Chapter 190 Stealing Leisure

Niu Ben has never played with old things, and he never thought that he would one day play with antiques.

However, the so-called world is unpredictable. Now he can also play with things that he has never thought of before, and after discovering that the virtual system actually has this novel function, he can't wait to pick up leaks and experience the mood of those antique collectors getting good things. After all, the meaning of life is to try. Although he has always been limited by the Internet because of his own problems, it does not limit him from trying something else.

The antique market in the capital has always been lively because of its location and the status of the whole city.

When Niu Ben walked in, it can be said that there were people coming and going. Those who set up stalls had already set up stalls, and those who opened stores had already opened stores. Those who watched or inquired in twos and threes made the whole market prosperous and lively.

It's just that it's lively. Although Niu Ben has never been exposed to this industry, he also knows that this kind of scene in the antique market is just an appearance. If you really want to find good things or pick up a leak, you don't just need to move your way to see if you can meet old things that others have not paid attention to or ignored, and you need another point. There are many essential conditions such as a person's eyesight, knowledge, experience and so on.

Don't think you can pick up leaks by talking. In that case, everyone will play with antiques. Any transfer can earn you a salary that you can't get for a month or a few months, or even many years. Who would want to officially go to work? In fact, it is rare to pick up leaks. You may get one on many days, but more of them are deceived by counterfeiters, hit by fakes, and many people who spit blood.

But for Niu Ben, none of this is a problem, because he has the super existence of a virtual system.

When Niu Ben enters the antique market, the first thing he wants to buy is a piece of jade, preferably the one carved into a Buddha. The so-called man with Guanyin and the woman with Buddha, he wants to find a good thing for his mother, which is also a little filial piety.

However, the facts are somewhat helpless.

Because he walked around, he asked to play a lot of stalls and picked up nearly 30 pieces of jade Buddha, but he didn't find a satisfactory thing. Because the system is not a new carving, or a fore made by people using old methods. In the past, Niu Ben may have found an expensive thing to buy. Anyway, it is his own heart, but with the ability to distinguish, he really wants to buy good things.

So after turning left and right without results, he didn't want to go to the stall, but went straight to the store.

Although the price of the things in the store may be more expensive, the probability of genuine products is generally much higher. Even if there are sometimes acounters here, at least it is more formal.

I have to say that this is true.

After Niu Ben entered the store, he soon found a lot of old objects. Although it is mostly jade in the Republic of China or the late Qing Dynasty, it is an old thing after all. In the end, Niu Ben bought a Guanyin statue made of Hetianyu for 48,000 yuan. Although this thing is not a high-end product in the store, its face is very clear, and it is also vaguely like a mother. Niu Ben doesn't want to lose his hand when holding it.

As the saying goes, Guanyin and Buddha pay attention to the word fate. Since he likes it so much, Niu Ben does not hesitate too much.

After buying Yuguanyin, Niu Ben turned around at will and prepared to buy something for his father and father respectively. Turning around, he came to the calligraphy and painting area and immediately found that someone was discussing the price of a painting with the staff in the store. Niu Ben was curious and couldn't help taking a look and found that the content of the painting was a plum blossom, and a magpie stopped on the top of the plum blossom tree. As for this painting, the painting is good, but with the magpie, it seems to be a little incongruous.

Niu Ben was surprised how a guest would like such a national language, and the guest also said this point: "Look, although this painting is good, it is also a plum blossom painted by Sun Duoci, Xu Beihongjia's magpie. Although this is a famous painting, it is not very harmonious because of the different strokes. Especially if you look on the right, after adding this magpie, it looks very abrupt and discordant. Why is it not worth the price you said?"

With Xu Beihong's pen and ink?!

Niu Ben was stunned when he heard this, and his interest suddenly increased greatly.

Although he does not know the market of calligraphy and painting, it is certain that celebrities are generally worth a lot of calligraphy and paintings. He vaguely remembers that all Xu Beihong's words seem to be worth hundreds of millions. Although this saying is not all written by the master, the main content is drawn by a person named Sun Duoci that he is not familiar with, but it is surprising that such a painting is hung in a shop in an antique market.

leaned forward a little more, and Niu Ben heard the shopkeeper's appearance say, "Sir, you should know that there is Mr. Xu Beihong's handwriting in it. A while ago, Mr. Xu's four magpie pictures were sold at the auction at more than 20 million yuan. In other words, the price of a magpie was more than 5 million yuan. Of course, this saying is not as good as Mr. Xu's painting, but in any case, the price is definitely not high!"

