antique masters in modern times

After finishing the factory, that afternoon, Yan You went to visit the owner of the ruins according to the address on the note.

Few people would buy a house nowadays, and the location of the house was not very good. Since the listing, the people who inquired were all out of curiosity, and almost none of them wanted to buy it sincerely.Later, due to lack of regular repairs, even the house collapsed, and no one cared about it.The family had given up hope for a long time, and they didn't even bother to replace the wooden sign for sale when it was broken.He only left the address to the neighbors symbolically, but deep down, he didn't expect any buyers to come to his door.

When Yanyou found the place where the male owner worked, he was stunned for more than ten seconds before realizing what Yanyou was talking about: "Little comrade, do you really want to buy my ancestral house?"

"Well, my house is nearby, and the house collapsed a while ago. I wanted to rebuild it on the original site, but the foundation is too small. I just saw that you have a piece of land there, so I wanted to ask. If it is suitable, I can consider buying it. "

Yanyou reminded the other party tactfully that he didn't have to want this piece of land, if the price was too high, then forget it.Being good at business, he will never let himself act like a turkey who doesn't care about the price, and let the opponent's lion open his mouth and ruthlessly slaughter him.

Seeing that although Yan You is young, he speaks in a well-organized manner, as if he doesn't seem to be here to have fun, the suspicion can't help but decrease a little.After thinking for a while, he said: "I guess the neighbors have told you about my asking price, but that was the price before the house collapsed, now... so, if you sincerely want to buy it, I will make a reserve price, 1000 Yuan. Without this amount, I would rather leave it empty than sell it.”

This number is exactly the sum of Yanyou's current cash, which is lower than what he expected before.Although it seems that he is faced with the dilemma of buying land but having no money to build a house, Yanyou has already inquired before that if he only builds two houses, if he calculates carefully, [-] yuan including materials and labor will be enough.He believes that with his own ability, he can earn this amount of money by working with Chen Boyi for a period of time.If it doesn't work, you can make up the number by selling the gems.

Willing to be willing, he still pretended to be very embarrassed, and chatted with the host for a while.It was only after confirming that the other party was resolutely unwilling to give in that he nodded "reluctantly".

Yan You was very satisfied with this transaction.The male host was happier than him, and asked for leave on the spot, went home and got the real estate materials, signed the sales agreement, and dragged Yanyou to register and transfer.

Within a few days, the land was transferred to Yanyou's name.As early as the day the agreement was signed, Yan You reported the dimensions of the foundation to Liang Zi and asked him to help order materials from the factory.Fortunately, the person in charge of the order sold Zhu Dao's face and promised to pay after delivery, otherwise Yanyou would have to shamelessly ask someone to borrow money.

After all this work is done, it will be Zhu Dao's day to set up wine in a blink of an eye.Although he said earlier that he didn't want gifts, how could Yan You really go to the wedding with his hands shaken.The day before the banquet, he came to Panjiayuan, first to find Chen Boyi to pick up work, and second to see if there were any good things, and to buy one as a gift.

Ever since he made an agreement with Yanyou, Chen Boyi and the rest of the house have been looking forward to his arrival.But I didn't expect that it would take five or six days to wait.Several times he almost rushed to the ironworks to invite people directly, but he was afraid of offending Yan You, so he had to hold back his temper and continue waiting.

After finally looking forward to Yan You's arrival, Chen Boyi was extremely enthusiastic.They made tea by themselves, and asked about their health, and finally handed a red envelope to Yanyou: "Master Xiaoyan, in the business, it is very important to open a red envelope, and it will be auspicious. The money here is from selling cockfights that day. If you have eyesight, that treasure will be buried. Today I will be thick-skinned and sell two loves for one price. If you give me Lao Chen's face, please accept it."

When Yanyou came over today, he originally wanted to discuss with Chen Boyi whether the wages for these few days could be settled daily.After buying the land, he only had a few dollars left on him, and he really couldn't do anything except eat and drink.Unexpectedly, Chen Boyi took the initiative to give him a red envelope.

If you have enough money, Yan You may not be willing to accept it.But this is indeed the rule in the business, and it is when money is needed.Yan You was never a hypocritical person, he hesitated for a moment, then took it calmly: "Then thank you, Mr. Chen."

"Haha, Master Xiaoyan is too polite. I have to rely on you a lot. Oh, you don't know. Two days ago, an old friend of mine introduced a guest over here. After looking around, it just happened to be a hit. I have been in a dilemma for a long time: I bought it, it is a broken one, it is a pity; I don’t want to buy it, I am reluctant. I told him that I have a new acquaintance with a restorer, and unfortunately I have recently gone to work. etc. Master comes back to see if it can be repaired, let him go home and wait for the letter."

