Chapter 17 Which one came out of the tomb?

Are imitation antique bronzes too authentic to sell?
When Zhang Yang first heard this, he thought he was dreaming.

But Lao Hu explained it to him very carefully.

After all, it’s because the people who like to collect are already old.

Old players usually have a fixed circle. Even if they want to buy something, they go to antique shops and rarely come to the market to shop.

Usually, people who like to come here are either tourists or young couples.

For these people, it doesn’t matter whether the bronze ware is authentic or not; the key is that it has to be cheap and good-looking.

Other people have already produced hundreds of bronze Kun Kuns on the assembly line, while Zhang Yang is still holding the bronze tripod and slowly applying potion to it. Just the production efficiency alone is extremely high.

The costs are naturally different.

The most important thing is that in terms of popularity, even the bronze tripod cannot compare.

After a while, there will naturally be no business.

"You may not believe this, but some of the goods I bought from you three years ago are still under my bed. Unless I use them to cheat those old guys out of their retirement funds, I really can't sell them."

"If you want to sell it, you still have to learn from your master and find the owners of those antique shops."

Lao Hu gave Zhang Yang an idea in a very sincere tone.

"I see. Thank you, uncle."

It turns out that the master’s main sales channel is antique shops.

Zhang Yang kept this matter in mind and planned to ask his master about it when he went to the prison tomorrow.

"By the way, Uncle Hu, is the antique market in Qingzhou so cold now?"

“I don’t see many stalls over there.”

Zhang Yang brought the topic back on track. He actually just wanted to ask Lao Hu this question.

In the middle of the market is Lao Hu's family, which runs an entertainment-oriented bronze ware stall.

Going further ahead, Zhang Yang saw no more than ten stalls in total.

The only legitimate shops with roofs and counters are those at the entrance of the market.

Looking at the signs, the businesses are:

Precious metal recycling, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, tobacco and alcohol store, photocopying and seal engraving.

Looking at it this way, the master’s shop a few meters away from Zhang Yang can be happily sent away.

"It's indeed not lively at the moment." Old Hu nodded.

"Our main battlefield is not here now. At night, everyone will go to the sidewalk next to the May Day Square and set up stalls on the river."

"It's equivalent to the ghost market in Qingzhou."

"You are a young man, you should know about the ghost market, right?"

"I know. It's often written about in novels." Zhang Yang nodded in response.

If there were another competitive market, the current decline would make sense.

Although both are stalls, the ghost market does not charge stall fees, has a larger flow of people, and can take advantage of the night to fish in troubled waters. It is indeed better than setting up a stall here.

But if that’s the case, Zhang Yang thought, wouldn’t he have come here in vain?

I came here to find a source of goods, I can't buy an Ultraman now, right?
The treasure appraiser may be a little foolish, but he is not stupid. If Tiga existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the Investiture of the Gods would have been in chaos.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yang couldn't sit still anymore.

But Lao Hu still wanted to chat with him. After asking about his life, he started asking about his marriage, as if he wanted to introduce a partner to Zhang Yang.

Just when Zhang Yang was worrying, a young couple strolled over.

"Uncle, a guest is coming."

Zhang Yang quickly stood up to make room for the customers.

The young girl in the couple saw the bronze Kun Kun in Zhang Yang's hand at first glance, and then looked at the ones on the street stall, and an expression of surprise instantly appeared on her face.

You can tell at first glance that I'm really interested.

Zhang Yang saw this and immediately felt that Lao Hu’s business strategy was correct.

While Lao Hu was bargaining with the couple, Zhang Yang told Lao Hu that he could just walk around.

……

A few steps towards the door is the shop that the master has taken over. What's a bit sad is that more than a dozen shops nearby are closed, and even many shops with better locations than his shop are not rented.

Zhang Yang thought to himself, it seems like I won’t be able to experience the life of a landlord today.

Continue forward and you will see the final glory of the entire antique market.

It is also Zhang Yang’s destination today.

While looking at the items on each stall, he wondered in his mind whether he could earn recognition if he made the same item to perfection.

Things that are not easy to get recognition will not be considered.

There are quite a lot of things sold on the stalls, and there are no duplicates between the stalls. This should be a deliberate arrangement by the vendors to avoid internal competition.

In this life, although Zhang Yang only learned how to make bronze ware look old, in his original world, he had work experience in a museum and his understanding of antiques and cultural relics was deeper than that of ordinary people.

Jade jewelry? Jadeware?

It is not difficult to imitate something like this into an old one. If the material is right, you just need to learn how to apply the patina.

But the cost is too high.

Whether it is jadeite or Hetian jade, the raw materials are too expensive. With Zhang Yang's current financial resources, he has less than 40,000 yuan in savings, which is a bit unaffordable.

Jianzhan?

Since when, there have been many vendors selling Jianzhan in the market. They look like common goods, but Zhang Yang knows that it is very difficult to imitate a Jianzhan that is indistinguishable from the real thing.

This kind of utensil has extremely high requirements for the clay, kiln and craftsmanship, but the firing success rate is still low.

Those who were broadcasting live broadcasts of Jianzhan were silent as soon as they started.

Moreover, there are very few genuine pieces of this thing in the world and they are very valuable. If an ordinary treasure appraisal host cannot understand it, he will subconsciously think it is fake.

Traditional blue and white porcelain?
Zhang Yang believes this is one of the most difficult antiques to imitate. There are pits everywhere in the patterns, shape, body and even glaze of the blue and white porcelain.

There are dozens of abilities in the system to forge porcelain. Just to learn all of them requires hundreds of thousands of recognition points. It is obviously an ability that can only be acquired in the late stage.

Ancient coins?
This seems to be possible. The green rust on copper coins is similar to the green rust on bronze ware.

Zhang Yang only has one worry:
Is it not illegal to make counterfeit money?

……

He wandered back and forth between the stalls and finally stopped in front of a pottery stall.

After looking around, this is the one with the lowest cost.

Regardless of the era of the pottery, the raw material is ordinary clay.

This thing can be bought online.

As for firing, the small earthen kiln for firing bronze in Zhang Yang's yard can reach the high temperature of 900 degrees required for pottery, without the need to purchase additional equipment.

Aside from the difficulty in manufacturing, the biggest advantage of pottery is that no one can fake it.

Because ordinary pottery, even from the Han Dynasty, cannot be sold at a high price unless the shape is unique enough.

In the early years, it was only two or three hundred yuan each, and no one bought it.

These are the kinds of things that tomb robbers are too lazy to move out of the tomb. They are not even as valuable as the tomb bricks with engraved patterns.

When Zhang Yang took this thing out during a live broadcast, the host would only question whether it was from the Qin and Han Dynasties or the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and generally would not think that it was newly fired.

"Handsome guy, what do you want to buy?"

The proprietress's voice called Zhang Yang back from his brainstorming.

"How about you tell me your requirements and I'll recommend one for you?"

"Okay." Zhang Yang nodded with a smile.

"Madam, you have so many things here. Is there anything that came from a tomb?"

“The older the tomb, the better.”

Lady boss: “???”

Seeing that the proprietress was silent, Zhang Yang was very surprised.

I'm already pretending to be a fool, doesn't the other party want to deceive me?
He asked puzzledly: "What's wrong, don't you have it here?"

The lady boss nodded: "It is true that we don't have it in stock, but if you want it, we can think of a way."

Zhang Yang: "???"

(End of this chapter)