Antique Dealer

Chapter 130
There are [-] pieces of antiques on the shelf. They are fine works that Qi Ye has collected successively since he entered the business. The rules he made are also very simple. These collections will indicate the time and place of his purchase, and then let everyone use the hidden mark method to guess. The price he bought them at the beginning, as long as the price is within plus or minus [-]%, he can get the right to buy this collection.

If someone guessed the price within plus or minus [-]%, then the one that is closest to Qiye's original purchase price wins.

The reason why Qiye made such a rule is because he didn't want to hurt his friends, and because of his hobby.

Qiye doesn't smoke or drink alcohol. Apart from collecting antiques, he only has one hobby, which is playing games and betting.

For example, a customer came to his store and was interested in something, but the price could not be negotiated, and then the customer said to him, how about we play a small game, what if we lose, what if we win.

As long as Qi Ye is in a good mood that day, and the game the other party makes is reasonable, he will usually agree.

And the reason why Qi Ye wants to close the antique shop is also due to a bet. In fact, he apologized to the other party for this matter, and the other party can just let it go, but he admits it, and also thinks that the antique shop is not easy to do. , took this opportunity to close down.

Qi Ye said "Let's get started", got up, walked to the door and closed it.

At this time, Tang Mingshan, who was standing next to Fang Hao, was very depressed. The rules Qiye said were different from what he had heard. Why did Qiye change the rules?

The few people present, except him and Lei Zi, are all old friends of Qiye. They have probably seen all the antiques on the shelf, and they may even know how much Qiye bought them for back then, but they don't. advantage.

Originally, he was thinking that maybe he wouldn't return empty-handed, but now he was definitely going to run away with him, and he really wanted to yell that it was unfair, but no one else had any objections, how could he, a junior, express any opinions!
Tang Mingshan whispered to Fang Hao, "Leizi, it seems like we have to make a trip for nothing today."

Fang Hao smiled. Originally, he was brought here by Tang Mingshan by mistake. He had no psychological expectations. I was lucky to gain and lose my life. Naturally, he would not worry about gains and losses like Tang Mingshan.

"Why are you two still standing?" Qi Ye said to the two young people.

"Hey, Master Qi, look, we don't have any advantages!" Tang Mingshan approached Master Qi and said shyly.

"You count, how many people are here?"

"Nine!"

"How many curios are there on that shelf?"

Tang Mingshan was still a little dazed just now, but he immediately realized that except Qiye, the eight of them could only buy two pieces each, and at most 16 pieces, so there were at least three leftovers.

Tang Mingshan immediately beamed with joy: "Qi Ye, I knew you wouldn't let us make this trip in vain."

Qi Ye said: "Don't be too happy, if you don't try it, I won't let it to you."

"Are you saying that I am the kind of person who likes to get something for nothing?"

Knowing that he would not return empty-handed, Tang Mingshan became excited and eagerly led Fang Hao towards Bogujia.

Antiques are mainly divided into four categories: porcelain, jade, calligraphy and painting, and miscellaneous items, and the antiques on the Bogu shelf here are all miscellaneous items.

Some people may not know what miscellaneous items contain. In fact, the scope of miscellaneous items is the widest. If antiques are divided into "big antiques" and "small antiques", the concept of "big antiques" refers to all items including ceramics. Non-paper collectibles; the concept of "little antiques" refers to jade, gold and silver wares, bronze wares, bamboo and wood wares, tooth corner wares... pearls, agate, fruit stone carvings, etc. other than ceramics.

The non-paper collectibles in the concept of "little antiques" are actually miscellaneous collectibles in the antique world.That said, miscellaneous collections generally refer to bric-a-brac collections.It can be seen that miscellaneous items occupy a large position in the field of antique collection.

Fang Hao first set his sights on an exquisite black and white jade snuff bottle, and began to observe it.

According to legend, snuff was brought into my country by the Italian Matteo Ricci in 1581.Sniffing snuff is very suitable for life in the wild such as nomadic, fishing and hunting, so it was very popular in the Qing Dynasty.

The snuff bottle in Fang Hao's hand is covered with ink on the ground, carved with pine trees and cliffs, and crafted with white jade materials to emboss fishing, woodcutters, plowing, and reading.This object follows the original color, with excellent conception, exquisite workmanship and ingenious workmanship. Fang Hao judges that it is a fine Su work during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

After appreciating it, Fang Hao put the snuff bottle back and picked up a piece of cardboard next to it. It was written that the time of purchase was January 07, and the place of purchase was at an auction.

Fang Hao smiled inwardly, he had the detailed auction records in his head, guessing that Qi Ye's purchase price at that time was child's play to him.

But for other antiques, if he didn't buy them at an auction, although he could calculate the market price at that time, since he didn't know whether Qi Ye missed them or bought them at a high price, he could only make a rough guess.

Everyone was very fast, and quickly returned to their positions, but because the atmosphere was not right, no one was interested in communicating much.

"You two come here." Qi Ye waved to the two young men.

Tang Mingshan was the most energetic, walking over in a hurry, Fang Hao also followed, Qi Ye handed them the paper recording the correct price, and the two of them started to count.

"Huh!" Tang Mingshan picked up a card and let out a little surprise, with a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Everyone's eyes turned to Tang Mingshan.

Tang Mingshan touched his nose, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's nothing, it's just that the price written by Lei Zi is exactly the same as the price given by Qiye."

"Show me." Qi Ye asked Tang Mingshan for the card written by Fang Hao. After looking at it, he raised his head and asked Fang Hao, "Lei Zi, how do you know?"

Fang Hao smiled innocently: "I have a relatively good memory, and I happened to have seen the auction data at that time."

Everyone was skeptical of Fang Hao's explanation. The reason is simple. There are so many auction data in one year, and the data is from 07. How can it be such a coincidence that Fang Hao happened to see this auction data, can he still remember it?

Qi Ye also had the same idea, but apart from this reason, is there any other reasonable explanation?
So, he asked, "Do you usually memorize auction data?"

Seeing Fang Hao nodding his head to confirm, the bald middle-aged man said, "Do you mind if I test you?"

His statement like this is actually a little rude, but he was bound to get this snuff bottle. Tang Mingshan told him how much he paid for it at the beginning, but it was a long time ago. He didn't remember it very clearly, but the difference should not be much. Unexpectedly Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, and he was somewhat unwilling.

(End of this chapter)