Rebirth of the Wild Age

Guanfu Museum.

Ma Weidu pointed to a white-glazed porcelain pot and explained it to Song Weiyang himself: Do you see its opening? It looks like a monk's hat, so this kind of pot is called a monk's hat pot. This type of pot was first born in the Yuan Dynasty. , but the shape of the mitral pot in the Yuan Dynasty is solid, the neck is relatively thick, and the pot flow is relatively short. Ours is obviously not an object of the Yuan Dynasty. It is from the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The pot flow is slightly longer, and other characteristics are similar to those of the Yuan Dynasty. It is similar to the ancient pots. It was different in the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the neck of the pot was raised and the belly was slightly thinner, so the overall look is more slender...

What about this one? Song Weiyang pointed to the porcelain bottle next to him.

Ma Weidu said: The full name of this bottle is 'Fahua Wrapping Peony Plum Bottle'. Fahua is also known as Fahua and Fenhua. It is a kind of low-temperature glazed pottery. It is very similar to Liuli, so fahua is sometimes called Liuli. As for the plum vase, as the name suggests, it is used to insert plums. But plums were inserted after the Ming Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, plum vases were also called Jingping vases. , is a utensil used to hold wine, even in the Ming Dynasty, it was often used to hold wine.

Song Weiyang asked: Then what is the age of this bottle?

Ming Dynasty, Ma Weidu said, pointing to the bottle, the proportion of plum vases in Ming Dynasty is relatively low, the mouth is round and thick, without obvious corner turning, and the shoulders are lifted up, which looks full and powerful...Song Dynasty is slender and long. It looks like a chicken leg; the Yuan Dynasty inherited the style of the Song Dynasty, but the shoulders were fuller, and often had bottle caps; the shoulders in the Qing Dynasty were fuller, and the waist was straighter...

Ma Wei is the founder of Guanfu Museum, but he has not yet served as the curator. Song Weiyang called him Curator Ma only as a respectful name.

After strolling around the museum for a while, Song Weiyang nodded and said with a smile, Antiques are quite interesting. I'll buy a few to practice sometime.

Ma Wei said: It's okay to practice, don't get addicted to it, and don't think about finding mistakes. It takes at least ten years from the beginning of the industry to a little bit of experience. I just got an eye a few years ago. Boss Song is definitely not short of money. Yes, if you really want to collect, it is best to buy a few pieces in the auction house for real money, at least relatively speaking, it is relatively safe. You can also pick up leaks from the street stalls. Three to five thousand yuan is only a small amount for you, but the asking price is tens of thousands Don’t touch the street stalls.”

Song Weiyang smiled and said, Haha, even if I buy the real thing, I don't have time to take care of it myself, so I'll just send it to your museum.

Ma Wei said: Yes, it can be stored in the museum for display. We will help you maintain it and only charge a small management fee.

I know an old man in Shenghai, named Du Weishan, Du Yuesheng's son, Song Weiyang said with a smile, If Director Ma goes to Shenghai, he can chat with old man Du. You must have something in common.

Ma Wei said: That's a good thing. I know Mr. Du, an expert in ancient coin research, but it's a pity that I haven't had the opportunity to communicate face to face.

Song Weiyang said: He's on the fifth floor of the Shenghai Museum. You can just ask when you get there. The old man likes to chat with people.

Next time I go to Shenghai, I must visit. Ma Weidu said.

The phone rang suddenly, and Song Weiyang answered the phone, What's the matter?

The call was made by the staff of Xifeng Beijing Branch. Song Weiyang couldn't buy the courtyard house in person, so he asked the middle-level cadres of the branch to help him. The man said: Boss, even 2.5 million won't be enough, at least 2.8 million to 3 million will do.

Song Weiyang asked: Sit on the ground and raise the price?

The staff of Xifeng said: Not really, the main reason is that they don't want to move. The residents in the courtyard house basically work nearby, but the price we give is only enough for them to buy a small house in the second ring road. If they live in the second ring road It is very inconvenient for young people to go to work when buying a house outside. The elderly are even more unhappy, they have lived in a courtyard all their lives, and it is difficult to persuade them to move out.”

