Hearing that Cai Meilin was interested in the Golden Buddha, the tattooed man gestured to a security guard-looking person next to him, and the security guard pressed the spotlight switch and projected a beam of light onto the Golden Buddha. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light filled the entire tent, and Cai Meilin and the others narrowed their eyes before they could see the face of this golden Buddha clearly.

It is a Buddha statue about a foot high, wearing a flower crown, wearing a robe, and sitting on a lotus seat with his legs crossed. The workmanship of the Buddha statue is extremely delicate, the facial expressions of the figures are lifelike, and the robes are clearly textured, as if they can be blown by the wind. Each petal of the lotus seat has its own shape and is clearly recognizable.

"That's it, that's it." Dong Bolin muttered excitedly in his heart, and he had to pretend to have an indifferent expression on his face. When Chen Lao explained his task to him, a staff member of the National Museum who accompanied Chen Lao repeatedly introduced him to some characteristics of the Golden Buddha, and he kept these contents firmly in mind. However, when he saw the true appearance of the Golden Buddha, he realized that what the staff had described to him was too simple, and that the beauty of the Golden Buddha was far beyond all his previous imagination.

This is a national treasure, how can such a national treasure be allowed to wander overseas!

Dong Bolin secretly made up his mind that this time he had to bring this golden Buddha back no matter what.

"This is a gilded Buddha statue, right? It's rare to have such fine workmanship. ”

Rao is Cai Meilin is well-informed, and at this moment, he was also shocked by the exquisiteness of the Golden Buddha. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly consulted the tattooed man.

The tattooed man said: "Boss Cai, you are wrong. This is a Buddha statue full of red gold. We weighed it, and this Buddha statue is more than 12 kilograms, and it is definitely not a gilded bronze statue. ”

"Really?" Cai Meilin pretended not to believe it, "What a big pure gold Buddha, who can afford it?" ”

"I heard that this is a cultural relic in the Forbidden City, which was snatched out of China by the Japanese." The tattooed man said. The things of the Anti-Japanese War are well known, and Cai Meilin and the three are Chinese, so the tattooed man is also open-mouthed.

"Nope. You're wrong. A voice rang out abruptly behind the crowd. Cai Meilin and the others looked back, only to see three people standing behind them, one in their fifties, five short statures. Wearing a kimono, he is clearly Japanese. However, the sentence he said just now was fluent in Chinese, and his pronunciation was even more standard than Cai Meilin and Li Yu, two southerners.

"In the Lower Cai Merlin. From Yunjiang Province, China, please ask the name of Mr.? Cai Meilin nodded to the Japanese and greeted politely.

"Saburo Sei, from Japan." The Japanese bowed to Cai Meilin and replied.

The two sides had a conversation at the level of Boss, and their respective entourages were silent. It's just that a thin old man on Saburo's side nodded to Li Yu and Dong Bolin, as if he had said hello. The other entourage he brought with him was a strong man with a gloomy face, probably Saburo Sei's bodyguard.

"Mr. Sei speaks Chinese very well." "I'm sorry, I don't know anything about Japanese. ”

"It doesn't matter." Saburo Sei said. "I have always been very interested in Chinese culture, and learning Chinese is also one of my passions. Just now this gentleman said that this golden Buddha was snatched out of China by the Japanese, which is completely inconsistent with the facts, and I hope that there will be no such misunderstanding. ”

When he said the latter sentence, Saburo Sei's eyes glanced at the tattooed man intentionally or unintentionally, as if with some dissatisfaction.

Cai Meilin and Dong Bolin are all here for this golden Buddha, and they think they know best about the process of the golden Buddha's loss overseas. Unexpectedly, the Japanese in front of him actually said that the statement of the tattooed man did not conform to the facts, could it be that he also knew some "facts"?

One of the most questionable. Naturally, it was Dong Bolin, but he played the role of a bodyguard, and it was not appropriate to speak at this time. Cai Meilin smiled slightly and asked, "What." Mr. Sei, do you know this golden Buddha well? ”

Saburo Sei nodded and said, "Yes, I happened to have studied this aspect and knew the origin of this golden Buddha." This golden Buddha was indeed once enshrined in the Qing Dynasty court of China, but after the fall of the Qing government. This golden Buddha has already fallen into the people's nest. The Chinese who obtained the golden Buddha at that time wanted to melt the golden Buddha into gold nuggets, but a collector in China salvaged it for twice the value of the gold and shipped it back to Japan for protection. ”

Sling the bull!

Dong Bolin was furious. Chen Lao once told him that this golden Buddha is the treasure of an ancient temple, and in order to seize these treasures, the invading Japanese army killed the monks in the temple, robbed the golden Buddha and other cultural relics in the temple, and also set fire to the thousand-year-old temple. Cultural relics experts have also given evidence on this. Saburo Sei is Japanese collectors in front of them, and twice the price, which is purely reversing black and white.

