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

Chapter 47 Innocence
Seeing this, Lin Yuan quickly signaled him to put it down and he could take it himself.

In the antique world, it is easy to cause problems when you directly receive other people's items with your bare hands, especially fragile items such as porcelain and jade, because some unscrupulous stall owners will take the opportunity to make trouble.

For example, they deliberately cover the damaged parts, and when you finish looking at it and put it back, they say that you broke it and ask you to compensate.

Or, if you suddenly let go of the item when you took it but didn't hold it firmly, and the item fell to the ground and broke into pieces, you will naturally have to ask for compensation.

In particular, these things are all authentic, but what you don’t know is that they are no longer in perfect condition.

But William is not an insider and doesn't understand these things.

He just wanted to keep the only customer who stopped at his stall.

No reason! He just needed the money urgently!
"OK! OK!" William quickly put the things on the ground.

Lin Yuancai reached out to take it and confirmed with the treasure-hunting instrument that it was indeed the teapot.

The teapot is the familiar purple clay teapot, which has an interesting appearance, made in the shape of a tree stump.

William told Lin Yuan that this pot belonged to his grandmother, who was Chinese. Before she passed away, she gave him this pot and some other things.

So, these things were inherited from his grandmother.

If it were a Chinese person, they would probably say it was a family heirloom.

Li Qiushui asked: "This should be the legendary purple clay teapot, right?"

Zhou Zhiming rolled his eyes: "Zisha teapots are not rare, what kind of legend is this? You are exaggerating."

Indeed, there are a lot of purple clay teapots in the country, even everywhere on the streets.

However, some historical ones are rare, and there are even fewer masterpieces by famous artists. The truly valuable ones are those masterpieces by famous artists. For example, Zhou Zhiming’s own father has two purple clay teapots in his collection, one of which was bought at an auction for two or three million yuan.

"Mr. Zhou, you are well-informed, so you would naturally say so!"

"Isn't that right? Shouldn't a purple clay teapot be purple? This is green, right?" Huo Qingtong asked in confusion.

Lin Yuan told her: "Zisha teapots are not necessarily purple. After being fired at high temperatures, they can present a variety of wonderful colors, including cinnabar red, jujube red, copper, crabapple red, iron gray lead, sunflower yellow, dark green, blue and so on."

As far as he knows, purple clay teapots are not glazed, but they are better than glazed ones, with strange and colorful colors, such as cinnabar purple, pomegranate peel, bean green, crabapple red, flash color, etc., all of which are natural original colors, simple and thick, quaint and lovely.

"The main reason is that the clay raw materials for purple clay teapots are divided into three types: purple clay, green clay and red clay. This should be made of green clay." Lin Yuan added.

Only then did Li Qiu Shui and the others realize that purple clay teapots are not necessarily purple, but come in so many colors.

Lin Yuan opened the lid of the purple clay teapot and found the words "Gongchun" engraved on the inside of the lid. He went straight to the point, holding the knife like a pen, and the handwriting was strong and elegant.

The body of the pot is mottled and rugged, just like the traditional style, and its patina is lustrous. It is small and cute when played with between the fingers.

When Lin Yuan saw the word "Gongchun", he was delighted.

He knew that purple clay teapots had been made since the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, and many famous teapot makers had emerged, with fine works being handed down over the past 500 years. It is said that the founder of purple clay teapots was Gongchun of the Ming Dynasty in China.

Gongchun is the originator of purple clay teapots because of his role in promoting them.

However, Gongchun learned how to make teapots from a monk, so the age of making purple clay teapots was much earlier than Gongchun.

Gongchun pots are not particularly top-tier in the auction market, with the most expensive Gongchun pots costing no more than three to five million RMB. The truly top-tier ones are those made by Gu Jingzhou and Chen Mingyuan, whose purple clay pots are worth tens of millions.

"How to sell it?" Lin Yuan asked.

While the stall owner William was still hesitating about how much to offer, Lin Yuan said to the audience in the live broadcast room: "Brothers, the old rules! Follow and like, and I will continue to send benefits later."

William carefully held up four fingers: "How about forty thousand dollars?"

Before Lin Yuan could say anything, Li Qiu Shui and other relatives started to ask, "How dare you sell at such a high price on campus?" Indeed, this was still a street stall.

Lin Yuan smiled and asked, "You should have taken it to an antique shop and asked, right?"

Generally speaking, such things passed down from grandmothers would usually be taken to antique shops for sale, rather than sold at stalls, even if money is urgently needed.

William is a college student as expected. He doesn't know how to control his facial expressions and was obviously panicked.

“I’ve been there, but the owner probably doesn’t know what’s good,” William said.

He didn't lie.

The owner of the antique shop he went to actually said that his pot was new. This was outrageous, because it was obviously passed down from his grandmother. In a fit of anger, William didn't bother to talk nonsense with the owner and left with his pot.

He came to the campus to set up a stall, but in fact, his target was Chinese students studying abroad.

As we all know, Chinese students who study abroad are usually relatively wealthy, and their financial resources are not comparable to those of the Run people.

The foreign students usually have some patriotism and national consciousness.

In this case, when you come across cultural relics from your own country, you will usually be more willing to spend money to buy them back.

William was afraid that Lin Yuan would not believe him, so he continued to explain, even swearing that this was passed down to him by his grandmother and was definitely not new. If it was new, he...

Lin Yuan waved his hand: "I didn't say it was new. This purple clay teapot does have some history."

"But only forty thousand dollars..."

Forty thousand US dollars is equivalent to about three hundred thousand RMB, which is not a small amount. It stands to reason that you should bargain for it.

"Friend, I really need this $40,000, please."

Talking about the price like this, even the audience in Lin Yuan’s live broadcast room were speechless.

College students are college students. Their thoughts are too pure, just like Huskies.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be acting, Lin Yuan asked one more question: "What do you want $40,000 for?"

It was the uncle's turn to be speechless.

My nephew is still naive. Why does he care if he wants $40,000? He should bargain when necessary.

When asked this question, people say, "Do you want to give it to me?" If you don't give it to me, your conscience will be condemned and you will feel bad about it. If you give it to me, you will feel bad about your wallet and bank card.

If it were him, he wouldn't bother to ask.

"My mother is sick and really needs the money," William explained.

This kind of rhetoric is outdated in China! It is so old-fashioned. Either the father is a gambler, or the mother is sick and hospitalized, or the younger brother or sister needs to go to school, and the reasons are always the same.

However, when William said this, it gave people the feeling that he was not lying.

As expected, he is still a college student!

Lin Yuan pointed to another item on the stall: "Give me this one too! I'll give you $40,000."

William took one look and nodded quickly: “All for you.”

He really only needed 40,000 US dollars, and it didn't matter if he gave everything he had to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "No need, just these two will do."

Nothing else is worth anything, so what is he doing here?
(End of this chapter)