pappabearbooks Chapter 716 Powerless
Chapter 716 Powerless
Judging from his age, he must be at least 60 years old.
Lin Ran hurried over to help him and said, "Grandpa, please slow down."
"Haha, it doesn't matter, my old bones can still hold on." Wang Dong laughed. He didn't expect that there were such warm-hearted people in the company.
Just now the fat man spoke in a commanding tone, and the other young people in the office lowered their heads and continued to do their work.
Lin Ran felt very strange. Are there social animals in this era?Shouldn’t everyone be very open-minded, make money while working, and enjoy life after get off work?
Judging from their appearance, they are the type who work overtime after work, with numb expressions on their faces.
But they did not stay too long. Under the leadership of Wang Dong, they came to an iron house in the backyard of the auction house.
This is actually a converted container. What are the advantages of using a container as a warehouse?
First of all, it is convenient for transportation. If you want to change the auction location, you only need to call a big truck to take it away.
It can also play a good anti-theft role.
Wang Dong took out a bunch of keys from his waist and searched for a long time before he found the key to the warehouse.
Although it doesn’t look like much on the outside, there is something special inside.
Wang Dong slowly came to the table and said to Lin Ran: "Don't touch around here. These cultural relics are very valuable. If fingerprints are left, we won't be able to afford compensation."
"Yeah." Lin Ran nodded and stood aside.
I saw Wang Dong holding a copper coin in his hand and carefully wiping off the green rust on it.
Lin Ran stood aside with a pen and paper, looking at the coin.
There are four words written on the back of the copper coin: Daoguang Tongbao.
Even though it is such a small copper coin, it is a cultural relic of the country's restricted circulation level.
The four characters "Daoguang Tongbao" are composed of regular script, with two earthworm-like lines on the back.
"How dare you put this thing up for auction?" Wang Dong smiled disdainfully, "People nowadays are really crazy about money. When we were young, we could only kick this thing like a shuttlecock."
Just as Lin Ran was about to speak, Wang Dong said, "Daoguang Tongbao, the price starts at [-]."
"Ah?" Listening to his tone just now, Lin Ran seemed to think it was worthless.
But he turned around and gave another estimate of three hundred. Although it was lower than Lin Ran's estimate, it was still relatively accurate.
"Is there a problem?" Hearing Lin Ran's sigh, Wang Dong frowned and looked back at him.
"Mr. Wang, genuine Daoguang Tongbao is actually divided into different eras. Copper coins from the era of increased currency issuance will be cheaper. Depending on what you have in your hand, it should be at least 1000 yuan."
"Hey, it seems you know how to appraise treasures?" Wang Dong became interested and called Lin Ran over and said, "Then come and take a look. This is not the real thing."
Lin Ran really became interested in this coin and sat down.
Put on your gloves and study the coin.
The strange thing is that there is still some soil on the coin, obviously it has just been dug out not long ago.
In addition to the Daoguang Tongbao on the front, there are also Manchu characters printed on the back.
Although he didn't know Manchu, Lin Ran remembered the meaning of these two words.
It is Baoquan.
In the Qing Dynasty, the mint was called Baoquan Bureau.
He looked over it over and over and said: "Mr. Wang, this Daoguang Tongbao is a genuine Daoguangbao. It is a common format in Baoquan Bureau. It is not a limited edition and has a certain stock. This copper coin is relatively poor, even if it is placed in Pan Our home can only be sold for ten yuan." Lin Ran suddenly lost interest in the coin.
He thought it was the Daoguang Tongbao Yuanju Xiaoping Dajian with the smallest number of people in existence.
"Little baby, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." Wang Dong rolled his eyes at him.
"This Daoguang Tongbao was minted in the third period of Baoxin, and is equivalent to ten coins. The Tongbao at this time has already been the beginning of the indiscriminate distribution of copper coins in the Qing Dynasty, and there are few rare items handed down from generation to generation. Daoguang Tongbao is not worthless, but the price is based on The variety of coins is determined by the quantity passed down through generations and market demand. This coin is worthless." Lin Ran said categorically.
Wang Dong smiled: "Little baby, it seems you really know how to identify?"
"I've learned a little bit," Lin Ran said, cupping his fists.
"But if I ask you to write three hundred, you will write three hundred." Wang Dong said with a smile.
"Why?" Lin Ran is a pragmatic person, and he is not willing to do anything deceptive.
Not only was Wang Dong not angry, but he poked his forehead with his finger.
"Because our auction objects this time are all foreigners, it would be great if we could raise the price a little bit," Wang Dong said.
"What? Are you, old gentleman?" Lin Ran was surprised.
Wang Dong said with a smile: "Of course I know that this coin is not valuable, and my valuation usually depends on the situation. If it will be bought by a foreigner, I will price it higher."
Not only is it higher, it is directly thirty times higher.
But what he said made sense, so Lin Ran wrote it down in his notebook.
Because he knew Lin Ran's strength, Wang Dong began to talk more.
"In the market, you can buy a coin like this for just a few yuan. Foreigners can actually make a profit by buying it. If they hide it for hundreds of years, it will definitely be worth more." Wang Dong wiped the coin clean and put it in a glass cabinet.
Then he took out another cultural relic and continued the identification work.
His tone sounded like a profiteer, but he also seemed very honest.
"Mr. Wang, what are you doing?" Lin Ran was a little confused.
"Don't you understand this? This is a cultural relic of the Qing Dynasty. Although the nature of the Qing Dynasty is very backward, it is our history after all. How can it be sold to foreigners?" Wang Dong picked up a blue and white porcelain vase and wiped it. When he came out, his hands were shaking a little.
Lin Ran finally found his friend, and he said angrily, "Yes, why do we allow foreigners to enter our auction?"
When Wang Dong heard this, he adjusted his reading glasses and said, "People will change because of money."
Lin Ran thought to himself that he seemed to be of a certain age, and perhaps he could learn more about the truth about Yongtai Auction House from him.
"Mr. Wang, if you don't mind, can you tell me why this happened?" Lin Ran thought that he was very honest and there was no need to beat around the bush.
Sure enough, Wang Dong is in this state now.
He did not want to see cultural relics fall into the hands of foreigners.
As for the low level, the low level, he doesn't care about the evaluation of outsiders.
"Actually, as you can see, this auction house has been corrupted by money." Wang Dong shook his head: "That Sir Yang Shiqi is already a regular customer of ours. Although he grew up in the port city, he is a serious person. British people.”
"The Queen of England received her and knighted him personally. Ostensibly it was because of his long-term commitment to charity, but in fact it was not because he kept spending his own money to buy Chinese cultural relics from the UK and donate them to their museums."
Wang Dong was a little angry when he said this.
"When he first came here, he hadn't been knighted yet."