Chapter 47 Top 200 Antique Markets

In the morning, in the cafeteria, Li Xiaoshuai saw Luo Yang, who was late, and saw that he hadn’t woken up yet.

Li Xiaoshuai also joked, cousin, your face seems to be much paler.

Luo Yang was quite happy at first, but later he remembered it and argued that he slept well at night and recognized the bed.

After the meal, Li Xiashuai went to his room again, put the incense burner and the Turkish blue-and-white plate that he bought yesterday for 250,000 yuan in the hotel’s safe, and then set off for the No. 200 University.

In the late spring season, Xihu City, known as a garden city, has excellent air. Driving all the way is full of tree-lined boulevards. Occasionally there is a small open space, and the elderly are doing aerobics, and the loudspeaker is making a loud noise.

“There is Panjiayuan in the north, and there are two hundred majors in the south.” This is a famous saying in the antiques industry. It means that most of the two hundred in West Lake City are famous.

Luo Yang, who was in the car, said that there are more than 2,000 square meters of ground stalls in the 200 University, which can accommodate more than 700 small vendors, and there are hundreds of antique shops on the side.

Before the Buick car entered the market, the car could not be driven. After finding a parking spot, the two of them could only enter with the flow of people on foot.

There are many stalls, and people are very crowded. If there are people listening in the narrow aisle between the two rows of stalls, those who want to pass will be able to pass on their side.

After walking around for a while, Li Xiaoshuai took a fancy to a copper incense burner.

Luo Yang said you didn’t see it, this copper incense burner is shoe polish wiped with shoe polish, can’t you smell it?

Li Xiaoshuai glanced at the normal-looking boss, “What’s the price of this incense burner?”

“The floor price, 200 yuan.” Since the trick was about to be exposed, the boss also set a net price.

“Okay, wrap it up.” Li Xiaoshuai readily gave two red grandpa Mao.

The stall owner on the side tried to fool Li Xiaoshuai and asked Li Xiaoshuai to come to his stall to take a look. He also took out a teapot in good condition and said that it was from the Republic of China period. The price was cheap, and he would sell it for 500.

Li Xiaoshuai looked at it and said happily, “Wrap it up.”

On the side of the onlookers said without hesitation, this kid is a layman. He also took the incense burner that had been polished with shoe polish just now. Now he can’t see such nondescript things. What are you doing at the 200 University? It’s just giving money.

Li Xiaoshuai said with a smile, I came from the United States, I just wanted to buy some handicrafts and go back.

Having said that, several onlookers understood that they bought it as a handicraft, and they went home to decorate the facade.

Others immediately praised that the price is not expensive, just fine.

The two vendors felt remorse in their hearts, and they deeply regretted that they didn’t recognize this person’s identity, otherwise they would have charged him a few hundred dollars.

Packing two newspapers, Li Xiaoshuai’s backpack immediately swelled up.

After turning around for a while, Li Xiaoshuai saw another oil painting that was so dusty that it was almost impossible to see the picture. He asked the boss for the price and replied that it would cost 5,000.

Li Xiaoshuai said that it was too expensive, and he was not a famous calligraphy and painting artist, so he was willing to give one thousand.

The number of onlookers immediately increased again, and some people made whispered comments on this person’s painting. After all, the opinion is that this is an old fake painting.

Later, with the help of Luo Yang, the stall owner was willing to make a deal for 1,500 yuan.

The harvest was not small. Li Xiaoshuai wanted to continue shopping, but he received a call from Zhang Ruoxuan, saying that he had been waiting for a long time and could only go upstairs to find him.

Zhang Ruoxuan’s “Treasure Pavilion” is easy to find. It is in the middle of the ground floor of the Antique Commercial Building. It has a two-bay facade and is very stylish.

Seeing Li Xiaoshuai with his shoulders and hands, Zhang Ruoxuan, who had been standing at the door of the shop to greet him, smiled and said, “Seeing your appearance, I know that I have gained a lot, so please hurry up.”

