Chapter 51: The "Gold" Hidden in the Wood
It turned out that his friend was a figure in the underworld, who used to be a big brother sitting on the ground in Mong Kok, but he was kicked out, and now that he is older, his heart to fight and kill is much lighter, and recently I heard rumors that there was a rival who wanted to take revenge on him, and let out the wind to ask him to leave Hong Kong, otherwise be careful of his legs, so he also had the idea of immigration, and is currently seizing the time to sell his property.
For so many years, he has been mixed with the underworld, bright and dark, cheating, and has a lot of antiques collected at home, hoping to get rid of it as soon as possible, so he found a single sea boat, this single master is righteous and righteous, so he first thought of himself, a little junior brother from the mainland, who is really fat and does not flow into the fields of outsiders.
The car turned around and stopped in front of a residential building in Yau Ma Tei, the two got out of the car, and then a little brother came over, "Brother boat, you are here, may I ask who this is..."
"This is my junior brother, just from the mainland, I have an appointment with your eldest brother"
"Haode, please come with me, our Brother Long is waiting for you"
Then he took the two into a teahouse and walked into one of the private rooms.
Because he has to deal with people on the underworld, even if he has a senior brother next to him, Wang Chao is used to grasping a rough idea first, so he uses his ability to see through the past.
With the progress of Wang Chao's visualization cultivation, he can now see the situation on the other side clearly even through a wall that is one zhang thick, and with his keen ear, he can already clearly hear the sound of a person's breathing and heartbeat within a radius of more than ten zhang.
Perspective found that there was a man in this private room in this teahouse, but there were about 5 or 6 people hidden in the private rooms on both sides of the opposite side, holding guys in their hands, not only a little embarrassed, but also thinking that the older the rivers and lakes, the less courageous he was, this Brother Long just came out to drink tea and make an appointment with a friend with such a big pomp. If he is allowed to negotiate with his opponent, he probably won't call all the younger brothers under him.
Wang Chao really thinks right, this Brother Long has indeed been like this in the past few years, he used to fight and kill when he was young, and he offended many people, but now the older he gets, the less courage he has, and he is hugged everywhere he goes, which is actually a portrayal of fear in his heart.
"Brother boat, please come in" The little brother who led the way walked to the door. Pull open the door and let the two of them in, then stand outside.
"Brother Boat, I didn't expect you to help me find a buyer so soon"
"Ah Long, let me introduce you, this is Wang Chao, the old closed disciple of the head of our continent's Xingyi Sect, Wang Chao, this is the Brother Long I told you to sell antiques"
"Yo, I didn't expect it to be your fellow disciple brothers, I'm really lucky"
"I'm glad to meet Brother Long" Wang Chao agreed without humility or arrogance, and stepped forward to shake his hand
"Wang Chao, right? I'm a friend of Brother Boat, and we're not outsiders, so I'll talk about it later, let's talk about business today. I have some antiques here, see if you are interested, if you like it can be cheaper"
As he spoke, two young men walked in the door, each carrying a large suitcase. Then it was placed on the table between them, and it was opened, and there were both calligraphy and paintings and porcelain. There are also seal stones, etc., which are stuffed with two large boxes.
"Look at it, I've all accumulated all my belongings over the years."
Wang Chao not only smiled secretly, thinking that this person either didn't know how to do it, or he was in a hurry to sell, how could antiques be sold in boxes, and it was easy for buyers to lower the price. But he didn't say anything, and began to look at these things.
It's hard to see so many things one by one, and he doesn't know much about antiques, so even if he does, it's hard to see anything from the appearance, but he has perspective in his hands, and he's not afraid of anything.
casually took out a porcelain from it and pretended to look at it, in fact, he looked through the past, and saw that this box was mostly black, but it was also conceivable, he was a mixed underworld, and he was not engaged in collection, even if he practiced deception and snatching, there would not be too many good things, but there were a few of them that emitted a soft light, and then he picked out those who had light one by one.
One of the two pieces is the fishing wood ploughing map carved by Tian Huangshi, and the other is the picture of Wufu Linmen, the appearance is round, it is a rare boutique Tian Huangshi, and the carved knife work is rigid and soft, smooth and tactful, take its natural color, and then match the delicacy of the part-time job, it can be said that it complements each other, Wang Chao carefully looked at the whereabouts, the imprint is "Zhiji", remembering that this is the Song Dynasty when a carving of the family's nickname, but also created the originator of Tian Huangshi.
