Antique Dealer

Chapter 240 Conditions
Fang Hao's explanation is very detailed and well-founded, and the final conclusion cannot be refuted.

Ji Wenxue was silent for a while, and took the lead in apologizing: "I missed it, and I will take responsibility for it."

Ji Wenxue has always believed that since there is a fee for appraisal, he must be responsible for the appraisal result.Of course, how much money to charge, how many things to do, and how much money to charge, to appraise an antique worth several million, the benefits are not directly proportional to the risks, and he will not do this kind of thing.

How to be responsible?When it comes to this matter, he will return the appraisal fee and compensate according to a certain percentage. This is something that Zhu Zhiqing had already discussed before inviting him to appraise.

Zhu Zhiqing waved his hand: "The two of us appraised the things together. It is no exaggeration to say that even if I brought Mr. Xu with me, I still took the same medicine. I can't blame you for this."

The old man Xu he was talking about was an expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal in the capital, and he was also well-known in the domestic circle.If his words spread, it would be equivalent to giving Fang Hao a hand.

Seeing that Ji Wenxue still wanted to say more, Zhu Zhiqing waved his hand: "Put this aside for now, let's talk about it later. Old Tang, this has caused you trouble, but I can swear that I really don't see any problems with this calligraphy."

Tang Nanzhong smiled and said, "We've known each other for decades, but I don't know you yet."

"Things still need to be clarified, so as not to make everyone feel uncomfortable."

They have been friends for decades, and there is only one person in their life. Zhu Zhiqing cherishes their friendship very much.

"I'll take it back."

As he said that, Zhu Zhiqing put him on the table carrying the box, opened it, and there were two boxes, one big and one small, inside: "Old Tang told me before that he wanted Wenwan worth 700 million yuan, and I basically don't collect literature very much. Playing, the total collection does not exceed 200 million, and it happens that this piece of calligraphy is worth about the same, so I took it over. I didn't expect such a mistake.

I came here in a hurry today, so I brought two collections worth about 700 million. One is a Longquan kiln imitating the official-style three-legged double-eared furnace in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the other is a high-green ice jadeite bamboo pendant. , Mr. Fang, you can choose one. "

Zhu Zhiqing admired Fang Hao's well-founded explanation just now, so he called Fang Hao the same as Ji Wenxue.

Fang Hao first looked at the binaural stove, which is a three-legged stove.The inside and outside of the furnace are fully glazed, and the three-legged exposed tires are in the shape of "purple feet".The glaze color is light and elegant, the shape of the utensil is simple and generous, and the decoration is simple and lively. It is a rare classic utensil made by Longquan in the Southern Song Dynasty imitating the northern officials.

The rest of the jadeite pendant is also quite wonderful, its color is emerald green, elegant and eye-catching, with the unique temperament of icy cold and arrogant, elegant and luxurious.

This pendant should be a master craftsman. Simple lines are used to outline the vibrant bamboo joints. The carving is exquisite and carefully tasted.

These two antiques are both high-quality goods, the three-legged furnace is cheaper, about 20 million, and the pendant is worth nearly 700 million because of its excellent species and color.

The tripod stove can increase the heritage of the antique shop, and the pendant can be given to his mother. To be honest, Fang Hao wanted both of these two antiques, and he was quite entangled for a while.

Seeing that Fang Hao couldn't make up his mind, Zhu Zhiqing smiled and said, "Do you want both?"

Fang Hao nodded generously: "Both of these are good things."

Zhu Zhiqing said with a smile: "You choose one first, and I will sell you the rest, but I will make a request."

"Let me choose first." Tang Nanzhong spoke first, and then chose the jadeite, and explained that Fang Hao's jade seal was of high value, and in addition to delaying Fang Hao's time, as an apology, this jadeite The pendant, together with the previous ones, was used to exchange Fang Hao's Qianlong jade seal.

When Tang Nanzhong mentioned Yuxi, Zhu Zhiqing's eyes widened with surprise, and he was about to ask, but Tang Nanzhong stopped him.

Of course Fang Hao declined, but Tang Nanzhong was too principled, so he had no choice but to accept Tang Nanzhong's kindness in the end.

After the two had finished talking, Zhu Zhiqing, who was scratching his head beside him, finally couldn't help asking where the jade seal was. Knowing that the jade seal was on the table, he wished he could pounce on it, and then carefully picked up the jade seal from the box, admiring it greedily.

After a while, Zhu Zhiqing reluctantly put back the jade seal with the door wide open, and then Ji Wenxue got his consent, and admired the jade seal with excitement.

"Well, you old Tang, it's a matter that you don't even mention Yuxi to me, are you afraid that I will snatch it from you!"

