The store is only a small part of Bai Gaoze’s collection, and most of his collection is placed at home in the villa in Shenwan.

Their family has been in Port City for more than 70 years, and Bai Gaoze was only a few years old when he came here. Although he had been operating a antique business for decades, it was incomparable to those emerging business, finance, and real estate tycoons.

This is also the reason why Bai Gaoze’s younger generations said that they would not make a lot of money by making antiques, and they did not think about the reason for inheriting the family business. The starting point was so good at that time.

The extremely high housing prices in Hong Kong City are much more exaggerated than Yuhai. Xia Yu doesn’t even think about buying a house here for the little money. Most of the Hong Kong City don’t have much money, so many of them go to the next city to buy a house, which indirectly pushes up the housing prices in neighboring cities.

Xia Yu went on this trip and felt the sin of capitalism more deeply. In this way, the housing prices in Yuhai City are still very expensive, but he can still accept it.

Soon it was time for the weekend to close the store regularly, and Lin Xiangyang also went upstairs to ask for his master's opinions.

Bai Gaoze asked him to close the store first and help maintain the antiques in the store. He still needs to buy what he should buy.

When appreciating collections, it is inevitable that antique shops are not as easy to make now. He also recalled that they were at their peak in the 1980s and 1990s. Not only did their antique shops be prosperous, but the same was true for the entire Hollywood Road antique shop. People came and went, and the buyers were first rich Fusang people. Later, Fusang's economy declined, and there were also treasure islands, European and American, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong Austria local collectors also came in a crowd.

Later, mainland collectors rose strongly, but now it seems to be at its peak and decline.

Bai Gaoze also mentioned the main reason, "After all, the number of antiques and cultural relics is limited, especially those that are circulated in an orderly manner. They are basically those at auctions, and they are collected for a while and then taken out. We old people don't know much about modern and contemporary art, and the water inside is too deep and cannot be mixed."

Not to mention him, both young people, Bai Yujiao and Xia Yu, also said that they would not appreciate this type of modern and contemporary art. But this is the hottest project in the auction market now. Take the spring auctions that have just been completed by major auction houses in Hong Kong City for example. They are all the most popular works of modern art.

A 2005 Alec canvas was sold at a price of 116 million. The famous products are gathered and the highly anticipated porcelain special event, with a total price of 18 pieces only 190 million.

This undoubtedly makes traditional antique lovers like Bai Gaoze feel too incredible. Antique dealers are just his profession.

But this phenomenon is not accidental. Many antique shops on Antique Street cannot be operated. When Xia Yu and Bai Yujiao came all the way, they saw that many of them were converted into galleries, specializing in modern and contemporary art.

These are also the reasons why Bai Gaoze was so moved. The times are changing, and it is not only the power of capital operation, but also has a great relationship with the high-quality old-fashioned resources that are rapidly depleted by traditional sectors. But these resources are unborn.

Perhaps, the treasures salvaged from the seabed can slow down this situation slightly because of the large number, but in the long run, they still cannot stand the wave of the times.

Bai Gaoze also sighed, "I have really taken many detours in my life and missed many good babies. The main reason is that I didn't expect that this would be the case now. If I could go back to the past, your grandpa and I would definitely do better."

Bai Yujiao also said, "My grandfather often feels like this: the antique business is not easy to do. Many good treasures that were often seen in the past are now reluctant to take them out."

Xia Yu does not have as deep feelings as they have, but he can understand their feelings.

After enjoying the collection for a while, Bai Gaoze also asked them to have dinner at home.

But Bai Yujiao and Xia Yu politely declined, saying that they had already booked a hotel and would go for a trip later, and there would be opportunities to visit the grandpa in the future.

Bai Gaoze knew that their young people were erect, so he didn't force it, but asked Xia Yuji to have his mobile phone number at the address and add WeChat. He also smiled and said that this was a reflection of the progress of the times. "In the past, buyers came to the store when they saw antiques, but at most, they came three times a day. Now, they were asked to post photos and videos first."

Bai Yujiao said that it was Yuhai's situation, and the impact of developed information also affected antique shops. There are many online antique auctions, which also had a considerable impact on physical antique shops.

Seeing that the time was almost the same, Bai Yujiao and Xia Yu also said goodbye.

The few items he brought, two pieces of unsigned porcelain, were given to Bai Gaoze, and the gold bars were asked to help him. Bai Gaoze did not return the gift to give them some collections, but he was willing to promise to help the two young people, which was already a great favor.

After taking this trip, Xia Yu found that he was getting poorer...

If he wants to acquire bronze ware in Hong Kong and other regions, the price alone is not something he can afford now.

