I already felt that time was difficult, but when I found this treasure, this time was even more difficult. △¢ Li Yi sat or lay down, he was very tormented for a while, and finally waited for the plane to land.

The people arranged by Wang Haoqing had already rented a car and waited at Yangnan Airport, and as soon as they received Li Yi, they went straight to the city.

"Mr. Li, will you go home first or ......?"

Li Yi looked at his watch, it was only 11 o'clock, and there were still five hours before the return flight in the afternoon, so he said:

"Send me to the Shrine of Medicine, and then you find a place to rest for a while, and at three o'clock I will call you to pick me up."

He decided to take the bronze statue to the master first, and then go to the bank to take out the materials, find someone to cut them and give them to them. If it weren't for the fact that the process couldn't be seen by them, it wouldn't be anything together.

made a phone call and knew that Hu Zhiyuan was in the store, so Li Yi asked He Bin to stop at the entrance of Yangnan Antique Street, and went to the master with his luggage.

"Well, this one seems to be Mayor's work...... Xiaoyi, where did you get it? ”

Hu Zhiyuan saw Li Yi take out a big man from his suitcase, but he didn't expect it to be a table clock with a bronze statue when he opened it. At first, he didn't care, but when Li Yi solemnly put the thing in front of him, he saw at a glance that the bronze statue seemed to be a little extraordinary, so he looked at it twice, and as a result, he recognized it at once.

Li Yi talked about the origin of the thing, and was about to say that he would give it to the master, when he suddenly remembered something, and he almost peed his pants without being scared! Nima, give a bell to an old man, what a brainless person can do?

"Master, this bronze statue must have been glued to it later, right? Can you please take it off? ”

"Of course it's fine to take it off, but it's pretty good, so why take it?"

Li Yi scratched his scalp, didn't I want to give you the old one? But there's a clock underneath it......

Hu Zhiyuan laughed,

"Xiaoyi, remember, Master is not an antique, and he won't talk about selling fame and reputation, but if you want to send something to Master, then you have to abide by my rules, there are three wants and three don'ts! Let's talk about three things first, first, I want what you make yourself. Second, I want the price to be less than 100,000. Third, even if the four treasures of the study are more expensive, I want them! Hear me clearly? Got a gift guide? ”

Li Yi nodded solemnly, wondering what he could give, but he only had those two things in his hand, and the only pine flower stone inkstone that could be given was sold to the old man......

"Next, let's say three don'ts, first, no matter how good the sculpture is! Second, don't use all kinds of jewelry! Third, don't want to buy or sell calligraphy and paintings! ”

Li Yi was stunned, how confident should you be? Dare to love everything you are good at, you don't want any of it!

Since the master doesn't want it, it's useless for him to keep this bronze statue, it seems that he can take it to Hong Kong and ask Liu Xibo to help sell it......

Hu Zhiyuan seemed to see through his thoughts, and smiled,

"When will your kid's craftsmanship catch up with this bronze statue, and then think about selling it!"

Li Yi laughed twice, and when he was excited, he forgot that he was learning to carve, although this sculpture and carving are not all the same thing, but this oolong is placed, fortunately, the master is very strong, and he doesn't care about it in general......

"Xiaoyi, it can be seen from this matter that your heart is not on carving at all, I have decided to extend your inspection period for another half a year, and when the time comes, you will not only have to hand over a woodcut work, but also a jade carving work!"

I'll give it a look, it turns out that it's not that you're old-fashioned, it's that you're slow to react!

Li Yi hung his head for a while, took out a big piece of wood from his bag, handed it to Hu Zhiyuan, and said pitifully:

"Master, please help me give me some advice."

Hu Zhiyuan took the wood and looked at it, and couldn't help but be surprised, how long has it been, how can this kid have made such great progress? Could it be that he was born to eat the bowl of rice carving?

The wooden block that Li Yi gave to his master did not have any shape, but the six most basic knife techniques were all reflected in this. In Hu Zhiyuan's eyes, his cutter and slice knife are already comparable to a sculptor who has been practicing for more than ten years, and the chopping knife and poke carving are not bad, but the sharpening knife and scraper are slightly worse.

