"Hello Boss Baili!" When the two came to the front of the residential community, a man in his forties was already waiting at the gate of the community.

"Hello Mr. Li, this is my companion, Mr. Wang. ”

After the three of them said hello, they came to Mr. Li's house, although they did not live in a villa, but a spacious one-story luxury residence.

It can be seen from the residence that although it is not necessarily a rich family, at least the small life is not bad.

Mr. Li quickly brought an elegant wooden box, and when he opened it, he contained an inkstone, which looked very delicate and warm.

Duan Yan!

"Hey, if it weren't for the fact that my son urgently needs money to study abroad...... Mr. Li showed a reluctant look after putting the inkstone on the table.

It turned out that he wanted to sell the inkstone, but he was also forced to do so.

He runs a small company by himself, with an annual profit of about one million, he is not a rich man, and he has a good life.

The problem is that his two sons and daughters have studied abroad, and the cost is relatively large.

And he is also an antique lover, and he spends hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to buy all kinds of antiques, of course, some of which are indispensable.

So at the end of the year, I basically can't save a few dollars.

However, although he couldn't save a few dollars, it was basically enough, but just two months ago, his son proposed to start a business.

Starting a business naturally requires investment.

The problem is that the money he has earned over the years, in addition to providing for a pair of children to study abroad, has basically been invested in collections.

Tens of thousands, you can take it out, but what is tens of thousands enough for?

There is no way, although he loves to collect antiques, but his son wants to start a business, he can only choose to sell some antiques.

He is still well-known in the antique circle, so he wants to sell some antiques, and it is relatively smooth.

Today's piece of Duan Yan is the fourth time he has sold antiques this month, and the start-up capital for his son's business is almost enough.

"What do you think of this inkstone?" Baili Weibo looked up and down, but he only had half a bottle of water, and he could only look at a rough idea.

A man like him who has half a bottle of water is the favorite of antique dealers, because he does not know much and is the most easily deceived.

"It's very good, the workmanship is exquisite, although it is not used by celebrities, but it is not something that ordinary people can afford!" Wang Wei said as he watched.

This piece of Duan Yan of the Song Dynasty, although it also has a sense of style, is not left by a celebrity, and it is thought to be a rich and noble family in the Song Dynasty.

Soon, Wang Wei's brows furrowed slightly.

"Mr. Li, your inkstone has been repaired...... Wang Wei turned the inkstone over, buckled it upside down on the table, and pointed to a corner at the bottom.

Well?

Mr. Li and Baili came over, but after their eyes widened, they couldn't see any traces of repair.

The place Wang Wei pointed to looks like a whole, and the lines on the inkstone are smooth, without any traces of fracture and dislocation.

Mr. Li was a little unhappy, is this nothing to find an accident to reduce the price?

When buying and selling antiques, it is normal to bargain, the seller wants to sell more and the buyer wants to spend less.

Therefore, the seller will praise the benefits of antiques, and the buyer will pick on the shortcomings, and after picking out a shortcoming, they will begin to try their best to depreciate the price.

The problem is that the shortcomings pointed out by Wang Wei do not exist at all.

Mr. Li had already looked at it with a magnifying glass, but there was no trace of repair, and he was sure that Wang Wei was looking for something to do, so of course he was not happy.

"Mr. Wang, can you please explain it a little bit?" When Mr. Li said this, the smile on his face had already retracted.

"Mr. Li, can you bring some vinegar?"

"Okay!" Wang Wei asked for vinegar, which made Mr. Li feel a little strange, but at Wang Wei's insistence, he still went to the kitchen to get a bottle of vinegar.

Then Wang Wei asked for a cotton swab again, dipped in some vinegar, and wiped the bottom of the inkstone, which Wang Wei said had been repaired.

Soon, Mr. Li's face changed!

Because the place where the cotton swab was rubbed quickly became pitted, it was not at all like the smooth and delicate appearance just now.

Vinegar may cause some damage to the inkstone, but it needs long-term contact to do it, and it will definitely not corrode so quickly.

Look closely!

It's not corroded, but the place where the vinegar has been rubbed, and slowly some mud of the same color as the inkstone is pushed down by the cotton swab.

"Mr. Wang, what's going on?" Mr. Li also realized that something was wrong at this time.

With Wang Wei smearing with vinegar, the inkstone is missing a small corner, only the size of half a peanut, and there is no reaction when you continue to rub it with vinegar.

What fell was only a handful of mud of the same color as Yantai.

And the rest of the part, it can be seen that it is an obvious fracture, like a fracture after a bump.

Now that the truth has been revealed, this inkstone has been repaired, but the repair technology is very clever, so he didn't see it.

"This inkstone lost a corner due to an accident, and then the owner of the inkstone used a special glue to mix the powder of the same material of the inkstone to make up for this corner!" Wang Wei said casually, although this inkstone is a real antique, but unfortunately there is a defect.

When I observed it with a perspective eye, the original part of the treasure was thick, but the piece that was repaired later only had a trace of light.

