Jianbao life

Chapter 1087 I Don't Understand
Looking at Chen Yingping's home, it is unconventional, antique, and all mahogany furniture. These furniture use a variety of carving techniques. Regardless of the theme and accessories, the carvings are delicate and exquisite, which shows the exquisite craftsmanship of the craftsman.

Coupled with the very reasonable arrangement of furniture, people who come here from the bustling metropolis for the first time feel like they have entered a secluded peach blossom garden. "Sentiments.

Not to mention other things, just mahogany furniture like this requires not only wealth, but also no connections, and it is difficult to make up a complete set like Chen Yingping's family.Coupled with Chen Yingping's previous performance, it all implies that he is a veteran player of antiques, and his level may not be lower than those experts.

Chu Chen was hypocritical on the surface, but in his heart he sneered at Chen Yingping's actions. Since Chen Yingping wanted to transfer what he had in hand because of an urgent matter, then he has come, so why is he talking calmly and trying to shape himself in front of him? The image of a senior player?

"It's nothing more than trying to pave the way for his next actions. Does he really think I'm a fool?"

Chu Chen sneered secretly. If it was someone else, he might have been fooled by Chen Yingping's words and deeds, but now in his eyes, all this is completely superfluous.However, anyway, he has plenty of time, since Chen Yingping doesn't feel anxious, he won't express his intentions in a hurry, let's see who can't stand it first in the end.

Seeing that the old god Chu Chen was there, he was not in a hurry to say why he came. Chen Yingping couldn't hold back anymore, and said, "Curator Chu, I have prepared the things, but it is inconvenient to take them out. I would also like you to move to the back room."

"Old Chen, you are too polite..."

Chu Chen smiled slightly, got up and followed Chen Yingping to the back room. As he walked, Chen Yingping sincerely told Chu Chen the origin of the five items and the "hidden secret" of selling them with "tears".

"Hey! Curator Chu, to tell you the truth, the five items in the photo belonged to a nephew of my own family. Because the old man in the family was sick and had no money to treat them, they were put on consignment by me as a last resort."

Chu Chen nodded, and he didn't say much, not to say that this matter is probably false, even if it is true, it is not convenient for him to express his opinion.

Chen Yingping turned on the light in the back room, and then asked Chu Chen and Hu Yong to walk in. There was an Eight Immortals table in the room, and the things in the photo were placed on the Eight Immortals table.It should be said that among these five things, the most eye-catching thing is the carriage with green and white jade hanging on it.

Jade chariots and horses, also known as jade chariots, are composed of horses, shafts, car bodies, carriages, axles, wheels, drivers and passengers of emperors and nobles. Each part is independent and combined to form a complete set of chariots and horses. The wheels can be rotated at the same time. The exquisiteness of the utensils can be seen.

What's more, the jade quality of this carriage can be seen from the same piece of jade at a glance. You must know that the length of this carriage is nearly [-] centimeters. The material may be discarded, which shows its luxury.

Moreover, after Chu Chen finally identified it, the carriage was indeed an authentic product from the early Western Han Dynasty, so it goes without saying that it was precious.

Seeing that Chu Chen had authenticated the green and white jade carriage, Chen Yingping quickly asked, "Curator Chu, how about this jade?"

Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "Not bad."

Chen Yingping breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and said with a smile, "That's good. I'm not very proficient in jade wares, and I was worried that there might be problems with them. After hearing what you said, Director Chu, I'm relieved."

Chu Chen chuckled, and then asked, "Old Chen, I'm taking the liberty to ask a question."

Chen Yingping nodded and said, "Please tell me, but if you want to ask where this thing came from, then I really don't know."

"I don't care about that."

Chu Chen shook his head, and then said: "I'm just curious, since your nephew can afford such a treasure, and these four things, at least for now, are all treasures. Can't even pay for sickness?"

"Hey! It's all his own obsession."

Chen Yingping shook his head and sighed: "So, he also opened a factory, and the benefits are good, and he is well-known among us as a capable person, but since he became obsessed with antiques, he has been out of control, and he has no intention of managing the factory. Put it on the antiques at night. After a few years, the factory closed down, and all the money in the family was exchanged for antiques."

"He didn't listen to what his family said about him. It wasn't until this time that the old man was sick and couldn't afford any money. Then he repented and said that he would quit antiques and live an honest life from now on."

Speaking of this, he sighed again: "Hey, why do you think people have to suffer a loss in order to learn a lesson!"

