Tang Dynasty: The pot is tied to the duck nest, the little rhinoceros is here!

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The interior is decorated in a classic style, solemn and grand.

According to Jiang Fan's understanding, there is a set procedure for selling collectibles through Jin Fu Auction Company.

The first step is expert appraisal. Experts are on duty every day at the Jin Fu Auction Company, located on the second floor.

If the items brought by the collector are of good quality, the collector can choose to sell them to Jinfu Auction Company at market price.

You can also consign your item to Jinfu Auction Company, but Jinfu Auction Company will charge a handling fee of one percent of the auction price after the item is sold. Of course, you can also choose to take it home.

Jiang Fan went straight to the second floor and spent four hundred yuan to buy two appraisal tickets.

At this moment, there were quite a few people like Jiang Fan on the second floor, holding collectibles and queuing up.

"Young man, take this wooden box to an antique appraisal shop. With my experience of studying antiques for half my life, this box is from last week. It looks brand new to you!"

Don't waste your money, just get a refund! Go home, the antique business isn't for young people like you.

An old man in front of Jiang Fan saw the wooden box in his hand and offered him some advice.

"Ahem, I'm just here to join in the fun," Jiang Fan said politely.

"Oh, that's good. But since we're destined to meet, I'll let you see my treasure."

"This is actually Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin... The Palace Museum has one just like this, but I reckon the one in the Palace Museum is definitely fake..."

"Well……"

After hearing the old man's words, Jiang Fan was both amused and exasperated. "Isn't this a case of 'one piece from the Palace Museum, one piece from me'? I've run into the National Treasure Gang!"

Just then, a commotion broke out ahead, and an old man with white hair took over from the expert who had been appraising the treasure.

Then someone said, "Chairman Li came to appraise the treasure today!"

"Who is Chairman Li?" a newbie to this industry asked curiously.

Someone immediately added to his knowledge: "You don't even know Chairman Li?"

However, Li Jinfu, the president of the Jiangcheng Antiques Association and also the owner of Jinfu Auction Company,

Chairman Li is a titan in the antique world; his eyes are truly discerning.

However, Chairman Li enjoys appraising treasures and occasionally comes to the company to act as an appraiser.

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Li Jinfu sat in his chair, leisurely sipping tea while examining the treasure. With just one glance, he could clearly see the treasure's essence.

"New, brand new, undeniably new!"

"From last week!"

Today's collector is really not very good. He doesn't have much interest in appraising this last one and plans to go home after that.

now.

After the old man's defeat, it was finally Jiang Fan's turn. He took out the box first.

Suddenly, a wooden box was placed in front of Li Jinfu, and this glance was quite alarming.

Upon seeing it, he was so excited that he almost knocked over the valuable purple clay teapot he was holding.

Fortunately, the female secretary noticed in time and righted the teapot, thus preventing an "accident".

"Young man, this is something special! I need to take a closer look."

Li Jinfu picked up a magnifying glass and studied it carefully, becoming more and more shocked as he studied it.

The old man in front hadn't left yet, and now asked in confusion, "Chairman Li, isn't this obviously a fake?"

"Ha! It's fake. This wooden box is made of Phoebe zhennan wood. Just the wood alone would fetch at least this much..."

As Li Jinfu spoke, he raised his right hand and extended one finger.

"Ten thousand?"

The old man asked, somewhat surprised.

Li Jinfu shook his head: "Broaden your perspective, talk about it on a larger scale!"

"...One hundred thousand?"

Li Jinfu continued to shake his head.

"One...million?"

Li Jinfu finally started nodding. Hearing this, the old man was dumbfounded, and Jiang Fan was also a little dumbfounded.

He hadn't expected it to be just this one box.

Is it really that valuable?

……

"The golden nanmu wood is secondary, young man, this box of yours is extraordinary! Although the color is obviously fake, the craftsmanship is exactly the same as that of a Tang Dynasty master craftsman."

Looking at the patterns and style of the Tuan pattern, if it weren't for the lack of time and experience, it could easily be mistaken for the real thing.

Jiang Fan was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this. This was originally from the Tang Dynasty, so it was Tang Dynasty craftsmanship, wasn't it? It just lacked the patina of time.

"Young man, I wonder which master you obtained this from? Among all the people I know, no one has the skill to replicate it to such an extent."

"Ahem~ It was given to me by my distant second uncle!" Jiang Fan casually made up an excuse.

"I'm truly impressed. While the golden nanmu wood itself is worth a million, the incredibly realistic craftsmanship of this box is worth at least two million. So, three million for me! How about it?"

After saying this, Li Jinfu examined the wooden box in his hands with great affection.

What he liked wasn't the golden nanmu wood itself, but the craftsmanship of the box, especially the master craftsman; he clearly belonged to a man of high moral character who disdained pretense.

Otherwise, someone with such skillful forgery techniques could easily create a fake that is indistinguishable from the real thing with just a slight aging process, which truly impresses Li Jinfu.

Jiang Fan was unaware of Li Jinfu's thoughts. Upon hearing the three million, he was so shocked that his mouth hung open.

It wasn't until Li Jinfu called her name for the third time that she snapped out of her daze and hurriedly nodded, "Okay!"

Jiang Fan himself never expected that the small wooden box that Xiao Sizi brought him would be so valuable.

Thinking of this, Jiang Fan took out the luminous pearl as well: "Then take a look at this, how much is it worth..."

"This is... a luminous pearl!"

Li Jinfu was already amazed by the golden nanmu wood and craftsmanship of the wooden box, but then he took out a luminous pearl.

The size of an egg.

That's absolutely outrageous.

But I really like things to be outrageous, the more outrageous the better.

Upon seeing this, Li Jinfu took Jiang Fan directly to his office.

After arriving at the office.

Before accepting the luminous pearl from Jiang Fan, Li Jinfu specially put on a pair of white gloves to show his respect for the pearl.

He held it in his hand and examined it carefully from every angle, then used a magnifying glass to check each frame, finally confirming the quality of the luminous pearl.

So he said to Jiang Fan, "Young brother, you are able to produce these two items..."

He's clearly not a simple person. I won't waste your breath with pleasantries; are you planning to make a move on this luminous pearl?

It would be great to be able to exchange it for money, since we'll still need to raise the oxen in the future, and there will be many places where we need money!

"As long as the price is satisfactory, I'm certainly willing to make a purchase."

"Alright, then I'll take your luminous pearl. Here you go... How about thirty million? Are you satisfied? Although the price would be higher at auction, it would take a lot of time, and..."

Jiang Fan: "..." Wait, let me catch my breath...

When Jiang Fan left Li Jinfu's company, he felt dizzy, as if he were in a dream.

He had originally thought that the luminous pearl that Si Zi brought would be worth at least a few million.

To his surprise, they offered a high price of 30 million, and the price of the wooden box was even more unexpected.