Chapter Fifty-Six: The Great Collector
[4 years ago]
There were also a few twinkling stars in the sky, and as far as the eye could see, the whole night sky looked like a strip of black cloth with a few glowing gems on it. Moonlight pours down the black strips of cloth, over the bright streetlights, through the vintage-inspired window frames, and onto the mouth-watering dining table.
In this retro restaurant, it was obviously a busy night, but at this time there were not many people in the restaurant, only the double table near the window. In the candle flame in the center of the dining table, two bright faces illuminated by the fire are staring at each other.
The two of them held knives and forks, and the moment when the moonlight outside the window spilled down happened to be reflected in the knives and forks in their hands, and through the reflection of the knives and forks, the moonlight was reflected between the pupils of the two.
Although the candle flame had illuminated the faces of the two men, a faint white stripe could still be seen on their faces.
Taking the direction facing the window as a reference, the middle-aged man sitting on the left operated the cutlery in his hand, gently cut off a piece of steak in front of him, and slowly put it into his mouth. The fine steak was chewed in the mouth of the middle-aged man, as if he was enjoying the aftertaste of the steak in his mouth.
Sitting across from him was a man who looked much younger than him, and similarly, there was a steak in front of the young man, but the man only held the knife and fork in his hand, and did not touch the steak.
Moreover, his eyes kept staring at the middle-aged man in front of him, and he barely took his eyes off it. Little by little, he watched as he finished the steak in front of him. It gives the impression that he wants the middle-aged man to finish it as soon as possible, and then start talking about his own affairs.
About a quarter of an hour had passed, and the middle-aged man sitting on the left wiped his oil-stained mouth with the cloth on his chest. Then put down the knife and fork in your hand. While wiping his hands, he said to the young man in front of him:
"What? Didn't you move a bite of the best steak? You've lost a piece of deliciousness. As the middle-aged man spoke, his eyes kept looking at his hands, and he didn't even look at the young man in front of him.
"Mr. Bai, you know very well the purpose of my visit this time, the price can no longer be negotiated, 50 million, this is the lowest price!" The young man's face carrier looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a stiff smile, barely looking at him.
"The lowest price? You should know that my business has not been very prosperous recently, and it may not be easy to come up with so much money at once, so can't it really be lower? The middle-aged man put down the napkin in his hand and set his eyes on the young man in front of him for the first time.
"Mr. Bai, you also know that the 'twin mirror' you want to buy this time, the price of this antiquity on the market is definitely more than 50 million, so if you really can't get 50 million, we have to look for the next buyer."
After the young man finished speaking, he didn't seem to plan to give the middle-aged man any more face, picked up the briefcase beside him, and prepared to leave the steakhouse.
"You wait!"
The young man had just gotten up and was about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by a middle-aged man behind him, who slowed down and turned his head to look at the middle-aged man. The bright face illuminated by the candlelight in the moonlight. It was as if it had lost the color of blood that should have been on its face, like a dried corpse, without any color.
The middle-aged man stepped forward and took two steps, and the young man subconsciously took two steps back.
"Do you know why I like to eat steaks here?" The middle-aged man stopped and said to the young man in front of him.
"Huh?" The middle-aged man tightened his eyebrows, and a cold sweat broke out on his temples.
The middle-aged man stepped forward again, and at the same time reached into the pocket inside his jacket, as if holding something.
The young man's heart became more and more worried, and it seemed that a crow swept over the window edge, bringing a chill.
He didn't dare to think about what the middle-aged man would do.
I saw the man take his hand out of his pocket, and the young man looked at it, and it turned out to be a check. The pale color of the face suddenly receded, and it returned to its original ruddy color.
He stepped forward and looked at the number on the check, ten million!
The middle-aged man then presented the check to the young man, who had no idea what the middle-aged man meant.
"There's a retro feel to the inside of this steakhouse, and I love every piece of furnishings and every décor here."
"Mr. Bai, what do you mean by that?"
"As I said, I love every vintage décor and knick-knack here, so I don't like to be disturbed by someone else when I'm dining here, and it's the most pleasant thing to enjoy antiquities and delicious steaks alone."
