Chapter 125: Nameless Courtyard
After Xu Youyou bought the silver dollar, she didn’t have time to take a closer look and immediately gave it to Xu Fang for safekeeping.
At this time, Xu Fang received the order and immediately put seven silver dollars on a tray and placed it in front of the two people, and also considerately placed a few pairs of white gloves on the side.
After Xu Youyou put on the gloves, she said to Lu Jingyao, "I bought it from the poison dog. Although it's valuable, I always feel uncomfortable."
Lu Jingyao knew the transmission routes of certain infectious diseases and understood that even if he reached out and touched the silver dollar, he would most likely not get infected.
But he also put on the gloves obediently, for the same reason as Xu Youyou: it was really disgusting.
"Speaking of silver dollars, Assistant Liu knows a lot about this." Lu Jingyao took the initiative to say.
Xu Youyou looked at Assistant Liu in surprise.
Assistant Liu smiled shyly and said, "Mr. Lu, you are overpraising me. I only know a little bit."
Xu Youyou happened to not know much about this aspect, so she took the initiative to say, "Then I don't need to bother anyone else today, I'll just ask Assistant Liu to help me with this."
Assistant Liu was known as an expert on coins because of his hobby of collecting all kinds of coins. When he saw the seven silver dollars, he had already stretched his neck to take a look.
Now that he finally had the chance to get started, this usually calm man was now somewhat excited.
"Miss Xu has high standards. The things you collected must be good things." Assistant Liu praised casually. When he reached out and picked up one of them, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "Yuan is like a flying dragon. He opened the door like this first! The market value of this one is 300,000. Miss Xu, you have made your money back directly."
Xu Youyou smiled but said nothing when she heard this. If it was just 35,000 turning into 300,000, it wouldn't be considered a bargain in the eyes of the system.
Assistant Liu continued to look down, exclaiming as he looked at each one: "Oh, Soviet! This is worth more than two million!"
Xu Youyou raised her chin slightly, motioning him to continue watching.
"Gansu signed version, this is also valuable!"
Xu Youyou was actually quite surprised. After looking at three coins in a row, she found that they were all very valuable. It seemed that the people who first collected these silver coins probably knew the price of this thing.
Unfortunately, I don’t know if they forgot, or they didn’t have time to tell their descendants, or the Liu family wasn’t the real owner, so the people who got them had no idea of their true value.
"Ouch!" Assistant Liu suddenly shouted.
Xu Youyou and Lu Jingyao looked at him at the same time.
Assistant Liu touched the back of his head awkwardly and said, "It's rare to come across an ordinary Yuan Datou. I lost my composure. Sorry."
Neither of them had any intention of arguing with him.
Assistant Liu saw two more Yuan Datou coins in succession, and he felt like an eggplant hit by frost, muttering, "How could it collapse?"
When he touched the last one, he took a closer look and was stunned.
"It's actually... it's one ounce of money from the Ministry of Revenue... and it's so well preserved." Assistant Liu gasped.
Xu Youyou took a look and didn't see anything special.
Assistant Liu explained: "This is a one-liang silver coin of the Ministry of Revenue in the 29th year of the Guangxu period. You can see that the dragon shape is very peculiar. It was commissioned to be minted by the Osaka Mint..."
Xu Youyou was not interested in the history of the silver dollar and only asked one question: "How much is it worth?"
"The last time the auction house sold it, it sold for over 23 million."
Xu Youyou felt that it made sense when she heard it. As expected, the system’s actions multiplied the effect many times.
Assistant Liu couldn't let go of the silver dollar, his eyes full of enthusiasm for his favorite thing.
Seeing this, Xu Youyou said, "If you like it, I'll sell it to you at a lower price for 20 million."
Xu Youyou felt that she was very generous after wiping out the difference of three million in one go.
Although Assistant Liu liked it, he still had some sense and shook his head with tears in his eyes: "I can't play with this kind of coin."
