Chapter 13 Jade Pendant [Revised Version]
The next morning, Yuxing got up early, and as soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Wei Dong stretching on the path opposite the door. Yuxing did a few chest expansion exercises in front of the door of the building and kicked a few legs. Only then did he run outside the community, and Wei Dong also trotted behind Yu Xing.
"You stayed in front of the door all night?"
"Boss, I can't get too far from you. "Wei Dong is still in good spirits and does not show any tiredness.
"If you have to find a way, you can't do it all the time. "It's not been five minutes since he ran, Yuxing's forehead is already sweating, he has been overindulged in the complex in the past few days, and his body is very weak.
"Boss, Chen Han has purchased real estate, and today he will arrange for construction machinery and construction robots to be modified and decorated, because all kinds of components are made by the integrated ship, so the entire project will be completed tomorrow. Owner, you'll be able to stay in the villa. β
"Is Chen Han's speed still quite fast? Do you know what it looks like?"
"I just listened to Chen Han's report, saying that it was three villas in the shape of a product, and the yard was very large. Boss, do you want Niu Niu to send the 3D image over?"
"Forget it. Let's go and see it when it's finished. β
Yuxing ran around the community three times, already tired and sweating profusely and panting. He stopped and gasped for a few seconds, then walked slowly.
"Weidong, why do you think I'm so weak? Is there any jishu or medicine on the comprehensive ship that can enhance people's physique and physical strength? β
"Yes, there is, boss, but it is not recommended that you use it, those drugs that are genetically modified and increase the vitality of cells will cause more or less harm to the body. I recommend that you inject a cell viability stabilizer when you reach a certain age, when the cell viability reaches its highest value and begins to weaken, so that the cell viability can be kept in a relatively vigorous state, so as to achieve the purpose of prolonging the life span. β
"Oh, it's longevity medicine, you're the authority, when should I inject you to remind me. Yuxing's breathing calmed down a bit, and he began to trot again.
"Yes, boss, in a sense, it's a longevity medicine. Yuxing listened to Wei Dong's confirmation of his guess, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, this is a long-lived Dongdong, an absolutely good thing.
"So how can you build up your stamina and endurance now?
"Boss, physical exercise is the most haode way. You can conduct a comprehensive quality check, so that Niu Niu can develop a workout for the boss in a targeted manner. β
"Jishu of the Ski Alliance is still lagging behind, shouldn't there be a shot to increase the drug several times if Liliang is shot?"
"Boss, it's all made up by children out of thin air, human cells can't withstand external reinforcement, unless genetic modification is carried out, but this kind of genetic modification that subverts the overall function of the human body will produce unpredictable changes, and there will often be some small problems. This is not the same thing as restorative modification of diseased genes to achieve therapeutic effects. I advise the boss to use it sparingly. β
"Then you cyborgs, liliang stamina, etc., are much stronger than normal humans. What's going on?"
"At the single-cell stage, biochemical humans carried out targeted targeting of genes and determined the direction of development. This is also different from genetically modifying normal humans. β
"So that means, no, or is there no way?"
"Boss, it's not that there is no way, it is not recommended that you use it. β
"Don't chew the words, to put it clearly, others can use it, I can't use it, right?"
"Yes, boss. β
Yuxing is not talking, since there is no way, then it is better to exercise by yourself. After running around the community again, Yuxing suddenly stopped.
"Weidong, let me ask you, do cell viability stabilizers work for my parents?"
After running so many laps, Wei Dong's face was still not red and his heart was not beating, his breathing was stable and normal, he stopped, and his body was still standing upright.
"Of course it works, the cell viability of the old man and the master mother is in the process of weakening, and if you don't use a cell viability stabilizer, the cell viability will continue to weaken. If you use it now, it will stabilize the cell vitality of the old man and the main mother in the current state. Effectively prolong their lives. β
"Great, Weidong, you have made a contribution. Exempts you from the penalty for a one-time element decomposition. β
Wei Dong's face immediately turned purple eggplant.
"Let's go, go buy breakfast. β
Wei Dong followed behind Yuxing's ass and walked towards the market.
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Yuxing walked into the office and saw that Old Man Zhao was browsing the Phoenix Network seriously as before.
"Minister Zhao, morning. Yu Xing also greeted Old Man Zhao as diligently as before.
