Meng Zitao was slightly stunned when he saw the people who walked in, because one of them was the boss Zhang who had broken his jade pendant earlier, Zhang Jingqiang.

This not only made Meng Zitao feel a little coincidental, but Cheng Qiheng and them were also the same.

Then I inquired and found out that Zhang Jingqiang had a project to deal with here recently, and the deputy manager of the construction party of this project was Uncle Cao's eldest son Cao Rui. Cao Rui heard that Zhang Jingqiang liked antiques, and his father was going to sell his collection for many years, so he talked to Zhang Jingqiang.

How could Zhang Jingqiang not be interested, so without saying a word, he came by car.

Although Zhang Jingqiang's arrival was a bit unexpected, fortunately, everyone knew each other and had a good relationship, even if there was a conflict of interest, everyone would have to negotiate amicably. Next, everyone looked at things again.

After more than ten minutes, the servant walked in with three more people, and everyone had the same expression as just now, because one of them was actually Xue Wenguang.

Seeing this situation, everyone subconsciously looked at Li Qiaosheng, only to see Li Qiaosheng's stunned face, and a wry smile in their hearts, how could they encounter such a coincidental thing.

Fortunately, the facts did not make Li Qiaosheng jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash it away.

Seeing the three of them come in, the first to attack was Uncle Cao, who was sitting at the door, and he reprimanded one of the young men who was somewhat similar to him: "What are you doing here, get out of here!"

The young man smiled shyly and said, "Dad, we have something to say, this is Boss Lu, he wants to take a look at your Huanghuali birthday star ornament." ”

Uncle Cao flatly refused: "No!"

Seeing this, the young man hurriedly leaned into Uncle Cao's ear and muttered in a low voice, and immediately, Uncle Cao's brows stretched a little.

"Really?" Uncle Cao's tone was a little disbelieving.

"Really, or I'll have five thunderbolts in the sky!" the young man swore with his hands raised.

Uncle Cao pondered for a moment and said, "I'll believe you once, but I can only let you get the highest price at most, and there is only that one thing, I don't know if you agree?"

Xue Wenguang saw Meng Zitao and the others, and secretly said bad luck in his heart, and when he heard Uncle Cao say this, he looked at a middle-aged man next to him who was well-dressed and looked a little proud.

The middle-aged man frowned, then nodded in agreement.

Then, Uncle Cao stood up, apologized to Meng Zitao and the others, and said that each of the things they bought today could be discounted at the end of the settlement.

Since Uncle Cao did this, everyone had no objections, and even if Uncle Cao didn't discount it, what could they do?

In addition, the reason why Uncle Cao did this was also because he had told the sixth child before that there would be a few of them today. Zhang Jingqiang brought by the eldest son just now, everyone is a friend, and now the younger son has brought someone here, and he also named the birthday star statue, since he agreed, he felt that he had to express it.

Since the middle-aged man's goal was the birthday statue, everyone turned their attention to it and found that the statue happened to be in Zhang Jingqiang's hands at this time.

The statue is carved from a piece of conformal wood, and the wood looks like it should be a good Hainan Huanghuali.

Judging from the performance, the creation time of the statue should not be far away, and the name is unknown, but the overall appearance is smooth, the material is exquisite, the carving is unique, and the skills are exquisite, which shows that the level of the author should not be inferior to the master.

Everyone must be no stranger to Huanghuali (Haihuang), because of its slow timing, solid wood, beautiful pattern, has always been ranked as one of the five famous trees.

Huanghuali was close to extinction in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The Qing court once stored some Huanghuali wood, most of which was used to purchase the "Qianlong Garden" when Qianlong abdicated, and completely used up when Yuan Shikai ascended the throne.

Some people may say, in this case, where does the huanghuali on the market come from?

In fact, there is a misunderstanding here, Huanghuali is indeed very precious, but what is precious is that kind of big material, and there are still small seedlings. According to reports, it takes more than 200 years for the newly planted Hainan Huanghua pear to become a timber, so the fault duration of the Haihuang raw material may reach 200 years.

The big materials on the market today are generally old materials from the old loose furniture and farm tools, as well as some hoarded materials obtained from medicinal herb dealers. Because of this, the price of Huanghuali has skyrocketed in recent years.

Therefore, don't look at the statue of Uncle Cao's birthday star carved in recent years, but just because it is made of fine materials nearly 60 centimeters long, the price is not cheaper, not to mention that the author is still a master-level figure?

While everyone was appreciating them one by one, Meng Zitao also learned the name of the middle-aged man from Cheng Qiheng's mouth.

This person's name is Lu Changdai, who is also from Lingshi, and is engaged in the construction business, with a net worth of tens of millions.

Lu Changdai also has a lot of business here, and it is estimated that it is precisely because of this that he will know Uncle Cao's youngest son.

