"Haha, daughter, didn't you see Li Xiuyan's face just now? She was so angry, it looked like a monkey's bottom!"
Once outside, Zhang Ailan was extremely pleased with herself and continued to chatter on and on.
"Alright, Mom, that's enough. Why bother arguing with someone like her? Let's go check out this shop!"
Lu Xueqing then pulled her mother into an antique shop next door.
After the two went inside, a figure followed them from behind.
It was none other than Li Xiuyan!
After a while, Li Xiuyan also went into the antique shop and went directly to the owner, Wu Dong.
Wu Dong is in his forties, short and fat, the kind of person whose eyes are almost invisible when he smiles.
"Oh, Sister Yan, what brings you here?"
Wu Dong invited Li Xiuyan to his office and, with a smile, prepared to pour her tea.
Sister Yan is the woman of the antique market owner. He does business in the antique market, so how could he not give Sister Yan face?
Li Xiuyan waved her hand, "Wu Dong, I'm not here to have tea with you! I'm here to do some business with you!"
"To make a long story short, two women just came into your shop..."
Li Xiuyan recounted what had just happened between her and Zhang Ailan.
Wu Dong was taken aback. "Sister Yan, are you planning to have me deal with this mother and daughter?"
Li Xiuyan shook her head. "I wouldn't stoop to such a low-level tactic as resorting to violence!"
Wu Dong looked confused. "So you mean..."
Li Xiuyan said calmly, "I heard you recently acquired a scrap doucai chicken cup?"
Wu Dong paused for a moment, then shook his head and laughed, "Sister Yan, you're really well-informed! That's right! I did acquire a Doucai chicken cup, but unfortunately, it's badly broken. I've already consulted the most authoritative experts, and they all say it's beyond repair. Sigh, what a waste of hundreds of thousands! It's also my fault for being greedy; if it were repaired, it could sell for tens of millions!"
If a Doucai chicken cup from the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty were in perfect condition, it would be worth hundreds of millions!
Even if it's a defective product, selling it for tens of millions is a piece of cake.
Wu Dong's words were filled with regret.
Li Xiuyan's eyes flashed, and she said with a slight smile, "How about this, let's do a deal. You and I can cooperate, and I can help you sell this defective product for forty million. Then we'll split it 50/50, twenty million each! What do you think?"
"Is this true?" Wu Dong looked shocked and quickly said, "Sister Yan, just tell me what to do, and I'll cooperate fully with you!"
"Okay, come closer!"
The two immediately began to plot.
at the same time.
Zhang Ailan and her son had already reached the second floor of the antique shop.
Although this antique shop is not as big as Cuiyuxuan, it has a wide variety of antiques.
Zhang Ailan picked and chose a piece of calligraphy and painting she liked. When she inquired about the price, she was shocked to discover that it cost more than 500,000 yuan!
That's enough for her to buy a BMW!
Lu Xueqing, on the other hand, had her eye on a blue and white porcelain piece worth tens of thousands of yuan, feeling that it was elegant and appropriate, and very suitable as a birthday gift for her maternal grandfather.
But Zhang Ailan thought it was too small, only the size of a palm, and not presentable.
Lu Xueqing felt both amused and exasperated. Her mother really didn't know anything; there was no such thing as different sizes for antiques.
After strolling around for a while, the two prepared to go downstairs.
Just then, Zhang Ailan suddenly felt her foot slip, lost her balance, and bumped into the counter next to her, where a white porcelain bowl spun twice.
Snap!
It fell to the ground.
All eyes turned to them.
"Holy crap, am I seeing things? This is a Doucai chicken cup?"
"My God! It's actually genuine!"
"Oh dear, what a good thing! It's such a waste!"
Most of the people who come here to buy things are experts. They can recognize at a glance that this is a Doucai chicken cup from the Chenghua period, an absolute genuine product!
"What happened?"
Just then, a short, stout man hurried over. Seeing the broken bowl on the ground, he glared angrily and shouted at the shop assistant, "What happened? Didn't I tell you to put it in storage? How could you break such a precious item!"
The shop assistant looked flustered and waved her hands repeatedly, pointing at Zhang Ailan and saying, "Boss, I was just about to put it in the store, but this lady accidentally bumped into the counter and broke it!"
"I, I didn't mean to..." Zhang Ailan was truly at a loss for words. She had only felt her foot slip slightly; otherwise, how could she have accidentally bumped into the counter?
Wu Dong said with a stern face, "Madam, I'm sorry, but since you broke this Doucai Chicken Cup, according to our store's rules, you have to pay for it at the original price!"
Zhang Ailan's expression immediately changed. "I already said I didn't do it on purpose, why should I pay for it?"
Wu Dong sneered, "Madam, isn't that a bit unreasonable? You killed someone, and then you tell the police, 'I didn't do it on purpose,' does that mean you don't have to take responsibility?"
"These are completely different things!" Zhang Ailan's face flushed red as she stubbornly retorted.
Lu Xueqing shook her head and said, "It's alright, Mom. We can just pay him back!"
Lu Xueqing quickly asked Wu Dong, "Boss, what's the price of this bowl? I can compensate you for the price!"
"This young lady is so straightforward!" Wu Dong smiled and said, "This bowl is called a Doucai Chicken Cup. A good one can sell for over a hundred million, but I can give you a discount. Based on the most recent auction price, it's forty million! Is that reasonable?"
"Four..." Lu Xueqing's breath hitched.
Zhang Ailan's expression changed abruptly, and she immediately shouted, "Are you crazy? You want so much money for a broken bowl? I think you're trying to extort money from me!"
"Hey, don't talk nonsense! Everyone here knows what they're talking about. Why don't you let them be the judge!"
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