"It's back. It's okay to play. Old man Zhao raised his head, still with a smile on his face, greeting Yuxing, who had always stepped on the point to go to work.
"It's ok, it's just more than a few days. Minister, I can't help it, it's the peak season of tourism, and it's also my lack of experience, and when I'm about to leave, I just remembered to buy a plane ticket, but I can still buy it there, no, I bought yesterday's ticket, why don't you say the airline adds a few more flights?" As if he had been greatly wronged, he told Old Man Zhao about his dissatisfaction, and sprinkled his anger on the airline.
Yuxing came to his desk, put his backpack on the table, and opened the computer on the desk casually. The old desktop computer made a "buzzing" fan grinding sound.
"Now the airlines of China are really not like words. There are not a few airliners that take off on time, so how can it be done, there is no order, and it is not chaotic. β
Old man Zhao was also more interested in talking, he let go of the hand holding the mouse, picked up the cigarette in the Great Hall of the People, and took out one from it. As if he suddenly remembered something, Yu Xing stopped Old Man Zhao from lighting a cigarette.
"Wait, Minister, you try smoking this cigarette. Yu Xing took out a top-quality "Nanjing" brand cigarette from his backpack and handed it to Minister Zhao.
Minister Zhao took the cigarette with a surprised face, and looked at the golden packaging Minister Zhao felt a lot.
"You bought this?"
"Yes Minister, I see that you like to smoke, so I bought you one at the airport. β
"This thing is very expensive, the big leaders smoke this cigarette, I have only seen it, and I really haven't smoked it. β
"It's just a little bit of a thing. β
Yuxing put his backpack on his desk and took out a jewelry box from inside.
"A small gift, not a tribute, for your daughter. He cautiously opened the box and let Old Man Zhao see it. A turquoise jade pendant with a lifelike dragon carved on it is exquisitely crafted and apparently carved by a famous artist.
"You said your daughter is a dragon, and it just so happens that this pendant is a dragon. β
In fact, the jewelry that Yuxing took out was synthesized by him with elements on the comprehensive ship, and he synthesized a lot. Includes three sets of zodiac charms, ten pairs of bracelets and ten pairs of rings.
These jadeites look definitely the best of the best, all of them have high transparency and are full of emerald green, which is the so-called imperial green.
But if they are imitations, it is not true, because they are real jadeite, but it is made. Natural jadeite is formed by nature over thousands of years, and Yuxing has only shortened this process to a few days.
No matter how advanced the equipment and experienced jade appraisers on Shijie are, it is impossible to identify this work as a fake. Yuxing is sure that this jadeite work will definitely fetch more than one million if it is auctioned. Old man Zhao has taken a lot of care of him in the past four years, and he also wants to repay this lovely old man with this.
Minister Zhao stood up, took the jewelry box, took out the dragon-shaped pendant from it, and carefully observed the sunlight outside the window.
"This thing looks pretty and expensive, isn't it?"
Old man Zhao judged according to Yuxing's family situation that Yuxing did not have the strength to give expensive gifts in a big way, or even if Yuxing had the strength, there was no need to give valuable items to him who did not have much real power. What's more, Yuxing had just given him a cigarette worth more than a thousand. So Old Man Zhao knew in his heart that this jade would not be worth a few dollars, and it might be a fake, but he still pretended to be very sincere and asked Yuxing.
Yu Xing, who was noisy by the "buzzing" sound of the desktop, was annoyed, and he knocked the chassis, and the sound immediately became quieter. He sat down and sorted out the papers on his desk.
"It's not worth a few dollars, it's just a plaything, you don't have to take it seriously. "Don't say that this thing is really nothing to Yuxing, it's really not a serious matter.
Putting the documents on the file shelf, Yuxing picked up the teacup on the desk again, added some tea leaves to it, walked to the mineral water machine, and added hot water. turned around and jokingly said to Old Man Zhao.
"I heard that your daughter is about to have a wedding, if you are short of money, you might as well take it to auction, sell three melons and two dates, and add some dowry to your daughter. β
"Xiexie, I took it for my daughter, and you must be there when she has a wedding. Old man Zhao pretended to carefully put the jade pendant into the hand jewelry box, and then put it on the desk casually. In fact, he didn't take it seriously, even if he sold it for three hundred or two hundred, it was not a good thing.
