Chapter 352 Invitation to the Big Show

"How about this?" Captain Liu asked quietly from the side. He didn't have the confidence in his heart and didn't even dare to speak loudly.

"It's okay." Zhang Yang took a closer look at the copper shell mold.

Although it is a bit incomplete, the era is correct.

Even hundreds of years ago, it was a rare treasure.

"Are you sure you just dug out these five-baht coins? We've found all the molds for the copper shells, but haven't found a few copper shells?"

Zhang Yang was a little reluctant to give up. Copper shells and ordinary copper coins are not the same level of cultural relics. The history of use of the former can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty.

Moreover, copper shells from the Warring States Period were also gilded, and with the inscriptions on the back, there is no problem in treating them as small metal objects.

"Don't tell me, that guy actually dug out some copper shells, but he put them all online and sold them one by one."

"What a pity. You should catch him earlier next time."

Zhang Yang felt a little regretful, not because of the few copper shells, but because he had not come across such a typical case.

If you don't meet, it's hard to get a share of the pie. You can only get whatever is given to you.

"Okay, I will accept these things on behalf of the Hailin Museum."

Zhang Yang told Librarian He to prepare the cultural relics for storage and arrange a small cabinet for them as soon as possible.

"Do you two have anything else to explain?"

"No more, as long as you are satisfied." Captain Liu breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he could complete the task, he originally wanted to find Zhang Yang for a meal, but when he saw what Deputy Director Peng had approved before setting off, his heart dropped.

Fortunately Yuan is back.

After the handover of cultural relics came to an end, Zhang Yang returned to his previous life rhythm. In fact, he was quite busy.

Especially after receiving the invitation from the TV station.

The TV station sent an electronic invitation that read:

"Zhongyuan TV sincerely invites Mr. Zhang Yang as a special guest to participate in the online premiere event of "Huayu Gate" Douyin..."

Almost at the same time as I received the electronic invitation, a call from the person in charge also came to the studio.

The person in charge spoke very sincerely:

The current ratings of the show are really sluggish, less than one-fifth of what it was at its peak, but "Huayu Gate" is an old treasure appraisal program that has been broadcast since 2004. Such a big IP cannot It's really a pity under good management.

This led to the online premiere event on New Year's Day.

As a special guest, Zhang Yang will enter the show at around ten o'clock in the evening. Of course, there is no need to go to the scene, just connect remotely.

There will be several controversial treasures at that time, and the host will discuss them with him.

"Master Zhang, would you like to take a look at which antiques we are going to discuss?"

"Okay." Zhang Yangxin said, this is the rigor of TV programs, and the first broadcast was all shilling.

"Okay, then I will send the detailed information to your email. If you have any questions, please contact us in time."

"Don't worry, I'm also a professional." Zhang Yang replied very confidently.

He originally planned to read it right away, but to his surprise, the other party sent a 39-page PDF.

Okay, okay, this is an event officially arranged by Douyin, you want my life, right?

Zhang Yang took a cursory glance and saw that there was nothing impressive in the pictures. Bronze, jade, and porcelain were the only three items.

As long as there are no paintings or calligraphy, it’s easy to say.

He thought about it and decided to take a look at it tomorrow night before the official event, so that he would be more impressed.

Let’s go live first.

…

"Hello, treasure friend."

"Hello teacher, I have an ancient jade from the Han Dynasty, and I would like your help to take a look."

Baoyou took out a piece of jade that was slightly yellowed. Before Zhang Yang could see it clearly, the other party covered it with his hands, as if to give it away.

"What does this mean?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Before the appraisal, let me make a statement: Although this item is from the Han Dynasty, when I bought it, the domestic cultural relics protection law was not yet complete, and ancient jade from the Han Dynasty can still be auctioned."

"The desire to survive is very strong." Zhang Yang commented, "But in our live broadcast room, don't talk about the cultural relics protection law. Our main focus is an outlaw maniac."

"Come and take a look at your ancient jade from the Han Dynasty."

"it is this……"

Baoyou took his hand away and took the initiative to introduce:

"This is a Gangmao from the Han Dynasty."

"Teacher, look here, what is written is [the first lunar month is just around the corner, souls are scattered in all directions, red, green, white and yellow, the four colors are when...]"

The thing in Baoyou's hand is an octagonal prism-shaped pendant with a round hole drilled in the middle, which can be strung together with a rope and worn around the neck.