As he said that, Chen Boyi impatiently pulled Yan You into the back room, pointed to a single swallow ear statue on the big table and said, "Here, that's it. Master Xiaoyan, it's a bit tricky, troublesome." Let's see if it can be fixed."

When Yanyou saw the object, Gordon immediately felt a heartbeat: This seems to be a good treasure with a long history, with straight neck and curled lips, bulging belly and flat bottom, and the whole body is decorated with leaf patterns, twig patterns, lotus petal patterns, etc. The body of the statue is also decorated with white-glazed petrel ears.Looking at the pattern, it is clearly a blue-glazed golden swallow ear statue fired in the Jingdezhen kiln in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. Could it be that Mr. Chen really picked up a treasure this time?

But when he took a closer look, Yan You couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: just now he was only looking at the shape, but it was dark under the light for a while, so he didn't notice the color.

As the name suggests, the blue-glazed gold-painted swallow ear statue is a full-body sacrificial blue glaze, which symbolizes Heqing, and combined with Haiyan, it means "Haiyan and Heqing".But the swallow-ear statue right now is blue at first glance, but there is a faint green glow in the blue background.And that blue is not sacrificial blue, the color is much lighter.

What's more, the things fired in the official kiln are all high-quality goods, and any defective products are smashed on the spot, and it is absolutely impossible to pass them on to future generations.

Thinking of this, Yan You stretched out his hand and gently scraped inside Zun's abdomen, feeling that the space between his fingertips was not as warm and delicate as fine porcelain, but rather rough and uneven, and he immediately felt confident.

"Mr. Chen, this is a Yan'erzun privately made by folks imitating Jingdezhen's official kiln. The craftsman originally wanted to burn it into blue, but he didn't mix the mineral color well. After starting the kiln, it turned into blue and green." Yan Yan You asked, "Does the guest who likes it know this?"

Chen Boyi said "ah", with a look of disappointment on his face: "It turned out to be an imitation? When I just took it back, I thought it looked familiar, so I went home and looked through the books, and finally saw it in the "Atlas of Collections of Huaxia History Museum". The exact same blue-glazed golden swallow-eared zun, I thought it was Jingdezhen kiln fired two of the same style and different colors, so I asked a friend to identify it. The friend saw it and said it was Qingshun middle period, so the guest came over Look at it. Master Xiaoyan, do you think it is not from the official kiln?"

Yan You explained the saying that the official kiln does not produce defective products, and then said: "Mr. Chen, think about it carefully, is its blue not consistent with the real one in the album? The private imitation of official kilns has long existed. But because of various taboos, few people dare to imitate exactly the same. Most of them change the pattern and the system. Haiyan Heqing means a peaceful and prosperous age, which is beyond the tolerance of ordinary people. So this Yan Erzun is being fired. At that time, I deliberately changed the sacrificial blue to royal blue, but missed it, and finally turned into blue and green."

Chen Boyi couldn't stop nodding while listening, and finally said convincingly: "It turns out that there are so many things to pay attention to. The antique industry is really broad and profound. I may not be able to figure it out in another ten years. Alas, I thought I finally picked up a big one this time." Leak, I didn't expect it to be another joyous occasion, I'll make you laugh."

Seeing that Chen Boyi couldn't hide his disappointment, Yanyou comforted him: "Although it is a fake, it is still three to four hundred years old. In addition, this color is also rare, so it can be regarded as a treasure. Even if the value is not as good as the real blue-glazed golden swallow ear Your honor, it’s also very rare. If that guest doesn’t want it, there will be one more treasure of old Chen’s shop.”

"That's right. Objects with rare colors in porcelain are often extremely precious. I've heard this saying before. It's just that I was in a state of confusion just now, and I didn't expect this." Chen Boyi patted his thinning hair lightly on the head, Immediately turned from anger to joy: "Master Xiaoyan, look at this incompleteness, is there any drama?"

Yan You gently turned it over, only to find that there was a small hole in the neck and shoulders of this Yan'er Zun, and the cracks radiated out along the crack like a spider web, covering almost half of the Zun body.It is estimated that it was knocked hard on some sharp object back then, but luckily it was not completely broken.

Although the knowledge of antiques has not yet been mastered, Chen Boyi also knows that this level of incompleteness is extremely difficult to repair.While sizing up Yanyou's inspection, his brows were furrowed tighter and tighter, and he couldn't help feeling very nervous: "Is it... there is little hope?"

"No." Yan You shook his head lightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm sure, but I need to buy a new piece of porcelain to repair it."