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

Chapter 48 Small Workshop Products

After receiving the 40,000 US dollars transferred by Lin Yuan, William stopped setting up his stall, collected his things, and left at the speed of light. It can be seen that he was really anxious. What he said just now should be true. He really wanted 40,000 US dollars to treat his mother's illness.

My uncle had nothing to say.

Originally I was thinking of taking advantage of the college students, but now I see that I am here to bring warmth to them!

"Is this thing authentic?" asked my uncle, pointing at another item.

The other piece is an ancient jade, carved into the shape of two fish, vivid and lifelike.

Although my uncle doesn't know how to identify, he knows that ancient jade has always been a hard-hit area for counterfeiting. Some ancient jades are counterfeited with very advanced technology, and even experts will fall into their trap.

The identification of ancient jade is rather complicated, and attention must be paid to the patina, erosion, jade quality, shape, corrosion, decoration, knife marks, etc.

Therefore, he never touches ancient jade unless it is given to him for free.

"It should be true." Lin Yuan judged.

His confidence mainly comes from the treasure hunting instrument.

From the treasure hunting instrument, we learned that this is another treasure worth more than $10.

Combined with his intensive study of antique knowledge over the past two or three days, he believed that this was an ancient jade from the Han Dynasty because there were obvious marks of "Han Eight Knives" on it.

Anyone who has played with ancient jade knows that "Han Eight Knives" is a very distinctive technique in Chinese jade carving and is a product of the burial jade culture.

The representative work of "Han Badao" is Badaochan.

The shape of the Eight-Blade Cicada is usually expressed in an abstract way using simple straight lines. Its characteristic is that each line is straight and powerful, as if cut with a knife, commonly known as "Han Eight-Blade".

“It was carved out with just eight cuts? It doesn’t look like it.” Huo Qingtong said with his head tilted.

Lin Yuan explained: "The so-called Han Eight Swords are not eight swords, but just a few swords, or maybe more than ten swords."

The carving of Han Badao is very distinctive. All real "Badao workers" are accurate and fierce in cutting, and their movements are clean and neat. Moreover, most of them are "slanted", that is, one side is shallow and the other side is deep.

Although there were some unscrupulous people who made fake jade in later generations who imitated it, it was ultimately out of touch with that era and lacked charm. In addition, the counterfeiters’ skills were not up to the mark and they could not carve out that kind of momentum, so there were always many flaws.

They continued to stroll while chatting.

"Brother Lin, what do you think of this?" Li Qiu Shui picked up something from a stall passing by.

Lin Yuan glanced at it and said with a smile: "It's made in a small workshop, the ingredients are very strong!"

I saw that it was a bronze artifact.

Bronze ware is the oldest and most representative cultural relic in China and has been cast in almost every dynasty.

During the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, China's bronze ware had become very rich, with inscriptions and elaborate patterns appearing.

The late Shang Dynasty to early Western Zhou Dynasty was the heyday of bronze ware development. The shapes of the ware were diverse and heavy, the inscriptions gradually became longer, and the patterns became more elaborate and gorgeous. Subsequently, the bodies of bronze ware began to become thinner and the patterns gradually simplified.

From the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, copper tools became less and less common due to the widespread use of iron. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, as pottery and lacquerware entered daily life, the variety of copper containers decreased, the decoration was simple, most of them were plain, and the body was thinner.

"However, it is very exquisitely made and amazing. In my opinion, it was probably made in Yanyunjian, Henan." Lin Yuan continued.

"Yanyunjian? Is there such a place in Henan? Never heard of it." Zhou Zhiming and others shook their heads.

"A village." My uncle had heard of it before, after all, he was in the same business.

Li Qiushui and others: "..."

I thought that "Yanyunjian" might be a city, a county, or even a town, but I didn't expect it to be a village.

Then it’s normal not to know each other.

Lin Yuan told them that Yanyunjian was the number one village in China for making bronze imitations. The villagers were all good at making bronze ware, and even experts found it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the ware.

"I heard that the products made by an ordinary lady there are of the quality to be selected for museums. Whether it is the bronze standing figure, the lotus and crane square pot, or the bronze mask and the sword of the King of Yue, as long as it is a bronze artifact that everyone is familiar with, it can be reproduced there one-to-one."

