Antique Dealer

Chapter 103
Fang Hao can be sure that this is an authentic bronze vessel from the late Shang Dynasty. There is a family emblem, which is very rare and precious in general.

"Xiao Mao, my bronze ware is not bad!"

The person who said this seemed to be about the same age as Fang Hao. He was tall and tall, but he was a little naive. He was the owner of the bronze ware, Liang Xuanyi.

Xiaomao was Liu Shi’s nickname when he was a child. He was born prematurely with a weak constitution and his birthday was on the 10th.

Until the fourth grade of elementary school, Liu Shi was still thin and weak. Sometimes he had conflicts with his classmates, and he was often the one who was bullied. This childhood experience has always made him unbearable, so he hates it when others mention his childhood. name.

Liang Xuanyi violated Liu Shi's taboo, of course he would not give him a good look: "Dazed, you are quite courageous, you dare to take bronze wares!"

Liang Xuanyi was stunned. Since his company went public, the partners around him have never called him this nickname again. This made him feel insulted, and his face immediately darkened: "What did you call me?"

Liu Shi also responded tit for tat: "Why did you call me just now?"

Seeing that Liu Shi and Liang Xuanyi stood up, Zhang Jing hurriedly stood between them: "We are all friends, don't hurt your friendship!"

"Who is his friend!" Liu Shi and Liang Xuanyi said in unison.

"go!"

Liu Shi didn't want to see Liang Xuanyi, so he took Fang Hao to the sofa, and when there were no one around, he asked, "Brother Hao, how about the bronze vessel just now, is there any problem?"

Fang Hao said: "I don't see any problems, but the problem is the absence of problems."

"What do you mean?" Liu Shi didn't quite understand.

Fang Hao said: "That bronze ware is not ordinary, the market value is at least 5000 million or more."

Liu Shi was very surprised when he heard the price: "With Liang Xuanyi's personality, he wouldn't say that the price is lower."

Fang Hao vaguely felt that something was wrong: "Did he also collect bronzes before?"

Liu Shi said: "I haven't heard of it. If it wasn't for this party, he wouldn't have touched it."

In the car before, Liu Shi told Fang Hao that the host of this party was named Kong Yi, who was also the second generation. His family was in the jade business, which was very large, and the whole family had a hobby of collecting antiques.

Kong Yi also studied abroad before, and just returned home after graduating. He held a party of this kind in June. Most of the people present were the second generation who loved antiques or wanted to use them to socialize.

These people will display the antiques they brought, and then vote by secret ballot to select the most popular antique. During this period, everyone communicates and gets closer to each other. Trading.

Liu Shi did not attend the first party, but he heard that the participants preferred this form, so Kong Yi planned to hold it several times a year as a bond of communication.

Liu Shi went on to say: "To be honest, I never thought that he would bring such a heavy weapon here. Could it be that he took it from some grave robber?"

Fang Hao said: "This bronze pot should be a new pit, and it can still smell the earth."

Liu Shi looked at Kong Yi who was boasting on the booth: "This guy's brain is messed up again!"

Fang Hao also thought that Liang Xuanyi's behavior was extremely unwise.

"What should a strong man do? Susi mourns for bronze." Since ancient times, bronze ware has been regarded as "the most important weapon of the country".In order to combat tomb robbery and protect existing tomb sites, the country has also set up very strict laws, so many collectors keep a respectful distance from bronze collections.

Of course, there are also private sales of bronze wares, but they are basically kept secret, for fear of spreading the word and causing trouble for themselves.

And Liang Xuanyi's behavior was like a firefly in the dark night, afraid that others would not know. The key point is that the bronze vessel he brought was extremely precious. Once found, according to relevant laws, it would be enough for him to drink a few pots.

Fang Hao looked around: "When will the party officially start?"

"Six o'clock."

Liu Shi raised his hand to look at the time, a little strange: "It's almost time, why isn't Kong Yi still there?"

Said Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrived. As soon as Liu Shi finished speaking, he saw a well-mannered young man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, appearing at the door of the hall.

Seeing Kong Yi coming, someone immediately went up to greet him: "Young Master Kong, I thought you weren't coming!"