The reason why this thing is called [Gangmao] is because there are different characters written on the eight sides of the eight-sided prism, and the first sentence always contains the word "Gangmao".

It can be regarded as a fixed format for inscriptions.

During the Han Dynasty, it was popular to use this kind of jade ornaments to express people's wishes to drive away evil spirits and wish for peace.

To put it simply, it is used to ward off evil spirits.

"As the saying goes, when looking at jade, you need to look at the Qin color. Anyone who doesn't look at the Qin color is just a layman. Teacher, look at the Qin color on my jade, which penetrates to the bones."

"This is obviously not something that can be imitated by modern imitation."

Baoyou's words made Zhang Yang extremely happy.

Fortunately, during the offline activities, I asked Teacher Bai for advice on Qinse, otherwise I would have become what Baoyou calls a layman.

As an "expert", Zhang Yang could really tell something about Qinse.

"Friend Bao, don't you think the color on this is a bit strange?"

"The black ones are mercury. That's no problem. If they were from the Han Dynasty, they must be unearthed funerary objects. It's normal for the mercury in the corpse to be embalmed."

"But how come there is a deeper layer of yellow soil Qin inside your black mercury?"

"I also discovered this." Baoyou was prepared and did not panic at all, "It means that this thing may have been unearthed for the second time."

"It was originally from the Han Dynasty, but in the Song Dynasty, tomb robbers dug it out, so there was Tuzin. Then it was brought into the tomb by the second owner, so there was mercury Qin."

"Then it was dug out again and ended up in my hands. Teacher, look, I'm almost done with the pulp."

【In order to meet you, I traveled all the way】

【Who is the story of Stone Love】

[It’s really difficult for me to make up such a story]

[If National Treasure can’t help write novels, it’s really a waste of one’s talent]

"It's hard for you to come up with such a complicated story while respecting the facts."

Zhang Yang still admires Baoyou, at least he didn't ignore the facts.

"But this thing has obvious traces of artificial distress."

"There was a period of time, probably in the early 2000s, when this kind of ancient jade from the Han Dynasty to ward off evil spirits was very popular, and a large number of imitations entered the market at that time."

"You just said that you have been collecting it for more than ten years. I completely believe it, but it's not enough."

"What's not enough?" Baoyou asked curiously.

"I don't have enough time. If I keep it for hundreds of years, it will still be valuable. There are a lot of ancient jades from the Ming and Qing Dynasties imitating the Han Dynasty on the market, which are handicrafts that were made at that time."

"Teacher, are you sure? I bought this at the auction. They said it would be refundable if it was fake."

Baoyou still didn't hold back and told the true origin of the thing.

The words he said were also said by the auctioneer and seller at the time. He just memorized them and repeated them.

"The thing you showed me is indeed a later imitation."

Zhang Yang is afraid that Baoyou will take advantage of him, and his direction is very clear.

Let’s just talk about the matter, let’s not talk about the auction for now.

"That's fine, I'll go find them trouble."

Baoyou thanked Zhang Yang, as if he had been fooled by someone else at the auction.

"You shouldn't have bought it at the auction I organized, right?" Zhang Yang asked one more question.

Although it doesn't look like it, it's always right to take care of it.

"No, teacher, when will your event come to Handong? I will definitely go and support it."

"I bought this piece in 2018 at the ancient jade sale at Shenghai Yongxing Auction House. The seller told me that he had been collecting it for decades."

"It probably only took a few dozen days to make it, one day in the sky and one year on the ground." Zhang Yang comforted as he looked at the production time of the ancient jade in "2018".

Yongxing Auction Company a few years ago?

Zhang Yang recalled that at that time, his partners seemed not to be as big as they are now, so he could not rule out making some unconscionable money.

Now that the business is getting bigger, as long as Baoyou has evidence, they won't refuse, because they don't lack the money.

…

The next few treasure friends seemed to have agreed upon it. They all said that they were going back to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year and wanted to ask Zhang Yang to see if there was anything valuable at home.

Who doesn’t want to make a fortune during the Chinese New Year?

Some people took out their grandmother's dowry, saying that their grandmother's family used to be landlords, but when they saw it, they were all worthless modern handicrafts.

Some of them took out the silver coins that their grandfather had collected for decades. Zhang Yang took a look and realized, oh, they are all new alloy silver coins made in recent years. They are not as old as the old yellow dog at the door.

But the most greedy one was a girl named [I am not called Hey]. When she first connected to the microphone, she stood directly in front of an old house.

It was as if the entire house was being appraised.

