Era: I have a two-world door

Chapter 311: Antique City
Wang Qingsong drove to the antique city and went straight to his shop.

When we arrived at the place, Zhou Xinren was not in the store.

Zhou Ying was looking at the pieces of porcelain on the table with a sad face. The porcelain pieces were placed on a piece of cloth.

This cloth is also the cloth that other people normally look at.

"You're here!"

Seeing him coming, Zhou Ying greeted him dejectedly, her eyes a little swollen, obviously she had been crying.

Wang Qingsong walked closer and looked at the porcelain pieces on the table.

Take a deep breath.

He looked around and asked, "Where's your sister?"

"Today is her last day. The school dormitory closes at 9 o'clock, so I asked her to go home early. I was planning to ask you for a day off today so I could take her out to play, but this happened yesterday."

Zhou Ying sighed, then quickly said: "This money was taken by my sister. I will compensate you when the time comes, but I have to pay it back slowly."

At this point she was too embarrassed to even bargain.

And there is no bargaining for anything in the store.

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong shook his head, picked up a fragment and looked at it in his hand.

It feels such a pity that it was broken like this.

Zhou Ying saw this and said, "This is a Daoguang yellow ground pink enamel lotus pattern plate, an official kiln from the Daoguang era. It basically inherited the traditional style of the previous dynasty, with few innovations. Most of them are daily utensils, and the patterns are mostly auspicious, and the painting technique is more meticulous than freehand.

During the Daoguang reign, the social situation and porcelain production level deteriorated, gradually changing from regular to clumsy. Except for a small number of refined official kiln wares, most of the wares were coarse, thick, and lacked roundness and beauty. The edges and corners were stiff and rigid. The glaze was uneven and wavy; the glaze layer was thin, white and astringent, and lacked a lustrous feeling. Therefore, even if it was an official kiln, the price would not go up unless it was a fine product. "

After saying that, he thought of something and said, "Oh, I don't mean to bargain by saying that! This is something I just learned! I will pay you back slowly."

Wang Qingsong nodded and put his things down: "I know. By the way, didn't you say that we can pick up the two cars in a week? That means tomorrow, right?"

Things are broken, it’s a pity, there’s no point in saying more.

He wanted to just say forget it.

But in the end I didn’t say anything.

We'll see how the situation develops later.

"Well, let's go to the 4S store tomorrow. I was just about to tell you about this! Don't run away tomorrow. The car insurance has been taken care of, and the temporary license plate is ready. The official license plate will take some time. Will you go and get it tomorrow or will I? You have to pay taxes before getting the license plate."

Wang Qingsong thought about it, and finally said: "I'll go, I did it myself last time."

As he spoke, he looked through the plastic bag next to him.

There are some bottles and jars in it.

I just picked it up.

"That's right. Where's your car? I've never seen you drive one!"

"Oh, I have other uses for the car."

Didn't explain much.

Seeing him say that, Zhou Ying didn't say anything else: "Okay, I'll give you everything, you can pay the tax directly, and then choose the license plate."

As he spoke, he took something out of the drawer and placed it on the table.

"Everything is in there. The copies of the licenses are complete."

"what!"

Wang Qingsong took a look and was about to speak, then he let out a light exclamation.

Looking at the palm-sized golden Buddha in his hand, he picked it up and looked at it.

The golden Buddha looks like it is made of copper and is gilded on the surface, but it is already very mottled and looks very weathered.

He saw a lot of this thing in Hong Kong Island.

"Where did this come from?"

Zhou Ying took a look and then muttered, "Oh, my sister bought it at a bargain hunting event in Panjiayuan. The asking price was 2,000 yuan, but she got it down to 30 yuan. What a waste of money."

I burst out laughing when I saw this.

Shake your head speechlessly.

Wang Qingsong picked it up and touched it carefully.

His eyesight is not good, but his touch is never wrong.

There's something wrong with this thing.

Seeing him fiddling with it, Zhou Ying asked curiously, "Why are you looking at it? Do you expect to get a bargain with thirty yuan?"

It’s not that there isn’t one, but there has to be a prerequisite.

Such a person is very knowledgeable.

Do you really think it's so easy to find a bargain?

There are so many people who know the business and have made mistakes in Panjiayuan. It’s different for the experts, as many of them have made mistakes!

All on TV.

Wang Qingsong looked at it curiously.

The nail dug into the base.

Pottery.

Seeing his movements, Zhou Ying said, "This is Tao's. No, it's not even Tao's. It's too fake."

Wang Qingsong nodded. This thing is indeed fake. But... this Buddha head is real!

It feels quite nice to the touch.

Although the colors of the Buddha's head and body look somewhat similar, there are still some differences.

