king of leaks

Chapter 73 The Rusty Jade Ball

Shen Kuo's words caused quite a stir, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, discussing a lot.

"I heard that the Shen family has quite a few valuable items. If he is really willing to put them up for auction, I'll have to scoop up a few of them no matter what."

"I think so too. Since we want to do charity, the price will definitely not be too high. This is an opportunity."

"Hey, don't be too happy too early. Who knows what Mr. Shen will put up for auction this time. If you take out some worthless things to fool us, wouldn't we lose money?"

The discussion finally drowned out the warm applause.

"Okay, since everyone has no objections, let's start now."

When Shen Kuo gave an order, the servant first took a beautiful square box and placed it on the table. Everyone's eyes moved up at the same time, waiting for Shen Kuo to take out the contents.

Shen Kuo smiled slightly, opened a square brocade box, and took out a rusty iron ball from it. He held it up in his hand and said, "This is a jade ball handed down from the Qing Dynasty. It is said that it was collected by a certain literati. This is a good product, which was bought by a friend of mine in the outside world and given to me. I won’t say the specific price, but the starting price is [-].”

"This is a jade ball? Why does it look like an iron product to me? Isn't Mr. Shen trying to fool us?"

"Yeah, I don't think it's a valuable thing either. Why is the starting price so high?"

"Even if it is a jade ball, I don't think this jade is a good jade. It is full of rust. Whose jade can produce such a thick rust? If it is a high-quality jade, the color will not be so dark. I will give it a try this time." Not participating."

After waiting for a long time, no one called for a price.

"I'll give you one chance!" Xiao Nan was the first to break the deadlock and shouted casually.

Everyone's eyes shifted from the jade ball to Xiao Nan's side, and they looked at Xiao Nan in puzzlement.

"I don't think this young man is a treasure appraiser, but more like a trustee. Mr. Shen arranged this auction to extract our money, right?"

"I've heard that the assets of the Shen family have been frozen, and even their company has been emptied by the Mo family. It won't be long. I'm afraid they can't even support the servants at home."

"I've also heard about it, and it seems like this is the case, so I think this auction is a conspiracy. It is estimated that old man Shen used these worthless things to get our money to supplement the national treasury."

The unbearable voices of discussion were endless, Xiao Nan could hear them, and Shen Mengxi who was sitting beside Xiao Nan could naturally hear them too, Shen Mengxi's face was clouded.

Xiao Nancha felt Shen Mengxi's mood changes, he chuckled and said, "Don't pay attention to these small things, small intolerance can lead to big schemes, we have to hold our breath."

Shen Mengxi nodded, and said: "You can't blame them, who made my father so stingy to come up with such a thing, the starting price is 1, I think this jade ball is worth [-] to [-] at most. So how do other people bid for it?"

Xiao Nan shook his head and said, "No, the value of this jade ball is far from as low as you imagined. The starting price is [-], which I think is too low."

Shen Mengxi was taken aback, and said: "Impossible. Although there are countless types of jade, they are the most widely spread and the best one is XJ Hetian jade. This piece of jade is not from Hetian at first glance. My dad also said that it is from the Tang Dynasty. What has been handed down is simply lying."

Xiao Nan smiled and said nothing, just waiting for other people to bid.

However, among the people who were originally enthusiastic, no one chose to bid with Xiao Nan at this moment. Xiao Nan had thought about this result, but he didn't expect it to happen. At the very least, there must be someone to compare with him, but that's good, Slap them in the face with strength, the more painful the slap, the deeper their trust in Xiao Nan will be.

"Eleven ten thousand, one time, ten thousand two times, ten thousand three times, the hammer is sold!"

As Shen Kuo's voice fell, the first auction was considered to be over.

Xiao Nan happily walked to Shen Kuo's side, he picked up the jade ball and looked at it with a proud face.

"Hey, young man, why are you so happy to spend [-] to buy a broken ball?"

"That's right, young man, you shouldn't be disappointed that no one is robbing you of this broken jade ball. It's not good to be the first to experience being exposed."

Shen Mengxi once told Xiao Nan before that the collectors on their side speak differently from the outside world. Before Xiao Nan came to the magic city, he had been thinking about it. He was also a collector. What could be different? After the auction, he really felt the difference.

Say what you want, don't pretend, just say what you think directly, and don't worry if others will get angry. This kind of personality is bold at best, and heartless at worst. Living in such an environment, it's no wonder that Shen Mengxi is like a wild boy, being violent at every turn.

Do as the Romans do, since their way of speaking here is like this, Xiao Nan doesn't need to argue with them, he smiled, then held up the jade ball, and said: "You say you are dumb, I think the words are too heavy, but, except With such a sentence, I don’t know what to use to explain your IQ. I don’t think I need to tell you what the Shen family’s family background is. You all know that for such a huge family, do you think he will spend a few thousand or so? Tens of thousands of things are auctioned? You are too underestimating the Shen family."

"Then tell me, what is the value of this jade ball in your hand?"

Xiao Nan laughed again, and said: "There is an unwritten saying in our treasure appraisal circle that the thicker the paste, the higher the price of the object. Of course, there is no scientific basis for this. For treasure appraisal, more or less Mixed with ability and luck, this time it was a coincidence, my ability is not only strong, but also my luck is exceptionally good, here I would like to thank you for not competing with me, otherwise I would not have picked up such a big mistake."

"Do you know the origin of this jade ball? In fact, this jade ball is not like what Mr. Shen said. It was not handed down in the Tang Dynasty. The jade in the Tang Dynasty was gorgeous and simple. Most of the jade was made into ornaments or inlaid in In other items, or hung on the body, as we all know, the Tang Dynasty was a prosperous dynasty, people's pockets were full, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and had no worries about food and clothing, especially literati, they all liked to show off their literary talent, of course, there is Money, if jade is made into this spherical shape, who would care about its existence?"

"So, the origin of this jade ball was not in the Tang Dynasty. You can think about which dynasty Wenwan started to rise in. When it rose, some upstarts also followed suit. People began to be uneasy. Pay attention to cultural heritage, but like to make publicity, the poor will become poorer, and the rich will become richer?"

After Xiao Nan finished speaking, he only waited for the audience to respond.

After a long time, one person finally stood up and suddenly realized: "I know, this is an item from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Merchants at that time usually liked to hold Wenwan in their hands. The patina on this jade ball must be It was thrown out, so this jade ball is probably worth a lot, the young man's eyesight is really good."

(End of this chapter)