"As far as I know, the two people's cooperative paintings are also divided into two types." The guest did not look ignorant. After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he immediately said, "The cooperative painting, one is that two people discuss to complete a sentence, and the other is that the person in front of him has drawn it, and the person behind has added something. Everyone knows that the price of the former is high and the value of the latter is low, and this saying belongs to the latter. You have to lower it any more.

"This can't be done, absolutely not!" The shopkeeper waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Sun Duoci is Mr. Xu's apprentice. You should know that this painting is the only cooperative painting between the two, which not only reflects the strong friendship between the master and apprentice, but also full of humanistic atmosphere. It is absolutely a rare good thing!"

The two come and go like this. I said that you look for defects in the advantages, and I can't let go. You want to do water grinding kung fu. That's a good lip-tongue battle.

And these two people obviously have a certain understanding of the painting, and they also dabble in the content of the words and the stories behind them, so although Niu Ben, as a bystander, he feels very enjoyable and has a sense of knowledge.

In particular, the guest also said that Sun Duoci and Xu Beihong were in love with teachers and students, which was an incoherent taboo in the past. What's more, Xu Beihong still had a wife at that time, so this saying, as a product of improper wind, could not be sold according to the price of the shopkeeper. But the shopkeeper said that it was because there was such a story behind the painting that it was more selling. If there is no old thing with celebrity anecdotes, it will not be called an old thing, so it will not let go.

Hearing these discussions, Niu Ben couldn't help but feel itchy and interrupted: "How much is this painting?"

However, his words attracted the eyes of the shopkeeper and the guests, and then both of them ignored his meaning. In such a situation, Niu Ben could only touch his nose and then continue to retreat and listen.

And maybe with his mouth, the guest seemed to care less, so the starting price was more direct: "As far as I know, this plum finch picture has passed through the hands of many people. In 2003, its auction price was only 50, 400 yuan. By 2009, the auction price was only 56,000 yuan. In six years, the auction has only increased by 5400 yuan, which shows that the rising value of this painting is not so high!"

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Ha ha, what you said was a few years ago. It's not that you don't know the antique market in recent years. It can be said that sesame blossoms are blooming. After two years, I only added 670,000 yuan, which is not too much!"

"This is not much. It has more than doubled in two years. Your business is too good." The guest shook his head and said, "Well, I won't say the price of 80,000 yuan. Let's all take a step in the middle. How about you transfer 100,000 yuan to me and take it away?"

The shopkeeper also shook his head and said, "No, it's lower than my price. I will definitely not sell it."

Obviously, after saying this, the two suddenly fell into a state of stalemate. Just like Niu Ben and those foreigners, the final result will only appear after seeing which one can't persist in the confrontation.

But obviously, buying and selling paintings is not a necessary thing. This painting is far less important than 100 seconds for foreigners, so in the end, the guest just sighed slightly and turned around and quickly left the store. Seeing this opportunity, Niu Ben couldn't help touching the painting. As a result, the prompt of the virtual system was the same as what the guest said. In 2009 the painting was auctioned, and the final transaction price was 56,000 yuan.

Well, it has really doubled in two years. Such a thing makes Niu Ben feel more or not to buy it?!

Although this painting does not seem to be so harmonious, it is also a famous handwriting. Although Sun Duoci is not famous, he can't stand the magpie's handwriting of a master. It is said that the real Xu Beihong's painting Niu Ben is not unaffordable, but he will definitely not buy that extremely luxurious thing. But a painting like this makes Niu Ben vaguely feel that there should be room for appreciation in it. Not to mention Xu Beihong, Sun Duoci's reputation is generally not just this price!

Niu Ben hesitated for a while. In the end, he couldn't help but feel itchy. He gritted his teeth and directly scratched 120,000 yuan, and put the painting in his pocket.

At least it's a famous work. Even if you can't make money, you can take it back and appreciate it yourself. As the saying goes, antiques, classics, rare books and so on are all classic auxiliary objects!