Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1056 From working class to rich man

Except for a few well-known famous artists such as Lang Shining, Zheng Xie, Huang Shen, Jin Nong, etc. who have now entered the ascendant, most of the ancient paintings of the Qing Dynasty are still unknown.

Think about it, even the famous couplets of Zhang Zhidong and Zuo Zongtang can be obtained for only [-] to [-] yuan, which shows the rest.

But Zhou Zhi is very happy, especially this kind of damaged one. It is an excellent training material for improving his identification skills and mounting skills.

Moreover, he is no longer the same Wu Xia Amen as he used to be. After playing for several years, he has collected dozens of calligraphy and painting works by Qing people. Many of them have their styles and signatures, and it is hard to remember them even if they don't.

Soon Zhou Zhi identified Wu Dan's fine brushwork "Mountain Covering the Clouds", Lan Ying's "Guxi Bookstore", Chen Zhuo's "Water Village Scroll", Chen Yu's "Looking at the Son" and other works.

In addition, there are works by Li Wei, Li Fangying and Wang Shishen.

Although these people are not as famous as Huang Shen, Jin Nong, and Zheng Xie, they are also among the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" and should not be underestimated.

There are also works by Fang Hengxian, Wen Dian, Niu Shihui and others.

This can almost tell us about Ouyang Youhe's collecting style. Either it is the works of early Qing painters, or it is people like the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, mainly rebellious and somewhat dissatisfied with the Qing Dynasty.

For example, Niu Shihui's three-character signature in cursive script can actually be divided into four characters - "I will not worship you when I am alive". Now it falls carelessly on the "Niuzhu Haze Picture Scroll" in front of Zhou Zhi.

This batch of calligraphy and paintings has cracks, smoke, and water stains, but miraculously, there are no insect holes.

Because it was a scroll, even though the heart of the painting was broken into pieces, the pieces were not lost because of the tight wrapping.

In other words, as long as they are carefully restored, these ancient paintings can be framed as new.

However, this situation was completely different in the eyes of the Yang family father and son. Seeing Zhou Zhi's heavy expression, and seeing how miserable these paintings and calligraphy were compared to the vat of modern works just now, they couldn't help but feel uneasy: "Little Mr. Zhou, how do you say these...?"

"They are all genuine, but the market is average." Zhou Zhi picked out the paintings of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou: "These more famous ones can be sold for ten thousand in their current condition, and the remaining ones...one thousand, let's count. One thousand and five pieces."

The Yang family father and son were very satisfied with the customers Yang Dequan found for them today. They were all respectable big shots. There was nothing hidden in the appraisals and their bids were frank.

The key is that the price of the items in this house is far higher than they imagined. In the morning, they have already negotiated more than 30 yuan. The remaining tens of thousands of goods are not worth it, but they also gave a reference price and let the father and son decide on their own. solve.

In the vat of modern calligraphy and painting just now, Manager Lin asked for the five most expensive paintings, which cost more than 30 yuan. Mr. Xiao Zhou and Manager Fei divided the remaining ones, and here they cost more than 3 yuan.

This is already more than 70.

"Then Mr. Zhou, these...do you accept?"

Fei Guan waved his hand: "Mr. Sun will scold you if you take these back. He and Xiao Xu have enough work."

Lin Wanqiu smiled and shook her head: "There are too many paintings by Qing people on Hong Kong Island, and their appearance is much better than this."

This is true. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the large-scale population movement, many ancient paintings came to Hong Kong, and the works of the Qing Dynasty were the least valuable among them. "Then I'll take them to practice." Zhou Zhi took a cursory look at the remaining ancient paintings. They were basically "non-famous painters" in the early Qing Dynasty and the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. From them, he took a pair of Zheng Xie's "Bamboo and Stone Pictures" and Huang Shen picked out the picture "Four Phase Hairpin Flowers" and said with a smile: "These two pictures can be given to 12 yuan, the remaining six pictures of Eight Monsters are [-] each, and the remaining [-] pictures are [-] yuan each. A total of [-], okay?"

"Okay, okay." Yang Shangqiu was happy. He didn't expect that even this pile of rags could be sold for so much.

He had already made a calculation in his mind. After he had exchanged so much money, there was no need to rush to sell the old house. According to Mr. Xiao Zhou's advice, it should be restored and repaired first. When the time came to live in it and sell it, he would make another decision.

There was no hesitation at the moment: "Let's go out."

Fei looked around the room: "So that's about it for today? I'll call a car now and notify my wife to come over?"

"Well, let's take stock of the accounts and write the check first." Lin Wanqiu said with a smile, "Wait until Aunt Yushu comes over to open an account for the two Mr. Yang."

At present, all banks across the country have not implemented inter-provincial exchanges. The only channel that can provide exchanges is UnionPay ATM machines, and the handling fees are a bit scary.

However, Fei Guan's wife Liu Yushu is now the president of Jinjiang Branch. In order to solve the problem of large customers' redemption, Jinjiang Branch invented a workaround - mobile banking.

The money truck pulls the bodyguard and the teller holding the official seal and voucher. This is a mobile comprehensive banking counter. With a phone call, you can come to customers to handle business.

Fei Guan, the eldest brother, took out a calculator and called his wife, while Lin Wanqiu took out a calculator and calculated the cost of this trip.

Everyone was very satisfied with this house shopping. Lin Wanqiu focused on simplicity and portability, but they were all the most expensive items. A set of eight-piece Caiyun Jinlong Queen’s winter uniform cost RMB 35, and five paintings by modern masters cost RMB 38. The total is RMB [-]. .

Zhou Zhi collected many, large and miscellaneous things. He collected a total of four boxes of Sichuan opera costumes, a box of Qing Dynasty women's clothing, an eight-piece white jade belt, a jade pendant, a tooth wat, a water greening desk, and three bookshelves. A Qianlong kiln glazed apple statue, a rhinoceros moire embroidery box, ten Zhushan Eight Friends porcelain hanging screens, plus a vat of Qing Dynasty calligraphy and painting.

Adding up so many things, the total price was still no match for Lin Wanqiu's, a total of 30.

The Yang family father and son felt that Zhou Zhi had worked very hard as a "trustee" today, and helped them solve the crude benzene items, and the price was generous, so they were generous, and gave them a fraction of the seven thousand, and settled for 30.

The remaining items were divided between Fei Guan and Zhang Cheng. The two mainly collected porcelain from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. There were also more than a dozen large and small pieces, which totaled over [-] yuan.

The total is about 80. It can be said that the Yang family has achieved the leap from working class to rich in one day.

Originally, Lao Yang only wanted to solve the housing problem for his children and grandchildren, and make his retirement life more nourishing. Now the money he got is enough to buy a dozen or twenty sets of commercial houses in the city. How can he solve the problem of housing and living a nourishing life? !
"Lao Yang, you have some potential, don't have a heart attack!" Yang Dequan saw Lao Yang's expression and couldn't help but joke, asking him to relax.

"It's funny, it's funny..." Yang Shangqiu said honestly: "You can't blame us, we have never seen such a big world in this life."

"I heard my grandpa say that when he was singing in the garden, he played cards with several warlord concubines, and they used small yellow croakers directly as chips." Yang Ting said with a smile: "But my father and I have never seen each other, so we just thought He brags."

"I saw it when I was a child." Yang Shangqiu couldn't help sighing: "Fortunately, this house and this pile of things were changed back then, otherwise there would be nothing left..."

Zhou Zhi was more curious about the behavior of the warlords: "Mr. Ouyang plays cards with the warlords' aunts and wives? Are the warlords quite enlightened?"

(End of this chapter)