Chapter 525 Old Restaurant
Zhou Zhi couldn’t help but be happy, but Lao Chai was pragmatic and good at self-criticism, and quickly interrupted: "Actually, this is also a direction to pick up the slack. I guess it is because of this that blue and white porcelain will become the first choice for all ancient times. Among the porcelain collections, the most charming and Categories with a sense of story will be hyped to unimaginable prices. The collection direction you have chosen, Uncle Chai, is now an absolute treasure trove.”
“I want this plate,” Lao Chai joked. "As eloquent as Elbow is, he is quite suitable for selling things."
"I'm really recommending good things to everyone. I don't have any objection if you don't want them. Anyway, Mr. Zhang will accept them." Zhou Zhi couldn't laugh or cry: "I just said that Mr. Zhang will decide the price. By the way, I will give Zhang Zhang his opinion."< br>
Lao Zhang looked through the plate again: "Rinpo's excellent work Apocalypse large and small blue and white plate with lotus pattern. The blue material is stone green, and the double-stroke mixed water painting technique is used. It is pure and gorgeous, and the shades are naturally connected. Regardless of the shape of the vessel, the soil, the green material, the glaze, the technique, and the style, it all conforms to the original design. Characteristics of Tianqi blue-and-white porcelain produced by officials and civilians."
"There is no accurate reference for the price. If we compare the Apocalypse blue and white disks of this year with this kind of condition, Jiade auctioned a pair of underglaze red disks in 1977. The auction price at that time is almost 60,000 yuan now. "But that is a pair, this is one; but more than ten years have passed, and inflation factors have to be taken into account. Therefore, after the two-phase profit and loss, the price of 40,000 is used as a reference. , I think it is appropriate."
" If you don’t want it, Lao Chai, I’ll let the tip go to Gongmei for 34,000 yuan.”
“Yes!” Lao Chai said with a smile, “Forty thousand is the price. I’d rather buy this for 40,000.” You shouldn’t have spent four hundred dollars to buy this heavenly ball bottle!”
Everyone. It was a great joy, and Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "Unless you pick up a leak, you can't buy it for four hundred yuan anyway. The seller is probably guilty of quoting this price, and he doesn't dare to cheat Uncle Chai. It's just a small meal." Loss.”
Everyone laughed again.
Actually, Lao Chai and his colleagues don’t have a very good eye for dating, but they were still able to select this plate from a pile of antiques. The main reason is that their aesthetic vision is still in place.
The rest are simple. They are either private kilns or after Qianlong. The prices are not too expensive. The three of them picked a few items according to their own preferences and left the rest to the workers. Meidai put it up for auction.
"That's it." Lao Chai was very happy to find a few good things today: "Today I gave in, and I got a good thing. I'll do it tonight. Teacher Xiao Zhou is an expert, so let's How about arranging Rong Yuan Garden? "
"What kind of expert am I?" Zhou Zhi quickly waved his hand: "I just know the stories and specific tastes of some dishes, but I have never tasted them."
"Master of theory!" Lao Chai said with a smile: "You must know about Mr. Zhou from Rongyuan Garden, right?"
"I know this very well, the master of Nanguan cuisine!" Zhou Zhi salivated: "Uncle Chai will serve the dishes today, and I will tell the story!"
"The wine is mine, that's about it, let's go!" said Lao Fei.
The newly purchased things of several people were also placed here, and when they came out empty-handed, they saw the girl named Xiao Lin explaining a brocade weaving to Jiang Shuyi and his party.
Only then did Zhou Zhi introduce everyone to each other. Except for Mr. Qiao, they were all great beauties. Especially Guan Ma’s mature charm had been taught by many great gentlemen before. Of course, now she wanted to invite them to go with her.
Jiang Shuyi and Guan Tingting each held a small porcelain vase in their hands. The porcelain vase is a small vase used for flower arrangements. The outside of the vase is wrapped with extremely fine bamboo silk. The porcelain and bamboo are almost integrated into one. The light brown bamboo skin And the white inner liner, one soft and one hard, is very distinctive.