Look at a painting picked out again, there is 1 meter longitudinal, about 40 centimeters wide, there are only two palace women on the picture after unfolding, the picture is already a little dim, the color is not clear, but you can also see that it is dressed up in Tang costume, high updo, skirt dancing, the image is delicate, there is a fluttering posture against the wind, very classical beauty, the paragraph is not very clear, but it must be a good thing.
Wang Chao looked at another thing selected next to him, it was a bronze sitting Buddha statue, with a serene face, the index finger of the right hand pointed upward, the left hand was folded, and the overall height was nearly 80 centimeters.
And I picked out a Bible, not made of cloth, as if it were a legendary parchment roll, which felt nice to the touch, and was not edged when gently torn, and it was the brightest thing in perspective, more than the painting.
Zuihou picked out an enamel bottle with a thin neck and round belly, about 60 centimeters high, surrounded by colorful colors, obviously Western craftsmanship, but Wang Chao didn't see what period it was, but found that this thing was bright through his ability, and there was a faint text on the inner wall of the bottle, but he couldn't understand what it meant.
Seeing that Wang Chao was very picky and picky, he was a little energetic to buy fruit in the supermarket, this Brother Long not only muttered in his heart, but turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Brother Chuan, is your junior brother from the mainland engaged in collection, no matter how you look at it, you don't have a magnifying glass or anything."
Shan Hai Chuan also can't understand it, but at this time, he has to play a round for Wang Chao:
"Yes, my junior brother was born in a family of antiques, practicing martial arts is his hobby, his real profession is to engage in antiques, and several generations of people in the family have done this"
"Oh" Brother Long nodded and didn't say anything more, but the look of doubt in his eyes didn't completely disappear.
Wang Chao didn't know what this person was thinking, but he heard him muttering quietly, not only did his heart move, but then he took out a few more items from the box, nothing else, mainly to confuse the other party.
Through the ability to look at all the antiques in the box that are treasures, he immediately stopped, turned his head and said to this dragon brother.
"Brother Long, you have a lot of good things here, but I mainly like these few pieces, you can make a price"
"Ah, you don't look at the rest anymore, you see this statue of the Buddha is good, your eyebrows and eyes are very clear, it's similar to that Buddha statue, so you just have to forget it together."
Wang Chao was a little amused when he heard it, and thought to himself, you should buy cabbage. immediately found a reason to prevaricate in the past, and still insisted on the few things he fancied, and the other party gave up.
After thinking about it, he said to Wang Chao: "Why don't you make a price, but these things are all collected or offset by me at a high price, and they are all treasures."
"Brother Long, let's do this, I won't give the price one by one, I'll give you 2 million Hong Kong dollars for this bunch"
"2 million?" This one smacked his tongue a little, but his eyes rolled and he said, "It's a little low, look at this Buddha statue." Usually, our brothers don't wear less incense, and the incense is constant, which blesses us to do a lot of great things."
Wang Chao shook his head secretly, and then said, "Brother Long." I'll add another 300,000 at most, and this is still for the sake of my senior brother's face, otherwise if I knew that there were just these things, I wouldn't have come at all. I'm not afraid you'll be angry, but there are really few things here that are genuine, and most of them are imitations by modern people."
Seeing that Wang Chao was there, the old god was very expert. This Brother Long thought about it, so he had to give up, and then vacated a box to contain the few items that Wang Chao picked out, and then put another box on the rest, and then turned on the computer and asked Wang Chao to transfer money.
After everything was over, the dragon brother breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked people to serve tea and invite the two of them to drink tea. During the tea, this Brother Long revealed a sense of helplessness, thinking that the golden basin would not dry his hands, and his words showed a heroic twilight attitude.
Shan Haichuan persuaded him a few more words, and then said goodbye, Brother Long didn't keep it too much, but just hoped that he would have more friends and sell his remaining box of "antiques", and Lao Shan agreed.
