Chapter 27: Nine Pieces of Porcelain

  "There's nothing wrong with it."

  Zhou Mingluo slightly furrowed his brow, and he naturally sensed Zhang Zhonglin's sarcastic intent. However, to be honest, the other party had indeed spoken some correct knowledge about the five great kilns of the Song Dynasty and the conical bottles earlier.

  "Ha, since even Mr. Zhou says it's right, then it must be right."

  Upon hearing Zhou Ming Luo's affirmative words, Zhang Zhong Lin burst out laughing again. In his heart, he naturally wouldn't think that Zhou Ming Luo truly understood those things. He was certain that this was just the other party not understanding anything at all, unable to refute his own point of view, and only knew how to agree with himself.

  If one person only blindly follows the other between two people, it can be said that this person is completely suppressed by the other party and is more easily ignored and underestimated in the eyes of other onlookers. This is exactly what he wants.

  Zhang Zhonglin burst out laughing, while Yang Dan in the back seat slightly furrowed her brow, seemingly sensing Zhang Zhonglin's intentional humiliation. However, she couldn't say anything, as deep down she also felt that Zhou Minglai didn't understand anything, but was also frustrated about why Zhou Minglai, not understanding, still pretended to be so knowledgeable.

  Then, Zhang Zhonglin continued to talk about Song porcelain again in a very professional manner until they arrived at Ren Lijuan's company and put the chair away. They then got back in the car to find a place to eat.

  All the way, Zhang Zhonglin was talking non-stop, and from time to time, after explaining some professional knowledge of antiques, he would ask Zhou Mingluo "for verification" as if, which made Zhou Mingluo very annoyed.

  It wasn't until almost one o'clock in the afternoon, after lunch, that he bid farewell to the three of them and left first.

  This time he left, apart from being unable to bear that arrogant guy, the main reason was still that he had something to do.

  His goal is still the Antique City, but it's the Northern Antique City this time. He has secured a portion of the funds, which amounts to over a million, and he also has two【觅文符】in his possession. What he wants to do most right now is to continue searching for suitable antiques and expand the Yellow Skin Book; otherwise, would he stay behind and listen to Zhang Zhonglin's nonsense? He's not that stupid.

  Only by constantly expanding the Yellow Skin Book can he paint more talismans, and only then will his abilities improve step by step, allowing him to move towards his goal one step at a time.

  Last time, Bi Lao strolled around Nan Guwan City for a day with him, and he also knew that there was basically nothing good there, so he would re-select Bei Guwan City.

  If it wasn't for Yang Dan's phone call today, he should have been at Beigu Antique City by now.

  "After accumulating two pieces of【觅文符】over the past two days, I now have enough to possess two hours of clairvoyance. Hopefully, this time I'll gain something new." Standing once again outside the North Antique City, Zhou Mingluo took a light breath before stepping forward and entering."

  But just then, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and when he picked it up, he found that it was Yang Dan calling again.

  "Hey, what's wrong?"

  It was somewhat unexpected that Zhou Ming picked up the phone and asked with a hint of surprise, hadn't they just parted ways not long ago, had something else happened?

  "Are you okay?" But what was even more unexpected was that Yang Dan asked with a hint of concern.

  "I'm fine." Only after listening carefully to the other person's question did Zhou Mingluo suddenly realize that she had also seen Zhang Zhonglin's constant ridicule of him behind his back, but he didn't expect Yang Dan to deliberately call over to show concern for him.

  "Just now Zhang Zhonglin spoke so unpleasantly, and you left so early. I thought you were angry." Yang Dan spoke again, but this remark made him speechless with laughter. Zhang Zhonglin's words being unpleasant? That's a fact.

  What he said sounds like flattery for Zhou Ming Luo on the surface, but if you combine it with what happened this morning, it's actually a naked satire. Of course, he wouldn't like all of this, but there's no need to get angry about such a small matter.

  "I'm fine, just have some things to take care of this afternoon." He explained with a faint smile.

  "Oh, I see. That's good." Hearing Zhou Ming's relaxed tone on the phone, Yang Dan also let out a sigh of relief. However, she suddenly said, "You, you don't understand anything about that aspect, why do you pretend to be so knowledgeable? If you had just admitted that you didn't know after buying that chair, he wouldn't have had the chance to mock you like that."

