"Young man! Is this thing from your home?" asked Professor Qian.
Zhao Xiaofei had already made up the story and said, "My grandfather passed it down to my father, and now it's in my hands. I heard from my father that there was a famine in Henan in the 1940s. My grandfather passed through Henan and exchanged a small bag of millet from someone. He hid it during the WG, and later it was passed down to me. Do you think this thing is true?" He pretended to be unsure.
"Young man! Do you really want to sell it?" Professor Qian asked.
"My family is not doing well! I have no choice but to sell these things! When I was a child, my father died in a car accident, and my mother was left with my brother and me. My mother didn't know how much these things were worth, but seeing that I liked them, she let me keep them. My brother is a doctor and has no interest in them. I just wanted to make life better for my family, so I thought of selling these things. I wanted to live a better life!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"This is a good thing. Have you thought about it carefully?" said Professor Qian.
"Think it through!" Zhao Xiaofei said to himself, hurry up and give the quote!
"This Ru porcelain has never appeared on the market. I estimate it will sell for at least 60 million! If you are not in a hurry to use the money, just wait a little longer. I expect it to fetch a sky-high price of over 100 million." Professor Qian said confidently.
Zhao Xiaofei thought to himself, "Of course I need the money!" If you want it, I'll go to the Ming Dynasty and buy more. While there weren't many of these things in the Ming Dynasty, there were definitely more than there are now. If I took them all, the value of Ru porcelain on the market would probably drop by half. However, Zhao Cheng didn't rush to speak and took out the Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain jar from the box.
Professor Qian's eyes nearly popped out when Zhao Xiaofei pulled out another piece. It depicted Yue Fei heading out to war, adorned with the poem "Man Jiang Hong." His hands began to tremble. There are only a dozen or so Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain jars in the world with painted figures, including one in Boston, USA depicting Yuchi Gong saving his master, valued at 240 million yuan. The key point is, no one has ever seen a Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain with Yue Fei's image! Furthermore, there are only about 400 recognized authentic examples of this type of Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain in the world.
Professor Qian couldn't be mistaken about this. This was the real thing, a genuine piece that had never appeared before. He asked with a trembling voice, "This, this is also what you exchanged from Henan with your grandfather?"
"Yes! Here are some more! Four in total. Take a look! My dad heard from my grandfather that these were ritual instruments used by Liao Dynasty nobles for offering sacrifices to the gods. This is calligraphy by Zhang Xu from the Tang Dynasty." Zhao Xiaofei felt a surge of satisfaction. Being able to shock the old professor like this was truly satisfying to him. He definitely gave himself a 99 for his pretense; the remaining one point shouldn't allow him to be too proud.
Professor Qian finally couldn't hold on any longer and quickly asked the receptionist to get him some quick-acting heart pills. After taking the pills, he took a long time to recover. His speech was a little stammering as he said to the receptionist, "Xiao Zheng! Go call Mr. Hong and Mr. Xu and tell them to come over quickly. Tell them I'm dying! Tell them to come quickly! Otherwise, we don't know when they'll be able to get here! Go!"
"Oh! I'll go right away!" Xiao Zheng hurriedly took out his cell phone to make a call.
Zhao Xiaofei felt a little regretful. He didn't want to turn around and shock the old man to death. So he asked tentatively, "Master Qian! Do you want to take a break? We can talk another day?"
Professor Qian's eyes widened immediately and he said, "No, no, no! I must finish reading the material today. We can discuss any conditions."
"Okay! Just don't get too excited!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
Less than an hour later, two more old men arrived. Professor Qian stood up and introduced them, "This is Professor Hong, who studies Yuan Dynasty history, and this is Professor Xu, who studies Khitan culture. They're experts in this field!"
Just after the introduction, Professor Hong said, "What did you trick us into coming here with? If it's just an ordinary item, I'll never let you go!"
"You're the only one who talks too much nonsense! Let's see what the object is first!" said Professor Xu.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhao Xiaofei decided not to pretend anymore. He took out all the antiques. When Professor Hong and Professor Xu saw these, they were so excited that they almost had a heart attack.
The three of them looked at it for a long time, and then Professor Qian and Zhao Xiaofei said, "Are you planning to sell them all? Not leaving a single thing behind?"
"Yes! Leave nothing behind!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Except for the Liao Dynasty ritual implement, the other three can be entrusted to us for auction!" said Professor Qian.
"Why can't the Liao Kingdom's magic weapons be sold?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"I've seen the other three in the market and sold them before, but this Liao Dynasty magic weapon is rare. This one of yours is considered a national treasure! So according to regulations, you can't auction it. If this thing falls into the hands of foreigners, you will go to jail! And you will go to jail for the rest of your life!" After Professor Qian finished speaking, Professor Xu behind him nodded.
"I understand! I will send them to the Palace Museum later! So how much are these three pieces worth?" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"The three of us have estimated it, and it's 500 million!" said Professor Xu.
Zhao Xiaofei lost his composure when he heard this number! His legs began to weaken, and he immediately sat back on the sofa. He needed to calm down. Before coming here, he thought these things could be worth 100 million. But he never expected that these things, which were worthless in the Ming Dynasty, would be so valuable in modern society. He wondered how many national treasures were destroyed during the wars at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty's invasion of the country.
This time, Professor Qian laughed. A poor person suddenly realized he was going to become a billionaire. Basically, no one could stand up. The young man in front of him performed quite well.
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