Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 44 The Three Jade Artifacts
Hao Guangming bought a lot of things on the Internet, and the money was spent like water.

Originally, he only saved tens of thousands of yuan in the three years after graduating from university, and his grandfather spent part of it in the hospital. Now that he spends so much, his savings will drop below ten thousand yuan.

So Hao Guangming prepared to take out some of the treasures brought by Aunt Zhu and sell them for money.

Among those treasures, calligraphy and paintings were first excluded by Hao Guangming.

Let’s not talk about whether it’s good or not, it’s a bad thing to make exactly the same authentic ones.

Although gold is valuable and its price is public, there is very little money that can be exchanged for it.

Therefore, Hao Guangming was going to choose a few pieces of jade, pearls, gems and the like to sell.

Coincidentally, Hao Guangming has a college roommate whose family has been selling antiques, jade, and jewelry for generations, and he is considered a local tyrant.

When he was in college, this buddy told Hao Guangming a lot about the industry.

For example, this buddy's family, although not very well-known in this industry, has a physical store in the provincial capital and opened branches in several other cities.

In addition, a platform-style online store has also been opened.

In addition to selling some goods from their physical store, this online store also accepts goods, and also serves as an intermediate level to identify goods, set prices, and provide guarantees for others.

Hao Guangming selected three pieces of jade with the worst quality from the treasures that Auntie Zhu brought, and brought them to the village home, and then sent a Weixin video to this buddy.

"Liu Liu, why did you remember to send me a video?"

The video was connected to a slightly plump young man with a round face and short hair, who appeared on the phone and greeted Hao Guangming with a smile.

As for the sixth child, it was Hao Guangming's ranking in the dormitory.

But they are not based on age, but by drawing lots. He is the most unlucky, and if he gets "6", he can only be the youngest.

Later, "Lao Liu" became a buzzword on the Internet, and Hao Guangming was usually low-key and often ignored by the people around him, so his bedmates all changed their names to call him Lao Liu.

The person in his video is called Zeng Tianbao, the third child in the dormitory.

Hao Guangming smiled and said, "Third brother, what did you say, I can't call you if I have nothing to do?"

"Yes." Zeng Tianbao also laughed, "If you are not afraid that your sister-in-law will misunderstand us, you can post videos every day."

Hao Guangming heard that Zeng Tianbao was showing off his wife, and couldn't help but said: "You think you are the only one who is afraid of misunderstanding, and I am also afraid."

"Yo," Zeng Tianbao's eyes lit up obviously, "Liu Liu, do you have a girlfriend? Are you married? How about siblings? Hurry up and send me a photo."

Hao Guangming said: "The marriage has been settled, but not married yet. As for the photos, you will see them when you have a chance."

"Then when you get married, you must invite me to a wedding wine."

"Sure." Hao Guangming smiled, "Okay, let's get down to business."

Zeng Tianbao smiled and said, "I know you have something to do."

Hao Guangming said directly: "I have a few pieces of jade in my hand, which are said to be from the Ming Dynasty. I am going to sell them for money. Can you help me look at them?"

"Jade from the Ming Dynasty?" Zeng Tianbao was surprised when he heard that, "It's not ordinary jewelry, but an antique."

Hao Guangming smiled and said, "My grandfather said it was from the Ming Dynasty, but it's hard to say the details. How about it, I'll show you."

After finishing speaking, Hao Guangming immediately switched the camera and aimed at the three jade objects placed on the table with sufficient light.

Zeng Tianbao's gasping sound was heard in the video soon, "Hiss, your jade looks pretty good, even if it wasn't from the Ming Dynasty, the value would not be low.

You boy, when I asked you if you had any old objects, jewelry or something in your house, you boy still said no, it was hidden deep enough. "

Hao Guangming said: "This was passed down by my grandfather before his death, and I didn't know it before."

"Your grandfather is gone?" Zeng Tianbao was surprised again.

He knew that Hao Guangming was only a relative of his grandfather. Now that his grandfather is gone, wouldn't the sixth child become an orphan?

Uh, it seems that the old six and orphan games are not good words?

"It's been more than half a month." Hao Guangming said, "Tell me about these three pieces of jade, and estimate the approximate price."

Zeng Tianbao said: "My eyesight is actually not very good... so, you take a short video of each of the three jade objects, and then take a few photos from multiple angles, and send them over. I will let my dad hold my eyes."

"Then trouble you."

"It's no trouble, but if you're a buddy, you have to take care of my business."