Song Weiyang smiled and said, So, it's still about money?

Yes, Xifeng's staff said, at least the tenants are willing to move out only if they can buy a house within the second ring road. Even so, we still have to persuade those old people, after all, they have lived in the alley all their lives.

Song Weiyang said: I'll give you 3 million, you can handle this matter for me, remember not to mess around.

The staff of Xifeng said: 3 million is enough, I will negotiate as soon as possible before the Chinese New Year. However, I am afraid that it will take until April and May to let all these people move out. After all, it takes time to buy a house and move.

No problem. Song Weiyang said.

The real estate market in Beijing in 1999 was not outrageous. Housing prices in the second ring road ranged from 1,500 to 3,500 yuan. The specific price depends on the location and the quality of the house, which is much cheaper than that in Shenghai. But next year it will continue to grow. The unit price of a good second-hand house can rise to 4,000 yuan, and the average price is basically more than 2,000 yuan.

As for the houses outside the second ring road in Beijing, you can buy them casually, and if you can have a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, you can consider mortgages for large-scale off-plan houses in the third ring road.

Ma Wei stood by and probably understood, and said with a smile: 2.5 million yuan will definitely win the courtyard house, but it will take time. The residents there, a few families are crowded in small houses, young people can't wait to change places soon, old people In the end, we can only listen to the opinions of young people.”

It's good to spend some money to solve it as soon as possible. There is no need to waste too much energy. Song Weiyang said.

If it really drags on until next year, housing prices in the capital will rise sharply, and those residents may have to pay even more.

...

The employee of Xifeng Branch who helped Song Weiyang negotiate the price was named Zhai Qinghua. This guy had already figured out what the boss was thinking.

That night, Zhai Qinghua called all the residents into the yard, and the relocation fee was 2,600 yuan per square meter, even counting the patio and aisle, and 1,500 yuan per square meter for non-building locations.

This idea is very insidious, and immediately changed the main conflict from whether they are willing to move away and whether the moving fee is enough, to who should be responsible for those patios and corridors. The neighbors, who are usually relatively harmonious, suddenly went crazy, and in order to fight for a few square meters of aisles, they even made a fuss at the police station.

Those old people who didn't want to move panicked, for fear that the neighbors who moved first would sell the aisle and patio. So whether they sell it or not, they rush to negotiate a contract with Zhai Qinghua, at least to hold the ownership of those non-construction locations in their hands.

The police station was overwhelmed, and they were invited to be the distributors, but they couldn't be assigned at all.

Residents with a large number of families said that the patio and corridor should be divided according to the number of people. If the family is small, it should be distributed equally according to the number of each household. There are even residents who have lived the longest, who are killed and divided according to the year, saying that first come, first served.

The united front of the residents collapsed, and there were daily quarrels in the courtyard.

The old man, who was the last person to move out, became the most eager to leave as soon as possible. He was really heartbroken by his old friend's backlash, and it felt uncomfortable to stay here for one more day.

In the end, under the mediation of the sub-district office, everyone finally agreed on a more reasonable distribution plan.

Song Weiyang couldn't laugh or cry when he heard about this. He first criticized Zhai Qinghua, then gave Zhai Qinghua a promotion and a salary increase, and then compensated each household in the courtyard house with 10,000 yuan, in order to appease their wounded hearts.

Thomas Wei invited an expert in ancient architecture to inspect the house on the spot, and the feedback he got left Song Weiyang speechless.

The foundation of the dilapidated house was damaged in many places, and more than 30% of the wood was severely corroded. Some places cannot be repaired and can only be postponed to reconstruction. There are also wires that have been pulled and connected indiscriminately, which are like spider webs, and it is a terrible sight to put them in ancient buildings.

Ancient architecture experts say that if you want to restore it perfectly and integrate some modern facilities reasonably, you will have to spend at least a million dollars. If Song Weiyang wants to use high-quality wood and paint, hire the best craftsmen to do partial decoration, and build some rockery pavilions, he can use up 5 million yuan.

5 million yuan is enough to buy a large garden villa in the third ring road.