I Don’t Want To Be Popular

"I'll pay three times the deposit. In addition, I'll pay the price up to 4 million, which means I'll give you a total of 4.3 million. Do you think about it? Of course, it's really embarrassing. I don't have to have that thing." Chen Chuan said, " I’m an antique lover, I like to collect gadgets.”

After all, on the way here, through reading, I also mastered the [Antique Appraisal Technique], and I can be regarded as an expert.

If it is said that it is only for a piece of jade, it is really hard to explain that the price is 4 million.

The shopkeeper pondered, went to the side to make a phone call, and then came back and said: "The gold inlaid jade bowl is in my hometown. It is an antique handed down from my family. If I didn't need a sum of money for new project investment, I would not sell it." Yes. Now the bowl is in the hands of my father. He is old-fashioned and has already collected deposits from others. He doesn't want to break the contract, so I'm sorry."

Chen Chuan saw that she had something to say, so he didn't interrupt and let him continue.

The shopkeeper continued: "But I'm not against money. If you pay enough, I can be the master and sell you the bowl. I'll go to work with my father."

Chen Chuan looked at the store owner. She was a woman in her early twenties with light makeup and a serious expression when she spoke, not fake.

Chen Chuan didn't care whether what she said was true or not, anyway, today is [triple consumption rebate]. From another perspective, the store sells more, and he can pay more to trigger the rebate, so he asked: "How much do you want? What do you bid? Bar."

"This number." The shopkeeper stretched out five fingers.

Chen Chuan smiled slightly. This girl looked young, but she spoke quite harshly.

Looking at the store, Chen Chuan joked, "It's the owner of the jade wares after all. He has three jade wrench fingers, which is quite luxurious. However, the skin is well maintained.

"Brother, do you think I'm trying to trick you?" The shopkeeper said seriously, "Someone really wants that gold inlaid jade bowl."

"Okay, I'll give you this number, let's go get the goods." Chen Chuan didn't care.

The shopkeeper looked at the sky outside, frowned and said, "The weather is bad today. My hometown is in the town under Dunhuang. The weather is bad and the road is windy and sandy, and I have to pass a section of Gobi Road. My car has a low chassis, so I can't travel in this kind of weather." , shall we go tomorrow?"

Chen Chuan looked at a Mercedes-Benz car parked in front of the store, and at the sky, it was indeed windy in the northwest in December.

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Chen Chuan and the shopkeeper made an appointment for tomorrow's departure, and started shopping in the local jade and antique market.

Since today is the day for the triple rebate, Chen Chuan was not stingy, signed a pre-order contract with the store, directly transferred 5 million yuan to the store, and paid the purchase price in advance.

"You spend 5 million and get a triple rebate of 15 million, which has been transferred to your bank card."

After finishing these, Chen Chuan started shopping.

With the support of [Antique Appraisal Technique], Chen Chuan squatted in front of several stalls for a long time, but did not find any leaks.

I thought I would buy a priceless antique at a very low price with the help of a first-hand appraisal technique.

In fact, it seems to be overthinking. There are very few things of real value on these stalls.

Squatting on the ground and pawing on a pile of earth objects for a long time, there is a lot of knowledge about ancient objects in my mind.

Based on this knowledge, it can be concluded one by one that these street stalls are basically fakes, and the polished surface has a sense of historical mottledness.

"Handsome guy, look at this copper basin? The washbasin used by Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, costs 3,000 yuan each." The stall owner shouted to Chen Chuan.

"What about this?" Chen Chuan picked up a bronze mirror.

"This is the bronze mirror that Li Qingzhao used when he was in the boudoir. If you want it, it's worth twelve thousand."

"One hundred and fifty for sale?" Chen Chuan asked.

The stall owner waved his hand, signaling Chen Chuan to leave quickly.

The diameter of this bronze mirror is 18.0 cm, the side height is about 0.6 cm, there are cracks in two places, there are figures of flowers and birds, and it has copper green. Judging from Chen Chuan's antique identification technique, this is indeed a bronze mirror from the Song Dynasty.

