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    Seeing Chu Chen put the bottle back, Zhou Daya hurriedly asked: "Boss Chu, what do you think of the things?" Chu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, I don't know what the price is?" Zhou Daya smiled brightly.  He said with a smile: "Boss Chu, since you want it and Lao Wu and I are old acquaintances, let's go with 80,000. =" Lao Wu said: "Daya, since we are all old acquaintances, 80,000 is too high.  "Yes, I'll give you an honest price." Zhou Daya shook his head: "Lao Wu, when did you say I didn't give you the lowest price? Besides, since Boss Chu wants something, can I still offer a higher price?"  "After all, it's a peacock blue glaze blue and white from the Jiajing period. I'll take it away for just 40,000 yuan." Chu Chen didn't believe that the other party would deliberately offer a low price because of his own reasons.  Moreover, most people in the antique business are not only experienced storytellers, but also performing artists with high rap skills.  If you have been in the collecting world for a few years, you will definitely hear many such stories about antiques, and each one is more novel and more magical than the last one.  If you are a thoughtful person, record them and compile a "Story Collection".  Therefore, Chu Chen would not believe that Zhou Daya would give Lao Wu the lowest price every time.  "No, no! Forty thousand is too low." Zhou Daya firmly disagreed with the price: "Let's not argue, let's just go for sixty thousand!" "Sixty thousand is too high" The two haggled for a while.  , and finally sold it for 51,000 yuan. Chu Chen was not very satisfied with the price, but such exquisite peacock blue glazed blue and white flowers were relatively rare, so overall he was quite happy.  The deal was negotiated.  Lao Wu said: "Daya, you call me over. It doesn't have to be just this one thing, right?" Zhou Daya chuckled and said, "Of course there are more than this, wait until I get it." Chu Chen heard this and spoke.  Said: "Boss Zhou. Don't take them one by one. Take out as many as you have. As long as the things are good, I can take them down." After all, Chu Chen also has a museum under preparation, in order to enrich the collection inside.  , no matter how many things Zhou Daya brings out, as long as the things satisfy him, there is no problem in buying them all.  Zhou Daya also called Lao Wu because his family was in urgent need of money.  He was planning to get rid of some valuable antiques in his hands as soon as possible. Seeing what Chu Chen said, he had no reason not to agree, so he and Zhong Dingsheng hurriedly walked into the back room to get the things.  After the two left, Lao Wu hurriedly whispered to Chu Chen: "Boss, Zhou Daya likes to do some tricks. There may be some sand and mud mixed in the following items. You have to be careful." Chu Chen  He smiled and nodded.  Said he would pay attention.  After a while, Zhou Daya and Zhong Dingsheng came back holding two small, one large and three boxes.  The first box contains an emerald snuff bottle, which is cut out of a single piece. The front and back are filled with gold and inscribed with two seven-character quatrains in regular script.  One chants the scenery, the other expresses one's aspirations, and the two poems complement each other.  The side walls of the tobacco pot are respectively carved with the words "Zhongchun Imperial Title" and "Qianlong Jiawu".  This thing is exquisitely carved.  The poems are relaxed and flow freely.  The brushwork is grand, but the material is only ice.  The value is somewhat different. Based on the current market value, it is only about 40,000 to 50,000 yuan.  In the second box, there is a jade cow ornament. This device seems to be carved from a whole piece of high-quality Khotanese white jade, and the carving seems to be quite exquisite.  But as soon as the thing came into his hands, Chu Chen frowned secretly, because although the weight of this jade ornament was OK, based on his understanding of the specific gravity of jade, when he weighed it, he found that the weight of this ornament was heavier than real jade.  light.  In addition, although this piece of jade has lines, it looks very unnatural and has artificial traces. In addition, it has a bigger flaw. There is not even a single impurity inside.  You must know that jade is formed by the cooling of lava during volcanic eruptions. Because it is naturally formed, ancient jade contains many impurities. This is why crystal clear jade is hard to find.  But no matter how good the crystal clear jade is, it must have impurities, lines, and changes.  Judging from the conditions for the formation of jade, it is obviously impossible for jade without impurities to exist.  In addition to the material of jade, the carving of this jade ornament imitates the style of the palace office during the Qianlong period, but the maker obviously cannot reach the level of ancient craftsmen, so it looks a bit nondescript in the eyes of connoisseurs.  Finally, there is no patina at all on the surface of the jade article. Even if it is genuine, as a jade article, it is impossible for it to have no patina at all after so many years.  Such kind??, Chu Chen can be sure that this jade is a fake, and it is also a contemporary jade.  What is Huilu Jade?  ??In fact, current counterfeiters melt inferior jade or jade processing scraps at high temperatures, smelt out the impurities, and then cool them.  The jade created in this way is very pure and has no flaws, but it also lacks the wonderful changes in the texture of natural jade.  