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Text Chapter 979: Have you met the real owner?

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    Chu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I bought this bottle for 250,000 yuan." After hearing this, the suspicion on the old lady's face deepened. She frowned and said, "You didn't lie to me?"  Chu Chen smiled and said: "How could I lie to you about this? If you don't believe it, we can go to the bank to transfer money directly." When the old lady saw what Chu Chen said, she had already believed it, but she still felt strange and asked:  "Then why didn't you say anything in the store just now?" Chu Chen replied: "We have rules in the antique shop. The boss said that just now. If I just said that I bought it, wouldn't he lose face? And what he said is also true.  Yes, under normal circumstances, it is impossible for anyone to accept your price in an antique store. "In fact, there has always been this rule in the antique industry, that is, peers cannot criticize each other. As the old saying goes, a true gentleman cannot talk about chess.  , just mind your own business, and you will always be hated if you mind other people's business.  Generally speaking, between two antique businessmen, you open your shop and he sells his goods. They only say good things to each other and are never allowed to undermine each other.  For example, Wang bought an incense burner from Zhenbao Pavilion and took it to Bogulou to ask Boss Li to check it out. Boss Li would happily congratulate, "Good thing! Congratulations on getting the treasure!" Because Wang has already bought it, why bother the other person?  ?  Or since the thing is real, it doesn¡¯t matter if it¡¯s a little more expensive?  Besides, antiques are priceless, and the value depends entirely on the buyer¡¯s preference. How should you measure it?  In contrast, many antique shop owners are so naive that they dismiss anything that does not come from their own shop as fake, or say that they have been deceived by others.  Jealousy, speculation, attacks, everything can be made up, and the virtues of villains in an impetuous society are revealed in front of the ancients!  No wonder some people say.  In the past, it was gentlemen who played with antiques, but now it is villains who played with antiques. Comparing the two, this statement is not unreasonable!  The old lady nodded and asked: "Is the price I mentioned really expensive?" Chu Chen said: "Yes. In terms of the current market, it is already a relatively high price. For an antique shop like Boss Zhong  Even if the boss buys it back, he won't lose money, but there is basically no profit. If there is no profit, it won't make sense for him to spend so much money. "The old lady asked again: "If that's the case, why would you still buy it?  "Because I like it." Chu Chen smiled and said, "I'm afraid it will be gone if I miss it today. And although 250,000 yuan is a bit expensive, it's not a big loss."  Said before.  There are only so many good things in antiques. If you miss it, you may not encounter it. In addition, Chu Chen bought it to serve as a museum collection, and it will increase in value in the future. Of course Chu Chen will buy it, otherwise one of them will be missing.  He has to think carefully about the conditions. Although the two hundred and fifty thousand is not much to him.  But it can¡¯t be wasted.  Seeing that Chu Chen had already said this, the old lady had no reason to disagree, so they immediately went to the bank to transfer the money.  Transaction completed.  After coming out of the bank, when Chu Chen was about to say goodbye to the old lady, the old lady suddenly stopped him: "Hey, young man, I still have a few pieces of furniture from the early years. I wonder if you are interested?" Chu Chen  He nodded repeatedly and said, "As long as it's good, I'll accept it." "Okay, let's go" The old lady led Chu Chen and the others to a small courtyard house.  What surprised Chu Chen and Zuo Shan was that this was actually the house where Wei Zhongxian's treasure was hidden.  This can only be described as "qiao".  ¡°However, didn¡¯t it mean that the owner of the house was already hospitalized?  It's so strange that this old lady doesn't look like she has just recovered from a serious illness.  The old lady didn¡¯t notice the surprise on Chu Chen and Zuo Shan¡¯s faces. She opened the door with the key and invited the three of them into the house.  But the scene in the courtyard made Chu Chen feel a little surprised, because the yard was overgrown with weeds, and it was obvious that no one had lived in it for a long time. This was consistent with the news that the owner was hospitalized.  Out of curiosity, Chu Chen asked: "Grandma, don't you live here?" The old lady shook her head: "No, this is my cousin's house. She was seriously ill during this time and she didn't have much savings.  , then she entrusted me to help deal with the things at home and use them as medical expenses." Chu Chen asked: "Is there anyone else in her family?" The old lady shook her head: "No, she is the only one left in her family.  He's alone, he's a poor person!" At this point, the old lady sighed, but didn't say much. After a while, she said to Chu Chen: "Don't worry about me taking it without telling you.  , I still know the truth about how sisters settle accounts. I also have my cousin¡¯s power of attorney in my hand, and the things you buy are also protected by law.¡± Chu Chen chuckled, he did.These worries are caused by the old lady handling these things privately, otherwise it will really be a troublesome matter.  Now that the old lady said so, he was relieved.  The group of people followed the old lady to a wing room and saw a few pieces of furniture placed in the room. There were not many pieces of furniture, five in total, which was more in line with the description in the "Bedroom" in Volume 8 of Mingwen Zhenheng's "Changwu Zhi": "  Generally, there is one couch and only a small table in front of the couch, with nothing on it. There are two small square tables and one small cupboard. The room is clean and elegant, and once it touches the splendor, it is like a boudoir, not a secluded place where people are sleeping.  "It's suitable for Meng Yue." "However, although there are not many furniture here, when Chu Chen stepped forward and saw that they were all from the Ming Dynasty, and except for the small cabinets, they were all made of Huanghuali. These were not found in ancient times.  