However, the bronze mirrors of the Song Dynasty are worthless, and they are worth eight thousand.

The reason is that, on the one hand, a large amount of unearthed bronze mirrors from the Song Dynasty and later was not valued by collectors, because the bronze mirrors of this period were indeed no longer comparable to the bronze mirrors of the Han and Tang Dynasties in terms of material, decoration and artistic style. The mirror is the same.

Bronze mirrors of the Song Dynasty are indistinctly decorated. The casting method changed from Fanfa casting in the Han and Tang Dynasties to sand casting. Due to the rough material, the mirror patterns formed by the casting were blurred and unclear, the lines were thick and not smooth, relatively dull, and lacked the clarity and dynamic beauty of the bronze mirrors of the Han and Tang Dynasties. , artistic beauty and other characteristics.

This knowledge flashed through Chen Chuan's mind, and he sighed again, "Antique Appraisal Technique" is really amazing, and there are so many knowledge reserves in his mind.

"What about this?" Chen Chuan picked up another bronze mirror with intricate patterns.

"This is a bronze mirror with a pattern of sea beast grapes. This one is expensive. It costs 80,000 yuan. This is a mirror from the Tang Dynasty, which is much more expensive than the ones after the Song Dynasty. This is a real antique, young man, you have a good eye." The boss said.

"This is a bronze mirror with a sea animal grape pattern, and it's an antique. It's just that this is not a Tang bronze mirror imitated in the Song Dynasty. The mirror in the Tang Dynasty was made of 69% copper, and 30% copper was added. Tin. Because of the addition of tin, the mirror surface is white and bright, and the shadow is clear. There is very little patina. On the other hand, this model has more patina. Because of the casting method in the Song Dynasty, the proportion of tin added is not enough, only 19%. So it's not bright enough, not white enough. And judging from the pattern, the lines are a bit dull, without the lively atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty..."

Chen Chuan gave a reverse science popularization, which left the stall owner speechless.

The stall owner chuckled: "Unexpectedly, the young man is an expert, but this sea animal grape mirror, even if Song imitates it, must be worth a lot of money, right?"

"Bronze mirrors made by the overcasting method in the Song Dynasty are everywhere in the country, and no one wants them. How much do you pack these mirrors for 10,000 yuan?" Chen Chuan asked.

The stall owner hesitated for a moment and agreed.

"You spend 10,000 yuan, get a triple rebate of 30,000 yuan, which has been transferred to your bank card."

Feeling the rebate information, Chen Chuan put the "Sea Beast Grape Mirror" and another Song Dynasty bronze mirror into a bag, and couldn't help laughing when he turned and left the booth.

In fact, judging from his [Antique Appraisal Technique], this bronze mirror with sea animal and grape patterns should be an authentic product from the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, not a copy from the Song Dynasty.

The sea beast grape mirror is an eye-catching mirror type of bronze mirror in the Tang Dynasty, and it is a bright pearl in the history of domestic bronze mirrors. Its decorative patterns are full of exotic and mysterious colors, and many experts and scholars call it "the mirror of many mysteries". This kind of mirror is deeply loved by collectors.

The mirror that Chen Chuan bought is 9.5 centimeters in length and width, surrounded by six sea beasts with different postures, and the shape is very exquisite and unique.

The reason why it looks too much patina and not bright enough, as if it was imitated in the Song Dynasty, is because this bronze mirror does not add 30% tin, but 25% tin and 5% lead.

"If I remember correctly, this sea beast grape pattern mirror once sold for a high price of 14.9 million." Chen Chuan said to himself, "It's a small profit."

More than 10 million, although he can get it out with consumption rebates.

However, he prefers this kind of real income, because this is the source of wealth that can be found on the surface.

With this in mind, he started shopping in this antique market.

The Dunhuang area is the main area where the Bronze Zone was unearthed, because it was an important east-west trade distribution center in ancient times.

Firstly, Chen Chuan has [Antique Appraisal Technique], and secondly, he has [Blessed Lucky Stone], which provides a lucky buff, which adds 40 luck points, so he can choose from antiques to rough stones in the antique market very easily. Like a duck to water.