Antique Dealer

Chapter 261 Reminder
The middle-aged man took the painting and left with a disappointed face.

Seeing the person leave, Hu Jue said, "I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that this person looks a little fake."

Tang Mingshan didn't feel that way: "You mean, he knew something was wrong with the painting? It doesn't look like it."

Hu Jue shrugged his shoulders: "I hope it's my illusion, things are not that complicated."

Fang Hao asked Li Xinli, learned that fast food had been ordered, poured a cup of tea, drank it to moisten his throat, and then said, "It depends."

Tang Mingshan said: "He is nothing more than selling fake paintings as real ones. Since we know there are problems with his paintings, he probably won't come here."

Fang Hao took out his mobile phone and read a message: "If he still comes with the painting and I'm not here, you can check if there is any problem. As long as there is no problem, you can accept it within [-] yuan."

Both Tang Mingshan and Hu Jue said there was no problem.

The fast food arrived soon. Fang Hao asked Li Xinli to order it from the restaurant where he ate yesterday. It tastes good and is guaranteed to be clean. He will not sell stale ingredients to him. The only disadvantage is that it is a bit more expensive, but this Fang Hao is not a problem at all.

During the meal, Fang Hao told Li Xinli to hold on for a few more days, and when he recruited a suitable accountant, he could take turns to rest.

In the beginning, Li Xinli agreed to work in Fang Hao's store, mainly because of the proximity of her family and the good salary, and Fang Hao assured her that if his store could not continue, he would ask Kong Yi to help her find a suitable one. post.

After coming here for two days, she found that the work here is easy, the environment is clean, nine to five in the morning, there is no intrigue, and the food is good, so there is nothing dissatisfied. Now she only hopes that Fang Hao's shop can continue to open forever, and she works hard , Just wait for retirement.

After eating and resting for a while, Fang Hao called Zhu Junda, and knowing that he was already in the store, he greeted Tang Mingshan and the others, and set off for Zhu Junda's side.

Fang Hao approached Zhu Junda for the timber of the plaque.

Wood is mainly divided into hardwood and softwood.In the production of plaques, hardwood materials are more suitable for openwork carving, while some softwoods are suitable for carving but not suitable for long-term preservation.

Now pine and pineapple wood are common solid wood plaque materials.This type of solid wood plaque is good for decoration, but the service life of the material plaque is limited, Fang Hao is not going to use it.

To say the best hardwood wood, it must be the small-leaf red sandalwood. It has a solid texture and slow growth. There are few full-page boards. Most of them are spliced ​​​​by using a mortise and tenon structure. That is really rare.

Now generally no one chooses to use this wood to make plaques. Fang Hao is not short of money, but a small-leaf red sandalwood plaque hanging at the door is too eye-catching. The plaque was stolen.

Think about it, some people dare to miss even the plaque of the police station, let alone his small antique shop.

Even if the police catch the person quickly, if the plaque has been split by him, not to mention the loss, the plaque will still have to be redone.

In order to avoid trouble, Fang Hao decided to use golden nanmu, which has been the most ideal, precious and high-grade building material in our country since ancient times.Its texture is very good. When you cut it, you will see the grain with gold wire in the wood. The texture is straight, the structure is fine, it is resistant to corrosion and insects, and it is not easy to deform and crack.

It should be said that the price of golden nanmu was determined to be very high for a period of time before. At the peak in 2013, the price of a piece of golden nanmu ebony in the market has gone from tens of thousands of yuan at the beginning to tens of millions of yuan.

But after the hype, there is often a lot of feathers, and then the price of golden nanmu plummets. Someone bought a piece of golden nanmu for more than 100 million, but it turned out to be only worth tens of thousands of dollars.Countless people have become rich because of it, and countless people have gone bankrupt because of it.

Of course, although the price of golden nanmu is cheap now, good golden nanmu is not cheap. A pair of high-quality golden nanmu armchairs can't be bought for tens of thousands.

But in terms of its wood characteristics, this price is much more cost-effective than the small-leaf red sandalwood, and the chance of thieves thinking about it is also smaller.

When Fang Hao arrived at Zhu Junda's shop, he found that Li Fangsheng was also there. It happened that he wanted to find Li Fangsheng because of Geng Qianwen's matter, so that he would not have to make another trip.

"Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will be here." Zhu Junda laughed.

Fang Hao greeted the two of them: "What are you two talking about me?"

Li Fangsheng said with a smile: "It is said that you are young and promising, and you are so courageous that you dare to make an oath to hold a Song Dynasty famous kiln exhibition next year in front of everyone. Do you know that I have heard several people say that you Overwhelmed.”

Zhu Junda made tea for Fang Hao: "Let me tell you, they can't eat grapes, they say grapes are sour."

Fang Hao sat down opposite Li Fangsheng, and said with a smile: "Those who believe in me will naturally believe it, and those who don't believe it, let him not believe it, so as not to know what I prepared, but not be able to participate, so be anxious .”

"It's good that you have this spirit."