After decades of friendship, Tang Nanzhong knew Zhu Zhiqing very well, and said proudly: "Hey, with your appearance just now, it's a pity I didn't tell you, it's strange if you didn't snatch me!"

Zhu Zhiqing sighed: "People's hearts are not old!"

Tang Nanzhong laughed and said, "You, what should you do? I won't give up this jade seal to you!"

Zhu Zhiqing looked up to the sky and sighed: "You old boy, why are you so lucky! No, I can't swallow this breath, Teacher Fang, if you get a jade seal again in the future, please contact me!"

Tang Nanzhong almost laughed out loud: "Do you think Yuxi is a Chinese cabbage, if you want to have it?"

Fang Hao also smiled. There is a jade seal in the system mall, and the price is not expensive. The cheapest one is only more than 700 million, and it can be realized in [-] days at most. It's not a common thing, and it is considered lucky to have one. If it appears one after another, it may arouse suspicion from others.

Zhu Zhiqing said eloquently: "We talk about fate in this business, the so-called God's will in the dark, just like the Tianhuang original stone more than ten years ago, even if it was snatched by others, it was not a coincidence that returned to your hands So I think that Teacher Fang can get a jade seal, and maybe he can get another one in the future."

That being said, everyone knows that this is just his extravagant wish, so keep it in mind.

Fang Hao said with a smile: "If I can get another jade seal in the future, I will definitely contact you as soon as possible."

"Okay, then I will sell you this tripod stove at a lower price, and it will be considered as a deposit."

Zhu Zhiqing looked very happy, as if Yuxi was about to get his hands, Fang Hao didn't know whether it was Zhu Zhiqing's confidence in him, or pure sixth sense, but as the saying goes, people eat people with soft mouths and short hands. Take advantage of Zhu Zhiqing.

"Old Zhu, let's return one size to one size, and you just said that you have a request."

Tang Nanzhong helped Fang Hao and said, "Aren't you putting pressure on people like this?"

"Okay, then I take back what I just said."

Zhu Zhiqing put himself in his shoes and thought that if it was him, he would definitely not be able to accept it with peace of mind, and then said: "This three-legged furnace, let me calculate a round number, 600 million, what do you think?"

This price is very suitable, Fang Hao nodded: "No problem, what request do you have?"

Zhu Zhiqing said: "Do you know Lu Zhi in the Ming Dynasty?"

The biography of Lu Zhi immediately appeared in Fang Hao's mind.

Lu Zhi in Zhu Zhiqing's story is a painter of the Ming Dynasty, with the style name Shuping and the nickname Baoshanzi.He is an important disciple of Wen Zhengming, a master of the Wu School.He is suave and addicted to righteousness, known as a filial friend.Good for poetry and ancient Chinese diction, good deeds, regular script, especially Xintong painting.

In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Wumen School of Painting replaced the Zhe School in the early Ming Dynasty and had a huge influence.Talented people from the Wu family came out in large numbers, and Wen Zhengming's disciples had many followers, such as Wen Peng, Wang Guxiang, Lu Zhi, Chen Daofu, Zhou Tianqiu and so on.

Among these nephews and disciples, many stand out.On the basis of learning from the Song and Yuan Dynasties and learning from Shen and Wen, Chen Daofu came up with his own ingenuity and integrated cursive brushwork into freehand flower paintings, creating a new style of freehand flower paintings.

Lu Zhi is even more outstanding.He has comprehensive techniques, is good at both flowers and birds and landscapes, and has beautiful colors. On the basis of inheriting Shen and Wen's freehand flower and bird paintings, he further developed and occupied a place in the painting circle of Ming Dynasty.

Because of his position in the painting circle, his works were also the object of competition among calligraphy and painting lovers in the Ming Dynasty, and they also repeatedly set new highs in the auction market.Fang Hao remembers that ten years ago, his four-square-foot landscape painting imitating Wang Meng was sold for more than 900 million yuan.

Closer to home, Fang Hao briefly told Zhu Zhiqing about Lu Zhi's painting style and achievements, and said that he could identify Lu Zhi's works.

Zhu Zhiqing said that he believed in Fang Hao, or in other words, Ji Wenxue's attitude towards Fang Hao, coupled with the perception Fang Hao gave him, made him willing to believe in Fang Hao's ability: "That's it..."

It turned out that Zhu Zhiqing was introduced to someone who wanted to sell a piece of Lu Zhi's "Landscape of Imitation of Wang Meng".He admires Lu Zhi's paintings very much, and he also has two flower works in his hand, but they are both smaller works, so he must not miss this matter.

