Chapter 0691 Chasing Stars
As the saying goes, peers are enemies, this antique city stall bosses, although usually meet cheek to cheek, but each can’t wait for the other to hit the eye to suffer a loss to pay tuition, so the old Li this thing, but the night’s work, spread throughout the antique market.
In this case, there are a lot of usually and old Li face and heart of the antique boss, in the proclaimed the old Li “receiving jade” this paragraph it!
Originally old Li also intended to those jade as a handicraft to sell it, even if a few dollars a, also can sell a three to five hundred dollars, mosquito again small it is also meat ah! Just by the crowd a stimulus, the old Li blood gas up, and did a shameful thing.
“Boss Li, are familiar customers, you this can be a bit rude ah!” The one who said this was a local who often came to the antique market.
“Yeah! Something that’s not even worth five dollars, you’re still selling it for fifty, it’s not decent!”
“You do not say so, Li boss this look away to pay the tuition, is always to make up a little back!”
“Fart, is not his own greed, was cheated and then come back to cheat us ah?”
We all know that most of his “ancient jade” are glass and plastic products, the old Lee also shouted out the price of fifty dollars a price, causing the onlookers of the tourists, have scolded the old Lee black heart.
“Brother Zhuang, you are not going? Why are you still here?”
Peng Fei just heard Zhuang Rui said to go to the second floor, directly squeezed out of the crowd, but look back, did not see Zhuang Rui’s silhouette, had to squeeze back again.
“No hurry, take a look …… again.”
Zhuang Rui smiled and waved his hand, but his eyes have been staring at the counter filled with various colors of “ancient jade”.
“You …… you do not want even if, I’ll sell fifty one, love to buy not to buy, masters I also do not sell it!”
The old Li was first peer to squeeze, and then by these onlookers of the tourists a scolding, that brain suddenly veins exposed, eyes blood, you this group of bird people have no sympathy ah? Buddy I am the victim ah!
“The hell will buy it, is there such a jade?”
“Yeah, put it away! Don’t be ashamed.”
“Old Li, forget it, it’s only 20,000 dollars, next time we go to the countryside, we’ll get it back if we find a good one.”
This side of the counter was surrounded by water, but also delayed the business of others, some counter bosses, on the words to persuade the old Li to, in the antique city to hang out with the people, who dares to say that they have not been hit by the eye, did not pay the tuition fees? It’s really not a big deal.
“Li boss, right? This thing is really fifty dollars a? I’ll buy two for fun!”
Suddenly, a voice rang out in the crowd, many watching eyes, suddenly focused on Zhuang Rui, this young man has a problem, is not it? All said is a fake object, actually willing to spend money to buy? Like these glass products, five dollars a, all over the street.
Old Li was also scolded out of the fire, did not raise his head, opened his mouth and said: “Fifty dollars a, less one point I do not sell?”
Old Li this is not able to step down, dead hold it, he also thought that the voice to buy jade, is a self-joke.
“Okay, here’s a hundred dollars, I’ll buy two.”
On the counter in front of Old Li, a pink old man’s head appeared, and the crunching sound of the money slapping on the counter made the crowd hear that it was not a joke.
“Are you …… why do I look a little familiar?”
Old Li this will raise his head, looked at Zhuang Rui, but for a moment, how can not remember where to meet each other.
Zhuang Rui looked at those jades on the counter and said, “Boss Li, this thing?”
“Feel free to pick, you feel free to pick, my old Li said, never counted.”
See Zhuang Rui mention these “ancient jade”, the old Li will be angry, he had already prepared in his heart, turn back to these rags will be thrown into the moat to go.
Zhuang Rui heard no politeness, stepped forward, set aside those who have been cleaned glass plastic, in addition to some like a lump of “jade” pile of general rummage up, from time to time also with the hand to wipe a little.
“This young man, actually came here to pick up leaks.”
“These clays look like they were mixed together with thin mud and then dried in the sun, what’s there to see?”
“Yes! This hundred dollars was spent for nothing!”
The surrounding onlookers shook their heads, it’s true that they want to take advantage of the situation, but it’s really unheard of for someone to be able to take advantage of a place like this, in full view of everyone.
“I’ll take this one.”
After Zhuang Rui picks for a while, he picks up a piece of jade that is roughly three or four centimeters thick and eight or nine centimeters long, but this piece of jade is full of dirt on top, so he can’t see what kind of shape it’s in, and the chunks are not small.
“This little brother, you took a hundred dollars, you can still pick another piece.”
Old Li’s seemingly generous words caused a hush around the room, with these contraptions, a hundred dollars for all of them, no one would probably buy them.
“No need, I just bought two here, gentlemen, make way, let me go out.”
Zhuang Rui shook his head with a smile, greeted Peng Fei, and drilled outside the crowd.
