Chapter 139 Underground Auction (End)
He Yuzhu and the street stall owner followed everyone to the yard where the auction items were placed.
All the bronzes were divided into groups and placed in a full courtyard. There were several people from the auction house watching in the yard, responsible for maintaining order and collecting money.
Everyone couldn't wait to go in to hunt for treasures, and He Yuzhu and the stall owner followed closely.
He Yuzhu took a general look and found that the piles of bronzes were all composed of a few roughly intact bronzes plus many incomplete bronzes. If you want to buy it, just buy it all. Otherwise, all that will be left will be incomplete bronze vessels, which can only be sold as junk.
He Yuzhu: "How do you do this? Buy back a pile of scrap copper and iron for one or two pieces of bronze? And it's so expensive."
The stall owner knelt down and took a closer look before replying to He Yuzhu: "You can't say that. There is a reason why they are so expensive. If you look carefully, these groups are not randomly divided. Basically, these incomplete bronzes are not missing anything. , it just broke into several parts. These can be made into several intact ones. You just need to find someone to repair them when you buy them back."
The stall owner said this without stopping. He found a few fragments from a pile of bronze wares and gestured. He Yuzhu saw that it was an auspicious bronze beast.
He Yuzhu: "So that's it. But finding someone to repair it not only costs a lot of money, but also takes a lot of risks. It's not cost-effective. It's not very profitable."
The stall owner put the fragments back into the pile of bronzes: "It's not bad. It's profitable. I know a man who restores bronzes, but the fees are high, but most people can't see the broken marks on the bronzes he repairs."
He Yuzhu: "I really can't tell you know such a person. Do you know anyone who repairs porcelain or something?"
Stall owner: "That's what you're asking. Anyone who sells antiques doesn't know a few people who are engaged in restoration of cultural relics. Calligraphy, painting, and porcelain are all big-headed. Although these broken calligraphy, painting, and porcelain have been repaired by their hands, they are not as good as the intact ones. , but it can also be sold at a high price. How big is the price difference? And you can't even see the traces after some experts have repaired it. It can be sold as intact. But the charges are extremely expensive. It's not worth looking for them for ordinary things. Otherwise, the things you repair will not be enough for their labor costs.”
He Yuzhu: "It's good to know each other. If I need you one day, I'll go find you."
Stall owner: "That's no problem."
He Yuzhu looked back and forth several times and found that there were three chimes distributed in different bronze piles.
Chime bells are the most classic bronze ware. None of the unearthed chime bells is a national treasure. Although there are only 3. But that’s also a chime. It is said that the earliest chimes were composed of three large and small chimes.
He Yuzhu remained calm and quietly put the three chimes into the space while no one was paying attention.
With these 3 chimes, your trip to the auction will not be in vain.
Then He Yuzhu selected a pile of bronze wares with a small bronze tripod suitable for making an incense burner. After paying the money, he packed them in the sacks provided at the auction like everyone else. Then I went to find the stall owner.
When He Yuzhu saw that the stall owner only bought a bunch, he asked, "Since you know someone who repairs bronzes, why don't you buy more?"
Stall owner: "It's a small business, so I don't dare to buy more. I don't know when I can sell these after I get them back? Just watch, starting from tomorrow, the price of bronzes will drop. It won't recover for a while." Look at those greedy ones, they might be dragged down by these scraps of metal in a few days."
He Yuzhu saw several people pushing wooden carts with several sacks on them.
He Yuzhu: "Where did that car come from?"
Stall owner: "Provided at the auction."
He Yuzhu: "Hey. The service at this auction is very considerate, isn't it?"
Stall owner: "It costs money. As long as the money is enough, not only wooden cars but also trucks can be bought for you. Okay. Do you still want to look at it? If you don't want to look at it, let's leave."
He Yuzhu: "Then let's go."
The two found the people at the auction and asked to leave. Someone came over. After checking the invitation letter again, they took them back the same way.
Leaving the first courtyard they entered when they came to the auction, He Yuzhu and the stall owner walked towards the black market without stopping for a moment. Afraid of being robbed. After all, everyone who enters the auction brings little yellow croakers with them. Regardless of whether they are bidding or not, they are all fat and oily targets for robbery.
In the end, whatever you fear will come true. After walking a few alleys, He Yuzhu heard the sound of fighting with his extraordinary hearing.
I released my consciousness to investigate. It was discovered that one party had sacks offered at auction. This must have been a planned robbery of people attending the auction.
He Yuzhu grabbed the stall owner.
The stall owner was pulled back and asked a little confused: "What's wrong?"
He Yuzhu: "There's someone fighting in front. How about we change the way."
Stall owner: "There's someone fighting? How did you know?"
He Yuzhu: "I heard it."
The stall owner listened carefully and heard nothing. Just as he was about to speak, "Bang!" there was a gunshot from the front.
The stall owner was startled: "Leave quickly. You can't stay in this place of right and wrong for long."
The stall owner dragged He Yuzhu into another alley. He Yuzhu also ran around. During this period, relying on He Yuzhu's spiritual consciousness, he escaped many ambushes. It wasn't until He Yuzhu saw the people at the auction rushing over that he scared them away.
He Yuzhu and the street stall owner finally returned to the black market.
Stall owner: "Fortunately, I have you this time. Otherwise, not only would I have lost my fortune, but I might also have lost my life. I almost killed you."
He Yuzhu: "It's okay. But it's too dangerous. I won't dare to go to the auction next time."
Stall owner: "Something is wrong this time. Although people have been robbed after coming out of auctions before, the robbers always ambush one place. But this time is different. There are people ambushing and robbing people on the roads leading in and out of the courtyard. There must be someone behind this. organize."
He Yuzhu: "Who cares if someone organizes it? It's none of our business. Let the people at the auction worry about it. If this matter is not resolved, who will dare to participate in the auction organized by them? It's getting late, everyone can go to their own way. Home, everyone looks for his own mother."
Stall owner: "Okay. What are you going to do with the bronze fragments you bought? Do you want me to help you deal with them?"
He Yuzhu thought for a moment, and it was a good thing to have someone help him deal with it, so as to save himself trouble: "Okay. I'll leave it all to you."
He Yuzhu put down the sack and took out the small cauldron he was looking forward to using as an incense burner: "I'll leave the rest to you. Just leave a few good ones for me after they're repaired. You can help sell the others."
The stall owner took He Yuzhu's sack and said, "Okay. I'll let you know when it's repaired and let you pick first."
"Can."
After saying goodbye to the stall owner, He Yuzhu went home. I gained a lot of knowledge during this trip.
