Chapter 11 Buying a casserole and taking pearls (1)
Tang Feng nodded secretly, saying that the people in the underground black market are very skillful. Why do many people not want to go to the underground black market? The first thing they consider is safety issues and are afraid of being blackened. Now the underground black market is in a prestigious manner in the city. They don’t need to bring cash, but they can also take people with them. The safety factor is doubled, so that they can attract wealthy high-end customers.
The brush head looked at the time and said to everyone: "Dear bosses, you can get in the car now and follow the car in front." Then, he said to Tang Feng: "Mr. Tang, I can only send you here, and there will be a date later."
Tang Feng asked, "Why, you won't go?"
Banshut laughed and said, "I am only responsible for handing over. I wish you good luck and goodbye." After that, he waved to Tang Feng and walked towards the elevator. Although Banshut is the boss in the underground black market in the suburbs of Beijing, he is obviously not the core figure.
Tang Feng and Su Qing got into the car, Yue Zheng started the car and followed the convoy. Su Qing shook her head and said, "I didn't expect that these people are quite business-minded and know how to keep pace with the times." Tang Feng said in his mind, that's you who are behind the scenes.
A fleet of nearly ten cars made up of twists and turns and arrived at the Kempinski Hotel in Beijing. Kempinski is one of the top ten hotels in Europe, and this one in Beijing is a Sino-foreign joint venture.
There has always been a saying in the antique industry that you know how to buy, and you don’t know what you buy. That means that those who understand have no money, and those who have rich people don’t understand. The poor learn craftsmanship, the rich learn management, and the rich don’t know how to do it, but they are the main players of collecting, because they can hire experts to help them with their palms and eyes, and the words in the industry are palms and masters. Of course, there are exceptions. Jiang Yuan and Yang Chengming like to go into battle themselves. The difference is that Jiang Yuan has half a jar of water and is basically in a state of playing. Yang Chengming is a professional collector with a vicious vision, otherwise he would not have fallen into the sharp-bottomed pot that Tang Feng got from picking up a bargain.
Tang Feng noticed that most of the peers were wearing Master Palm, which shows that the underground black market transaction was extraordinary.
Tang Feng followed the crowd to a large suite on the top floor of Kempinski Hotel. This suite was quite grand, with a hall of about forty square meters. After the door was closed, a middle-aged man wearing glasses stood up and said, "Bosses, please sit there casually. Let's talk less, and start the auction now."
Tang Feng had to admire these people. This was not an underground black market. It was all caught up with the auction house, and it seemed to be more secure than the auction house. There were only ten people with middle-aged glasses in the underground black market. One of them stood beside the middle-aged glasses. He was not astonishingly beautiful, short and thin, and looked very inconspicuous. But Tang Feng kept paying attention to him secretly. Tang Feng was born in a family of tomb robbers. He knew very well about tomb robbers. This person had a golden figure for tomb robbers. He was thin, occupied less space, was short, and was flexible in turning. This figure had a great advantage in digging holes. Digging holes is the primary topic of tomb robbers. The holes should not be too spacious and could easily cause collapse. Moreover, not only digging, but also having to send out the digging soil. If you want a fat man to go in, the time for digging the holes alone will be extended several times, and you may not be able to dig it back.
Among the remaining eight people, two strong men were standing in the hall, the other two were responsible for carrying things, and the remaining four were all women. They started to serve tea and water, and they were probably responsible for collecting money later.
It makes sense for people in the underground black market to dare to open a hotel for auction, because the antique industry is an undefeated and profitable industry, especially the underground black market.
There are three sources of antiques in the underground black market. First, they are counterfeits made by themselves, and auction houses also have counterfeits, let alone underground black markets. Second, black goods are antiques obtained through improper channels, tomb robbers, thieves, etc. Third, white goods are antiques purchased from normal channels. Why do white goods appear in the black market? It is for tax evasion. Most people have to issue invoices when buying antiques in auction houses and antique shops. An antique is often hundreds of thousands of yuan. The taxes here are frighteningly high. If tax evasion is of course a win-win situation, they also make a profit and the price has also dropped. The loss is the tax revenue of the state. The private transaction of antiques cannot be controlled at all. As long as they have a good vision, they will choose to trade privately. Tang Feng is a tax evader, and he does not need to leave an invoice as a transaction certificate.
In the suite hall, Tang Feng and his team each sat down, and the long round table in the middle of the hall became a temporary exhibition stand. The two young men in charge of carrying the clothes were taken out, and they took out a red disc with a diameter of the same length as ordinary people's arms.
Middle-aged Glasses introduced: "This is a large plate of red carvings of Western Han Dynasty lacquerware. If you want to buy it, you can come up and taste it." The boss didn't go up. The one who went up was a group of masters. There were not many people participating in the high-end underground black market, and there was no rule for the initial re-test. Of course, he dared to come out to help people with his palm, and of course he had a good reputation. If the boss lost money, he would naturally have a bad reputation. If he didn't want to get a job, he would not be able to take on his job. After seeing this item, these masters returned to their respective bosses and began to mutter about their own judgment.
The middle-aged glasses waited until the sound was completely quiet before they said slowly: "The price is 200,000 yuan, everyone can bid." This quotation is reflected in the level. In the underground black market in the suburbs of Beijing, the maximum price of a special session is only 150,000 yuan, and it is 200,000 yuan as soon as it comes.
In China, lacquerware appeared as early as the Neolithic Age. Lacquerware refers to daily utensils, handicrafts, artworks, etc. made of paint applied to the surface of various utensils. The lacquer used at that time was modern raw lacquer, natural liquid juice cut from cucurbita.
Twenty-hundred-thousand-than-Tang Feng, even if he had one, he wouldn't buy it. He came to pick up bargains, not to collect it, the price was too close to the actual price. In the end, this lacquerware did not cause any trouble, and it was sold for 230,000 yuan. After that, several more items appeared, but none of them aroused Tang Feng's interest.
Tang Feng didn't want Li Shizhi's things to appear. It wouldn't be good to solve the case too early, and he hasn't picked up a hole yet.
At this time, two young men brought a wooden box of landscape characters in the eight-sided circles. Tang Feng secretly said in his heart that he was unlucky. He was afraid of what he was afraid of when he was walking and memorizing. When he saw the shape of the eight-sided circles, he couldn't say anything, from the Tang Dynasty.
Most of the furniture in the Tang Dynasty were lacquer furniture, which combined the advantages of wood carving, lacquer carving, gold and silver flat removal, gold and silver painting and other processing arts. At that time, the furniture was elegant and luxurious, with fine and gorgeous decorations, and the lacquer decoration was bright and smooth. It was obviously different from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the natural texture of wood was emphasized and natural shiny. It can be seen at a glance.
Middle-aged Glasses said: "This is a lacquered wooden box from the prosperous Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. Interested bosses can come up and taste it."
After the group of masters had almost finished seeing, Tang Feng got up and came to the long round table in the hall. He held the lacquer wood box in his hand and looked over and over. The lacquer wood box had a lid, which was brown-red and painted with gardenia patterns. Uncovered the lid, it was double-layered inside. Tang Feng took off one layer on it, and a pungent smell of mould that was not very smelly came to his face.
The musty smell is not surprising. Everyone can smell the old thing, but Tang Feng also smelled the faint earthy smell mixed with the musty smell. After that, the unearthed time will not exceed two months. Su Qing said that Li Shizhi's things were first bought by the police. The money was paid to the group of people in the underground black market. The money was stolen money, and it would be settled after solving the case.
It's over, I really want to serve the people today. Tang Feng was depressed. At this time, he saw the unusual things inside the box.
Chapter completed!