Chapter 8: Sotheby's

After a nine-hour flight, the plane landed safely at Ocean International Airport.

Coming out of the station, a wave of heat hit his face, he looked at the sun and decided to take a taxi back.

Sitting in the taxi, he remembered the video he had uploaded this morning and didn't know what was going on.

He took out his phone, turned on his shake hand, and watched the video posted in the morning.

After nine hours of transmission, his video has also received more than 20,000 views.

There are more than 7,000 likes, and there are more than 8,000 comments in the comment section.

He opened the comments to see what netizens were saying.

[Awesome, you still dare to go to Myanmar, aren't you afraid of cutting your waist? 】

[This is not the same as the Myanmar I know, isn't it safe?] 】

[Aren't you afraid of cutting your waist when you go to Myanmar? How dare you go? 】

[It turns out that the place in the video is southern Myanmar, no wonder it is so safe.] 】

[Why don't you go to the north, let's see what the north is like.] 】

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I have to say that netizens are still very curious about Myanmar.

Zheng Jing took a general look at the comments and found that they all thought that the whole of Myanmar would be cut off.

He thought for a moment and explained the difference between southern and northern Myanmar.

And, pin his comments to the top.

He took a look at the video he had posted, and felt that there were still some things that were not done well, and he was going to re-edit the second video and upload it.

"Little brother, it's time to get there."

Hearing the driver's words, Zheng Jing realized that he had come to the place where he lived.

After paying the money, I got out of the car and turned a few corners to the rental house.

When I opened the door and went in, I found that the room had not changed much except that it was a little damp.

Open the windows to let the air out of the house.

After looking at the time, it was already six o'clock in the evening, which was the time for dinner.

He lay on the bed and didn't want to move, so he turned on his phone and ordered a takeout to eat.

After eating, Zheng Jing closed the window of the room and closed the curtains.

Then he took out the mahogany chest containing the treasure.

Opening the box, he took a ball of gold jewelry out of the box.

He hasn't seen it since he got it.

He sorted through the pieces and counted them.

There are ten gold necklaces, thirteen rings for men and women, and the least earrings, with four pairs.

I don't know if it's been in the ground for a long time, and these gold jewelry are more or less problematic.

He looked at them one by one, and the quality was not good, and he couldn't sell them for too high a price.

He thought about it for a moment and decided to remelt all the pieces and find a jeweler to remake them.

And the three gold bricks in his hand, he is not ready to sell them.

As long as the two Buddha statues are auctioned off, he will not be short of money, and he will get richer and richer.

So, he didn't have to sell anything anymore.

Putting things away and putting them back, he took out the two Buddha statues again.

Looking at the two exquisite Buddha statues in front of him, he saw it over and over again.

These two Buddha statues are so beautifully carved that he would not have sold them if he hadn't been short of money.

After looking at it for a while, he put the two Buddha statues into the mahogany box.

Since he was going to meet with the people at Sotheby's tomorrow, they would definitely have to look at the items on site, so he was going to go over tomorrow with the box.

Nothing was said all night.

July 1.

The first thing he did when he woke up was to turn on the system.

Seeing that the number of treasure map draws has been refreshed, he is ready to come back to the draw after meeting with the people at Sotheby's.

Nine a.m.

Because the two sides had already determined the place and time to meet yesterday, Zheng Jing saw that the time was almost up before taking a taxi.

Jianguo Road.

Looking at the teahouse in front of him, Zheng Jing determined that this was the place to make an appointment.

Just as he was holding the mahogany box and preparing to go in, three people came out of the teahouse,

Two men and one woman.

At the forefront was a white man, whose age was not visible from his face.

The woman is also a white man, with a hot body and a very attractive eye.

Look at the dress should be a secretary.

The last one was a gray-haired old man, who seemed to be a very learned man.

The three of them walked straight towards him.

If he guessed correctly, these three people should be Sotheby's.

Really.

The three of them walked straight up to him, and the white man stretched out his hand and said, "You are Mr. Zheng, right?"

Zheng Jing held the mahogany box in one hand, stretched out his hand to shake it, and said, "I am Zheng Jing, who are you?"

Hearing him admit, the white man was very enthusiastic, grabbed his hand and said, "Hello Mr. Zheng, I'm Roman, the head of Sotheby's Asia, and this is my business card."

