Chapter 384 Fine Porcelain From the Sea

"I don't like people who are too fat, so let's just forget it."

Zhang Yang shook his head. He felt that if the conversation continued, Chen Yanguang would blow himself up.

"Ah, is that too hasty?"

Chen Yanguang looked at Zhang Yang and felt that it would be unreasonable for him to give up this opportunity to make a fortune simply because of his personal preferences.

Money, making money, what can't you tolerate?

"Brother Yang, why don't you think about it again?"

"Well, to be honest, Sri Lanka is not suitable for salvage because they have a small land area and the local government is very strict."

"But the main problem is that Hailuo porcelain is all about volume. It doesn't mean you can sell it at a higher price when you fish it out. The requirements for sales channels are relatively high."

"If you had Boss Li's channel, why would you sell Hai Lao porcelain? If you directly sell those high imitations of Tao Chang's work, wouldn't you make more than selling Hai Lao porcelain?"

Zhang Yang had long seen that Chen Yanguang had ideas about Boss Li's business.

He even suspected that Chen Yanguang took the initiative to mention it to Boss Li this time.

Otherwise, if they come to a porcelain exhibition, why would the other party take them to the sea to open their eyes?

From a friend's perspective, Zhang Yang needs some advice.

It's too risky to do this kind of work.

And he couldn't bear it if he asked Zhang Yang to identify what he fished out in the future.

Zhang Yang remembers clearly that Nanhai No. 1, a sunken ship from the Song Dynasty, on which more than 60,000 cultural relics were unearthed.

If Chen Yanguang is lucky enough to encounter a similar shipwreck, Zhang Yang is really afraid that he will die in front of the appraisal table.

After hearing this, Chen Yanguang pondered for a while and nodded:

"Don't say it yet, what you said makes sense."

He told Zhang Yang that in the past few months, after Hedong Group's overseas business was fully launched, its monthly net profit was around 6 million.

It even reached 11 million in the last month.

Although it is not as huge a profit as it was from selling fake goods and harvesting leeks across the country, it can be expected that when overseas channels are fully rolled out and the group's reputation is established, the money earned will definitely increase several times.

At that time, you can really make money while lying down.

"Forget it, I'd better go out and see what they fish out."

"Okay, call me if you have something good."

Zhang Yang nodded and took out his mobile phone to read the novel.

After reading just one chapter, Chen Yanguang is back again.

This time, the female lifeguard who followed him also helped him get an antique.

Chen Yanguang was holding a large sauce-colored jar, while the lifeguard was holding a metal container.

The two put the things in front of Zhang Yang, and Chen Yanguang said:

"Look first, there are a few more outside."

"I won't move those bowls, plates, etc., they're nothing interesting. Let's just make some special utensils."

"No, don't be impatient."

Zhang Yang only glanced at the jar and called out to Chen Yanguang, who was about to turn around and leave.

"This is a phoenix-patterned urn from the Zhangzhou kiln in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It is not valuable, only a few hundred yuan. This kind of thing is far inferior to the complete blue and white porcelain."

"How about you take a look again?"

"The carving on this is a phoenix. Is there any explanation?" Chen Yanguang asked.

"There is no explanation. The Zhangzhou Kiln was accepting orders from overseas Chinese and could burn anything, including phoenix and dragon patterns. It didn't matter whether it was over the top or not. As long as you paid, you could burn it."

"When the Ming Dynasty reached Wanli, they basically didn't care about the place. That's why so many merchant ships went to Southeast Asia and Arab countries."

Zhang Yang's helpless hands spread out, from the blue and white porcelain plate in front that was suspected to be signed by the Jiajing official kiln, to this sauce-glazed phoenix pattern urn, it was all very confusing.

Those who didn't know thought it was an official ship.

But in fact, it is most likely a private transaction.

This is a reflection of the social reality in the late Ming Dynasty. At that time, a maritime ban was imposed. As long as you were willing to pay taxes, you could not sell anything.

"What about this one?" Chen Yanguang picked up the metal object next to him again.

"This is a gong." Zhang Yang said immediately.

"Ming Dynasty merchant ships were basically equipped with gongs. You can think of them as manual alarms. Once an emergency is detected, the gongs are sounded."

"A hundred yuan for this thing? It might be more."

"How much? Only a hundred yuan..." Chen Yanguang was speechless.

He thought about the things he had just fished out on the deck, and after a while he came back to his senses and asked Zhang Yang: "Is that blue and white teacup worth anything?"

"The lid is gone, but there are words inside the tea cup. I looked at it and it seemed to be the word [林]. It was pressed at the bottom of the fishing net, so it was not easy to take it out."

"Oh, I know what you're talking about."

