The years when I was reborn as a giant in the antique world

This pair of Qing Qianlong blue and white book lamps with intertwining branches and lotus patterns can be sold at such a high price, all thanks to Yun Zhou.

As a pair of porcelain, it is not easy to sell a single piece.

Buying it for 50 yuan, shopkeeper Wu thought it would be good to sell it for 60 yuan. Unexpectedly, after repairing, the price has quadrupled, and the customer bought it within three days!

It was like a dream.

He understands that ordinary repairs can never achieve such an effect, and a repair that can be seen at a glance is like a fake porcelain, which is of little value.

However, he had carefully inspected the pair of book lamps, and even with so many years of experience in antiques, he couldn't see the slightest trace of restoration, so this kind of restoration has almost reached the pinnacle of perfection!

Before this, shopkeeper Wu had only heard of one person who could achieve it, and that was Huaguo's number one restoration master——Master Feng.

It is said that the repair ability of the other party is superb, and even the curator of the museum cannot check for any flaws.

However, Master Feng has been specializing in porcelain restoration for five or sixty years, and the young man in front of him is only in his early 60s. How can it not be unbelievable?

However, the facts were in front of him, and he couldn't help but not believe it.

It took Yunzhou a month to repair this book lamp. Even if it is illuminated with a purple light lamp, it can't see the difference from the real one. It is enough to be called a master-level restoration!

Old customers who bought at a high price didn't think there was anything, and he would have no objection.

A pair of blue and white book lamps changed hands and made 190 million yuan, which was something he had never dared to think about before.

As the largest antique shop in S City, Zhenbao Pavilion's most important thing is its reputation, so naturally it can't treat Yunzhou badly.

After the shopkeeper Wu explained the situation to the boss, he distributed 80% of the profit to the other party. Even so, Zhenbao Pavilion also made nearly 40 yuan, which was much better than he expected.

February and March are the off-season. To have this kind of income in such an off-season, shopkeeper Wu couldn't see his teeth smiling.

Haha, it was a good start to the new year, Yun Zhou is really his lucky star.

When he introduced the young man to the old customer Yan Yue who bought the book lamp, seeing the young face of the other party, Yan Yue's eyes were full of disbelief.

If it weren't for the many years of friendship with shopkeeper Wu, he would have suspected that the other party was playing with him.

The young man in front of him was wearing a khaki cashmere coat, with clean eyebrows and an extraordinary temperament, which was no less than some celebrities.

But—the age is at most in his early 20s, right?

Is it really the so-called master of porcelain restoration? ?

This is too young!

He glanced at Shopkeeper Wu questioningly, and the latter nodded, confirming that it was him.

hiss.

Yan Yue sized the young man up and down, and still couldn't help asking: "Did you repair that book lamp?"

Yun Zhou's face was calm, and his tone was calm: "Well, it's me."

He was not in a hurry to explain his repair ability, and he didn't seem to think there was anything.

Yan Yue stared at the other party's expression, and he believed it halfway.

As the vice president of a listed company, he has met all kinds of people in the business field, and his understanding of people's hearts has reached an extreme level.

Looking at the other party's performance at this time, he knew that the possibility of the young man lying was very low; coupled with the introduction of shopkeeper Wu, the restoration master might really be a young man in his 20s.

Restraining the astonishment in his heart, Yan Yue's tone became more serious, "Would you accept the commission for porcelain restoration? I have a Qing Yongzheng Doucai Goblet that needs restoration."

At present, nearly half of the damaged cultural relics in museums need to be repaired, and it is impossible for individual collectors to have all the intact ones.

Porcelain is especially fragile. After hundreds of years of wind and sun, wars, etc., it is normal for a few pieces to be damaged.

Yun Zhou didn't agree immediately, "I need to see how damaged the porcelain is first."

Yan Yue responded, and soon brought this 'Qing Yongzheng Doucai as Japanese Fang Zhongtu Goblet'.

The height of the whole vessel is only 8.5 cm. It is a typical vessel with an open mouth and high ring feet. The carcass is light and thin, and the glaze is dense and shiny.

The inner wall is pure white porcelain, the outer wall is outlined with blue and white, and the blue and white are filled with yellow, red, green, purple and other overglaze colors, which is the characteristic of bucket color.

One side of the outer wall depicts the scene of the rising sun rising slowly in the clouds, and the other side is gorgeous clouds.The part of the high foot is outlined with a variant of the word "shou" in blue and white, which adds auspicious meaning, and is a masterpiece of Yongzheng fighting color.

However, traces of complementing can be clearly seen on the part of the word "Shou" at the bottom, which is very inconsistent with the surrounding glaze color.

