Rebirth 93: Break off the engagement at the beginning and marry Bai Fumei

Mr. Zhou's house is indeed different. He actually acquired a piece of land in Shanghai and built a three-entry courtyard. The decoration is also antique. There is a big camphor tree in the center of the yard and several bird cages hanging on the branches. The birds were chirping in the cage. Seeing these birds, Chen Yang couldn't help but think of Ye Hui's parrot. He liked it no matter what.

The food... I can’t say it is very simple, I can only say it is very exquisite. How exquisite is it? Chen Yang, Fang Ziwei and Song Qingyun were not full. After the meal, Mr. Zhou took Chen Yang to drink again. Tea chat. When Chen Yang heard about drinking tea, he felt like crying. He was not full to begin with. If he drank a few cups of tea, he would be even hungrier.

What surprised Chen Yang was that there was some dim sum, haha! While chatting with Mr. Zhou, Chen Yang would pick up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth from time to time. The pastry was so small that he could eat a piece of pastry in one bite and still had time to talk to Mr. Zhou.

"Xiao Chen, I heard from Jian Ming that if you hadn't acted righteously this time, our Zhou family's Hongyu Tang brand would have been destroyed." Mr. Zhou looked at Chen Yang with a smile and said.

Chen Yang swallowed the pastry and took a sip of tea. "Mr. Zhou, you are too polite. I believe that with Boss Zhou's eyesight, he can definitely see the secret inside. I am just supporting it."

Master Zhou smiled and waved his hand. He had already seen the three-goat statue. Not to mention Zhou Jianming, even he couldn't see any flaws at first glance. The fake three-goat statue can be fake enough to look like the real thing. Even if it is placed in a museum, They all have to be flawless.

"Xiao Chen, I'm curious, how did you see it at a glance?"

The most difficult thing about making fake bronzes is rust. If you want to make rust on bronzes, the best way in the 90s was to apply rust on them. This was also the most common method. As time went by, electrolysis and electrolysis methods appeared. Pigment corrosion method, but at this time, Fang Xingchu used a method that was different from everyone else. This is the main reason why the bronzes he made were recognized by many people.

Fang Xingqing found a unique method, first smearing a layer of copper nitrate on the bronze, and then stuffing it into ammonium bicarbonate fertilizer. It only takes 3 days for the bronze mirror to develop a layer of blue rust. After that, he only needs to spray some of his secret sauce on it, then brush it with a layer of mud, and finally bury it in the soil, and then the patina that makes the antique world excited is created!

Chen Yang told the story of the future. He had heard someone say that there was such a person who could make bronzes that were so fake that they were real. Moreover, he was lucky enough to have seen such fakes. He was told in detail at that time, so today he saw this When making a bronze Sanyang statue, in the three rectangular holes on the foot of the circle, we found the mold soil that the craftsman had not scraped when making the inner mold, and then we were reminded of Fang Xingchu.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhou nodded slightly without saying anything. Then he glanced at Zhou Jianming. Zhou Jianming got up and left. After a while, Zhou Jianming walked in with a brocade box in his hand and placed the brocade box in front of Mr. Zhou. .

"Xiao Chen, you have helped our family a lot this time," Mr. Zhou said, placing the brocade box in front of Chen Yang, "I have nothing to offer, so I will give you something to show my appreciation."

After hearing this, Chen Yang blinked twice and glanced at the brocade box on the table, "Mr. Zhou, you are too polite. I didn't do anything. I deserve this..."

Wow, Mr. Zhou took action! The Zhou family has taken action. Even if it is an ordinary object, it is definitely extraordinary. The point is, Mr. Zhou, you are ignorant! You have to help me open the box, otherwise, as a junior, how can I dare to ask for your things casually?

"It's just a gadget," just as Chen Yang was thinking, Mr. Zhou opened the box with a smile, "Have a look, do you like it?"

There is a white jade sheep's head melon-edge copper-inlaid enamel handlebar kettle in the box!

The jade pot is carved from high-quality white jade. Judging from the integrity of the jade material, the lid button and body of the jade pot are entirely carved from one piece of material. The jade quality is delicate and moist. The body of the vessel has a round belly in the shape of a twelve-petal melon, and the lid and foot are equally divided into twelve petals. The cover button is in the shape of a multi-petal melon stacked on top of each other to form a pagoda shape. The most exquisite thing is that the inside of the pot and the lid are also concave and divided into flaps, echoing the twelve petals on the outer belly. The lid and pot are connected with the mother-and-son mouth, and they are tightly joined.

The jade pot is made of a sheep's head, and the horns, ears, eyes, beards, teeth and even the nose are all carefully carved and lifelike. The jade pot has a gilt-copper handle engraved with floral patterns as a handle. The top of the handle, the beam body and the handle are all decorated with copper cloisonné enamel. The exquisite enamel Ruyi cloud-head handle and the beam body are inlaid with three enamel fishes. It adds dynamic rhythm to the jade pot with handles.

Overall, the jade pot with handles is made of high-quality materials and exquisite workmanship. It is also polished and polished in the later stage. It can be seen at a glance that it is a fine palace jade carving. It is both practical and decorative, blending tradition and modernity, and fully displaying the shape, pattern and color of cloisonne. , light craftsmanship characteristics, and the combination of ancient Hetian jade, which makes it even more noble and luxurious.