"Senior brother xiexie, you give me this big face, I didn't expect you to let you spend more than 2 million at once"
"Hehe, senior brother, you don't have to be polite, I also look at these good ones, so I bought them, and I shouldn't lose money. But the rest of his goods, I advise you not to help him introduce people again, I don't see it as a real thing, even if you bring someone to see it, it is estimated that most of them will be rejected"
"Well, I sold him more than 2 million, which can be regarded as paying off his personal debt"
"Oh, Brother Shan, you still owe him a favor"
"I don't owe him a favor, I owe his brother a favor. I think that the two of them were known as Mong Kok Shuanglong, his name was Chen Jialong, and his brother's name was Chen Tianlong, saying this was 20 years ago, when I just came out of the school to accept apprentices, and happened to accept a younger brother under their brothers, that kid learned well, and he was the number one gold medal fighter under them, but this is how the underworld is, if you cut others today, it is difficult to guarantee that others will cut you tomorrow. Once a fight with another gang, was killed, his eldest brother Chen Tianlong said to me must give me an explanation, and then gathered all the people to block each other in a restaurant and cut it, when his brother was not careful when he was fighting was stabbed in the back, and then he was in a hurry to shoot again and again, killing several people on the other side, but after all, he lost too much blood and did not rescue him, and then this Chen Jialong found me and said that he avenged my apprentice. I was also very touched at the time, and immediately agreed to owe the other party a favor, and when they need my help, just say it. Later, I went to fight several times and helped a lot, but I never joined them, but he also respected me very much" Shan Haichuan drove and smoked while continuing to talk to Wang Chao,
"I just thought about helping him this time, and I won't have anything to do with them in the future, since you said that there is nothing good in his remaining box, then I won't look for someone anymore, hehe, and I don't know a few people in the collection industry, I used to think about it and let the fifth help me introduce it, now you have spent more than 2 million, forget it"
Wang Chao thought to himself, "Thanks to you for bringing me here, otherwise I would have been able to pick up the leak again!" "But I didn't tell them that.
Sent Wang Chao back to the hotel, the brothers made an appointment to reunite after the auction house, and then Shan Haichuan drove away.
Wang Chao put the suitcase in the hotel room, and put it together with his suitcase, almost no different, and outsiders would not pay attention to these at all, and then went to bed to rest.
Soon the night market arrived, and before leaving, Wang Chao and Suo Wencheng simply ate in the hotel and came to the auction house again.
It is said that there are more haode things coming out of the auction house night market, which can be seen from the first auction item.
Or the auctioneer, this still meticulous dress and white gloves, standing in front of the auction table in high spirits, continuing his auction, the first opening of the night is a pair of jade bracelets, although the texture is not as good as Wang Chao's last sale to Suo Wencheng's Luo Guo green, but it is also rare, it is a bracelet made of imperial green, the color is strong green, if you don't use a magnifying glass to see, you can't find the impurities in it at all, but this impurity makes it impossible to enter the top jadeite list, but it is such a pair of bracelets, The sky-high price of 55 million Hong Kong dollars was auctioned, which made Wang Chao not only secretly smack, but also looked forward to the price of the few pieces of jadeite he brought.
Then a piece of real items were auctioned out, Wang Chao participated in the bidding of three of them, but only succeeded once, it was a Buddha sculpture carved with red sandalwood about 30 centimeters high, which was slightly similar to the one that Wang Chao sold before, but the price was more than one percent higher than that of the mainland, and he bought it for 2.6 million.
Wang Chao photographed this Buddha statue of red sandalwood The main purpose is to promote his collection in red sandalwood, a lot of Tibetan friends who know this area, of course, the main reason he didn't say, is that he saw through the ability to see through this Buddha carving, and found a small paper scroll in the Buddha carving, although I don't know the content of the paper scroll, but it is collected in such a precious red sandalwood statue, it should not be a prank!
Otherwise, the cost of this prank is too high.
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, the auction house officially came to an end, this zuihou auction item is a piece of blue and white porcelain, is the Ming Dynasty period, auctioned a high price of 102 million, but also the most valuable one in the entire auction, is one of the Yuan Dynasty character story picture series, its quality is complete, the scene in the picture is taken from the famous Yuan drama "Feng Shen Ji", but also the prototype of the novel of the Feng Shen Romance, the characters, expressions, clouds, etc. are lifelike, can be described as a rare boutique,
Wang Chao secretly thought: "The three big blue and white porcelain vases I brought, even if the quality is worse than his, should be worth tens of millions, it seems that this trip to Hong Kong should be worth it" (to be continued......)