Chapter fifty-one, every square inch is all rivers and lakes
Chapter fifty-one, every inch is full of rivers and lakes
Tu Su's uncle is called Hu Xingjian, and he is the second husband of her mother's eldest sister. He is not tall and does not have big eyes. He has a typical southern face, with a shaved head and a shrewdness of a small businessman all over his body. He is driving a car
A 90% new Honda sedan made in Guangzhou arrived. After parking the car and walking into the hotel lobby, I happened to see Tu Su, whose eye circles were still red, talking to a young man with a smile.
After coming up to say hello, he asked with some confusion: "Xiao Su, is this your friend?"
You Fang was the first to explain: "I met her on the train. I saw she was in some trouble at the station, so I accompanied her here to wait for you."
Hu Xingjian glanced at Tu Su with a slightly questioning look, and subconsciously puffed up his chest and said to You Fang: "Classmate, thank you for taking care of my little Su! Where are you going? I drove here, so I can give you a ride on the way.
Procedure."
Tu Su also said: "Where are you going? Why don't you let my uncle take you there?"
You Fang smiled and shook his head, pointed to the front desk of the hotel not far away and said: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm just staying here... You should leave quickly. I'm very tired after riding the train for a day."
Tu Su followed his uncle away, but You Fang felt a little surprised. Why did he always tell the truth in front of this beautiful and innocent girl? You Fang really didn't lie to her, he planned to stay at Liuhua Hotel.
A successful "roving prisoner", unless there is a special reason, often does not decide the next stop in advance, but randomly decides according to the situation, so as not to leave too many clues.
This is what I did before when I was tracking. But before and after entering Liuhua Hotel today, You Fang carefully observed the surrounding environment and carefully released his spiritual senses. He felt that this place was a good place to stay.
Not far to the east of this place is Yuexiu Mountain. From a Feng Shui perspective, it is the location of the "dragon's head" where the spiritual veins of Guangzhou's Baiyun Mountain extend into densely populated areas, embodying the aura of "hidden spirit". Not far to the south of here is Liuhua Lake.
It extends from the Baiyun Mountain to Yuexiu Mountain in the northeast to the end. It happens to be a piece of water. It is where the "dragon draws water" and it controls the "nourishing" energy.
This hotel is not far from the Guangzhou Railway Station. The aura of the mountains and rivers echoes the strong and chaotic popularity of the railway station, forming an atmosphere of tranquility in the midst of chaos and peace in the chaos. It is even more rare to find it in this hotel.
The urban area of Guangzhou, where every inch of land is precious, occupies a large area. There is a courtyard inside that can gather earth energy. Living here is suitable for recuperating and restoring spirit. - The battle with Xiangzuohu's master and apprentice was only the night before yesterday.
Then he left Beijing, and You Fang had not fully recovered yet.
You Fang walked here from the train station. Due to the obstruction of the surrounding high-rise buildings, he could neither see Yuexiu Mountain nor Liuhua Lake clearly, but his spiritual sense could naturally sense the characteristics of the surrounding land. Mastering his spiritual sense is very important for a Fengmen Zhong.
It is a great help for people. Since you can directly sense the earth's energy, of course you have to choose a more comfortable place. The Feng Shui environment here is not perfect, but it is still a good place to stay, and there are other places you can visit.
consider.
It is very close to the train station. You only need to go around once more to get rid of the secret pursuers. What is more important is the identity played by You Fang at this moment. He is a man who came to Guangzhou to participate in the collection event with the handed down Yuan blue and white flowers.
A private collector. If he lives in a presidential suite in a five-star hotel, it would be too ostentatious, and of course he cannot afford it. Choosing a four-star hotel and a business suite with an outside reception room is just right.
You must pay attention to details in everything you do. If the plum vase in your hand can arouse the interest of the collector, you are not sure whether the collector will investigate his whereabouts. In short, you must act as appropriately as possible.
You Fang came to the front desk with his bag on his back, took out an ID card named "Melander" and handed it over. He opened his mouth and said, "Miss waiter, my name is Melander. I booked a luxury business trip online for a week."
Suite, check in today.”