At this time, Chen Yingping's emotional appearance seemed to be completely revealing his true feelings, which made Chu Chen also a little puzzled, whether he was facing a situation now.If it is indeed a game, then Chen Yingping's acting skills are too high, completely comparable to the world's best actor.

But Chen Yingping's next words made Chu Chen puzzled again. Is this really a game?But if it's a game, it's a bit too blunt, right?

"correct!"

Chen Yingping seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and said to Chu Chen with some embarrassment: "Curator Chu, there is something I want to tell you first. My nephew said that these five items must be packaged and sold together. "

"Sell together?"

Chu Chen was stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise: "Mr. Chen, to be presumptuous, let's not talk about the price for now. What if there are fakes among the remaining four items?"

"Who says it's not." Chen Yingping said helplessly: "I told him so, but he was sure that his things were genuine. I don't even know what to say to him."

Chu Chen chuckled: "Then let's talk about the facts..."

Among the remaining four things, the first thing that caught Chu Chen's eyes was the bronze ware, a bronze 罍 (pronounced the same as Lei).

A 罍 is a wine vessel.It is more common in the late Shang Dynasty to the middle Spring and Autumn Period.Among them, "The Book of Songs. Zhou Nan. Juan Er" sang: "My aunt drinks the golden scorpion, and I will not cherish it forever." The golden scorpion, that is, the bronze scorpion, is mostly made by the lost wax method.

Both the square and the round types of 罍 can be seen. The square 罍 is mostly seen in the late Shang Dynasty, while the round 罍 extends from the Shang Dynasty to the early Zhou Dynasty.It is said that the quantity of Fang Zhen is extremely rare, and there are only a few pieces in existence.

And the bronze 罍 in front of Chu Chen is a Fang 罍 from the Shang Dynasty.The largest part of the body is at the junction of the shoulders and the abdomen, and the abdominal wall slopes downward to form the bottom.

Both sides of the shoulders are decorated with animal heads and ears, which stand abruptly in the air; the front and back are decorated with high-relief animal heads on the top, and a beast head is placed on the bottom of the abdomen.Four ridges fly down from the shoulders, giving people the feeling of standing on a wall.

The decoration of the whole device has various layers, deep and shallow, high and low, ups and downs, and various reliefs are integrated in a wall.Among them are thunder pattern, swirl pattern, deformed long triangular Kui pattern and high-relief beast in the center of the shoulder. The craftsmanship is quite exquisite and can be called a treasure.

What's even more commendable is that Chu Chen found an inscription pattern engraved on the inner edge of the mouth of this mantle. He identified it carefully and was sure that it should be the family emblem.

The family emblem, also known as "clan inscription", is a pattern representing the name of the clan. Guo Moruo called it "the family emblem of the marking system".The inscriptions began with single-character family emblems. There were few inscriptions on bronzes before the mid-Shang Dynasty, and one-character or family emblem-like inscriptions appeared at the beginning of the middle period.Later, it was simplified and refined into characters, and the number of characters gradually increased. By the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were dozens to hundreds of characters, and there were even long inscriptions of two to three hundred characters in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Chu Chen has never seen the inscription represented by this clan emblem in various precious books. The value of the whole device.

Chu Chen reckons that such a precious and rare bronze shackle is worth even if it is not as valuable as the green and white jade carriage next to it. The combined value of the two items is nearly seventy-eight million.

As for the rest of the Ding kiln lotus pattern bowl, the Yaozhou kiln sauce-glazed plum vase, and the Longquan kiln jade pot and spring vase, if they are authentic, no matter how low their value is, they cannot be less than 300 million. The combined value of the five utensils exceeds It must be very easy.

But in fact, among the three pieces of porcelain, only the sauce-glazed plum vase from Yaozhou kiln is genuine, and the remaining two are fakes. What makes Chu Chen feel a little strange is that although these two pieces are made enough The real ones are fake, but the producer should not be Cai Jianxuan.

Because, Chu Chen didn't find the clues left by Cai Jianxuan from the above, not to mention, these two things were not up to Cai Jianxuan's production level.

"What the hell are they going to do?"

Chu Chen was very puzzled by this. Could it be that the reason why he was called here was because these people wanted to tell him that they had nothing to do with Cai Jianxuan?But if it's really just to tell yourself such a news, there's no need to make such a trouble, right?

After thinking about it, Chu Chen didn't come up with a reason: "Forget it, the first soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it."

"Director Chu, what do you think of these items?" Chen Yingping asked.

"Um……"

Just when Chu Chen was about to point out the two problematic pieces of porcelain, he suddenly had an idea and said with a smile, "It's okay, but I don't know the price?"

