Everyone was whetted by Young Master Xu.

Fortunately, he had already called someone to send the lotus crane Qingzi plate over, and it would take about ten minutes.

During this period, Wang Chen pretended to carry his suitcase to the toilet, and returned to the mysterious space to take out the gluttonous cannibal and stuff it into his suitcase, well, causing his suitcase to look a lot inflated.

Back to the auction department.

Sit back on the couch.

Dai Wei's eyes were quite good, and he asked, "Boss, why do I feel that your suitcase has become inflated?"

Wang Chen blinked and said, "Is there one?"

No one could have imagined that he had hundreds of cubic meters of space that he could carry with him, so much so that Dai Wei suspected that his excellent memory was wrong, and muttered, "Could it be that I really remembered it wrong?"

Wang Chen ignored him, but looked at Young Master Xu, "Haven't you sent your lotus crane green plate yet?"

Young Master Xu looked at his watch, "It should be almost there." ”

As soon as the words fell, two Thais came over with a small iron cart, covered with a layer of red cloth, if you guessed correctly, it should be the lotus crane Qingzi plate that Young Master Xu said.

When Liu Yan, Yuming and other experts saw it, they all immediately stood up and surrounded the small cart.

One of the short Thais, grunted and didn't know what to say.

Another Thai who looked like 1.9 meters translated in Chinese: "Boss, we have delivered your things, do you have anything else to order?"

Young Master Xu waved his hand and said, "No, you go out first." ”

"Yes. "Two Thais went out.

Liu Yan couldn't wait to say, "Young Master Xu, I'll open it first." As he spoke, he didn't give Young Master Xu time to reply, and immediately lifted the red cloth.

Wang Chen looked over.

I saw a bronze object about one and a half meters long and less than one meter wide appear in front of me.

This bronze resembles a small bathtub, rectangular, straight, square lips, the abdominal wall is obliquely adducted, slightly drummed, each of the four walls is placed with a pair of animal heads and ringed ears, the four legs are rectangular, the lower part of the mouth edge of the vessel is decorated with poor curved patterns, and the abdomen is decorated with corrugated patterns. The handicap is rectangular with rounded corners, two animal heads on each side, and a ring in the mouth.

There are also some inscriptions inside.

Wang Chen must not be able to read the text of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and he does not know what is written.

However, Liu Yan had already taken out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on, and said in surprise: "Although I haven't observed it carefully, this lotus crane Qingzi plate gives me the feeling that it is genuine, rare, and it is really rare to have such a complete Western Zhou Dynasty bronzes." ”

Yu Ming followed and said: "Yes, although I don't know much about bronzes, but this Qingzi plate still gives people an amazing feeling, Lao Liu, you quickly appraise and appraise the approximate auction price range." ”

"Well, I'll do it. "Liu Yan has already started to start.

Young Master Xu smiled at Wang Chen and said, "Xiao Wang, I've never seen such a good bronze, right?"

Wang Chen was full of praise and said: "It's really good." ”

Liu Yan analyzed the inscription first, and he read it out.

This lotus crane Qingzi plate was probably made on the Dinghai day during the first auspicious month of the twelfth year, and recorded the process of the king of Zhou giving it to his subordinates.

Later, Liu Yan introduced casting, vessel shape and so on, and confirmed that the authenticity was undoubted.

After the appraisal was completed, Liu Yan sighed: "The treasure of the country, the treasure of the country." ”

Young Master Xu asked, "Then how much do you think we should estimate it?"

Liu Yan said with a serious face: "The Xijia plate was auctioned for more than 210 million, I think the value of your lotus crane Qingzi plate is not below the Xijia plate, and it is conservatively estimated that the price range should be between 210 million and 258 million." ”

Aunt Xu, the only female expert, sighed: "How can more than 200 million yuan reflect the actual value of this bronze, if it is not artificially priced, I personally think that a bronze like this should be priceless." ”

Young Master Xu ignored Aunt Xu's exclamation, but repeated Wang Chen's old words, and said in a half-joking, half-truthful tone: "Xiao Wang, I said earlier that it is possible that all your things together are not as good as this thing I brought, now believe it?"

A collection is conservatively estimated at more than 200 million, the bloodstone inkstone inkstone that Wang Chen sold to Young Master Xu before, etc., is only a few million, and in Young Master Xu's mind, Wang Chen can't everything be as precious as the bloodstone inkstone, so it is really possible that the thirty-five collections add up to more than 200 million.

