"One price. 2,150,000. You've earned quite a bit, haven't you?”Ye Fan quoted a price that he could accept and insisted on not raising the price.
"I've been busy all this time to earn this little bit. Can you give me another 22,170,000?”Fang Hongyuan looked at Ye Fan pitifully, hoping that Ye Fan would give him an extra 20,000 yuan.
Ye Fan shook his head firmly." No, no, 2.15 million is already the highest price. Besides, don't you have other good things? Take them out and take a look. If you like them, I won't lower the price."”After a round of bargaining, Ye Fan spent 2.15 million to buy this authentic work of Xu Daoning.
"Mr. Fang, show me what new products you have.”Ye Fan put the painting into the box, thinking about who he should sell it to.
Xu Daoning was one of the most famous painters of the Song Dynasty. One of his most famous paintings was the Painting of Fishing in Autumn Water. Other than that, very few people knew that the painting of a boat on a spring river, the painting of cicadas chirping during the summer solstice, the painting of fishing in autumn water, and the painting of a snowy mountain were a series. It was considered Xu Daoning's four most famous paintings at that time, and these four paintings were later called the Four Seasons Painting.
The biggest reason why Ye Fan bought this " Cold Mountain Cedar Painting " today was that he had another authentic painting of Xu Daoning's " Autumn Water Fishing Painting " in his house. A month ago, someone had come to him to buy that painting for three million yuan, but Ye Fan did not sell it. However, today, Ye Fan had gathered a " Cold Mountain Cedar Painting " and now, he had two of Xu Daoning's Four Seasons Painting.
According to the information Ye Fan received, the person who paid three million yuan to buy his Autumn Water Fishing Painting a month ago had the Summer Solstice Cicada Painting and the Autumn River Boat Painting of the Four Seasons Painting. In other words, he and Ye Fan each had two of Xu Daoning's Four Seasons Painting. Therefore, Ye Fan was wondering if he should sell these two paintings to him.
One Autumn Water Fishing Painting was worth three million, and now that Ye Fan had the autumn and winter paintings of the Four Seasons Painting, the price of the two paintings would definitely not be as simple as multiplying by two.
"Brother Ye, see if you like the three items. If you like them, give a reasonable price and take them away.”Fang Hongyuan took out the other three antiques he had received in the past few days. They were an inkstone, a bronze mirror, and a folding fan.
After carefully sizing them up, Ye Fan casually said the age of these things: "Mr. Fang, these three items are from the late Qing Dynasty.”
"It's something from the late Qing Dynasty. I bought it from outside. I didn't spend much money to buy it. If you want it, give me 350,000 and you can take it.”
"Mr. Fang, you're not the kind of person who will suffer a loss. For you to give me such a high price for these things, it means that you have something to ask me for help.”Ye Fan picked up the folding fan and unfolded it with a whoosh. He sniffed the fragrance on it and said,"Yes, this fan rib is made of high-quality sandalwood. With this inkstone and this bronze mirror, I really got a great bargain at 300,000 yuan.”
Merchants were all people who wouldn't get up early unless there was profit, especially people like Fang Hongyuan. An old fox with foresight would never do a losing business unless he had something to ask of someone.
The three items that Fang Hongyuan took out this time, although they were only items from the late Qing Dynasty, these three items
The low price was far more than 300,000 yuan. Just the inkstone and the fan made of sandalwood were already worth more than 300,000 yuan. The copper mirror could be considered an extra.
"Mr. Fang, I guess you need me for something, right?”Ye Fan fanned the fan and asked about the fragrance emitted by the fan ribs. He said,"You've given me such a huge advantage. I don't dare to accept it easily.”
Ye Fan played with the folding fan lovingly. There were mountain chrysanthemums painted on the fan. With just a glance, Ye Fan knew that the painting on this fan was also made by someone else.
"Brother Ye, I won't hide it from you. This time, I'm really in trouble. I want you to owe me a note and ask Director Zhang of the Cultural Relics Bureau to have a meal with me.”Fang Hongyuan's expression was grave." This isn't a big deal, but it isn't a small one either. Our business isn't about benevolence and righteousness, but this is up to Brother Ye whether you help me or not. We'll sell these items for 300,000.”
As a qualified businessman, Fang Hongyuan naturally knew the importance of connections. Even if Ye Fan didn't help him this time, he wouldn't be dissatisfied. He wouldn't deliberately alienate Ye Fan because of this. God knows if he would need Ye Fan's help in the future.
"Mr. Fang, I'll call Uncle Zhang later and make an appointment for you. If Uncle Zhang is willing to come, I'll call you, but if Uncle Zhang really can't spare the time, don't blame me for being incompetent.”No matter what Ye Fan did, before he was 100% confident, he would never say it with certainty.
"As long as Brother Ye helps me with this, I'll be grateful no matter if it succeeds or not.”
Since he had agreed, Ye Fan would not just say it. It was not difficult to ask Zhang Qunfu out anyway. He put the folding fan back on the table and looked at Ouyang Feifei."If you buy these three items, you can earn more than 200,000 yuan. How about it? Do you have enough money? If you do, hurry up and pay.
"You mean you want to give me these three items?”Ouyang Feifei's eyes widened in joy. She had almost forgotten about the fact that Ye Fan had helped her buy a few antiques that could make a profit when she saw Ye Fan haggling with Fang Hongyuan. If Ye Fan had not reminded her, she would not have remembered.
Ye Fan smiled and nodded, saying,"If you don't want it, then I'll buy it. At that time, you can't say that I snatched your things.”
"Who says I won't buy it?" Ouyang Feifei grabbed the three items on the table and said,"I brought enough money. You're not allowed to snatch my things anymore.”
