Chapter 53: Worm Amber
The second floor of "Yuan Bao Zhai".
A variety of celebrity calligraphy and paintings, exquisite porcelain and wood carvings, coupled with antique decoration, the whole room is full of artistic atmosphere.
Ye Yun walked up slowly, his eyes calmly scanned the surroundings, and found that almost all of the exhibits here started from 100,000, which was not something that ordinary people could care about.
"How is it, does Grandma Liu feel like she has entered the Grand View Garden? Everything is fresh?" Shen Jianfang raised his eyebrows and grinned.
Ye Yun ignored him at all, and looked at the exhibits one by one.
Shen Jianfang was a little embarrassed, frowned and said: "Don't look at it, you can't afford it anyway, can your family's income from farming be 20,000 yuan a year? ”
"No one speaks, when you're dumb. Ye Yun said indifferently.
At this time, his eyes locked on a very inconspicuous Buddha of Joy placed in the corner. This Buddha statue is carved from rare golden silk nan wood, and it is about two or three hundred years old. The only problem was that it had accidentally broken a corner, and its value had plummeted.
Shen Jianfang followed Ye Yun's gaze and immediately grinned.
"Otherwise, let's each pick something and buy it, see who has the highest value, and there will be a punishment for losing. Shen Jianfang suggested.
"What punishment?" Ye Yun asked rhetorically.
"Wearing only pants all over his body, he crawled on the ground in Fountain Square and learned how the dog barked. Shen Jianfang said again.
"Wow, you're very low-level and interesting, isn't it enough to run around the girl Lou Guo last time?
"Phew, who said I would lose!" Shen Jianfang's forehead was tense, "My grandfather is a collector, I have been influenced by him since I was a child, and I have taught myself a lot of books in this area, and I have to chase every issue, and I have even published articles in relevant journals, talking about professionalism, and I will throw you a few streets!"
Seeing that Ye Yun smiled and didn't answer, Shen Jianfang became even more energetic: "Do you know how many genuine works the painting saint Wu Daozi left behind? Do you know who the eight monsters of Yangzhou are, what is the style of each person, and which is the most valuable work? Do you know the address of the official kiln of the past dynasties? Do you know the difference between Tianhuangshi and Shoushan stone? Look at you, you are completely blind to this aspect, and you dare to compare with me!"
"What's the use of knowing so much? I just know you're going to lose. Ye Yun put his hands behind his back, and his expression was extremely calm.
"I don't know where you got your confidence! You think about it first, where to borrow money to buy a baby, 100,000 yuan is not a small amount, I heard that you are close to Mu Xiaohua, you can ask her to help. Shen Jianfang gritted his teeth and said.
"You don't have to worry about this, find someone to notarize. Ye Yun found a chair and sat down, closed his eyes, and raised his spirits.
"Bastard! I'm going to make your death ugly!" Shen Jianfang was deeply stimulated and immediately said a few words to Zhang Xiwen, who immediately went to the notary.
On the entire jade antique street, there are many bigwigs in the local collecting industry, and Zhang Xiwen came forward, and soon found several senior members of the antique association, each of whom is no worse than Uncle De.
Taking advantage of this time, Shen Jianfang had already selected a modern landscape painting.
"Young Master Shen has a good eye, this is the work of the famous modern painter Mr. Oishi in his early years, with strong ink and color, rough lines, quite clear layers, and a unique artistic conception, and the collection value is extremely high. Zhang Xiwen gave a thumbs up.
"Two years ago, Mr. Dashi passed away, and the value of his works has skyrocketed, and I also want to collect some of them, but I didn't expect to let Young Master Shen take the lead, the price of 350,000 yuan is not high, and if you buy it, you can earn it!"
"Hehe," Shen Jianfang's face was proud, "It's normal, I've been paying attention to the dynamics of Mr. Dashi's paintings, but I didn't expect to buy an authentic painting here, presumably to congratulate my grandfather on his birthday, he will be quite happy." ”
"I don't know if Ye Gongzi has chosen a target. Zhang Xiwen asked cautiously.
"That's it, I don't know what the price is?" Ye Yun pointed to the wood carving of the Buddha of Joy.
"Uh...... Childe, how did you choose it?" Zhang Xiwen smiled bitterly, "As for this display, it was accidentally broken by the guests who came to enjoy the game, and the other party also compensated the corresponding price." Since the thing is broken, we will not find someone to repair it with glue, and we will not make money without conscience, in fact I plan to take it home and see if I can put it on the corner of the table or something. ”
"Broken things, no one wants them, it's no different from garbage, Brother Ye, you should choose another one." A collector said.
"I'll ask for it, Boss Zhang, you can make a price. Ye Yun stepped forward and grabbed the two-inch-tall statue in his hand.
"This ...... Since Ye Gongzi insists on buying it, then you can give a disposal price, two thousand yuan. Zhang Xiwen smiled bitterly.
Two thousand yuan is already the price of cabbage in the price of cabbage, because the previous price of this treasure was six figures.
