In Mrs. Rina's cottage, Li Yi took away a total of 4 cultural relics, which were basically traded at regular price. He was very indifferent to this point www.biquge.info because this is a normal phenomenon. Moreover, as he has been to more and more places, there will definitely be fewer and fewer leaks that can be picked up.

It's just that he doesn't have to worry too much about these problems now, because there are so few places he has been to, and even those cities he once visited still have a large number of fish waiting for him to catch.

"Let's go, let's change the next one."

paid more than 200 million at once without even blinking an eye, which let Aida Misa know that this time she should have met a real rich person, so ......

"Mr. Li Yi, let's visit the Sakai family this time, their collection is almost enough to open a private museum, but the situation has not been good recently, so I intend to sell some to tide over the difficulties."

"Oh? Is this a land shovel in Tokyo? Li Yi remembered the experience in Taipei, and couldn't help but move. No problem, let's go check it out. ”

The conditions of the Sakai family are better than that of Mrs. Rina here, I don't know how much, although the location is a little farther away from the city, but there are several Shinkansen subways passing by nearby, and the transportation is quite convenient, and in the past, the time to some places in the city was shorter.

After Li Yi agreed, Misa Aida made a phone call to communicate a few words, and then took Li Yi and them directly over.

"Is it Aida? Please come in, he is not in a good mood, and he is really a little rude. ”

The Sakai family lives in a slightly old single-family villa, and it should be the hostess of the house who opened the door to them, and that Makoto should be the male host, and he didn't see a figure, which is why the other party apologized.

"It's okay, Mrs. Akemi, I'm here with Mr. Li this time, he mainly wants to see ......"

Although Li Yi didn't understand Japanese very well, he heard that Aida Misa's words had the word Huaxia, so he asked Gu Feng in a low voice.

After Gu Feng translated Aida Misa's words, Li Yi shook his head and said directly to Aida Misa: "You tell Mrs. Akemi that not only Chinese antiques, but I am interested in all antiques, including Japanese and European countries. ”

Misa Aida was stunned for a moment, exchanged a few more words with Mrs. Akemi, and then greeted Li Yi and followed Mrs. Akemi towards a room on the first floor.

"It used to be a house full of antiques, but now, that's all there is. These are all passed down by Bu Cheng's grandfather, so when he changed hands, he was very heartbroken, and he didn't want to come out to meet people......"

Mrs. Akemi was nagging as she let Li Yi and them into the room.

This room is large in size, but it has no windows, so it was supposed to be used as a treasure room. Three of the four walls of the room are made in the shape of Bogu shelves, and if all of them were filled with antiques, there would be nearly a thousand pieces. It's just that only about half of the space is still in the place, and the rest must have been sold.

On the other wall, there are no cabinets, and there are some calligraphy and paintings scattered around, which seem to be nothing too good. But this is also normal, the outstanding ones have either been bought a long time ago, and even if they haven't been bought, most of them will not be placed in such a public place.

Li Yi stood on this wall and looked at it for a while, and then used the spirit identification card to confirm the authenticity of several works, and then turned around and shifted his attention to the row of Bogu shelves on the left-hand side.

After looking at it for a while, he turned around and looked at the remaining two things on the Bogu shelf, then shook his head and said to Aida Misa, "If it's all collections of this level, Miss Misa, I don't think I have anything to buy." So please help me ask if there is a better collection. ”

Seeing Misa Aida turn around and start communicating with Mrs. Akemi, Li Yi unceremoniously opened the perspective and looked towards the underground of this villa. It's just that there are so many pieces in the Sakai family, and there are definitely some quite precious things in the Sakai family, and if these things are not sold, then most of them are hidden in a secret room, and this secret room, the most likely is in the underground of the villa.

"Huh?" Soon, his eyes turned around underground, and he found one in the basement, but strangely, it was full of sundries, and it didn't look like a place to collect antiques at all, which couldn't help but make him wonder, isn't this secret room built underground?

Either it is built underground, but there are compartments, Li Yi turned his gaze to the four walls of the house again, he didn't look at it twice, he was suddenly stunned, and then he stared tightly in one direction, and his eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

He did see a Mig, but it wasn't in Sakai's house, but in the house next door to him!

The area of this dense grid is not large, and it is also very narrow, but it is more than a meter long, and the contents placed inside are two sheathed Japanese knives, one long and one short.

Li Yi didn't have much research on Japanese swords, so he couldn't recognize what style or age of swords it was. But these two knives, separated by such a long distance, made him faintly have a tragic feeling, and they were also cherished and placed in the Migli, which must be more precious.

However, these two knives are not in Sakai's house, so it is impossible to find out about the situation, let alone buy them.

"Mr. Li Yi, Mrs. Akemi said that there are indeed some more precious collections at home, and it is not that they cannot be sold, but they are ......"

