Chapter 913: The Book Has Its Own Golden House
Since Li Wei's official was donated and he was not born in the imperial examination, he couldn't read a few big characters. Master and others drafted official documents, they had to read to him, and if there was something unsatisfactory, he would dictate and revise it, and he could often get to the point of the problem. Li Wei likes to listen to people talk about books in his spare time, and whenever he encounters injustice against Zhongxian, Li Wei will whimper, resent, and even draw his sword. Although he is not literate, Li Wei still attaches great importance to literati and cultural undertakings. According to historical records, he once paid for the construction of Jiangsu-Zhejiang Tongzhi, built a academy, and gave rich money to the scholars.
During the Yongzheng period, due to the many literary prisons of the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Yongzheng was angry and stopped the scholars of Jiangsu and Zhejiang from participating in the imperial examination as punishment. In order to resume the examination as soon as possible, Li Wei, then the governor and governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, often went to the lower levels to understand the voices of the scribes and mediate all kinds of contradictions; he followed up and inspected the situation of the scribes who had not been convicted at any time, discovered problems, gave timely instructions, and ordered them to make corrections; and the scribes who were good and recorded their deeds one by one.
A year later, when Wang Guodong saw these archival materials, he was deeply moved by Li Wei's good intentions and happy for the gratitude and repentance of the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. So, he played the court with Li Wei and said many good things for the scribes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Emperor Yongzheng was overjoyed when he saw it, and soon ordered the resumption of the township examination of the scribes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In the second year, the first and third places in the palace examination, namely the champion, the top eye, and the tanhua, were all obtained by the Zhejiang people, so the literati had a good impression of Li Wei.
After Li Mingguang finished speaking, everyone looked at the snuff box and felt a little more emotional. Through the snuffbox, it seems that he also saw the illiterate man above the court in the past. But he has a loyal and good temperament and dares to act like an image. If such an official is put to today, it is also a first-class good official.
"Principal Li, if you say that, isn't the price of this snuff bottle going up a lot?
At this time, Wu Yue had already made up his mind to take down this snuff bottle, so he broke the silence in the room and asked Li Mingguang about the current price of this snuff bottle, money is really nothing to him, he dare not say that he is richer than Zhang Tianyuan. But buying this thing, it's still not too difficult, not to mention millions, even tens of millions, he can take it, after all, he likes to collect these things the most, and he can afford the money, but he is afraid that there will be no good things. Now it's just an opportunity, and I've seen so many treasures at once today, and I may not be able to meet them in the future, so I naturally have to go all out to win it.
"Let's put it this way. If this snuff box hadn't been given to Li Wei by Yongzheng, it would have been worth a million, now. If this thing is put up for auction at auction, it is estimated that the reserve price will be one million. In the end, it should not be a problem to auction for a price of three or four million. Of course, this is also a matter of opinion, some people are extremely disgusted with Li Wei, or they hate Yongzheng very much, then it is another matter, in their eyes, this thing may be worthless. ”
Although Li Mingguang can't determine the exact value of this snuff bottle, but according to his knowledge and insight, it is basically the same, and the three or four million he said should still be a conservative estimate, if he really meets that kind of crazy Yongzheng worshipper, or Li Wei admirer, then it is possible to take out this money lightly, and with a little competition, it is estimated that it will be five or six million.
This is the case in the antique market, it does not have a clear price, even the experts, it is also benevolent, the wise see the wise, if it is a more common thing, or a kind of thing that is generally recognized by everyone, then it may be better to estimate some, but like this kind of good things that may be unique in the world, it is really difficult to estimate.
Anyway, he doesn't care what others think, if it's him, let him take out three million to buy this thing, he definitely wants to buy it, you can say that he is a crazy admirer of Yongzheng, or you can say that he is a crazy researcher, he must solve this puzzle, and then he can throw this thing down and do something else, otherwise this is always a piece of his heart.
His salary is not much, but he has published a lot of books, saved a lot of manuscript fees, and his children are very capable, and often send money back abroad, he doesn't need that money at all on weekdays, all of it is saved, just to buy what he likes, this thing, he is not going to give it to Wu Yue, just now the white jade wrench finger because there is a first come, first come, he is embarrassed to snatch it, but this snuff box, it is different, he can completely compete to buy, whoever pays the highest price, who has it.
"Principal Li said it well, I remember that my grandfather seems to have mentioned something similar, he also has a lot of research on snuff bottles, and he also said that he almost got a snuff box used by Qianlong back then, but unfortunately that thing was confiscated, and he almost went to prison for it. Although many rich people don't smoke snuff now, they like to collect this snuff bottle, Tian Yuan, why don't you sell this thing to me, I want to give it to my grandfather as a gift. "No one thought that Liu Mengxun would take the first step, she was Zhang Tianyuan's wife, she said that she wanted to buy it, Zhang Tianyuan would never disagree, even if she paid for it herself, she had to buy it.
