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Chapter 456 Picture of Baishou (second update, please subscribe!)

"What about fifteen yuan?" Zhou Jianguo asked tentatively.

"No, no, we can't sell it." Although the stall owner still refused, his tone became much better. Zhou Jianguo knew that the price had almost reached his psychological bottom line.

"Boss, eighteen yuan!" Zhou Jianguo shouted out a new price again. Seeing that the stall owner still wanted to refuse, he added: "Boss, as long as you sell it to me for eighteen yuan, I will give you the strange stone here."

'I've suffered it all."

This sentence made the stall owner stunned. He looked at Zhou Jianguo and asked with some uncertainty: "Eighteen yuan, all collected?"

"Well, eighteen yuan a piece, I took it all." Zhou Jianguo said with great certainty.

"Okay, deal!" the stall owner shouted, deal done, with a smile on his face for the first time.

Zhou Jianguo was very surprised as to why the stall owner concluded the transaction so readily. He had always paid around 20 yuan for this price, but the stall owner concluded the transaction directly, which left him a little confused.

However, after the stall owner shouted several times into a small alley behind him, Zhou Jianguo showed a wry expression on his face and thought to himself, no wonder the stall owner concluded the deal so readily.

After the stall owner shouted a few times, five or two tricycles appeared in the alley. Each tricycle was filled with fossils. There were so many fossils that even Zhou Jianguo's face looked bitter.

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"Haha, I fell into the trap of this stall owner today!"

Zhou Jianguo was extremely speechless. Judging from his previous behavior, this stall owner seemed to be harmless and easy to talk to, but he never expected that he was also a human spirit. Even Zhou Jianguo was fooled by his cunning.

He shook his head helplessly. Although there was a deceived look on his face, he was actually smiling in his heart, because for him, the more fossils like this, the better. How could he not think that these fossils were too numerous?

The more fossils there are, the more spiritual energy his Cave Heaven Orb World can absorb, and correspondingly, the expansion of the Cave Heaven Orb World will be greater. Therefore, Zhou Jianguo actually hopes that the stall owner will bring out more fossils.

The stall owner also saw the "bitterness" on Zhou Jianguo's face, and he was afraid that Zhou Jianguo would reject him, so he quickly emphasized: "Sir, you just said that, if you only need eighteen yuan, you can buy all the ones from me.

'Qishi', sir, you have to keep your word."

"In the antique market, you can't take back what you say." At the end of the sentence, the stall owner also emphasized the unspoken rules in the antique market.

The number of fossils he took out this time was really too much. The fossils on the five tricycles added up to thousands of fossils. In total, Zhou Jianguo had to pay nearly 20,000 yuan for this.

Twenty thousand yuan was nothing in 40 or 50 years later, and most families could afford it. But in the 1960s, when the common monthly salary was 20 to 30 yuan, 20,000 yuan was really nothing.

It's an extremely huge amount of money.

For families in this era, let alone 20,000 yuan, even if it is 2,000 yuan, many families have never saved so much money in their entire lives.

Therefore, the stall owner was worried that Zhou Jianguo would go back on his word because the amount of money was really huge.

"Don't worry, since I said it, I will definitely admit it!" When Zhou Jianguo said this, he pretended to be in pain, and the stall owner breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"Sir, do you want to pay in cash?" the stall owner began to urge. He did use some tricks in this transaction. Therefore, the stall owner thought that the sooner he could get the money, the better, so as to avoid a long night of nightmares.

"Here you go!" Zhou Jianguo did not embarrass the stall owner and took out a small yellow croaker and handed it to the stall owner.

This is how it is in the business world. Since Zhou Jianguo didn't plot against the stall owner this time, he had to admit defeat.

He is not Yuan Jie and cannot afford to lose at all. Since Zhou Jianguo has lost, he will not embarrass the stall owner.

"Huh!" The stall owner exhaled. After seeing this little yellow croaker, the big stone in his heart finally fell.

"Thank you, thank you!!" The stall owner took the small yellow croaker and thanked Zhou Jianguo with a hint of embarrassment on his face.

"Sir, where are you going to put these strange stones?" the stall owner asked again.

Zhou Jianguo was so willing to give money, and the stall owner thought about helping Zhou Jianguo transport these fossils, which would be considered as compensation.

"No, I have someone who will carry these fossils. I'll leave them to you. What will happen if they get damaged?"

The deal was done, and Zhou Jianguo stopped pretending.

"Haha, you are still fooled!" the stall owner said with a bitter look on his face.

Just listening to Zhou Jianguo's words, I knew that Zhou Jianguo actually knew about the fossils. In other words, he knew the price of the fossils, just to lower the price, so he was pretending to him at the beginning.

"Fooled? I was the one who was fooled by you!" Zhou Jianguo said angrily.

