After lunch, Li Weiguo pushed the car out.

After leaving the yard, I rode my bike and rode directly to Beixinqiao.

I had an agreement with Tong Dahai from the trust store before that I would go there every half a month.

It's just half a month, so it's time to go and see the achievements of Tong Dahai.

In about ten minutes, Li Weiguo arrived at the Beixinqiao Trust Store.

Parked, locked it, and walked directly into the acquisition department.

When I walked into the acquisition department, I saw Tong Dahai discussing the price with the customer.

As soon as Li Weiguo walked into the door, Tong Dahai saw it, gave him a look of waiting, and continued to deal with the customers in front of him.

Li Weiguo was not in a hurry for a while and just watched from the side.

Listening to the conversation between the two, the customer in front of him seemed to be here to entrust the paintings to sell, but the price was not recognized by Tong Dahai, so the two were discussing the price.

"I said, comrade, you are a modern painting and have no collection value. Who would spend hundreds of dollars to buy these useless paintings? It will be priced at most thirty yuan, and it cannot be higher." Tong Dahai said firmly.

The customer who commissioned the paintings to sell was unwilling to give in and wanted to fight for it: "Is it really not higher? Although this is a modern painting, the painter is quite famous. When I bought it, I spent dozens of dollars."

Tong Dahai gave him a blank look: "What a time? No matter how famous it is, it cannot be used as a meal. It is almost as high as others' salary for half a year. Who would spend half a year to buy a painting?"

Then he pointed to the wall and said, "No... I saw that most of the paintings on the wall are modern and modern paintings, and they are all at this price. I have been selling them for a long time, but they have not been sold. If you sell them, you will entrust them at this price. Or you can go to another trust store to take a look. I dare not make a random decision if it exceeds the market price."

Looking along Tong Dahai's finger, there were six or seven modern paintings hanging on the wall, including landscapes, flowers and birds, and the prices on them were between tens and thirty.

The guest glanced at it, didn't say anything, lowered his head and thought for a moment.

Finally, he nodded unwillingly. He thought he had asked in other commissioned stores, and the price given was about the same.

Seeing the customer's approval, Tong Dahai put the oil painting aside, then took out the order, and issued him a note for entrusting sales at the agreed price.

When the thing is sold, customers can get money with the bill, and the trust store only charges a certain proportion of handling fees.

After seeing off the guest, Tong Dahai smiled and said, "Sorry, Mr. Li, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Weiguo waved his hand: "It's not a problem, it's important to do it." As he said that, he looked at the oil painting on the counter.

Huh... "Yugong Moves Mountains"?

He leaned over curiously and took a closer look.

That’s right! It’s Xu Beihong’s “Yugong Moving Mountains”, the first draft of the oil painting.

There are three paintings of "Yugong Moving Mountains", all of which were created during the Anti-Japanese War around 1940. Including the first draft of oil paintings, it was slightly smaller in size. It was auctioned for more than 33 million yuan in 2006, and in 2018, it was sold for 2000 million yuan.

Unexpectedly, I found a treasure here.

"Mr. Li, do you like modern and modern paintings?" Tong Dahai asked.

Li Weiguo nodded with a smile. He liked it so much. How could he not like the valuable ones?

He pointed to the painting and asked, "This painting is entrusted thirty?"

"Yes, Mr. Li"

"Okay, I want it."

If you don’t pick up such a big leak, when will you wait?

Li Weiguo immediately paid for the payment, issued an order, and took down the oil painting.

After Mr. Xu Beihong passed away in 53, his wife donated all his more than 1,200 works according to her will, and there were few of his original works in her personal hands, so this time she picked them up.

Taking this oil painting, Li Weiguo looked at the six or seven modern paintings on the wall again.

This look made Li Weiguo very happy.

Huang Binhong's landscape paintings, Li Ruochan's flower and bird paintings, Zhang Daqian's landscape paintings, Fu Baoshi's ladies' pictures, and three painters I don't know.

The above commission price is only 20 or 30 yuan per pair, and the cheapest one is only 7 or 8 yuan.

The four people recognized were famous in the calligraphy and painting world in later generations. Their works were also very popular in the calligraphy and painting collection world, and the auctioned works were often hundreds of millions. Although real fine works generally do not leak out, it is also good to be able to collect one or two of their early and mid-term works, and they must be won.

Li Weiguo was not going to miss these three paintings that he had not recognized. There were too many famous painters, and Li Weiguo had only heard of the dozen most famous ones. Although he did not recognize the last three paintings, he would not suffer any loss by buying them according to the level of the paintings. If you collect them for decades and take them out, you might be able to find out what you know.

Without saying anything, Li Weiguo pointed to the seven paintings on the wall and waved his hand: "I want all these, please help me take them down."

"Okay, wait a moment." Tong Dahai responded frankly.

Tong Dahai is not surprised that Li Weiguo is so generous. He saw it when he bought furniture some time ago, and he spent money without blinking.

Tong Dahai turned around and took the pole, picked the seven paintings hanging one by one, rolled them one by one, put them in front of Li Weiguo, and then quickly took the abacus and calculated them all.

"Mr. Li, seven paintings, a total of 152 yuan."

"OK."

Without hesitation, Li Weiguo reached into his pocket and took twenty big black tens from the space, counted sixteen and handed them to Tong Dahai, and put the rest back into his pocket.

Tong Dahai took the money, took the bill, wrote the documents, tore them off, and then found a change of eight yuan and handed them back together.

Li Weiguo took the money ticket, but he didn't look at it, and took it back into his pocket, and then said, "Is there any progress in what I told you last time?"

"I have left a lot of things for you, and I'm waiting for you to come. Please wait." Tong Dahai said with a smile.

If it is a hot item such as three rotations and one ring, cameras, TVs, etc., he may not be able to keep it, but it is easier for old items. After all, no one is playing with collecting them now.

After saying that, he bent down and pulled out a large wooden box from under the counter, lifted it up with both hands, and then carefully placed it on the counter.

Tong Dahai smiled confidently before opening the box: "Mr. Li, see if these things are in line with your wishes."

As he said that, he took out the items in the box and placed them on the counter, and arranged them neatly.

There are a total of fifteen old objects, all of which are relatively small and exquisite.

Among them, eight snuff bottles, three porcelain, three finger rings, and one bronze ware all have price tags written on them.

Then, Tong Dahai began to introduce the items in the box to Li Weiguo one by one.

First of all, there are eight exquisite and compact snuff bottles.

Snuff was popular in Europe since the 17th century. It was introduced from the Northeast to China in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Later, snuff boxes gradually became oriental and snuff bottles were produced. Later, snuff smoking became a trend of all classes, from emperors to people, and they all loved it.

After the introduction of snuff to China, the production and production of snuff bottles quickly integrated into the Chinese artistic style and developed various snuff bottles.

Among them, the best one was made by the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties.
Chapter completed!