It¡¯s not that the ancients didn¡¯t think of this method of counterfeiting, but they couldn¡¯t get high enough temperature to melt jade.  But now it is very easy to do. With an oxygen blowing gun, a ball of waste jade can be melted into magma within a few minutes.  It is precisely because there is no large environment for the lava to cool down and the pressure is not enough that the specific gravity of the jade is wrong and lighter than real jade.  It must be said that the jade made in this way is indeed very misleading, and many collectors were deceived as soon as it came to the market.  But Zhou Daya obviously found the wrong person. For something like this, even if Chu Chen didn't use his powers, he could immediately tell its authenticity.  The last box contains a pair of Ruyi, and the material of this pair of Ruyi is somewhat special. They are both made of tortoise shell, and are basically the same size, with alternating brown and light yellow patterns on the surface.  The front of this pair of Ruyi is engraved with squirrels and grapes, and the back is engraved with a swastika pattern, which means "descendants for generations to come".  The craftsmen used a unique "living pattern" carving method to make the squirrels move. The grapevines are powerful, exquisite and detailed.  Judging from the carving style and other characteristics, this Ruyi should have been produced in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.  Ruyi like this is generally found in single pieces, but rarely in pairs. Coupled with the exquisite carving, it is also a relatively rare artifact.  After Chu Chen and Lao Wu finished reading the three items, Zhou Daya quickly asked: "You two, what do you think of these three items of mine?" "Not bad." Chu Chen nodded: "Except for this jade cow.  "Beyond the ornaments" When he heard the words "not bad", Zhou Daya's face showed joy, but the last sentence made him feel like he had eaten a fly. He quickly said: "This jade cow ornament has  What's the problem? Look at the material and the carving, aren't they the style of the Qing Ting Manufacturing Office?" Chu Chen shook his head slightly: "Boss Zhou, I don't like this thing." Zhou Daya heard.  Yan was startled, but he immediately realized that since Chu Chen said he didn't like it, there was a reason. As for whether to tell him or not, it all depended on Chu Chen's will.  Besides, getting to the bottom of this kind of thing can only embarrass both parties.  Zhou Daya felt a little regretful when he saw that Chu Chen had determined that the items were wrong, so he said, "Boss Chu, can you give me a price for these two items?" Chu Chen said, "Boss Zhou, isn't this a bit against the rules?"  The reason why Chu Chen said this is because in the antique business, the owner of the antique must first offer a price when he wants to sell it.  If the seller doesn't ask for a price, the buyer will never give one.  This is to prevent the owner from selling antiques to be fake and to estimate the price based on market trends.  You must know that Chu Chen is a well-known expert, and it is possible for Zhou Daya to estimate the price of things through Chu Chen.  In addition, if the seller¡¯s offer is too high, the buyer has the right not to make a counteroffer.  If the buyer and seller do not close the deal due to price differences, and the seller finds another buyer to negotiate with but still cannot close the deal, then he goes back to the first buyer. Unless it is something he particularly likes, the first buyer will generally not buy it.  Zhou Daya smiled coquettishly and thought to himself what was going on. Didn't he achieve what he wanted? Everything was messed up.  "Boss Chu, we are familiar with each other once and for all, so let's take this price" "No, it's too high. The most we can do is" After another exchange of words, the two finally took a step back, so it was a win-win situation.  The price was struck.  Chu Chen directly wrote a check to Zhou Daya and then prepared to leave.  At this time, Zhong Dingsheng asked: "Boss Chu, are you interested in bronze mirrors?" Chu Chen smiled and nodded: "As long as it is a good thing, I will not refuse anyone who comes." "Okay, then I will do it now.  Go get it" "After waiting for a long time, Zhong Dingsheng came back with a box. As he opened the box, he introduced: "Boss Chu, to tell you the truth, I am going to take the goods in my hand."  After everything has been dealt with, I am ready to retire. Now almost everything else has found its next home, only this bronze mirror is left" Chu Chen looked at the box while listening, and inside it was in excellent condition.  The black lacquered bronze mirror is an authentic piece from the earliest times.  "Boss Zhong, does this bronze mirror have anything to say?" Zhong Dingsheng smiled and said: "That's true. I heard that when this bronze mirror was found, it was placed in the owner's arms, and the surrounding bronzes were almost corroded.  Yes, but this bronze mirrorBut it's all dark and ancient, and it's in excellent condition. Because of this, I spent a lot of effort to get it, so I kept it until now.  " Chu Chen nodded slightly. From Zhong Dingsheng's words, he got a few pieces of information. First, this bronze mirror was found during the tomb robbery; second, this bronze mirror was almost decayed when other things were almost there.  , but it is so well preserved, there must be something special about it, which shows that the bronze mirror is likely to have a high value. Finally, Zhong Dingsheng paid a high price to buy this bronze mirror. If Chu Chen wanted it,  It¡¯s definitely not cheap. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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