When Grandpa picked the jade pendant home, his father was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and ten years later, Master Fan was born, and the jade pendant became his childhood toy again, but fortunately it was not broken. It wasn't until after the reform and opening up that Master Fan realized that this thing might be very valuable, so he carefully put it away and did not continue to use it as a toy for Xiao Fan.

Now when it is time to urgently need money, Lao Fan turned over the jade pendant from the cabinet and went to Xiangwang Lane, which is the country's jade trading and processing distribution center, and asked acquaintances to ask several stores, but there are many who want to buy, but the highest bid is only 300,000. In fact, this price is already okay in the eyes of insiders, and a jade pendant of unknown origin is mainly priced according to the material and knife work, and it is not certain what kind of precious heirloom antique.

If it is Cheng Tianle, when 398 and jade are fateful, the gentleman does not deceive the dark room and knows the value of this jade pendant, but the person who receives the jade will not see it this way. Some people may not understand that the age of jade is difficult to identify, because it itself is a stone, even if high-tech detection methods are used, what is determined is the geological age of the formation of this stone, and any stone may have a history of hundreds of millions of years.

If there is a history of jade, you can see other artifacts or documents that accompanied it when it was unearthed. The so-called ancient jade is mainly based on the various stains left when buried and the hand moist left by the collectors of the past dynasties. If these traces are not obvious, it is necessary to identify the material, processing technology, whether there is a jade cutter on it, and the authenticity. As the saying goes, gold has a price, and jade is priceless, and that's it.

The material of this jade pendant is very good, and it is said to be very close to the standard of mutton fat. There is no jade master on it, and it is not clear which master's handwriting, but the carving process is also good. The price of jade is not as exaggerated as the layman thinks, 300,000 is already much more expensive than gold of the same size, but unfortunately it is still not enough.

Even if he sells this jade pendant, plus the savings of the old couple of more than 200,000 yuan, it is not enough to pay a down payment for his son to buy a house in Shanghai. Do you sell 398 in Suzhou again, jade is fateful, and the gentleman does not deceive the old house in the dark room to move in with his son. This will also allow you to make an extra down payment; Or just sell the house, and keep the jade pendant in your hands as a pension just in case? Master Fan is worrying about these things.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, it was the time for the hotel staff to rest and drink tea. Master Fan also sat in the lobby and chatted with a few waiters, obviously absent-minded. At this moment, Cheng Tianle came.

Mr. Cheng has rarely come to the Dream Lake Frog Hotel recently. Even if he comes to eat a few times once in a while, the waiters can't all recognize him, and the chefs and waiters in the restaurant are already very mobile, and almost all of them have changed in recent years. Zi Hao and Wu Xiaoxi didn't know where to go to play, Liu Shujun was not there, when Cheng Tianle walked in, only Master Fan and a chef stood up and said, "Mr. Cheng, I haven't seen you for a long time, why are you here now?" ”

If you don't rush to eat, no one is there to find someone. Cheng Tianle said to Master Fan: "I deliberately chose this time to come, knowing that you are not busy now, I have something I want to discuss with you, can I go to the private room upstairs to talk for a while?" ”

Master Fan was surprised and said, "Mr. Cheng, you are such a big boss now." Recently, I heard that you have become the chairman of the research society and have become a celebrity in the cultural world, what else can find me as a chef? …… Xiao Zuo, make me a pot of tea and send it upstairs, and I will talk to Mr. Cheng for a while. You should all learn from Mr. Cheng. They also went out of our hotel back then! ”

Only then did the waiters and chefs know that it was the famous Cheng Tianle! Four years ago, I worked in this hotel for a few months, but later became a man of the year on Suzhou Road, first as the general manager, and then known as Master Cheng, and now the chairman of the research association! It seems that the Dream Lake Frog Hotel is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger, even the miscellaneous work should not be underestimated, and after Mr. Cheng went upstairs, everyone got together to discuss.

Closing the door in the private room, Master Fan said, "Lele, you have a great future now, and it's rare that you can still remember to come back and see me." ”

This "Lele" made Cheng Tianle feel very warm in his heart, and said ashamedly: "I've been too busy recently, and I haven't come to see you, and I've only come to eat a few meals in a hurry in the past few years." I remembered to look for you because of something today. ”

Master Fan: "I'm curious! You are so capable now, what else do you want to find me, do you want to hold a private banquet at home? ”

Cheng Tianle took out a piece of white paper, on which was painted the jade pendant, the front and back were clearly outlined, put it in front of Master Fan and said, "Do you know this jade pendant?" ”

Master Fan was stunned, reacted after a while, and said in a very excited tone: "Of course I know, this is an heirloom left by my grandfather!" …… I'm really embarrassed, a little private matter of my family actually shocked you! They came to me on purpose. The reason why I didn't tell Boss Wu was that I didn't want him to think that I was going to borrow money, and I could still solve my family's affairs. ”

When Master Fan saw this picture, he immediately misunderstood, he took the jade pendant to ask the price a few days ago, and left photos for several jade shops, and when he was stir-frying in the back kitchen, he missed a few words with other chefs, thinking that Cheng Tianle had also heard about it, and he came here for his family at this moment.