Wu Yue and Li Mingguang glanced at each other, they both smiled bitterly, they were both a step late, although they both had the heart to buy this thing, but they didn't make it clear, and as a result, Liu Mengxun took the lead, which was extremely helpless, and the two of them felt as if they were being scratched by a cat at this time, but they were embarrassed to grab it with a little girl, not to mention that they probably couldn't grab it.
"My god, this glass bottle is worth three or four million, who will buy it!"
"It's said it's a snuffbox, and it's a glass bottle, how persistent are you. ”
"Well, I just said that this snuff bottle is very valuable, just looking at the level of the painting, I know that it is very extraordinary, it must be a good object, if it wasn't for Boss Zhang's preemptiveness, I would ......have taken this thing."
"Don't be an afterthought, didn't you just say that Boss Zhang was stupid, and now you won't admit it? But this Boss Zhang really has to be a treasure, and everyone else thinks he has suffered a loss for the things he bought for 7,000 yuan. But in the blink of an eye, it directly became three or four million. And it may be higher, this is more profitable than stock speculation......"
"Not really. I'm laughing to death, when I came in just now, I heard the big man muttering, saying that Boss Zhang was a fool, he spent 2,000 yuan to collect something, and actually sold it for 7,000, and he was still complacent there, now that I think about it, this is really funny......
"It is said that Boss Zhang is the reincarnation of the God of Wealth. Good luck is at the head, I have to believe this when I see it, otherwise how can I explain this matter today?"
"Don't talk about luck in everything, you all saw it when Mr. Zhang was doing a show on TV, that's called ability, eyesight, and power, you are not from the imperial capital, but you should have watched the program of national television. Why don't you even know Teacher Zhang?"
"He's Teacher Zhang, no wonder it's so familiar, I saw it in Xifeng during the Chinese New Year, I didn't chase it at the time, Teacher Zhang today, you have to sign for me......
"Teacher Zhang is from our Shaanzhou. Haha, I originally came to the imperial capital this time to visit Mr. Zhang, but I didn't expect to enter Mr. Zhang's shop. People who don't know Teacher Zhang are too inferior. Hahaha......"
I don't know when, but there were already a number of people gathered at the door. They were probably customers who went and returned, and when they came in and saw that there was no one outside, they came to look for someone, so they heard what was being said inside at the door, and saw the process of the snuff bottle from more than two thousand glass bottles to three or four million treasures.
For Zhang Tianyuan's ability, many people admire, and for Zhang Tianyuan's luck, they are also envious, after all, Zhang Tianyuan is now a celebrity, his reputation has already spread in Dahuaxia, everyone knows that this person is lucky, gambling on stone treasure is simply omnipotent.
Of course, whether it is luck or ability, it is Zhang Tianyuan's, envy and jealousy are useless, so many people have transformed this envy and jealousy into worship, so Zhang Tianyuan also has a lot of fans.
But it's a pity, there are no little girls among his fans, most of them are some old people, occasionally thirty or forty years old, those are also men, and women are really few, let alone young women.
In fact, Zhang Tianyuan has long been accustomed to the pursuit of these people, since the broadcast of the national TV program, Dou Xiaoling also made a special program of Zhang Tianyuan, writing Zhang Tianyuan's experience from his debut to the present into a very legendary script, and then made a documentary.
and then Wang Siyuan's movie "Crazy Stone", also after the end of the movie, it was publicly stated that the original form of the protagonist in the movie is Zhang Tianyuan, not only that, Wang Siyuan is also preparing to shoot the second part of "Crazy Stone", and the filming location of the movie has also been moved from China to Myanmar, which is the background of the last Myanmar Jade Market.
For this matter, Zhang Tianyuan also accepted an interview with the media, although he is afraid of trouble, but sometimes he doesn't like to refute other people's face, as long as it is not too annoying, he will agree to be interviewed, so there are a lot of reports on him.
Today's Zhang Tianyuan, walking on the streets of the imperial capital, it is estimated that the probability of being recognized is definitely higher than that of some second- and third-tier film and television stars, even if it is some neighbors near the courtyard where he lives, they will be called "Teacher Zhang" or "Boss Zhang" when they meet him on the road, and even several children of Wang Dynasty and Ma Han came to Zhang Tianyuan to ask for an autograph, saying that their teacher asked him to help.
Although he doesn't want to admit it, he Zhang Tianyuan really wants to be low-key now, but he may not be low-key, in this country, his fame has gradually risen.
"Thanks to all of you, but although this snuffbox was bought from below, the valuation of the thing was made by Principal Li, so I really dare not take it seriously, I dare not take it seriously......
Zhang Tianyuan, even if he is thick-skinned, he doesn't dare to rob Li Mingguang's glory, originally he just thought that this snuffbox was valuable, and he didn't think too much, who knew that after Li Mingguang's explanation, the price of this thing immediately rose again, which is really emotional.
In ancient times, people said that there was a golden house in the book, Zhang Tianyuan didn't believe it, but now he believes it, Li Mingguang can make the price of this snuffbox rise, it is nothing more than his knowledge of the past and the present, otherwise, it would not be possible. You can't tell where the snuffbox came from, let alone how high it is. (To be continued......)