Yan Yue said in a deep voice: "I personally like this piece of porcelain, and it was repaired by someone five years ago.

At that time, the restoration was good, and the naked eye could hardly see the traces, but after a few years, the blemishes could no longer be concealed. "

At that time, he also asked a master to restore it. Although he was not a top porcelain restoration master, he was well-known and the cost was not low.

Didn't expect it to turn out like this.

After that, he didn't blindly go to the restoration master to restore it.

If he hadn't seen the perfect blue and white book lamp that was no different from the real one, he wouldn't have rekindled his hope of restoring it.

Yun Zhou picked up the bucket color goblet and looked at it for a few times, knowing that this is a very common phenomenon.

General porcelain restorations will turn yellow and discolor in about 2-3 years, fine restorations can last for 5-6 years, and top-level restorations can last for ten years or more.

But it's still not up to the point of once and for all.

This is due to limitations in materials and techniques.

General porcelain repair materials use AAA grade super glue as the adhesive, gypsum and porcelain powder instead of different textures of soil, and acrylic paint instead of glaze.

Everything is a modern replacement.

Whether it is the restoration of the Xing Kiln white porcelain of the Tang Dynasty, the Longquan Kiln celadon of the Song Dynasty, or the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, and the multicolored porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, all of them are restored with these materials.

These things are the most commonly used restoration materials, but they are not the best.

In addition, some restorers are not so good at technology, and the degree of similarity may not even reach 30%, and they can only achieve 'looks similar'.

They will not rummage through all the classics for a piece of Ru porcelain like Master Feng; nor will they take the trouble to connect with the locals in order to find the best restoration material like Yun Zhou, only one piece of Ru porcelain restoration material So I collected no less than a hundred kinds, and even reached the point of nitpicking when matching.

The time, energy and money they spent on restoring porcelain is beyond the imagination of other restorers.

And all this is to make the material and texture as close as possible to the porcelain itself, coupled with advanced restoration skills, it is enough to achieve a similarity of more than 90%!

The gap between the two is clear at a glance.

Yun Zhou's workshop has been filled with various restoration materials, utensils, broken porcelain pieces, etc., and the workshop, which is nearly the size of a basketball court, is full of piles.

He did a rough calculation, plus the rent of the studio, in the past three years, he had spent more than [-] million yuan on restoring porcelain.

No master restorer can do this.

Yun Zhou checked the stemware. The part that needs to be repaired is at the bottom, and the bucket color on the outer wall is intact. The difficulty is medium.

"I can repair it." He looked at Yan Yue, "The repair cost is 30 yuan, [-]% of the deposit will be paid first, and the rest will be paid after seeing the real thing."

It was his first time restoring porcelain for others, and he wasn't sure if his pricing was right.

Due to the uneven repair technology in the market, the repair cost ranges from several hundred to tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. He thinks that the price is not high or low, so it should be okay.

After all, the cost of the materials he used is several times more expensive than others.

"No problem." Yan Yue agreed immediately. The master he found five years ago cost [-] yuan. This young man has such superb restoration skills, and the price was much lower than he expected.

The two signed the contract under the notarization of shopkeeper Wu, and a photo of this Qing Yongzheng Doucai Goblet and an authentication certificate are attached at the back, in order to prevent it from being dropped.

After all, this stem cup is worth more than 400 million yuan, which is a rare high-quality official kiln porcelain.

Yun Zhou was very happy. This was the first time he accepted a commission as a master of porcelain restoration, and it was also the recognition of others.

weekend.

After hearing this, Master Feng shook his head again and again, "It's too low, too low!

I think back then when I repaired a piece of porcelain, the lowest price was [-] yuan, so there were still many people queuing up to beg me, but I ignored it and only picked what I liked to restore. "

Mentioning this, Master Feng looked proud.

Yun Zhou's eyebrows turned into crescent moons, "Master is so powerful. I'm just getting started, let's talk about fame first."

Moreover, by repairing porcelain, you can get in touch with types of porcelain that you have never seen before, enriching your knowledge.

For example, the 'Qing Yongzheng Doucai as Japanese Zhongtu Goblet' in his hand, the young man had never seen it before.When encountering fakes in the future, you can definitely tell them apart at a glance.

One month later, when the restored goblet was presented in front of Yan Yue, even though he had already expected the result, he was still very excited after seeing the real thing.

He stroked the smooth and thin carcass with his hands, and took the purple light to shine on the bottom part of the foot again and again. He couldn't tell where it had been repaired or where it had not been repaired. The whole piece of porcelain was seamless and flawless.

Yan Yue had an illusion in a trance, did he remember wrongly, this goblet was originally intact!