However, to Young Master Xu's surprise, Wang Chen smiled and said, "This may not be. ”

"Huh?" Young Master Xu said a little happily: "Could it be that you still bring any good things?" Oh, yes, you just said that you brought a Shang Dynasty bronze, I can tell you the truth, the average Shang Dynasty bronze auction price of seven or eight million is already very good, only fine products can be auctioned for tens of millions of prices, if you don't believe it, you can ask Liu Lao. ”

Liu Yan confirmed: "Young Master Xu's words are right, last year there was a bronze beast face pattern at the end of the Shang Dynasty The transaction price was 7.7 million, the year before last, the late Shang Dynasty bronze minister Fang Fang Ding was sold at a price of 7.08 million, and the Shang Dynasty bronzes that sold for more than 10 million were not too many, as far as I know, in recent years, the bronze beast face pattern Fang Yi has been auctioned for 14.75 million. ”

Wang Chen didn't speak, he opened the suitcase directly, and forcefully hugged the gluttonous cannibal out from inside.

Liu Yan, who had said a lot of things before, suddenly looked over, and he showed a look of disbelief, "This ...... This ......"

Yu Ming was also taken aback and exclaimed, "Oh my God!"

The remaining experts looked at each other in disbelief.

"Is this a?"

"It's very similar to the Tiger Man-Eater at the Kyoto Izumiya Museum!"

"Hey, if this bronze is real, it's worth no bounds!"

"Fake, right? How can there be such a similar one in the world?"

These experts obviously knew about the Tiger Cannibal, and at first glance they couldn't believe Wang Chen's gluttonous cannibalism, and some people even wondered if it was fake.

Young Master Xu didn't know anything about bronzes at all, even the lotus crane Qingzi plate was borrowed to make a name for himself, he asked suspiciously: "Old Liu, is this bronze very valuable?"

Liu Yan smiled bitterly and said, "If it's true, I can only describe it in four words, it's priceless." ”

"What about my lotus crane green seed plate?" asked Young Master Xu.

"There's no comparison, there's no comparison. Liu Yan shook his head and said: "If you say that your lotus crane and green plate is a national treasure, then, as long as Xiao Wang takes out this bronze plate is real, it is definitely a huge treasure of the country, and the value difference is too much!"

Young Master Xu snorted and questioned a little: "It's unlikely, isn't it??It's worth more than my Lotus Crane Qingzi Plate?"

Liu Yan introduced: " You may not know the Tiger Cannibal of the Kyoto Izumiya Museum, the bronze is known as one of the most precious bronze treasures of the late Shang Dynasty in China, although there have been different statements, but it is certain that the Tiger Cannibal is a rare complex bronze in the Shang Dynasty bronzes, and Xiao Wang took out this bronze, it looks more complicated than the Tiger Cannibal, if it is genuine, the value may still be above the Tiger Cannibal, you must know that the Tiger Cannibal of our country, but it is regarded as the national treasure of their country by the Japanese Ben people, and you are not unaware of how proud the little Ri Ben is on weekdays。 ”

Young Master Xu glanced at Wang Chen, and said a little unconvinced: "Then you can identify the truth and falsehood." ”

Wang Chen could see that up to now, Young Master Xu was still not convinced, and wanted to prove that this auction house could be successful even without him Wang Chen.

He could see that Young Master Xu meant nothing more than "playing with himself".

Well, in fact, Wang Chen knew in his heart that Young Master Xu couldn't do without himself, and the reason why he did this was nothing more than to take the initiative in his hands for the auction house.

Yes, Young Master Xu's status is very high.

However, since the cooperation, Wang Chen didn't want to take the initiative to lower his status in the company, he also wanted to let Young Master Xu understand that cooperation is based on equality, you pay, I contribute, no one is more valuable than whom, and even, buddy can prove that he can play like Young Master Xu, relying on the ability to collect collections!

Liu Yan nodded, "I'll identify it." He looked very solemn, his white-gloved hand touched the gluttonous cannibal, and explained in his mouth, "The sweat of human hands will cause damage to the bronze, like this one in front of me, if it is genuine, I can't afford to pay for a drop of sweat, hehe." ”

It seems to be a joke, but he saw Liu Yan's seriousness, you must know that he didn't say this sentence when he identified the lotus crane Qingzi plate brought by Young Master Xu before, you can imagine how much pressure Wang Chen's gluttonous cannibalism put on Liu Yan, even if it has not been identified as true or false yet.