"I know the price of fossils, but tell me, the price of fossils at eighteen yuan a piece is really low?" Zhou Jianguo asked rhetorically.

"This." The stall owner was speechless. He shook his head, and his meaning was obvious.

The one hundred yuan he offered was just the price he offered, the price he wanted to sell it for, not the real price of the fossil. And the price of fossils on the market is indeed not very high now. The price of a fossil is eighteen yuan.

, actually it’s really pretty good.

"These five tricycles are mine. That little yellow croaker costs more than 20,000 yuan. The extra money is considered as the cost of these five tricycles." Zhou Jianguo said directly.

"Okay, these five tricycles are yours." The stall owner agreed without hesitation.

Five tricycles cost more than a thousand yuan, and for this little yellow croaker, he had to give Zhou Jianguo at least 1,500 to 600 yuan in change. Therefore, using five tricycles to pay for the 1,500 to 600 yuan was very worthwhile.

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The transaction ended quickly, and the stall owner took the small yellow croaker with excitement and left. As for Zhou Jianguo, he asked Zhang Ming and others to come here and ride away the five tricycles.

Someone may ask here, Zhang Ming and Ye Qing have appeared too many times, won't they be suspected?

The answer is simple. Every time Zhang Ming and the others appear, they use the art of disguise to assume different faces and body shapes, so there is no need to worry about being seen through by others.

"What a pity. If you were more honest, your harvest would be more than just this little yellow croaker!" Zhou Jianguo shook his head at the back of the stall owner who was walking away.

This stall owner didn't do the trick just now. Zhou Jianguo will give him a big business and let him continue to buy fossils. Zhou Jianguo will buy a lot of fossils in the future.

This stall owner was able to obtain so many fossils. It was obvious that he was in this industry or had a deep relationship with this industry. Without bothering the two owners, Zhou Jianguo left the matter of acquiring fossils to him.

It's a pity that this stall owner was so clever that he was misled by his cleverness. Although he made a lot of money with one trick, he also lost Zhou Jianguo's trust and lost a huge opportunity to skyrocket.

Since this stall owner was able to manipulate this transaction, he will definitely do it a second time or a third time. Such a person is not suitable to be a partner.

At least, Zhou Jianguo would not want such a partner.

It can be said that this stall owner picked up sesame seeds and lost an entire watermelon field.

"It seems that I have to find someone who understands the fossil industry to do this. So, is there anyone like this among the people I know?" Zhou Jianguo thought, wanting to find out if there was anyone among the people he knew.

Such people.

"Yes!" Zhou Jianguo's eyes lit up, and he thought of a person, Qian Bojun, Weiwei's father.

Qian Bojun's profession is archeology, and he must know some people in the fossil industry, so just talk to him and the problem will be solved.

"Ask Weiwei first. If Weiwei knows, there is no need to trouble her father." Zhou Jianguo thought.

Qian Bojun is an archaeological expert. It is best not to let him know about the sale of fossils, in order to avoid any unexpected situation.

After settling the matter of fossils, Zhou Jianguo continued his journey of collecting fossils.

I don't know if Zhou Jianguo's luck was exhausted just now. Zhou Jianguo didn't come across any good things in the next ten minutes. Even if there were one or two good things, the price directly persuaded Zhou Jianguo to give up.

"Boss, let me ask, how much does this jade screen cost?" Zhou Jianguo was interested in a jade screen that was as tall as a person and three to five meters long.

He has seen many screens, but to be honest, this is the first time he has seen one made of jade like this.

"15,000 yuan, no price, do you want to buy it?" The boss directly said a sky-high price.

Upon hearing this price, Zhou Jianguo immediately shook his head.

He had some interest and wanted to buy it back as a decoration, but the price of 15,000 yuan directly dissuaded him.

Zhou Jianguo actually knew that if he bought this jade screen and sold it after forty years, it would have to be at least a small goal, but somehow, Zhou Jianguo just didn't want to buy it.

At a price of 15,000 yuan, he could buy seven or eight Yuan blue and white flowers. Moreover, the jade screen looked good, but in practical terms, it was really poor.

If you buy such a jade screen, it can really only be used as an ornamental object. If you take it out and use it, haha, it will break accidentally.

For example, there are guests at home with several children. Everyone knows that children are very naughty. What do you think they will do when they see such a beautiful jade screen?

If a child breaks this jade screen, will Zhou Jianguo ask for compensation?

Even if Zhou Jianguo doesn't want anyone to pay compensation, after this time, there will definitely be very few people who come to Zhou Jianguo's house as guests in the future.

There was no way, they really couldn't afford such a jade screen, so Zhou Jianguo was not prepared to buy it.

The price is high and impractical!

