237. Are You Afraid of Marrying a Substitute Bride 2

That night, Zhou Zekai took a picture of his painting and sent it to Baihuahui's competition mailbox. He had already received the news that night. After all, this kind of online review is very fast, and the next step is that Zhou Zekai will personally submit his painting. The painting was sent to the contest party to be selected through layers of selection, and his painting, after the next review, would appear on Baihuahui's official voting website.

After going out for dinner in the evening, Zhou Zekai had a good rest for the night. Early the next morning, he sorted out his painting and sent it to the competition address of Baihuahui. He believed that his painting would surprise many people of.

After doing all this, Zhou Zekai checked his balance, and after Cheng Qingrou spent all his energy, Zhou Zekai's house was due in more than five months, and there was only 50,000 yuan left on the card.

This has to make Zhou Zekai face one thing, that is, he should not be an artist, but a businessman, only enough money can let him get what he wants.

Fifty thousand yuan is too little if it is for stock trading. Even if it is a huge profit, it can't actually make much money, so Zhou Zekai took the money and planned to visit the antiques in Shangyang City. , I am afraid that many people are not as good as him.

The antique shops here in Shangyang City are very famous, and even formed an antique street, because in the early years, there were very powerful antiques here. Every year, many antiques are sold at the auction houses here at sky-high prices. Many people like antiques. Businessmen like to come to Shangyang City to shop for treasures, hoping to find what they like in Shangyang City.

Wearing sportswear and coming to this antique street, Zhou Zekai was completely out of tune with everything around him, he almost didn't even write on his face that I won't come to trick me soon! When the vendors around saw Zhou Zekai, they wished they could drag Zhou Zekai to their stalls to have a look.

Zhou Zekai was very familiar with this kind of antique street, so he went straight to the small stall to shop for treasures. He is best at finding gold in the sand. When he came to a small stall, the stall owner greeted him warmly, and Zhou Zekai I just glanced around and saw that there was nothing I liked, so I went on to the next stall.

After all, it is very difficult to find gold in the sand. Sometimes, you don't know if you can find it, but Zhou Zekai chose to try it!

After watching for more than half an hour, Zhou Zekai stopped in front of a small stall, pointed at the small bottle above and opened his mouth.

"How much is it?"

When the stall owner saw Zhou Zekai's appearance, he knew it was his first time visiting this kind of place, so he hurriedly greeted him.

"You can take this five thousand. They are all good things. Brother, look at the lines, they are very beautiful!"

Generally like this kind of stall, people are well aware that if they buy a fake one, they accept their fate, and if they buy a real one, they are lucky. True or false is not a topic of discussion at all.

"It's really beautiful, but five thousand is too expensive, right? Two thousand."

Zhou Zekai bargained and looked at the stall owner with a smile on his face, while the skinny stall owner looked shocked and stared at Zhou Zekai with wide eyes.

"Brother! Is your bargaining method called bargaining? Is this forcing me to jump off a building? No, no, if you want it sincerely, three thousand, no second price~"

He took back this thing for a few hundred yuan, but since everyone has been taken advantage of, the stall owner naturally wants to make more money, so at this moment, he is even more trying to act like I have lost money.

"I'll only offer two thousand, boss, this thing of yours looks very clean, I just take it home to play with, the pattern looks good, we know the rest, I buy a thing, you do a business, do it Business can’t be like this~”

Zhou Zekai didn't add two thousand, which made the skinny boss feel helpless. He thought that a big bull was coming, but it turned out to be the same, so he stretched out his hand and made a gesture.

"Two thousand and eight! It can't be less! I paid a lot of money for this thing, it really can't be less!"

The skinny boss has decided that this thing must earn at least two thousand yuan, otherwise he still plans to keep it. Seeing that the man in front of him is not without money, he can afford more than two thousand yuan, right?

Zhou Zekai knew the tricks of the skinny boss, so he picked up the somewhat inconspicuous jade snuff bottle and said.

"Boss, since you don't give me less, why don't you give me this thing? Two thousand and five, if it works, I'll see if it doesn't."

After finishing speaking, he put the snuff bottle on the jade plate. This action made the skinny boss next to him very troubled, but after thinking about it, he got the snuff bottle from the blind old Wang, so it must be fake. Just give it away, two thousand five is not bad...

"That's fine, I'll give it to you if you want it sincerely. If it's ordinary people, I really won't sell it to them!"

As he spoke, he picked up the things and wrapped the plate for Zhou Zekai, while Zhou Zekai took out the money directly, counted two thousand and five, and handed it to the stall owner. smiling.

"Brother, what do you want next time, come to my side~"

Zhou Zekai nodded with a smile, turned to leave, and said in his heart that if I let you know that this snuff bottle is real, I'm afraid I'd be so mad, would you still welcome it?

