Tianyan Jianbao

Chapter 236
Wang Haoming was a little surprised and said, "You know it?"

"Well, I was lucky enough to see this painting at an auction once when I was young." Luo Feng paused and continued: "My father took me to that auction, I remember it very clearly, I was not sensible at the time, I even begged for nothing to raise a sign to compete for this "Lady of Cultivating Bamboo". In the end, my father said that I didn't have enough money and didn't let me continue to raise the sign. It seems that this painting was taken away by an old man."

"Then this painting..."

Luo Feng looked at Wang Haoming in disbelief: "That's why I wonder why "Lady Repairing Bamboo" is in the scroll of this modern craft painting."

Wang Haoming coughed embarrassingly, and said, "Actually, I don't know exactly what's going on. I just think that the axis of this painting is not right, which gives me a strong sense of disobedience, so I think The painting is not expensive, so I bought it."

When it comes to Wang Haoming's ulterior little secret, it is necessary for him to make up a white lie.

Speaking of it, Wang Haoming really doesn't know why this painting is in the scroll. It may be that the owner of "Lady Repairing Bamboo" hid the painting for safety. In the end, he forgot or passed away, which caused the painting to flow out to the market , bought by myself.

No matter why Zhang Daqian's was hidden in the scroll, Wang Haoming felt that it didn't matter, since he bought it anyway, so there wouldn't be much trouble.

"Brother Luo, can you give me an estimate?" This is Wang Haoming's most concerned question, don't work for a long time and still can't get together the money for the villa.

"Well, let me think about it." Luo Feng stood up, circled the scroll twice, and at the end, he muttered: "Although this "Lady of Cultivating Bamboo" belongs to the middle and lower grades in Zhang Daqian's paintings, according to recent Based on the auction prices in the past few years, and private transactions without commissions and taxes, this painting should be able to sell for about 400 million yuan."

Hearing this price, Wang Haoming was determined, it's great, the money for woolen materials came out this time.

"But it's hard to say." Luo Feng added: "It depends on how much the buyer likes the painting."

In the end, Luo Feng looked at Wang Haoming and smiled bitterly: "You are really lucky, really, alas... I don't even know what to say, what are you going to do with "Lady of Xiuzhu"?"

Wang Haoming said: "If you like it, then..."

Luo Feng waved his hand, interrupted Wang Haoming's words, and said: "Hey... well, look at the funds I spent this time, if there is any money left, I will take this painting, if there is no money left, I will give it to you. Can you contact the seller?"

Luo Feng knew that Wang Haoming needed money to buy a villa, so he didn't have the nerve to ask Wang Haoming to keep this painting for him.

Wang Haoming nodded and said, "Okay, if you are looking for someone else, then find a low-key collector?"

"What is low-key?"

"I don't want this painting to be sold to the other party, and it will be auctioned in a few days. If it becomes known to everyone, I will be exposed again. I have been too high-profile recently."

"Understood." Luo Feng nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Brother Luo, what treasure did you accept?" Wang Haoming asked.

"I'm not in a hurry, I'll take another look."

Luo Feng's words made Wang Haoming almost stumble, good guy, Boss Ganqing Luo bought it before he saw it clearly.

At this moment, several headlights in the hotel are also turned off, but if you turn on the powerful flashlight here, naturally no one will bother.

Luo Feng put the object in his heart on the tea table in front of the sand, then turned on the flashlight, aiming the strong light at the object.

"What the hell is this?"

What appeared in Wang Haoming's eyes was just a thumb-sized thing with a reddish surface, and some dirt was stained on it, so it was impossible to tell what it was.

"Hehe, of course it's a good thing." After looking at it for a while, Luo Feng picked up the thing and handed it to Wang Haoming.

"Damn, this cicada can be worth [-] yuan?

Wang Haoming took it in his hand and took a lot of effort to realize that it was a cicada carved out of jade.

"You know what, this is called Yuchan, and it's just a burial jade from the Han Dynasty, it's very precious." Luo Feng replied angrily.

After hearing Luo Feng's words, Wang Haoming was a little concerned, and looked carefully. This jade cicada was only three or four centimeters long and about two centimeters wide. There is an almost invisible hole in the center of Yuchan's head, which must be used for threading the rope.

This jade cicada is made of good materials. Wang Haoming looks like the material of Xinjiang white jade, but it is full of deep red color. The body of the cicada is carved into a rhombus shape. The image is concise and general, and the knife technique is very concise. Symmetrical, like lung lobes, the overall shape is very regular.

"Brother Luo, is this Kouhan?" Wang Haoming asked Luo Feng while playing with the jade cicada in his hand.

He knew that the jade cicadas were mostly placed in the mouths of the dead, taking the meaning of being noble and extraordinary, resurrection and rebirth, but Wang Haoming heard these from other places.This is the first time I have seen it with my own eyes.

The ancient jade cicada has three purposes: one is to pin it on the hat as a high-end decoration.The second is to wear a rope and hang it on the body as an ornament.The third type is funerary objects, which is the biggest use of jade cicadas, which are put in their mouths after people pass away.

Some experts believe that cicadas have to transform from larvae to adults, and they have to be reborn.Containing a cicada means a new life and reincarnation.

"Yes, this is what the dead of "Jade Plug Nine Orifices" say." My brother, I'm really lucky today, this is the authentic Han Badao's jade cicada.Damn it, the kid who set up the stall must have been picked up from some Han tomb. "

Luo Feng was still very excited about this meeting, he actually burst out with foul language, it seems that he is very satisfied with finding this item.

"Jade Plug Nine Orifices", as the name suggests, is to stuff a piece of jade into the nine holes of the body after death. Jade, called Yu Mingmu.