"Sure." Hao Guangming said with a smile.

Afterwards, Hao Guangming hung up the video, and started taking short videos and photos according to what Zeng Tianbao said, and sent them over.

On the other side, Zeng Tianbao received the videos and photos, and immediately forwarded them to his father, Zeng Guofu, and told the story.

Not long after, Zeng Guofu called and said, "Tianbao, this person is your classmate, right? We have to get these three pieces of jade no matter what!"

"Is there a genuine product here?" Zeng Tianbao was surprised when he heard that.

Before the relationship, he thought Hao Guangming was bragging.

Because he knew that Hao Guangming's family conditions were very average, and it could even be said that it was hard work. If Grandpa Hao Guangming really had a good baby, why didn't he sell it for money?

Zeng Guofu said in a tone of hating iron but not steel: "I want you to learn more things so that you can inherit the family business in the future, but you just don't listen. Among these three jade pieces, there is a jade pendant with 'Zigang' engraved on the edge, did you not?" see that?

This Zigang brand of jade, even if it was imitated in the Qing Dynasty, is worth hundreds of thousands.

If it is an imitation of the Ming Dynasty, it will be worth millions.If it was Lu Zigang's genuine product, it could even fetch several million! "

"So exaggerated?" Zeng Tianbao gasped.

Zeng Guofu said again: "Although the other two jade wares are not Zigang brand, they are all old ancient jade, at least worth hundreds of thousands.

Tianbao, since your classmate doesn't know the value of this jade, can you think of a way to collect it for him?

We won't pressure him too hard, and it's not a loss to him to give him a guaranteed 10,000+. "

Zeng Tianbao's face turned ugly when he heard this, and said, "Dad, this is my buddy in the same dormitory in college. If he finds out about this in the future, I will definitely lose all my college friends. Aren't you trying to harm me by doing this?"

In fact, Zeng Guofu became greedy temporarily, so he asked.

Hearing Zeng Tianbao's words, he immediately changed his tune and said, "Okay, okay, I'll ask the company's Master Yang to palm his eyes later, and then you can look at him and tell him.

Since you and him are buddies, he must hand over these items to Zeng Dafu, right? "

Zeng Tianbao said: "Don't worry, we will definitely handle it after hearing that. But whether to sell it directly to our family or sell it on the platform depends on his choice."

"alright."

After the father and son finished talking on the phone, Zeng Guofu quickly forwarded the video and pictures to Yang Cha, an appraiser hired by the company with a high salary.

Yang inspected it and said that these three jades were at least ancient jades from the Qing Dynasty. As for whether they belonged to the Ming Dynasty as Hao Guangming said, and whether one of them was a genuine Zigang brand, he would not know until he saw the real thing.

After Zeng Tianbao received the news, he immediately told Hao Guangming about it, and said, "Are you in your hometown? If it's convenient, I'll take Mr. Yang to you for an appraisal tomorrow."

Although Hao Guangming felt that the matter was a bit troublesome, he also knew that selling antiques was not an easy task, so he replied, "Okay."

In the afternoon of the next day, Zeng Tianbao brought Yang Cha to Wollongong.

Hao Guangming entertained the two in a house in the village.

After exchanging pleasantries, Hao Guangming took out the three jade articles for Yang Cha to appraise.

Unexpectedly, Yang Cha frowned after some manipulations, and said: "Judging from the materials, styles, and carving techniques of the jade, it should be from the Ming Dynasty, but the patina is not enough, it seems to be in the late Qing Dynasty."

Zeng Tianbao said from the side: "Master Yang, if this jade has not been worn for a long time, it is possible that the patina is insufficient?"

Yang Cha is a senior craftsman who is over fifty years old. Knowing that Zeng Tianbao and the owner are friends, he didn't intend to hide anything. Hearing this, he smiled wryly and said, "That's what I said, but the buyer is a big one who regards the patina as the year." sign."

After hearing this, Hao Guangming said, "Master Yang, just tell us how much each of these three pieces of jade can be worth."

Zeng Tianbao and Yang Cha were surprised, they didn't expect Hao Guangming to be so straightforward.

Immediately Yang Cha said: "The estimated value of this jade ring and jade hairpin should be between 30 and 70, and the estimated value of this Zigang jade pendant should be between 130 million and 200 million."

Now it was Hao Guangming's turn to be surprised.

He didn't expect the valuation range to be so wide, and the prices were much higher than he expected.

(End of this chapter)