"Eh? Your bottle..."
"This is what Sister Xiaolin gave us." Guan Tingting brought it as a treasure.
Nowadays people no longer understand how this thing works, so Zhou Zhi had to patiently remind: "This thing is used to arrange flowers, but you can't insert flowers, you can only insert dried flowers, dead branches, setaria and the like. ..."
Guan Tingting eyebrows Wrinkled: "Why?" "Because bamboo silk will absorb water and easily lead to mold, so this kind of vase is also called 'dry vase', but it also has the advantage of being easy to take care of. It is designed to be placed There, it won’t break down over the years.”
“This kind of creativity was later developed to the extreme by the Qing Palace. They used gold, silver, enamel, jade, lacquer wood, coral, and ivory as raw materials and used various techniques to make them into bonsais. Luxurious. ”
“On the island, there are also courtyards that use rocks to encircle the area, pave them with fine stones and white sand, and use special tools to outline various beautiful lines, instead of water features and rocks. Together they form a courtyard landscape, which is called a 'dry landscape'."
Guan Tingting thrust the bottle into Zhou Zhi's hand: "Leave it to brother Zhou Zhi. Give it to me after you finish it."
Lao Chai looked on happily and said: "I can really tell you everything about anything. I will discuss this idea of 'dry landscape' with me later. Why do I think it will be used for the exhibition?"
He just wanted to try out the new paging number, so Zhou Zhi called Jiang Wu and told himself and Jiang Shuyi that they were going to have dinner at Rongyuan Garden today and asked him to call him when he came to pick up Jiang Shuyi. Page.
Jiang Wu didn't say anything after hearing Zhou Zhi's report about who was there. He just asked him when the car would be returned to his godmother, and then hung up.
This was a wake-up call for Zhou Zhi, so he called his godmother again.
The phone call came back after a while. The godmother said that she had a day off today, but Shi Zuzu had called her. Zhou Zhi had to go to the large conference room of the History Department of Shu University to attend an important meeting tomorrow morning. Zhou Zhi will pick her up early tomorrow morning.
Zhou Zhi asked if there had been any progress on the eight-treasure thangka suitcase and the leather pictures of male and female babies with tattoos, but the godmother didn't know.
Zhou Zhi had no choice but to say that he would pick her up in the morning and then hung up the phone.
The current Rongyuan Garden is located in Luoma City, just opposite Chen Mapo Tofu Main Store. It is obviously a new store, with an upper and lower floor layout. The decoration is relatively trendy, and the private rooms are a bit small. It is also in accordance with the current very The popular Hong Kong-style restaurant furnishings make Zhou Zhi, who comes with a pilgrim heart, not too disappointed.
He already had no hope for the food here.
After everyone sat down, Lao Chai said: "I heard that this store has now opened in the United States, which is amazing."
"Really?" Zhou Zhi said to Guan Ma, Jiang Shuyi and Guan Tingting poured tea and said, "Was this place called Hongqi Restaurant before?"
"Huh?" Lao Chai and Lao Fei were both stunned: "Have you been here before, my elbow?"
"That's not true, but the Hongqi Restaurant also has a history, and I happen to know it."
Lao Chai Jiang The recipe was handed to Zhou Zhi: "Let me order some dishes for Brother Xiao Zhou today, and tell us some old sayings from the capital of Shu!"
Zhou Zhi opened the recipe, and he had no hope before, but now he has A trace came back.
The menu clearly lists "braised bear paws", "braised deer tendons with green onions", "steamed pigeon eggs and agarwood", "dry-roasted shark's fin", "hot and sour sea cucumber", "cordyceps duck", " Important Sichuan dishes such as eel and bamboo shoots noodles.
"Brother, just order it." Seeing Zhou Zhi's hesitation, Lao Chai thought he was reluctant to spend money, so he said, "Don't try to save me."
"It's not that I want to save, but the names of these dishes are all Be particular about..."
(End of this chapter)