"Teacher, do you think this door pillow from my hometown is valuable?"

"They're made of bluestone and are worthless. These door pillows are probably about twenty years older than you."

"Only thirty-eight years? No, my father said he had it when he was a child, at least forty years."

Baoyou's words made Zhang Yang couldn't help but recall what Baoyou looked like when he first connected to the wheat.

Have you just turned eighteen too?

Oh, forget this is the Internet, Zhang Yang knew it was him who was being abrupt.

He quickly explained: "It should be something from the 1960s."

[So this girl is born in the 1980s? 】

[The anchor really has a sharp eye, he can tell at a glance that this girl is almost forty]

[My eyes can filter beauty, and I feel that the age mentioned by the anchor is correct]

Seeing that the barrage was going wrong, Zhang Yang felt that something was wrong.

If it ferments any longer, it will receive an iron fist.

He quickly changed the subject: "Sister, please point the camera at the New Year pictures on the door and let me take a look."

"Ah? Are New Year pictures valuable?"

"Of course, I remember a few years ago, a door-god New Year painting from the Qing Dynasty was sold for around 200,000 yuan."

Hearing Zhang Yang's words, the girl opposite him immediately became energetic.

He quickly focused his lens on the door painting.

Coincidentally, the one posted on the door of her hometown is also a pair of door gods.

The one with a black face is Yuchi Gong, and the one with a white face is Qin Qiong.

"Teacher, these New Year pictures have been around for many years, and we have never been willing to tear them up. You see, they are all patinated."

"Besides, this painter is really good at painting. This black and white door god is so majestic."

"Sister, are you sure this is your home?" Zhang Yang looked puzzled, "Why do I think your New Year pictures were just posted last year?"

"After tomorrow, isn't it the same as the one posted the year before?"

"That's right, but it's still not worth the money."

"You'd better show me something old." Zhang Yang suggested.

"Teacher, you want to see the New Year pictures..." The girl muttered unhappily.

Zhang Yang just pretended not to hear.

You can't tell her that you're just talking about New Year pictures to divert attention.

Look, the current rhythm of the barrage has changed from discussing the age of this girl friend to discussing "why young people today don't even know who the doorkeeper is?" This is a very profound and socially significant topic.

"Teacher, look at this threshold."

Baoyou pushed open the courtyard door of her house, and the screen showed a long bluestone threshold.

The threshold made of stone has patterns carved on it, which is indeed quite rare.

But it's the same set as the pair of door pillows.

"Friend Bao, this was done by someone new when your house was built, right? Is there anything that is not the same age as your old house?"

"These are not valuable. Think about how much your old house could be sold for."

"That makes sense. Others only paid 20,000 yuan for my house." Baoyou thought for a while and asked Zhang Yang to wait for half a minute.

After a while, she came back carrying a green radio.

When I got closer, I saw that it was not a radio, but a square bronze vessel with a handle.

It is divided into two parts in the middle, one side looks like a small stove, and the other side is covered with a round lid.

"Here, take off the lid and let me take a look."

"Is there something missing here?"

Zhang Yang analyzed the possible uses of the stove:

"Look at the open one on the left. The one on the side is supposed to be used for making fire, and the one on top can be used to put a small pot."

"The lid on the right, in the empty part below, should be filled with a small cylindrical bucket or iron mesh, which can be used to boil water or store carbon."

[It’s also a portable stove]

[This is the first time I have seen this kind of thing]

[The rust is really bad, but it feels real]

"I don't know. I don't know what this is for. I keep it at home." The girl scratched her head and didn't understand anything.

"That's what the barrage said. It seems like a portable stove should be used by wealthy families."

"In ancient times, open fires were not allowed in some places, so this kind of stove had usage scenarios. It seems to be something from the mid-Qing Dynasty and the Qianlong and Jiaqing reigns."

After listening to Zhang Yang's explanation, Baoyou became excited again.

"How much is Qianlong's treasure worth?"

"Maybe it was from the Qianlong period, not used by Emperor Qianlong." Zhang Yang corrected.

"It doesn't matter. It's a treasure from hundreds of years ago anyway. Just tell me how much it's worth."

"As for the price... the quality is not good. It's a bit too rusty. It should have been left outside in the rain before, right?"

"Yes, yes, it was placed in the yard before."

"It was originally worth 30,000 yuan, but it got wet in the rain. Now it can be sold for 8,000 yuan at most."

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I wish everyone a happy New Year and a prosperous 2024!