As for the Eight Swords of Han mentioned by Luo Feng, it is because of a jade-carving technique created by the jade cicada, specifically referring to the kind of burial jade in the Han Dynasty that was only applied on the back of the cicada.

To put it more broadly, the jade twist used on both sides of the back and belly can also be counted as "Han Eight Swords". This kind of carving has been lost since the Han Dynasty. Both aspects of craft research at that time were extremely precious.

When Wang Haoming was playing with it, he had checked it with aura, and it was indeed an object from the Han Dynasty, because it did contain aura, and it was dark purple in color, but the amount was not very large.

But in the process of Wang Haoming playing with it, he seemed to feel that the aura inside was slowly increasing.

This discovery aroused Wang Haoming's interest, if his feeling is true, that is to say.The formation of aura in these antiques is absolutely inseparable from the nourishment and play of the human body.

"Brother Luo, my little brother is thinking of finding a jade cicada to play with. Let me forget about your jade cicada. You can set a price for how much it is."

Wang Haoming didn't know if the feeling just now was his own illusion, and besides, he wanted to find a better jade piece to play with before. This jade cicada has three kinds of color, and the quality of the jade is also good, barely meeting Wang Haoming's requirements.

Luo Feng was taken aback when he heard Wang Haoming's words.Then he looked at Wang Haoming with a half-smile and asked, "What's the matter, brother, have you taken a fancy to this thing?"

"What's the matter? What else can you say?" Wang Haoming saw Luo Feng smiling strangely.Can't help asking.

"There is no saying, but the price of this thing is not low."

"Hey, I said Brother Luo, I didn't say I won't give you money, but how much it should be, you can just say it out."

Wang Haoming was a little puzzled, but it was just a gadget from the Han Dynasty, and it was worth a few dollars for such a small size.

After Luo Feng heard Wang Haoming's words, he straightened his face, and said, "Well, I'll tell you this, just a few months ago. An old friend of mine bought a Hanbadao jade from abroad. Cicada, that jade cicada's appearance, jade quality and color are far inferior to mine, he bought it for 20 yuan, how much do you think I should sell it for?"

"20? This is really not cheap."

Wang Haoming was surprised when he heard the price. It wasn't that he couldn't afford so much money, but because he had never spent so much money before.He is now thinking in his heart whether it is worth spending 20 yuan to buy this thing for fun.

"Okay, Brother Luo, that person spent 20. How about I pay 30 for yours? If I agree, I'll find a bank and I'll transfer the money to you at dawn."

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Haoming decided to buy it. Ancient jade is usually extremely difficult to find, not to mention that this jade cicada has three colors. If it is finished, it may be worth far more than 30 yuan.

"Hey, brother, don't worry. My friend spent $20, and I don't want your $30. You give me $25, and you take this stuff."

After Luo Feng waited for Wang Haoming to say that he wanted to buy it, he said slowly.Only now did Wang Haoming know why Luo Feng had that expression on his face just now.

"Come on, Brother Luo, you are trying to anger me, so don't provoke me, I can't afford it."

While talking, Wang Haoming handed back the jade cicada in his hand to Luo Feng, and called out a price of 30. He gritted his teeth for a long time, and exchanged it for a US knife.Wang Haoming didn't even need to think about it, and just returned the things.

Although this thing is good, Wang Haoming also wants to find out whether the aura in this object can really be increased by playing with it.

But let him spend more than 200 million yuan to do an experiment, Wang Haoming would not do this kind of thing, and then again, with these eyes.Wang Haoming still doesn't believe that he won't be able to find better ancient jade in the future.

The Emerald Disk will start tomorrow, Wang Haoming, who has nothing to do, is dragged by Xin Rui to go to the mall, the boss and the fourth child hear that they are going to the mall, and they run away, leaving only Wang Haoming to follow Xin Rui with a sad face later.

"The boss and the fourth brother are simply too disrespectful, leaving my buddy to suffer here alone." Wang Haoming muttered.

The two arrived at a large store, which is the largest commercial building in Pingzhou. The first to seventh floors gathered some of the top large-scale stores at home and abroad.

And the entire fifth floor is full of jewelry stores. Some well-known gold stores have their own stores here, such as Chow Sang Sang, Chow Tai Fook, and top foreign brands also have exclusive stores.

Such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Hai Rui, Winston, Cartier, Boucheron, Bulgari and so on.

The two walked around the fifth floor, and Xin Rui walked towards the Boucheron store. Wang Haoming felt that she was here to spy on information.

There are six or seven sales ladies in beautiful uniforms in the store, and they are also pretty, but with Xin Rui standing inside, it is like the moon surrounded by stars, and the fluorescent light of the stars is not worth mentioning.

Sales in jewelry and gold stores are generally based on a basic salary plus a commission. The basic salary is not too high, but the commission is extremely impressive.

The first training for a sales lady is to practice seeing people with her eyes. This means that you must see whether the customer really wants to buy, and also distinguish his (her) purchasing power.

When all this is confirmed, under normal circumstances, the sales lady will bring the customer to the diamond and jade counter with a flattering tone.

Because the price of gold and platinum is very close to the international market, among jewelers, the price of gold is only a little bit lower.

Then there is the manual price, and the commission for the sales lady is only about 1000%, and there is a commission of ten yuan for almost 5.00 yuan, while the commission for diamonds and jade can reach between 15.00% and [-]%!
Because diamonds and jade are much larger, from procurement to polishing and production to sales of finished products, they are all different from gold jewelry.

Like Wang Haoming and Xin Rui, as soon as they entered the store, two sales girls brought them to the diamond and jade counter, and several diamond necklaces were placed on the counter.

(End of this chapter)