Chapter 15 A work of art is worth more than gold

Maybe people in business are very good at talking, and James is like that.

He already knew Dong Chen, so it was okay to chat with Dong Chen for speculation, but it could still drive Gao Xi's emotions and make Gao Xi involuntarily participate in this chat. From the Iraq war to the Iranian nuclear issue, and then to the US presidential election, he accurately grasped Gaucy's curiosity and said something that seemed to be an inside story for Gaucy.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether it's the inside story or he made it up himself, the most important thing is that Gao Xi gradually let down his guard and became relaxed, plus the coffee made by James tasted really good, and the three of them laughed heartily from time to time, like old friends.

Gao Xi is actually quite envious of such a person, his language skills are not very good, let him do business, it is estimated that it will not work, after all, he does not have the ability to speak the lotus.

A businessman like James can really say black as white, white as black, dead as alive. Even referring to a deer as a horse can make you really happy to accept this unreliable statement.

The three of them chatted for an hour, drank a few cups of coffee, and the identification results over there had already come out, and one of them, a female inspector who looked pale, but looked very delicate, came over and said to James: "Boss, the test results have come out, please come over." ”

Seriously, it seems that this kind of person who likes to study science doesn't seem to be very polite, just talk about this woman, she didn't even nod or smile as if she didn't see Gao Xi and Dong Chen.

Of course, Gao Xi, who is deeply aware of this situation, will not care, he is not the kind of person with a small belly, and he is more concerned about the test results now.

So the three of them followed the woman to a computer, and the results were already displayed in the form of pictures and data, with the platinum Frost Sorrow and the gold egg knife sitting next to it.

The female inspector sat down, then crossed Erlang's legs, tapped a few times on the computer, and pulled out a list, which had very complex charts and data, to be honest, Gao Xi couldn't understand it, he was just confused, and when he was about to ask, a slightly obese male inspector next to him explained.

"This is the test result of that strange blade, you look at these test data, this, and this, the display is very clear, the two blades together weigh 103.34 catties, very close to a hundred catties, this person who makes knives has very good skills, even we have to admire."

"Can you, sir, tell me it's real?"

Gao Xi didn't care so much, he just wanted to know now whether this thing was real or not, and if so, what quality of gold it belonged to.

His English speaking level is not too good, but he can also understand his own words, although the accent is too much of the flavor of Shaanzhou, China, but this is not a problem, the other party can understand it.

When the female inspector heard Gao Xi's words, she rolled her eyes in disdain, as if she felt that Gao Xi was a little too materialistic.

Gao Xi didn't pay attention to her at all, if people could live to be eighty years old, Gao Xi would have passed a quarter of the time, and he was living a poor life, how could he not be materialistic? What a joke!

The fat man didn't care, and smiled at Gao Xi: "Congratulations, this gentleman, this is a strange blade made of red gold, the value is very high, and the interesting thing is that the ornaments on it are also very exquisite, and they can't be made by a first-class craftsman." ”

"Red gold? What is red gold? Isn't that gold?" Gao Xi was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Hahaha, this gentleman is really interesting. The meaning of red gold and pure gold is similar, but due to the different times and places, the standard of red gold is different, and the gold sold in the international market, with a fineness of 99.6%, is called red gold. And the red gold in your China is generally between 99.2% and 99.6%."

Hearing this, Gao Xi's heart was ecstatic, and now it can be proved that this is indeed gold, and it seems to be very pure gold, hahaha, I really got rich, I got rich.

But he still had a question, so he couldn't help but ask.

"How many K is that?"

"It's more complicated, well, you can think of it as 24K pure gold, almost without any impurities, which is really very rare, although it has been artificially processed, but the interesting thing is that it doesn't look like any kind of processing technology, which stumped me."

"And what about the other sword, that one is platinum, right?"

The fat inspector was more straightforward this time, nodded and said, "That's right, this one is indeed platinum, and I can say that it is much more precious than gold." Platinum is thirty times rarer than gold and is only mined in a very small number of places around the world. If you poured all the platinum in the world into an Olympic-sized pool, it wouldn't be deep enough to cover the instep, while gold could fill at least three pools. Well, as far as this sword is concerned, it should be PT998 higher. ”

"I don't understand."

"Oh, forgot, you're not professionals, I'll put it more bluntly, this sword has a platinum content of more than 99.8%, you know?" The fat inspector laughed.

At this moment, Gao Xi couldn't hide his excitement, he stood up and hugged the fat man, although he didn't like this way of expressing friendship, but he was really excited now, he couldn't express his feelings in other ways, he had to hug the fat man.

The fat inspector had a fat smile on his face, and after Gao Xi let go, he said: "This gentleman, there is a question I have always wanted to ask, the ornamentation on this looks more like a European style, and the workmanship is exquisite, I believe that there are few people in the world today who can do it, I don't know how such a delicate thing came into your hands?" Oh, of course, it's okay not to answer, it's not a question that has to be answered, I'm just a little curious. ”

"Why do you ask this?" Gaucy asked warily, he didn't want to get himself in trouble.

"Don't be nervous sir, we just think the level of craftsmanship is too high, so we want to ask us to create some amazing pieces for our gold shop, and of course, we will pay a lot of money." James explained for the fat man.

"Oh, yes, that's a shame. I also got these two things by accident, and I don't know the owner who built them, so I'm sorry. Gao Xi was telling the truth, but that James kept staring at him, as if trying to see if he was lying, which made him feel not very good, but fortunately James also sensed Gao Xi's unhappiness, so he quickly withdrew his gaze, with a regretful expression on his face.

It seems that he has already got the answer, and he thinks that Gao Xi is not lying, so the craftsman, I'm afraid, can't be found.

At this time, James seemed to want to make the atmosphere more harmonious, so he changed the topic and said: "Mr. Gao, we can accept these two things from you and buy them at the standard price, or even a little higher for you, I don't know if you are interested?"

"Of course, he came for you to appraise it, just to sell it, but the only thing he wants to sell is the pair of egg knives." Dong Chen saw Gao Xi bowing his head and fiddling with his mobile phone there, so he replied for Gao Xi.

"Wait, I've suddenly changed my mind." Gao Xi raised his head and said.

This made Dong Chen a little surprised, it was only a short period of time, and Gao Xi's idea must have changed a little too quickly.

"Change your mind? Brother Xi, don't you want to sell it?" Dong Chen asked.

"No, it's not that I don't want to sell it, but I don't want to sell it according to the price of gold, I heard from you just now, the craftsmanship level of this thing is world-class, so if I auction it according to the artwork, the price will definitely be more expensive than gold, right?" Gao Xi suddenly changed his mind after hearing the fat man's words just now, and then checked it with his mobile phone, and it was really a reliable idea, so he put it forward.