He didn't pay much attention to the drumming incident that just happened. After leaving the crowd, he went straight to the antique city. As soon as I entered the antique city, I found that there were not many people inside, and the few customers were also young people. After all, the enthusiasm of young people for antique jade has obviously decreased. Moreover, this kind of hobby actually has very high professional requirements. Without certain knowledge, it is difficult to get serious things, let alone pick up missing ones. The probability of picking something up is the same as winning the lottery. Businessmen are generally insiders, so it is unlikely that they will make a mistake with a quick glance.
The antique city is divided into 4 floors. The first floor contains antiques that have become popular in recent years. This floor also has the most customers. First of all, it has become more popular in the past two years. No matter what age you are, everyone wants to buy a series of dishes. Secondly, because the threshold is low, the cheapest one can be bought for tens of dollars, so it is suitable for all ages. Nowadays, it is also popular among many primary school students, such as Pan Bodhi. The finger-winding and gentle Pan Chuan technique is also well-known among students.
The second floor is for antiques, porcelain and other objects, the third floor is mainly for calligraphy and painting, and the fourth floor is Gu Sheng's final destination, which is jade. Since Lin City is not the place where jade is produced, the jade in this antique city does not have any particularly top-grade products, but more of them are inferior items. However, most of the merchants sell shoddy products. If you don’t understand, the merchants He who can fool this jade is as if he is the best in the world.
Gu Sheng did not go straight to the fourth floor of Jade, but first went to the antique area on the second floor. After all, the use of his essence was currently in the development stage. Since jade can bring effects to yourself, you might as well try antiques.
Since Gu Sheng didn't understand either, and most of the antiques in this area were fakes, Gu Sheng walked around for a long time but didn't find any antiques that gave him any special feeling. But just when Gu Sheng was about to go upstairs to the jade floor, he was suddenly attracted by a copper lion he was playing with. This copper lion should be a pair, but the other one was missing, and the overall workmanship was not meticulous. The words on the base It means that this little copper lion is from the Ming Dynasty, but the poor workmanship does not require an expert. It is estimated that even a layman can tell that it is a fake.
The reason why Gu Sheng was able to play with it casually was because the store owner didn't think of the lion as a good thing, and casually threw it on a small table at the door. There were some fake antiques on it, or it could be said that they were decorations. Taste.
"Boss, how much does this lion cost?" The reason why Gu Sheng was attracted was because the moment he casually played with it and took it into his hand, he could clearly feel that this little lion contained very abundant energy. I found that the jade pendant at home was much stronger. Therefore, Gu Sheng concluded that there must be something else going on inside the lion, and immediately decided to buy it and go home to study it.
"This is from the Ming Dynasty. If you sincerely buy it, I'll give you 30,000 yuan." The owner of the antique shop said this without changing his face, and he opened his mouth even though he knew it was a fake.
"Boss, please be more generous. How much does it cost?" Gu Sheng's head was filled with doubts. He felt that the boss was taking advantage of him.
"10,000 can't get any cheaper!" The boss directly cut himself off by a huge knife, directly cutting off 20,000 yuan, but this was still far from the actual transaction price.
"Okay, boss, you can keep it." After saying that, Gu Sheng put it down and left.
"Hey, brother, look, you asked me how much it would cost and I told you but you didn't agree. Then you tell me a price, maybe I can sell it? Just treat it like opening a business for me!" This is also true for small business owners. I didn't take it to heart, but it wasn't open today, so I thought it would be good to sell it for some lunch money. I collected this little lion by the pound at the scrap recycling station, and the cost was less than 10 yuan.
"88, this thing is just a fake, and the imitation is very ordinary. I want to take it back for my brother to play with. 88 is just for good luck. You also said that you are not open." Gu Sheng pretended to be casual and took it again. He said after picking up the little lion.
"Deal, I'll find you a bag." The boss didn't hesitate. At least the money for cigarettes, water, and food was enough for today.
"No, it's not a valuable item. I can just hold it in my hand." After paying the money, Gu Sheng left directly. At this moment, he couldn't wait to go home and see what was inside this little lion, but after all I haven’t visited the jade on the fourth floor yet, but I’ve already come here, so I just took a look around before leaving.
Gu Sheng didn't necessarily want to buy anything, but he mainly wanted to see more of various jade stones and test how his essence reacted to them.
After going around for a few times, Gu Sheng also got his hands on a lot of jade, but he found that the energy of jade with a relatively average quality and texture was very little, almost negligible. He turned around for nearly half an hour, but he couldn't find any jade that made him feel particularly special. Even several pieces of jade that cost tens of thousands of yuan, Gu Sheng didn't feel too deeply. So Gu Sheng has basically judged that this energy depends on two aspects, the first is the quality of the jade, and the second is the volume. In other words, either the quality of the jade is particularly good, or the jade is large enough. Knowing these two points is enough for Gu Sheng. He can rely on these two points to go to Yunnan to gamble on stones and earn his first pot of gold. The only thing that needs to be solved now is where to go in Yunnan and how to gamble. Gu Sheng has never been exposed to it and is a complete layman. He plans to go back and check online.
"Young man, it seems we are really destined!" Just when Gu Sheng was about to turn around and leave, Xiang Lao, whom Gu Sheng had just helped, came out of his shop and happened to see him, and immediately stopped Gu Sheng.
"Old man, what a coincidence. Why don't you go home? The gang of gangsters will come again soon." Gu Sheng said politely when he saw Xiang Laohou.
"I run this shop. Now that we've met you, come in and have a cup of tea. It's also a way of thanking you for helping me out." Xiang Lao pointed to a jade shop behind him. This shop is the largest on this floor. There are a total of 8 shops put together. They are well decorated and look very high-end. Gu Sheng saw it just now, but he thought that since he already understood his ability with jade, he had no intention of going in. .
"Okay, then I'd rather be respectful than obey. Excuse me." Gu Sheng did not refuse. He just thought that since the old man could open such a big shop, he could ask about stone gambling.
Through chatting, Gu Sheng learned that the old man was a famous jade expert in Lin City and even the whole province, and he had been dealing with jade for most of his life. The most famous one was in 1985 when he spent 150,000 yuan to find a rough stone worth more than 5 million yuan at that time. Gu Sheng also found the old man's name and title on Baidu. He is the vice president of the National Jade Association, the president of the provincial jade association, and a representative of the National People's Congress.
"Xiao Sheng, you are welcome to come anytime from now on. Let's just make friends. There are not many upright young people like you. If you are willing, I can accept you as a closed disciple and teach you about jade." Mr. Xiang said to Gu Sheng liked him very much. This young man was humble, upright, kind, and had many good qualities. Many people begged to accept Lao Xiang as a disciple, but he never agreed. This time he was really tempted by Gu Sheng.