After leaving this stall, Zhou Jianguo discovered a good thing again. This was a 500-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, and it was still active. Zhou Jianguo's eyes lit up after seeing it.

He is short of Polygonum multiflorum. If he buys this 500-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, he won't have to look for other Polygonum multiflorum.

"Boss, how do you sell Polygonum multiflorum?"

"Two thousand dollars!"

The price offered by the boss was quite acceptable, but Zhou Jianguo still paid it back, and the deal was finally settled for 1,680 yuan.

After that, Zhou Jianguo scanned a dozen stalls one after another, but found nothing.

However, Zhou Jianguo is very patient. He knows very well that if you want to pick up leaks and treasures, you have to be patient. If you don't even have this patience, then it is best not to enter the antiques industry.

In the antiques industry, it is extremely normal to not encounter a treasure sometimes for months or even years. For people like Zhou Jianguo, it is extremely normal for someone like Zhou Jianguo to have nothing for more than ten minutes.

After that, Zhou Jianguo encountered several headaches. He fell in love with a few antiques, but these antiques were first spotted by several antique dealers, and finally the deal was completed.

Zhou Jianguo had no choice but to give up. He was not Yuan Jie. He would grab whatever he liked, no matter what. Zhou Jianguo abided by the unspoken rule of first come, first served in the antique market. He would not say anything until the people in front gave up.

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There were indeed a lot of good things in the market in the afternoon, such as some rare antiques from the Song Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Zhou Jianguo saw a lot of them. He even saw some antiques from the Han Dynasty. However, these antiques were all

It's miscellaneous items. Zhou Jianguo has no love for miscellaneous items.

Although there are many rare antiques here, the stall owners here are more sophisticated and have a strong eye for them. But the prices for better antiques are always high. Don't talk about the market price, it is just the market.

Several times the price.

Even if you negotiate the price hard in the end, the deal will be settled at the market price in the end. Not only is it unprofitable, but it also consumes a lot of talk and energy. It can be said that the gain outweighs the loss.

In fact, these stall owners do this on purpose. In the antique industry, the most attractive thing is the bargaining with stall owners. Many people like to watch this kind of excitement. Therefore, as soon as the bargaining starts, people will be attracted immediately.

Others came to watch.

This brings popularity to the stall owner. Maybe people on the ninth floor will not buy his stuff, but as long as two or three people buy it, it is a big income for the stall owner.

Don’t forget, this is an antique street, and all antiques are bought and sold. Even if you make a transaction, the amount will not be low.

Zhou Jianguo learned this once. It was a piece of Xuande porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a large-door porcelain. Zhou Jianguo wanted to buy it, so he negotiated the price with the stall owner.

Later, Zhou Jianguo experienced these things. The stall owner kept fighting with him over the price. Moreover, the sound was very loud and loud, attracting many people to watch.

In the end, Zhou Jianguo won the piece of Xuande porcelain, but the stall owner made more money. Among the onlookers, three people also bought several antiques.

Seeing this, Zhou Jianguo couldn't help but shake his head. All walks of life have their own business methods, and the business methods of these stall owners are quite good.

However, this matter was a bit too complicated, and Zhou Jianguo never tried it again.

Maybe others like this kind of bargaining atmosphere, but for Zhou Jianguo, this is a waste of time. With this time, Zhou Jianguo might have missed something three or five times.

Although Zhou Jianguo has not picked up a major leak so far, he is not disappointed in his heart.

After all, I own the Cave Heaven Orb. As long as I have the Cave Heaven Orb in my hand, as long as there is a big leak, and as long as this big leak is not snatched by other antiques, then this big leak will definitely escape from my palm.

Zhou Jianguo never thought that he would be invincible in the antique industry after having the Cave Heaven Orb in his hand. He knew very well that having the Cave Heaven Orb in his hand could only make him invincible, but if he wanted to defeat those antiques, everyone

, basically impossible.

Zhou Jianguo's ability to pick up leaks relies on the power of the Cave Heaven Orb, not his own knowledge of antiques. Those antique masters rely on the knowledge of antiques they have mastered. In this regard, they beat Zhou Jianguo.

To put it bluntly, if Zhou Jianguo were to explain the relevant knowledge of these antiques, hehe, he would lose face.

Although no major leaks were encountered, several small leaks were encountered. Zhou Jianguo captured these small leaks without spending much money.

In this way, while constantly picking up leaks, nearly an hour passed without realizing it.

In this hour, Zhou Jianguo took down a total of twenty-six small leaks, and by the way, he also took down more than a dozen collection-level antiques. It was a lot of gains, but there was no real big leak so far, so

, Zhou Jianguo’s great cause of picking up leaks must continue.

At this time, Zhou Jianguo had almost finished sweeping two-thirds of the stalls, and now only one-third was left. He was full of expectations for the remaining stalls.

