Chu Chen smiled and said, "Well, I still have to thank the taxi driver, if it weren't for the conversation with him, my spoken English would not be as fluent as it is now." His family seems to live in the local area, do you think we should pay a visit? ”

After all, he was abroad, and he was just a friend who met in Pingshui, and it was indispensable to have a way to guard against people, so Wu Ke asked: "Then do you know his home address?" ”

"He seems to have his home address on his business card."

Wu Ke said: "You show me his business card, and I'll see where he lives first." ”

Chu Chen took out the man's business card from his bag and handed it to Wu Ke, but what made him a little strange was that after Wu Ke saw the business card, he had a surprised and funny expression on his face.

"Coco, what's wrong with you?" Chu Chen asked strangely.

"What a fool you are, haven't you looked at this business card carefully?" Wu Ke said with a smile.

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "At that time, I just went to the front desk of the hotel to go through the procedures, but I just glanced at it, and I really didn't look at it carefully, is there any mystery on it?" ”

Wu Ke returned the business card to Chu Chen with a smile and said, "What a mystery, this person is my landlord, don't you see the address where I live now?" ”

Chu Chen took the business card and saw that it was really like this, and suddenly said a little stunned: "This is too coincidental, right?" ”

When I came to England to see Wu Ke, I actually got into the taxi of Wu Ke's landlord, and I felt a little clever when I thought about it.

Wu Ke said with a smile: "It's really a coincidence, since that's the case, then let's go tomorrow." Then the landlord was surprised. ”

"Okay, just take a look at our coco's boudoir......"

Chu Chen's words just came to this. The boss walked out of the small room with a box.

Closing the door casually, the boss walked straight back to his original position. Then he opened the box and placed it in front of Chu Chen, and then made a gesture: "Sir, you can take your time." ”

Chu Chen looked into the box, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, only to see that there was a small cup in the box, the cup looked like it was made of green jade, but there were messy lines on the surface, and it looked like the material itself was there, in this regard. The material of this cup is definitely not green jade.

What surprised Chu Chen's heart even more was that he gently took the cup out of the box, this cup can be said to be as thin as paper and as transparent as yarn, looking at the light, he saw that the silky lines of the cup seemed to be shining with golden light.

That scene was so beautiful that Wu Ke beside him couldn't help but open his mouth slightly.

In addition, Chu Chen also carefully found that there seemed to be traces of three words on the foot of the cup, but the handwriting was now blurred. I can't make it out, but judging from Chu Chen's experience, these three words should be wisps of gold, and it is estimated that they are old. The gold wire on it has fallen.

This cup is indeed a rare treasure just by its performance, but I don't know what this material is. And this cup is plain all over the body, and it is really difficult to determine the generation. At most, it can only be judged from the type of the instrument that it has the style of the Tang Dynasty.

So Chu Chen directly used the ability, but it made him almost jump up in surprise. Fortunately, because of the previous experience in the official kiln, he was able to suppress the heat in his heart.

Seeing Chu Chen put the cup back, the boss said a little proudly: "Sir, how is it, my thing is good!" ”

Clear-eyed people know that this cup is good, and Chu Chen can't tell lies with his eyes open, he nodded and said, "It's really good, I don't know what the price of this cup is?" ”

The boss stretched out his right hand and gestured, "This is a jade cup from the Tang Dynasty, the price is very cheap, only 500,000!" ”

Chu Chen was thinking about the cup in his heart at this time, and at first he felt that 500,000 was not expensive, but when he wanted to speak, he reacted, this is England, 500,000 refers to the British pound, converted into domestic currency, 500,000 is 7.5 million!

He shook his head and said: "Boss, this cup does have the style of the Tang Dynasty in terms of vessel shape, but as for the craftsmanship, it looks like the characteristics of the Ming and Qing dynasties, how do you prove that it is from the Tang Dynasty?" Besides, it remains to be confirmed whether it is jade or not, so far, boss, what kind of jade have you seen with this kind of messy silk pattern? ”

"And if it is really a jade from the Tang Dynasty, whether it is a heirloom jade or an unearthed jade, there will always be some characteristics on the surface, but this cup does not, how can I believe that this cup is from the Tang Dynasty? Besides, even if it is from the Tang Dynasty, according to the current market, the price of this cup will be less than 500,000. ”

"Sir, you are indeed a connoisseur, but there is a basis for me to say that this cup is worth half a million, if you don't mind, let me tell me where he came from."

"You say."

