Shen Yi originally wanted to invite Liu Yanqing to a meal, but more than 1,000 yuan in the bank card bought camping equipment, and there was only some change left in his pocket. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Liu Yanqing drove Shen Yi over to attend the job fair, and Shen Yi couldn't let the counselor eat the roadside stall with him.

"I'll treat you to dinner next time!" When he got out of the car, Shen Yi said with a little blush.

Liu Yanqing didn't take it seriously.

Money, money, money! Is it a penny to cross the Han!

After the blue and white bowl was smashed by Cao Zhan, it was destined that this crossing was a loss-making deal.

Shen Yi took out Li Xinyong's number from the address book, and wanted to ask how Gu Jian was doing.

"I'm going to call you, I contacted an auction house, would you like to come and have a look?" Li Xinyong said.

This is related to whether Shen Yi can live well in the next time, and of course Shen Yi cares.

SH Museum ranks among the top three in the national museum system and is the leader in the entire East China region.

There are many cultural relics and precious handicrafts such as ancient bronze, ancient sculptures, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings, coins, etc., and the security is very strict. After Li Xinyong called the doorman, Shen Yi was able to enter the museum's research institute.

"Wait a minute, the manager of an auction house will come over soon." Li Xinyong said.

Li Xinyong is a very old researcher in the museum, and his work is very leisurely, except for completing the identification tasks in the museum, the rest of the time is very free. Li Xinyong's favorite thing is to spend a little money to pick up leaks in various antique circles, and then display the leaked antiques in the office. These antiques are not worth much, which can be regarded as a bad taste of Li Xinyong.

"Your interest is really peculiar~" Listening to Li Xinyong's ostentatious explanation, Shen Yi said speechlessly.

Sure enough, the more he lived, the more he went back, Li Xinyong completely looked like a child.

Li Xinyong is also an authoritative existence in the SH antique world, and naturally he will not be a small person.

Jiaxin Auction House was established at the end of the 80s of the last century, when the antique was still regarded as a feudal poison, the owner of the auction house, Xiong Bingqi, began to buy pots and pans that ordinary people did not want at a very low price. In the 90s, SH developed, and the economic upturn brought about the revival of the antique collecting industry, and Xiong Bingqi also completed capital accumulation.

"Lao Xiong's auction house has been in business for almost 30 years, relying on good reputation and credit."

"Oh, it's not easy to hear the words praising me from your old Li's mouth." A middle-aged man with square-rimmed glasses walks into the office.

"I'll introduce you. Xiong Bingqi of Jiaxin Auction House, this is Shen Yi, the owner of the ancient sword. ”

"I'm glad I will."

Xiong Bingqi's attitude was unusually enthusiastic, which made Shen Yi a little flattered. According to Li Xinyong, Xiong Bingqi was a billionaire in the 90s, and the auction prices of collectibles have continued to climb and set records in the past 20 years, which can be seen in Xiong Bingqi's assets.

"The ancient sword has always been relatively deep, and how many people have paid tuition. If it weren't for the age inspection report issued by the museum, I wouldn't dare to take it over. Xiong Bingqi said seemingly unintentionally.

Li Xinyong glared at Xiong Bingqi: "It's an elder, can you play tricks with children?" ”

"The commission fee still has to be paid, this is the rule!" Xiong Bingqi said.

At this time, Shen Yi reacted that Xiong Bingqi planned to increase the ratio of the intermediary fee.

"You are a big boss, and you came here just for a broken sword of hundreds of thousands?" Li Xinyong looked incredulous.

"It's mainly about connecting feelings."

Xiong Bingqi and Li Xinyong's relationship dates back to the 90s, when the antique industry flourished, and with it came the proliferation of fakes and counterfeiting. Li Xinyong was a professional cultural relics at that time, and he identified many antiques for Xiong Bingqi and recovered a lot of losses.

When Xiong Bingqi and Li Xinyong were in contact with each other, Shen Yi was happy to be a transparent person.

Xiong Bingqi took out an entrustment contract from his briefcase and pushed it in front of Shen Yi.

"The five-percent handling fee is set at 800,000 yuan."

"Isn't 800,000 a bit too much?"

Shen Yi was in a hurry to use the money, but he didn't want the sword to be auctioned off at the auction. Shen Yi remembered that the previous estimates of Mr. Li Xinyong and Mr. Zhu Yizhi were around 500,000, and Xiong Bingqi gave a reserve price of 800,000 yuan, more than half.

Xiong Bingqi smiled: "You are lucky, Jiaxin's recent auction is of a very high level, and some wealthy people from Hong Kong, Macao and South Asia will come over, and their interest in ancient swords is stronger than in China." ”

The price of an antique at auction, the condition of the auction item and the identity of the buyer are all very important.

"Lao Li said that your capital needs are urgent, here is a cash check for 200,000 yuan, and the final payment will be made after the auction is over."

For Xiong Bingqi, millions of antiques will not be handled personally. An ancient sword is not enough for him to work hard, but it is just for Li Xinyong's face.

Two hundred thousand!

