After dinner, they returned to the Nine Halls Villa.
Chu Lin first moved the things out of the car and placed them in an empty guest room. Then, he drove the car to the underground parking lot.
After taking a bath in the traditional wooden bathtub, he changed into a bathrobe and brought a glass of red wine to the main hall.
The red wine was a gift from the villa when he bought the house. A bottle of 1998 Petrus cost more than 20,000 yuan. It was not the best wine, but it tasted good.
Sitting on the sandalwood chair, the night was very quiet. The breeze was gentle, and the spacious main hall was very refreshing even without the air conditioner.
Chu Lin was very satisfied as he looked at the exquisitely carved ancient furniture in the room and felt the tranquility and elegance of the room.
Whether it was the environment or the decoration, it was indeed very good.
It was not inferior to the Chinese garden-style villa in Las Vegas. In fact, it was even better in terms of the quiet environment and simple decoration.
However, after taking a closer look, Chu Lin realized that something was wrong.
She felt that the antique atmosphere in the villa was worse than the villas in Las Vegas.
Then, he looked around and slowly scanned the scene in the room. Finally, Chu Lin's gaze landed on the wine glass in his hand.
Chu Lin could not help but laugh.
Grape wine, luminous cup.
If it was in a western etiquette environment, drinking wine from a goblet would not be a problem.
However, in this traditional Chinese style courtyard, drinking wine naturally had to follow the traditional etiquette culture of China.
The goblet was not the best choice. The luminous goblet carved from jade was the best wine vessel for drinking wine.
His eyes gradually lit up.
He also knew why the antique atmosphere here was worse than the villas in Las Vegas.
Although the furniture was all made of wood, the other furnishings in the room were not decorated with antiques.
Unlike the villas in Las Vegas, which were decorated with ink paintings, ceramic sand pots, and gold, silver, and jade.
According to his rough estimation, the total value of the antiques in the Chinese villa in Las Vegas was as high as two to three hundred million Chinese dollars.
It was several times more expensive than that villa.
He instantly understood why there were no classical Chinese decorations in the villa.
Placing modern crafts on the walls would tarnish the reputation of Jiujian Hall's high-class villa.
However, if they were all antiques, the cost would be even higher.
It was not easy to enter the antique business. If one accidentally bought a fake and sold it to a customer along with the villa, it would be a bad thing.
Antiques!
Thinking of this, Chu Lin couldn't help but drink the red wine in his glass in one gulp.
No antique could escape his sharp eyes.
He could see through the value of all things. The authenticity of any antique was clear in his eyes.
The next morning, Chu Lin drove to Shanghai Antique City after breakfast.
He parked his car in an underground parking lot not far from Shanghai's Antique City and walked to the Antique City.
He didn't dare to drive directly into the antique city.
Lamborghini, even without looking at the model, just by looking at the brand, people would know that it was a car worth millions.
Once Chu Lin entered the Antique City, everyone would know that he was a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Even if he had the ability to see through the value of all things, those shopkeepers would still raise the price and ask for an exorbitant price when they saw how rich he was.
At that time, the things he bought would be much more expensive.
Although he did not lack this little bit of money, he was not a lamb to be slaughtered.
The car was parked in the parking lot.
He had also taken off his three-million-dollar watch and left it at home. He did not bring his private bank card, nor did he wear branded clothes and shoes like Givenchy and Gucci today.
He was wearing the clothes and shoes he had brought from the rented apartment yesterday.
He had wanted to take it as a memory of his past and his student days, but he didn't expect it to come in handy in the Antique City.
The Antique City was filled with people and antique shops.
The shops were filled with all kinds of jade, porcelain, coins, paintings, and other antiques.
However, Chu Lin didn't walk into these shops that were decorated with ancient charm.
Those who could afford to open a shop in the Antique City were not necessarily experts in antiques, but their ability to identify antiques was definitely not bad.
It was not difficult to buy treasures here, but it was definitely not easy to pick up the leftovers.
Everyone liked good quality and cheap goods.
Everyone loved to be able to spend less money and buy better products.
He walked past these shops and headed towards the Free Trade Market.
It was a place where a few stalls were set up for free trading.
The number of new goods (counterfeit goods) here was definitely higher than the old goods, but the prices were much lower than those in the shops.
Of course, in the antique market, there were more fakes than real ones. Whether one could pick the real one out of the fakes depended on one's eyesight.
However, Chu Lin was not worried. His pair of discerning eyes were better than anyone else's.
"Qing Dynasty Painted Porcelain Vase from a Folk Kiln. The seller's starting price is 4000 yuan. The current value is 400 yuan.”
"Ming Dynasty Wanli blue and white colorful dragon and phoenix flower hexagonal jar, the seller's starting price is 20000 yuan, the current value is 200 yuan.”
"Qing imperial censer. The seller's base price is 40000 yuan. The current price is 80 yuan.”
......
He slowly looked at the antiques on the first stall. Sure enough, the value of all the antiques in his eyes was clearly displayed in his eyes.
However, what was different from what he saw in Las Vegas was that it showed the 'previous value'.
And now, it was the seller's reserve price.
However, this was a better value ability. With this ability, he could easily understand the seller's heart and buy the real antique at the lowest price.
Just as he had learned online last night, most of the things sold in this stall were fakes.
They looked exquisite and simple, but who would have thought that they were modern crafts?
However, although there were many modern arts and crafts, it was not that there were no authentic ones.
Chu Lin fixed his gaze on a five-colored ceramic jar with an illustration.
"Clear Five Colored General Jar. The starting price is 2000 yuan. The current value is 60000 yuan.”
This was an authentic piece.
The seller didn't even know if it was the real thing.
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