"Just what?"

"It's just that those things are stored in Mr. Makoto Sakaibe's room, and she still needs to communicate."

Li Yi understood, this should be a disagreement, Akemi wanted to sell, but her husband didn't agree, so he moved those treasures to his room, even if he was a guest, he didn't come out, he was afraid that these things would be sold.

The things that can make Makoto Sakai value so much must be some really good things, as for the possible conflicts in their family, what does it have to do with him?

"No problem, we can wait a while."

Seeing that Li Yi agreed, Misa Aida nodded at Akemi, who bowed to Li Yi embarrassedly, and quickly walked out of the room and walked towards the second floor of the villa.

Time passed minute by minute, but Akemi never came back, Aida Misa felt a little embarrassed, and secretly looked at Li Yi's face from time to time. Li Yi didn't seem to have the slightest impatience, but walked to a Bogu shelf he had just seen, took an antique that he had disdained just now, and looked at it with relish.

A trace of doubt flashed in Aida Misa's eyes, but since Li Yi didn't show impatience, there was no need for her to make extraneous branches, in case she asked too much, it would be bad to remind Li Yi.

What she didn't expect was that Li Yi was not looking at those antiques at all, but taking the opportunity to look at the house next door. In just a few moments, he made a new discovery.

He found that the house seemed to have not been inhabited for a long time, not only was the room empty, there was hardly a single household item, and even the remaining furniture was very dilapidated.

"In that case, it seems like there is a chance."

Li Yi decided to find an opportunity to ask Mrs. Akemi later, and it would be great if the next door really planned to sell it.

After about ten minutes, Mrs. Akemi walked down from the second floor with two boxes in her arms, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Li Yi, you can take a look at these two pieces first, if you are not satisfied, I will think of a way......"

Li Yi nodded with a smile, took a box and opened it, and couldn't help but show an interested expression on his face.

This box contains a piece of black-glazed porcelain, which looks a bit like the rattle of the Kangxi Dynasty, but whether it is the bottleneck or the belly of the bottle, it is a little different. And the ornamentation on it is also quite strange, it is impossible to tell whether the curved white stripe is a dragon or a snake, and the bird corresponding to it is also like a crane and not like a crane, it looks like graffiti.

However, the blame lies in this place, although this piece of porcelain looks like a four-way thing, but it is antique and clumsy, and it looks like a thing with a wide open door.

Li Yi smiled and shook his head, this family is really interesting, after tossing for a long time, not only did they only take out two pieces, but the first one was neither Chinese nor Japanese, was this preparing to make him retreat?

He looked at the porcelain for a while, probably had a guess in his heart, and then opened the spirit card.

"Goryeo Minglie Qi Shun Wenxiao King Guan Kiln, Snake Bird Fighting Black Glaze Vase, genuine."

Sure enough, Li Yi nodded silently, this piece is a piece of North Korean porcelain, but he didn't expect that the age of this piece of porcelain would be so old.

Although Li Yi doesn't know what the king of Myeongyeol Qi Shun Wenxiao is, he still knows a little about Goryeo, the so-called Goryeo Dynasty in Korean history should exist between 900 and 1400 AD, that is to say, this thing is at least 600 years old.

More than 600 years ago, the porcelain of the official kiln of Goryeo, and the quality is so complete, the workmanship is also quite exquisite, this should be a good thing!

Carefully putting the porcelain vase back into the box, Li Yi opened the second box.

The contents of this box are a bronze statue of Ganesha, which at first glance is neither from China, Japan, nor Korea, but looks a bit like something from India.

"Interesting ......"

During World War II, because Japan was trapped in the Chinese Theater and the Pacific Theater, India did not fall in the end. However, although it did not fall, Japan also launched a number of tragic battles in India with the Indo-British coalition forces, and also occupied some Indian territory and established a puppet regime, so it is not uncommon for Japan to have some precious antiques from India.

Li Yi had seen an elephant head statue in Myanmar before, so he knew a little bit about it. Ganesh is a very important deity in Hinduism and has a wide range of followers.

He is the spiritual son of Lord Shiva, one of the three major gods of India, and the goddess of the snow-capped mountains, Parvati, the most popular deity in Hinduism, the god of removing obstacles, the god of wealth, the god of fate, the god of knowledge, representing wisdom, symbolizing auspiciousness and success.

Moreover, Ganesha-headed God also has a very important position in Tibetan Buddhism, and is known as the Heaven of Freedom, the Heaven of Joy, and the Holy Heaven, and is the guardian deity; In Japan, it is regarded as the god of consummation and wealth for couples. Therefore, there are a lot of elephant head statues handed down from all dynasties, and the specific value depends on the age of production and whether it has some special significance.

After studying it, Li Yi directly opened the spirit identification card, and then, a cold air poured into his palm, which made his face become serious all of a sudden.

