antique masters in modern times

In the corner of the exhibition hall, Yan You and Chen Boyi quickly flipped through the newly fetched materials, their faces getting more and more ugly.

Throwing the last stack of newspapers on the table, Chen Boyi, who seldom loses his temper, seldom raised his eyebrows, and said in a hateful voice: "That's all for the quotations, but when it comes to the conclusion, it's still full of 'foreign experts say', 'foreign experts think', this reporter Did you accept their red envelopes or something!"

Chen Boyi was filled with indignation, but Yan You kept reading without saying a word.

Several newspapers with huge circulation and familiar names published the story.But they all have one thing in common: the paper media that quoted Western media reports did not fully translate the original text, but only intercepted fragments.The process of explaining the premium price of antiques is vague, and the conclusion is very detailed. Not only did it point out that in Western countries such as the sun never sets, the business of antique shops was affected, and several collectors interviewed also sighed with regret. It is time to buy antiques from other countries to preserve and appreciate in value, and so on.

Without exception, these reports are extremely oriented.If you read the report to a layman, you will have the illusion that the value of Chinese antiques is extremely low.The report emphasizes this point too much, so that there is a sense of cheapness between the lines.One newspaper even compared the x-strain oral liquid and x-gong, which were once very popular but disappeared in a blink of an eye, and analyzed at length how ordinary people's blind pursuit of them has affected the inflated prices of antiques.

The audience of newspapers are ordinary people. Under the intensive bombing and propaganda, they will naturally have doubts about the value of antiques, which in turn will affect the market of the whole circle.

But after reading all the newspapers, Yan You couldn't find any strong dry goods, which could justify the low price of antiques.At most, it is unconvincing that "many antiques are improperly preserved and damaged seriously, but the market price is too high and inappropriate".

They belittled and slandered indiscriminately, but they couldn't come up with any strong evidence.This method is vaguely familiar, and it reminds Yan You of the period of the Republic of China government. The authorities aimed at social people who had certain social influence but refused to cooperate with the government obediently. In addition to making things difficult in private or even intimidating with force, the authorities played with public opinion. It also refers to the set of making the imperial literati catch the wind and distort the facts, even slander and frame, trying to discredit the other party's social image.

However, at that time, the authorities were targeting the opposition who held different opinions, but now this person is targeting Huaxia antiques—if someone is really manipulating behind the scenes, what does he want?What could he get out of it?

Could it be that antiques from other countries were dumped into China?It's unlikely, the Chinese people don't have the purchasing power yet, and even the antiques in their own country are not affordable for everyone.

So, what exactly is he trying to do?

If you can't think of a purpose, you should first look for the cause.Just like when repairing a severely broken antique, facing hundreds of pieces, it is always fastest to piece together from the base first.

Thinking for a moment, Yan You looked at Chen Boyi who still complained to Zheng Guangtou again and again, and asked, "Professor Chen, can you find the original texts of these foreign articles? I want to take a closer look."

"The report didn't indicate the source, it only said that it was an authoritative magazine in a certain country - I'll ask my friends abroad, maybe they have it."

Chen Boyi's words reminded Yan You: "By the way, I'll go back and ask Professor Ying first. He is a senior and has a wide network of contacts. Maybe he already got the information."

Chen Boyi, who was about to go back to the shop to make a phone call, immediately stopped, nodded and said in approval: "Well, you can ask first, maybe it will be faster this way. If you find it, remember to give me a copy, I must have a look Who wrote this fallacy."

At this time, Xu Dacai, who had listened to him for a long time but didn't understand, looked at the two people who were talking about the same thing, and came over curiously: "Brother Yan, what happened to make you and Professor Chen so angry?" ?”

"It's someone from abroad who is talking nonsense, saying that our Chinese antiques are of low value—"

Without saying a word, Yan You suddenly touched on the past, and suddenly his heart was shaken, and he asked quickly: "I remember you told me last time, someone is lowering the price of antiques?"

"Yes." Xu Dacai recalled: "The reason why we knew each other was because I dug up the antiques that my ancestors had acquired, and I didn't sell them because I was afraid of being cheated by others. After finally inquiring about a family that was said to be fair, It happened to be the Zhong family who was cheated by my ancestors back then. That's why I tied... Oh no, please come and appraise it. Later I heard from my buddy that the acquisition company opened by the Zhong family was lowering the price, and asked if you The price of antiques is like the price of vegetables and meat, cheap in good years and expensive in bad years."

