Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

Chapter 417 The First Transaction

After Zhao Cheng returned to Peking, he settled into a leisurely life of drinking tea and strolling around. Apart from looking after a few children, he had no other activities every day and would not go out to do anything, just stay at home. This surprised many people who were waiting for Zhao Cheng to lose his temper.

Why didn't Zhao Cheng go against the director this time? They wanted to see the director's good show! Unfortunately, Zhao Cheng didn't cooperate, so they had no choice but to give up.

On this day, it was the day for Zhao Cheng to make a deal with Polan Hou and Pian Ye. Zhao Cheng took the small yellow croaker he had obtained and went out, riding his bicycle straight to Polan Hou's house.

Nearly an hour later, Zhao Cheng knocked on the gate of the Hou family's house. Within five minutes, the gate was opened from the inside. Zhao Cheng pushed his bicycle and walked in.

"Director Zhao, why are you here just now? We have been waiting for you for a long time!" Pian Ye said to Zhao Cheng anxiously.

"I'm sorry, I have a lot of things to do at home, so I came here after I finished my work. So, let's take a look at the things first. I brought all the money!" Zhao Cheng said while shaking his backpack.

Listening to the pleasant sounds coming from the backpack, Hou Polan and Pian Ye were also very excited.

Nowadays, it's very easy to exchange small yellow croaker for money, and you can even get a lot more than the market price. But you want to exchange money for small yellow croaker? Sorry, you can't get it unless you are willing to pay a high price.

So, Zhao Cheng was willing to trade gold with them. He must be a big customer of the two men, the Marquis of Tattered. How could they not be anxious? They were afraid that Zhao Cheng would suddenly change his mind and say he didn't want it anymore, or refuse to exchange gold with them. In that case, they would suffer a huge loss!

After the three of them entered the house, Zhao Cheng saw some antiques and furniture in the house.

Since Zhao Cheng didn't understand these things, he could only wait for Hou Polan to introduce them to him.

"Director Zhao, we know you may not understand so much. We have made detailed annotations for each of these things. We guarantee that you can find out whether these things are true by going to any Friendship Store or Liulichang. We two brothers will never let you suffer any loss!" Hou Polan patted his chest and made a guarantee.

"Haha, I trust you two to do the job. As long as it's real, I will never let you two suffer any loss. But if there is any fake one among them, I can still recover the loss in my own way! Let's be frank in advance. I hope we can cooperate well and don't make anything unpleasant!" Zhao Cheng said to the two brothers with a smile.

"Don't worry about that! We will definitely not let you suffer any loss! We would never dare to deceive you even if we try to deceive anyone else, right?" Pian Ye quickly interrupted.

"Okay, let's take a look at the things!" Zhao Cheng also knew that even if they had eight guts, they would not dare to lie to him, because these two people could not bear the consequences of angering him.

"Director Zhao, please take a look! This first item is a pair of official hat chairs from the Kangxi period. They are made of authentic Hainan Huanghuali wood. Both chairs are very well preserved, and there is not even a scratch on the seat. They are absolutely fine items! I bought this from an old family in Beiping City." Hou Polan introduced the pair of chairs while pointing to the ground.

Zhao Cheng walked over and took a look. The chair was quite nice, and just as they said, there was not a single scratch on the surface. It was absolutely original.

"Take a look at this one, a genuine Xuande incense burner! And this one is not ordinary, it is a full thirty centimeters in size! This thing is very rare. It is said that it was used for sacrifices in the palace. It is completely different from other small Xuande incenses! This thing belongs to a colleague of mine. His family was criticized, and he was anxious to exchange it for money and run away, otherwise he would never have taken it out." said Marquis Polan, pointing to an incense burner on the cabinet.

Zhao Cheng remembered Xuande incense burners that were usually palm-sized. This was the first time he had seen a Xuande incense burner this big.

It is indeed very good and a rare treasure.

"And this one, this is a painting by Mr. Daqian. Although the current price is not very expensive, we all think that this thing will be very valuable in the future. After all, it is the work of a true master of Chinese painting." Hou Polan said proudly, pointing to a bundle of about a dozen hanging scrolls.

"And this, the Yuan blue and white porcelain from the palace! This jar is also a real thing, also made by our old family, and it also needs gold to run away!" Marquis Polan said a little lonely.

For these former hardcore farmers, being criticized and running away seemed to have become the norm. If he wasn't just a rag collector, he probably wouldn't be much better off!

"Don't be sad. It's good enough that you can live a good life these days! Being alive is the most important thing. Everything else is just external things!" Zhao Cheng patted Hou Polan's shoulder and comforted him.

"Director Zhao, these are all the things we got this week. After all, we have limited capital, and some of the items require gold. Others won't accept them! So we can only give you these few items. A total of twelve paintings, a pair of official hat chairs, a Xuande furnace, and a piece of Yuan blue and white porcelain! If we add up all our expenses, it's a total of ten small yellow croakers! What do you think?" Pian Ye said to Zhao Cheng with a smile.

Ten small yellow croakers are really not expensive. At this time, after this period of time, the price of antiques will rise to a certain extent.

But Zhao Cheng didn't collect these things to resell them now. If he kept these things until the new century, which one wouldn't be worth several courtyard houses? Moreover, the things were small and didn't take up much space, making them perfect for his collection.

Zhao Cheng readily gave them ten small yellow croakers. As for how the two brothers divided them, that was their business. Anyway, Zhao Cheng just handed over the goods in exchange for money.

"Oh, by the way, I heard the palace warehouses have tens of thousands of sets of Qing Dynasty Imperial Guard armor. Could you get me ten or eight sets for each banner?" Zhao Cheng was looking at the paintings when he suddenly remembered that in a few years the Palace Museum would sell four thousand sets of Imperial Guard armor to employees for fifty cents each as a benefit. They would also dismantle the armor to make cotton-padded jackets. He wanted to collect some for his collection.

"Imperial Guards armor? From the Eight Banners? This is easy to get, but what's the use of that thing? There are so many of them in stock, but they are not valuable!" Pian Ye said after thinking for a while.

"I don't intend to make them valuable. I just collect them for fun. But I don't want those made later. I only want those made during the Qianlong period. That old guy demanded fine products for everything. Those armors are all made of Jiangnan silk and cotton! The craftsmanship is very good and they have some collection value! There are ten sets for each of the Eight Banners, so there are only eighty sets in total. It's not a lot compared to those things with a stock of tens of thousands!" Zhao Cheng said with a smile.

"Please wait for our news!" said Marquis Polan, nodding his head.