However, the start was not smooth either. Zhou Jianguo looked at more than a dozen stalls in a row, but none of them caught his eye.

However, when he continued to walk forward for seven or eight stalls, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the Cave Heaven Orb began to signal to him that there was a big leak here.

Zhou Jianguo quickly hid the smile at the corner of his mouth, looked in the direction of the big leakage, and thought to himself: "It's true that hard work pays off! It's been so long, and I finally waited for this opportunity to reap the rewards!"

This stall is also a parcel stall. There are not many things on it, only twenty or thirty antiques.

However, what surprised Zhou Jianguo was that these antiques were all real and none of them were fake. However, they were all of different ages and were all antiques that were one or two hundred years old.

There was one fine item among them, and Zhou Jianguo fell in love with two of them, including pastel porcelain.

Pastel porcelain is a very famous type of porcelain in the Qing Dynasty. It can be regarded as a representative work of porcelain of that period. It is very popular among collectors and its current price on the market is not low.

As for the other antiques, one thing Zhou Jianguo didn't like, and the other was that they were not as stunning as the pastel ones, so Zhou Jianguo didn't even bother to ask the price.

Such antiques were not qualified to be collected by Zhou Jianguo, so what was the use of them if he asked.

However, compared to these two pastel vessels, Zhou Jianguo's real attention was actually on one of the characters.

This calligraphy is a very common picture of the Chinese character Baishou. The author who wrote this picture of the Chinese character Baishou is also quite famous. He is Zheng Banqiao’s picture of the Chinese character Baishou. Although Zheng Banqiao is famous for his paintings, his calligraphy is also famous.

Excellent product.

Although this is not a painting by Zheng Banqiao, such a picture with the Chinese character "hundred years of life" is actually quite rare. Not only will you not lose money if you buy it, but it will not be difficult to sell it for one million yuan after forty or fifty years.

Maybe the stall owner thought that Zheng Banqiao's real masterpieces were his paintings, and as for the calligraphy, they were not worth much. Therefore, this painting of Zheng Banqiao's "Hundred Years of Life" calligraphy was casually thrown aside by the stall owner, which was not much different from the previous ones.

ancient books put together.

I believe that if this calligraphy was not written by Zheng Banqiao, the stall owner might have thrown it away long ago.

The stall owner may look down on Zheng Banqiao's painting of "hundreds of years old", but in Zhou Jianguo's view, this painting of "hundreds of years old" is of great value.

Others only saw this picture of the Chinese character Baishou, but what Zhou Jianguo saw was completely different from others. With his mental power, Zhou Jianguo's eyes turned to the axis of the Chinese character.

It seems that this character axis is quite inconspicuous, but the middle position of this character axis is hollow, and there are some things hidden inside, and these things are the big leak this time.

Zhou Jianguo had also used his mental power to see what these things were. They were eight rubies and sapphires the size of a thumb.

If it were ordinary rubies and sapphires, Zhou Jianguo wouldn't be too surprised, but inside these two scrolls are eight thumb-sized rubies and sapphires. Even Zhou Jianguo was overjoyed after seeing these gems.

Ruby and sapphire, whether in ancient times, now, or decades later, are one of the top jewelry, and their value is top-notch.

Zhou Jianguo had previously thought about getting some rubies and sapphires, making them into rings or necklaces with his own hands, and giving them to Yuyu and Weiwei as tokens of love or something. Now that these rubies and sapphires have appeared just right, Zhou Jianguo does not need to go there for this.

I have a headache.

Whether it was the value of these red sapphires or the sake of the rain, Zhou Jianguo had made up his mind to win this painting with the Chinese character "Hundred Years of Life" no matter what.

If someone like Yuan Jie appears again this time, Zhou Jianguo will no longer be prepared to abide by the rules. He will simply take down the picture with the word "hundred years of life".

"Yu Yu and Wei Wei will definitely like it!" Zhou Jianguo thought with a smile on his face.

He quickly suppressed the smile on his face and began to negotiate the price with the stall owner.

"Boss, how do you sell these two pastel porcelains?" Zhou Jianguo planned to take the two pastel porcelains first. This was not only an early preparation, but also to eliminate the final trouble.

There is no way, the pastel porcelain is too dazzling. Anyone who walks by will notice these two pastel porcelains if they take a quick look. If someone happens to take a fancy to it and come here to see it, Zhou Jianguo doesn't know if he will

Found the problem with that word.

Zhou Jianguo has said before that he will never look down upon those antique collectors. Everyone has a strong hobby of collecting these antiques. Therefore, if he sees Zheng Banqiao's picture of the Chinese character Baishou, he will feel the same as Zhou Jianguo.

My collection thoughts are, what should I do when Zhou Jianguo arrives?

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