However, Zhou Zekai didn't leave, but he focused on Yuan Datou on a small stall again. That Yuan Datou looked like an eight-year-old Datou with an open shell, which was considered very precious in the collection series. Someone spent two million to collect this thing, and after Zhou Zekai passed by, he picked up the big head of Yuan, blew it, and put it to his ear, and he was already sure in his heart that it was true or not.

The time spent in the Republic of China was not fake. After some bargaining, I got 500 yuan, which made Zhou Zekai think that if he had no money in the future, he could come here to pick up the leaks.

The last item was a painting of Tang Bohu that Zhou Zekai found at a painting and calligraphy stall. Although it was not the real one, it was also a Qing Dynasty imitation. Zhou Zekai planned to take it home and admire it for himself.

After getting all the things in hand, Zhou Zekai found a very imposing shop, walked in, and planned to sell his snuff bottles.

Knowing that Zhou Zekai wanted to appraise his own things, the waiter inside immediately called for an antique appraisal master. Of course, the master would charge a fee, but for Zhou Zekai, there was no pressure at all.

After the expert appraiser came over, Zhou Zekai gave the snuff bottle to the other party. He knew that although the snuff bottle didn't look very good-looking, it was from the Ming Dynasty, and the historical price was extraordinary.

For example, the snuff bottles that are circulating on the market today are generally from the Qing Dynasty. There were more smoke lovers in the Qing Dynasty. Naturally, there are all kinds of exquisite snuff bottles, but if we talk about the history of real snuff bottles, we really have to go to Ming Dynasty. At that time, it was still a snuff box. After the Qing Dynasty, the craft of making snuff bottles gradually improved. For example, in the late Qing Dynasty, jadeite or precious jade was generally used in the Qing Dynasty, but in the early days, most of them used agate and amber. And so on, the pattern on it will not be as complicated as it was in the late Qing Dynasty.

For example, the snuff bottle of Master Appraisal Audience, the overall color is khaki, and the figure of a woman is only depicted with thin black lines on it. Not so well.

Looking at the snuff bottle carefully with a magnifying glass, the appraiser also needs to carefully confirm the authenticity of these things. At this time, the waiter led another old man over, and the old man saw the snuff bottle in the appraiser's hand , but he also understands that people are appraising, so he came here to sit down calmly. He loves to watch people appraise things.

Then the appraiser looked at it for a long time, but couldn't appraise the value of this thing, so he could only put it down and look at Zhou Zekai.

"Sir, forgive me for not being a good student. I really can't tell the age of this snuff bottle."

The meaning of these words is to tell you euphemistically that this thing is fake and has no value.

In this industry, many times, the truth will not tell you that it is true, and the false will not directly tell you that it is false. It is just that people say it, and it depends on whether you listen or not.

Only this time, before Zhou Zekai could speak, the old man beside him spoke.

"Old Chen, come here, let me take a look first, I think this thing is okay."

As soon as the old man opened his mouth, the appraiser Master Chen looked at Zhou Zekai, and after obtaining Zhou Zekai's consent, he gave the snuff bottle to the old man, and after the old man studied for a long time, he held the snuff bottle and said.

"Haha, Old Chen, you missed your mark this time! Look at the cracks on the agate and the pictures of ladies on it. These are all crafts of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone in our circle says that there were no good snuff bottles in the Ming Dynasty. , only snuff boxes, but in fact, there were snuff bottles in the Ming Dynasty, but they were not as good as the Qing Dynasty. I think this little thing is only worth seven to eighty thousand~"

After evaluating the value directly, Lao Chen hurriedly took the things back to have a look, and now he also smiled.

"Old and old, not as good as you, Lao Yan, doesn't Lao Zheng like to collect these things? He knows best."

After finishing speaking, he returned the things in his hand to Zhou Zekai.

"Young man, you have heard what Lao Yan said. The value of this thing is like this. If you want to sell it, I happen to have a boss who likes to collect snuff bottles. You can contact me."

Sending out a business card, Zhou Zekai nodded after receiving it.

"Thank you, Old Chen."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the old man in black Tang suit, took out Yuan Datou from his pocket, and handed it over.

"I wonder if Mr. Yan can help me take a look at this Yuan Datou?"

This is what Zhou Zekai came here for - Yan Yusen, the old man of the Yan family.

His current wishmaker, Cheng Shiyu, has married Yan Yusen's grandson, Yan Jingjia, for his sister Cheng Qingrou. In this industry, after my wish-maker married into the Yan family, only this old man was kind to her. The rest of the Yan family looked down on her, but Zhou Zekai was looking forward to it. When the Yan family saw Cheng Qingrou , how will the other party perform.

After all, the Yan family still doesn't know that their son's daughter-in-law is not Cheng Qingrou at all! ! !