The front desk clerk searched on the computer for a long time, but of course there was no result. After asking a few questions, You Fang's face darkened obviously, and he looked like he was about to get angry. The foreman in the lobby happened to be nearby, took a look at the computer records, and raised his head.
He said apologetically: "Sir, there may be something wrong with the computer system, and you can't remember the online order number. But it doesn't matter. Our luxury business suite happens to be available, so we will give it to you at the discounted price for online booking.
A week, right?”
The traveler does not need to ask, as long as the suite is available, the other party will naturally give a discount. Although the online booking price is greatly discounted, it still costs 588 yuan a day, which is more than 4,000 yuan a week! Alas, it is a rare luxury.
return.
After checking in, I took a shower and rested, had a good meal nearby at noon, and bought some light and comfortable clothes. There are many shops selling electronic products in the streets and alleys in this area. You Fang found a good one with the last number.
I bought my Shenzhouxing Card, loaded it up when I returned to the hotel, and called the Yuan Qinghua Collection Liaison Office to make an appointment. The man who answered the phone was a man with a very gentle tone. He asked a few very professional questions and chatted for a few words as if he was very satisfied.
Look, just ask You Fang to come over and find him directly tomorrow.
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What place in the city is as "popular" as the most crowded hard-seat carriage? It's the subway during rush hour. People are as crowded as sardine cans. If you don't wear enough clothes on a hot day, girls will feel uncomfortable riding the subway during rush hour.
I was horrified. The tourist was carrying a "precious" Yuan blue and white porcelain vase. Of course, he couldn't go to the subway. He didn't go outside and hail a taxi. Instead, he called the hotel in the room and asked the hotel to send a taxi downstairs.
Wait and be responsible for picking him up.
Higher-end hotels usually provide car rental services to their guests. The models are generally higher-end than taxis on the street, as long as you are willing to spend money.
I took a car to a building in the city center. It is owned by a certain group. It has several floors for self-use and the rest of the floors are rented out as office rooms. After entering the elevator, you can find that this place is very elegant. There is no 13th or 14th floor. The elevator button says 13
The location of the floor is written "12a", the location of the 14th floor is written "12b", and the collection activity is on the 12a floor.
This collection activity has had a great influence on the collecting community. It is estimated that many people have heard about it and regarded it as a common folk treasure appraisal activity organized by major TV stations in various places in recent years. Tourists met it in the elevator.
Such a person.
This man was a man in his early thirties, with a sallow complexion and a suit. He was carrying a blue and white porcelain vase about forty centimeters high in his left hand. He saw You Fang holding a wooden packaging box like a child, and he came over and winked:
"Are you here to give away a treasure too? If it can pass the expert appraisal here, then we will give it away!"
You Fang didn't even bother to smile, so why would someone like this come to "give away treasures" on such an occasion? Even if the thing in the yellow-faced man's hand looks real, there is no need to appraise it at all. Even taking a look at it is superfluous. Seeing him
You can understand the posture of holding the bottle. He holds the open vase with one hand with one hand. This posture is not only easy to damage the utensils, but also if someone runs by or he accidentally steps on it.
, it’s easy to bump into it, this is a big piece of porcelain!
If it was really a genuine Yuanqinghua worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, would he dare to take it like this even if he only suspected that it was?
This can only explain one thing. The vase in the hands of the yellow-faced man was bought from nowhere with a small amount of money, and similar things can be easily obtained. How could it be the rare genuine Yuan blue and white flower in the world, without even looking at it.
The so-called good eyesight not only refers to the ability to see objects at the door, but more importantly, the ability to see people at the door.
Whether it is a public collection activity organized by the cultural relics department or a treasure appraisal activity organized by the media in private organizations, there are always a group of people who are annoying. They spend a small amount of money to find some so-called antiques on the street stalls, knowing full well what they are.
I came here, but I sent it to an expert for appraisal. I wonder if I want to prove my superhuman luck, or if I want to find the pleasure of being accidentally punched by the appraisal expert? After being clearly told that something is fake and cannot be fake anymore, I often feel very angry.
