Rebirth 13, starting from the big demolition treasure hunt

Chapter 219: An anvil for making gold and silver jewelry

The next morning, considering what Zhou Wenjun said about investing in a concrete company, Wu Yuansheng planned to sell the turquoise stones.

Thinking of Mr. Zhong, a turquoise businessman he met in the antique city yesterday, he picked up his mobile phone and called him, and the call was quickly answered:

"Boss Wu, did you get the stone so quickly?"

Boss Zhong said in a joking tone on the phone.

"Yes! But I didn't get it so quickly, it was already there before!"

He didn't beat around the bush and just said he had the stone.

"Really? How many do you have?"

Hearing what he said, there was obviously some surprise there.

"Of course it's true. I don't have to joke with you! You'll know how many there are when we meet. If you want to buy them, how many can you buy?"

After he picked up the turquoise stones, he weighed them using the electronic scale he bought specifically for weighing Yuan Datou to determine whether they were genuine or not. The stones totaled 3697 grams.

I asked him how much he could buy because I wanted to find out his background and see how powerful he was.

"Haha! Are you afraid that I won't be able to buy it or are you afraid that I will find someone to rob you? Don't worry, don't say too much. I can still afford to buy twenty or thirty kilograms at a time. If you have too many stones, I can’t afford that much money, don’t I still have some friends of mine? Don’t worry!”

He guessed what he was thinking, but this was normal. He was definitely not the only one who had such thoughts.

"I don't have as much time as you said. Do you have time in the morning? If so, you can come over and have a look!"

He still didn't say how much it was, and he didn't know the details, so it was better to be on the safe side.

"I have something to do in the morning and have made an appointment with someone else! Can you come over in the afternoon to check it out? Please tell me a time and place. If it's okay, we can go directly to the bank to transfer the money."

It could be heard that something was really wrong with him.

"Okay, the time will be two o'clock in the afternoon, and the place is XX Bank here in the square!"

"Okay! Meet there at two o'clock!"

The two of them discussed it and hung up the phone after a few more words.

I checked the time and it was only 08:30, still early!He went to the demolition area over Honggou.

He had picked up turquoise there before, and he planned to try his luck there again.

Instead of driving, he rode a tricycle.

"Brother Hei! How is business today?"

At an intersection, he met Hei Lei, said hello to him, and took out a cigarette and handed him one.

"There is no business at the moment. It may be the holidays, and some people have not returned from traveling."

What he said is also the actual situation. Many people took this opportunity to go out and play.

The demolition area is not as usual as usual. You can hear the sound of doors and windows being smashed in the distance. It seems very quiet now.

The demolition office is also on holiday!

"It may be like this for the past two days. When they go to work, they will be busy again."

This is the situation during the holidays. For some industries, business will be very good, such as the tourism industry, catering industry, hotels, etc., but there are also some industries where business is not good, like those who go out on tricycles to do recycling.

"Yes! But whether there is business or not, I have to guard it. There will always be some people who don't go out to play!"

Hei Lei took a puff of cigarette and said, "We are all people who go out to make a living, it is not easy."

"Boss Wu, come here. I have a little gadget here. See if you want it."

While the two were chatting, a boss who he remembered was Sun, who was also guarding the "pier" for recycling, passed by on a tricycle, saw him, and said to him.

"What kind of gadget is it? Let me take a look first!"

As he spoke, he took out another cigarette and handed one to Boss Sun.

"This is it!"

When Boss Sun took the cigarette, he handed the item into his hand.

<divclass="contentadv">This is a smaller version of an object made of brass that is as thick as a railroad track, but one side is pointed like a bullet.

The entire main part is about the size of a four- or five-year-old child's fist. The pulp is thick and round, and there are traces of long-term use.

He tried the weight and found it was almost a pound and a half.

"Do you know what he is used for?"

While he was watching, Boss Sun asked again.

He had seen similar objects like this, which were the copper anvils used by some old gold and silversmiths in the past to polish jewelry.

"Of course I know, it's an anvil for making gold and silver jewelry."

This kind of anvil is just one of the tools, there are also large and small hammers, pliers, files, and various molds.

He has even seen exquisite multifunctional wooden boxes.

I once heard someone say that a gold and silversmith's jewelry box made of top-quality huanghuali or rosewood is worth tens of millions.

The metal inlaid on it is all gold, and the production and use of it are all done by master-level people, who specialize in making items for the royal family.

"Boss Wu is indeed a collector of antiques. I asked several colleagues to figure it out. You will know it as soon as you see it!"

After hearing what he said about the purpose of this object, Boss Sun gave him a thumbs up.

"How much do you want to sell this thing for?"

Seeing him giving a thumbs up, Wu Yuansheng smiled at him and asked about the price.

"How about 200 yuan? This kind of thing is rare!"

If it were sold as copper, it would cost less than 20 yuan, but he immediately quoted a price of 10 times.

In recent years, people who are engaged in recycling have met people who collect antiques, and they have made money along the way.

It’s a sure profit!

"If you are not involved in this industry, it must be rare. There are many items of this type. There is no pattern or text on yours. Besides, it is not a set, it is just one of them. It costs up to 100 yuan!"

When collecting things in a demolition area, you must lower the price and try to buy them as junk. 100 yuan is not low, so you should pay the price first and then check.

If antique dealers hadn't come to collect the items, they would have ended up selling them as copper.

"I'll add 20 for you. I won't say any more."

Boss Sun thought for a while and said what he thought was the lowest price for the sale.

Wu Yuansheng agreed to the price.

After paying the money, he took the copper anvil, chatted with them for a few more words, then got on his bike and left.

Such anvils are also available in iron and copper. They should currently sell for about 500 yuan.

He stopped the tricycle in front of the house of a resident who had moved out near where he last picked up the turquoise.

After locking the copper anvil in the iron box of the car and locking the tricycle, they started searching inside this family's house.

It was different from what he saw when he went to the homes of the residents who had moved out when the demolition first started. Now, many things in the house have been searched.

These people are either engaged in recycling, or they are people who live nearby who just pick up junk without buying anything.

I searched several houses in a row, but I couldn't find any good teapots, purple clay teapots, blue and white jars, etc. I didn't even see the more common abacus or oil lamp.

But it wasn't like he didn't find anything at all.

Still found a few items.

For example, a somewhat damaged old cowhide medicine box, a small wine flask from a Makou kiln, a broken huanghuali abacus, two wooden boxes, etc.

The old cowhide medicine kit must have been used by barefoot doctors in the past.

Some of the beads in Huanghuali's abacus were missing. Others probably didn't understand the material of the wood, so they didn't pick it up when they saw it.