"The Zhong family, yes, the Zhong family!"

Yan You murmured.Why did I forget about this incident? I was obviously still wondering why the Zhong family would do such a thing that smashed their own brand and did not respect their reputation.

There have always been foreigners behind the Zhong family, and the reports of the so-called low prices of antiques come from foreign countries. This matter is probably inseparable from the Zhong family!

However, although the suspect has been found, it is still unknown what the Zhong family's purpose is.Could it be that they want to conspire against Elder Ying last time?

Thinking of this, Yan You couldn't sit still anymore.Originally, I planned to wait for the exhibition to end before looking for Elder Ying, but now I don’t care too much, and said directly to Chen Boyi: "Professor Chen, I’m sorry, I suddenly thought of a clue, and I need to discuss it with Elder Ying immediately."

"Then go quickly! If you need help, just ask." Chen Boyi also suppressed his anger. Seeing that Yan You seemed to have a clue, he naturally wouldn't stop him.

Just at this time, Murong Hui led a stranger over, and said to the two of them, "This gentleman wants to buy a piece of porcelain, but the requirements are relatively high. Professor Chen, what do you want to talk about?—Xiaoyan, do you want to buy a piece of porcelain?" Where are you going?"

"I'm in a hurry to find Mr. Ying." Yanyou tidied up the things on the repair table without raising his head.

As soon as he heard that it was urgent, Murong Hui ignored the seemingly wealthy buyer he met in a shop outside who claimed to buy a good product, and directly took the small bag from Yan You: "Then let's go together."

Watching the two men rushing out of the exhibition hall, Chen Boyi suppressed his irritability and forced a smile to the passers-by: "Young people these days are so rushing when they get anxious... May I ask what your name is, sir? Only some of the things I have collected over the years can be sold. I don’t know if you want to see decorations or utensils? Let me introduce you.”

"No matter what, as long as it's really good, I'm interested."

The visitor looked around the field with his hands behind his back, as if a breeder chicken was inspecting a hen's nest.It wasn't until the line of sight fell on Yan'er Zun, which had a special display cabinet, that the arrogance was slightly withdrawn.

His eyes lingered greedily on his body, and he licked his lips: "My surname is Zhong... Boss, how much is the price for this object?"

Professor of English.

When Yan You and Murong Hui arrived, Mr. Ying happened to see a young man at the door.

After asking, I found out that Mr. Ying had heard about this incident from his old friends two days ago.This incident was reported in China a month ago. At that time, Mr. Ying was busy explaining his work and preparing for going to Guangzhou, so he never noticed it.During this time his old friends had managed to obtain original texts from abroad.Today, at the request of Elder Ying, the younger generation in the family sent the sorted materials to the door.

Seeing them, Elder Ying immediately said: "It's just in time——Murong Hui, English can't trouble you, right? Come and translate, I can't translate so much by myself."

In the early years, Ying Lao went to school and knew English.But there were five or six articles sent, and he couldn't handle it on his own.

While on the road, Murong Hui heard what happened from Yan You.Hearing that there was a shadow of the Zhong family behind this incident, he didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately took the materials without saying a word, and took a pen and paper to read and write.

But Yanyou couldn't bear his behavior of biting the tip of the pen to think about the strokes after writing a few words, or simply asking himself how to write.When Murong Hui asked for the third time whether the director of the report was the "down" next to the Jiali knife or the way of the road, Yan You simply snatched his pen: "You say, I'll write."

"I'm really sorry." Without saying anything, Murong Hui couldn't hide the smile on Murong Hui's face.He also took the opportunity to go to Yanyou's side again, anyway, the weather is getting colder now, so he is not afraid of the heat.

The three of them worked till late at night, and finally finished translating all the articles.As soon as he lost the pen, Murong Hui realized that he hadn't eaten dinner yet.

Just as I was looking for something to eat from the nanny I had known for a long time, I saw Mr. Ying slapped the table suddenly: "It's nonsense! It's nonsense!"