Pick up bargains in Chinatown and make 10,000 times the profit at the beginning

Chapter 104: Were there cosmetics in the Song Dynasty?

In Lin Yuan's live broadcast room, the audience was talking about it. Everyone was not stupid and had their own thoughts. They listed examples of falsification of Western culture.

"Brothers, remember to like this button. If you are short of toothpaste, you might as well support domestic products. If it doesn't work well, don't buy it next time. The loss won't be too big..." Lin Yuan did not forget to advertise.

Yang Mengmeng told him that their daily orders have recently stabilized at around 70,000 to 80,000.

Although it has dropped a little compared to the first two or three days, it is much better than before. Now, they plan to take back a production workshop and expand the scale of production.

Lin Yuan didn't know yet that the local government found Yang Mengmeng's grandfather two days ago, supporting the development of local enterprises and allowing them to take back a building they had previously abandoned at a very low price.

The local government has also invested heavily in economic development.

There is no way! The economy is in a downturn now, and their city is in a difficult situation. It is rare to see a local enterprise come back to life, so we must support it and vigorously support it.

In fact, the government wanted Yang Mengmeng’s grandfather to take back the original factory site since it was empty anyway.

They only hope that this company can recruit more workers and solve the local employment problem.

However, Yang Mengmeng's grandfather still chose to be conservative. Taking too big a step could easily lead to problems. They had suffered this kind of loss before.

The audience in Lin Yuan’s live broadcast room also likes Lin Yuan’s approach of not promoting products but just posting them.

So everyone is quite respectful.

Just as Lin Yuan said, one or two tubes of toothpaste are just worth how much? Just skip a meal, or even just the price of a cup of milk tea, just consider it as supporting domestic products.

"I will give out 500 red envelopes to everyone later, each with yuan. Everyone please participate actively!" Lin Yuan said again.

This wave of benefits is another 10 RMB.

Someone has calculated that for every live broadcast, Lin Yuan gives out nearly 10 RMB in benefits to everyone. This is a pure loss-making live broadcast!

You know, Lin Yuan didn’t sell any products, he just placed an advertisement and took some advertising fees, but donated it all.

Although some people gave gifts during the live broadcast, I definitely didn’t receive 10 yuan.

What everyone is waiting for is Lin Yuan’s welfare.

With 200 red envelopes, they still have hope.

Besides, many people are waiting for a chance to travel abroad, which is the real big prize.

As he spoke, Lin Yuan came to an uncle and asked, "Can I take a look?"

The uncle didn't pay much attention, didn't say anything, just nodded.

Oh! Another person who is prejudiced against Asians. He didn't have this expression when he was chatting with other people just now.

Lin Yuan picked up a porcelain plate.

This is a piece of Cantonese porcelain.

Cantonese glaze is the abbreviation of overglaze colored porcelain art in Guangzhou. It began in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. Under the influence of various colored porcelain arts such as sancai, wucai, doucai, pastel and enamel, it stood out. It flourished during the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods and has been passed down to this day.

I guess many people don’t know this, even people in Guangdong and Guangxi may be hearing it for the first time.

When talking about porcelain, the first thing that comes to mind is Jiangxi. Jingdezhen is so famous.

The development of "Guangcai" porcelain art mainly benefited from the conditions of Guangdong as a foreign trade port. Guangcai was exported to Western Europe and was appreciated by royal families, nobles and other upper-class people in various countries, becoming an essential decoration and daily porcelain.

The products are commonly seen in royal palaces and museums in Western Europe. The shapes and patterns are mostly made according to the standard patterns required by the West, with a strong Western cultural and artistic color. However, the decorative content is very Chinese, with floral clusters, landscapes, realistic courtyard scenes, and even Qing Dynasty figures.

In fact, the craftsmen, pigments, and plain porcelain of Cantonese porcelain all come from Jingdezhen. They are processed according to the patterns or samples of Jingdezhen colored porcelain. The characteristics of Cantonese porcelain are not very obvious, and there are very few actual objects handed down in China. Even if you see one, you would not think it is Cantonese porcelain.

It absorbed the techniques and color materials of traditional five-color, pastel, and enamel into Cantonese porcelain. It is certain that the two have influenced each other, but the differences are also obvious.

"Are you selling it?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Fifty thousand dollars. Take it if you want." Seeing that the man was Asian, he didn't hesitate and asked for a huge amount of money.

He got this piece of porcelain from his Chinese tenant. When he moved out, he kept it, but he didn't know how much it was worth.

"It's too high..." Lin Yuan was about to bargain.

The man in front of him turned black and said, "If you can't afford it, don't ask."

Lin Yuan: “…”

My uncle stepped in.

After talking for a while, they finally asked for $30,000.

The uncle looked at Lin Yuan and asked for his opinion.

Lin Yuan pointed to another item on the stall: "With that one, thirty thousand dollars is fine. Otherwise, let's go!"

It was just a piece of Cantonese porcelain, not worth his time and energy. According to the treasure hunting instrument's value standard, this colorful porcelain plate was only worth $60,000.

Lin Yuan’s real target was not this porcelain plate.

My uncle talked to that guy again.

After getting the things and leaving there, my uncle started cursing.

"Uncle, calm down, it's money! It's not shameful." Henry said with a smile.

The uncle asked Lin Yuan: "How much is this plate worth?"

If it's not worth much, all my anger would have been in vain.

“About $6!”

When these words were spoken, not only my uncle was surprised, but even Henry and the others were surprised.

Logically speaking, this kind of "little thing" is not worth Lin Yuan's effort.

Lin Yuan reached out and took another item, which was also a piece of porcelain, but it was just a palm-sized box. There was no exquisite pattern on it, just plain-colored porcelain.

People who don’t know much about it would think that this thing is not valuable at first glance and cannot be considered a treasure.

"What? Is this the valuable thing?" My uncle understood.

Judging from my nephew's personality, it is entirely possible.

Lin Yuan nodded: "This is an official kiln porcelain from the Song Dynasty. It should be used to hold cosmetics."

Uncle: “…”

Henry was also stunned: "There were cosmetics in the Song Dynasty?"

He didn't know much about the Song Dynasty, but he knew it was nearly a thousand years ago! Did Chinese women use cosmetics a thousand years ago?
Lin Yuan opened the lid of the box.

As you can see, there are three small boxes attached to the inside of the box.

Lin Yuan told everyone that this was an ancient mother-and-child box that contained powder, black ink, and rouge respectively, for women to use when putting on makeup.

"It's nothing strange. Humans have been using cosmetics for a long time. This was called a makeup box in ancient times."

The appearance of "奁" can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was popular during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Most of them were lacquerware makeup boxes, which were only available to nobles. Because both men and women grew their hair in ancient times, men and women would generally have their own makeup boxes.

After the Jin and Tang Dynasties, the function of the dressing box gradually evolved and became a fashionable item in the boudoirs of upper-class women.

After the transformation from Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty, dressing boxes entered the civilian society of Song Dynasty. While people pursued the exquisiteness of objects, they paid more attention to their practicality.

(End of this chapter)