Chen Yingping seemed relieved when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Curator Chu, I think you should know the preciousness of these items. Since you are an expert and my nephew is in urgent need of money, I don't want to make a fool of myself." Alright, just 1000 and [-] million, what do you think?"

If they are all genuine products from the beginning to the present, 1000 and [-] million is indeed a relatively generous price, but among the three pieces of porcelain, the two most valuable pieces are fakes, and it is not necessary to think that Chu Chen will not agree.

However, Chu Chen did not immediately refuse, he still wanted to see what the next script was, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Chen, your price is a bit different from what I heard before. My friend brought you a Tell me, but only a few million will do.”

"Millions?" Chen Yingping was startled, then shook his head and said, "He must have heard wrongly, several million must be possible."

"How many millions? After all, 99 million is also a few million." Chu Chen said with a smile.

Chen Yingping pondered for a moment, and said solemnly: "If you agree, Director Chu, I can agree to 99 million!"

Chu Chen pondered for a while. After removing the two counterfeit items, the market value of the remaining three items should be around 850 million, but jade and bronze ware are rare treasures, and it is easy to get high prices in the auction market. If you buy it at a price of 99 million, you may not only not lose money, but you may even make a profit in the auction.

But then again, if Chu Chen buys such a thing, it is definitely impossible to transfer it to others. If he buys it at the current price, he will definitely lose money for the time being. What's more, he still wants to see what Chen Yingping wants to play. patterns.Therefore, he decided to wait and see.

"Mr. Chen, to tell you the truth, I am not very satisfied with some of these items. The price of 99 million is not very acceptable to me!"

Chen Yingping was taken aback when he heard the words: "Ah! You mean that there is something wrong with the remaining few things?"

Chu Chen shook his head: "It's hard to say, and I'm not sure. Actually, if you agree to sell them separately, I won't have any worries."

Chen Yingping said with some embarrassment: "Curator Chu, if the thing is mine, I will definitely agree to you, but now I don't have much autonomy. Why don't I call and ask?"

"Can……"

When Chen Yingping walked out of the room, Hu Yong asked softly, "Brother Chu, are these things real or fake?"

Chu Chen replied: "Some are true and some are false."

"Oh." Hu Yong nodded: "You told me before that this person has problems, but I think he is normal. If it is acting, then this person is too good. He can be an actor. Maybe we can win a movie star or something."

Chu Chen said with a smile: "What you said makes sense, but well, in our antique industry, there are not a few such talents, otherwise so many people would not be deceived by it."

Hu Yong grinned: "Since this is the case, those directors can go to the antique markets in various places to recruit actors. With the level of these people, I don't believe that the TV series they make will not be popular."

Chu Chen laughed when he heard the words, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from outside, and he waved his hand quickly, signaling to stop talking.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yingping walked in, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Curator Chu, I'm really sorry, my nephew does not agree to the separation, and it is hard for him to believe that there is a problem."

"Is that so..." Chu Chen pondered for a while, then raised his head and said, "I'm really embarrassed by such a price!"

"Uh..." Chen Yingping thought for a while and said, "How about this, I will be the master again, and it will be 950 million, and I will not be able to explain it if it is less."

Hearing this, Chu Chen looked at a few things again, and finally his expression showed that he was a little "unsure" about the authenticity of the treasure.

Chen Yingping saw Chu Chen's doubts, and immediately acted extra hospitable.He said considerately: "Curator Chu, youdao means that friends who come from afar are distinguished guests. If we can't make a deal, it's because of our affection. Since you won't be able to decide for a while, let's talk about it after dinner."

Chu Chen saw that it was indeed getting late, and his goal had not yet been achieved, so he agreed with a smile.

Afterwards, Chen Yingping took the two of them to a small restaurant a few miles away. Not to mention, the restaurant was small and well-equipped, and the taste of the dishes was quite good, not worse than some well-known restaurants at all.

However, during the meal, Chu Chen had a doubt, is he the only one in Chen Yingping's family?Isn't such a big house deserted?Even if you are used to this kind of life, cleaning is not easy!But Chen Yingping's house is very clean. Does someone regularly clean it?

You know, this was still the countryside in 2002. Don't you think this situation is too strange?
So, after drinking for three rounds, Chu Chen pretended to ask this question unintentionally, but Chen Yingping, who had been drinking, was obviously not as sharp as before. After he was widowed, he lived here all the time, and he was used to it. In order to honor him, his children spent a lot of money to decorate him, and sent someone to clean it every once in a while.