Due to Lu Changdai's relationship, Xue Wenguang was the second to get started, and after the appraisal, he began to look at the things in the house. After a while, his eyes lit up, and he walked quickly towards the official hat chair that Meng Zitao had bought earlier to take a look.

Meng Zitao has been paying attention to Xue Wenguang's actions, and seeing this situation, he also hurriedly followed, and said lightly: "Shopkeeper Xue, I don't know what you have to do?"

Xue Wenguang raised his head and sneered: "I look at this official hat chair, what does it have to do with you?"

Meng Zitao said: "The current owner of this official hat chair is me, do you think it matters?"

Xue Wenguang was choked by this: "You bought this chair?"

"Of course, the money has already been paid!" said Meng Zitao with a smile.

Xue Wenguang was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Brother Meng, I don't know how much money you spent on this chair?"

Meng Zitao wanted to see what tricks he wanted to play, so he said, "Two thousand." ”

Xue Wenguang suddenly spoke: "I also like this chair very much, how about giving me 50,000 yuan?"

Meng Zitao stared at Xue Wenguang deadly, seeing that Xue Wenguang was hairy, and then said: "If Boss Xue really wants, I will give you another zero." ”

Xue Wenguang looked at Meng Zitao, and after half a sound, he smiled and said, "In this way, then I'll think about it again, and I'll call you then." ”

Meng Zitao said: "Then Boss Xue has to be as soon as possible, otherwise, I can't wait." ”

"Definitely!" Xue Wenguang nodded with a grin and walked back to the statue, but judging from the fist he had just relaxed, he was definitely not calm in his heart.

Since the two of them didn't speak loudly just now, everyone who was paying attention to the birthday statue didn't hear it clearly.

So, when Xue Wenguang walked to his side, Lu Changdai asked, "Master Xue, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just reminiscing. ”

Of course, Xue Wenguang couldn't say what he wanted to take advantage of, but he had an urge to tell Uncle Cao's youngest son about what Meng Zitao had missed. However, this impulse was suppressed by him, and if he did, then he would not want to mix in the antique industry in the future.

Lu Changdai obviously didn't believe Xue Wenguang's words, but since Xue Wenguang didn't want to say more, of course he wouldn't ask more.

After Meng Zitao went back, it didn't take his turn for a while, he carefully took the statue in his hand, and felt that something was wrong, and then, he carefully observed it, and his heart moved, so he quietly returned the statue.

At this time, Zhang Jingqiang asked, "Uncle, can you ask, where did you come from this statue?"

Uncle Cao said: "There's nothing that can't be said, this artifact, at the beginning, it was actually a friend of mine who asked me to borrow money to mortgage it with me, and then he got sick and died, and this thing belonged to me." According to him, he asked a seventy-year-old master to carve it in Qiong Province. ”

After listening to Uncle Cao's words, Lu Changdai asked, "Uncle, do you know the name of that old master?"

Uncle Cao shook his head: "I don't know the name very well, and the money he borrowed at the beginning was not much, just this Huanghuali is more than enough, so I didn't ask much, it seems to be surnamed Liang, you can also inquire in person." ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, after a while, he continued: "Since you don't have anything to ask, then you can start bidding." ”

Everyone looked at each other, but none of them wanted to be the first to speak.

Speaking of which, to everyone at the scene, it is best to have only your own people for such a thing as digging a house. Because if there are two or several parties, everyone likes an object at the same time, and the one with the highest price will naturally win. Sellers will also buy a lot of people, most of them will sit on the ground and start the price, so most of this situation is a loss for buyers.

The key is that Lu Changdai has a net worth of tens of millions, which means that he is strong, if he falls in love with the same thing, they will definitely suffer even more.

Fortunately, Uncle Cao is more righteous, and only let Lu Changdai compete for the birthday statue, otherwise everyone will definitely suffer more losses.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Uncle Cao couldn't wait any longer, and said, "I'll make a price, 300,000, if you don't speak again, then I won't sell this thing." ”

"500,000!" Zhang Jingqiang immediately raised 200,000, don't look at 200,000 is a lot, but in fact, it is only less than half of the price.

Lu Changdai didn't want to raise the price to the top at one time, so he said: "800,000." ”

Next, except for Cheng Qiheng, who quoted the price twice, there were only two people who competed, Zhang Jingqiang and Lu Changdai, and after a while, the price rose to 1.88 million.

Zhang Jingqiang was silent for a moment and said, "2 million!"

Lu Changdai smiled: "2.01 million!"

Zhang Jingqiang frowned: "2.05 million!"

"2.06 million!"

"2.1 million!"

"2.11 million!"

Seeing that Elder Lu was 10,000 more than himself, Zhang Jingqiang couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and just as he was about to increase the price, he saw Meng Zitao secretly give himself a look......