Basically, this price is no different from giving it away for free, Ye Yun is also very happy, and he takes out his wallet to pay the bill directly.
"Hahahaha! I know why you bought this, because you can't afford to buy anything else, and you're afraid that others will look down on you, it must be this reason!" Shen Jianfang grinned, laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe.
"It's useless to say more, let the notary start to evaluate. Ye Yun said indifferently.
"Excuse me, do you still need to evaluate this? I bought a genuine handiwork, and there is a lot of room for appreciation, you are picking up garbage, and at best it can only be burned as firewood. Shen Jianfang laughed so hard that his mouth cracked to the bottom of his ears, and he felt that he had never been so happy.
"Indeed, the value of the two is clear at a glance, and I don't think there is a need to compare. Zhang Xiwen was also speechless.
"It's true that there is no comparison, Young Master Shen is lucky, he found a good treasure, put it at home for a few years, and said that the price can be doubled. "The collectors are very unanimous.
Hearing these words, Shen Jianfang raised his chin, and there was a smile on the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, as if he had taken revenge, and saw the picture of Ye Yunxue barking.
"Really? Look at what this is. Ye Yun smiled, his palm lightly exerting force.
With a snap, the wood carving immediately shattered, and there was a natural groove inside, showing a pigeon's egg-sized, crystal clear amber throughout.
Not only that, but inside the amber, there is also a lifelike little beetle, which also maintains its previous posture, as if looking up at the sky.
Everyone's eyes suddenly widened, and they all exclaimed, they had never seen such a situation before.
"This is worm amber, it belongs to the superior type, the price is at least tens of thousands, Ye Yun, you have gone to shit luck. Shen Jianfang frowned.
He didn't expect this to happen, why did this happen, could it be that Ye Yun had a clairvoyant eye and could see the situation in the wood carving? How could this be!
How did Shen Jianfang understand that when he just went upstairs, Ye Yun used the "perspective spell" to see clearly the internal situation of all the displays.
"Can you show me? I have a Tibetan friend who is an insect expert at Yenching University, and he is also a long-time amber lover, and he has thousands of such treasures in his house. An old collector said.
"Look at it casually. Ye Yun said.
The man immediately put it in his palm and looked at it, and muttered in his mouth: "This beetle, the color of the back shell is very unique, and there is a pair of horns on the head, how come I have never seen it?"
"Natural insect amber, some of which have been formed for tens of millions of years, maybe some ancient species? Someone urged.
The old man kept nodding, took a few photos, and sent them to the insect expert in Yanjing on WeChat, asking the other party to give an opinion.
While waiting, Shen Jianfang showed a playful smile, and was still in the mood to give Ye Yun a popularization lesson: "Ordinary amber, that is, four hundred yuan a gram, the big one, the one with high purity, is more valuable." Of course, the inclusions in amber, insects and so on, are also very particular, and rare things, if they are complete enough and clear enough, the price will also rise. ”
At this moment, Yan Jing suddenly called, and an excited voice sounded: "Oh my God, I am 100% sure that this beetle is an extinct prehistoric species, the same era as the dinosaurs, in other words, this insect amber has extremely high scientific research value, and may be a unique one, I am willing to pay a million for it." ”
"What?!What are you kidding!!" Shen Jianfang was dumbfounded.
The collectors present were also short of breath, staring at the worm amber with burning eyes, and a look of envy and jealousy appeared on their faces.
"Brother Ye, are you willing to sell?" the old man hurriedly asked.
"The price is too low," Ye Yun shook his head, "Since it is the only treasure in the world, if you miss it, there will be no more, one million is really not enough." ”
"Then I'll add another 500,000, no more!" the insect expert is determined to win.
"Not for sale. Ye Yun was quite calm.
"Don't worry, we can still discuss, young man, you leave a contact information, and I'll call you later." "Entomologists are very sorry.
After hanging up the phone, Ye Yun withdrew the small insect amber and his gaze fell on Shen Jianfang.
At this time, Shen Jianfang's face was extremely ugly, as if he had been coated with two layers of dark seaweed mud, and he still hadn't recovered from the shock.
He didn't expect that the worm amber that Ye Yun inadvertently got was so amazingly valuable, completely killing the landscape painting he bought at a great price.
"Classmate Shen, what are you still doing in a daze," Ye Yun said with a smile, "Hurry up and fulfill your promise, go to the square to learn how to bark, knowing that you are a man, you will definitely do what you say." ”
"Damn! your kid's eyes are poisonous enough, so you can pick up a leak!" Shen Jianfang hated so much that his teeth itched, so he could only slam the door and leave.
"Brother Ye's eyesight is simply demonic, this is my business card, communicate more in the future. "The collectors came to say hello one after another, and showed their business cards by the way.
Zhang Xiwen looked at the pile of sawdust on the ground, and still had a dreamlike feeling, regretting that his intestines were blue. He has been in the antique industry for many years, and he has never seen any scenes, but today's situation still makes him confused.
How did Ye Yun do it?! This insight is simply terrifying!
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