Xu Youyou did not force it anymore, and turned to ask Lu Jingyao: "Can you find a buyer for this silver dollar at the exchange meeting tomorrow?"
Lu Jingyao nodded: "Don't worry, there will definitely be people who like to collect silver dollars among the people participating in the exchange meeting."
Lu Jingyao was not very interested in the silver dollar, nor did he like it being handled by a poisonous dog, so he had no intention of buying it.
"Tomorrow's exchange meeting will start at 10 am. The rules are that you are not allowed to take photos or spread the news. The people you meet there may come out later, so you have to pretend you don't know them." Lu Jingyao took the initiative to tell Xu Youyou about the rules of the exchange meeting.
Xu Youyou looked surprised.
Lu Jingyao explained: "This is an antique exchange fair organized by the Lin family. It is held every three years. This rule has existed for many years."
Xu Youyou asked: "The Lin family? Are they related to the Shen family? The Shen family that Shen Ju'an belongs to?"
Lu Jingyao frowned slightly: "I seem to have heard that a daughter of the Lin family married a member of the Shen family, but I don't know if she is Shen Ju'an's mother."
Xu Youyou felt that she couldn’t run away.
"Does this Lin family have a particularly powerful background?" Xu Youyou asked.
"The Lin family is an antiques family. They made their fortune by picking up bargains and are extremely good at identifying antiques. Almost every child in the family is engaged in the antique industry. I don't know more about them." Lu Jingyao said.
Xu Youyou asked again: "What will happen if someone violates the rules of the exchange meeting?"
Lu Jingyao hurriedly said: "Don't do this, don't challenge the bottom line of the Lin family."
Xu Youyou was surprised: "Does the Lin family have such great power?"
Lu Jingyao shook his head: "It's not the Lin family, but the guests who came here, they don't like publicity."
Xu Youyou seemed to understand but not quite.
The next morning, before nine o'clock, Lu Jingyao was already waiting.
When Lu Jingyao saw the floating silhouette of the Rolls-Royce that Xu Youyou was riding in, before he could say anything, Assistant Liu lost his composure again and couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow".
"After not seeing you for a few days, Miss Xu not only has a mansion, but also a luxury car!" Assistant Liu said excitedly to Lu Jingyao.
Lu Jingyao took a look at his car worth tens of millions and suddenly felt that it was not so attractive.
Although Xu Youyou loves money, she is rich enough. Her food, clothing and other expenses make Lu Jingyao lose confidence.
Even though he has not been kicked off the rich list, Lu Jingyao still has a subtle sense of mismatch. Although he is in charge of the Lu Group, his money is allocated among assets, and his cash flow may not be as abundant as Xu Youyou's.
Lu Jingyao's car led the way, and soon he brought Xu Youyou to a courtyard in the inner city.
The gate was tall and painted red, but there was no name on it.
"Is this place deliberately unmarked? The map only shows the words 'Unnamed Courtyard'." Xu Youyou asked.
Lu Jingyao nodded: "You'll know when you get in."
There are special people in the courtyard who check the invitation letters of guests coming and going, and the checking is extremely strict.
This invitation letter is actually in duplicate, with a saddle stamp on it. The inspection now is to compare the saddle stamps one by one to see if they match.
There were also young men and women nearby, reminding the guests about the rules, and it turned out to be the same as what Lu Jingyao had said.
Xu Youyou asked: "These young men and women all look handsome and beautiful. Are they specially invited to help? Do we have to ask them to sign a confidentiality agreement?"
Xu Youyou estimated that an emcee with such appearance would earn at least three thousand yuan a day.
Lu Jingyao shook his head: "Most of them are the younger generation of antique collectors."
Xu Youyou soon saw an acquaintance here. The other person had just come in and raised his eyebrows when he saw Xu Youyou from afar.
When he walked in after the same inspection, the other party said, "Little girl, you are really a hidden talent."
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