  "I..."

  Zhou Mingluo was suddenly speechless and had no idea how to explain it.

  "Hey, aren't you ashamed? This is all your own fault. You can't show off like this in front of a beauty. Are you interested in Ren Lijuan?" Yang Dan said with a smile, teasing him again.

  "I think you're quite all right, I'm fine, but I do find it strange that you'd be so concerned about others. Could it be that you have feelings for me?" Zhou Ming Luo also burst out laughing and retorted without reserve.

  "Phew, you're thinking too much, well, since nothing's wrong with you, that's it. Remember, I'll look for you again next Tuesday." The teasing on the other end didn't seem to be taken seriously, and they just hung up the phone while laughing.

  After putting away his phone, Zhou Ming Luo also smiled and walked towards the street ahead. Next Tuesday? Today is Sunday, that's the day after tomorrow.

  He shook his head and gathered his thoughts, and as soon as he turned his mind around, one of the four talismans that had been hidden in his pocket, the "Wenwen Talisman", directly transformed into a yellow light that entered his body.

  In an instant, within a radius of one meter around him, he regained his ability to see through things.

  "One hour, I hope to make good use of this [Mystic Symbol]."

  Time didn't drag on, and the next time Zhou Ming Luo was in a similar situation as last time, hastily passing by each stall, quickly starting to search.

  Having had the previous experience, even if he really found that some antiques might be genuine during the viewing process, he would not stop to study them carefully. After all, the last time the【觅文符】still had thirty minutes when he arrived, and the initial search only took a few minutes. Most of the time later was wasted by him in appraising the Qinghua tile.

  It's better to take advantage of the time when you can see through everything and remember all the things that might be genuine here, rather than wasting it.

  Remember their stalls and shapes, leave some targets, and then wait for the time limit of [觅文符] to disappear before coming back one by one to appreciate them seriously.

  Only in this way can he exert the maximum effect of the Wenfu symbol.

  Following this method, only remembering the location of the porcelain, it took about 30 or 40 minutes for Zhou Ming's figure to appear at the end of the antique city. Standing at the end, he also quietly let out a sigh of emotion. This road, over 200 meters long, in the space of 30 or 40 minutes, every single one of the 34 porcelain stalls on both sides of the street had been carefully examined by him, with over a thousand pieces of porcelain, but only 9 of them were genuine antiques that had been passed down from ancient times.

  And he also spent so much time thoroughly memorizing the location of these stalls and those nine pieces of porcelain.

  Now that there were only over ten minutes left for the auction of the "Mò Wén Fú" seal, it was also time to go and carefully appreciate those nine pieces of porcelain.

  "Nine genuine antiques, confirmed to be passed down from ancient times. The only thing is that the value of these nine pieces of porcelain is unknown. If they are roughly the same, it's possible to take them all down. Who knows, maybe there will be another chance to pick up the leftovers."

  A thrill flashed in his heart, Zhou Ming Luo took a step forward to the nearest stall, among the more than ten porcelain pieces on that stall, there was one of the nine porcelain pieces.

  The porcelain that has been passed down from ancient times is not necessarily genuine. The first goal, when Zhou Mingluo made the first observation, was to roughly confirm that it was a Qing Guangxu period pink enamel flower plate. Even if it were genuine, the normal market price for such a pink enamel flower plate would be no more than 5,000 or 6,000 RMB.

  Before he hastily arrived at that stall, he first picked up several other porcelain pieces to take a look, and then picked up the pink ceramic flower plate to carefully appreciate it. After a few minutes, he finally confirmed that this was indeed a genuine pink ceramic flower plate.

  "Boss, how much is this plate?"

  "This is a Qianlong-era famille rose porcelain plate, little brother. You look like someone who knows the goods, so I won't cheat you. This kind of plate, 200,000 yuan, and it's yours."

  In an instant, Zhou Ming was speechless. I didn't expect to pay 20,000 yuan for it. With 20,000 yuan, you can buy four of these plates directly from acquaintances. He shook his head silently and got up to walk towards the second target. There were still eight pieces of porcelain left, which should bring him some gains.

  (Two chapters done, going to sleep now, seeking votes and bookmarks~)