Until shopkeeper Wu's voice sounded from the side, "Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, what do you think?"

"Oh... very good, it's really good!" Yan Yue came back to his senses, his voice became a little hoarse, and the way he looked at Yun Zhou completely changed.

With such extraordinary achievements at such a young age, in a few years, I am afraid that he will not be able to make it in the queue, so hurry up!

"Hey, I still have two pieces of porcelain. Can you help me repair them? The price is negotiable." Yan Yue pulled out the photos on his phone and asked the other party to check them.

Yun Zhou took a few glances. As expected, he is an old customer of Zhenbao Pavilion with strong financial resources. These two pieces are all high-quality official kilns, "Okay."

This time the restoration of porcelain is more difficult, so it will be charged at [-] pieces.

After Yan Yue went back, he immediately contacted his old friend, "Old Ma, I found a master of porcelain restoration, a real top master, look at it."

He sent his unrestored Doucai Goblet together with the restored photos, "This young man's restoration skills are extremely superb. One can be found.

Aren't you not on the list of Master Feng? Hurry up, or you won't be on the list in a few years! "

After seeing the photos and the appraisal results given by the experts, the old horse suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Thank you brother, next time you come over, you can choose the good wine in my wine cabinet."

The wines in his wine cabinet are all good wines he collects from all over the world, and any bottle costs 10,000+.

However, this is still far from those porcelains that cost millions.

As an antique lover, who doesn't want to restore their most cherished treasures to their original appearance and present them in the most perfect way?

Recently, there has been a rumor spread among the upper-level collection circles in City S that a master porcelain restoration master comparable to Master Feng has appeared in City S, and he has truly achieved seamless restorations!

There are different opinions in the circle, some people believe it and some people don't.

The traceless restoration is Master Feng's unique restoration technique, which has been lost with Master Feng's death. This is something that every senior collector knows.

Seven or eight years later, another top restoration master appeared, and it was hard to guarantee that it was not a trick set by others.

And it is said that the restoration master is only in his 20s, how is this possible?

Too exaggerated.

However, the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, Mr. Yan told his friend Lao Ma, and Lao Ma told his friend Mr. Hu.

Everyone says not to spread the word, but everyone has a mentality of showing off. Restoring a perfect collection feels like getting a new treasure that you can't put it down. I can't help it.

Just like this, Yunzhou's reputation is getting bigger and bigger.

Three months later, there was an endless stream of collectors who came to Zhenbao Pavilion, and some even traveled thousands of miles from other provinces.

Half a year later, those who came to find young people to restore porcelain had to queue up to make an appointment.

It is not easy to repair a piece of porcelain, and it will take at least nearly a month; if the scope of repair is wide, or the color and craftsmanship are more complicated, then it is common to repair for two to three months.

It is basically not low-priced porcelain that can make these collectors spend a lot of money to restore, and it is more difficult to restore.

What's more, Yunzhou is currently still practicing in Zhenbao Pavilion, and he can only repair porcelain on weekends, so the speed will naturally not be fast.

Shopkeeper Wu gave himself a long vacation in the third month of the youth's arrival.

After more than two months of observation, he knew that the other party's appraisal ability had reached a very high level, and he was even better than himself in porcelain appraisal.

Coupled with the presence of Mr. Du's sea-fixing needle, he can really relax.

With the warmer weather in April and May, coupled with the popularity of the antique market, more and more people come to antique shops.

However, when many people who came to Zhenbao Pavilion saw that Yunzhou was so young, they murmured from the bottom of their hearts.

If it weren't for the reputation that Zhenbao Pavilion has accumulated for many years, I am afraid that he would have left before entering the door.

Even if the young man speaks in great detail, analyzing everything from the vessel type, ornamentation, base price, etc., and is more patient than many appraisers, these people are still dubious.

"What's the matter with Zhenbao Pavilion, a little baby can also be an appraiser?"

"Call your manager over here."

"You're wrong, how can I be fake, nonsense!"

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Faced with all kinds of doubts, Yun Zhou was not angry when he heard it, and said with a smile: "If you don't believe it, then go and look elsewhere."

In the end, these people came back after wandering around, just like the old man.

His face seemed to have been slapped several times, and his face was flushed with embarrassment.

"Young man, alas, you are still kind."

"Damn it, the store next to it is really dark, and the price is forced to be lowered by half!"

"It's obviously a folk kiln in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, but it's not from the Republic of China. You really took me for a fool—"

Someone else apologized sincerely: "Master, I admit your mistake, you are right.

Well, I still have a few treasures at home, why don't I bring them all to you? "

Yunzhou was relatively free during the internship, so he agreed, anyway, he was gaining experience.