However, due to the high value of the work, according to his habit, he would invite two experts to go with him. He had already invited Ji Wenxue, and another candidate was an old expert from the capital.Originally, he was ready to contact the other party, but he didn't expect Tang Nanzhong to contact him, saying that there was a problem with calligraphy, so he hurried over.

Now that he knows that Fang Hao has reliable appraisal ability, he intends to invite Fang Hao to go with him.

Fang Hao asked Zhu Zhiqing for the time and address. Zhu Zhiqing told him that the seller was in Fengtian and also requested to trade in Fengtian. The appointment time was at ten o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow. Because of serious airsickness, he planned to take the high-speed train tomorrow.

Fang Hao is going to open on Saturday, and he has been busy with this matter recently. If there are no more than a dozen pieces of Wenwan traded today, he might have to prepare well. Now he can save some time and go to Fengtian. It's too late, as long as you come back on Wednesday.

After thinking about it, he agreed to Zhu Zhiqing.

Zhu Zhiqing said: "Then it's settled, I will book the high-speed rail ticket. I plan to book the train at nine o'clock tomorrow. If you think it's too early, you can book a later one."

"Okay, let's make it nine o'clock."

We talked with Zhu Zhiqing here, and the rest is the deal with Tang Nanzhong. After the two confirmed that there is no problem, Tang Nanzhong solemnly signed an agreement with Fang Hao, agreeing that if there is a problem with the antiques exchanged, they can return them.

Going around, it was getting late, Tang Nanzhong asked everyone to stay for lunch.

During the dinner, Zhu Zhiqing took the initiative to bring up the topic of Ming and Qing calligraphy and painting appraisal, and Fang Hao also expressed some of his own opinions, as well as unique opinions, which made Zhu Zhiqing feel more at ease about his vision.

After all, the two old people are old and have the habit of taking a lunch break. After eating lunch and sitting for a while, Fang Hao said his goodbyes. He went to drive the car over, moved the antiques into the car, and then pulled Go to the store and put it in the safe.

Fang Hao drove the rear of the car to the door of the antique shop, parked the car, and opened the shop door. The shop looked the same as before he went to Xijing. Shang Xiaoxuan often came to clean it, so it was also very clean.

Just as Fang Hao walked into the store with two antiques in his arms, a loud shout came from the door of the store: "Damn, you know how to come back!"

Fang Hao looked back and saw that it was Li Mingchao, and said with a smile, "Help me move the things in the car in."

Li Mingchao looked at the boxes in the car and was very curious: "Why are there so many?"

Fang Hao walked to the door: "The Wenwan I just got is for the opening on Saturday."

Li Mingchao immediately became interested: "Can you let me open my eyes first?"

Fang Hao said: "There will be time soon, help me move things in first."

"Okay!" Li Mingchao helped: "By the way, I heard that you have gained a lot in Xijing!"

"Who did you hear that from?"

"Last Saturday, I met Jiang Mingrui, and he told me, it is said that you have earned tens of millions by picking up the leaks?" How envious.

"Hey, almost."

"You just squeak!"

Li Mingchao curled his lips, and then said, "I heard that you made a large piece of black Qinan? Can you give me a few grams?"

"Okay, I'll give you ten grams later."

"I don't have that much money."

Fang Hao waved his hand: "Whenever you have money, just give it to me."

Li Mingchao pondered for a moment, then said with a smile: "All right, then I will reluctantly agree."

"Really reluctant?" Fang Hao looked at him with a half-smile.

"No, no! Thank you big brother for the charity!" Li Mingchao made exaggerated movements.

"You bastard!" Fang Hao scolded with a smile.

The two talked and laughed, and quickly moved all the things into the store. Fang Hao went to close the door of the trunk of the car, and then went to park the car.

When he came back, he saw Li Mingchao looking at him strangely again: "Why, I have flowers on my face?"

"Is this car yours?"

"Nonsense, it's not mine, it's yours."

Li Mingchao jumped up: "Fuck, it's really yours. When did you buy it?"

Fang Hao said with a smile: "Hey, it's just a gift."

"What did you buy, and there are such high-end gifts?" Li Mingchao had a flash of inspiration, and said in disbelief: "Don't tell me, you bought a house!"

Fang Hao said: "You guessed it right, my parents helped me buy a single-family villa in Yilong Villa."

Li Mingchao's eyes were as wide as copper bells: "Yilong Villa? The one on the East Second Ring Road?"

Fang Hao nodded: "It's an old house."

Li Mingchao gritted his teeth: "You old Versailles, I really want to beat you up now, to relieve my hatred!"

(End of this chapter)