Chapter 915: If you walk too much at night, you will encounter ghosts
“Huh?” Tao Ming felt as if his brain was going to be burned into paste: “This...is this the best?”
< br>After speaking, he pointed to himself and Zhou Zhi: "What about these two?"
"These two are just the same." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Including the base of this one, it is also the same."
After that, he poured the cup of tea in front of Manager Zhang into the trash can, revealing the pattern inside, and then placed the lid on the tea bowl. Next to: "Qianlong official kiln enamel bowl with peach, chrysanthemum, peony and pomegranate flower patterns, we want this."
Manager Zhang's lips trembled again and again, but finally he stamped his foot: "Take it away!"
"Wait a minute!" Tao Ming on the side seemed to have discovered something: "Wait a minute! This thing can't be fake. Right?"
"What?" Manager Zhang and Zhou Zhi were both surprised and looked at each other with the same idea in mind. Could it be that this antique mallet saw something that we didn't see?
I heard Tao Ming say seriously: "Look at the elbow, is there anything wrong with this pattern?"
"What's the problem?"
"The peach blossoms, peonies, chrysanthemums, and pomegranates are not in the same season! Now they are all in one place. Isn't this...unnatural?!"
"Hahahahaha..." Manager Zhang and Zhou Zhi Suddenly he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Why...did I...said something wrong?" Tao Ming muttered, wondering if he had made a joke.
“Brother-in-law, this theme is a common theme on porcelain in the Qing Dynasty. Several flowers that do not appear in the same season are depicted blooming on a porcelain. This is actually based on the brocade of the Song Dynasty. The theme and practice are called 'Four Seasons'!"
However, Manager Zhang admitted his fault this time and agreed to Zhou Zhi to take the enamel tureen away, which actually made Zhou Zhi adjust his evaluation of him a little higher.
Qing Dynasty enamels from the third generation have become popular in Hong Kong. If you find a good buyer at auction, you may not be able to get a million dollars.
After all, the famous small bowl with spring swallows in the apricot forest that has repeatedly achieved great auction results overseas is made of enamel. It was sold for one million Hong Kong dollars in 1985, and it will be auctioned in a dozen years. 500 million, and later 198 million, completely opening up the upper limit of Enamel.
Now the craftsmanship of this bowl and that bowl are at the same level. They are both from the imperial kiln and the glaze is the same. Although there is no hype process like the small bowl of Xinglin Chunyan Picture, even if they follow the trend, they are better than that. The bowl also has an extra lid, so the value may end up being about the same.
Of course, the treatment of this thing is not so good in China now, and the market price has not yet risen. According to the current domestic comparison with overseas trends divided by ten, it is 80,000 to 100,000, which is considered an insider exchange. reasonable price.
Even so, this advantage is a bit big. Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "It's just a joke with Manager Zhang. Let's do it. We won't be polite about the blue and white one of this dynasty, but this enamel covered bowl, please Zhang The manager makes a price, and if it’s suitable, we’ll take over.”
Manager Zhang was completely convinced by this point. He knew why his nominal boss valued a teenager who had just graduated from high school so much. He smiled and said: "Mr. Zhou, please don't slap me in the face. Today, Mr. Zhang is convinced. At this price, , please come and open it, I will accept any amount."
Zhou Zhi took out the check book: "Then I will. I'll write you a check for 100,000 yuan, but this time you have to give us an invoice?"
"Okay!" This tureen is a high-quality product from Yuzhou Cultural Relics Store, but the price is within the range. In fact, it was not high. Mr. Xiao Zhou worked as a bachelor and still left a little profit for himself. Manager Zhang couldn't help but secretly called it a fluke. After a while, the invoice came out, but there were three invoices, including the blue and white plate from Tongzhi Opera from last time.
But when putting things away, Tao Ming actually put away the two tureens that he and Zhou Zhi were drinking tea with, and prepared to take them away without ceremony.
Those two were imitations of modern craftsmanship and were worthless, so Manager Zhang just let him go without bothering to stop them.
After coming out of the cultural relics store, Zhou Zhi and Tao Ming got into the car, said goodbye to Manager Zhang who was sent to the door respectfully, and then drove towards the third aunt's house.
Tao Ming finally let out a rough breath and shouted loudly: "It's too dark - your business is really too dark - a hundred times, a thousand times darker than our clothing business!"< br>
After I finished shouting, I felt a little bit more comfortable: "But what you said, elbow, is so right. Seriously, snakes have their way with cats. There are two ways to treat people inside and outside the industry! It’s just that the barriers to entry in this industry are too high. I can see clearly today that it’s really difficult to get into this industry!”
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Actually, this is not my profession. I am studying Chinese, so this can only be regarded as a hobby..."
"Don't!" Tao Ming shook his head: "You are an expert, an expert who even convinces the manager of the Yuzhou cultural relics store! If you are still an amateur, then your sister and I can only be regarded as pure illiterates!"
< br> "By the way, brother-in-law, I was too embarrassed to ask just now, why did you collect those two bowls?" Zhou Zhi asked. He couldn't help but laugh: "Those two imitation enamel things are repurposed crafts for earning foreign exchange."
"Anyway, I can't see the difference between the one you bought for 100,000 yuan." Tao Ming He smiled and said, "I'm just so angry that the general manager bullied me. I took it home and put it in my study. It's like Trophy! Hey, do you think those two bowls are the most elegant things in my study?"
Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh when he thought of Tao Ming's study, and said, "This kind of bowl is the most elegant thing in my study. There is no bottom support. It was Manager Zhang who fooled us before. Take it back. Don't add a bottom bracket, otherwise it will be a joke in the eyes of experts."
"I don't even understand what happened today. Didn't you say yesterday that the general manager of the provincial company wanted him to take it? Why is it so confusing when someone opens the door to us? ”
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Don't be convinced. Nowadays, many local companies are independent contractors and are responsible for their own profits and losses. For the head office, there is a sense of 'following the instructions but not the announcements'."
"This situation It's actually not surprising, but I really have to remind Uncle Fei when I get back that since he has to be responsible for his own profits and losses, he must also distinguish responsibilities and powers. You can only watch them while they eat and drink soup. Wait until It is an unreasonable disaster to ask the superiors to help solve the problem after revealing the trap, and even to be implicated and bear a lot of joint and several liability.”
This is actually a current “strange status quo”, which is in the early stages of marketization. In the process, the unclear rights and responsibilities between the enterprise's headquarters and branches, unscientific management, non-standardized systems and other reasons have caused the phenomenon of "bottom overpowering the top".
And the funniest thing is that these rebellious subordinates are often very capable, adaptable to market competition, and know what is going on. They often receive support and even support from other local forces such as local governments, financial institutions, etc. The only thing that the higher-level organizations can control is the poor personnel appointment and dismissal power.
If there are no replaceable talents and the headquarters relies mainly on local branches to attract money, it will often be manipulated in turn, and the only way to do this is to turn a blind eye.
There is such a trend in Yuzhou cultural relics stores. Although they generally obey the greetings, they are still a little cautious. This matter has not been solved yet. If I really want to give Fei Guan some advice, Zhou Zhi thinks that the responsibilities and powers should be clearly divided first. Don't be implicated by Yuzhou. Protecting yourself is the best policy at the moment.
The rest applies the old Sichuan saying - if you walk too much at night, you will always bump into a ghost.
(End of this chapter)