He is good-looking and young, with no pretensions, clean and fresh temperament, very pleasing.

Moreover, young people are not as famous as Mr. Du, who does not give appraisals easily, nor are they as smooth as shopkeeper Wu.

After convincing people with their own abilities, many people couldn't help thinking of other ideas.

As the saying goes, gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times.

In the peaceful and prosperous age, old objects that had never appeared before sprung up like mushrooms, and the number was astonishing.

Don't underestimate folk collections, just like masters are among the folks, the power of the masses should not be underestimated.

It's just that in normal times, where do the common people know any connoisseurs?

Even if they know each other, the high fees are not something they can afford.

Besides, the antique world is full of tricks, and if an heirloom is accidentally cheated away, there is no place to cry.

But the young man in front of him is different.

He has a big store like Zhenbao Pavilion as an endorsement, and he has a certain appreciation ability, and he doesn't charge any fees. Where can he find such a good thing?

Anyway, they didn't intend to sell some of the items, so it's good to have an idea after listening to the appraisal results.

Many people can't help but make small calculations in their hearts.

The next day, several people came over with their own treasures.

They are all from the same place, and they come together as a companion, so that they can take care of each other in case of any unexpected situation.

The leading middle-aged man took out a bronze statue from a black nylon bag, "Master, give me the palm of your eye."

Yun Zhou picked up the bronze statue and knew it was an old one as soon as he got it.

This is a sitting statue of Dainichi Tathagata about 12 centimeters high. In Mahayana Buddhism, it means the "dharma body" of one of the three bodies of Buddha Sakyamuni.

The Buddha statue sits cross-legged, with his hands held high in the seal seal, his brows and eyes are not very clear due to corrosion.

He is wearing a bare-breasted long robe and cassock. The folds of the clothes are natural and smooth, and they are attached to the body like water ripples.

This kind of lotus base is most common in Liao Dynasty statues, and it has a long history; and the exposed copper body is all gilt, and the material is high-quality and valuable.

Yun Zhou looked at it carefully for a while, and said to the middle-aged man with a nervous expression; "Your piece is a gilt bronze Buddha statue, which is very old. It should be from the Liao Dynasty, more than 1000 years ago."

"More than 1000 years? Then, how much is this Buddha statue worth?"

The middle-aged man seems to understand but does not understand. In short, it is an old object, which can be worth a lot of money.

"The material is good, the age is old enough, but the preservation is not very good, and the degree of rust is relatively high. The market price is about 150 million."

He gave a relatively conservative price. After all, the price fluctuates and cannot be calculated according to the high price.

"Hey, 150 million?!"

The middle-aged man gasped, and the people around him also looked at him enviously.

They are all ordinary migrant workers, and they have never seen so much money in their entire lives!

"Damn, Old Wang, you got rich."

"Master, look at mine."

"That's right, I also brought the baby over here, and you give me the palm of your hand."

"Wait for a while, huh." The middle-aged man named Lao Wang took a deep breath, "Master, what is the price you charge in the store?"

Yun Zhou did some calculations: "If you accept it, 120 million can be given."

"...Then, then I'll sell it today!" Lao Wang shouted excitedly.

This bronze statue is usually placed in a corner of the house to be ashesed, and it can be exchanged for more than 100 million yuan, which is simply a piece of pie from the sky.

Yunzhou quickly signed a contract with the other party, and placed this gilt bronze Buddha statue from the Liao Dynasty in the store.

Soon, this matter spread around, and many people felt that it was reliable, and brought their own treasures over for appraisal.

When shopkeeper Wu's vacation was over, he was dumbfounded seeing the long queue at the door of the store, and almost thought he had gone to the wrong place.

what's going on? ?

He finally took a vacation and took his wife and children out to play for more than a month.

At the beginning, I took a look at the message from Yunzhou, but then I didn't care much when I saw that there was no problem.

Now look, oh, these ones, holding basins and bowls, are more lively than the antique market.

Many people glared at him as he squeezed in.

"Why are you so unqualified, you don't know how to line up?"

"That's right, it's my turn soon, stand behind!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Xiaozhou's appraisal is very fast, and it can be arranged in an hour."

Shopkeeper Wu has a black line on his face, this is obviously his shop.

It's only been more than a month, and you don't even know the real master? ?

After explaining a few words, he finally entered his shop, and found that the antique shelf was full of all kinds of antiques, more than when it was most prosperous!

Yun Zhou was busy, and Mr. Du cheerfully showed him a thick stack of contracts.

Shopkeeper Wu was startled, oh my god, the transaction volume in these two months has caught up with the previous year!

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