Jianbao life

Chapter 661 The Trade Fair at Juyuan Pavilion
Uncle Wu put the jade belt board back into the box, and asked with a smile: "Old Yuan, do you know the function of the jade belt board in the Ming Dynasty?"

"It's usually worn by the upper class!" Yuan Hongjian replied.

Uncle Wu said: "Well, since it is worn by the upper class, how can there be such a poor quality of jade, and such ordinary knife skills, and they are all machine workers."

"Uh..." Yuan Hongjian was a little speechless, and after a while, he smiled wryly and said, "So, I've punched my eyes again?"

Both Uncle Wu and Chu Chen laughed, and the meaning was self-evident.

Yuan Hongjian said with some depression: "But, why would someone use old jade as a fake?"

Chu Chen said: "Under normal circumstances, if this antique is to be sold for money, the most important thing is to be old enough, and jade is no exception. There are two ways to make jade old. One way is "new materials and new workmanship" "You should know something about this method, the old man, that is, after carving new jade, use chemical and other methods to make it old and make it the real thing."

"There is another method, old jade and new work, which is to use old jade with poor quality to carve, and then process it. Because it is old jade, to a certain extent, it is more deceptive than new materials and new work. .”

After hearing Chu Chen's explanation, Yuan Hongjian frowned and said, "But, all of my jade belt boards seem to have been buried in the soil. Since the quality of the jade is not good, how could it be used for burial?"

Chu Chen explained with a smile: "The reason is very simple. We all know that there were golden jade clothes in the Han Dynasty, which were worn on the dead to be buried with them. After many Han tombs were stolen, archaeologists can often see the golden jade clothes. The gold thread in the coffin, the so-called gold thread, was stolen, and the jade pieces were scattered in the coffin."

Hearing this, Yuan Hongjian was startled and said: "Ah! Teacher Chu, you mean that the material for my jade belt boards is the jade from the golden jade clothes? But how could the golden jade clothes use such poor jade? ?”

Uncle Wu laughed and said, "Old Yuan, you have fallen into a misunderstanding in thinking. Who said that the material used for the golden jade garment must be good? In fact, the material used for the real golden jade garment, especially the jade on it. , is a very common sapphire."

"The reason why the golden hazel jade garment is precious is that it uses gold thread to wear jade pieces to make a human-shaped attire, which can reflect people's fear of imperial power. In other words, this kind of preciousness is in humanism On the level. Specifically, the kind of jade pieces used to make materials are actually worthless."

"Although sapphire itself is not worth much, especially things taken from dead people, ordinary goods are not popular at all. But this kind of jade piece has a characteristic, it is relatively thick, carved with dragon patterns and phoenix patterns on it, Then wear them big and small together, wrap one side with gold or alloy and put them in a box, and it becomes a set of belts or buckles for princes.”

"Therefore, many tomb robbers, including those in the jade shop, saw the 'business opportunity' and sold this kind of jade slices. Because it is an unearthed thing, it is worth more than a pile of unearthed jade slices. It's much taller. And your seven jade belt boards are made of this kind of jade."
After listening to Uncle Wu's explanation, Yuan Hongjian suddenly realized, but he couldn't help but feel very depressed. He felt that there were too many twists and turns in the antique industry, and if he was not careful, he hit his eyes once.

However, Yuan Hongjian likes to be more serious. Although this kind of personality sometimes makes him dig into corners, in some things, being more serious may make it easier to overcome difficulties.For example, now, although he made a hole in the eye, but at the same time feeling depressed, he decided that he must make a name for himself in the antique business, otherwise he would be sorry for the money he lost in the eye.

"Old Yuan, let me tell you, your foundation is really weak now, and you are really not suitable for shopping for the time being. Let's just talk about this jade belt plate, the imitation is actually not very good."

Uncle Wu picked up a piece of jade belt board and said: "Because the jade is old, the jade watch has aging phenomenon, which looks very deep and simple. But now when the decorations are carved on it, the traces of the new carvings are completely different from the original aging color. The carving marks show A lighter, newer color can be seen with a magnifying glass."

"In addition, there is still color on this piece of old jade. If you look carefully, you can see that one or two of the color patterns are cut off by carving marks, which proves that it is old jade with new work."

Yuan Hongjian scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed. Sometimes he was impatient, and when he saw something good, he would have the idea of ​​buying it in his heart, just like this set of jade belt boards. The jade material should be an old material, and with the price of just over 1000, his resistance is not much.

However, just like people usually buy things, they wanted to buy them before they bought them, but regretted them after buying them. When he spent money to buy this set of jade belt boards, he felt that he was reckless, so he rushed to appraise them. It turned out to be the wrong purchase.

