Chapter 47 Innocence
Seeing this, Lin Yuan quickly signaled to put it down and he could just take it himself.
In the antique world, picking up other people's objects directly with bare hands, especially fragile items such as porcelain and jade, can easily lead to problems. Because some stall owners with evil intentions will take the opportunity to make a fuss.
For example, if you deliberately block a damaged area, after you finish reading it and put it back, you will be told that you broke it and you will be asked to compensate.
Or, when you take over but don’t hold it firmly, you suddenly let go and the object falls to the ground and breaks into pieces. Naturally, you will have to ask for compensation.
In particular, these things are all genuine, but what you don’t know is that these things are no longer in perfect condition.
But William is not an expert and doesn’t understand this.
He just wanted to keep the only customer who stopped in front of his stall.
Without him! Just because he is in a hurry for money!
"OK! OK!" William quickly put the things on the ground.
Lin Yuancai reached out to pick it up. The treasure hunter confirmed that it was correct, it was this teapot.
The teapot is a familiar purple clay teapot with an interesting appearance, shaped like a tree stump.
William introduced to Lin Yuan that this pot belonged to his grandmother. His grandmother was Chinese. Before she passed away, she gave him this pot and some other things.
Therefore, these things can be regarded as inherited from his grandmother.
If it were a Chinese, it would probably be a family heirloom.
Li Qiushui asked: "This should be the legendary purple clay pot, right?"
Zhou Zhiming rolled his eyes: "Purple clay teapots are not rare either. Are they legendary? It's such an exaggeration."
Indeed, there are so many purple clay teapots in the country, they can even be found all over the streets.
However, there are relatively few historical records and even fewer famous works. What are truly valuable are masterpieces by famous artists. For example, Zhou Zhiming's own old man has two purple clay teapots in his collection, one of which was bought at an auction and cost two to three million.
"Mr. Zhou, you are well-informed, so that's what you said!"
"Isn't it right? Shouldn't the purple clay pot be purple? Is it green?" Huo Qingtong asked doubtfully.
Lin Yuan told her: "Purple clay pots are not necessarily purple. After being fired at high temperatures, they can appear in a variety of wonderful colors, including cinnabar red, maroon red, copper, begonia red, iron gray lead, sunflower yellow, dark green, green... Lan and so on.”
As far as he knows, purple clay teapots are not glazed, but they are better than glazed, and the color changes strangely and is rich and colorful. Such as cinnabar purple, pomegranate skin, bean green, crabapple red, flash color, etc., all are natural primary colors, simple and rich, quaint and cute.
"Mainly, the clay raw materials for purple clay pots are also divided into three types: purple clay, green clay and red clay. This should be made of green clay." Lin Yuan added.
Only then did Li Qiushui and the others understand that purple clay teapots were not necessarily purple, and that there were so many colors.
Lin Yuan opened the lid of the purple clay pot and found that the word "Gongchun" was engraved on the inside of the lid. He went straight in with a single knife, holding the knife like a pen, and the handwriting was strong and elegant.
The body of the pot is mottled and rugged, just like the traditional style. Its pulp is shiny and moist, making it small and cute to hold in the palm of your hand.
Lin Yuan felt happy when he saw the word "Gongchun".
He knew that since the Zhengde reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, purple clay teapots had begun to be made. Famous craftsmen had emerged in large numbers, and excellent products had been handed down for 500 years. It is said that the founder of the purple clay teapot was Gong Chun in the Ming Dynasty of China.
Gongchun is the originator of purple clay pots because of his role in promoting purple clay pots.
However, Gongchun pots were made after learning from monks, so the production of purple clay pots was much earlier than Gongchun pots.
Although spring pots are not particularly top-notch in the auction market, the most expensive spring pots cost only three to five million yuan. The truly top-notch ones are made by Gu Jingzhou and Chen Mingyuan. The purple clay pots they make are in the tens of millions.
"How to sell it?" Lin Yuan asked.
When William, the stall owner, was still hesitating about what price to offer, Lin Yuan said to the audience in the live broadcast room: "Brothers, it's the same old rules! Please follow and like, and we will continue to distribute benefits later."
William carefully held out four fingers: "Can $40,000 be OK?"
Before Lin Yuan could say anything, Li Qiu Shui and Liu Zi spoke up: "How dare you sell it so expensively on campus?" Indeed, this is still a stall.
Lin Yuan smiled and asked: "You should take it to an antique shop and ask about it, right?"
Generally speaking, these items passed down from grandmothers, even if they need money urgently, will usually be sold in antique shops instead of setting up stalls.
As expected of a college student, William didn't know how to control his expression, so he was obviously panicked.
"I have been there, but the shop owner probably doesn't know what he's selling." William said.
He wasn't lying.
The owner of the antique shop he went to actually said that his pot was new. This was outrageous. It was obviously passed down from his grandmother. In a rage, William didn't bother to talk nonsense to the boss and left with his own pot.
When he came to campus to set up a stall, in fact, his target was Liuzi from China.
As we all know, Chinese Liuzi are usually relatively wealthy, and their financial resources are not comparable to those of Runren.
And Liuzi usually has some patriotism and national consciousness.
In this case, when they encounter cultural relics from their own country, they are usually more willing to spend money to buy them back.
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William was afraid that Lin Yuan would not believe it, so he continued to explain, and even swore that it was passed down to him by his grandmother and was definitely not new. If it was new, he...
Lin Yuan waved his hand: "I didn't say it was new. This purple clay teapot does have some history."
"Only $40,000..."
Forty thousand US dollars is equivalent to about 300,000 yuan, which is not a small amount. Logically speaking, it is reasonable to bargain.
"Friend, I really need these forty thousand dollars, please."
Even the audience in Lin Yuan's live broadcast room was speechless after talking about the price like this.
College students are college students, and their thoughts are too pure, just like huskies.
Lin Yuan saw that he didn't look like he was acting, so he asked one more question: "Why do you want 40,000 US dollars?"
It was the old uncle's turn to be speechless.
My nephew is still innocent, why does he want 40,000 US dollars? If you have to bargain, bargain.
If you ask me this question, if someone says it’s worse, do you want to give it to me? If you don't give it, your conscience seems to be condemned and you can't live with it. If you give it, it will be difficult to deal with your wallet and bank card.
If it were him, he wouldn't bother to ask.
"My mother is sick and needs the money," William explained.
This kind of rhetoric is already outdated in China! It’s corny as hell. Either my father is a bad gambler, my mother is sick and hospitalized, or my younger siblings want to study. Those are the reasons for going back and forth.
However, when William said this, it gave people the feeling that he was not lying.
Sure enough, he is still a college student!
Lin Yuan pointed to another thing on the stall: "Give me this one too! I'll give you $40,000."
William saw it and nodded quickly: "I'll give it all to you."
He really only needed 40,000 US dollars, and it didn't matter if he gave all the things on the stall to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan smiled and said: "No need, just these two things."
Everything else is worthless, so why is he here?
(End of chapter)