"Mr. Chang, take a look at this antique. Can it be auctioned in three days?"
When Chang Yongnian saw Xie Wan carefully carrying out a ball of clothes, his heart began to get nervous.
He knew very well what this action meant.
He has been in this business for many years and knows that those who really have big goods to sell are all sneaky in this way.
Xie Wan opened the ball of clothes, revealing a section of yellow glaze inside.
Chang Yongnian's heart began to beat wildly, and following Xie Wan's fingers, his eyes were glued to the beautiful yellow glaze.
When the entire yellow-ground enamel plate with flower and bird patterns was revealed, Chang Yongnian took a deep breath.
Yongzheng famille rose!
It’s still the yellow Yongzheng famille rose!
"Miss, can I take a look at it?"
Chang Yongnian's voice was trembling.
Xie Wan said: "Look, be careful."
Chang Yongnian solemnly put on a pair of white gloves and carefully picked up the yellow-ground enamel plate with flower and bird patterns.
He looked at it very carefully, exclaiming from time to time, "It is really Yongzheng famille rose, a precious imperial product, so good, so beautiful..."
Xie Wan herself didn't know much about antiques, so she couldn't understand why a professional like Chang Yongnian was surprised to see this yellow-ground enamel plate with flower and bird patterns.
With Chang Yongnian's keen eyesight, he could already confirm that this was an authentic piece.
There were not as many counterfeits in this era as in later generations, and the counterfeiting technology was not as advanced as in later generations. Relatively speaking, it was also easier to identify them.
However, to be on the safe side, Chang Yongnian still invited a porcelain identification expert from the industry to come and appraise it.
Experts were also shocked by the quality of this yellow-ground enamel plate with flower and bird patterns.
The foreigner who had just been cursing Chang Yongnian outside changed his attitude 180 degrees when he heard that the guest Chang Yongnian was receiving had an authentic item to auction.
He ran to the small reception room and personally invited Xie Wan to his office to discuss the auction.
Xie Wan shook his head and refused: "I don't do business with non-humans."
The foreigner was actually just an employee and could only swallow his anger.
Xie Wan pointed at Chang Yongnian and said, "I appoint this Mr. Chang as my auction agent."
The foreigner pushed Chang Yongnian aside and explained, "He is just an apprentice broker and does not have the ability to take on such expensive auction business."
Xie Wan asked Chang Yongnian: "Don't you have this ability?"
Chang Yongnian felt mixed emotions. It was not that he didn't have the ability. He was better than the foreigner in antique appraisal and related business skills.
He joined Christie's in London five years ago, starting as an apprentice and gradually becoming a dealer.
Last year, Christie’s was going to open a branch in Hong Kong, and Chang Yongnian thought that returning to his hometown would allow him to show his talents.
Who would have thought that the newly established Christie's in Hong Kong would be more exclusive to Chinese people than in London.
Not only was he not taken seriously, but his orders were often snatched away by foreign agents, which resulted in him failing to meet his targets last year and being demoted to a trainee agent.
Hearing Xie Wan's question, Chang Yongnian made up his mind and said, "I can do it.
Miss, if you entrust this yellow-ground enamel flower-and-bird pattern plate to me, I will guarantee your interests to the greatest extent possible."
Xie Wan nodded, "Then it's you!"
The foreign agent was very unhappy, but he couldn't offend his client, so he had to leave in disappointment.
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