"Fang Yi, have you seen it? Old Sun thinks that I have a future in this industry..."

Hearing Mr. Sun praise him, the fat man seemed to have eaten ginseng fruit, and his 18,000 pores on his body suddenly became unblocked. He said proudly to Fang Yi: "I'm planning, let's set up a street stall in Chaotian Palace. Fang Yi, you know more, be responsible for purchasing goods, and leave the sales matters to me and Sanpao..."

The fat man knew that Fang Yi's opinion was crucial whether he could implement his ideas, because he and Sanpao were both poor and deserted proletariats. The 20,000 yuan he had in hand now was exchanged for Fang Yi's life. Fang Yi did not nod and said that everything was empty.

"Old Sun, can you do this job?" After hearing the fat man's words, Fang Yi looked at Sun Lianda. If there is such an expert who is leaving it alone, isn't that a waste?

"The antique business often requires thousands of funds. My opinion is that you start doing some cultural relics first..."

Sun Lianda thought for a while and said, "The domestic economy has improved a lot in recent years, and people have some spare money in their hands. Naturally, there are more people who collect them than before, but antiques require certain professional qualities. Your time to make antiques is not yet ripe..."

"Hey, old man, aren't these antiques the same as cultural relics?" Sun Lianda was interrupted by the fat man before he could finish his speech. The two words antiques and cultural relics all mean the same in his ears.

"How could it be the same?" Looking at the young men in front of him with a confused look on their faces, Sun Lianda asked, "Do you know what antiques are? What is also called cultural relics?"

"I don't know!" Fatty Fang Yi and Sanpao said in unison.

"Okay, I don't know anything, you just want to enter the industry. You are really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers..." Sun Lianda shook his head with a wry smile, sighed and said, "Let me tell you what antiques or cultural relics are first..."

Before retiring, Sun Lianda was not only the director of the Jinling Museum, but also a professor in the Department of Museums at Jinling University, and was the main lecturer of the museum relationship management class. He hasn't taught classes for many years. Although there are only three people, Sun Lianda still coughed habitually and reached out to touch the teacup beside the bedside table.

"Oh, old man, I'll give you a glass of water..."

The fat man had a lot of eyesight and picked up the kettle and poured water into Mr. Sun's cup. He moved a bench with Sanpao and sat honestly between Sun Lianda and Fang Yi's beds. The conditions were limited. Otherwise, in order to show his serious attitude of studying, the fat man would probably have to find a notebook to record.

"Well, a child can teach you..." After taking a sip of water, the old man's sense of fat man was slightly better. Although this kid was a little greedy for money, he also knew how to respect teachers and education, and still had a future in cultivation.

"Let's talk about antiques first. The characteristics of antiques are first of all, since there is an ancient character, when changing to antiques, you must identify whether its age is old enough. The age represented by this old character must be at least over a hundred years, otherwise it can only become a modern or modern handicraft...

The second characteristic of antiques is to emphasize its scarcity, that is, what the ancients said is that rare things are precious, is there enough in the world? Items that are old and small will definitely be popular. Little fat man, if you are lucky enough to exchange a pair of Ru kiln tea bowls worth tens of millions of yuan in the Song Dynasty, you must break one..."

"Why? One pair is so valuable. Two are more expensive than one, right?" the fat man asked in confusion. He could only hear ten million. He would not do such stupid things.

"Xiao Fang, do you know why this is?" Sun Lianda smiled and looked at Fang Yi who was thinking.

"Old Sun, didn't you say it? Scarcity is precious..." Fang Yi thought for a while and said, "Although the two are a pair, one is even rarer..."

"Yes, that's the reason..."

After hearing Fang Yi's words, Old Sun smiled and nodded, saying, "I broke one, and the one left behind is an isolated product. This value may increase several times. Why? Because it is unique in this world..."

"I understand, but this is too immoral, right?" Sanpao smacked his lips, his thoughts were similar to those of the fat man.

"Xiao Fang, what do you think?" Mr. Sun threw the topic to Fang Yi again.

"I think this is not good, too..."

Fang Yi said, "Things preserved for hundreds or thousands of years are extremely precious, and they cannot even be measured with money. It would be a pity to smash one..."

"Well, you kids have good hearts..."

Sun Lianda nodded happily and said, "The practice of smashing the same antiques to maintain scarcity is something antique merchants do. From the perspective of cultural relics protection, they are committing crimes, a crime against civilization..."