Quite enough energy.

After thinking for a while, he looked around and saw that there were still quite a few people in the store looking at things.

After all, it is May Day and many people come here to go shopping.

Few people buy things.

After thinking for a while, he quietly took out his gold ingot, came over to Zhou Ying and asked, "Look! Do they look alike?"

Zhou Ying naturally knew about this big gold ingot.

Hearing him say this, Zhou Ying took it and looked at it curiously.

He opened the base again.

He muttered, "The head looks a bit like it, but this one is just painted. You don't know, there are so many ways to make things look old online! Some of them are even put up for auction without being discovered."

She thought it was true.

Then send it.

But this is obviously fake!
Wang Qingsong took it and looked at it carefully, especially the neck area.

Snapped it with my fingers.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you have a hammer?"

"Yes, I have!"

Zhou Ying agreed, found an electrician's bag from under the cabinet, rummaged through it, and handed him a hammer.

Even if it is an antique shop, these small tools are still necessary.

Wang Qingsong took the thing, squatted on the ground, gestured with the hammer for a long time, and finally hit the base lightly.

Not very heavy.

But the earthenware base is still easy to break.

"I rely on!"

Zhou Ying looked at the thing with her eyes wide open.

A black object with gold in it appeared at the place where I thought it was broken.

It is the same as the Buddha's head, but there is some difference in color. The Buddha's head is actually brighter than this one.

But the brightness is not very obvious.

"What's going on? In the middle of the antique bureau?"

Wang Qingsong was puzzled when he heard his words: "What do you mean by antique bureau?"

"Oh, nothing. This is a TV drama. It says that during the Anti-Japanese War, in order to prevent the loss of antiques, a layer of protection was added to the real antiques, making people think they were fake."

Zhou Ying explained and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up, keep pounding!"

After hearing this, Wang Qingsong stopped hitting.

After thinking for a while, he pointed at the Buddha's hand and said, "If it is real, then there is a Buddha's hand inside this thing. What if it is hit crooked?" That would be a pity if it is hit crooked.

Zhou Ying was anxious when she saw this: "What should we do? What is this thing, copper? Or gold?"

Wang Qingsong shook his head: "How can I know? It's probably copper! It could also be real gold."

Hearing this, Zhou Ying took the thing and looked at it again and again.

Anyway, with her half-baked knowledge, she couldn't tell which era this was from.

Then he thought of something and said quickly, "There is a gold shop downstairs. They have testing equipment. I'll take it and test it."

Wang Qingsong nodded gently when he heard this: "Okay, then you go ahead, I'll take care of the store."

Anyway, these people now just look but don’t buy.

Hearing this, Zhou Ying hurriedly took her things and went downstairs.

Wang Qingsong sat at the bar and looked at the store.

Someone saw the commotion just now, but they just looked at it and didn't pay much attention to it.

Because these people’s first reaction was not that they had discovered a treasure.

Instead, they are setting up a trap to trick them into buying things.

Someone did ask if the price could be cheaper.

Wang Qingsong naturally gave the same answer and refused to bargain.

"Hey, brother, you're here today too! How rare!"

While he was thinking, Liu Wei from next door came over with a smile, looked at him and greeted him.

When Wang Qingsong saw the acquaintance, he naturally stood up with a smile.

"I've been busy lately and rarely come here."

After saying that, he looked around the store and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, how come you have time to come here? The store is not busy!"

"Busy, come over here to pick up something. Please wait a moment, I'll go get something first!"

After saying that, he went straight to a shelf next to him, opened the glass cabinet, and directly took out an item priced at 2.

Coming to the stage: "Brother, can this thing be cheaper? I want to buy some."

Wang Qingsong didn't understand what he meant.

But when it comes to price, he still shook his head: "Brother Liu, let's not talk about the price. This is the price in the store."

Seeing him say that, Liu Wei felt disappointed.

Without saying anything, he took the machine to scan the code and paid, smiling, "Okay, I've paid. By the way, there is a cross-selling exchange meeting in our antique city. Does your store want to participate?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's just about picking up something from the store, whatever you want to bring, and then testing your eyesight, if you see something you like, see if others are willing to exchange it."

Liu Wei finished speaking and smiled, "Okay, let's stop talking. I have something else to do. I'll come over and talk to you when I'm done."

Seeing this, Wang Qingsong could only nod.

After watching the other person leave with a smile, he sat down again.

After waiting for a while, I saw Zhou Ying coming back excitedly.

Seeing her expression, Wang Qingsong asked curiously, "What do you mean?"

He was also curious.

After Zhou Ying carefully wrapped the things, she said excitedly: "The test results show that it is not pure gold, but the content is not low, 58.6% gold, 22% silver, and 16% copper. The remaining amount is much less."

