Chapter 24 The frustrated stall owner
The audience in the live broadcast room is still discussing the matter of being beaten with a stick.
Some people say that Lin Yuan and others are not authentic, saying that Lin Yuan's deception has affected the friendly international image of the Chinese people.
More viewers are still enjoying it.
This is a plot only found in cool novels!
Many people on the Internet are dissatisfied with sticks and have long wanted to teach them a lesson. Now Lin Yuan has satisfied their spiritual needs and made them feel as comfortable as eating iced watermelon every day in June.
The audience, who were still passers-by at first, became fans after the commotion just now.
For the small group of people who accused Lin Yuan, it was not Lin Yuan's turn to take action. Others in the live broadcast room sprayed those people completely, leaving them completely powerless to resist.
When the old uncle heard that it was Tian Huangshi, he immediately beamed.
Although he doesn't know how to appraise, he knows that Tian Huangshi is valuable. It shouldn't be a problem to make a small sum of money for a Tian Huangshi of this quality, not to mention blood money.
Henry: "This should be a cricket jar, right?"
The old uncle was a little surprised. This foreigner actually knew about cricket jars?
Good guy! What did you study in China? Studying archeology?
"Yes! This is the cricket jar. By the way, Henry, how did you know about the cricket jar?" the old uncle asked curiously.
Henry chuckled: "When I was studying in China, I saw similar jars several times in the antique market. The boss said they were cricket jars. However, the ones I saw at that time were white porcelain.
This should be pottery, right? Is pottery valuable? ”
"Then you only know one but not the other."
The old uncle explained to Henry that the cricket jars used by the ancients to store autumn insects were mostly made of porcelain, pottery, jade, stone, lacquerware and other materials. From a collection point of view, porcelain cricket jars are probably the most popular. Those with collection value belong to collection miscellaneous items.
After Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the varieties of cricket jars became more diverse, and the names of the producers were also stamped on the bottom of the jars. These exquisite cricket jars made by famous craftsmen are extremely rare and have now become treasures that collectors are chasing after.
"The most valuable ones are made of porcelain and pottery. I've heard before that a pottery cricket jar was sold for more than 3 million yuan," the old uncle said.
Lin Yuan nodded: "It should be made of clay, right?"
The so-called mud is special fine mud that has been washed many times, and the utensils are fired with the mud.
Their texture is fine, dense and moist, just like baby's skin. They will not deform or crack after enduring heat, cold, wind and rain, and are resistant to acid, alkali and salt corrosion.
Utensils made of pure mud have a common characteristic: at first glance, they are decorated with glaze, but upon closer inspection, they are not glaze; their texture is extraordinary, like pottery but not pottery, like porcelain but not porcelain, like stone but not stone, yet as hard as rock. Obviously the heat is extremely high; the specific gravity is comparable to that of Qiong Kiln carved bricks of the Han Dynasty and various porcelain inkstones; the surfaces of the utensils are all smooth and smooth.
Generally speaking, everything made by Chengni is not cheap.
As they were talking, Paul caught up with them.
"Let's go! I'll take you over there." Paul pointed in a direction.
Lin Yuan and others didn't waste any time and quickly followed. Because they understand that as a market manager, Paul must have a better understanding of the market than they do, and it is definitely right to follow him.
Not far away, Lin Yuan suddenly stopped.
The stall next to it was very simple, with just a rag spread out and a few messy things on it.
The stall owner was a big fat man, holding a hamburger in one hand and a Coke in the other, and was eating vigorously.
Lin Yuan called him "good guy, it's all junk food." If you continue to eat like this, how big will it be?
His eyes fell on a carved piece, made of wood.
As the old uncle and the others were walking, they suddenly noticed something was wrong. When he looked back, he saw Lin Yuan standing motionless in front of a stall, so he stepped back and stood beside Lin Yuan.
Several people remained silent in tacit agreement.
Lin Yuan knelt down, picked up the wooden sculpture, and looked at it.
This is the treasure that the treasure hunt refers to.
Lin Yuan asked in English: "haomuch?"
The stall owner stopped eating and swallowed the food in his mouth: "1,000 dollar." He saw that Lin Yuan was a Chinese who was stupid and had too much money, so he habitually increased the price. Originally, he was planning to sell this thing for $100.
This is not surprising, it seems that every country has such vendors who kill foreign customers when they see them.
Before it was Lin Yuan's turn to speak, Paul sneered: "Are you kidding? This thing costs $1,000? Are you sure?"
As he spoke, he flashed his work ID card on his chest.
When the stall owner saw it, his expression changed, he shrank his neck and smiled coquettishly: "How much do you want to say?"
He knew he had hit the iron plate.
This attitude is obviously that of a group. If he dares to raise a high price, will it make the market lose money?
The old uncle was amused when he saw it. He was also someone who had set up a stall. In this situation, let alone bargaining, even if he didn't ask for money, he had to give it licking his face, otherwise he knew the consequences.
He said: "100."
The stall owner said helplessly: "Take it away!"
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Lin Yuan took out a hundred dollars and handed it over, then took the wood carving away.
The audience in the live broadcast room were also happy when they saw the frustrated expression of the stall owner. This stall owner obviously wanted to prey on Chinese customers, but unfortunately he didn't expect that there would be people in Linyuan Market.
After not walking far, Paul asked: "Lin, what kind of treasure is this?"
Lin Yuan thanked Paul first, and then told him that it was carved from boxwood.
"What kind of wood is boxwood? Is it very valuable?" Paul continued to ask.
He is a foreigner and a layman and does not know that boxwood is normal.
The old uncle told Paul that boxwood is an evergreen shrub that grows very slowly. It usually takes 40-50 years to reach a height of 3-5 meters and a diameter of less than 10 centimeters. Because it is difficult to grow, there is no aniseed, so Suitable for carving small figures for desk appreciation, or for making wooden combs and engraving.
"Among the Chinese people, boxwood products have always been regarded as the top quality products that are immune to all poisons, suppress evil and avoid evil, and are safe and auspicious.
There are millions of pieces of this kind of wood carving. ”
When Paul heard this, he took a deep breath. Is this thing made of wood worth that much?
Henry was not surprised. He had studied in China and had seen very expensive wood carvings, which cost tens of millions. It was difficult for foreigners to understand.
"What a fuss, have you never seen a wood carving worth tens of millions of dollars?"
Paul was shocked: "What? Ten million?"
He simply couldn't imagine what ten million was and how many years he would have to work with his current salary.
lifetime?
"Then this wood carving..."
Lin Yuan couldn't laugh or cry, what was he thinking?
He "looked" at the treasure hunt instrument. The light spots emitted blue light and knew that the value must be less than one hundred thousand US dollars.
"It's not that expensive. The tens of millions of dollars are usually made of top-grade wood, such as small leaf rosewood. This kind of difference is far away, it is estimated to be only tens of thousands of dollars."
Paul breathed a sigh of relief and said: "It's quite a lot."
To him, tens of thousands of dollars is a lot. You know, his annual income is not much more than this.
As they talked and walked, they soon came to the area Paul was talking about.
(End of chapter)