Sun Lianda brought up this topic, actually just to see the character of the young people in front of him. If they agree with the practice of smashing antiques, then today's conversation will end, and Sun Lianda will not teach them any more knowledge.

However, the answers of Fang Yi and others made Sun Lianda very satisfied. Although these young people were short of money, they did not get into the money, and they still maintained the ability to distinguish right from wrong.

"To put it simply, antiques have a profound sense of historical vicissitudes and are the best witness of politics, economy, culture and military in a period of social development. Many archaeological achievements are inferred from antique artifacts...

Another point is that antiques worth collecting must be cultural, tasteful, and artistic utensils. All the great collectors have started from collection. They inherit civilized evidence and protect their feelings and souls. This is the true meaning of collection..."

When he said this, Old Sun's face showed a trace of indescribable emotion.

Sun Lianda himself is a collector and also sticks to the purpose of collecting. However, the current social material desires have made collections an investment that can increase value more than stocks and real estate, making tomb robbers rampant and many precious antiques leaked out. This is also a heartbreaking thing for Mr. Sun and others.

"Fang Yi, if you do antique business in the future, you must remember one thing: you can buy and sell antiques, but you must never sell precious cultural relics to foreigners..."

Mr. Sun's face became serious. It is understandable that businessmen pursue profits, but they must have their own bottom line. Sun Lianda does not want to create a few antique businessmen without bottom line because of his own talk today.

For some reason, these three young faces in front of him gave Sun Lianda a feeling that perhaps they will really make some achievements in the field of antiques in the future.

"Old Sun, we remember..."

Fang Yi and others nodded. From the attitude of Man Jun towards Mr. Sun, they could see that Mr. Sun was definitely a very powerful figure in the field of antiques, so every word Mr. Sun was firmly remembered in his heart.

"Okay, then I'll talk about cultural relics..."

Seeing the performance of several people, Mr. Sun nodded with satisfaction and said, "The word "wenhua" should have appeared during the Five Emperors of the Qing Dynasty. It was originally defined as the four treasures of the study, such as the pen, ink, paper, ink, and various stationery matching, mainly including pen holders, pen washing, ink bed, ink drip, water presentation, arm rest, paperweight, stamping box, seal, etc....

These stationery are of different shapes and are exquisitely carved, and can be viewed and can be played with in my hands, making them arts and crafts displayed in the study and on the desks, so they are also called literary play...

However, in the modern antique world, the significance of cultural relics has been expanded, and miscellaneous items have also been added to the category of cultural relics. Small objects made of materials such as jade, bamboo, wood, teeth, copper, stone, lacquer, material, agate, purple clay, crystal, etc. are all called cultural relics..."

Speaking of this, Sun Lianda paused, picked up the teacup and drank water, and then said: "The difference between cultural relics and antiques is that they have no requirements for the age, but have high requirements for their materials and craftsmanship, and are elegant in literature. Most craftsmen and craftsmen are adapted to the aesthetic taste of literati and play with swords and goblets...

Some literary plays are directly from the creativity of literati, and some are improvisations made by literati and scholars. Therefore, the cultural connotation and accumulation of cultural plays are the richest. Of course, while playing with cultural plays, they also pay attention to the years. No matter what cultural plays, their long-term caress will produce moisturizing and thick patina, which will become more and more cute as time goes by...

The theme of antiques is to collect. Collections are basically displayed all year round. They can't be carried with you, nor can they be rarely played with in your hands. This is also one of the biggest differences between antiques and cultural relics..."

As a professor who once taught at a university, Sun Lianda explained the difference between antiques and cultural relics in depth and in a brief manner. Even Fang Yi, the three people who knew nothing about antiques and cultural relics, could clearly hear it. After Sun Lianda's words, several people had a rough outline and understanding of the antique industry.

"Listen to the old man's words, it's better than reading for ten years!" As if infected by Sun Lianda, the fat man actually made a fuss when he spoke.

"Fatty, you have only been studying in elementary school and junior high school for nine years..." Sanpao, who was standing next to him, was very disrespectful and exposed the fat man's education on the spot.

"Aren't you the same? Brother, don't talk about the second brother..." The fat man curled his lips when he heard this. In fact, it was quite difficult for them to go to junior high school in the countryside. Among the fat man's comrades, there were even those who had not graduated from elementary school.

"How is it? After hearing what the old man said, are you still going to do this?" After a big call, Sun Lianda felt a little thirsty. He picked up the teacup and drank another sip of water. However, he was sick and could not drink tea. The water was a little bland and boring in his mouth.

"I have to listen to Brother Yi..."
Chapter completed!