Chapter 296 What are you pretending to be



After all, it’s not easy to find bargains in the antique world.

Afterwards, Lin Han and Zhou Gongzi began to explore shops, and started shopping every time they arrived at an antique shop.

In almost every antique shop, Lin Han would buy one or two collectibles, and the prices were not low, and he was very generous in his spending.

In less than half a day, the entire antique market knew that two silly young men came to do charity today.

From the moment they entered the antique shop, they looked very ignorant. They knew nothing about the things in the shop. They just followed whatever the boss said and had no opinions of their own.

There is no bargaining, just pay whatever the boss says.

The owners of these antique shops haven't seen such a generous and cool customer for a long time.

Of course, customers like this hope to have as many of them as possible, ideally several every day.

In this way, they can make a lot of money.

However, Lin Han and Mr. Zhou also seemed to have a regular routine. Whenever they bought something at an antique shop, they would leave immediately and move on to the next one, never staying.

This couldn't help but make the owners of the antique market feel a little confused, and of course, more of it was worrying.

After all, who wouldn't want such a sucker to buy more antiques in their store?

Of course, not everything that Lin Han and Mr. Zhou bought was a bargain or valuable.

However, the antiques he bought were quite useful to Lin Han. Although they were not of high value, they were not completely useless.

"Do you want to buy more?"

Master Zhou and Lin Han were carrying large and small bags of cultural relics and treasures, and had already collected a lot of good things, but seeing that Lin Han had no intention of stopping, they couldn't help but ask.

It’s not because Mr. Zhou is stingy with money. If he resells these antique treasures in his hands, he will make many times the profit.

The only purpose of this trip for Master Zhou was to test whether Lin Han had the ability to help him win.

Now, it is clear that Lin Han has a high level of understanding of jade, bronze, writing brushes, ink, paper, inkstones, calligraphy and painting utensils, even to the point of knowing everything.

Such ability could not help but make Master Zhou marvel at it.

"Tired?"

Lin Han was holding those antiques and collectibles without any feeling, but instead looked very excited.

"It's okay, just curious, what's the use of buying so many things?"

It was the hottest time of summer. There was not a breath of wind in the antique market. It was extremely hot and stuffy. Beads of sweat kept flowing down my forehead.

Lin Han smiled and did not answer Mr. Zhou's question. Instead, he turned around and looked at the crowd behind him.

Behind them, there were groups of three or four following, forming a very strange phenomenon.

No matter where Lin Han and Master Zhou go, these people will follow them, like a dog-skin plaster that can't be shaken off.

The clothes these people were wearing were basically the same, almost all of them were wearing Tang suits, and they seemed to be well prepared as if they were organized.

Lin Han started following them shortly after he entered the antique market.

However, these people in Tang suits were not gangsters, but owners of antique shops that had been visited by Lin Han.

The reason why they followed Lin Han was just because they were curious about whose store Lin Han and Zhou Gongzi, these two arch-enemies, would go to next, and how much money they would spend to buy some worthless things.

After all, when Lin Han was shopping in their store, he was really wealthy, just like a local tycoon, he would buy whatever he liked, no matter what it was or how much value it had behind it.

"Why are they following us?"

Young Master Zhou also followed Lin Han's gaze. Even though he was a business genius with a long history in the business world, he didn't understand why these antique shop owners were following him.

"Maybe just for fun."

Lin Han no longer cared what they wanted to do and walked straight into an antique shop that looked very luxurious.

"Hello, if there is anything you like, you can buy it and take it home as a work of art."

The owner of the antique shop had already received news that two suckers had come to the antique market, so he naturally knew what Lin Han and Mr. Zhou looked like.

"Let's take a look first."

Lin Han pretended to be thoughtful as he looked at the antiques in the store, admiring them with a hint of deep meaning.

"What are you pretending to be!"

When the antique shop owner saw Lin Han's pretentious look, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. I don't even know what you're like. Who are you pretending for?

"Boss, who is this painting?"

Lin Han came to a painting, took a few glances at it, and liked it very much.

"This is the authentic work of Wen Tianxiang from the Southern Song Dynasty, "Cursive Script of Xie Changyuan's Farewell Scroll."

"This post was written in the ninth year of the Xianchun reign, with 71 lines and 596 characters, 44 lines and 315 characters in the main text, and 27 lines and 281 characters in the postscript. It is on paper, 36.7 cm in length and 335.7 cm in width."

"An Qi of the Qing Dynasty commented in Moyuan Huiguan: "The brushwork is clear, vigorous and unrestrained, and the words are not sloppy." There are a lot of famous inscriptions at the end of the book. This article regards this scroll as "Heavenly Globe and River Map" because of Wen Tianxiang's "lonely loyalty and integrity."

"This painting is worth tens of millions! The tumbling and flowing, delicate and agile handwriting is simply one-of-a-kind!"

The antique shop owner explained it to Lin Han in detail and elevated the value of this painting to an extremely high level.

"Then how much is this painting worth?"

After hearing the explanation, Lin Han looked very moved. He stretched his hands slightly forward, as if he wanted to hold the painting tightly in his hands.

"Because it is the original work of Wen Tianxiang, a patriotic and loyal minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the calligraphy is handsome and elegant, full of spirit, it is naturally worth a lot of money. Once a boss wanted to spend a huge sum of money to buy this calligraphy and painting, but I refused."

"Because I think that good paintings should be given to the right people, and today, I think you two are quite interested in them, so I'll set the price at 7.5 million."

The antique shop owner looked at the calligraphy and painting, his eyes full of cherishment, and reluctantly gave it up.

"No, no, this painting is worth at most three or four hundred thousand. How can it be sold for seven hundred and fifty?"

"I'll look at something else."

Lin Han didn't even wait for the antique shop owner to bargain and left without looking back.

"Hey, Boss, what's the origin of this vase?"

Lin Han wandered around the antique shop and came to a vase and asked.

"Boss, you have a good eye. To be honest, this vase actually has a long history! It is a blue and white vase with the pattern of "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage" from the Yongchun Kiln during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty."

"Boss, first of all, you can see that this vase is 33.7 centimeters high, 9 centimeters in bottom diameter, and 8.7 centimeters in mouth diameter. It has a beauty of height and width. Secondly, the body is thick and solid. It can also be seen that when firing this blue and white porcelain vase, the materials used were extremely precious and the details were extremely well controlled."

"Looking at the craftsmanship, the flat mouth, straight neck, folded shoulders and ring foot, these are what the craftsmen worked so hard to make when firing the porcelain vase, in order to avoid the slightest mistake."


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