Old man Zhao sat back in his seat, held the mouse again and began to browse the online news.
"I told the secretary general about the overdue period of your investigation, you fell ill during the investigation and rested at home for a few days. "Old man Zhao is just interesting enough, he has already carried the matter for Yuxing.
"Minister Xiexie. β
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Yuxing then went to other departments and offices, bragging and cutting down mountains with his colleagues in the agency, and had a lot of fun. It's noon in the blink of an eye.
After lunch in the canteen, Minister Zhao went home to rest with a jewelry box and a cigarette that he regarded as a treasure.
Minister Zhao's home is very close to the office building. After getting out of the gate, you will be home when you turn a corner. In essence, the family building and the office building of the institution are next to each other. It's just that you have to go out of the gate of the agency to enter the gate of the family building.
This building is a welfare house jointly built by a state-owned enterprise more than 10 years ago, and the area of each household is not large, but it is convenient to go to work, and many comrades of the organ have a house here. In addition, the comrades who entered the agency in the future, for example, Yuxing and a few other young people, did not have such a chance.
Back home, Minister Zhao casually put the jewelry box on the coffee table, and lay on the bed to squint and rest. There was not much time, and the daughter and son-in-law came back from shopping for wedding items. They were tired all morning and looked exhausted, so they said hello to Old Man Zhao, and sat down on the sofa to drink water and rest.
When Old Man Zhao's daughter was putting the water cup away, she saw the jewelry box on the coffee table. Just ask the old man Zhao who squinted his eyes and pretended to sleep.
"Dad, whose jewelry box is this?"
"My wedding gift from Xiao Chen in my house. Take a look. Old man Zhao didn't open his eyes, and replied to his daughter casually.
When her daughter opened the jewelry box, she was taken aback to see the exquisite dragon-shaped pendant in the turquoise.
"Dad, this is from Xiao Chen? Are you sure?" The daughter couldn't believe her eyes and took out the pendant to show her boyfriend.
"Of course, it can't be a fake, right?"
The daughter and son-in-law have seen the world, and after a careful observation, they both feel that this pendant is not simple.
"If it's not a fake, it's a superb jadeite. "Although the son-in-law was born in the countryside and is a phoenix man, he is also a knowledgeable person, after all, four years of college are not in vain.
"There's an auction house not far from home, let's go there and appraise it, okay?" suggested the daughter to her father.
Old man Zhao suddenly remembered what Yuxing said, since his daughter and son-in-law both think that this pendant is not simple, in order to understand the true value of this thing, it is not a good way to go to the auction house to auction it.
"Is this going to work? Why should they give you an appraisal? "The son-in-law is a real man, and his words are very naΓ―ve, and he has not yet fully learned the cunning, tactfulness, and deceit of the urbanite.
"You're stupid, we're not going to say we're here for auction. Let them give us a reserve price for the auction. Don't we have a rough number?"
"Okay?"
"You remove it. Dad, are you going?"
Old man Zhao also wanted to know the real price of this pendant, so he agreed to go to the auction house with his daughter and son-in-law.
The three of them walked into the lobby of the auction company and saw a beautiful girl sitting behind the service desk eating.
"Hello Miss, is your appraiser here? I have something to entrust you with an auction. Minister Zhao's daughter said to the waitress who was eating.
The hostess, who was in her twenties, was of high quality, he put down the half-eaten lunch, and warmly beckoned the three of them to sit on the sofa in the front hall, and she said while refilling the paper cups in front of the water dispenser: "Sir, what items do you want to entrust our bank to auction, can you let me see it first?" She put the tea on the coffee table in front of the three of them. "So that I can find you an appraiser in the right area. β
βxiexieγ The daughter graciously thanked the girl for the tea hospitality, and she took the pendant wrapped in a white handkerchief from her handbag and opened it.
Seeing the noble imperial green jade against the white handkerchief, the hostess's eyes seemed to glow green.
"Wait, I'll call the manager. Before she could finish her sentence, she turned and ran in. The three of them glanced at each other, and there was some anticipation in their eyes.
Manager Li of the auction company quickly appeared in front of the three of them.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting. After Manager Li confessed to the three of them, he sat on the sofa opposite.
"Can I take a look at your jade?" Manager Li took out a high-powered magnifying glass, ready to look at the lots provided by the three of them. Just now the hostess called him over to appraise a superb jade lot, and when he saw the excited expression of the waitress, he was also infected by the girl, and had great expectations for this lot.