He shouted a few words: "What a bullshit appraisal expert, he has no knowledge at all!"
Professional cultural relic appraisers hate this kind of people the most, but they meet many of them every time they conduct public appraisals. You Fang secretly glanced at the camera diagonally above the elevator room with the corner of his eye.
Without concealing the look of disgust on his face, he frowned and did not speak to the person at all. - If this solicitation event was really deep, people might have noticed it as soon as they entered the door.
There is another type of people that appraisal experts don’t want to see in public, that is, private counterfeiters. They bring their newly forged artifacts to the site for appraisal, hoping to see how big the difference is between them and the genuine ones. The most obvious one is
Where is the flaw? If you are lucky enough to get it checked by all the experts on site and it is authenticated, you will not leave the item behind, but leave with the on-site identification certificate.
When experienced cultural relic appraisal workers encounter this kind of situation, they often do not explain the details in detail, and some very professional flaws are not even mentioned at all. If at the appraisal meeting, someone's things are identified as fakes, the performance will be different.
He is very calm and pesters the appraisal expert to ask for details of all the flaws. It is not enough to point out one point that can prove that it is a fake. The problem is very professional and often involves the specific manufacturing process. Then nine times out of ten, he is the counterfeiter himself.
In fact, both the appraisers and the counterfeiters are well aware of this, but the outsiders who are watching have no idea what is going on. The treasure appraisal activities that TV and other media often use to attract the public's attention are actually a mixed bag of things.
People can see the excitement in front of them but cannot see the way out.
You Fang's identity at this moment is also similar to the second type of person. He came to the collection site with his father's fake Yuan Qinghua, but he had another purpose. If the plum vase in his hand was identified as a fake, he would naturally have nothing to say, but
If the other party’s appraisal expert is as uncertain as Mr. Wu, or if it is authenticated, the tourists will have the opportunity to find out the origins of the collector behind the scenes.
When You Fang thought to himself, he had already reached the 12a floor. The elevator door opened, and the yellow-faced man carefully picked up the vase with both hands and walked out. The corridor was very wide, and the wallpapers on both sides and the carpets under his feet were very high-end. Opposite the elevator entrance
There is also a small welcome desk. You can see the back of an LCD computer monitor on the table behind the stage. Behind the welcome desk stands a young lady in uniform. Seeing the yellow-faced man and You Fang coming out, she
He stretched out his hand very politely and gestured: "To participate in the Yuan Qinghua collection event, please go this way. It is at the end of the corridor."
The young lady knew immediately what they were doing and gave them directions without asking.
Following the direction guided by the receptionist, we actually couldn't reach the end of the corridor, because after turning a corner and walking for a while, the corridor was blocked by a closed double stainless steel door in the middle.
There is a door open on the right side of the corridor. It looks like a conference room inside. There is a large table with many chairs in a circle. There are already more than a dozen people sitting there. There are large and small utensils in front of them. There is one
The staff was talking: "We are holding a private collection event, only for Yuan blue and white flowers, and we do not provide appraisal services for other cultural relics. Please come back!"
You Fang glanced at it and almost lost his joy. This is a private reward collection, not a treasure appraisal activity conducted by some organization. No matter if it is authentic or fake, you must get at least one piece of Yuan blue and white. Why did someone bring all the old-fashioned pickle jars?
At this time, an aunt in her forties, dressed very rustically and looking like a peasant woman, approached the staff member, mysteriously opened a box and said, "Brother, I don't have Yuan blue and white, but this is Qianlong pastel porcelain."
, it’s absolutely true! Just let your boss take a look?”
You Fang couldn't help but be stunned. He stood close and saw clearly that the porcelain jar exposed in the box was not fake, but Qianlong pastel porcelain. Moreover, based on his eyesight, he felt that this thing was a bit "raw". So-called.
Of course, "raw" does not mean that it is a newly burned (fake), but that it has just been taken out of a place such as an ancient tomb. There are subtle differences in characteristics and feel with the artifacts that have been used by generations.
From the look of the peasant woman, she does not look like someone who knows and collects Qianlong pastel porcelain. This aunt either dressed up like this on purpose, or someone taught her to say so in advance. In short, there are problems with this person and the origin of this item.
