Chapter 641 Pottery Figures
Lu Zhengguo was so generous that he agreed to Jin Muchen's request without thinking much.≥,
In fact, there are several reasons why he agreed so happily.
First of all, his identity is particularly sensitive. Although he has been escaping from Japan for ten years, he does not dare to show up outside at all. He is afraid of those "friends" Kobayashi Kyosuke's domestic "friends".
He had experienced the power of those guys. At that time, he had already fled to the capital. He originally thought that he could rest assured when he arrived in China, but he did not expect that those guys would find him in the end. If he hadn't been alert that time, he might have become an unknown missing person now.
The second reason is that if you rely solely on yourself to get these things to Japan, it would be quite difficult. Now the domestic investigation of antique smuggling is quite strict.
Although the Yaobian Tianmu bowl he made can only be regarded as a craft, when no one across the country can successfully copy this bowl, as long as such things appear on the market, it will definitely be regarded as the authentic one, and that will cause a lot of trouble.
The most important point is that he cannot stand up to clarify because of his identity. If he attracts the attention of interested people, others will follow the clues to find them in Nanshishan Village, it will be troublesome.
Not only will he face the danger of his identity being exposed, but more importantly, it will also make the entire village unlucky with him. After all, this village specializes in fake making and selling fakes, which is shameful.
If it is exposed, it will ruin the jobs of the whole village and he will be unlucky. He is not afraid. But the whole village will be unlucky. He will be unlucky.
So he definitely did not dare to take risks. If he wanted to get this thing to Japan and disrupt Japan's antique market, he had to find someone who could trust and had the ability.
He usually dared not show up, and the purchasers he knew did not have such strength, so he could only choose the mysterious boss Jim in front of him.
Yesterday, after Li Laoliu and Jin Muchen reached a deal, he called him and said that this person was quite capable.
He also heard of Tao Jie's reputation. He was a big man who once dominated Xiangjiang. The boss of such a big man must be a man of great wisdom, so he thought of asking Jin Muchen to help him do this.
Now this guy asked him for this batch of goods for nothing. Although he was a little hesitant, he could only take this bet. Otherwise, he would have no hope for his family in his life.
In this way, the two reached a cooperation agreement with their own ulterior motives.
Lu Zhengguo can only bet that Jin Muchen has the strength, and for Jin Muchen, Japan will have to go there sooner or later. With these things around, this trip to Japan will definitely be much easier.
While the two sides reached a deal, Tao Jie on the other side also chose almost the same. She selected about dozens of exquisitely crafted porcelains, and Lu Zhengguo was not polite to Tao Jie this time.
Although Tao Jie is a guest of his cousin's family, he had already handed over the Yaobian Tianmu bowls to Jin Muchen for free, so this time he could not give Tao Jie these porcelains for free.
So this time he asked Taojie for a total of 300,000 yuan, about 40 pieces of porcelain, which cost 300,000 yuan, and they are all fakes. To be honest, his asking price is really not cheap.
However, considering that his fakes were indeed beautiful, almost every piece could be made into real products. Jin Muchen and Tao Jie did not continue to bargain with him and directly agreed to his offer.
Anyway, Jin Muchen is not short of money now. Considering that Sister Tao had promised to give all the Ming Dynasty porcelain to her yesterday, Jin Muchen made a favor this time and paid the money for her.
When Lu Zhengguo saw Jin Muchen, he took out hundreds of thousands of dollars, just like spending dozens of dollars. Without blinking, he felt more at ease. It seemed that Lao Liu was not bragging, and this guy was still somewhat powerful.
The transactions on both sides were completed, and the goods were packed. After Lu Zhengguo sent a few people to help send these things back to the Li family mansion, it had been more than half a day.
The group had lunch in the Li family compound and then continued to go out in the afternoon.
Sister Tao also made up her mind. It was not easy for her to come to southern Henan. Of course, she had to buy enough goods when she went back. She won the porcelain in Lu Zheng's country in the morning. She could be said to have gained a lot. Those exquisitely crafted fakes were enough to deal with those American foreign devils.
But she was still not satisfied. Just getting these porcelain was not enough for her. It would be better to get a few pieces of pottery, which would make it even more enjoyable when she went back.
