Jianbao life

Chapter 644 Armor Set

Satisfied with wine and food, he asked the waiter to clear the table. After tea was served, Director Nian brought the box over.

After opening the lid of the box and pushing it in front of Chu Chen, Director Nian smiled and said, "Young Master Chu, I will trouble you then!"

Chu Chen nodded with a smile, and then looked at the contents of the box. It turned out that there were three armors inside.

This armor is actually finger guards, which is the kind of nail guards worn by queens and concubines in the well-known Qing Dynasty harem TV series.

In fact, armor was not unique to the Qing Dynasty. You must know that the tradition of armor storage in our country has a long history.According to the book "Han Feizi", during the Warring States Period, the courtiers around the Korean monarch Han Zhaohou all wore long armor.

Chu Chen had encountered an armor made of sapphire in the Han Dynasty before, but he couldn't afford it at that time, so he had to miss it regrettably.In fact, not to mention the Han Dynasty, armor was very common in the Ming Dynasty.

Only in the Qing Dynasty, because Manchu women liked to have long nails, it has been a long-standing custom to dye their nails with impatiens or henna, so they used gold and silver to make nail covers for protection.

Among them, the most representative manicure character is the Empress Dowager Cixi, who is in charge of politics behind the curtain. She put decorative metal or cloisonne fake nails on her little finger and ring finger to increase the length of her nails and show her noble status.

In addition, there are so many Qing palace dramas now, which makes armor a representative object of the Qing Dynasty.

Generally speaking, the common types of armor are often patterned and beautifully made, but it is just a horn-like cover, with thin materials, simple styles, and relatively large quantities. In the past, women from wealthy and noble families would have them.

But the three in front of me are really different. They are made of thick materials, bright in texture, glittering in gold, and they are very big, at least two centimeters longer than common armors.

Moreover, the three armors are exquisitely crafted, and the slow-arc curves are smooth and perfect, without lack of strength. They can be regarded as a model of curve art.And it has two notable features.

First of all, the armor is made of gold sheets, hammered and rolled. The surface is decorated with various bats, and the lower formula wins the patterns, which means "concentric and double, and communicate with each other".

Don't look at it as if there are just a few more bats, but it requires many layers of craftsmanship, such as molding, carving, casting, molding, polishing, etc., it is completely spared no expense, and should be an old court item.

In addition, on the three nail covers, all of them are inlaid with a gemstone, which are two sapphires and one emerald. The texture of the gemstones is moist and dazzling.

Such and such things can be said to be quite extraordinary in terms of the materials used, not to mention the exquisite shape and craftsmanship.Moreover, judging from the production style, it should be carefully crafted by the Palace Building Office in the mid-Qing Dynasty, which is quite rare.

Chu Chen put the armor back into the box, and then asked, "Director Nian, why did you think of buying the armor?"

Director Nian smiled a little embarrassedly: "I went to Lingnan with my wife at the beginning, and she also liked these three armors, but after she came back, she lost interest after playing for a few days, so she put them on the shelf. More than 5000 yuan wasted in vain!"

"Oh, Director Nian, what do you mean, you bought these three armors for more than 5000 yuan?" Chu Chen asked.

Director Nian smiled and said: "Yeah, I spent 180 yuan at that time, and the person who sold me said that the gems on it were all real. If they were all real, why would he still sell me? Brain problem!"

Chu Chen smiled and said, "Don't tell me, these three gems are really real."

"Ah! Really?"

Hearing this, the head of the year bureau was taken aback, his face was full of disbelief, but what made Chu Chen laugh secretly was that although the acting skills of the head of the year were already good, it still seemed a little exaggerated, and it seemed inappropriate. So true.

After a while, perhaps realizing that his expression was too exaggerated, Director Nian asked, "Young Master Chu, how much are these three things of mine worth?"

Chu Chen said: "Based on their craftsmanship and materials, I think it should be worth around 35!"

Director Nian was surprised when he heard the price given by Chu Chen, and couldn't help cursing inwardly, profiteer!

Of course, Director Nian is not scolding Chu Chen. These three armors are indeed what he said. He and his wife spent more than 5000 to buy them when they were in Lingnan together, and they were indeed put on the shelf for a long time. Listening Said that Chu Chen only remembered such a set of things at home when he was engaged in the antique business.

However, yesterday, Director Nian asked a friend to introduce him to a master craftsman with palm eyes, who had already checked and appraised it for him, and the item was indeed genuine.He was very excited when he heard that he had earned more than 25 yuan.