"That's what I just mentioned. The porcelain custom-made by overseas Chinese at the entrance of kilns in the mainland basically has their last names written on it."

"Everyday necessities are not worth much, maybe two hundred and fifty."

"It's broken. It's worthless." Chen Yanguang collapsed on the chair like a deflated rubber ball. "What's going on? There is not a single treasure in the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty."

"Don't worry, wait until they are all fished out. Let's take a look at it after we get ashore." Zhang Yang stretched out his mobile phone and invited, "Would you like to play chess?"

"Oh? Okay, okay, watch me kill you and leave nothing behind."

…

Zhang Yang and Chen Yanguang met a bad chess basket case, the eldest brother not to mention the second brother.

After thirty rounds of fighting, the fight ended at fifteen to fifteen.

Just as the two were preparing for the final round to decide the winner, Boss Li came in with someone.

He did not disturb Zhang Yang and the two, but asked people to move out all the things on the table that Chen Yanguang had brought in for appraisal.

"Did you finish the work? Do you want to take inventory?"

"No work is required, and there is no need to count the things."

"What's the hurry? Come on, Boss Li, let's watch the two of us kill each other and judge who is stronger." Chen Yanguang invited.

"Hahaha, no, I have to determine the location of the sinking thing later."

"Sink something?" Zhang Yang was a little curious, "What are you going to sink?"

"Of course it's the stuff that was picked up."

Boss Li pointed in the direction outside the cabin and said that everything will sink into the high seas later.

When the Indian cargo ship he rented passed by later, he picked up the things through GPS positioning and took them to Indonesia for packaging and safekeeping.

"Why don't you just take it back to the shore?"

Chen Yanguang asked a somewhat idiotic question.

Zhang Yang feels like he knows the answer:

These things were not fished out on the high seas. If we sailed back now, the things would be considered Indonesian.

This method of sinking things directly into the high seas is a bit standard, but not much.

Boss Li's answer was slightly different from Zhang Yang's guess.

He said that if he took it back directly, there would already be police on the dock waiting to collect his money.

The money wasn't much, but he couldn't make such an offer.

Otherwise, every time I go to sea and return to Hong Kong in the future, I will be welcomed by the local police.

After the fleet sailed to the high seas, divers first went down to check the situation on the seabed.

After making sure that the items would not be broken or washed away by ocean currents, Boss Li ordered people to slowly sink more than a dozen bags of porcelain in fishing nets to the bottom of the sea.

The whole process was conducted in an orderly manner and very professional.

When the ship docks in Banda Aceh again, this porcelain fishing trip will be over.

"Mr. Zhang, Mr. Chen, how do you feel?"

"Thank you, Boss Li, for this unforgettable experience. I'm even a little dizzy now. I'm afraid I won't be here tonight." Zhang Yang said, touching his forehead.

"Hahaha, it's okay. I asked them to keep my sister until Mr. Zhang returns to his glory." Boss Li smiled and then asked Chen Yanguang, "Where are you, Mr. Chen? Will you continue tonight?"

"Continue? What continue?" Chen Yanguang shook his head in confusion, "I want to play chess with Mr. Zhang tonight."

…

Two days later, the Aceh Haihai Porcelain Exhibition officially opened in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh District, Indonesia.

The format of this exhibition is a bit like a preview of an auction. The only difference is that there will be no auction later. If you like something, you can buy it directly.

Except for the porcelain in the solitary window, most of the other porcelain on display are of the same style. Considering the issues of market liquidity and value preservation, only five pieces of each type are sold at most.

While supplies last, first come, first served.

In order to avoid "eating leftovers", Zhang Yang and Chen Yanguang adjusted their schedules early and successfully became the first batch of buyers to enter the exhibition on the day of the exhibition.

But even though they got up at seven o'clock, there were still dozens of people entering the museum in the same group.

Everyone comes prepared.

Chen Yanguang knows many of them. In his words, he always sees these faces every time there is a porcelain exhibition in Southeast Asia.

It feels like they are just here to eat and drink.

Although Chen Yanguang is as diligent as them, there is a fundamental difference between him and these people, that is, he is "stupid and rich."

Just buy it if you like it.

But with Zhang Yang, the situation is different.

Chen Yanguang confessed to Zhang Yang before entering the door: "I have prepared 20 million this time. You can buy whatever you want."

"How about buying me two hours of companionship? Ten million an hour?" Zhang Yang suggested.

"Thank you, I don't like men."

"That puts me at ease."

"Then can you please stop being so close to me?" Zhang Yang stretched out his fingers and pushed Chen Yanguang out. This is not ancient times, and it is too weird for two men to hold arms and swim together.

"Aren't I afraid that you will disappear again later?"

What Chen Yanguang was talking about was that before, he and Zhang Yang went to an antique market together, and Zhang Yang disappeared while shopping.