In addition to Zhuang Rui himself, inside so many people, I’m afraid that only Peng Fei knows, whether Zhuang Rui has suffered a loss or taken advantage of it? After following Zhuang Rui for so long, Peng Fei has never seen Zhuang Rui walk through the eyes of the antiques.
“Hey, how do I look at that young man so familiar ah?”
“Yes, you do not say I can not remember, is a little familiar.”
“Is not that the Spring Festival treasure appraisal inside the Zhuang teacher? Look at this age and appearance, are similar.”
“Yes …… yes, it is him, must be him, speak with the same accent.”
“Hey, Mr. Zhuang, don’t go.”
“Behind, stop him, stop him!”
Zhuang Rui this has not yet extruded out of the crowd it, was recognized, this time the antique city can be considered a pot of explosions.
Whether it’s the owner of the stall in the antique city, or collectors from all over the world tourists, for the experts, are only in the TV or news have seen, there is such an expert in front of the eyes, and just bought something, can not let a person to generate curiosity.
This is a bit like those young people chasing stars in general, at once Zhuang Rui was surrounded by enthusiastic crowd, what’s more, they are still pulling Zhuang Rui’s clothes, I don’t know if someone wants to take advantage of the fire, Zhuang Rui feels that if it is not his own clutching tightly, I’m afraid that the hand of the jade can be snatched away.
“Everyone, everyone make way, do not let me call security ah!”
Zhuang Rui depressed loudly shouted up, “paralyzed, the old man is not a woman, just now that old man to buddies chest grab what strength ah?”
“Let, let, let, say you!”
Good in Zhuang Rui words just fell, four or five antique city security guards, holding a rubber stick rushed in, which is considered to be the Zhuang Rui was rescued.
“Fuck, I guess those star chasers, seven or eight out of ten are trying to eat tofu, right?”
Zhuang Rui was surrounded by several security guards in the middle, and quickly checked the objects on his body, fortunately, none of them were missing, and the tracker given by Jiang Hao, which looked like a key ring, was still hanging on the top of his jeans.
“Sir, you haven’t lost anything, right?”
Henan is a tough country with many people practicing martial arts, these security guards are tall and big, no one dares to come up again.
“No, no, thank you, thank you several.”
Zhuang Rui made a wink to Peng Fei, and wanted to walk out of the antique city under the protection of the security guards.
“Mr. Zhuang, we didn’t do anything to you, why are you in a hurry to leave!”
“Yes! Tell me, the object you bought, in the end is real or fake ah?”
Although they did not dare to go forward, but the words still have to say, the crowd asked.
Now if anyone said Zhuang Rui head bad to buy fake jade, estimates that few people present will believe, in their minds, experts can not make mistakes?
There are bosses who know those security guards, this will also speak up and say, “Captain Liu, we are not trying to offend this guest, he is an expert in the antique world, we are trying to ask a few questions.”
Zhuang Rui saw that he could not hide himself, simply separated the security guards in front of him, and said loudly, “Everyone, everyone be quiet, I am Zhuang Rui, but not an expert, everyone does not need to be so, I’m the same as all of you, just very fond of collecting, on this road, I’m still in the middle of learning and exploring.”
“See, Mr. Zhuang speaks more modestly.”
“Yes! This is the more learned people, speak more modest.”
“Old Qi, don’t brag all day long that you are an expert in jade, and Mr. Zhuang, you are eight streets away.”
“Hey, hey, I said, how to get into my head, this expert is not expert is not what I called out, that is the identification of objects identified.”
This old Qi is an old man in his fifties, looks like it is also in the line, when talking, intentionally or unintentionally look to Zhuang Rui hands of the “ancient jade”, obviously there are so many points of unconvinced.
Curio line what strange and bizarre segment have, but can be sold from the fake set of masters “set out of the object, plucked out the treasure, this is never heard of, the old Qi pressure simply do not believe that Zhuang Rui take is a piece of ancient jade.
Listening to the old Qi said, the crowd also quieted down, is such a reason ah! Although Zhuang Rui on TV is an expert, you can see him calmly appraise the object, but that can also be faked ah! Who knows if it was recorded, rehearsed in advance?
To say which line of work is being counterfeited the most, antique houses are definitely second to none, the old Qi’s words also let the people have doubts, look at Zhuang Rui’s gaze, also not so fervent.
“Mr. Zhuang, tell us about the jade you bought? Let’s have a long look too.”
“Yes!”
“Yes, tell us about it. ……”
One person in the crowd raised a question, and immediately someone else chimed in, this is a mule or a horse, it’s only true if it’s pulled out and slipped around.
“This motherfucker is going to come out and pick up leaks in the future, it looks like I have to learn makeup from Xu Qing first.”
Zhuang Rui was a little depressed, but still raised the jade stone in his hand high, and broke it from the center, and what was originally a lumpy earth-like object suddenly turned into two pieces.