Although Chen Yingping reacted quickly, Chu Chen saw the daze and panic in his eyes before, which made him sneer, and said in his heart: "See what tricks you are going to play!"

After the meal, Chen Yingping answered another phone call, and happily told Chu Chen that his nephew was rushing over from Shimen and was going to talk to Chu Chen in person, and hoped that Chu Chen would not go back immediately.

Of course Chu Chen agreed, not to mention that he hasn't figured out which play is being performed today, but he will not give up on jade and bronze wares lightly. From this point of view, they have actually achieved their goal .

Chen Yingping told Chu Chen that his nephew would not be back in more than two hours, so he wanted to invite Chu Chen to visit the local places of interest.

Anyway, it’s okay to be idle, Chu Chen agreed, and then, Chen Yingping took the two of them to visit several nearby attractions. There is no phone call, which makes Chu Chen feel very strange.

Just when Chu Chen was about to ask a question, Chen Yingping's cell phone rang. After answering the phone, he also told Chu Chen with some embarrassment that his nephew's elder was suddenly critically ill. Said that today's one might not be here, and apologized to Chu Chen.

After explaining the whole story, Chen Yingping said apologetically, "Curator Chu, I'm really sorry for wasting your time. What I mean is, if you're not busy, stay with me and wait for him to come over tomorrow." , you can talk about it in detail."

"Then if I have something to go back to Beijing, can you bring the things to the capital?" Chu Chen asked.

Chen Yingping hesitated and said: "This... is a bit difficult. In fact, I told my nephew that I asked him to bring things to the capital for sale. It would be convenient for buyers to sell more, but he just refused, saying that the bronze belt Going to the capital may cause unnecessary trouble, and he is also worried about the bumps on the road, and what accidents will happen."

"After all, his valuable possessions are only these antiques. If there is a slight mistake, it will be unbearable for him. I hope you can forgive me!"

Regarding this, apart from expressing that he would not mind, what else could Chu Chen say?You can't force the other party to take the things to the capital, right?
Of course, the most important thing now is that he wants to find out what the other party means, otherwise, it's not a problem for him to just spend money to buy things.But looking at it now, it seems that what Chen Yingping did was to keep him. Could it be that he was planning to do something wrong at night?

You know, he is about to be promoted to be a father now, even for the sake of his family, he still wants to put himself in danger.But let him go back like this, I still feel a little unwilling.

After thinking about it, Chu Chen said, "Mr. Chen, I'm living in Baozhou today, but I still have some things to deal with online, so I won't be staying with you."

Of course, Chen Yingping would not force this. He smiled and said it was okay, and asked Chu Chen for his mobile phone number, and said that he would contact him if there was any need. ...

Nothing happened all night, and early the next morning, after Chu Chen and Hu Yong had breakfast at the hotel, they received a call from Chen Yingping. He told Chu Chen very sorry on the phone that since the old man had not been out of danger, today he My nephew may not be on time for his appointment again.Said that if Chu Chen is willing, he can be a tour guide for Chu Chen, and then visit the local places of interest.

Hearing this news, Chu Chen couldn't help frowning. It's definitely not a problem if things go on like this. It can't be said that if Chen Yingping's nephew doesn't come, he won't go back. In the end, he would have to spend more money to buy the Apart from a few antiques, the key is that they haven't figured out what the other party's intentions are. Isn't this just playing with people?

Maybe because he felt sorry for Chu Chen, Chen Yingping told Chu Chen on the phone that if his nephew is not here tomorrow, Chu Chen can buy it separately, and he can also give Chu Chen a [-]% discount.

Hearing this proposal, Chu Chen agreed on the surface, but sneered in his heart. He really wanted to see why the other party had promised so many benefits.Of course, for his own safety, he also called and dispatched troops to ensure his own safety.

In addition, Chu Chen did not agree to Chen Yingping to take them to visit the local places of interest, but arranged the itinerary himself, and the destination was the local antique market.

Since today was Sunday and it was a bit late, when Chu Chen and Hu Yong arrived at the antique market, it was already crowded with people and a bustling scene.

Chu Chen and the others went to a relatively well-known antique market in Baozhou. At this time, the place was already full of "treasures", and they saw a dazzling array of stalls full of antique and rare objects.There are not only ceramic vessels of different shapes, but also metal-cast furnace tripods that look old; there are inscriptions or vague or clear carvings and seals; there are also famous paintings with different styles; there are huge ancient farm tools, There are also exquisite and small accessory pendants...

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