Later I discovered that Zhang Yang had gone back to pick it up and missed it.

Let Chen Yanguang call out the evil in people's hearts.

"It's okay. It's just like a supermarket. You can broadcast messages asking for dad."

"Go, go, go." Chen Yanguang opened half a step away from Zhang Yang, but immediately came closer, "By the way, what should we go see first?"

"Let's take a look at the first solitary item." Zhang Yang said while holding the exhibition map.

The location of the solitary product window at this exhibition is marked on the map. You can check out the products first and then decide whether to buy them.

Although the unique product in this exhibition may not be the only one in the world, it must first of all be a high-quality product.

It cannot be the kind of daily necessities that are mass-fired in private kilns.

Otherwise, I would be very sorry to the audience.

At the scene, there were many people who had the same idea as Zhang Yang.

Most buyers gathered around the solitary product window, queuing up to take a look and then bid.

However, this time the solitary porcelain is not awarded to the highest bidder.

Instead, within half an hour after the porcelain appears, the person who blindly guesses the price closest to the preset selling price will be qualified to purchase.

If there are several prices that are equally close, for example, the reference price is 150,000, and the two closest bids are 140,000 and 160,000, the one with the lower price will win, which is a purchase of 140,000.

Very interesting gameplay.

Zhang Yang has participated in so many auctions and exhibitions, but this is the first time he has seen this kind of bidding method.

Maybe it's true what Boss Li said. In his eyes, money is just a number. He is now completely enjoying the atmosphere of buying and selling antiques.

At eight o'clock sharp, the solitary product window opened.

The first piece of porcelain he took out made Zhang Yang's eyes light up.

A very typical black-glazed Ge-style incense burner from a kiln built in the Song Dynasty.

This porcelain incense burner is inspired by the traditional bronze Li.

Although there are no complex patterns on bronze ware, the glaze of Jianyao porcelain itself is very good.

What's even more rare is that this porcelain incense burner is well preserved and should have been buried deep in the sand on the seabed before it was taken out of the sea.

I'm afraid it took a lot of effort to fish it out.

"Is this thing real?" Chen Yanguang asked Zhang Yang in a low voice.

He knows Zhang Yang's ability. He doesn't need to line up to hold it in his hand. He can tell whether it is true or false after staring at it from a distance for a while.

"real."

"Then how much should I bid?"

"have no idea."

"???" Chen Yanguang suddenly became a little anxious, "Don't do it, brother, if the bids are the same, the first bidder will have priority to purchase."

"Give me a reference price quickly. I'll fill it in."

"I really don't know." Zhang Yang shook his head, "I usually estimate the auction house's transaction price from the Internet."

"Who knows what the price is for buying goods from the source?"

Zhang Yang was telling the truth. Even though this was a serious porcelain exhibition, it had even been registered with the Indonesian government.

But to put it bluntly, this is a stolen goods sale meeting for the "alternative tomb robbers" in the sea.

On the way here, he saw a Qing Dynasty Kangxi imitation Xuande blue and white cloud and phoenix pattern large plate, the price converted into RMB is only 800.

Eight hundred dollars to buy genuine Kangxi blue and white porcelain?

Although it is from a private kiln, it at least has a Xuande model.

If this were done in China, the antique dealer would drive his car and wait at the door, load the car one by one, and then sell it for four to five thousand.

The price at the source, without middlemen making the difference, is as real as it gets.

It is estimated that only Boss Li himself knows how to price the goods from the source.

Valuation? forget it.

Zhang Yang suggested: "I suggest you just guess it. If you guess it right, you will be lucky."

"Meng, that's too stupid." Chen Yanguang curled his lips in disdain, patted the shoulder of a local Indonesian in front of him, and asked him in authentic Linhai accent how much the things were worth.

The other party replied: 100 million Indonesian rupiah.

In Zhang Yang's eyes, there is no difference between asking passersby and Meng.

However, he immediately helped Chen Yanguang do the math and found that 100 million Indonesian rupiah was only 46,000 yuan.

"Is it reliable?" Chen Yanguang asked.

"At the market price, I can give you 150,000 yuan." Zhang Yang replied after reading the information.

"Then I'll fill in 48,000 to make sure there are no small leaks." Chen Yanguang was very decisive and was the first to fill in the quotation.

Half an hour later, Chen Yanguang and Zhang Yang came back from shopping.

The transaction price of the black-glazed incense burner built in the kiln was: 24,000 yuan.

"Damn, it's so different? It's too hard to guess."

"How about we shoot something else?"

"Don't worry." Zhang Yang pursed his lips and motioned for Chen Yanguang to look at the screen.

There is something new, this time it is a blue and white elephant head military holder from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.