Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 855: Rongbaozhai
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Rongbaozhai is a time-honored store with a long history of more than 300 years and is well-known both at home and abroad. It mainly deals in the Four Treasures of the Study and has a collection of countless calligraphy and painting art treasures. It is known as the "Folk Forbidden City".
In Liulichang Ancient Culture Street, Rongbaozhai plays an important role. People often say that Liulichang is more famous because of Rongbaozhai, which is evident from this.
It is located on Liulichang West Street. The building is quite spectacular, with carved beams and painted buildings. It is antique and very conspicuous. You can see it as soon as you enter Liulichang West Street.
Rongbaozhai was founded in 1672, formerly known as "Songzhuzhai". During the Guangxu period, it was renamed "Rongbaozhai" with the meaning of "making friends through literature and honoring people as a treasure".
Lu Runxiang, a famous calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty, the number one scholar in the Tongzhi period, an official who served as the censor of the capital, and a teacher of Puyi, personally inscribed the name of the store "Rongbaozhai".
However, the plaque hanging at the door of the store now is not the plaque inscribed by Lu Runxiang, but the plaque inscribed by the famous modern writer Guo Moruo, which is also the trademark of Rongbaozhai.
When passing through the first door and entering the second inner door, another plaque with three gilded characters inscribed "Rongbaozhai" appeared in front of everyone.
This is also a celebrity handwriting, written by Xu Beihong, a famous modern painter! Hanging above the second door of Rongbaozhai, it is quite imposing, just like Xu Beihong's paintings.
As soon as he walked into the door, Ye Tian took off his sunglasses and began to seriously appreciate this famous time-honored store with more than 300 years of history, and appreciate its rich cultural atmosphere and heavy sense of history
After passing the second door, you entered the middle hall of Rongbaozhai, and the aroma of books immediately hit your face.
The first thing that comes into view is a large gray-black inkstone, which is irregularly round and several square meters in size. It is placed on a mahogany base, facing the door. The visual impression is quite shocking.
Directly behind this giant inkstone, there is a huge wooden screen, on which is a Chinese painting of the Eight Immortals by a contemporary famous artist, which is lifelike and vivid.
But this picture of the Eight Immortals is not the original work, but a work copied by Rongbaozhai using its woodblock watermarking technology that is listed on the intangible cultural heritage list. It is so similar to the original work that it is almost authentic!
Even though this is a copy, it still has considerable artistic value. It shows several layers of charming halo in Ye Tian's eyes, even as good as the original works of some famous artists.
On both sides of this giant inkstone and the Eight Immortals is the business area of Rongbaozhai.
The east hall on the first floor sells stone seals, seal cuttings, famous inkstones, ink pads, fans, and other stationery supplies; the middle hall sells painting pigments, ink, processed paper, etc.; the west hall on the first floor sells brushes, rice paper, handicrafts, etc.
The second floor is the exhibition hall, which displays some of the famous paintings collected by Rongbaozhai. Various art exhibitions are often held. It is a cultural palace that young and middle-aged domestic painters dream of joining.
After admiring the giant inkstone and the picture of the Eight Immortals placed at the entrance of the central hall, Ye Tian turned to his mother and said:
"Mom, take Betty and Linlin to the exhibition hall on the second floor. There are many famous paintings on display there. You can enjoy them. Since you are here at Rongbaozhai, don't miss it.
I took a look on the first floor and asked if there were a few things I wanted here. If so, of course it would be best! If not, it would be a pity. I will go to the second floor to find you soon."
"Okay!"
My mother nodded in response, and then took Betty and Linlin to the exhibition hall on the second floor to appreciate the charming charm of traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting art.
Ye Tian quickly gave Raymond a few words and asked him to follow his mother and the others to the upstairs exhibition hall to protect their safety.
As for your own safety, there is no need to worry at all.
My own strength is enough to protect myself, not to mention three free bodyguards! Three city bureau plainclothes officers had already followed and were standing guard outside the gate of Rongbaozhai.
When his mother and the others disappeared at the top of the stairs, Ye Tian immediately turned around and walked towards the counter in the west hall, ready to ask the clerk if there was anything he needed.
In a few steps, Ye Tian had arrived at the rice paper counter.
He first looked at the many rice papers placed on the counter. They were all of good quality and were all genuine rice papers, not fake ones that were passed off as good.
