pappabearbooks Chapter 695 The prey appears
Chapter 695 The prey appears
The reason why Wei Chengbin was called here was to let him observe more genuine antiques.
After hearing what Lin Ran meant, he stopped complaining.
"Mr. Lin, sometimes I really admire your eyesight. If I could be as observant and meticulous as you, I might not be recognized by you in Panjiayuan." Wei Chengbin said sincerely.
Lin Ran has been in the antiques circle for decades and suffered a lot of losses before he developed this kind of vision.
But he still believed that there was still a lot worth learning here, so he said modestly: "Mr. Wei's pottery making skills are not comparable to mine."
Lin Ran was not joking when he said this.
Although he has the ability to identify and restore cultural relics, making pottery from scratch is really a big project.
It looked like the two were complimenting each other, with Zhang Zhenqiang following behind in silence.
Now that they are here, it’s time to appreciate the exhibits together.
The five people looked along the glass display cabinet. Lin Ran was naturally responsible for the main appreciation work and explanation, while the others listened carefully beside them.
They stopped in front of Jun Kiln's display cabinet.
In the showcase, there is a narcissus basin.
Moreover, the bracket at the bottom is obviously carefully designed and carved into the appearance of auspicious clouds, making it look tall and classy.
On the glass cabinet, there is a label that reads: Northern Song Dynasty Jun kiln azure glaze Begonia style narcissus basin.
Wei Chengbin approached the glass cabinet, as if seeing a treasure, and began to study the details on it.
Lin Ran took a closer look and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Zhenqiang was not interested in porcelain. He had been paying attention to Lin Ran. When he saw his frown, he thought it was a fake.
Lin Ran said: "This cultural relic is not suitable for personal collection, because it was dug out of a tomb. Judging from the soil on it, it should be very new."
"Oh?" Zhang Zhenqiang was also interested when he heard that, but he couldn't find any traces of the earth. He just smiled and said: "Mr. Lin, aren't most cultural relics buried underground, is there any taboo?"
In the market, some Jun kilns do circulate.
Because it has been tossed around in people's hands for a long time, it is not that bad.
However, during this period, he participated in many excavations of cultural relics, and he could see the newly unearthed cultural relics at a glance.
"This porcelain basin feels unlucky." Lin Ran said. In his eyes, this porcelain basin had an evil aura.
In his memory, it should have been dug out by an archaeological team from a mass grave, and the feng shui was not good.
Although there are some superstitious elements in it, Lin Ran still believes that collecting this thing may bring evil spirits.
Of course, he didn't say it directly, because they didn't buy it anyway.
If you really like this kind of porcelain basin, you can buy a brand new one in their store in the future at about one-tenth the price.
Zhang Zhenqiang listened with interest, and looked at Lin Ran's smile, which seemed to have deep meaning.
A little curiosity arose in my heart, and I just wanted to ask for clarification.
At this time, I heard someone talking behind me.
"Young Master Liu, you are finally here." Song He's voice sounded not far from them, and he seemed to be greeting someone.
"Young Master Song, if you invite me here, can I still not come?" Lin Ran recognized Liu Ye's duck voice immediately.
He didn't bother to look back and was ready to leave after Wei Chengbin finished reading.
However, the person on the other side was obviously not so easy to talk to.
"Hey, isn't this Boss Lin? Why, are you bringing your master here to observe and learn?"
His tone was full of vitriol. Since it was an auction, he did not bring any bodyguards. The people following him were still a group of friends.
Among them, including Huang Mao a few nights ago.
Huang Mao became bolder instantly when he saw that Wang Jinpeng and Xu Ning were not there.
He deliberately said loudly: "Who is this? Isn't this the boss of Shengshi Craftsmanship?"
"What does Shengshi Craftsmanship do? Why haven't I heard of it?" The bald man next to him sang along with him.
"They specialize in forging cultural relics and selling them to ordinary people at low prices." Huang Mao said angrily: "It seems that there will be a lot of items in today's auction on the market soon. Everyone should be careful and don't buy them. To the fake ones.”
They were deliberately loud, which seemed particularly harsh in the quiet exhibition.
Everyone looked at them with frowns and then started whispering.
Lin Ran was not interested in quarreling with him, so he grabbed Yang Jianlong who wanted to quarrel with them.
Wei Chengbin finally finished reading it. He was not affected in any way and was still saying to himself: "It's so wonderful! It's even more exquisite than the rose purple glazed drum-nailed narcissus basin I saw last time in the Palace Museum."
Last time, they helped Radisson make a fake Junyao narcissus basin, which should have been brought back to the UK now.
If Lin Ran hadn't mentioned the details that time, what he made would have been obvious to others at a glance.
Therefore, this time he looked very carefully and even measured it internally.
After becoming the director of the factory, his mentality changed a lot. Now he no longer makes cultural relics for the sake of forgery, but for the sake of making art.
Lin Ran saw a look of relief on Wei Chengbin's focused face.
The last disaster did not defeat him, but made him stronger inside.
In this way, Lin Ran could safely hand over the factory to him.
"It's almost time, let's get ready to enter the venue." Lin Ran glanced at Liu Ye with disgust. He didn't do anything about legitimate competition and engaged in these crooked ways every day.
Song He didn't stop Liu Ye, but laughed with them.
"Master Liu, everything is done in moderation. If we drive him away now, we won't make any money." Song He whispered in his ear.
In fact, Liu Ye didn't expect that he could actually speak harshly to him, which actually made him happy.
"Okay, but Mr. Song, I don't know much about cultural relics, so I will come to support you today and tomorrow. Mine went in directly."
"Please."
Song He glanced at the time, and it was almost time for the auction to begin.He called the staff, explained a few words to them, and then entered the lobby through the back hall door of the hotel.
That's where the auction will be held.
In fact, there were only four people who left just now.
Zhang Zhenqiang excused himself to go to the toilet, returned to the same place, and passed by Liu Ye and his group.
Liu Ye did not recognize him and just regarded him as an ordinary passerby.
As he walked by, Huang Mao bumped his shoulder. As a result, Huang Mao was knocked to the ground. He got up cursing and wanted to hit someone.
But this was inside a hotel, and there were many big shots present, so the security guard came over quickly and pulled them away.
"Just wait for me." Huang Mao growled in a low voice.
There was no response. Zhang Zhenqiang just looked at Liu Ye and sneered, with a chill in his eyes.
After Zhang Zhenqiang left, Liu Ye came back to his senses: "It's not me who threatened him. Why does he look at me?"