Yan invited into the store, Li Xiaoshuai saw that the place around the store against the wall was full of various antiques, porcelain; wood carvings, blood stone, Qingtian stone, agate, calligraphy and painting everything.

In the middle is a small tea table with root carvings, which is pure and natural without any decoration, with only a thin layer of transparent lacquer, which looks very simple and natural.

Zhang Ruoxuan arranged for Li Xiaoshuai to sit down, and hurriedly greeted the little apprentice to serve tea.

After Li Xiaoshuai introduced Luo Yang, the boy was still thinking, when did the cousin and Zhang Ruoxuan get together, and seeing their brother and brother’s affectionate name, it was probably not a normal friendship.

His perception of Li Xiaoshuai became more and more blurred, and he wondered how his cousin’s water quality was identified, and which dynasty was the incense burner bought for 250,000 yuan?

After chatting a few words, another middle-aged customer came to the store. Luo Yang heard Zhang Ruoxuan’s introduction. The name was Cao Ping. He immediately remembered that this is a famous bronze ware collector in Zhejiang Province.

In terms of bronzes, it can be said that he is the first person in Zhejiang Province.

When he was introduced to Li Xiaoshuai, Luo Yang saw that Cao Ping just nodded slightly, looking like he didn’t care.

This will be empty, and Zhang Ruoxuan apologetically said that Ai Hua came back from the field late last night, and he would not be able to arrive until later.

Li Xiaoshuai didn’t care about such trivial matters at all, and said softly that he was fine. Afterwards, Cao Ping chatted with Zhang Ruoxuan without anyone else, and did not take Li Xiaoshuai seriously at all.

Zhang Ruoxuan tried to bring the topic to Li Xiaoshuai several times, but was pulled back by the chatty Cao Ping. The two rambled about for an hour, and the passing stall owners and shopkeepers saw Cao Ping, and they all came in to say hello to him and called Mr. Cao.

Cao Ping was also triumphant and seemed to be enjoying himself.

At this time, there are two more shop owners left and right in the store, and they also joined the ranks of chatting, talking about some interesting things about the collection, and the two handsome cousins ​​Li Xiaoxiao were ignored.

Zhang Ruoxuan could only apologize to Li Xiaoshuai with his eyes.

About ten o’clock, Ai Hua came.

Luo Yang saw that Ai Hua was extraordinarily affectionate towards Li Xiaoshuai~www.readmtl.com~ brother and brother kept yelling, and he also said that he missed the sub-category very much, which surprised several collectors who had neglected Li Xiaoshuai.

Looking at Li Xiaoshuai’s face, it became a little warmer.

Zhang Ruoxuan now has time to say, I think my brother has a bulging backpack today, so he probably picked up some good things again.

Cao Ping put in a sentence: “This is not more than 20 years ago, what good goods are on the street stalls now.”

The other two nods also nodded and said yes, saying that the current street stalls are full of pits, and they are all laymen who don’t understand pits. If you really want to receive good things, you still need to test the smuggling of contacts.

The implication is that there are no good goods on the stalls, and the vision for buying goods from the stalls is not very good.

“Not necessarily” Li Xiaoshuai said with a smile, “I just collected three good things from the stall today.”

Ai Hua’s interest greatly increased, so Li Xiaoshuai quickly took it out and let him take a look.

The first thing Li Xiaoshuai came out was a bronze incense burner with shoe polish.

The shape of this incense burner is low and it looks a little flat. The three legs are also short, and there are two ears like an arch bridge on the top, which are called bridge ears.

As soon as the thing was taken out, Cao Ping burst into laughter. He said with a smile that there was a smell of shoe polish on it, and it was completely a fake antique.

In order to be cautious, the other two shop owners also checked it out and said it was fake. The two also gave Li Xiaoshuai a sympathetic look, as if to say that this is truth from facts, and there is no way to cover it up for you.

Ai Hua: “Brothers know fakes and buy fakes. I believe you must have a reason. Please explain.”

Luo Yang sighed inwardly, in the end he was in big business, and he had a broad mind. Unlike Cao Ping, who knew how to smirk, why didn’t he ask the reason like Mr. Ai.