What a joke! When Chen Yang saw this pot, he was stunned for a moment. The pot in front of him was so familiar to him. In 2017, Su Bi auctioned a white jade sheep's head melon-edge copper-inlaid enamel handlebar kettle. At that time, Su Bi sold it for more than 6000 million yuan. The price was settled, and the sale amounted to more than 6000 million? Of course, this thing is not worth more than 6000 million yuan now, but it is not cheap either!

There are only three such pots in the world, and one is in the Forbidden City in the capital. The white jade sheep's head melon-edge copper-inlaid enamel handle pot in the Forbidden City was collected by the Qing Palace and is now a cultural relic. According to the inventory report of the Forbidden City objects, this object was placed in the Yanxi Hall on the west side of the apse of Yangxin Hall when the Palace Museum was established. There is an inscription on the bottom of the pot with the four characters "Jiaqing Imperial Use" in double lines, recorded as "Jiaqing Imperial Use". "Enamel Jade Pot".

The other piece is also engraved with the official script "Jiaqing Imperial Use" and is for the great collector John. Sir John Wolfe's collection began in 1956 and continued for more than 1999 years until his death in .

The third one is Millicent, a well-known socialite from the beautiful country. Rogers collection, his grandfather is the famous rich man Henry. Rogers, it is said that this woman had a good relationship with a woman surnamed Song, and she loved my country's ancient jade very much. However, unlike other jade collectors from beautiful countries, she preferred white. Among the Chinese artifacts in her collection, there are white jade carvings and white glazes from the Qing Dynasty. Porcelain accounts for the vast majority. This pot was sold at Christie's spring auction in Hong Kong in 1996. It was collected by collectors until 2017, when it appeared again at Souby's auction.

Another one came out in front of me... Mr. Zhou won't be fooled again, right?

After Song Qingyun saw this pot, his eyes lit up and he leaned over slightly, "Mr. Zhou, this is... very similar to the one in the Forbidden City!"

This thing was given to Chen Yang. Chen Yang hasn't gotten started yet, and he is sure he won't be able to get started. But Song Qingyun has seen the one in the Forbidden City, and it looks almost exactly the same. Mr. Zhou just gave away such a good object as he said it would?

"Haha," Mr. Zhou smiled slightly and turned to look at Song Qingyun, whose eyes were shining, "Qingyun, this one is different from the one you have seen on the market, but it is different from the one in the Forbidden City. The one in the Forbidden City is from Jiaqing. , this one belongs to Qianlong!”

Mr. Zhou reached out and took the pot in his hand, and started talking to Chen Yang and others. In addition to slight differences in size and width, the jade pots auctioned this time were made slightly earlier. The spout is slightly higher than the edge of the pot mouth. There are no nail caps on the hinge connecting the copper handle and the jade pot. , and the spout of the jade pot in the Forbidden City is flush with the spout, and there are copper nail caps on the hinges.

Judging from the integrity of the jade material, this jade pot is carved from one piece of material. As for the one in the Forbidden City, although the pot body is also made of the same jade material, its cover button is made separately and bonded to it, perhaps because the jade material is not high enough. On top of the lid.

"This object," Mr. Zhou put the jade pot back on the table and motioned for Chen Yang to take a look, "it's not mine. It came back from the beautiful country."

"Its original owner was a woman named Mi Li, from Hongmen in Chinatown. She asked me for something that year, and when it was done, she sent someone to give me this pot as a thank you." At this point, Mr. Zhou stroked his beard slightly. , "Xiao Chen has helped our family such a big favor today. Let's give it to him to play with as a small token of my appreciation."

Hearing Mr. Zhou say this, Chen Yang felt relieved. Didn't this shit come from the hands of that famous lady? The objects from China have traveled around the world, and finally returned home, and they are actually in their own hands!

After being polite, Chen Yang left Mr. Zhou's house with the brocade box and everyone. Before leaving, Mr. Zhou personally walked to the door. He watched Chen Yang and his group get into the car, and waved goodbye to Chen Yang at the door. .

"Dad, you just gave away such a good object like this?" Zhou Jianming was a little confused. The white jade sheep's head melon-shaped copper-inlaid enamel handlebar kettle can be said to be the best among the best, and it is also made of cloisonné enamel and Hotan. Regardless of the historical value of jade, gold and jade, this craftsmanship alone is also very valuable. Why was it given to Chen Yang in vain?

"Haha," Mr. Zhou smiled slightly, "Jianming, you don't understand! We won't lose anything by giving this jade pot away. Not only did he help us, he also showed us a way!"

"Pointed to a road?" Zhou Jianming didn't understand for a moment and looked at Mr. Zhou suspiciously.

Mr. Zhou glanced at his son and sighed slightly, "Fang Xingchu, Yanjian Village, Gezhai Town, Yichuan County, Henan Province! Let people find him!"

When Zhou Jianming heard this, he opened his eyes and looked at his father, "Dad, what do you mean..."

"While others don't know about it, while he is still making it by hand, buy a lot of it. In addition, arrange manpower to collect the bronze patterns lost abroad and ask him to customize it. I have seen the bronze three-goat statue. With his craftsmanship no problem."

"When the object is in the hands of our Zhou family, it is real!"

"In the future, when Fang Xingchu made money, expanded the scale, and used modern tools, it would become today's Jingdezhen, and things would no longer be valuable. Do you understand?"

I have to say that Jiang is still very old, and he also echoes what Chen Yang said, there are no good antique dealers!