Wang Chen smiled and said: "Old Liu, it is said that your collection is worth one billion together, how can you not afford to lose it, you are too modest." ”

"No modesty, no modesty. Liu Yan waved his hand, stretched out his hand and knocked on it, the gluttonous cannibal made a loud sound, he nodded slightly: "Most of the bronzes of the Shang Dynasty are tin-lead alloys, this is the sound, if most of the pseudo-ware after the Song Dynasty is brass, the sound will be slender and muddy if you knock it by hand, and it is not so loud." ”

Young Master Xu was still reluctant to admit defeat, "You can't tell the truth from the fake just by the sound of a tap, right?"

"Of course, you can't just rely on the sound of a tap, but also look at the fan line. Liu Yan introduced: "Most of the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties are cast by the pottery fan method, that is to say, the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties have several pieces of pottery and fan after the casting, that is, the fan line, with the progress of the times, the method of the fan has changed, and the fan marks will change, but if you want to show no traces in the Fan place, even the most skilled craftsmen will inevitably do it, so once the Fan line is determined, it can basically be determined that eighty percent is true, let's take a look at Xiao Wang's fan line of this gluttonous cannibal. ”

It was also the first time that Wang Chen had heard of such an appraisal, so he pricked up his ears and listened carefully.

Other experts didn't know much about bronzes, and they all listened carefully to Liu Yan's words, and Young Master Xu was no exception.

Liu Yan pointed to it and said: "You see, there is a gasket here, it is one of the fan lines, the edges and corners of the detailed patterns are delicate and smooth, and they generally can't be faked, in addition, if it is forged, it is about fifty catties...... "He reached out and hugged the gluttonous cannibal man-eater," The bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties are different, after a long period of corrosion, chemical changes have occurred, and the copper has decayed, I weighed this bronze, and it is estimated that it is only forty-two or three catties, which cannot be forged, and I am 99% sure that it is genuine. ”

Later, Liu Yan analyzed from the shape of the instrument, including inscriptions, ornaments, etc., and there was no contradiction at all.

About twenty minutes later, Liu Yan said with excitement on his face: "It's genuine, it's definitely genuine, I didn't expect that I have lived for sixty-one years, and I still have the opportunity to personally identify such a precious bronze, I haven't lived in vain in this life." ”

When the identification is completed, the scene is directly fried!

"Unbelievable!"

"It's the real thing!?"

"My God, doesn't that mean that I have seen the great treasure of the country with my own eyes?"

"I was already very surprised when I saw the lotus crane and green plate brought by Young Master Xu before, and now when I see this gluttonous cannibal cannibal, my heart is even more shocked, this is a real national treasure!"

Wang Chen smiled, nonsense, it must be true, this is what Li Yu treasured at the beginning, if it is fake, can Li Yu be arrested, do you still want to take it with you?

Young Master Xu obviously didn't expect Wang Chen to also get an extremely precious bronze, the most important thing, according to Liu Yan, the value of this bronze is still on the lotus crane Qingzi plate he borrowed, he couldn't help it, he couldn't help but feel depressed, he pulled down his old face and finally borrowed it from a domestic collector, said all the good things, and wanted to be the killer feature of the auction house's publicity, but he didn't expect Wang Chen to bring better?

Thinking of what he said to Wang Chen before, all the collections together may not be as precious as the collection he brought by Young Master Xu, Young Master Xu was a little hot, he was afraid that Wang Chen would mention it, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Old Liu, how much is this collection worth?" While asking this, Young Master Xu hoped in his heart that the value of the collection would not be too different from the one he brought, otherwise this auction house would really have the surname Wang in the future.

Wang Chen was also very curious, what was the value of the gluttonous cannibalism he inadvertently obtained?

Liu Yan pondered for a while, and shook his head helplessly, "It's too precious, too precious to be valued." ”

Aunt Xu smiled and said: "No matter how precious it is, you have to estimate it, after all, we are eating this line of food, Lao Liu, estimate it." ”

Yu Ming also said: "Can't we say that we don't have a reserve price when auctioning, so let customers auction casually?"

"That's just as well. Liu Yan laughed to himself, "Come on, I'll estimate the price." Speaking of this, he looked at Wang Chen, "Xiao Wang, don't mind if I underestimate you, after all, there is really no way to estimate a treasure of this level." ”

"No, no, you don't have an appraisal. Wang Chen said.

Although Young Master Xu was a little disappointed in his heart and didn't "suppress" Wang Chen, the auction house could come up with such a top-notch treasure to build momentum, and the advantages definitely outweighed the disadvantages, and he was also looking forward to it: "You can give a price quickly." ”

Liu Yan thought for a while, stretched out his right hand and made a gesture, "The conservative estimate of the price range is between 400 million and 500 million!" After speaking, he also added, "I mean conservative, if you insist on going up, I can only say that this is a priceless treasure!"