Chapter 12: Adding fuel to the fire?
"Master Ma, Mr. Yu just said casually, he can't cut ivory!" Xin Ye was anxious and hurriedly admonished.
If this really makes Ma Ye cut the ivory, this matter is absolutely troublesome!
If the silicone is cut out, although the face is slapped in the face of the middle-aged in the suit, it is more indirectly slapped in the face of Ma Ye's eyes.
If you can't cut the silicone, Yu Sheng'an will be embarrassed, and it will be equivalent to ruining an ivory and indirectly hating Ma Ye.
In this way, the left and right are not people, it is better not to cut!
"Master Ma, if you really want to test this ivory, I have a way! I know a professional appraisal agency, let's take an X-ray, and everything comes out. Fei Hong also hurriedly helped.
"Yes, yes!" Xin Ye nodded.
The old man smiled and waved his hand: "Hey, it's just an ivory, it's not so troublesome!" ”
In the time when the cutting machine was found, many customers in the club who were eating and drinking tea heard that the mammoth ivory was going to be cut here, and the color was checked, and they suddenly became excited.
Not long after, someone sent a hand-held small cutting machine, a young man named Xiao Li, under the guidance of Ma Ye, took off the light brown mammoth ivory, padded a coffee table, and was about to prepare to cut the ivory.
"Wait!" Xin Ye shouted, pulling Yu Sheng'an and said, "Mr. Yu, you hurry up and persuade Ma Ye!" It's also a mammoth ivory, cut one and one less. ”
"Wang Tianxin, don't squeak, you old boy!" Ma Ye was a little annoyed by the persuasion, and scolded angrily.
Xin Ye was suddenly silent, but his face was bitter.
looked at Yu Sheng'an's eyes with a deep sense of remorse!
I knew it earlier, so I wouldn't have brought this kid out, this knife went down, Ma Ye was offended, I'm afraid there is no room for mediation!
Compared with his embarrassment, the surrounding spectators who were not too busy to watch the excitement were full of excitement, stretching their necks one by one, watching Xiao Li operate the cutting machine.
Especially the middle-aged in suits, their eyebrows are dancing.
When someone asked him what was going on, he deliberately explained in a loud voice, "I don't know, right? Let me tell you, this kid didn't say that Ma Ye's two 10,000-year-old tusks were worthless, and the gold and jade were ruined on the outside, and he also said that they were all silicone! Tell me, when did Ma Ye walk by? No, Ma Ye decided to cut the ivory on the spot and inspect the goods on the spot! ”
"Wow-"
With the explanation of the middle-aged man in the suit, the hall of the clubhouse was in an uproar.
"Silicone? Impossible, right? Such a big thing, can you see it when filled with silicone? ”
"Ma Ye is really a hero, and he is willing to cut the ivory for ten thousand years!"
"No, I heard that these two tusks are worth five million!"
"Tut-tut......"
Almost all of the people who can come to this club are either rich or expensive.
But even so, when they heard this, they were amazed.
What is the difference between Ma Ye's behavior and smashing an antique porcelain just to make a sound?
Ma Ye smiled all over his face, not arguing or defending.
A tree lives a skin, and a person lives a face!
The decision to cut the ivory was both a curiosity and a last resort.
If you don't cut it on the spot, this pair of teeth will leave a controversy, and this controversy may not have much impact, but he Ma Ye has been pursuing frankness in his life, and he can't accept this flaw.
Of course, he could also send it for X-rays, but this behavior was too time-consuming, and when the results came back, the matter had already spread.
When the time comes, even if it turns out that his ivory is fine, some people are skeptical.
No way, that's human nature!
"Master Ma, I cut it?" Xiao Li put on the ivory and looked up at Ma Ye.
Ma Ye nodded indifferently.
Xiao Li didn't say anything more, pressed the button, and the cutting machine immediately made a clattering sound.
The chatter stopped, everyone stared at the cutter, and some people held up their mobile phones to film the scene.
As the steel gears came into contact with the calcareous ivory, a fine debris burst out, and for a moment the ears were full of noise.
The noise was rough at first, then suddenly empty, and a mammoth tusk worth millions was opened from the middle.
"How?"
"Is there any silicone?"
The people around him eagerly asked.
Xiao Li stopped the cutting machine, separated the cut ivory, and made the incisions in unison with Ma Ye.
Ma Ye looked over with a smile on his face, but his fists clenched subconsciously still showed a trace of tension in his heart.
His gaze had just fallen, and before he could take a closer look, his face suddenly turned pale.
"What's that?"
"Hey, is that a crack?"
"How can there be two colors!"
"It can't be silicone, right?"
The ivory cross-section is very white, but in this white, two whites can be clearly seen, forming a circular cross-section.
These two whites, like milky white and silver white, are both white, but when put together, it is easy to see the difference between them.
In addition, the silicone white does not have the natural reticulation of mammoth ivory, which is even more obvious in comparison.
"There's really silicone!"