With such a level of coldness and such a large amount, this elephant head statue should be a very remarkable thing!

"Kumaragupta I, bronze statue of Ganesh, genuine."

Sure enough, the appraisal results given by the spirit identification card confirmed Li Yi's guess, although I don't know if there are any other special things about this elephant statue, but at least, this thing is old enough!

Li Yi remembered that the Gupta dynasty seemed to have existed for a very short time, less than 200 years. However, it was the first powerful dynasty in India after the Mauryan Empire and the last imperial regime established by the Indians, and is often considered the golden age of classical Indian culture.

Therefore, everything that has been handed down from the Gupta dynasty is extremely valuable, but since the most recent time is more than 1,500 years old, the things that have survived are quite rare, and it can be said that each one is very valuable.

And this elephant-headed statue, beautifully made and with a realistic image, is not something that can be made by the people at all, so its value is even higher, and Li Yi believes that once the age is determined, it will definitely be a national treasure!

"Mrs. Akemi, I don't know how you are going to sell these two things?"

Putting down the statue, Li Yi asked about the price, if it is appropriate, these two pieces can be collected.

Akemi hesitated for a moment and said, "These two things are very valuable treasures, so in terms of price, they may be a little expensive." ”

She complained a little about her husband taking these two things to a Chinese person, in her opinion, this is not the attitude of doing business at all, but this is already the biggest concession that Makoto Sakai can make, and she can't help it.

"It's okay, I don't want it."

"That's good." Akemi smiled apologetically and continued, "This porcelain costs 54 million, and this elephant statue is even more expensive, 96 million yen." ”

Misa Aida was taken aback when she heard this price, not to mention that these two things are not Huaxia at all, even if they are Huaxia's, this price is a bit too expensive! It seems that it was a bit of a mistake to bring Li Yi over this time, and you have to think carefully about which one to go to next, if you offend the guests, it will be bad.

However, for this price, Li Yi and her views are completely different, in his opinion, the price of that piece of porcelain is quite normal, but this elephant god, if you can really buy it at this price, it is a big leak!

Although he didn't know much about the price of Indian antiques, he once came across a short article on the Internet about the glorious story of Kapoor, an Indian-American art dealer.

This guy is the owner of the "Art of the Past" gallery on Madison Avenue, but his real identity is actually an antique thief. Over the past 20 years, he has hired people to steal more than 2,000 pieces of deities and other cultural relics worth more than $100 million from abandoned temples in India and other places, and then smuggled them into Europe and the United States through Hong Kong to sell them to museums and collectors around the world.

Coincidentally, one of the examples cited in that article was a bronze elephant. The statue was traded by him to a museum in Ohio, USA, and he couldn't remember the name of the museum, but the price, he remembered very clearly, was $2.2 million!

At the current exchange rate, 2.2 million US dollars is equivalent to at least 250 million yen, and most importantly, the Ganestus statue is only about 1,000 years ago in the Rajput period, and the current one is at least 1,500 years ago during the Gupta Dynasty!

"Can you bargain?" Li Yi remembered that Luo Guofu told him about the rules for trading cultural relics in Japan, most of them did not bargain, and even if they did, the range generally did not exceed 10%, but he didn't know what the rules of finding other people's homes were, so he whispered to Aida Misa.

Misa Aida was taken aback, "What? Mr. Li Yi, are you going to buy these two things? ”

"Yes." Li Yi nodded affirmatively, obviously, Sakai did not accurately judge the age of this elephant-headed statue, and it would be stupid not to take advantage of this big bargain!

"It should be possible, excuse me, what price do you want to pay?"

"Of course, the lower the better! You know, these two antiques don't have too many so-called feelings and other things for me, and the main reason why I want to buy them is that I am more curious, so I ......"

"Understood, Mr. Li Yi, look, are you satisfied with the price of 7% off?"

"It's okay, of course, if you can get it at six folds, I don't think Mr. Qingwu will mind if I give you a small gift, right?" In Asian countries, corruption at the top is relatively serious, and this will of course have a reaction among the people, and to be specific, everyone seems to be hoping that there will be some gray income.

"No, no, Mr. Li Yi, you are so polite, it is my job to accompany you to buy things, and it is even more important for me to let you buy satisfactory things......"

Aida Misa hurriedly excused herself, but in Li Yi's opinion, the smile on her face at the moment was much more sincere than just now.

"Alright, you can communicate with Mrs. Akemi on my behalf." Li Yi smiled and gave her an encouraging look.

"Okay." Misa Aida nodded, turned around and quoted a price to Mrs. Akemi.

Li Yi didn't know what the price of Aitian Meisha was, and he didn't care too much, of course it was best to be able to talk about it, even if he couldn't talk about it, it was nothing more than to make less money. (To be continued.) )