After the deal was done, Ye Fan looked at Ouyang Feifei, who was beaming with joy. He thought that this trip was worth it. At least Ouyang Feifei would not bother him anymore. However, what Ye Fan did not expect was that Ouyang Feifei became addicted to him after taking advantage of him. She would come to him every three or five days, which made him feel a headache.
"Ye Fan, didn't you say you wanted to take me to stone gambling?”Ouyang Feifei said as she walked out of the treasure house and placed the box containing the three antiques she had just bought into the car.
Ye Fan nodded and said,"If you don't find it tiring, I can bring you to take a look."”Ye Fan was also purely curious, so he wanted to go to the stone gambling field to take a look. After all, he had been to the Han River field dozens of times in the past two months, but he had never seen the stone gambling. This made him a little curious about the stone gambling.
After making up his mind, Ye Fan brought Ouyang Feifei to the entrance of the stone gambling field. They walked along the entrance and saw antique buildings on both sides of the street. These buildings were all selling stones, but they were cut stones. There were no other shops.
There were also rules at the gambling den. Other than selling stones and cutting stones, no other businesses were allowed here. If you wanted to drink water here, you could only buy it from the self-service beverage machine.
"This is my first time here.”Ouyang Feifei looked around curiously, as if she was a grandmother entering the Grand View Garden.
"This is also my first time at a stone gambling venue. Let's just watch the show this time. Don't buy anything casually, understand?”Ye Fan didn't have any experience in stone gambling, so he didn't dare to make a move easily. One had to know that stone gambling was about being poor and lucky.
Ouyang Feifei was confused."Why can't I buy it? Aren't you an expert here?”
Ye Fan pursed his lips and said," I only have some research on antique appraisal, but I don't know anything about stone gambling. Didn't you hear me? This is my first time here too. Think about it. If I was an experienced stone gambling player, why didn't I come here before?"”
Although he did not have much deep research on stone gambling, Ye Fan still had some superficial understanding. However, he did not dare to rely on this superficial stone gambling experience to casually gamble on stones. If he did not do well, he could even lose his family fortune.
Generally speaking, the probability of jade being produced from stones that had no python ringworm on them was very high, especially those on the stone body. The probability of jade being produced from the stones that the python kept on producing was 100%, but it did not mean that it was profitable. It should be known that the quality of jade was divided into many types. If a good piece of jade was cut out, it could be sold for millions or even tens of millions. However, if the jade was cut out, one could only admit that they were unlucky.
Python and ringworm were both stone gambling terms. Python was not referring to a real python, but the part of the stone where the lines formed and protruded was called a python. Ringworm could be understood as ringworm in reality. The only difference was that ringworm in reality grew on people, while ringworm in stones grew on stones.
There was a saying in the stone gambling industry that went," Python breeds jade, ringworm eats jade." It meant that if the python lines on a stone were clear, then the probability of producing good jade would be higher. If there was ringworm on the stone, then the quality of the jade cut from the stone would not be too high.
The ringworm usually started to grow inside the stone. When it grew to the surface of the stone, even if there was jade in the stone, it would be eaten up by the ringworm.
It was more like a stroll than a stone gambling event. Ever since Ye Fan and Ouyang Feifei entered the stone gambling arena, they had been walking along the road. They did not stop at all. They just looked at the stones around them. They did not look like they were gambling at all. It was obvious that they were here to watch the fun.
"I can feel the spiritual energy of the antique, but I don't know if I can feel the spiritual energy of the jade in the stone.”Ye Fan suddenly stopped in his tracks. He was wondering if he could use the Wisdom Eye to sense the jade in the stone. If he could sense it, then his stone gambling was also a profitable industry.
The Spiritual Energy of a good jade would naturally be much stronger than that of a bad jade. Ye Fan could completely judge the quality of the jade in the stone based on the strength of the Spiritual Energy he felt. From there, he could make a profit without losing anything. Of course, the premise of all this was that he could sense the Spiritual Energy in the stone.
"Why did you stop?" Ouyang Feifei looked at Ye Fan, who was still in a daze. She pushed him on the back twice and asked in confusion.
Ye Fan pointed at the stone gambling shop on his right with a mysterious expression and said,"Let's go in and take a look. Perhaps we can exchange for this good thing and earn a sum of money.”
"Didn't you say you wouldn't bet? If you don't even keep your word to yourself, it shows that your character must be quite bad.”Ouyang Feifei looked at Ye Fan playfully.
"I didn't say I wanted to bet. I just wanted to go in and take a look. If I'm confident that I can cut out the jade, then I'll buy it. If I'm not confident, then I won't buy it.”Ye Fan couldn't be bothered to explain. He just casually said a few words and walked into the shop.
The door of this shop wasn't big, but after entering, it was a completely different world. Looking at the decorations and stones in the shop, Ye Fan was a little speechless."Those stones are bigger than this door. They must weigh at least a ton. How did he put them inside?”
There were many customers in the shop. Ye Fan walked in front of a stone and placed his palm on the surface of the stone. He secretly sensed it. After more than ten seconds, Ye Fan sighed helplessly. He did not sense the existence of spiritual energy from this stone.
The first sensing failed, and Ye Fan quickly locked onto the second target. He walked closer and placed his hand on the surface of the stone again. He focused his mind and began to sense. After more than ten seconds, the result was the same as the first time. Ye Fan still shook his head empty-handed and was a little disappointed.
After failing twice in a row, Ye Fan began the third experiment, but the result was still a failure. The fourth time, the fifth time... the n-th time, he still failed. The continuous failure made Ye Fan want to give up: "It seems that the [Wisdom Eye] can only sense the spiritual energy of antiques, but it can't sense the jade contained in the gambling stones.”
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