, it is not easy to make money immediately and sell it, but it is still possible to buy it for collection and investment.

But still the same sentence, as long as it is not too bad, it is a good deal for Fang Hao to buy it, so he can easily accept this price.

As for the remaining "The Analects of Confucius Collected Notes", it is only an ordinary version of the Ming Dynasty, and the value is about [-] to [-].

Seeing that Fang Hao was determined to buy it, Uncle Niu also gave a certain discount, which added up to 121 million.

After negotiating the price, a group of people prepared to go to the bank to transfer money. The younger old lady stood up quickly. When discussing the price just now, Fang Hao accidentally noticed that the old lady's face was full of envy and excitement. , Sure enough, she heard her eagerly saying: "Young man, I also have some old books at home, can you go to my house to have a look at it later?"

(End of this chapter)