Nine-tiered fairy lotus

Chapter 76
On the way back, Hu Tu saw a downcast figure, it was the antique dealer Mr. Chen he was talking about these days.He was still wandering around the flower and bird market as before.He was wearing old black clothes, and his eyebrows were still full of melancholy. When passing by the stalls, everyone treated him like a beggar.

Hu Tu waved at him and said, "Mr. Chen, you are here, and I was looking for you!"

"It's Xiao Hu!" Mr. Chen walked over with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time, are you going to start your nuclear carving business?" Remember clearly.He was still holding the nuclei that Hu Tu had given him before, and when he saw Hu Tu, he put the nuclei in his pocket.

"They were all bought by her." Hu Tu pointed to Xu Qiuyu behind him and introduced, "Let me introduce you, this is Xu Qiuyu, the owner of Jingchuang handicraft shop, she is my friend. Qiuyu, this is an antique shop. Mr. Chen, he often hangs around here and knows the flower and bird market very well."

"You can call me Old Chen. I'm not a person in the antique business anymore. I'm just a down-and-out old man." Mr. Chen was a little embarrassed. He wiped his hands on his trousers but didn't stretch them out. "Boss Xu, I I’ve seen it, it’s the modern art store opened some time ago, I saw it from the door, boss Xu’s style is very high, Jingchuang is at least a level higher than other stores here.”

He has already adapted to the bleak life, and the sharpness of his body has long been worn out. When he said "people who are not in the antique business", his tone was very flat, and he had already let go of it.And when he said "Xu Qiuyu has a high style", he was very sincere. He really admired that a young man could build such an art shop.

"Thank you for the compliment." Xu Qiuyu said modestly.To show her respect, she got out of the car, reached out and shook his hand, "Mr. Chen, I've seen you before, but I never knew what you do. I didn't expect you to be an insider." Then she glanced at you. He glanced at Hu Tu and said what Hu Tu thought, "It happens that Hu Tu just brought some old things, please go over and have a look together, I wonder if it's okay?"

People in the art business are most taboo about judging people by their appearance. She has been nurtured since she was a child, so she will naturally not be like ordinary people.

When mentioning old things, Mr. Chen's eyes lit up, but within a second, they dimmed again.After a few seconds, he sighed and said: "Let me see it, but don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously!" With his own experience as a lesson for the past, even if what he said is convincing, Hu Tu will inevitably make mistakes in his heart. Fear, so a person's reputation is very important, sometimes more important than talent.

Hu Tu parked the car on the side of the road, and the three of them walked back to the shop together.Taking advantage of Hu Tu and Xu Qiuyu's momentum, Mr. Chen held his head high. He hadn't been respected for a long time, and a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling appeared on him, making him burst into tears instantly. .He held back his tears and looked around, but the people around him showed puzzled expressions, as if they didn't understand why these three people came together.

Mr. Chen was very grateful in his heart. He touched the nuclear carving in his pocket, and an indescribable smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Those who can still look up to him when he is down and down can be counted on one hand, but now there are two standing beside him. In his heart, he suddenly feels that these two people are more important than other people in the flower and bird market. It's going to be heavy.

He used to be a decent person, and being despised by others hurt him more than failure in the antique business.He suddenly had a feeling that his luck had begun to change. He was now at the bottom, and every step he took was upward.

Standing in front of the clean counter, Mr. Chen sorted out his worn clothes and messy hair.His attire was incompatible with this clean shop, which made him a little embarrassed.

Hu Tu carried the iron box up, pulled a stool and said, "Mr. Chen, sit down, there are a lot of things, I guess you have to look at them for a while."

"Okay, okay." Mr. Chen held back his excitement, sat down to look at it for a while, and asked, "Little Hu, may I ask, where did you get these things?"

People in the antique business like to ask where things come from, because most people are not experts in it, and judging whether an item is old or not is based on the story told by the seller, and listen to whether there are any flaws in the story.If you can't hear the flaws, and you can't see the authenticity of the thing, you will believe that the thing is old. If the price is right, the deal will be done.

Therefore, many people practice their words before they come out to this industry, learn to tell various stories, and make people believe them in the shortest time.No matter how broken the things in your hand are, you can treat them as priceless antiques and sell them.

In the antique market, there are few genuine products and many fake ones. Whether the goods can be sold at a good price is not the most important thing. The important thing is to be able to tell stories.If the story is well-written, fakes can sell for the same price as the real thing, but if the story is not told well, good things can't sell for a high price.

Hu Tu's stuff came from a clean slate, and he didn't have a good mouth. He didn't have any stories to tell, so he said honestly: "I found this from the bottom of the bookshelf when I was cleaning up my study today. It's been there for many years. It must be my dad Collected stuff."

Mr. Chen nodded, took them out to look at them one by one, and then commented in the order he saw them: "This is cloisonne, also known as enamel. In ancient China, it was customary to call 'glaze' attached to the surface of pottery or porcelain body, and it is attached to the building. The one on the tile is called "glass", while the one attached to the metal surface is called "enamel". It is a paint made of quartz, feldspar, saltpeter and sodium carbonate plus oxides of lead and tin. Painted on copper or silver utensils, after firing, it can form different colored enamel surfaces. It can prevent rust and be used as decoration.”

He gestured to the censer, and continued: "This is a copper censer with lion ears, about 11.5cm in diameter, and weighs about one catty a tael. The measurements, diameters and weights are all estimated by him, which is a skill he has developed through his long exposure to antiques. "As for the 'Daming Xuande Annual System' of the base payment, it also has a history."

Originally, Hu Tu just wanted him to see the authenticity and value of things. Hearing what he said, his thirst for knowledge was bursting, and he listened seriously like a student.Xu Qiuyu and Wang Xiaoling knew this a long time ago. Although they were not so systematic, they didn't think it was too strange, so they just nodded in agreement.The passing customers heard him speak very well, so they came forward to watch. Mr. Chen noticed those people, and he was very happy, and he spoke more vigorously.

(End of this chapter)