After all, for those foreigners who were half a bucket of water, pottery was a longer time than porcelain. If it was exquisitely crafted, they would not mind spending a lot of money on pottery.
You should know that in China, the price of pottery is far less than that of porcelain. Because of this, buying pottery in China will be very cheap, but once you get it in China, the price of pottery will soar rapidly, especially those pottery that are older.
Of course, this is about the authentic one, and for fake ones, the older the pottery it imitates, the better it is for her.
For a village that covers any antique counterfeiting, how could they not have pottery?
After listening to Taojie's request, the Li family's elder Liu quickly found another suitable seller for them, and this seller was Wei Quanshui, who was famous for making pottery in their village.
This farmer, who is not good-looking, is a master of pottery. His family has passed down his skills for hundreds of years. The pottery made is the same as the porcelain made by Lu Zhengguo they visited in the morning. It can be made from fake and real products.
The Wei family's yard is also located in the southern suburbs of Nanshishan Village, but the courtyard is much larger than the yard of Lu Zhengguo, with much more helpers inside, and their kiln is larger.
When Li Laoliu brought them in, there was a lively scene inside. As soon as he entered the yard, he could feel the heat coming. Li Laoliu was also a skilled person. He smelled the smell of coal ash in the air and said to Jin Muchen and the others with a smile.
"We are here today. Lao Wei has just opened the kiln."
Li Laoliu led the way, Jin Muchen and Tao Jie followed closely behind. Both of them were very happy and wanted to see what good things were burned out in this kiln.
But to their disappointment, Li Laoliu did not take them to the kiln, but took them to the three floors near the entrance of the yard, and then took them upstairs and went straight into an office on the top floor.
After about half an hour, a guy dressed more like a farmer and entrepreneur, came upstairs, but as soon as he entered the office, he looked dirty. Seeing a few people sitting in his office, he first laughed and greeted Li Laoliu, then nodded to Jin Muchen and Tao Jie, and then went into the bathroom inside to wash his face.
Soon when this person came out again, Jin Muchen and the others could see clearly the image of this guy. He was not tall and was wearing a double-breasted suit. No matter how he looked, he looked more like a simple farmer entrepreneur.
"Old Wei, these are two of my friends, but they are both very powerful bosses. They heard that the terracotta figurines you made are very good, so they wanted to buy some goods. Don't fool them, that little good thing comes out."
Li Laoliu was really honest. He came up and told the farmer entrepreneur that Wei Quanshui was obviously also acquaintances with him. He didn't say anything, but just smiled.
"Don't worry, since you are your friend, then you are my friend. Let's take you to see the goods."
This guy is a cheerful person and speaks crisply.
Old Wei stood up, Jin Muchen and Tao Jie were not sitting, and the group followed him straight to the warehouse downstairs. Once they entered the warehouse, they could smell the smell of fresh porcelain clay.
Looking up, Jin Muchen and Tao Jie were shocked, and the room was filled with rows of black pottery.
Unlike the white porcelain I have seen before, these pottery are all gray, some are gray, and some are red in gray, with a completely different sense of thickness from porcelain.
Jin Muchen didn't know much about pottery, but just as soon as he caught his eye, he knew that Li Laoliu didn't tell any lies, and Wei Quanshui was indeed a pottery master.
Because these pottery, just by looking at the shape, you can feel the simple and elegant temperament, which is very different from the ordinary pottery that he saw on street stalls before. You can tell that these pottery were carefully crafted at a glance.
The first thing we can see is that the shapes of these pottery figurines are definitely imitated in ancient styles, and are completely different from those that have been seen before, shoddy or even imagined.
What made Jin Muchen most admire was a row of half a meter-high, thick gray ladies' terracotta figurines inside. This row of terracotta figurines is the smallest in this warehouse. Other types of terracotta figurines, with the same products, are often more than a dozen or even dozens, but there are only five or six of these terracotta figurines.
Moreover, these ladies' pottery figurines, just look at the shape, are dignified, and at first glance they are filled with a sense of righteousness and nobility. Obviously, the prototype of such pottery figurines is not something that ordinary people can afford.
Chapter completed!