He took the business card from his secretary and handed it to him.

Zheng Jing took the business card and looked at it.

His identity was confirmed.

At this time, Roman sideways introduced the old man on the side: "This is the most powerful cultural relics expert in our Sotheby's Asia, Mr. Zhou Peiru."

Hearing the name, Zheng Jing knew that this old gentleman was actually from Huaxia.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou."

"Hello Mr. Zheng."

"Don't dare, don't dare, just call me Zheng Jing."

Seeing Zheng Jing so modest, Zhou Peiru had some good feelings for him, nodded, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll call you Xiao Zheng."

Zhou Peiru looked at the mahogany box in his arms and asked expectantly, "Isn't it inside this box?"

Zheng Jing nodded.

Zhou Peiru applauded again and again, and said, "Let's stop standing here, let's go inside and drink some tea."

The four of them came to the private room on the second floor and sat on chairs.

Zheng Jing carefully placed the mahogany box containing the Buddha statue on the table before sitting down.

Seeing Zheng Jing being so careful, Roman said, "I wonder if Mr. Zheng can open the box for us to take a look?"

"Why not."

As he spoke, he opened the box and made a piece of jewelry for you to see.

Roman and Zhou Peiru quickly got up from their chairs and looked at the two Buddha statues in the box in shock.

As an expert in cultural relics identification, Zhou Peiru's eyesight is not comparable to Roman.

He looked at the two Buddha statues and said, "These two Buddha statues look like Southeast Asian styles." Am I right? ”

Zheng Jing nodded: "What Mr. Zhou said is very right.

I saw Zhou Peiru nodding to Roman, indicating that there was no problem with the Buddha statue.

Roman raised his head and said to him excitedly, "Mr. Zheng, please give us these two Buddha statues at Sotheby's."

Here it comes.

Zheng Jingzheng said: "Things can be handed over to you, but I don't know what the conditions are for you?"

Roman glanced at the secretary, took the contract and said, "Mr. Zheng, this is our sincerity."

After receiving the consignment auction contract, Zheng Jing looked at it carefully.

There wasn't much content, and he finished reading it quickly.

From the contract, he felt Sotheby's sincerity.

First: the commission has been reduced from 10% to 3%.

Second: they will be holding an auction of Southeast Asian art in Bangkok, Thailand, in the near future.

In the brochure of the auction lot, two of his Buddha statues are auctioned on the first page.

In addition, they will also send invitations to wealthy people who have worked with them in Southeast Asia, and promote his two Buddha statues.

From these two points, Zheng Jing felt their sincerity.

Eventually, he found a lawyer, and after seeing that there were no problems with the consignment auction contract, he signed his name on it.

After the contract was signed, several people replaced the wine with tea.

After drinking tea, Zhou Peiru and Roman couldn't wait for Zheng Jing to take the Buddha statue out of the box.

Zheng Jing took the two Buddha statues out of the box and carefully placed them on the table.

Then he saw the two of them looking at the Buddha statue like idiots.

Zhou Peiru looked at the statue of Shakyamuni Buddha carved by gold and jade, and exclaimed: "It's worth the trip, I never thought I would be able to see such a treasure in my lifetime."

Roman agrees with him.

"It's true that I saw a lot of objects when I was in England, but I was still amazed by this golden jadeite carved Buddha statue."

"Mr. Zheng, do you still have something in your hand?" Roman asked expectantly.

"If you have it, you can leave it to us, don't worry, we will be very sincere."

Zheng Jing shook his head: "Mr. Roman, I only have these two Buddha statues in my hands, and there is nothing else."

"In the future, if Mr. Zheng has something to auction, please choose our Sotheby's."

Who wouldn't say anything about the scene, Zheng Jing nodded: "Of course."

After waiting a little longer, the bodyguards that Roman had called came over.

Seeing that the bodyguard arrived, Zheng Jing took the consignment auction contract and said, "It's not early, I'll leave first."

Roman took his secretary to get up and send him off, and said, "Mr. Zheng, when we confirm the auction time, we will send you an invitation letter, and I will wait for you in Bangkok at that time."

"Okay, just call me then, I'll be there."

Leaving the teahouse, he looked at the time, it was already noon, and decided to go back after eating here.