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Section 7 Clark Porcelain (2)

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After Wen Desi sold gold in this time and space, because the texture was not pure enough, he sold it for about 270,000 yuan. He found a small smelter, re-smelted the silver, and cast it into a standard 925 industrial silver, which was also sold for 200,000 yuan.

As for those large baskets of porcelain, it was not a solution to put them in the hotel room, but it was impossible to explain why there were so many more things in the room, so I had to stay for a few days and take turns transporting them in a suitcase every day.

I took a look at the porcelain and found that there were 200 pieces in total, most of which were all kinds of plates, and there were many bowls and vases. Although they knew that this was Clark porcelain, they were all laymen in the cultural relics industry.

Wen Desi thought of meeting Professor Ma at the dinner table in the past. He taught in the history department of a famous local university. He also liked to play with antiques and so on. He was well-known in the collection industry. After flirting with business card books, he found Professor Ma's phone number and made an appointment to have dinner together at noon and talk about something.

"Yes, this is Clark porcelain," Professor Ma looked at the disk in his hand. "A typical export porcelain. This porcelain is characterized by wide edges, mostly blue and white porcelain. On the edge of the plate and bowl, the pattern of the square and the circle of the consecrated landscape characters, flowers and fruits."

Wen Desi took a humble attitude towards being taught.

"Clark porcelain is divided into Wanli and Kangxi in terms of age. You are from Wanli. Any circles in the pattern are made of two strokes, which is a feature of porcelain paintings in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties."

Wen Desi thought that this was clearly from the Year of the Apocalypse.

"Then this porcelain plate is worth a lot?"

"Don't think of money when talking about cultural relics." Professor Ma showed a look of contempt, "The value of cultural relics is mainly its historical and cultural connotation."

As he said that, he looked over and over again, looking a little too frowned, and suddenly he frowned slightly: "This plate has not yet faded, can't it be a high-quality imitation, right? Where did you get it?"

Wen Desi thought I couldn't say it was a new product that was brought from another time and space that was just out of the kiln. "When I went to the countryside to do business, I saw a fellow villager setting up a stall with very special patterns, so I collected a few of them."

"You noticed this very carefully." Professor Ma nodded in appreciation, "Clark porcelain is actually a product that is processed in samples. Pattern decorations cater to the aesthetic needs of Europeans, and some are directly patterned flowers designed by Europeans."

"That should be true?" Wen Desi looked anxious to know the authenticity.

"It should be." Professor Ma pondered for a moment, "but there are not many such porcelains in China, and most of the goods on the market are fished out of the sea. But the plate is obviously not soaked in water."

"If it's true, how is the market now?"

"Well, the market for ceramics is quite complicated, and it has been generally cold recently. However, Clark porcelain is a popular product, with the highest transaction rate among ceramics, but the value of a single piece is not very large. Such a plate can be sold for about three or four thousand."

"That's not bad." Wen Desi made a proud look of picking up the bargain.

"It's just that this is a bit hard to tell," Professor Ma leaned on the back of the chair comfortably, with a subtle smile behind his glasses. "Your plate, how you can see it, it's just anger. It's said that Clark porcelain is rarely imitated, and I haven't heard of mine burying."

Wen Desi looked anxious: "Professor Ma, do you think this thing is really real?"

Professor Ma thought for a while: "Let's do this, I have a friend who specializes in porcelain collection. He is an expert in this circle. I'll give you a number and you can ask him to see it yourself. If it's a real thing, he will definitely want it."

The expert introduced by Professor Ma is also surnamed Ma, but he is not a relative of Professor Ma, and is considered a big shot in the collection circle. Once Wen Desi took over the things, he asked for all 200 items. Experts doubted whether Wen Desi dug up a porcelain cellar in Fujian. Because this old man not only has excellent quality, but also means something. Ma expert knew that Clark porcelain was very easy to sell because it is affordable. He naturally couldn't find it. So he said that if there is goods, he could continue to be used.

After taking over gold, silver and porcelain, the income from this trip was about 3 million yuan. Using this money as startup capital, the Executive Committee began further action.

It was obviously not appropriate to rent a hotel room. Wen Desi decided to run a company and spent 20,000 yuan to complete the full set of procedures, and a trading company was released. Xiao Zishan had been announced by the company that "no longer renew the labor contract" and simply took full-time responsibility and was given the title of administrative manager. Wen Desi also wanted to resign, but there was a lot of work in the company. The leader was not good to him and it was difficult to leave. However, he finally agreed to leave three months later. Wang Luobin was much more casual and went to Guangzhou with a dictionary. He actually went directly to a small machinery factory to work as a worker, saying that he was "familiar with the skills."

The company has nothing. Fortunately, Xiao Zishan has been in Guangzhou for many years and has a wide range of people in sales. Now he has money in his hands and everything is easy to do. The office location rents a business suite for a long time in the original hotel. This kind of business suite is an independent unit. It does not require passing through the lobby. It is quieter and has an underground parking space, which is very convenient. Xiao Zishan uses a small warehouse inside as a crossing point for the wormhole and installs an anti-theft door separately. In order to meet the next step of transporting goods in large quantities, he bought a hydraulic trolley.

The Executive Committee had the first disagreement when using the company's car. Xiao Zishan's opinion was to buy a small-displacement bus with a seven-seater similar to Changan Star. It was cheap, attracted a lot of people, transported goods, and was fuel-efficient. Wang Luobin believed that since it was going to the 17th century later, such a car could not exert its residual heat in that time and space - there was no gasoline in the Ming Dynasty, and the road conditions were not something like this. So he suggested buying a four-wheel drive diesel-powered off-road vehicle - in comparison, diesel alternatives are easier to get.

After hours of discussion on this issue, the three members of the executive committee finally decided to buy a SUV. The car sales lady was confused by the choice of these men. They rejected the new model of the more fuel-efficient electronic injection engine and bought an old Cherokee Jeep: four-wheel drive, manual gear, diesel power, and self-rescue winch.

With a car and a channel to make money, what are you doing? The three people from the executive committee sat at the table in the conference room and discussed the next plan.
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