Chapter 005 Jade Bidding
Compared with the water species of jade, Chen Ran actually pays more attention to the carving.
This is also a matter of course. After all, Chen Ran makes a living by carving jade, and before that, he has never seen this kind of high-end jade with his own eyes, but Liang Bo's store is full of low-end or mid-range jade.
The jade is carved by an old birthday star with a smile and a childish face. The birthday star has a long smile, the materials are very exquisite, and the craftsmanship is more meticulous and exquisite.
Chen Ran saw a lot of experience in jade carving from this jade, which is integrated according to his aptitude.
In fact, after Chen Ran saw this jade, he was a little reluctant to sell it, but now when he needed money, he could only sell it. With this plan, he measured the size and size of the old birthday star with tools, and then used his copycat mobile phone to make do with the old birthday star. Then he turned on his broken computer and uploaded it to the Internet.
As a sculptor, a computer is also an indispensable tool for him, but his computer didn't cost much, which was almost half sold and half to him by one of his roommates.
Skillfully open websites or forums related to jade, such as Huayu and Jade Home, upload photos, write information, indicate resale, only for transactions in cities, and finally leave your own phone number.
After doing all this, Chen Ran felt empty. There were too many things that had happened all day until now that he felt hungry.
When he got this jade, Chen Ran did not treat himself badly. He only had two yuan left in his pocket, but he received a phone call on the way to dinner. The call was from Baoyu Pavilion, asking about a couple pendant in his hand.
Baoyu Pavilion was transferred to others. It opened two days ago, and the business naturally turned over, but I don't know if Chen Ran will be hired as a sculptor in the future. However, it is obvious that even if he is hired, he will definitely not be treated so well.
On the way back, Chen Ran received a total of four phone calls, all of which were for the old birthday star. Two just asked for the price, and the remaining two, one of them was from other places, but the other wanted to leave him for two days. He said that three days later, he would come to Zhongdu. Naturally, Chen Ran could not agree.
Walking to the door, Chen Ran saw the notice posted on the wall that it was really going to be demolished.
One by one, Chen Ran opened the websites and forums that uploaded photos, and found that the reaction was not great, but when he opened the Jade House, he found that the posts were actually placed at the top of the home page, and there were more than 50 replies.
Chen Ran looked at it and was slightly disappointed. Most of them were watching the lively, or referring to the first-point evaluation. There were only one or two bids, but only two or three thousand, which is too far from his psychological price!
In his opinion, the price of this jade should be about 15,000, at least 10,000 yuan.
Thinking of Baoyu Pavilion's phone, Chen Ran turned on the computer and began to conceive and design. There are five processes of jade carving: material selection, design, rough carving, fine carving and polishing. Chen Ran already has the material, so naturally there is no need to choose, so it's time to design.
Liang Bo has gone. Now the carving this time is the last statement for Liang Bo. Chen Ran conceived it very seriously and his whole person threw himself into it.
Design is to design the carved theme according to the color, degree, texture and shape of the jade material, and choose the theme suitable for the characteristics of the jade material. First of all, make maximum use of the jade material. According to the degree and the shape of the jade material design, you can not waste jade material; make good use of the color to produce the best Effect.
The two raw stone materials in Chen Ran's hand are Nanyang jade, that is, Dushan jade. Dushan jade is divided into many kinds according to different colors, while Chen Ran's two pieces are white Dushan jade, creamy white jade, but not pure. One of them is mixed with a red and the other is yellow.
After a focused design, Chen Ran has the best carving shape for these two pieces of Dushan jade.
The red piece is carved into Houyi shooting the sun, and the yellow piece is carved into Chang'e running to the moon. The two pieces are combined to form a heart as a whole.
I have to say that such carving is quite difficult for Chen Ran at present.
While Chen Ran was preparing to take the next step, the mobile phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, hello!" Chen Ran saw that it was a strange number and guessed the other party's intention.
"Hello, buddy!" A cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone: "I want your old birthday star! You make a price. Don't give it to the colorful fantasy jade guy."
Chen Ran was a little puzzled, but he immediately thought that it might be the name on the forum. He didn't talk nonsense. He sat in front of the computer and said, "Please ask for a price. If the price is right, I'll give it to you."
In the antique industry, there is generally no need to buy or sell two words, which seems tacky and is used to make concessions or turn around. When Chen Ran said, he had opened the forum, and the scene that surprised him a little surprised him.
