As he spoke, he pushed the ink pad box from the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties in front of Zhou Zhi: "Longquan ink pad was originally created by Liu Wengao, a scholar from Changzhou. He was very familiar with medicinal materials. He spent two years in Changzhou's Jiji Lane to improve the production of ink pads. Finally, He invented the best ink pad that 'doesn't solidify in winter and doesn't seep in summer'. It's bright and shiny. It was placed in water for three days and picked up. It showed no signs of haloing after use. It was eventually listed as a royal tribute."

"Look, this box of Longquan ink pad has been hundreds of years old, and the color is still so bright. You just need to add a little more white oil to use it."

"The Eight Treasures Seal Clay is even more exaggerated. There are records: 'The Eight Treasures Seal Clay was created during the Qianlong Emperor's reign to maintain peace for a long time and civilize the Ming Dynasty. All the items used were deliberately refined. There are paintings and calligraphy handed down from generation to generation that have imperial inscriptions. The seal is a treasure with raised inscriptions and a bright red color, so it is said that there is no such miracle unless it is the work of the eight treasures. The so-called eight treasures are one pearl powder, two Chenzhou cinnabar, three real wax rubies, four red gold powder, and five stone bells. Milk, six coral fragments, seven carts of canal powder, eight crystal powders, all these are beyond the reach of human beings.'"

"Real or fake?" Zhou Zhi took the two boxes of ink pads in his hands and looked at them: "You mean the ink pad here may be more expensive than these two ink pad boxes?"

"What you say is a good comparison." The fourth cousin said happily: "The idiom is called buying a coffin and returning a pearl!"

"These two boxes of ink pads were said to be 'one tael of ink pads and one tael of gold' at the time, and they have always been more valuable than the boxes containing them."

"Now we have great admiration for the original collector who collected this box of paintings and calligraphy." The fourth aunt said: "Although all the ancient paintings and calligraphy in the collection are seriously damaged and broken, they are all very precious and top-quality."

"Besides calligraphy and painting, we previously thought he had collected many valuable ancient papers for restoration. It was not until this inventory that we discovered that in addition to paper, there were also many famous inks and ink pads from past dynasties." said the fourth cousin.

"There is no doubt that these things are carefully prepared in order to achieve the highest state of 'repairing the ancient is the ancient' when restoring calligraphy and painting."

"He is an absolute master." The fourth aunt said: "It's a pity that during this cleanup, no information about this collector was found."

"How about I go to the capital of Shu this time and pay a visit to Mr. Liu Sanye of Dayi and ask him about the origin of this batch of calligraphy and paintings."

"It's better not to give it up..." Fourth cousin thought for a while: "These calligraphy and paintings are too precious. What if he regrets it?"

"That's not the case." Zhou Zhi said: "It is written in black and white that the manager of the Engineering and Fine Arts Fee will serve as the guarantor as a witness, and he cannot regret it. And judging from the way he asked us to blindly sell at the time, he was determined to fight with this group of people. Let’s put things to a complete end.”

"But you are right, Fourth Cousin, it is better to do less than to do more."

"Yes, your cousin and I both think so." The fourth aunt said, "Collecting means collecting and hiding. If you don't have the eyesight, you can't collect, and if you don't have the strength, you can't hide."

"Then we should just stick to the old rules and make a fortune in silence." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Just now, my fourth cousin said that there are still treasures of ink from all dynasties, are these half-complete remnants of ink?"

"Haha and Can Mo? Forget it, I'll tell you another day, so as not to bite off more than you can chew." The fourth cousin smiled and said: "Remember to send back the previous calligraphy and paintings for us to rework and fill in the seals. You guys When to set off?"

"Oh, I have to go. I have to go to my classmate's house first." After saying this, Zhou Zhi remembered that he had originally planned to come to say hello and explain a few words before going to Jiang Shuyi, but he didn't expect that he saw a lot as soon as he arrived.

Good thing, once we started talking, there was no end: "It should be just these two days. It's not that we are in a hurry, but I think Shu University will hurry up if they get the news."

“When in the capital, go to the National Museum of China, the Forbidden City, Liulichang, and Panjiayuan to broaden your horizons.”

"That's necessary. Bring enough checks. By then, we will have collected all the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty." Zhou Zhi said with a smile.

"Huh? Do you think the five famous kilns are just Chinese cabbage?"

"It doesn't have to be to pick up leaks. Let's go to Rongbaozhai or the National Cultural Relics Store, and I'll pay for them!"

Nowadays, every province and municipality across the country has a unit called "Cultural Relics Head Office", which is generally affiliated with the Cultural Relics Bureau. Its purpose is to be oriented to the public, acquire and protect important cultural relics through market channels, and hand them over to museums for collection. Dissolution will generally not require the state.

The collected cultural relics are put on the market to satisfy domestic cultural relic enthusiasts and create higher foreign exchange income for the country.

The full name of the National Cultural Relics Store located in the capital should be the China Cultural Relics Store of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. This store alone has more than 140,000 cultural relics.

However, the value of today's cultural relics has not been truly reflected. The so-called "cultural relics that do not need to be collected by the state" are not of a generally high level.

Even so, people nowadays are not very interested in these. First there was a wave of stock speculation, and just now there was a wave of stamp speculation, as well as paintings by a few modern painters. Now the hot spot has moved to Hainan.

Real estate on the island has gone up.

Therefore, although the quality of the cultural relics is quite high, the value is still low. For example, there was a joke about porcelain. Only the high-quality official kilns before Qianlong were recognized, and the official kiln wares after Daoguang were even reduced to buy-one-get-one-free gifts.

Degree.

As for folk kiln porcelain, those made after the Song Dynasty are not even qualified to enter cultural relics stores. Even if they are from the Song Dynasty, they are not ordinary celadon and white porcelain from the five major folk kilns. Zhou Zhi once bought dozens of them to show off to Manager Fei, and they were auctioned by citizens.

There were enthusiastic transactions and fierce competition at the meeting, and finally sold for 4,000 yuan.

Less than 200 yuan a piece.

However, Zhou Zhi's tone was too loud. After all, the items in Rongbaozhai and the National Cultural Relics Store were of high value, which made the fourth cousin sneer angrily: "Then you have to bring enough money!"

Looking back at the benefits of karaoke halls far exceeding expectations, it also reflects from another perspective the lack of spiritual and cultural life of the people today.

It is no exaggeration to describe that place as making money every day.

After more than half a year, the karaoke hall has already earned nearly 300,000 yuan, of which Zhou Zhi accounts for 60%. Adding in revenue from videos and video games, Zhou Zhi can earn 25,000 yuan in almost a month.

The domestic and overseas revenue of "Sichuan Fun Talk" has been steadily increasing. Including the early royalties, the total revenue now is RMB 600,000 and HKD 1.5 million.

Therefore, Zhou Zhi now had one million RMB and one and a half million Hong Kong dollars as his bottom line, so it was no wonder that he accidentally acted arrogantly in front of his fourth cousin.

However, all the money was placed in Shudu's account, and Liu Yushu would reconcile with him on the phone every month. However, Jiachuan's use of checks without clearing was a bit too shocking, and Zhou Zhi did not dare to use it indiscriminately.

I can only listen to a number and have fun.


Chapter completed!