Chapter 31 Two Small Goals
After receiving a negative answer, he didn't care about it anymore. But a while later, he received a call from his grandfather, asking him to come over quickly to grab the things.
From what he said, most of those things were true. Lian Nian Ke created a group, and so many people saw it. Who knows, those people might have already taken action.
He opened the group and took a look. The last message in the group was Lian Nianke's reply to him. No one else replied to the message. His grandfather must have been overthinking it.
But no matter how much he didn't believe it, he had no choice but to listen to his grandfather and come.
Although the Lian family was not a big family, the incident involving Lian Nian caused a lot of controversy at the time. Almost everyone knew about the bet, and everyone treated it as a joke.
However, it was Lian Changxin who was laughing.
No one in their circle will look down on the Phoenix man who holds on to his ex-wife's dowry.
The location of the store is easy to find out. I originally just wanted to come over and take a look symbolically, but when I arrived, I didn’t expect that there were already quite a few people standing at the door, several of whom were acquaintances. When I asked, I found out that they were basically from the group.
Fortunately, Lian Nian was busy and didn't answer the phone or open the door. Otherwise, if these people had chosen first, the old man would have been so angry that he would have jumped to his feet.
Although Dong Qianyi said that no hospitality was needed, Lian Nianke still went to the backyard to get some fruit and make tea while everyone was appreciating the works.
Almost an hour had passed, and everyone had seen enough of them. They basically determined that the items that Lian Nianke took out were all authentic.
Dong Qianyi and several others took the tea, and everyone felt uneasy.
It was Dong Qianyi who spoke first and asked, "Keke, where did you get these things?"
Although they are not afraid of trouble and they are all acquaintances, it is best to avoid trouble.
Lian Nian knew that her godfather was asking this question mainly on behalf of others. She had already thought of the wording since she created the group.
"I was free today, so I wanted to clean the store thoroughly, and I found that there was a secret door in the treasure house of the store." Needless to say, everyone present basically understood the rest.
The Lian family was once a famous large family in northern Beijing during the generation of Lian Nianke's grandfather's grandfather. However, their descendants were not good at business, and the family gradually declined and withdrew from the circle of aristocratic families in northern Beijing.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, so it is normal for the old man to have some treasures in his hands.
I just don’t know if Lian Changxin would regret handing over this antique shop that he didn’t think highly of to his daughter if he found out.
Lian Nian might take out so many things at once. There must be other things in the treasure house. No one would be stupid enough to reveal all the cards at once.
But everyone present was smart, they all came to see the treasure, and didn’t ask or say anything else!
He Qingshi didn't know when he hung up the video and walked to the corner to make a phone call. His back was straight as if he was preparing for something big.
Dong Qianyi exchanged glances with a few people. Although his seniority and strength were not the highest among them, he was the one who was most familiar with Lian Nianke.
After all, he is her elder, and the others only dared to come here for Dong Qianyi's sake. He is considered a guarantor.
Dong Qianyi coughed lightly a few times and introduced to Lian Nianke the items she had taken out, as well as the prices they had discussed.
"This is a coiled dragon pendant from the Warring States Period. It features two coiled dragons, with the head on top and the tail below. The dragon's head is raised, its eyes wide open, its whiskers vivid, and its scales clearly visible.
The carvings on it are exquisite and lifelike. It is a typical work of the Spring and Autumn Period. Most importantly, it is extremely well preserved. According to previous auction prices, it can reach 12.8 million.
Ghost ball pendant from the Qing Dynasty.
This is carved from the same piece of jade. It is not something that an ordinary craftsman can do to create such a miracle of craftsmanship.
"It is very precious. The Qing Dynasty ghost craftsmanship ball has never been seen in the market before. The price is estimated to be between 2.5 and 3 million yuan."
Every time Dong Qianyi spoke, the elderly people sitting there nodded continuously. These were all things they had just discussed.
These things are extremely rare and well preserved, and the prices they offer are based on market prices.
"A pure gold, pearl-inlaid dragon-patterned wine cup with a saucer. The inside of the cup is engraved with a swimming dragon, and the outer wall is covered with a hollowed-out, stacked dragon. The dragon's head holds a pearl, and its feet are on auspicious clouds.
The golden plate is engraved with a picture of mountains, seas and cliffs, and the middle is inlaid with jade as a cloud cup stand. It is so beautiful, so beautiful.
The all-time record price is $5.4 million, and this pair will only top that.”
Then he walked to another small table with calligraphy on it: "Do you know what this is?" He looked at Lian Nianke with a flushed face.
Even the others looked excited, as if they were looking at someone else's child and wanting the child but not being able to reach out.
"Zheng Shuangbai's "Explanation of Cursive Script" is one of the most representative works of cursive script. There are relatively few copies left in China, and most of them have been resold abroad by people at that time.
His works combine the literary taste with a rare heroic spirit. The market auction value is 200 million yuan, and your price is definitely about the same.
I don't think anyone can buy this today, you can consider putting it up for auction."
Everyone knew that Lian Nian was short of money. If they were of their status, they would just collect the things, but the things were not theirs, and they had no way to make a decision for her.
Lian Nianke never expected that this copybook of calligraphy was worth 200 million yuan. Her bet was only 100 million yuan. In other words, this copybook of calligraphy was more than enough?
Ten... one hundred million, a nine-digit number, with eight zeros after the 2. Lian Nian had never seen so much money before. Although she was born into a wealthy family, the most her family had given her since she was a child was only tens of thousands of yuan. She had never had a hundred million in her account.
Not to mention Lian Nianke was shocked, even Dong Qianyi's breathing was a little unstable. It was really that Zheng Shuangbai's work was too rare.
Coupled with his unique writing style, many calligraphy enthusiasts are fascinated by him.
But they are unable to buy this copy of calligraphy for the time being. With their wealth, they can certainly come up with 100 million or 200 million, but they are all retired.
The family business is basically handed over to the people below to manage. Taking out so much cash at once is bound to have some impact on the business.
None of the people present were planning to buy it, but they were all envious.
Dong Qianyi struggled to turn his gaze away from the calligraphy book and turned to introduce the last piece:
"The Imperial Jadeite Eighteen Beads, top-grade jadeite from the Qing Dynasty is already scarce, and this is also an imperial craft, using filigree, inlay and single-bead inlay techniques.
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