Unexpectedly, after such a while, the post has quarreled, and a colorful fire word has been added behind the title of the post, and there have been more than 100 replies.
At a glance, Chen Ran found that there were two people bidding, one of whom was a colorful magic jade, and the other was a general. At this moment, only these two people were bidding for the whole post, and the others replied with only two words: onlookers.
"Are you a general?" Chen Ran asked without waiting for a reply from the phone.
The other party smiled cheerfully: "Haha, you are watching the forum. Now you have bid to 18,000. Since you are watching, you can watch a play." After saying that, I hung up.
18,000!
This price has exceeded Chen Ran's psychological price, which made him take a long breath, while the mouse kept refreshing the web page.
At this moment, the two are still getting a price increase. The colorful magic jade is 200 plus at a time, while the general adds 500 at a time.
Refresh again, but see:
168th floor: "18800." This is the account number of Colorful Magic Jade.
169th floor: "19300." This is the general's account.
170th floor: awesome!
171: "19500."
172 floor: "20000."
......
Not only the other onlookers were stunned, even Chen Ran himself, but the price increase of the two people still did not stop, as if the rocket-like smoke rose to 26,000!
However, this is not enough. In less than five minutes, the price continued to rise again, and soon reached 35,000, and the recovery speed of the colorful fantasy jade also slowed down, as if considering...
At this time, the mobile phone rang again, and it was still called by the general.
"Brother, your birthday star is almost worth the price, but the colorful fantasy jade is still rising the price. Don't answer it when he calls you. I'll help you raise the price. Don't worry, this fool urgently needs this thing, and he will definitely buy it." After saying that, he hung up the phone again without waiting for Chen Ran to answer.
In fact, the price of Chen Ran's old birthday star is about 35,000. Chen Ran's valuation of 15,000 is not wrong, but he estimated it according to the original stone material of the old birthday star, but did not add the carving fee.
The higher the high-end jade, the higher the carving cost. Generally speaking, the cost of carving high-grade jade is higher than the raw stone material of jade, and Chen Ran's old birthday star is already a high-grade jade.
Don't think that hundreds of thousands, millions, millions are high-end goods. That's what's on TV. Hundreds of thousands are better, while millions or millions are regarded as heirloom treasures or store treasures. In reality, tens of thousands of jade pendants are already high-end goods.
Chen Ran was a little puzzled, but then he understood that the colorful fantasy jade and the general should know each other in reality, and even a little uncomfortable. Naturally, he was happy to do so. Sure enough, not long after the general hung up the phone, another strange phone call came, and Chen Ran naturally did not answer.
On the forum, the bidding price also rose to 38,500, but the speed of the reply of the colorful fantasy jade is also getting slower and slower. When it rose to 42,000, the general did not raise the price, and the two stopped.
The phone rang again, and Chen Ran pressed the answer button. The other party was a female voice and did not talk much. He directly said the appointed time and place at 6 p.m. tomorrow, and the location was at the gate of the antique city.
After hanging up the phone, the general called again: "I wanted to raise the price, but considering that this guy is so shameless, even if he agrees, he may not give you this price. Be careful. He is very vicious, but this time, he should not play tricks."
Chen Ran was a little funny. After all, the other party was a woman, and the general opened his mouth shamelessly and closed his mouth shamelessly.
"Well, I'm still worried. Where do you agree to meet? I'll be with you tomorrow. If I'm here, I won't be afraid of him!" The general seemed to be very worried.
Chen Ran thought that if both of them were present, it would undoubtedly be the most beneficial to him, so he told him the agreed time and place.
Chen Ran was relieved when he solved this matter.
40,000 RMB!
For Chen Ran, it is obvious that this is a lot of money. In his current state, he may not be able to earn it in three years. With this 40,000 yuan, he can do a lot of things, at least he can return some favors and greatly relieve the pressure at home.
Although Chen Ran wanted to fall asleep and try to have such a dream, what happened on this day made him sleepless, so he straightened his mood and continued to carve jade. Even if he could have a lot of money tomorrow, now he still just can't pay the rent and even have a meal. Poor boy who solved it.
Maybe it's because Liang Bo, who takes good care of him, maybe because he has expectations for life, or maybe he has more insights after watching the old birthday star. Chen Ran's carving is particularly serious and focused...
He has a feeling that whether it is jade carving or his whole life, he has entered a new field that he has never imagined...
[First update, please collect, red ticket, thank you very much. In addition: All cultural relics and antiques that appear in this article will have pictures in my space album...】