In Master Fan's impression, Cheng Tianle is a special person, not to mention anything else, he only worked for a few months in the Dream Lake Beauty Frog Hotel, but he still has a very good relationship with Boss Wu afterwards, and he also takes special care of the hotel's business, and he doesn't mind the identity of the miscellaneous work here at all, which is something that ordinary people can't do.

So he first explained a few words - why didn't he say anything when he had difficulties, but it was difficult for Cheng to come to the door to ask. Cheng Tianle was also taken aback when he heard Master Fan say this, and hurriedly asked, "Have you sold that jade pendant?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Master Fan thought that Cheng Tianle was fully aware, and there were no outsiders anyway, so he told all the things at home, which can be regarded as pouring bitter water, and finally said: "Mr. Cheng, you don't have to worry about it, although it is a little difficult, it can still be done." ”

Cheng Tianle sighed secretly, it is really a difficult scripture to read, and he has cared too little about Master Fan in the past few years, so he asked quietly: "Master Fan, how much do you plan to sell that jade pendant?" ”

Master Fan sighed and said, "After all, it is a family heirloom, and it has passed through the hands of three generations of grandparents, and it was originally planned to be given to him after his son got married." Now he needs to buy a house in Shanghai, otherwise the object will not be able to live well with him, and counting all the savings I have, there is still a shortage of 600,000 yuan. Originally, it was expected that this heirloom could be sold for this amount, but the highest bid was only 300,000. ”

Cheng Tianle smiled: "This jade pendant is indeed a treasure, how did it come from?" ”

Master Fan's conversation box opened, and his expression seemed to return to the innocent time of his youth, and he told Cheng Tianle the story of this jade pendant. How did his grandfather pick it up, and how naughty his father was back then, and he smashed other people's glass with a jade pendant. It's not easy to pick it up if it's smashed in, but fortunately, I lived in a bungalow at the time, and my dad must have opened the window and entered the house again. If I had known that this thing was so valuable, I would not have dared to do it!

In the end, I finally mentioned the matter of taking the jade pendant to ask for the price a while ago, and my smile turned into a sigh again. Usually people's mentality, will naturally think that heirlooms and other things are very valuable, and those jade dealers must have deliberately lowered the price, in Master Fan's opinion, this jade pendant must be worth 500,000 or 600,000 yuan, or even millions of dollars! It's a pity that he has no culture and doesn't know how to identify, so he can only listen to insiders.

Cheng Tianle nodded and agreed: "Yes, I think your jade pendant is definitely more than 300,000, at least worth 3 million." ”

This seems to be a comforting scene, but Master Fan said happily: "Yes, Mr. Cheng, you have studied abroad, and now you are the chairman of the Suzhou Garden Landscape Research Association. But I'm a chef, I don't know anything else besides cooking, if you have the chance, you can also help me identify it? ”

Cheng Tianle said: "I have seen that jade pendant, and it is indeed far more than 300,000. ”

Master Fan's eyes lit up, and then he reacted and said: "I'm really confused, I have left photos for several jade shops, and I can take pictures clearly from all angles, and high-definition digital can be enlarged!" If you hadn't looked carefully, you wouldn't have come to me with this drawing. How much should it be worth in your eyes? ”

Cheng Tianle still smiled and said: "You are not yet sixty years old, and you are no less strong than a young man, what are you talking about?" …… Didn't I just say that the highest offer you came across plus a zero, it's worth at least three million! ”

Since Master Fan was happy and regretful, he said: "Lele, you can really make me happy." Even if it is valuable, someone has to buy it, Suzhou is the national jade trading center, I asked acquaintances to ask a lot of families to receive the goods, and the top day is 300,000. In fact, as long as it is more than 500,000 yuan, I will sell it at that time. ”

Cheng Tianle laughed: "Then you will lose a lot!" The value of this jade pendant is a lot more than three million, you and I are old acquaintances, even if you suffer a loss, sell me three million. ”

Master Fan was stunned, and after a while, he stammered again: "Mr. Cheng, you're not joking with me, are you?" ”

Cheng Tianle: "Of course not, otherwise would they come to you on purpose?" ”

If Master Fan had heard that the jade pendant could be worth so much money from the beginning, he might not have been as surprised as he is now. But he had already asked a round of prices outside, but Cheng Tianle said so, which made him a little overwhelmed, and his tone became more and more stammering: "Cheng, Cheng Zong, is that thing really, really that valuable?" …… I, I don't really need that much money, you don't have to deliberately ...... "rs!!