Wang Qingsong felt strange after hearing this.

"So is this a golden Buddha? Or some other kind of Buddha?"

Zhou Ying shook her head: "I don't know. This thing must be a Buddha statue worshipped by a wealthy family in the past. I just don't know why it is wrapped with so many things."

Then he asked, "I made this, how much do you think it's worth?"

Wang Qingsong shook his head: "How would I know? Find some time to clean it out, be careful."

"Well, wait for me to clean it up slowly. If it's valuable, I can sell it and pay you back the money I owe you."

Put the things away carefully.

Hearing this, Wang Qingsong didn't care.

Thinking of what Liu Wei had said before, he told the story out of curiosity.

Zhou Ying put the things away, looked at him and said, "It's normal to have mixed goods in the antique business. Usually, old acquaintances want a batch of specific prices, or a specific type of porcelain. If they don't have it at home, they will go to other stores to buy it at a low price. Usually they borrow it first and pay after the transaction is completed."

After a pause, he continued, "But we don't understand! What if this thing is taken out and replaced with a fake one? So I made a rule that it's okay to mix the goods, but you can only buy it."

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Wang Qingsong nodded.

Seeing this, Zhou Ying continued, "As for the antique city's collusion, I don't know who started it. It happens every once in a while, inside the antique city, but this has been going on for hundreds of years.

In their business, it is called "mixing goods", also called "competing for treasures".

The participants include people from the antique city as well as outsiders who are interested in collecting. It used to be very lively, but I heard that it is much quieter now.

You can participate if you want or not, it is not mandatory.

But even so, not just anyone can join. Only those who can participate are real antique collectors.

Those who sell handicrafts are not allowed to participate."

After listening, Wang Qingsong nodded: "When? Liu Wei said it was today, what time?"

"Admission starts at eight and ends at ten."

After Zhou Ying finished speaking, she asked, "Why don't you join us? I heard there are a lot of good things there. Their prices are a bit high, but they can be used as a reference."

Wang Qingsong looked at the time after hearing this. It was already past six o'clock, almost seven o'clock.

There's still an hour left.

After thinking about it, he agreed: "Okay! Let's go and take a look! How do we go? We should bring some things with us, right?"

"Well, take the things with you. It's in an exhibition hall on the fifth floor. If you want to go, I'll talk to Boss Liu and he'll take us there. This kind of meeting is not so strict, but you still need someone you know to take you there."

Wang Qingsong knew that the Boss Liu she was talking about was naturally Liu Wei.

After agreeing, the two waited there.

Zhou Ying was there studying her treasure.

Carefully peeling off the clay on the golden Buddha.

While busying himself, he said, "It would be great if this was valuable."

She was really angry that her sister broke such an expensive thing.

But what can be done?
I can't let my sister get sued or anything like that!

It's impossible even if you beat me to death!
Then she can only pay it back herself.

Fortunately, there is gold in this thing.

The important thing is that this is an antique, and the price will be higher, depending on how heavy the Buddha statue is after it is disassembled.

Wang Qingsong looked at the other person's worried face and said with a smile, "I think this thing is quite valuable. How about giving it to me and we can write off our debt. But I have to say that this thing is better than the broken plate. It is probably worth about the same as the 200,000 yuan in the store. Do you want to consider it?"

"Bang~"

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Ying put the things there and said, "Here, write it off! The extra is yours!"

Seeing her quick and decisive actions, Wang Qingsong smiled: "Aren't you afraid that I'll find something worth stealing? There's gold in here!"

Zhou Ying said directly, "I know! But you have to know that things worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan are not something that ordinary people can collect. If you don't have tens of millions of yuan at home, you can't afford antiques worth hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan. Because antiques are spare money. The house and car at home, plus the daily expenses in the city, are not low. I'm talking about the kind of house that can be bought without a loan."

Wang Qingsong saw this and smiled: "When you go to the goods fair later, take this with you and see if anyone wants it."

"With this?"

Zhou Ying hesitated for a moment.

"Well, take this."

Wang Qingsong said this nonchalantly, and then muttered: "Let's see when the time comes. If no one wants it, you can give it to me if you are willing. Just consider it as compensation to me. Don't cry if you lose money!"

Zhou Ying said nonchalantly, "Then I might as well give it to you. Whether you make a profit or a loss, it's all yours. I'm not cut out for this line of work. If you didn't insist on me doing this, I wouldn't want to go to work in the company now. I won't do it!"

These words made Wang Qingsong smile.

Without saying anything, he went to the computer and looked at it curiously.

Computer is a good thing.

(End of this chapter)