It's not something ordinary people can afford.  Chu Chen said hello to the old lady, and then walked towards the bed in the room. This bed was not a couch as mentioned in "Changwu Zhi", but a canopy bed.  A canopy bed is a type of bed, which refers to a bed with four posts and four poles on the bed.  Some are equipped with three-sided railings at both ends and the back, and some are equipped with door covers on the front.  There are many styles of canopy beds, with exquisite structures and gorgeous decorations.  The decorations are mostly based on historical stories, folklore, landscapes with flowers and horses, etc., and contain meanings such as harmony, peace, auspiciousness, blessings, and children.  The style may be simple and elegant, or magnificent.  The canopy bed in front of you is made of huanghuali.  The style is traditional, with the "mushroom heads" at the bottom of the corner posts and door posts imitating the shape of the "column base" in traditional architecture.  Eaves are hung around the top of the bed, and holes for firecrackers are opened in the ribbon ring boards.  The frieze boards around the bed are also carved with patterns of flowers, plants, cranes and other auspicious animals, with vivid portrait shapes and orderly layers.  The bed surface has lattice corners and tenon edges to install soft drawers.  The tooth bars and legs are combined with a shoulder-hugging tenon structure, and the inverted horseshoes are gathered together.  .  The material of this vessel is strong, the carving is exquisite, the tenons and rivets are tight, the shape is elegant, the pattern design is simple and smooth, the style is simple and rich, it can be said to be the best quality of huanghuali canopy bed, reflecting the perfection of the production technology at that time, and it is very  Collection value.  The canopy bed alone was a worthwhile trip for Chu Chen, and the other four items were also of great collection value.  ??????????????????????????????????????Although the style of the small table and the small square are simple and concise, they look like a natural atmosphere. You can tell at a glance that they are made by skilled craftsmen.  The last remaining piece is a black lacquered mother-of-pearl double-door cabinet. Although it seems to be only about fifty centimeters in height and width, it is the most valuable item among the five pieces of furniture, besides the canopy bed.  This mother-of-pearl is a type of mother-of-pearl. The so-called mother-of-pearl refers to the general name of the decorative technology in which thin slices of figures, flowers and birds, geometric figures or text are made from shells and seashells, and are inlaid on the surface of objects according to the needs of the picture.  ??The mother-of-pearl is made from the best parts of various shells, peeled and cut in layers, and then inlaid on wood or lacquerware as decoration.  "Painting and Decoration Records" describes: "Mom-of-mother all kinds of text and pictures, dots, wipes, hooks, strips, always fine and dense like a painting. It also divides the shell color and applies it according to the color, and the brilliance can be  "The meaning of this passage is that according to the needs of the picture pattern, conch slices of different colors are used, cut into various shapes, and inlaid into various pictures to achieve an effect similar to color painting.  When talking about Ming Dynasty furniture, people usually think of huanghuali furniture. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, the best furniture was not solid wood furniture. The mainstream should be gorgeous lacquer furniture.  This can be proved by the fact that most of the national treasure furniture with vintage models are lacquered furniture. ? Like the small cupboard in front of me, it is completely black lacquered and inlaid with mother-of-pearl.  Rounded cabinet style, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, with a protruding edge, round pillars, two double doors, and a shelf inside.  The top of the cabinet is inlaid with a lighted courtyard scene, depicting clouds, mist, pavilions, plantains, pines and willows, rockery and rocks, and other distant and near scenery. Nineteen people in total, in twos and threes, were either boating on the water, talking loudly, or strolling and leisurely.  Full of interest.  The outer facade of the cabinet door is decorated in two layers. The upper layer is hollowed out in the shape of a wishful cloud; the lower layer is also a consecrated courtyard, with seven people playing chess in the pavilion or riding horses to enjoy the garden.  Both sides of the cabinet are hollowed out in the shape of Ruyi cloud heads, and the lower part is decorated with consecrated flower and bird patterns.  The cabinet doors are equipped with small pedicle-shaped handles and loose leaves, and are decorated with brocade ground patterns and entangled flower patterns, which are detailed, complicated and magnificent.  This cabinet is small in size and integrates the functions of cabinet and cupboard. It is an innovative shape in Ming-style furniture and is a rare treasure of Ming-style furniture.  Furthermore, lacquer furniture is not as easy to preserve as log furniture, and it is not easy to be passed down to the present. This also illustrates the preciousness of lacquer furniture, especially lacquer furniture in the Ming Dynasty.  Therefore, this well-preserved black lacquered mother-of-pearl double-door cabinet is of high value. Chu Chen estimates that the market price should be around four to five million.  In addition, the canopy bed costs about 700,000 to 800,000 yuan, and the small table and two square tables add up to about 250,000 yuan. The combined value of the five items is??No more than around 1.5 million.  After Chu Chen looked at the furniture one by one, he smiled and said to the old lady: "I want these five pieces of furniture. Please negotiate a price." The old lady was troubled when Chu Chen said this.  He frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Young man, to be honest, I didn't think of selling these furniture at first, so I didn't ask my cousin how much they cost." Chu Chen was a little embarrassed after hearing this and asked  Said: "Then what do you want to do about this matter?" (To be continued)
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