"Tang Yin's descendant, what's the situation with Old Zhang? How did you meet Tang Yin's descendant?”He Jiong asked anxiously.
"Two months ago, Old Chen and I went to Suzhou to attend an exchange meeting in the industry." When he went out to play at night, he met a middle-aged woman selling this painting under the bridge. At that time, there were many people watching. The woman said that she was a descendant of Tang Yin and that this painting was passed down from their ancestors. The audience naturally did not believe it, because there were many stories about who was the descendant of a famous person in history. Moreover, the woman said that her husband had passed away, leaving her and her son who was only eight or nine years old. Now that her son had leukemia, he urgently needed money for surgery. The house was also pawned, but the money was still not enough.”
" So you believed her and bought her painting," Wang Han teased."With your personality, you wouldn't do that, right? Tell me honestly, is that woman very beautiful?”
"Go to hell. Am I that kind of person? However, you're right about one thing. Although that woman is dressed normally, she does have a lot of temperament.”
"Hey, hey, hey, you guys are going astray. There's a minor here?”He Jiong quickly interrupted them.
"It's all Old Han's fault. Right, where was I?"
" You said that the woman didn't have enough money to mortgage her house," He Fan reminded her.
"Yes, at first I thought that it was also a lie made up to gain sympathy. So he suggested going to the hospital to have a look, and Old Chen felt that it was troublesome to go play by himself first."
"When I arrived at the hospital, I investigated the situation. It was indeed as that woman said. "But I'm not sure if the painting is real. After all, the woman asked for 50 million. She said that if she wasn't in a hurry, she would have sent the painting to the auction house."
"So you bought it right away."
"No. After all, 50 million is not a small amount. Although Tang Yin's authentic work is much higher than this, what if it's fake? I was very unwilling. I was afraid that an authentic work would slip away from my eyes. If that happened, I would regret it to death. So I spent a few hours carefully studying this painting. You should know that although I'm not a great expert in painting, my eyesight is still somewhat guaranteed. Therefore, I bought it with the intention of picking up the leftovers and even gave an extra 5 million. I thought that since I already gave 50 million, why would I care about 5 million? Besides, that mother and son are really pitiful."
" Hehe, I don't think you pity the mother and son. You're just thinking of something. With your personality, Old Zhang, you can hide it from me." Wang Han looked as if he had seen through her.
Actually, Wang Han was right. Boss Zhang was indeed thinking about it. Before he left Suzhou, he went to see the mother and son and left their contact information. He had been calling and texting the woman frequently recently.
At this moment, everyone finally reacted. They all looked at He Fan in surprise. He Jiong sized him up and said,"Brother, I didn't know you knew how to appraise antiques! You can even distinguish Tang Yin's authentic work. Tell me, what else do you not know?”
"Hey, Jung, you keep calling Lil Fan little brother. Is he really your brother? Why haven't I seen him before? With our 20 years of friendship, there's no reason I don't know him.”
"Of course you didn't know him before. We only confirmed it two days ago.”
Boss Zhang said in surprise,"No way, your dad actually…"
"Hey, hey, hey, what's with that expression? Xiaofan is from the same clan as me, from Sichuan Province. After looking at the genealogy today, I found out that they migrated from our side a few hundred years ago."
"Ah, so that's how it is. I thought it was…" Boss Zhang said regretfully.
" Xiao Fan, you've helped me a lot today. I want to give you something. You can choose whatever you like in this shop."
"You don't have to be so polite. It's just a small favor. Besides, Boss Zhang, you're kind-hearted, so you're blessed with luck and miraculously obtained a treasure. Look at Boss Chen, who went with you. He doesn't have the luck to brush past the treasure.”
"Xiao Fan, we're already so close, but you still call me boss. Just call me Old Zhang, or Brother Zhang will do."
"Then I'll call you Old Zhang like Brother Han and Brother Jiong."
"Alright, alright, as long as you don't call me boss. "However, you have to choose one thing," Boss Zhang said stubbornly.