With a smile on his face, Kong Yi bowed his hands and apologized to everyone: "Something happened on the way just now, and I kept everyone waiting for a long time!"

Liang Xuanyi said loudly: "Master Kong, come here so late, shouldn't we give everyone some benefits?"

Kong Yi smiled and said: "It should be, how about this? I'll send someone to bring a batch of VIP cards in a while, and use this card to go to the jade store under my family's name to buy things. I can guarantee the lowest price!"

Liang Xuanyi curled his lips: "Your abacus is really good, no matter how discounted it is, won't it still make you money?"

"At most, it's just a matter of selling and earning a reputation."

Kong Yi knew that Liang Xuanyi was a jerk, so he couldn't get entangled with him on this issue, so he quickly changed the subject: "Young Master Liang, I heard that you brought a bronze vessel with you on the way here. Here comes the first prize!"

"It doesn't matter whether I win the award or not, the main thing is that I want to share my joy with everyone." Liang Xuanyi looked smug, if he had a tail, he would definitely fly into the sky.

Kong Yi looked at the time, then looked around: "Is everything here, how about today's party start?"

Zhang Jing said: "There are still two people who haven't arrived yet."

Kong Yi said: "Oh, you mean Chang Zan and Jin Zhaolong, they have contacted me before and said they couldn't come because they had something to do today, and asked me to apologize to everyone on their behalf."

Now that everyone has arrived, the party will officially begin. Kong Yi, as Liang Xuanyi wished, will first take everyone to taste his bronze square knuckle.

After letting Kong Yi observe for a while, Liang Xuanyi said impatiently: "Young Master Kong, how about you comment?"

Kong Yi smiled and said, "Young Master Liang, this bronze square urn of yours is really extraordinary. It is huge in size, and the cover is integrated into one, which is very spectacular. Moreover, you can see that the bird patterns on it are exaggerated, and the eyes are enlarged, almost full of The whole head has a long beak protruding forward, the tip is folded down, and the back horns of the head are like pointed ears.

This kind of bird pattern was popular in the late Shang Dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty, and the body was mostly simplified.The depiction here is meticulous, the chest, wings, and folded tail are all detailed and meticulous, and it belongs to the exquisite work of the same period... On the whole, this bronze Fangfu should be a fine work in the late Shang Dynasty, and it is well preserved. Very precious, I estimate its value is at least 5000 million! "

"More than 5000 million?!" Shouts came from all around. The families present were not poor, and it was not that they had never seen valuable antiques, but only museums could see bronze wares worth more than 5000 million. Unexpectedly, Liang Xuanyi He would actually bring such a heavy weapon over here.

Someone said loudly: "Young Master Liang, didn't you just say that it was worth tens of millions?"

The moment Liang Xuanyi heard the valuation, he was also a little dazed, but he immediately came back to his senses, his whole body was radiant, and he grinned and said, "I'm not wrong, isn't 5000 million also tens of millions!"

Someone next to him said: "Young Master Liang, you are too mean. If you want the first prize, just say so. As for scaring us with such a treasure?"

"What you said, didn't I just say it, this is to share the joy, otherwise, I will withdraw from the awards?" Liang Xuanyi looked at Kong Yi, and made a move to retreat.

Kong Yi smiled and said: "Rules are rules, and Young Master Liang didn't cheat, so how could he quit? Otherwise, I'll set up another special prize, double the reward, what do you think, Young Master Liang?"

Liang Xuanyi immediately felt radiant on his face: "This is so embarrassing, the rewards are the same."

"Okay, let's thank Young Master Liang for his integrity."

Kong Yi took the lead in applauding, Liang Xuanyi's face flushed with excitement.

After appreciating this bronze 罍, the attendees took out their collections one by one for everyone to comment on. During the process, everyone picked up words of praise, hello, hello, hello, everyone.

However, as soon as an expert makes a move, he will know if there is any. During this process, Fang Hao found that Kong Yi's appraisal level is not low. Except for the field he may not be good at, other speeches are on the point, and when he encounters some problems, They also pointed out cryptically.

(End of this chapter)