Reborn Treasure Appraiser: I Really Didn’t Want to Be an Expert

Chapter 69 Curium Gold
As the eleventh month approaches, the weather is getting colder and the golden willow leaves are covered with white frost.

"Professor Lin, you're busy!"

Waving to Lin Changqing, Hao Jun closed the car window and started the car.

Lin Sicheng sighed: "I was just practicing, just filling it in casually, what are you so surprised about?"

Hao Jun turned the steering wheel and curled his lips
He was asked to find so many broken pieces at once, and he couldn't even repeat them. He had to travel thousands of miles to get so many different kinds of glaze raw materials from the capital. Was Lin Sicheng just going to do some random repairs?
It looks like a big job is going to be done, so I have to come and take a look no matter what: the skills don't need to be very high, as long as he has 30% to 40% of Lin Changqing's skills, then the outsourcing work of Xijing Rongbaozhai will be contracted to Lin Sicheng.

So Hao Jun is particularly active.

It was only three stops away, and would only take a few minutes. Lin Sicheng had no choice but to call Wang Qizhi:

"Professor Wang, I found some scraps and materials to use today. But there's too much, so we need to haul it in by car. Could you please tell the Security Department..."

"Okay, what's the license plate number?"

"Audi, Shaanxi A*****"

"Hey, that squinty-eyed fat guy from Rongbaozhai, what's he doing here?" Someone on the phone said, "Okay, I get it..."

Lin Sicheng hung up the phone, and Hao Jun squinted his eyes: "It's that Wang guy from last time, right? I met him once, why is he so resentful?"

"I wouldn't call it resentment, at most I have some grievances against you!" Lin Sicheng put away his phone and laughed. "Last time when I bought the Kuikou plate, you knew I knew him, but you didn't remind him?"

"Nonsense, what if he tries to bargain with you if I remind him?"

The traffic light turned red, so Hao Jun slammed on the brakes. "I heard from Lao Guan that this person is not ordinary?"

“It’s quite unusual!”

Hao Jun nodded: "That's good!"

As for what’s good about it…of course it’s because Lin Sicheng has a new backer.

It only took five or six minutes to arrive at the school gate. After registering at the guard room, the Audi drove all the way to the experimental center.

Wang Qizhi, Feng Lin and Ye Anning were waiting downstairs.

As soon as he got off the car, Hao Jun extended his hand and took the initiative to greet him. His face was full of smiles, and words of long-admired admiration kept coming out.

Wang Qizhi was no less impressive, appearing elegant and humble.

Are these two really hypocritical?
Lin Sicheng greeted Feng Lin and handed the laptop to Ye Anning.

The two of them talked on the phone yesterday, and Lin Sicheng specially sorted out a list of websites containing information on foreign oil painting restoration technology.

Ye Anning was overjoyed, her long eyelashes fluttering as if she had found a treasure: "I'll treat you to lunch at noon!"

"I guess I can't stop once I'm busy. Maybe another day!" Lin Sicheng replied, "Sister An Ning, aren't you going to work today?"

Ye Anning blinked: "Market research, the school can also adjust it!"

I understand: Just like Hao Jun, he is here to join in the fun.

After a few pleasantries, several people helped to move things.

It wasn't heavy, but there were a lot of them. There were more than 30 kinds of raw materials for making the glaze alone, and it took five people two trips to carry them back and forth.

Unpacking, opening... Looking at the colorful bottles and jars, Ye Anning felt dazzled: "Just mixing paint, you need so many raw materials?"

"There aren't many types of lacquer, only five. The second thing to do is to mix the glue, and the most important thing is to mix the glaze!"

“But I saw that the company’s restoration room only had about ten types?”

Lin Sicheng nodded: "More than a dozen, that's actually quite a lot!"

The reason why official kiln porcelain is expensive is because the craftsmanship is complicated, there are many types of glazes, and each one is more expensive than the last.

The most important reason is that there are too few samples left, so apart from the Palace Museum, various research institutions and colleges mostly use folk kiln samples in porcelain restoration, and naturally use less glaze.

But the two pieces the old lady gave him for practice were different. The delicate yellow glaze was okay, with a relatively simple glaze color. But the latter, a large jar with a dragon pattern, was a true "blue and white interlaced with multicolored porcelain," also known as "doucai."