Someone couldn't help but whisper.
His voice was very low, but he couldn't stand the crowd close to the scene, and in an instant, the crowd boiled.
"My mother, it's really filled with silicone?"
"Doesn't that mean that this tusk is a fake?"
"It's not a fake, but it's certainly not worth millions, maybe tens of thousands of dollars!"
"Huh? This is not a fake yet? ”
"Who is this young man? What a great eyesight! ”
"I don't know, it seems to be with Xin Ye."
The middle-aged man in the suit froze his expression, and he leaned over to the ivory, looking disbelieving: "How can there be silicone?" It's impossible, you can't see it from the outside! ”
As he spoke, he also poked the cross-section of the ivory, good fellow, this poke, it was obvious that the silicone part was soft.
Xin Ye and Fei Hong subconsciously glanced at each other, and then looked at Yu Sheng'an together, their eyes were shocked and admired, but they were helpless!
Shocked and admired Yu Sheng'an's eyes burning!
Helplessly, this controversy is difficult to end!
It's not that they are afraid of Ma Ye, but not being afraid does not mean that they can offend casually, after all, Ma Ye is the head snake of Beijiang City, and he can't do things, and he can do bad things!
offended Ma Ye, I don't know when I was yin.
"Mr. Yu has good eyesight, and he can see at a glance that this ivory is filled with silicone, which is amazing!" Ma Ye smiled reluctantly at Yu Sheng'an and picked a thumbs up.
After all, he is a big man, and a piece of ivory will not make him lose his weight.
The eyes of everyone at the scene were patrolling back and forth between Ma Ye and Yu Sheng'an, although they did not squeak, but the flickering eyes still revealed that they had their own opinions.
Someone looked at Yu Sheng'an with a curious look on his face, his eyes showing admiration;
Some people praise Prime Minister Ma Ye for being able to hold the boat in his belly;
Some people secretly ridiculed, how old do you say Ma Ye is angry with a junior? It's okay now, it's a shame, right?
Xin Ye hurriedly said: "Master Ma, this is called a specialization in the art industry!" Don't look at Mr. Yu's youth, he is actually quite accomplished in the field of ivory, don't be afraid of your jokes, isn't the Hetuo exchange meeting going to be held recently? I heard that there is a mammoth tooth carving of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea ready to shoot, so I specially asked Mr. Yu to help me palm the eye, otherwise, I was really afraid of hitting the eye in the past. ”
Xin Ye's words seem to belittle himself and praise the rest of his life, but in fact, he is comforting Ma Ye.
The subconscious meaning is that we are not professionals in the field of bamboo and wood ivory carving, and it is normal to make eyes.
Ma Ye's smile softened by three points, and he sighed: "It's not okay to be old, this pair of 10,000-year-old ivory was won by me at the Rongfeng Autumn auction, at that time, through the glass, I saw that the quality was really good, but I didn't expect to be beaten." ”
What he said was actually an excuse for himself!
Auctions usually display the lots in advance to allow enough time for customers to take a closer look.
However, in order to protect the lots, most of them will be separated by glass cases, so it is reasonable to be so-so when you are eye-catching.
"But no, Ma Ye, let me tell you, you have to be careful with the things in the auction house, two years ago, I also suffered a big loss in the auction house." Xin Ye said again.
"And this?" Ma Ye came to the spirit.
"But no, it's a Cizhou peony pattern bottle, it looked good at the time, there are photos from all angles, who would have thought that the bottle body has been glazed, you talk about it." Xin Ye looked annoyed, but in fact, he was ugly and relieved.
"Alas, the antiques are as deep as the sea!" Ma Ye sighed, and his mood completely calmed down.
A cow like Xin Ye has suffered losses, and he has suffered losses in miscellaneous items, which is nothing.
Although he behaved a little radically today, he didn't leave with a face afterwards, and the evaluation of "the prime minister can support the boat in his belly" can't run, and this so-so thing can be regarded as a mixed blessing!
At this time, the surrounding onlookers also raised their thumbs to comfort.
"Master Ma, what courage! In order to verify the authenticity, millions of ivory are cut and admired! ”
"But no, give me that I never dare to cut!"
No matter how these people laugh at Ma Ye in their hearts, they naturally won't do sinners on the surface, and those with high emotional intelligence will naturally be relieved.
For a while, in the face of everyone's relief, Ma Ye felt a lot more comfortable.
At this moment, Yu Sheng'an suddenly said, "Master Ma, do you dare to cut another tusk?" ”
The sound fell, and the audience was in an uproar.
This kid, Zhen Nima is fat, is this because Ma Ye is embarrassed and embarrassed enough?
Ma Ye's expression froze.
Xin Ye stared at Yu Sheng'an with wide eyes in astonishment, even if he was good-tempered, his old face was also blue at this time!
You kid, why don't you open which pot and which pot you mention?
Lao Tzu is so easy to comfort Ma Ye, it's better for you to directly fire the cannonball, is this going to be exploded?