It shows that this inkstone is not one, but was repaired later, and the age of the repair can be pushed back to the Qing Dynasty.

After some years, even the places that were repaired later carried the same pulp as the main body, which is very deceptive.

After a closer look, Wang Wei remembered a way to repair it, mixing stone powder with glue.

After this special glue is matched, the hardness is very similar to that of stone, and it is not afraid of water, so even if it is stained with water when cleaning the inkstone, it will not reveal any flaws, but this glue is very afraid of encountering vinegar, and once it is scrubbed with vinegar, it will quickly dissolve and deteriorate.

The question is who cleans the inkstone with vinegar when it's fine?

Therefore, although it was repaired during the Qing Dynasty, it has been regarded as a complete inkstone after experiencing multiple masters until modern times.

If it weren't for Wang Wei, it might have been treated as a complete inkstone until the day it was destroyed.

"But those natural textures ......"

"This just shows that the person who repaired the inkstone is a master, and he can make the repaired part into a pattern, so he will hide it from many people!" At this time, Wang Wei's attention was no longer on the inkstone, but on a statue placed on the bookshelf, his eyes were shining.

This gloomy wooden statue of Guan Gong, about one foot high, is very exquisitely carved, and the age can be traced back to the Song Dynasty.

It turned out to be a statue from the Song Dynasty!

Ay!

Hearing Wang Wei's words, Mr. Li sighed and struck his eyes!

Although it is only the size of half a peanut, it is no longer a complete inkstone.

This piece of Duan inkstone during the Song Dynasty originally asked for 500,000 yuan, and if he bargained, the transaction price would be at least 400,000 yuan.

Now a piece the size of half a peanut is missing, although it is a small corner at the bottom, which does not affect the use, but has a huge impact on the price.

There is such a small defect, and the price is at least discounted, so Mr. Li sighed.

He doesn't have a good way, he has been collecting antiques for so many years, and he knows very well that it is normal to be eye-catching in the antique world.

Even those experts and professors, those antiques with extraordinary eyesight, there are times when they are beaten, let alone an ordinary collector like him?

"Mr. Li, can you transfer this Guan Gong statue to me?" Wang Wei got up and came to the ebony Guan Gong statue to take a look.

"You want to buy it?" Mr. Lee stood up.

The inkstone is defective, and Baili Weibo made it clear that he didn't want it, and today's deal is yellow.

Mr. Li can't blame Baili, after all, it was his antique that had a problem, not to mention that even if the antique didn't have a problem, what could he do if he didn't buy it?

"If the price is right!"

"You take 800,000 yuan!" Seeing that Wang Wei really wanted to buy it, Mr. Li directly offered the price.

"It's too expensive!"

"It's not expensive, this is an ebony statue in the Song Dynasty, from the hands of a famous artist...... "Wang Po sells melons, of course, she has to sell herself and boast."

"I know it's from the Song Dynasty, but it's from the hands of a famous artist, so I don't need to talk about it, this Guan Gong statue carving can only be said to be okay, there is still a distance from the top, and the quality of the ebony used is not very good, so I will give you 200,000 at most." Wang Wei shook his head.

In ancient times, ebony was very valuable, because there were no modern excavation machines in ancient times, so the production of ebony was very limited.

In the case of limited production, the price is naturally high.

Now it's different, large excavators have excellent digging capabilities, as long as there is ebony, they can dig out of the ground in large quantities.

Therefore, for ebony antiques, the price that can be sold is either from the hands of famous artists, or the quality of the top ebony.

And the statue of Guan Gong in front of him is neither from the hands of a famous artist, nor is it of top quality, of course Wang Wei cannot pay a high price.

Expert!

Hearing Wang Wei's evaluation, and then thinking of Wang Wei's finding the defect of Duan Yan just now, Mr. Li knew that Wang Wei was an antique expert.

It is precisely because he is an expert that he has a better understanding of the market price, so it is difficult to sell antiques at a super high price in the hands of these people!

"300,000, I should make you a friend!" After thinking about it, Mr. Li didn't insist on his super high price.

"Okay!" Wang Wei smiled and immediately moved Guan Gong away.

"Is there anything unusual about this statue?" After coming to the car, Baili asked Wang Wei.

"It's just an ordinary statue!" Wang Wei casually responded to Baili's question with a harmless smile on his face.

Ordinary statues?

That's weird!

Before dealing with Wang Wei, Baili set up a special person to investigate Wang Wei's details, knowing that Wang Wei was very good at picking up antiques.

And Wang Wei's net worth is not expensive, and the chance of falling in love with an ordinary antique is very small!

Unless he was picking up a leak, he guessed that Wang Wei must have found something before he bought this Guan Gong statue.

Until Wang Wei was sent back to the medical hall, Baili couldn't ask anything from Wang Wei's mouth, but he firmly believed that there must be something wrong with the statue of Guan Gong.

"Wang Wei, are you free tomorrow night?" As soon as Wang Wei returned to the medical hall, he received a call from President Sima.