Most of them were sent by a certain group of tomb robbers to check the situation. It seems that the tomb robbers were really suspicious of the collector's intentions in this collection activity. They did not find Yuan blue and white flowers, but sent someone to bring a Qianlong pastel porcelain.
Come to test, just in time for You Fang to encounter this scene.
The staff member just looked at it twice, then shook his head and said: "Auntie, tell the person who asked you to bring the thing that we only collect Yuan blue and white flowers. This thing can be sent to an antique shop or auction house, but don't
Send it here."
You Fang on the side couldn't help but was stunned again. It seemed that this staff member in his thirties was an expert and a sensible person, but according to what he meant, the organizer's purpose was to recruit Yuan Qinghua and was not interested in other things.
If you are interested, then your original idea may be wrong.
Now that he's here, let's give it a try. You Fang stepped forward and said, "Hello, my surname is Mei. We talked on the phone yesterday." He had already heard that the staff member in front of him was the person who talked to him on the phone yesterday.
His surname is Luo, and his name is Luo Dike.
Luo Tike nodded slightly in surprise and said, "Oh, is it you? Please come with me."
There is a closed door on the left side of the conference room leading to the inner room. Standing in front of the door are four young men in uniforms, dressed like ordinary white-collar workers sitting in a desk. They should also be staff here. But You Fang passed these people.
From their posture and aura, it can be seen that they are all smart people, and their skills are definitely not comparable to that of ordinary building security guards.
Luo Dike opened the door and led You Fang to the next door. The yellow-faced man who came with him just now shouted dissatisfied outside: "Why can he come in but I can't? What I got is the real Yuan Qinghua! What do you mean?
Isn’t this deceiving the people? If I don’t give you an explanation today, I won’t leave! Call your appraisal experts..."
Hearing this, You Fang secretly laughed in his heart. That person was in the wrong place. This is a private property rather than a service window of an organization. The nonsense is not easy to use. Looking at this attitude, although they are polite, are they still afraid of you causing trouble?
Sure enough, someone stopped him and "persuaded" him twice, and the yellow-faced man immediately stopped talking.
Next to the conference room is a guest lounge. You Fang sat down on the sofa. A young lady came in and made him a cup of tea. Although he hadn't drunk it yet, the smell of the tea told him that it was quite high-end.
Tea. Luo Tike said apologetically: "Sir, I'm sorry. I need to do a simple security check to make sure you are not carrying a firearm. I am not questioning you, it is just a routine procedure. I hope you understand."
You Fang doesn’t understand anything. Many appraisal sites may contain precious cultural relics, sent by others for appraisal, or used as reference by the appraiser. Just let an unknown person in, in case someone pulls out a gun.
What should I do if there is a robbery? The inspection is a proper procedure. He stood up and opened the box in front of him very cooperatively and raised his arms. Naturally, he would not be carrying a murder weapon when he came here today.
After the inspection, You Fang didn't drink a sip of tea. He followed Luo Tike out of the other door on the right side of the reception room with the box in his arms, and walked back to the corridor separated by the stainless steel door. Luo Tike carefully knocked on the door on the opposite side of the corridor.
He opened a door a crack and asked, "Teacher Zhou, someone brought something for you to identify."
A rich, slightly hoarse voice came from the room: "I've been waiting for several days, and you've brought someone else here? Please come in quickly!"
Entering the door is a very large studio. There is a huge workbench in the center. On it are various glazes, brushes, filling materials, broken porcelain pieces, and a half-repaired turquoise-pink glaze pomegranate.
There was only one person in the room. He had put down his work and looked up.
In the usual on-site appraisal of cultural relics, at least three experts are present at the same time, and the authenticity can only be determined by unanimous opinions, but there is a fear that one person will accidentally be spotted. To collect authentic Yuan blue and white flowers, a large reward is offered on site. Why is there only one appraisal expert for such an important matter?
Present? This is incredible. However, when You Fang saw this person at the first sight, he felt even more incredible - how powerful the great collector behind the scenes was, to be able to invite this senior out!