Chapter 543 Use of Identification Card
After following Huo Chengdong to the basement, Shi Lei discovered that Huo Chengdong's house seemed small, but in fact the space inside was extremely terrifying.
The house is built on a gentle hillside and covers an area of only three to four hundred square meters. The two-story layout seems to only have an internal space of seven to eight hundred square meters at most.
However, Huo Chengdong hollowed out the entire underground of this house. The underground alone reached four floors, with a total depth of more than ten meters, almost fully utilizing the depth of the entire hillside.
Huo Chengdong looked at the surprise on Shi Lei's expression and explained with a smile: "I bought this entire hillside, changed its land use several times, and finally built my ideal house. Of course, I am not a mole. Yes, it’s just that my collections need a more stable environment to store them. Whether it is dryness, humidity or temperature, they need to be kept stable. There is no place more stable than underground space, even those high-tech means, through constant temperature and constant temperature Humidity and constant oxygen, but there are always moments like unexpected power outages. After digging four floors and more than ten meters, the temperature here naturally remains at around 20 degrees all year round, and the humidity is basically constant."
Shi Lei nodded with emotion and said, "Others are building houses, but you are digging air-raid shelters."
When they reached the fourth underground floor, Huo Chengdong opened a heavy iron door, made an invitation gesture, and said, "Mr. Shi, please come in."
After entering the door, Huo Chengdong carefully turned around and closed the door, locked it, and then said to Shi Lei, "This is my collection."
Shi Lei looked around and saw that the situation was similar to that in Bai Lao's private museum. All the calligraphy and paintings were embedded in a flat glass box together with the scrolls, while other types of antiques were shrouded in glass containers.
"If you are interested in anything, you can tell me and I will take it out for you to see. Collecting is not easy, and the investment in these ancillary equipment alone is a huge expense." Huo Chengdong said as he spoke , while putting on a pair of suede gloves, he handed a pair to Shi Lei.
Shi Lei took the gloves in his hand, but was not in a hurry to put them on. He was not very interested in these things. His purpose was nothing more than the porcelain vase from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
But even if he had no interest, Shi Lei was still amazed by the collection here. Because this was a completely private collection, Huo Chengdong had no intention of letting others see it, so the objects were placed more closely, not as scattered as Bai Lao's place.
Shi Lei looked around and felt a lot, but still not interested.
Huo Chengdong noticed Shi Lei's performance and shook his head slightly, as if he felt that Shi Lei didn't know enough about antiques and lacked the ability to truly appreciate them.
This is actually the reason why Huo Chengdong was ready to transfer the porcelain bottle, but had to ask Shi Lei to find a real one among the three bottles before selling it to him. Huo Chengdong wanted to see how much Shi Lei knew about such things when he came to Sydney so recklessly just for such a porcelain vase.
To a certain extent, this can help determine the truth of what Shi Lei just said.
In Huo Chengdong's view, only those who really like all this can truly have a righteous heart. Otherwise, no matter how rich they are, if there are no interests involved, how can anyone easily buy items worth millions or tens of millions? How about giving it away?
After contacting Mr. Bai, of course Huo Chengdong would not directly tell him about Shi Lei. He just pretended to listen to a friend and said that Mr. Bai had something from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. He said that he wanted to see it. Before Mr. Bai answered Huo Chengdong's call, he already knew something about Huo Chengdong's collection. They were all lovers of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, so communication was relatively easy. Bai Lao told Huo Chengdong that he did not have porcelain from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and he might be disappointed.
With this, Huo Chengdong actually believed Shi Lei's words. However, at the same time, he didn't believe Shi Lei's words very much. What he didn't believe was not that Shi Lei didn't tell the truth, but that Shi Lei concealed something.
In Huo Chengdong's view, what Shi Lei is most likely to conceal is his true purpose, which is the part that can be linked to interests.
The most basic element of a collector is that he must have money, otherwise he will not be able to collect truly valuable things. In today's society, a person who has enough spare money to collect is bound to be a powerful person. Although Shi Lei behaves well and speaks well, at Huo Chengdong's level, it can be seen at a glance that Shi Lei is at most well-off but not rich enough. It is always unbelievable that such people would pay millions or even tens of millions just to fill the gaps in an old man's collection.
Therefore, Huo Chengdong always felt that Shi Lei had an agenda. He believed that if Shi Lei could give away such valuable porcelain, he would definitely get a richer return from Bai Lao. Unless, he is also a lover of antiques, calligraphy and painting.
So there was such a test, but Shi Lei obviously disappointed him. Judging from Shi Lei's performance, I'm afraid Shi Lei has never been exposed to these things.
Huo Chengdong sighed secretly and said in his heart: "Young man, if you had been honest with me from the beginning, I might not have helped you. After all, things are dead but people are alive. Although you have a lower-level purpose, But it will not affect the result of getting a happy life. But you hid something from me, so I can only say sorry."
Seeing that Shi Lei was really not interested, Huo Chengdong said: "Mr. Shi doesn't seem to be very interested in these. Then, the next step will only depend on your eyesight. If you can find the authenticity of the three porcelain vases, we will Keep talking. If you can’t find it, then I’m sorry.”
Shi Lei nodded with a smile, and then saw Huo Chengdong turn around and open a cabinet, holding one of the brocade boxes in both hands. Presumably, there was one of the three porcelain vases inside.
While Huo Chengdong was taking the porcelain bottle, Shi Lei also turned on his phone, clicked on the identification card, and chose to use its function.
As a faint word -1 appeared on the identification card page on the phone screen, Shi Lei knew that he already had the ability to identify all antiques.
He raised his eyes and saw a hazy light appearing on the calligraphy, paintings or antiques in the glass boxes, vessels. The colors of radiance vary, and there are also different shades. Although it was just a faint layer of brilliance, Shi Lei could immediately associate it with the corresponding era in his mind.
Cyan represents the Xia and Shang Dynasties, green represents the two weeks, and red represents the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties. The depth of brilliance represents its artistic value or collection value.
Almost at a glance, Shi Lei discovered that among the objects collected by Huo Chengdong, there were actually some fakes imitated by later generations.
When the first porcelain vase was placed on the wooden table covered with a thin layer of velvet, Shi Lei took a look at it and saw that the appearance of the porcelain vase was dull. It was undoubtedly a fake.
The second porcelain bottle was quickly placed on the table by Huo Chengdong. Shi Lei glanced at it and saw that the color was light white. The color reflected in Shi Lei's mind was from the Republic of China period. The extremely light luster also meant that this porcelain bottle The value is very limited.
Huo Chengdong smiled and said, "Mr. Shi, look at it first. The third porcelain vase is placed higher. I have to get a ladder."
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