The middle-aged man puts the check in his hand into the pocket of the young man's jacket suit. Then go back to the table where you were headed. He took the steak which the young man had not touched before him, took up his knife and fork, and said to the young man:
"Similarly, the antiquity in your hand, I naturally don't want it to fall into someone else's hands, you have a check for 10 million, send me the 'twin mirror' within three days, and the remaining 40,000 will be transferred to your account." With that, he picked up the knife and fork in his hand and began to eat another steak.
A smile gradually appeared on the young man's face, but there was not much on his lips, and he put the check away and left the restaurant.
In the candlelight of the restaurant, only the shadow of the middle-aged man eating steak alone was left at this time, and the shadow of the moonlight outside the window gradually shifted its position, and the bright moon hanging in the sky, although the bright stars were far away from it, were only scattered around it. But at this time, the middle-aged man looked at it, like a clear mirror, a mirror that he was about to get his hands on!
Three days later, the young man sent the mirror to the middle-aged man's villa as required.
The middle-aged man took the mirror, which was covered with a black cloth that covered the mirror's mysterious appearance. It feels like a mysterious object has been wrapped in a heavy veil, making the originally mysterious object even more mysterious.
The man called the young man for the remaining 40 million as agreed. Immediately, he placed this "twin mirror" in his hand in the base that had been customized for him.
Since then, the middle-aged man's villa has another collection of antiquities, because there are a lot of rumors about the "twin mirrors" in the outside world, it seems that there are many bizarre stories behind this mirror, therefore, after the middle-aged man got this mirror, the outside media soon knew about it, and then the reason for the interview wanted to see the mystery of the "twin mirrors".
And because of this mirror, yes, the middle-aged man became more famous and famous in the entire Chengguang City, and his business became more and more prosperous, and he quickly became one of the few business elites in Chengguang City.
Subsequently, in the news report of Chengguang City, there was also a special topic on this mirror:
"Bai Qianfeng, a business elite in Chengguang City, spent a huge amount of money to acquire the mysterious antiquity 'Twin Mirror'!"
Bai Qianfeng in the news feature is the middle-aged man, he is not only a business elite, but also a lover of antiquities collections, in his home has a variety of historical collections, as well as various artifacts large and small at home and abroad.
But the most valuable and mysterious of them all is the "twin mirror" he gets! Some rumors say that even if all of Bai Qianfeng's collections are sold, they can't compare to before a twin mirror, which is not about the price, but about the meaning behind it. It is said that when people unlock the secret behind this twin mirror, they can have no worries for a lifetime and enjoy endless wealth.
Bai Qianfeng may have heard the news, so when the young man proposed a price of 50 million, although Bai Qianfeng was a little hesitant, he finally bought it. However, Bai Qianfeng has not been able to solve the doubts after getting the twin mirrors, and this collection has been placed in Bai Qianfeng's collection until now......
[Four years later]
Four years have passed, Bai Qianfeng's business has become a relatively large enterprise in Chengguang City, of course, most of them rely on the twin mirrors in his hands, and many of the businessmen who cooperate with him want to take a look at this mysterious "twin mirror" in other people's mouths. There are even people who want to take the "twin mirror" for themselves.
And in the past four years, Bai Qianfeng has been collecting other antiquities when he is trying to unlock the secret of the twin mirror.
Now, the room where his collection was originally displayed could no longer accommodate all the items he had collected, so he had no choice but to merge another room of the villa with the previous room where he had collected antiquities and merge it into one room to expand the volume of the collection room. Then continue to add new favorites inside.
But despite all the collectibles he has in his hands, his favorite is the "Twin Mirror" in his hand, and if he had to choose, he would give up all the collectibles in his hand, and he would not give up the "Twin Mirror"!
So over the years, basically no one among the businessmen who have cooperated with Bai Qianfeng has ever seen a twin mirror! And those who want to get the twin mirrors end up being just an idea.
For Bai Qianfeng, whether it is because of the twin mirrors in his hand, or his habit of collecting antiquities, coupled with his ability in the business world, his home will always be full of people who come to appreciate his collection, and Bai Qianfeng has become a "big collector" in the eyes of others!