Chu Chen also knew about Yuan Hongjian's problem, and he said with a smile: "Old man, I think you'd better take one or two hundred with you when you go shopping in the future, and when you feel that your eyesight is better, you can bring some more, so that Even if there is a loss, it can't be too big, don't you think?"

Yuan Hongjian laughed and said: "Your idea is good, I will bring less money from now on. By the way, Mr. Chu, I heard that you are also very good at gambling stones. When I passed Juyuan Pavilion earlier, I saw that there seemed to be Is there any trade fair, do you want to go and see it?"

Chu Chen was slightly taken aback, and after hearing what Yuan Hongjian said, he remembered that today is the annual rough jadeite fair in Juyuan Pavilion. Lu Changshun reminded him of this when he was recording a program on the TV station. However, there are many things during these times, and I forgot them for a while.

Speaking of it, this rough jadeite trade fair sounds grand, but it is actually a sales method for Juyuan Pavilion to clear its inventory.At the trade fair, there are indeed good woolen materials, but they only account for a small part of them. Most of the rest of the woolen materials are selected from ordinary transactions, and the quality can be imagined.

Even so, the annual trade fair in Juyuan Pavilion is still very lively. The biggest reason is that the price of wool materials at the fair is very low. There are also opportunities.

What impressed Chu Chen most was that at the trade fair last year, a middle-aged man unraveled a piece of old pit glass, and was bought by Lu Changshun on the spot at a price of 620 million. Stimulated by this incident, Almost everyone at the scene bought at least one piece of wool.

The scene at that time was really crazy, as if the wool was free of money. Affected by this, Chu Chen also spent more than 2000 yuan to buy a piece of white sand skin, but in the end a piece of shit was opened, and the 2000 yuan was lost.

Now that he knew that the fair was today, Chu Chen definitely wanted to go and have a look. He said with a smile, "I'll go and have a look in a while, old man, are you going?"

Yuan Hongjian waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in gambling on stones, so I won't go."

"Okay, then I'm leaving..."

After bidding farewell to Uncle Wu and the others, Chu Chen walked towards Juyuan Pavilion, and when he arrived at the gate of Juyuan Pavilion, it was really crowded as usual, very crowded.And he felt that it might be because of the influence of the old pit glass species released last year that there were so many people on the first day of this year's exhibition.

Generally speaking, the popularity on the first day of the trade fair must be the highest, because the most good wools appear on the first day. Although Lu Changshun will distribute the good wools into several days for sale according to the quantity of inventory, it is undeniable that However, the quality of the wool in the next few days was indeed not as good as the first day.

This is actually normal, the things that were brought out on the first day were not good, so what's the customer's interest in patronizing?

Every time there is a trade fair, the entrance of Juyuan Pavilion is also piled up with woolen materials. Sometimes when the weather is bad, a canopy has to be set up. Although this will affect the business of the surrounding shops, Lu Changshun is a good man and usually has good relations with neighbors. It's not bad, and the management committee has also taken care of it, so there won't be any problems.

Seeing Lu Changshun enthusiastically communicating with his friends at the door, Chu Chen didn't go up to say hello, but first looked at the woolen fabrics outside.

Generally speaking, the quality of the wool outside the door is neither good nor bad, and the reason is simple. If it is too good, if the customer walks into the store and finds that the wool inside is not as good as the outside, then his desire to buy will definitely increase. reduce.

And if the quality of the wool on the outside is too poor, the customers will also think that if your things on the outside are so poor, how many good things can there be inside?
Of course, among the average wool, there are also things that are particularly eye-catching, such as the Big Mac near the door, a piece of yellow sand skin weighing nearly one and a half tons.

However, when Chu Chen stepped forward, he realized that the yellow sand skin looked a little dry. This kind of performance means that if there is emerald in it, the species is not old enough, and the water is short. , that is, "spring with colors".Occasionally, there are emerald green and purple tricolors or floating green tricolors.

Generally speaking, for such woolen materials, the jadeite produced is basically middle and low-grade, and high-end jadeite is basically impossible to produce.

Even so, Chu Chen took out a magnifying glass and a flashlight and went up to observe carefully, and found that the woolen sand was very thick. Although there were python patterns and pine flowers, it seemed that the crystals were thicker. There is a high possibility that mid-to-low-end jadeite will be produced.

In the end, Chu Chen used his ability again, and the result was similar. If someone bought this piece of wool at the price, it would definitely be a big loss.

Just as Chu Chen put away his things and stood up, Lu Changshun happened to come over.

The two sides greeted each other with a smile, and Lu Changshun asked, "Xiao Chu, what do you think of this piece of wool?"

Chu Chen didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Lu, you must have a plan for this piece of wool, right?"

　Thank you very much to the book friends who received the light of the Great God!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)