Now that he heard the price given by Chu Chen, Director Nian felt that even though the market price in Wucheng was lower than that in Beijing, the difference would not be 10 yuan, which made him very angry.

However, now is not the time to be angry. Director Nian came back to his senses, frowned and said, "I didn't expect this thing to be so expensive! Hey, what a hassle!"

Chu Chen asked: "Why is it so expensive? You bought it for more than 5000, and now it's worth 35. It's such luck, but even some people in the antique shop may not have it!"

Director Nian quickly explained: "Young Master Chu, you misunderstood. What I said was not that it would be troublesome to make money. The main reason is that my family doesn't like these three items, and if she hears about the value of the items, she will definitely be anxious. I want to sell it, and I don’t know anyone in the antique business, so I’ll be slaughtered if I go there. That’s right!”

Speaking of this, Director Nian seemed to have remembered that Chu Chen was in the antique business, and quickly said, "Young Master Chu, since you are in the antique business, why don't I sell these things to you at a lower price!"

Hearing this, Chu Chen secretly smiled, thinking, it was indeed the same as what he thought before, so he said with a smile:

"Director Nian, if it's cheap, you don't need it, you should sell it to me at the market price!"

"How is this possible!"

Director Nian shook his head again and again, and when he was about to say something, Chu Chen smiled and said, "Director Nian, it's not a short time to make friends, and I don't like to be too utilitarian. Besides, your three guards Armor is quite rare, and the collection value is very high. If I buy it back and put it on for a while, I will be able to make money, and you don’t need to feel embarrassed!”

Seeing that Chu Chen has said it so bluntly, Director Nian said that he would sell it to Chu Chen at a cheaper price, and he would be suspected of not giving Chu Chen face. Of course, he would not do such a stupid thing, so he said with a smile: "Okay, Chu Chen Little, I listen to you!"

"Well, let's sign an agreement..."
After the two parties signed the agreement, Chu Chen directly wrote a check to Director Nian, and then the two sides chatted for a while before leaving.

Chu Chen started the car, and within 10 minutes of driving, the phone rang. When he took it out, it was Director Jin's phone.

"Director Jin, do you have anything to do?"

"Young Master Chu, I'm sorry to bother you. That's it. I know that there is a boss in the antique business who is in a hurry to ship the goods. I heard that he has a few good items. I wonder if you are interested?"

"Okay, I don't know where you are, I'll pick you up!"

"I'm at the XX building right now."

"Okay, I'll be right over..."

Director Jin got into the car, and he explained with a smile: "Young Master Chu, in fact, Director Nian only found out about the boss from his wife's phone call just now, but because the boss is from the same village as Director Nian's wife, And the relationship between the two is not very good, so it is not convenient for him to take you there."

"Oh!" Chu Chen nodded, and then asked, "Director Jin, may I ask, do you know the reason why the boss is in a hurry to ship the goods?"

"I know something about this." Director Jin said with a smile: "In the end, it's still an old saying, you can't live without doing your own crimes..."

Generally speaking, old players in the antique industry are more tactful and sophisticated. They have no choice but to entangle with the real and the fake all day long. There are no bones left from other people's food.

Therefore, in the antique business, there are many smart people, especially the antique dealers, treacherous and cunning people are common, but when it comes to real villains, there are not many.The reason is actually simple. After all, this is business. If you are a real villain, who would want to do business with you?

But, just because you can't find a few doesn't mean there aren't any. The boss that Director Jin mentioned is one of them.

This person's name is Ma Laocai, not to say that he is really called Laocai, but a nickname given to him by others.The reason why he is said to be rich is that he is open to money, and when he sees something that makes money, he likes to pull at his side. He is a complete miser. This old money sounds good, but it is actually ironic.

Ma Laocai used to work in a state-owned company, and he was a small but important leader. He happened to hear that antiques were very profitable, so he fell in love with them. After earning a few sums on the Internet, and having repaid the sweetness, he stepped into this line of business obligingly while studying the knowledge.

However, at that time, Ma Laocai’s monthly salary was less than 200 yuan, and this money was invested in the antique business without even making a sound, so he played the company’s crooked brains and mobilized a lot of oil for the company. Buy curios.

At that time, there were many poor people and few powerful buyers in the industry. They almost all bought them and resold them immediately to earn a little money. Ma Laocai became a rare powerful buyer at that time because he took a lot of money from the company. The buyer, so many people do business with him.

However, Ma Laocai hadn't opened his own shop at that time, and the funds were all obtained from the company, so no one noticed his temper...

(End of this chapter)