"This cup was brought back from your country's palace by my great-grandfather at the beginning of the last century, and this cup is so exquisite, it must have been used only by the emperor of your country, do you say it's worth 500,000?"

Hearing what the boss said, Chu Chen immediately understood that if the boss hadn't panicked, this cup should have been plundered by the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Although it has been so long since this incident, when he thinks of this dark history, Chu Chen, as an antique lover, still feels inexplicable heartache, not to mention the humiliation that this incident has brought to the Chinese people, just countless antique treasures have been scattered abroad because of this, which makes him sigh uncontrollably.

However, the loss of these cultural relics, tracing back to the source, was caused by the Chinese people themselves, who made the Qing government so weak at that time? It is sad and ridiculous to think that a big country can't even protect its own palace after reaching the extreme.

But it's come to this point, it's useless to think too much, as for those antiques that have been left behind, that's all it can be, of course, it's better if you can get back.

However, even if Chu Chen is already a small asset now, he will not specifically buy these antiques that were plundered back then, and if he encounters a foreign antique shop or small stall and buys it for some money, it is better to say that he will not go to the auction to make any fun.

Chu Chen felt that even if he spent a lot of money to buy things back at the auction, the original things could not be changed, and instead of giving so much money to foreigners to earn, it was better to use the money on domestic charity and public welfare, which would play a higher role in the country's strength.

The boss saw the unhappy expressions on the faces of the couple in front of him, spread his hands and said: "I am a pacifist, and I deeply regret what happened back then, but after all, it is something passed down by my great-grandfather, and I will not return it to your country for free." ”

Chu Chen said: "I can understand what you said, let's talk about this cup, just like the boss you said, you just think that this cup may be used by the emperor, and this cup has no characteristics in this regard at all, and what you said can't be confirmed at all." Besides, even if it is really used by the emperor of our country, do you think this thing is comparable to the jade seal? Even jade seals don't have this price, right? ”

"How much do you think is appropriate?"

"I think 100,000 is about the same!"

"Oh, cake seller, sir, are you kidding? This price is simply impossible! The shopkeeper waved his hand repeatedly.

"Boss, if you really sell sincerely, then give a real price."

"Eight percent off, the lowest eight percent off, such a beautiful jade cup is yours!"

Twenty percent off, that is, six million RMB, although for the value given by the ability, it is already a big leak, but six million to buy a small cup, and it is also a cup that I don't know what year and generation has what function, in the eyes of ordinary people, only the wronged boss will buy it.

"Boss, the price you want is still too high, I think at your price, no one will definitely offer this price, I will pay at most four discounts."

"Four-fold no, if it's four-fold, this cup will already be in someone else's vault, if you really want it, seven or five fold!"

Wu Ke heard a classmate say a sentence before, the man who gets serious is very handsome, and she has such a feeling at this time, Chu Chen is already handsome, and now when he bargains with the shopkeeper, he has a remarkable inexplicable brilliance on his body, and Wu Ke's eyes are full of obsession.

"Six folds, six folds at the minimum, if you still don't agree, sir, then forget it!" After speaking, the boss showed that he didn't want to talk about it deeply.

"If I add these three things, then I'll buy them." Chu Chen pointed to the three antiques he had just selected on the table.

The boss smiled bitterly: "Sir, you are really good at bargaining, but I can't agree to your request, I count you 10,000 for these three things, a total of 310,000, if you want to take it!" ”

Chu Chen pretended to be silent for a while before agreeing, "Boss, can you swipe your card here?" ”

Seeing that Chu Chen agreed, the boss couldn't help but smile on his face, and he nodded: "Yes!" ”

Next, after opening the ticket and swiping the card, the boss took out a few exquisite boxes, put the things in, handed them to the other party, and sent the two away.

Selling the things that have been treasured at home for many years, the boss is still a little reluctant, but he can't do it for his son, and he can sell it for 300,000 yuan, which is much higher than he expected in advance.

"Achen, what is that cup made of?" Not long after walking out of the store, Wu Ke asked curiously.

Chu Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know, in terms of feel and texture, it's similar to jade, maybe it's also a kind of jade." ”

Wu Ke was surprised: "No, I thought you knew the Dao, you are really bold, you actually spent 4.5 million to buy a cup made of no one who doesn't know what material the Dao is." ”

"Although I don't know what this cup is made of, I know what this cup is!" As he spoke, a mysterious smile appeared on Chu Chen's face. (To be continued......)