Most of these rice papers are mid-range products, but there are also some relatively high-end products. The prices are not low, and there are several types that cost over 10,000 yuan.
However, Ye Tian didn't see the top-grade rice paper he wanted here. Either Rongbaozhai didn't have it or it wasn't displayed.
After quickly reading the rice paper on the counter, Ye Tian made his request to the clerk.
Mingxuan rice paper produced in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, or top-quality rice paper similar to the 'Shiniutang' rice paper specially made for Master Li Keran in the 1970s.
Like the middle-aged man from Hongbaotang, after hearing his request, the clerk from Rongbaozhai was also shocked and asked in disbelief:
"Young man, we in Rongbaozhai have these two kinds of top-grade rice paper in stock and sell them to outsiders, but I still want to confirm. Do you know the price of this top-grade rice paper?"
Hearing this, Ye Tian’s eyes immediately flashed with joy, he nodded with a smile and said:
"It is indeed Rongbaozhai, which has been inherited for three hundred years! It has a profound heritage indeed! Since I came here to buy this kind of top-quality rice paper, I naturally know something about it and even more about their prices.
The prices of famous products in the Ming and Qing Dynasties vary depending on the year of production and quality, ranging from hundreds of thousands for one dollar to over one million for one dollar, and the price range is relatively wide.
The current market price of the 'Shiniutang' rice paper specially made for Master Li Keran in the 1970s is 150,000 yuan each. Depending on the state of preservation, the price may fluctuate slightly, but not much.
Since you have these two kinds of rice paper, let’s get ten dollars for each. If the product is genuine and the quality satisfies me, I won’t mind buying more and saving it. Good things like this are rare! "
"Ouch! Young man, you are too generous! Each of you takes ten knives, which is hundreds of millions of rice paper! I can't make the final decision on such a large business, we need our manager to step in!"
The Rongbaozhai clerk exclaimed, his eyes almost flying out of his sockets, looking at Ye Tian in disbelief.
Not only this clerk, but also several nearby clerks and customers were stunned by Ye Tian's words, and could hardly believe their ears.
Everyone has seen it many times and is no longer surprised to spend hundreds of millions of yuan to buy top-quality antiques and art for appreciation, collection, or investment!
Not only will these antiques and artworks not depreciate in value, but as time goes by and everyone becomes richer, their value will rise and become more expensive, making them a very good investment.
Of course, there is a premise here, you must buy the right thing and buy the real thing! If you buy a worthless fake, you’re done!
However, this is the first time for everyone to see and even hear about spending hundreds of millions of yuan on disposable consumables and disposable rice paper. Can you not be shocked?
How rich is this? How dare you be so extravagant!
Is the money in the pocket of the boy at the counter the same thing as the money in my own pocket? Wasn't it brought by the strong wind? This is too cheesy!
Everyone else in the store was the same. They were all startled by the clerk's voice and looked over. Everyone was very curious and didn't know what was going on here.
"Please ask your manager to come over. I'm waiting for you here. If possible, it's best to bring the top-grade rice paper I want to save you another trip!"
Ye Tian said with a chuckle, looking very relaxed.
"Before calling our manager to come over, I still want to make sure that this is a transaction involving hundreds of millions of yuan, and the target is top-notch publicity. Is this correct?
Are you sure you're not making fun of us? Rice paper is a disposable consumable and will be discarded after use. You have to think clearly! Do you really have to spend a huge amount of money to buy these top-quality rice papers?
Collecting top-quality rice paper has very strict environmental requirements. Under normal circumstances, we will not move them easily, let alone take them out of the warehouse. I hope you can understand! "
The clerk said solemnly, obviously still doubtful.
"Yes! This is indeed a transaction worth hundreds of millions of yuan, and I do want to receive a batch of top-quality rice paper. You can rest assured on this, it is no joke!
As for whether I am making fun of you and whether you have the ability, I will tell you if your manager comes out. I am sure that your manager must know me and even look forward to meeting me!
Ye Tian nodded and gave a positive answer, his eyes full of confidence.
"Ah! Our manager knows you? That's easy. I'll call the manager right away. He's at the Rongbaozhai Building next door. He'll be there in a few minutes. Please wait!"
With that said, the clerk took two steps back and started to contact the manager on the internal phone.
Ye Tianze looked up at the surveillance camera on the wall in front of him, smiled at the camera and nodded.