Chapter 241: One hundred million couplets have been half completed
Soon, with the efforts of Shen You and Professor Li, the text information was extracted.
The reason why it can be so fast is that there seems to be a lot of things, but few words.
At Professor Li's suggestion, Chen You also called Yu Xiaosu over. When Yu Xiaosu heard that there was a stone slab that was thousands of years old, he rushed out and took a taxi.
Chen You didn't let her know about the bronze fragments and animal bones, and it was still herself and Professor Li who handled them.
Professor Li brought the deciphered oracle bone inscriptions and said that if they were reported to her, she would receive a reward of 100,000 yuan if a character was confirmed.
The next step is to decipher these ancient text materials, organize them, and hand over the useful ones to the collection library.
Having just finished a busy day at work, Chen You just wanted to lie down and wait for death for a few days.
If you can lie down, never sit; if you can sit, never stand.
But a guest came to the door.
This time he came to take something out. I saw a man carrying a black backpack, coming in with a cautious look on his face, as if he didn't trust anyone.
The location of Chenyou's store is quite remote. Since they can find this place, they must have looked elsewhere and want to get a high price, which is normal.
He glanced around and took a look at the exhibits in the store.
After the Chinese New Year, almost all the particularly valuable items were put away by Chen You, and the shelves were basically filled with modern handicrafts.
Then, the man's eyes fell on Shen You, as if he was guarding against a thief, as if he was afraid that Shen You would steal his things, "Where is your boss?"
"Isn't it me?" Chen You spread his hands.
"Are you the boss?" The man obviously didn't believe it.
She's wearing an old down jacket and looks so young?
"If you don't believe it, just go out and go to another place." Chen You gave sincere advice.
All the truly reputable shops in Antique Street are like this; unless they are extraordinary treasures, ordinary items are not really that rare.
This kind of stranger who comes here alone either comes from the wrong place or is selling ancestral items, but most folk items are not very valuable.
The man hesitated for a long time, but still didn't leave.
"Boss, I have an old item here, passed down from my family, it's a rare item. If you're interested, I can show it to you, but the price won't be low."
He said warily, guarding his backpack carefully.
Shen You said calmly, “Everyone says their stuff is good, but whether it’s good or not, you have to see it to know.”
When collecting things, it’s all about eyesight and human heart. Not knowing the other party’s depth and origin, even if it’s really a good thing, Chen You won’t show it too obviously.
In the past six months, she has not done any business with individual customers.
Knowing that there are many tricks involved, she has reliable channels whether it is selling or collecting things.
Also, the things she sells are all rare treasures, and those who can afford them are all in the collecting circle.
In this circle, if you don’t have some connections, you will have to swallow your anger if you get cheated. The heaven’s rules are not just talk.
So, the first valuable item she sold was golden nanmu furniture, at least she couldn't scheme to exchange it.
It was my first time going to an auction, and I didn’t get the best thing.
Otherwise, if there is only one shop that can conduct cross-dimensional transactions, and you want to play in the antique circle, you can only achieve the achievement of "being a sucker" in the end.
The man standing at the counter carefully placed the bag on the table and opened it, revealing several layers of cloth wrapped inside.
He was about to hand the thing to Chen You, but Chen You didn't take it and just asked him to put it on the table.
She didn't know what it was, so she didn't dare touch it. If there was something wrong with the thing, she wouldn't be able to explain it.
Seeing that she didn't reach out to take it, a gleam of light flashed in the man's eyes. In the end, he put the things on it and opened the cloth bag himself.
An ancient jade made last week, without any decoration.
There are also some ancient coins with patina, and you can vaguely see the words on them.
The porcelain jar was in good condition, but unfortunately there was a big crack on it and a pottery figurine.
Chen You was stunned. What a joke. Not only were real and fake items mixed together, but the most valuable terracotta figurines were burial objects.
If she had really taken it, the crack would have been on her head. She didn't look at the coin carefully, and the cloth marks on the coin might have been dug out.
"How much do you want to pay?" she asked curiously.
The other party gestured and said fifty.
"I can't take it." Chen You shook his head.
"Among so many things, this piece of jade alone is worth twenty. Do you think it's too expensive?" the man said unhappily.
As for that piece of jade, Chen You thinks it is not worth even two thousand yuan. The quality is not good and it is made with modern craftsmanship.
"My shop doesn't accept other things, except for the terracotta figurines. The price I offered was low, and you definitely wouldn't want it, so I'm not going to offer it."
What kind of coin would have marks left by cloth pressure? It's obvious.
It is hard to say in which period it was excavated.
The price he asked was so high, it would be good if the recycling company could give him 100,000. The shop ahead would probably lower it to 50,000 because the items were not of legitimate origin.
“How much can you drive?”
"At most 20,000." Terracotta figurines are basically made from earth, so Chen You is naturally not afraid of this as he is in this business.
It’s just that she doesn’t want to accept things that come from illegal sources, as she’s afraid of the trouble that may arise later.
But everyone in this industry knows it by heart and no one asks where it comes from. Many people like to collect coins with indentations and jade seals in their mouths.
Seeing that she was the only one in the store, the man's tone became bad, and he knocked on the table and said,
"What?! Twenty thousand? Why do you open an antique shop if you don't know the value of things?"
He put away the valuables first and pointed at the porcelain jar, "The cracks were caused by knocking against your table just now. You have to give me an explanation!"
When Chen You heard this, she laughed angrily.
"It's New Year's Day, and you're trying to bring bad luck to me? I didn't even touch your things, and you're accusing me of that."
"Come and take a look. This crack has a hint of color. It's obviously not a newly formed crack. And your ancient jade is everywhere in the antique street. How much do you want? Otherwise, I'll sell it to you for 100,000 each."
Chen You sneered and made a gesture to send the guest away. No wonder the money tree she raised turned yellow and lost its leaves! Sure enough, it was not a good thing.
The man saw that she really knew what she was doing and was not just pretending, so he left the shop with the things and returned to the store that offered the highest price.
Of course, the owner of this shop only accepts coins and pottery figurines, and opened the door for 56,000.
"The lady boss of the 'everything' shop in the back actually offered me 20,000 for this pottery figurine!"
Talking about this, the man still feels angry.
"You're talking about Boss Shen."
The man thought of Chen You's sharp eyes, and saw that there was something wrong with the ancient jade before he even touched it, so he couldn't help asking, "Do you know her? Who is she?"
"We are all in the antique street, how can I not know her? Her things are all sold at auctions. She is young, but she has a great background and has a good relationship with the museum."
When the boss said this, there was a slight change in his tone, but it wasn't obvious.
They are all in the same industry, and seeing her build up her business so quickly and become successful in the collecting circle, they are somewhat jealous.
But on the surface, everyone is friendly and will definitely not offend anyone for no reason.
Chen You closed the shop, rested enough, and went to the Da Qi altar.
Liu Yunyan was not in Shuozhou City, and Uncle Zhou became the boss. He brought people to help Chen You.
Chen You left a few animal bones and put the rest back to their original places.
After two more snowfalls, the altar will be buried again.
This time she found something else, a bronze jar, which was a wine vessel and also a ritual vessel.
It was complete when I found it! It has a very high collection value.
Unexpectedly, before the first month of the lunar year was over, half of the one hundred million yuan for the couplets had been realized here.
I should have written 1 billion earlier, Chen You thought.
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