If it were just this one piece, it wouldn't be a problem. Hongzhi Doucai porcelain is relatively simple, requiring fewer dyeing steps and only a dozen or so glazes. However, Chenghua Doucai porcelain has over thirty different types of multicolored porcelain.

Therefore, Chenghua Doucai porcelain is not only expensive now, but even in the Qing Dynasty and even the Ming Dynasty, it was ridiculously expensive. Emperor Kangxi once commented: "The colors of Chenghua Doucai porcelain are exquisite and excellent, unparalleled in ancient and modern times..." To be honest, without more practice, Lin Sicheng really wouldn't dare to touch those two chicken-glazed cups.

After explaining a few words, Wang Qizhi saw Lin Sicheng put on his white coat and looked at his watch: "Didn't you ask Shang Yan's teaching assistant to help you? Why hasn't he come yet?"

"It should be soon..."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and then a large group of people came in, led by Shang Yan.

Eight masters, three doctors, and Li Zhen...

Shang Yan narrowed her eyes slightly, and the corners of her mouth seemed to be hooked with wire, and she was indescribably stiff. "Professor Wang, I heard that your laboratory is repairing cloisonné again today. I'm bringing my students to observe. You won't be unwelcome, will you?"

I've been waiting for this move from you, otherwise, why would I tell you about it?

Wang Qizhi smiled wryly: "Of course you are welcome...but it's a temporary change, I'm fixing the porcelain today!"

Shang Yan was stunned for a moment: "What?"

Wang Qizhi smiled and said, "Porcelain!"

"Professor Wang, you can!"

"Excellent!"

Shang Yan's face turned green at the compliment: Why did she bring all the graduate students here?
Because Lin Sicheng's enamel repairs are so good, even she doesn't know how to do it.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to do it, we can learn.

But after arriving, Wang Qizhi said, "Today we are repairing porcelain"... Mr. Wang, what do you want to do?
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She was just thinking about how to scold Wang Qizhi. But when she accidentally saw the bottles and jars on the lab table, she was stunned.
Wow, there are dozens of raw materials for glaze alone?

Suddenly, most of the anger in his heart dissipated, and he stared at Lin Sicheng with indescribable kindness.

Lin Sicheng stood between the two of them, feeling particularly hesitant.

He always thought that what Professor Wang meant by "let Mr. Shang see it" was that he would wait until he finished repairing the sunflower-mouth plate and then show the finished product to Professor Shang.

So he deliberately delayed it for a while, thinking that he should practice well first, and it would not be too late to repair the sunflower-mouth plate after he finished repairing the chicken-glazed cup.

By then, the anger between the two had long since dissipated.

He also specifically told Li Zhen that if she could take leave, she should take it, and if she couldn't, she should find someone else to help her. In any case, she must not let Professor Shang know.

But unexpectedly, Wang Qizhi did something big, hitting people in the face?

He didn't even need to guess, he knew what Professor Wang was thinking: let Shang give up as soon as possible to avoid endless trouble!

Right!

With a secret sigh, Lin Sicheng buttoned up his shirt and smiled at Shang Yan again: "Professor Shang!"

"Lin Sicheng, you're quite good! It seems you've learned a lot from Professor Lin!"

Looking at the labels on the bottles and jars, Shang Yan smiled.
"But it's so inconvenient to repair porcelain in the bronze laboratory. You even have to buy the materials yourself. How about this, you come to the porcelain room to repair it..."

"Professor Shang, that's enough!" Wang Qizhi sneered, "Do you believe I can chase you away?"

Shang Yan also sneered: "Haha, you chase me?"

Lin Sicheng looked helpless and poured out half a box of porcelain with a "crash".

Sure enough, the laboratory suddenly became quiet.

He put on his gloves and looked at Feng Lin and Li Zhen: "Assistant Feng, Senior Sister Li, help!"

The two reacted and squeezed out of the crowd.

"Prepare the anvil, hook line, glutinous rice juice, white porcelain powder, rivets, chisels, gold foil, and gold powder..."

When Shang Yan heard about chisels and gold foil, she became excited and no longer cared about arguing: Hey, Lin Sicheng wants to mend gold?
Even her graduate students can't...

(End of this chapter)