However, even if this slightly worse sharpening knife and scraper were too much stronger than the little wooden figure he took out last time, if Hu Zhiyuan was not sure that this kind of fraud was meaningless, he would not believe that this was a trace left by Li Yi at all! Because, how can this kind of progress be practiced in one or two months?

He stared at the wooden block for a while, then stood up without saying a word and walked to the back of the counter, checked it for a while, took out a thick stack of steles, and put it in front of Li Yi.

"From today onwards, add two hours of calligraphy every day ......"

Li Yi knows that anyone who can become a sculptor is generally not too bad in Danqing calligraphy, otherwise the carved works made will not have any beauty at all, so he didn't say much, honestly put things in the bag, practice, since you decided to take this road, what else is there to say?

Seeing that the master seemed to be in a good mood after looking at the wood, Li Yi began to make a small calculation again,

"Master, can you help me see how much this statue is worth? I can't sell it, but it's good to know about it. ”

Hu Zhiyuan was not angry, but frowned and thought for a while before shaking his head,

"It's hard to judge the value of this thing, because I don't think I've ever photographed a bronze statue this small...... If you had to estimate it, it would be between $5 million and $50 million. ”

Li Yi was dumbfounded, such a big range, you always say this and don't say it! Forget it, you can't sell it anyway! Besides, when he catches up with Mayor, it is estimated that it will take ten or twenty years to get better, and if it is not good, he will not be able to catch up for a lifetime, so what is the use of estimating a price at this time?

Say goodbye to Master and take a taxi home with a large bag and a small bag.

had lunch at home, gave the jewelry she bought to her mother, and sure enough, she had another complaint with implied joy, Li Yi didn't care, her mother was like this, and it would be good if she got used to the fact that she was actually a rich man.

took the time to take a look at the goldfish, and found that they were all raised by his mother for white and fat, Li Yi was ready to take the jade material and leave directly, and when he said goodbye, it was naturally inevitable to ask for a meal, but he has been used to it since he was a child, listen to it, what to do or make his own decision, will be outside!

I took the material from the bank, found the small jade factory I went to last time, cut a full thirteen kilograms, and then weighed the rest, and there were almost eleven kilograms, which should be enough for the fifth uncle.

After putting the rest of the material back to the bank, Li Yi called He Bin and asked him to come to the bank directly to pick him up.

At less than seven o'clock in the evening, Li Yi returned to the Renaissance Seaview Hotel, Wang Haoqing had prepared a room for him, it was still a suite, but it was just an ordinary business suite, and the price was less than one-tenth of the presidential suite. But even this tenth didn't let him spend money, and Wang Haoqing directly deposited ten days of room fees for him at one time.

Hurriedly cleaned up, dinner was invited by Wang Haoqing to Hong Kong's only Michelin three-star Chinese restaurant Long Jingxuan, the two of them drank a little wine, rubbed it hard, and then Li Yi went back to the hotel to practice knife skills for a while, and fell asleep with the good news that Wang Haoqing had just told him.

Today, they ordered out another set of Dushan jade jewelry......

Early the next morning, Li Yi got out of bed, hurriedly ate breakfast to see that it was still early, practiced knife skills for a while, and then went straight to Sotheby's.

"This thing...... I'm not sure, are you sure it's the real thing? ”

Liu Xibo is good at Western cultural relics, and he only knows a little about Eastern porcelain, and he looks at photos, so he naturally can't distinguish the real from the fake.

"Whether it's real or fake, you can help me estimate the price according to the real thing, so that I can have a number in my heart."

Although Liu Xibo can't see things, as the chief appraiser of Sotheby's Hong Kong, he must be very sensitive to the market price of porcelain, so Li Yi asked him to estimate the price, and he didn't have to worry about any big deviations.

"In the past two years, the price of enamel color in the Qianlong Dynasty has been speculated, and you also have a collection of this thing in the Forbidden City, and the quality is about the same, but that one has two more lids...... Are you really sure it's the real thing? There's tweed in there! ”

Li Yizheng listened carefully, and suddenly heard him say such a sentence, and he couldn't wait to rush over and pinch the old man's neck, forcing him to make a quick offer, otherwise he would kill people!

"Don't rush, don't worry, let me think about what price it can work to...... This piece of porcelain, without a lid, is broken, so my highest estimate is ...... Of course, Mr. Lee, you know this is in an ideal situation......"