Zhu Junda put the teacup in front of Fang Hao: "To be honest, those of us wish to have as few participants as possible and less competition. However, the old man said in the past, make friends more and enemies more. It has become less and less. I suggest you, on the premise that there are enough places, you can take out a few and invite important people in the circle to participate, so that you can stop some people's mouths."

Fang Hao first thanked Zhu Junda for his consideration, and then said: "There is no such thing as the best of both worlds, and every New Year's Day fair, my position is to give benefits to our friends, and I will only invite my friends to participate. The direction will not change. Of course, I usually take the initiative to make friends with some seniors in the industry, and if it is related, I will naturally invite them to participate.”

Zhu Junda was only worried that Fang Hao was young and full of vigor, and after hearing about this, he deliberately confronted him. This would definitely be of no benefit to Fang Hao, and he would be easily taken advantage of.

Since Fang Hao has a clear understanding, there is no need to worry.

Li Fangsheng sipped his tea and said: "It's good if you can think so, but the wood is beautiful in the forest, the wind will blow it, you are too good, there will be people who are jealous of you, you have to be prepared for this."

Fang Hao's heart moved: "Have you heard any rumors?"

Li Fangsheng said, "Do you know Qing Zuo?"

"I have no impression." Fang Hao frowned slightly, recalled carefully, but there was no such name in his memory.

So Zhu Junda described Qingzuo's appearance again.

Fang Hao immediately remembered that Qingzuo wanted to go upstairs to attend the trade fair yesterday, but he politely declined the other party, but Qingzuo's mouth was not clean, he got angry when he heard that, and drove him away.

Hearing Fang Hao's talk about what happened yesterday, Zhu Junda said: "Qingzuo was a gangster in the past, and later he recognized a 'Baoluzhai' as a master and entered the industry. However, after entering the industry, he actually found an opportunity. He cheated the master who led him in, and he made a lot of money because of it, but almost made the master commit suicide by jumping off the building.

Because of this, he has a bad reputation in the industry, but he has made a group of friends, and has a small shop in the antique city of the capital. He often does some things, and he lives quite well.He definitely doesn't dare to do anything to you, but he will use some tricks to disgust you. If you don't deal with it well, it will damage your reputation. "

Li Fangsheng took over the conversation and said, "Just now, I met a friend who happened to mention you. He told me that he happened to meet Qingzuo on the phone. It sounds like he wanted to do you a disservice."

Fang Hao thanked Li Fangsheng for reminding him. He will definitely take this matter to heart. Besides, defense is not his style. He is going to ask someone to investigate Qing Zuo to see if there is any clue. It is best to solve Qing Zuo directly.

Everyone chatted for a while, and Li Fangsheng heard that Fang Hao was going to remake the plaque, and asked, "Have you thought about which master to ask to help you make it?"

Fang Hao replied to him: "I want to try to do it myself."

"Have you ever learned how to make plaques?" Li Fangsheng was a little surprised.

Fang Hao waved his hand: "I haven't studied it before, so I would like to ask the two of you for help, can you introduce me to a teacher."

Li Fangsheng said with a smile: "It's good for you to have this idea, but I think it's completely unnecessary. If you don't practice for years, you may not be able to achieve the effect you want."

Fang Hao smiled and said: "I'm not in a hurry, it doesn't matter if I practice more, the key is that I am very interested in woodcarving, so I want to learn more about it."

Now there are not many young people who are willing to learn traditional crafts. Since Fang Hao had such an idea, Li Fangsheng did not persuade him anymore. He looked at Zhu Junda: "Why don't you tell Mr. Pan and ask him if he is willing?"

Zhu Junda said: "I think so too."

Fang Hao was curious about who the old Pan they were talking about, so he took the initiative to ask. Afterwards, Zhu Junda explained that this old Pan was named Pan Zhouming, and he was a woodcarving non-genetic person who could become a non-genetic person. Of course it goes without saying.

Moreover, Pan Zhouming's works are also very popular in the art market. Ten years ago, a 37-gram agarwood carved arhat ornament he made was auctioned for a high price of more than 150 million.

Since then, his works have rarely appeared in the auction market, and even if there are, they are small pieces. If the Arhat ornament is placed now, the auction price is likely to increase several times.

Fang Hao must be very happy to be able to learn from such a character, but he has to ask Pan Zhouming if he is willing.

Pan Zhouming has the habit of taking a nap, and he may not have gotten up yet. Zhu Junda is going to take Fang Hao to choose wood first, and Li Fangsheng is also going to get up and leave.

Fang Hao hurriedly asked Li Fangsheng to wait for a while, and told him alone if he had something to do.

Li Fangsheng was a little curious. Fang Hao had something to tell him. The two walked aside. Fang Hao said, "Old Li, I wonder if you have any impression of Geng Qianwen. She also participated in the fair yesterday."

After Fang Hao described Geng Qianwen's appearance, Li Fangsheng also recalled: "I should have seen it somewhere, but I couldn't remember it for a while. Could it be that I offended her when?"

(End of this chapter)