All the gold bars in the space were sold and it would be very difficult to buy bronze ware when they were taken outside.

Besides, he has many other places to spend money.

For example, at this moment, neither he nor Bai Yujiao dared to ask Bai Gaoze to help get a household registration in Hong Kong City. Investment and immigration will have to be at least tens of millions! He can't afford that money at all now.

If the wrecked ship he salvaged sold all the treasures on it, he would roughly calculate the price, which would at most exceed 100 million, and it would take quite a long time, at least counted in years.

Now we can only look at it while walking, step by step, little by little.

When the two came out of Izumo Xuan, it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was when they closed from Monday to Friday. They were planning to check in first at the hotel they had booked, put the things in before going to have a meal and have fun.

The hotel was not too far away, so I chose to walk there.

When passing by a gallery on Antique Street, I saw that there were so many young people walking in. This was much more lively than the traditional antique shop that was deserted. Bai Yujiao also asked him, "Why, let's enjoy modern contemporary art first?"

Xia Yu nodded with a smile, "Yes, you can also check whether we have such artistic cells."

Bai Yujiao laughed and said that from the two of them dressed and the suitcase that Xia Yu dragged, it can be seen that they were traveling to Hong Kong City. However, there are also several tourists carrying bags in the gallery, and the main project of the exhibition this time is the work of a Fusang artist who is not particularly famous.

The paintings on display are generally relatively abstract or artistic. Anyway, Xia Yu is a little confused.

Bai Yujiao said that it might be that when watching the spring auction, the paintings of Fusang painters were sold at a sky-high price, and painters with similar styles were selected to exhibit them.

Look, the gallery clerks are also lobbying with the guests, saying that the painter's paintings have a huge potential, especially since they are not popular yet, and it is worth investing. The price is not expensive, and the paintings here are less than one million, and they can be won for more than one hundred thousand. A few days ago, the spring auctions in Harbor City and around the world are like this, saying that this painting is almost the same, with a maximum of nearly 200 million yuan.

After the two of them carefully admired it for a while, they confirmed that it was not their dish, and they just wanted to sell the gallery clerks as wind blowing in their ears.

It’s hard to just say whether the paintings are good or not in the store. After leaving the gallery, Bai Yujiao said yes, “I feel like I can’t appreciate them at all!”

Xia Yu nodded, "I can't appreciate it either, but looking at other young people, there are indeed people who like this type."

"Are we old mentality?" Bai Yujiao asked.

"This is called maturity, and it also means that the aesthetics are different." Xia Yu said seriously, "The calligraphy and painting you have come into contact with since childhood are not of this type."

"Indeed, I still prefer traditional calligraphy and painting." Bai Yujiao replied, "If this is too modern, I always feel that it does not have such high value."

"Maybe my personal preferences are really different. There is capital intervention, and some people are sought after and some people pay. We just want to just look at it, but we can't afford it anyway." Xia Yu said with a smile.

Bai Yujiao also said happily when she heard this, "That's the case. How many porcelains do you have to sell to buy such a painting! I still believe in antiques like porcelain. I feel that even jewelry and jade are more reliable than this."

"After reading these paintings, I can understand the mood of the older generation of antique lovers and other antique lovers!" Xia Yu said.

"This also shows that we are not the target customer group of modern contemporary art." Bai Yujiao also looked a little helpless when she said.

The two of them chatted all the way, but today they didn't have the interest to go to the other two streets that were selling antiques, even if the distance was not far. Bai Yujiao planned to go shopping with him tomorrow and could buy some inexpensive gadgets. There were similar street stalls there, and they also sold everything.

They also have no idea of ​​"picking up bargains" to buy things in Izumoxuan, so that would be too unworthy of Bai Gaoze! Besides, Bai Gaoze has been engaged in antique business for decades, and the store has basically not missed it for others to pick it up. Nowadays, antique shops are basically the same, mainly doing business with regular customers.

After going directly to the hotel, check in first, go into the room and put your luggage in a little, wash and clean it up, and then take a break for a while before you prepare to go out for dinner.

Bai Yujiao doesn't want to go to Bai Gaoze's house for dinner. In addition to being afraid of being too troublesome, they are also the one hand. When the two are alone, they will be more free and not so much restraint. They will eat whatever they want and play whatever they want.

Apart from the messy factors, the night view of the Harbor City is quite good. The two of them are so flirting with nothing bad. The prices here are very expensive, but it’s okay if they don’t eat seafood or something. Bai Yujiao knows that most of the seafood products here are farmed and the taste is just that. It’s not realistic to expect them to be very delicious.
Chapter completed!