The bronze ware they imitated was extremely authentic, highly similar to the originals in both patterns and traces of age, causing many collectors and appraisal experts to make mistakes.

"Ah! Is there no one in charge?" Qiao Yufan was surprised.

According to Lin Yuan, the whole village is committing fraud, and it is notorious. Doesn't the government care?
"Why should I care? They say it is the inheritance and development of intangible cultural heritage. I am just smiling because I didn't ask the government for subsidies." Lin Yuan.

As soon as he said this, everyone in his live broadcast room laughed.

This is indeed true. For other commodities, fakes and forgeries are severely cracked down, but it is rare to hear about the rectification of the antique industry. The streets are full of fakes and forgeries of antiques. How can they be severely cracked down? If they are really banned, I guess the entire antique industry will be ruined.

Even if you buy a counterfeit, there is no place to complain or report.

Li Qiu Shui and others were convinced and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He put down the bronze ware that looked very ancient and picked up another item that looked quite old from the stall.

Lin Yuan saw that the stall owner was a blond young man who was looking at something on his mobile phone. He was so engrossed in it that Lin Yuan and his group stood in front of his stall for two or three minutes without even raising their heads.

How can this be called a stall? This is just a mess.

Lin Yuan leaned over and took a look.

Good guy!
The blond guy was reading a Chinese online novel. Lin Yuan seemed to have read that novel too. It was called something from a library. At the time, he heard that the novel was also very popular overseas. Now he had seen it for himself.

Seeing Lin Yuan's surprised expression, Qiao Yufan immediately laughed and said, "Our domestic online novels and short videos are very popular overseas. My roommate always watches those melodramatic dramas, such as The Return of the Dragon King, etc. I am sick of listening to them."

But foreigners watched it with great interest.

It can be said that exciting novels and dramas are very popular overseas.

In fact, in recent years, new carriers represented by online literature, online dramas, and online games have brought a "Chinese style" to the world and are known as the "new three things" of cultural export.

Just when Li Qiushui was about to ask, Lin Yuan said, "This thing is good, it's quite useful."

Li Qiushui was delighted and immediately asked the blond boy who was reading a novel, "Classmate, how much is this?"

He was so absorbed in watching it! He was really focused.

If you are this enthusiastic about studying, why would you go to such a fake school?

"Classmate!" Li Qiu Shui couldn't help but raise her voice.

This time, the blond boy finally came out of the plot, and looked a little unhappy.

"How much?" Li Qiu Shui asked.

"50 dollars."

This price can’t be said to be expensive. Considering the prices in the United States, it is normal to buy a handicraft for a few hundred dollars, right?

This is the normal price for college students to set up stalls.

William just offered $40,000, which is very special.

Li Qiu Shui was too lazy to bargain, so he took out $50 and handed it over.

Seeing the money, the blond guy finally forced a professional smile.

"Anything else? They're all $50 each," he asked.

Everyone turned their eyes to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly and took the lead to leave the stall.

Seeing this, the blond boy didn't care. He took the money, changed his posture, and continued to focus on the novel on his mobile phone, occasionally making "gee, gee, gee" sounds of laughter.

"What is this? It looks weird!" Huo Qingtong asked.

It looked like a frog, with an opening on its back and a small lid. The frog's head was lowered and its mouth was slightly open.

Li Qiushui didn't understand either: "I don't know! But it's made of porcelain."

I guess only China can fire porcelain like this.

Lin Yuan said, "This is one of the treasures of the study, called a water dropper or inkstone dripper, which is used to store water and light the inkstone. Nowadays, people don't use brushes, so this kind of thing is unfamiliar to them."

Its emergence is related to the use of pen and ink and the rise of calligraphy and painting.

At the latest in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, water pots of various shapes appeared. People found that when pouring water into the inkstone using a water pot, excessive water often flowed out. So an instrument that was easy to control the amount of water appeared, which was the inkstone drip.

Inkstone drippers generally have a water inlet hole and a water injection port, and were more popular during the Tang and Song dynasties.

Especially during the Song Dynasty, inkstone drippers were made in a variety of shapes, including fruits, animals, and miniature teapots. The production continued during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with products from official kilns, Ge kilns, jade, agate, and other products.

(End of this chapter)