"Absolutely. Minister Zhao's daughter took out the jade pendant wrapped in a white handkerchief again. When the handkerchief was opened again, the well-informed Manager Li was also shocked with straight eyes, and looked at this peerless treasure blankly.
"Xiao Zhang, don't stand stupidly, bring me a pair of gloves. β
After putting on the snow-white gloves, Manager Li carefully picked up the pendant and carefully observed it with a magnifying glass for ten minutes.
In these difficult ten minutes, Minister Zhao and the three of them were entangled with worry and longing, making them restless and tormented.
Manager Li put down the magnifying glass and said to the three people: "Three, people come and go here, not a place to talk, please go to the VIP room to sit for a while, rest for a while, and our company's appraisal experts will arrive immediately." What do you think?"
Minister Zhao and the three of them have no reason not to agree.
The three of them sat in the VIP room for less than ten minutes, and an elderly man in his late seventies walked into the VIP room. The manager introduced the three of them:
"This is Mr. Lu Yiren, our company's consultant, jewelry and jade appraiser. Former professor of Huaguo University of Geosciences, has many years of experience in jadeite identification, and is a hardcore jadeite collector. β
"Long admiration, long admiration. Professor Lui is a master in this area, and Mr. Lui has bothered with this small object. Minister Zhao bowed his hand and showed his elegant demeanor.
"Mr. Zhao is polite, I have a little gain from jadeite, and I should live up to expectations. Please. β
Minister Zhao took the handkerchief from his daughter's hand, opened it, and placed it on the table. As expected by Manager Li, Professor Lu was still shocked by this superb jade pendant, and he stayed for a moment before coming back to his senses. Put on white gloves and take out a magnifying glass to carefully observe the jade pendant.
"Good, good. It's so beautiful. The old pit glass species, the water head is long, and the green emperor is green. The old man looked and nodded.
"The carving is exquisite, the works of famous artists, there is no one right. This dragon is lifelike, and the scale armor on its body is uniform in size and the same depth, which is a stunt. β
Isn't it a stunt?
Professor Lu measured the pendant with a caliper.
"It's just a little smaller, 15 millimeters by 10 millimeters. Professor Lu was a little regretful.
This pendant is a little smaller, no wonder Yuxing, where does he know this, he thinks that the pendant is small and exquisite.
"Mr. Zhao, I'll tell you the truth, this is a good thing, you quote a price, no matter how much, I will accept it. What do you think?" Professor Lu is selfish, bullying Minister Zhao and the three of them do not know how to do it.
Professor Lu looked back at Manager Li, who was disgruntled and angry, and said, "Manager Li, don't worry, I won't lose any of your handling fees." β
Manager Li calmed down a little. It is the first time that Professor Lu has cut off his beard halfway for so many years, which shows the old man's love for this work.
Minister Zhao was thinking about how to make a quotation, or Minister Zhao's daughter was the first to react, now is definitely not the time to quote to sell this jadeite, she said to Professor Lu and Manager Li: "We came to the auction company to entrust your company to auction on our behalf, and private transactions are exempt." You give us an auction reserve price and an expected transaction price, and we weigh it up and decide whether to auction or not. β
Minister Zhao and his son-in-law nodded in agreement.
Professor Lui looked disappointed. But looking at Minister Zhao's daughter's eyes, they were full of appreciation and admiration.
"The old pit glass imperial green jadeite, has not appeared on the market for many years, and this kind of full green jade, and the green is pure, can be called the best work in the jadeite jade, the number of surviving is less, so I think its auction reserve price should not be less than 2 million, the transaction price should be between 2.6 million and 3 million, if you meet people who love it, it may reach 5 million.
Professor Lu talked about it and didn't care about the three people who had already listened stupidly.
When the three of them heard Professor Lu's remarks and offers, they had no intention of sitting here anymore, and they were in a hurry to go home to discuss countermeasures.
Minister Zhao was able to save face, and he opened his mouth to prevaricate, saying that he would go home to study whether the price was appropriate, and after thinking about it carefully, he would reply to the auction company.
Manager Li tried his best to keep it, and assured the three that he would actively promote the lot and strive to sell it at a price that would satisfy the three of them. But Minister Zhao had already made up his mind, so Manager Li had to leave Minister Zhao's phone number. I'll be in touch tomorrow.
