"Hey, Brother Zhao, it's me! I'm in Shengzhou now! I have some things that are inconvenient to carry with me. I want to cash them in. I'd like to ask you for a way!"
This Brother Zhao is Zhao Zhendong, whom I have known for a few days, a local cultural relics dealer in Zhuji. We drank too much that night and were ready to get him.
"It's you, brother! What a coincidence! I just came back from Shengzhou yesterday! You go directly to Dongpu Hotel to sell it, brother! Today is the last day of the exchange meeting! You don't need to book a room! Just report my name when you get there! But... ..." His voice suddenly became much softer on the phone, and he warned me: "Be careful, brother."
I hung up the phone with understanding, and I drove Xiaoxuan straight to the hotel.
The Shengzhou Antique Market has been around since the 1990s. It is located at No. 20 Yanxing Road, Sanjiang Street. The old Dongpu Hotel I mentioned is probably gone. Nowadays, the real estate fairs are all in the Huiyin Hotel across from the antique market. It is held for three days and two nights, and the hotel provides breakfast.
My work is greatly influenced by my boss, and I want to sell all the good things as soon as possible. After all, we don’t collect, and cash is king. What if I carry these dozen copper coins with me and lose them in the mountains? It's a lot of money, hundreds of thousands.
At about eight o'clock that night, when we arrived at the hotel, I reported Zhao Zhendong's name. So, they let us check in at room 209 without even registering.
Xiaoxuan rarely goes to such exchange meetings. He was very interested and pulled me around. Zhuji has been severely cracked down these two days, so a lot of shady things have come here, and the owners want to get rid of them as soon as possible.
"Yunfeng, look at that horse on the bed! Is it Tang Sancai?"
I glanced at him and praised him, "Okay, Xiaoxuan, your eyesight is getting better and better."
"Tch," Xiaoxuan rolled her eyes and said, "I've never eaten pork and seen pigs running. If you've seen it enough, you'll understand it."
In the early years, the quality of such local exchange meetings was very high. Unlike now, when the official kilns of the Three Dynasties were all gadgets, treasures such as bronzes, Tang Sancai, and Mouth Jade could often be seen, and even those covered with dirt could be encountered. The tomb beast.
The Tang Sancai horse owner quoted a price of 150,000 yuan. I thought it was too expensive when I first heard about it. Don’t think that Tang Sancai is very valuable. In the late Tang Dynasty, Tang Sancai had flowed into ordinary people’s homes. The most expensive ones in the industry were those with “blue color” Yes, that kind of blue tricolor is only for dignitaries or palaces.
When I returned to the room, I propped up a towel on the bed and placed a dozen Fuchang copper coins on the towel. Soon there were seven or eight people surrounding the room. Xiaoxuan was lying on the bed playing with her mobile phone.
"Boss, how much do these cost! Give me a price!"
"Not only sell it, but also get away with one million." I said calmly.
When I heard it was one million, everyone immediately ran away. I was not in a hurry and just lay on the bed eating shredded beef jerky.
During this period, people came in and out, asking for prices. When they heard my price, they thought it was high. Waiting until eleven o'clock in the evening, a man in his forties suddenly showed up.
"Little brother, why do you guys look like something from the West Lake Pit to me?"
I held the cigarette in my mouth and smiled: "Brother, I don't know what the West Lake pit is! Anyway, these are all passed down from my family!"
Da Beitou chuckled: "Yes, they are all family heirlooms! Brother, I made it clear that I can have it, but the price..."
Let Xiaoxuan close the door, and we will have a secret conversation in the room.
I didn’t know at that time that the big man I met in Shengzhou was the leading coin collector in the south! I definitely don’t dare to reveal the person’s name. I can only say that he is a descendant of the Zhang family. Real people in the industry will definitely know who this person is. He has a foundation abroad.
In the end, I gave in and sold it at a low price, but I added a condition, that is, within seven years, these dozen copper coins cannot appear on the market, and I can only collect them myself. The other party readily agreed. I am really a genius. This decision saved my life. This will happen a long time later. I will talk about it later.
...
Five days later, Jishou, Dahou Mountain, ancient Miao Village in western Hunan.
"Head! Head! We are back!"
Bean Sprout was the first to run out.
"Damn it! Fengzi, you went abroad for a trip! Didn't you say you'd be back in four or five days? It's been almost a month! Haha! Three days without seeing you is like three autumns! Come! Let me kiss you!"
Bean Sprout's snake bite has already healed. After he finished speaking, he came over to me and pouted.
"roll!"
"Yunfeng, you are back."
"Brother Yu! Where is your hair?"