However, anger is anger, and Dong Bolin also knows that this is not a theoretical place, and his role is not suitable to come out to challenge Saburo Sei. He exhaled softly to make his heart feel less aggrieved, and then continued to stand aside silently, waiting to listen to Cai Meilin and Saburo Sei have further conversations.

"Really? I've never heard of that. Cai Meilin smiled, "Mr. Sei, the information you saw may also be false, right?" How could such a Buddha statue be casually scattered among the people? How is it possible to meet a collector in your country when it is about to be melted? This Buddha statue, as the brother said just now, is 12 kilograms, and the price of twice the price is 50 kilograms, so can a collector in your country carry so much money with him? ”

"Maybe he used a check...... Saburo Sei didn't expect Cai Meilin to pick out such an angle to refute, and he was dumb all of a sudden, so he could only find a very unreliable explanation.

Cai Meilin smiled again, as if he was mocking Saburo Sei's explanation, he didn't delve any further, but said: "In my opinion, Mr. Sei is talking about another Buddha statue." Right now, I look like a modern craft, you think, if it's really a thing from the Qing Dynasty, how can it be so well protected. ”

"Boss Cai, this is absolutely impossible, this must be something from the Ming Dynasty!" The tattooed man is gone, how the Golden Buddha was lost from China, that is the grievance between China and Japan, and it has nothing to do with him. But Cai Meilin said that this Golden Buddha is a modern product, he can't accept it, antiques and modern fakes, the price difference is not a matter of several times.

Cai Meilin still didn't argue, and said: "I have always wanted to invite a golden Buddha back, the fortune teller said that I am short of gold in the five elements, and I need to put a golden Buddha at home." Brother, what is the starting price of this golden Buddha? ”

"$3 million." The tattooed man said.

"It's too expensive!" Cai Meilin and Saburo Sei said almost in unison. After finishing speaking, they realized that the two sides should not be so consistent, and they couldn't help but cast an apologetic look at each other, which means that if I knew that you were going to lower the price, I wouldn't be in a hurry to speak.

Cai Meilin insisted that the Golden Buddha was a fake, the purpose was to reduce the price, at least to make the tattooed man feel that he was not so eager to buy it, which was a psychological tactic. In fact, he knew in his heart that the price of this golden Buddha should be at least more than 5 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 35 million yuan, which is acceptable to him. But if you let the auctioneer know that you are determined to win, maybe you will arrange a trust to raise the price, and then you will be passive.

Saburo Sei is not an experienced businessman, and he came to the auction for this golden Buddha. In advance, he had considered that he should try to appear that he did not pay much attention to this golden Buddha, so as not to increase the price of the auctioneer. But who would have thought that as soon as he entered the tent, before he could walk to the Golden Buddha, he heard the tattooed man say that the Golden Buddha was snatched out by the Japanese army invading China. He was in a hurry, defended two sentences, and sat down to confirm that the Golden Buddha is an antique, and exposed his concern for the Golden Buddha, at this time, it is very difficult to lower the price.

The tattooed man couldn't see Cai Meilin's true thoughts, but he saw Sei Saburo's appearance in his eyes. He said respectfully and toughly: "Two bosses, you are all people who understand, this golden Buddha is indeed an antiquity, the price I just said is only the starting price, and the real transaction price may be doubled." I heard that several of the bosses who came this time were very interested in this golden Buddha. ”

Cai Meilin let out a soft "oh" and said, "If that's the case, then forget it, in fact, if I go and ask a modern golden Buddha to go back, it's the same." ”

"Yes, yes, I just happened to know about this golden Buddha when I was looking at the information, if the price is too high, then forget it, I think I'd better look at something else." Saburo Sei also hurriedly said, and at the same time turned his eyes to the other booths.

"This little devil is also here for the Golden Buddha!"

After seeing all the exhibits and walking out of the big tent, Dong Bolin couldn't wait to say to Cai Meilin and Li Yu.

Cai Meilin frowned and said, "Yes, it seems that he cares a lot about this golden Buddha, so it will be troublesome." ”

"Mr. Cai, do you estimate that if this Japanese wants to bid for the auction, what will the price be raised?" Dong Bolin asked.

Cai Meilin said: "This is really hard to say, this kind of thing is played, and if you meet something you like, you may be auctioned at any price." In the past, there were two wealthy businessmen who were vindictive, and they had to press each other, and they were stunned to speculate the price of a few million yuan to tens of millions. Auction companies also have to see their success, and sometimes they even fan the flames behind their backs, just to make the merchants fight each other. I don't know how hard this Saburo Sei is, if he is a rich man, we may not be able to beat them for the price. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet

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