Minister Zhao and the three hurriedly left the auction company and returned home.
The daughter has a lot of doubts in her heart, how can an ordinary small civil servant whose family is not rich give such a valuable gift, which will make the recipient of the gift feel bottomless, and he does not know what the giver wants to exchange for this expensive item?
"Dad, he weishenme gave you such a valuable thing. The daughter asked.
"How do I know, he said it was a wedding gift for you, and he said it could be auctioned. Does he really not know the value of this jadeite, or does he do it on purpose?" Minister Zhao's voice turned low, and he muttered to himself. Old man Zhao really became an old man, and his frowning brows made the wrinkles on his forehead more obvious.
"I'll ask him how much it cost to buy it in a moment. It was really suspenseful just now, that Professor Lu wanted to buy it, and I almost gave an offer of 100,000. Minister Zhao remembered what had just happened, and a cold sweat broke out on his body again, and he still had lingering feelings about his performance.
"I'm the same, although I know it's valuable, I didn't expect it to be so expensive. "The son-in-law is attached to the father-in-law.
"Dad, go and ask. We'll look into it when we come back. β
Although Old Man Zhao didn't sleep at noon, he was much more energetic than before, and he didn't feel sleepy at all. When he hurried to the office, Yuxing was holding Erlang's legs and chatting with friends on the phone.
Old man Zhao sat down silently, lit a cigarette, turned on the computer to browse the web news, but although his eyes were fixed on the computer screen, he didn't read a word.
"Chengzi, don't you know how to speak human words, you will be humanely destroyed. I've told you a few times, my phone is out of battery and I don't have time to charge it. Yuxing nodded to Minister Zhao and put down the leg that was placed on the table.
"Okay, isn't it just karaoke, I'll invite you tonight, you find a place, call a few brothers. What? You're so kind, you don't have to worry about it, you find me the best place. Well, so be it, set a place and call me.
Yuxing put down the phone and said to the old man Zhao, who was staring at the computer screen with his eyes in a dull expression, and looked preoccupied: "Minister, something?"
Minister Zhao calmed down and made himself look normal.
"Yuxing, isn't your pendant too valuable. β
Yuxing grinned and said: "Minister, don't care too much about the value, in the past four years, I have been taken care of by you in many ways, and I have been looking for a chance to repay you. This thing is dangerous for ordinary people to wear, so you might as well auction it off and add a suite and a car to your daughter. β
Yuxing doesn't want his kindness and kindness to be regarded as a fool and ignorance, he is not a big head, since the beneficiary asked, he can't pretend to be stupid, he still has to say what he should say.
Old man Zhao finally let go of his worries about gains and losses, and after confirming that this baby belonged to him, his mood suddenly became much more relaxed. The words of gratitude are a basket, but they don't tell Yuxing the exact value. Old man Zhao was almost sixty years old, and he didn't expect that this large amount of wealth would fall from the sky and fall on his head when he was about to retire. He understood that this was intentional by Yuxing, and knew that Yuxing understood the value of this pendant. It's just that he can't figure out how Yuxing's family is not very wealthy, and how he can't take this huge wealth in his eyes.
Old man Zhao didn't read the news anymore, and he didn't go to class in the afternoon, so he went home excitedly to discuss his next move with his daughter.
Before getting off work, Yuxing received a call from his mother, informing him that he had replied to what he said about meeting the girl last night, and the woman had agreed to meet today. The meeting place was arranged at the Starbucks Cafe on the 1st floor of the 0101 Fashion Hall of Hanking Department Store, and the time was 6.30. The girl's name is Liu Fei, and the phone number is 136 *******.
Yuxing secretly screamed, "Bitter." β
Just now, Cheng Peng called to tell him that the evening activities had been arranged, and he would gather at the Starbucks Cafe of Hanking Department Store at 6 o'clock, have a cup of coffee and chat, and then go upstairs to sing.
Coincidence, absolutely coincidence. Yuxing found that from the beginning of his trip to Lijiang, all kinds of coincidences came one after another, and he didn't know if he was lucky or unlucky. Tonight will inevitably be ridiculed by classmates and friends, I hope this Liu Fei statue is still passable, don't affect the city's appearance too much, otherwise it will stink.