In the end, he really couldn't persuade Boss Zhang, so He Fan chose a jade pendant in the hall on the first floor.
It was a pendant in the shape of a qilin, carved lifelike. It was about two inches long, one inch wide, and about half a centimeter thick. He Fan had chosen it because of a strong intuition, as if that thing was calling out to him. In the end, He Fan had somehow taken it in his hands.
"Xiao Fan, this is too ordinary. Change it to something more expensive. Although this Qilin looks very well carved, it's actually made of scraps."
"No need. I only choose things based on my eyes. When fate comes, even a stone is worth it."
" But, but this is really very ordinary. Putting it here will only deceive laymen. You don't have to save me."
Old Zhang, maybe you think it's ordinary, but I think it's precious. Who knows, you might even feel like you're at a disadvantage in the future."
"How is that possible? You're underestimating me. Even if this thing was a pearl covered in dust, it was still discovered by you, Xiaofan.”Mr. Zhang said arrogantly.
He suddenly thought of something. "Sigh! It's already so late. Let's go out for a meal. Then, I'll take you to the jade market. I heard from Old Chen that there's a batch of raw stones from Myanmar tonight. Let's go and try our luck. Maybe we can get a good treasure."
By the time they had their fill, it was already midnight.
They sat in the back of Boss Zhang's luxury RV. While drinking expensive red wine, he drove to the jade market.
"It's just right to go now. If you go early, you won't be able to start the show. If you go, you'll miss the opportunity. Old Chen has already sent me a message saying that the raw gemstones have just arrived and are being unloaded. We'll only need a few minutes to get there.”
He Jiong asked He Fan," Brother, have you ever seen stone gambling before? Actually, I've only seen it a few times. The main reason was that the atmosphere was too crazy. Some people became rich overnight, while others went bankrupt in an instant. However, it still could not stop the behavior of the world.”He Jiong sighed.
"I live in a small county town. How can I have the chance to see these things? People of different social classes had different social circles. A farmer might never understand that those rich people spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy an airplane."
" Eh, Xiao Fan, you're still young, but you know a lot of things. You're more mature than most people of your age."
He Fan thought to himself,"I was nearly thirty years old in my previous life, and my experience and knowledge are quite rich."”
As they talked, they arrived at the raw jade market. The few of them got out of the car, and Boss Zhang instructed the driver to drive the car to the parking lot. He then brought He Fan and the other two in.
At this moment, there were already many people inside. Along the way, Boss Zhang met many acquaintances and everyone greeted each other.
He Fan estimated that this market was about the size of two football fields. Most of the buildings were open-top houses with high frame structures, which were filled with stones of all sizes.
Not far away, a large group of people was watching. From the sound of it, it seemed that someone was cutting the stone.
Boss Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard that. He pulled He Fan forward and said,"They're cutting rocks over there, let's hurry over and join in the fun!"
They walked to the side of the crowd in a few steps, and Boss Zhang forced them to enter under the scolding of others.
In front of him, someone was placing a nearly one-meter-long raw stone beside the cutting machine. The stone-cutting master aimed at the lines drawn by the owner of the raw stone and started the machine to cut.
Amidst the rumbling sounds of the cutting machine, half of the raw gemstone was cut open.
" There's green!" Someone with sharp eyes shouted. Those who didn't know better would have thought that it was his raw gemstone!
The stone cutter turned off the machine. Then, he looked at a middle-aged man who looked like a farmer beside him. It was obvious that he was the owner of the raw stone.
As expected, the man picked up a basin of clear water that he had prepared earlier and splashed it on the cut surface. As the water washed away the stone powder, the green color that was not very clear at first suddenly looked like a pearl that had been lifted from the dust. It was crystal clear and emitted a clear light.
" F * ck, glass type. This water color is too good. It's so bright that my 24K titanium dog eyes are blinded."
Seeing the jadeite meat that was as clear as glass, the crowd went crazy. They could not believe that a piece of trash that was originally not promising could actually be cut into jade.
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