Shen Yi put the check into his wallet, and then stuffed the wallet into the innermost layer of the bag, afraid of losing it. There is no password for cash cheques, so anyone can pick them up, and they cannot be reissued if they are lost.

"Wait!"

Li Xinyong took out a ball of red cloth before Shen Yi closed the bag.

The dark red cloth has been around for some years, giving Li Xinyong an intuition to find good things. This feeling often appears when he picks up a leak, and it is very familiar.

"It's been a while." Li Xinyong said with a sigh.

Xiong Bingqi stepped forward to take a look and agreed with Li Xinyong's point of view.

The red cloth wrapped on the outside has thoughts, so the contents inside should not be bad.

"This is ......," Li Xinyong's eyes lit up.

"The top flower feather of the Qing Dynasty is not easy to preserve so well." Xiong Bingqi said in surprise.

Tie flower feather is a representative of the identity and rank of the official, the frequency of use is very high, daily use will make the top flower feather have a large wear and tear. In addition, guppies and ribbons are not long-term preservation items, and well-preserved flower feathers represent a high collection value.

Li Xinyong appreciated it very seriously, and nodded very certainly: "With the color and material, it should be the flower feather of a certain first-class master during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, and the historical value and collection value are very high." ”

Traveling through time and space can not change the time of the existence of antiques, and the flower feather on the top is on Cao Zhan's ancestor, almost a hundred years, Li Xinyong will judge that it is the Jiaqing period.

"Xiaoyi, is this something from your ancestors, or is it?" Li Xinyong asked.

This is also Li Xinyong's habit, he likes to ask about the origin of antiques. Each collection has its own history, including the history of its birth and the history of the collection, and the story of this is far more fascinating than the collection itself.

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, it can't be said that it was Cao Xueqin's thank you gift to herself, right?

"It's ...... What was left in my house should be my grandfather's belongings. Shen Yi said nonsense.

Anyway, Shen Yi's house is quite far away from SH, and it is impossible for Li Xinyong to ask his parents.

Li Xinyong pondered for a while: "If your ancestor is not a big official, he has a little relationship with a big official. ”

Shen Yi didn't reply, and the bearded man let him guess if he wanted to, which was far more complete than making up a lie himself.

"Wearing a flower feather is worth much more than your ancient sword." Xiong Bingqi said on the side.

There is very little market for ancient swords, and the price naturally does not go up. In comparison, the meaning of the top flower feather of a product is very good, and many people are willing to ask for good luck, and the value will naturally be much higher.

"How much is that worth?" As soon as Shen Yi heard that the value of wearing a flower feather was higher than that of the ancient sword, both eyes began to glow.

"The hats worn by Qing Dynasty officials are made by themselves. Therefore, the hats of rich officials and those who have no money are completely different things. Just the feather tube of the flower arrangement, BJ once auctioned an emerald green one for more than 800,000 yuan. The British Sotheby Auction House bought and sold a feather tube full of red jade, and the transaction price was equivalent to more than 3 million. Jiaxin Auction House has had a set of top wearing feathers of five products before, and the quality of the top beads and feathers is average, and it has also been auctioned for almost 500,000 yuan. ”

Xiong Bingqi continued to analyze from the perspective of the auction house: "This flower feather is well preserved, and the feathers and gems are of the highest quality, which is exactly the same as the British auction!" ”

It means that the auction price is not much different! Shen Yi's heart was on fire.

Shen Yi doesn't need more than three million, and selling half of it can make him smile in his dreams.

"Do you want to keep it for yourself or auction it?" Xiong Bingqi asked with a smile.

Helping to auction a sword and a flower feather is just a handy job for Xiong Bingqi.

"Of course it'......"

Shen Yi wanted to sell it, after all, it was millions. But thinking about it, there is no shortage of money in hand, Gu Jian has an advance payment of 200,000, and there will be hundreds of thousands in the follow-up.

Besides, this was given to Shen Yi by Cao Xueqin herself. There are few people in the world who have watched "Dream of Red Mansions", but there is only one Shen Yi who has the flower feather on Cao Xueqin's ancestor.

It's a little exciting to think about it!

"I'd better keep it myself, it's a souvenir after all."

Xiong Bingqi nodded. He thought that the things were left by Shen Yi's grandfather, and he could understand Hua Ling's memories in them. Unexpectedly, Shen Yi was a commemoration of this crossing, and it was also a commemoration of the relationship with Cao Zhan.

Shen Yi knew that Xiong Bingqi might have misunderstood what he meant, and he didn't want to explain.

Li Xinyong, as a bystander, nodded secretly. He knew that Shen Yi was just a student and was also short of money, otherwise he wouldn't be in a hurry to sell the ancient sword that he had missed before. But in the face of Hua Ling's huge value, Shen Yi can not be moved, and there is really some gentleman who loves money and takes it in a proper way.

Li Xinyong has been in the antique industry for half his life, and he has seen too many cases of getting rich overnight and lust for profit, so he attaches great importance to indifference.

This is a fellowship person. Li Xinyong thought in his heart.