"That kid with fifty million?" Zhang Xiaoyu was taken aback. "What do you mean? Do you know Chu Yang?"
"We don't know each other, we just met yesterday." Li Yanbai glanced into the pavilion again to make sure he wasn't mistaken.
"When I got back last night, I saw a guy bragging on the phone, talking about investing 50 million. I never expected that our Shu'er would fall for him!"
Zhang Xiaoyu frowned: "Chu Yang seems like a very mature kid. Old Li, I think you've misunderstood something."
"A misunderstanding?" Li Yanbai shook his head, then walked towards the pavilion with his hands behind his back. "Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, we'll find out by asking."
"This... don't scare them." Zhang Xiaoyu felt it wasn't appropriate and quickly followed.
Upon reaching the steps of the pavilion, Li Yanbai coughed lightly: "Ahem!"
Chu Yang and his friends, who were chatting and laughing, turned around.
"Dad, you're here!" Li Qingshu introduced him somewhat flusteredly, "This is my dad!"
"Hello, Uncle!" The others quickly stood up to greet him.
"Hello, everyone. Don't be shy, please have a seat." Li Yanbai smiled, squinted his eyes and looked around, finally fixing his gaze on Chu Yang.
"Hello, Uncle Li," Chu Yang said with a smile.
Li Yanbai nodded, stepped forward, and with a stern face, sized him up closely.
Da Chun and the others were too timid to speak.
Li Qingshu pouted: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Li Yanbai smiled and said, "No, no, I just came to say hello to your classmates. But just sitting and chatting isn't very interesting. Would you like your uncle to take you to see something new?"
"To broaden my horizons?" Han Dachun immediately had the wrong idea, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.
Wen Jing, Lianhua, and Ding Lei all showed expressions of interest.
Especially Wen Jing, who sat next to Li Qingshu, knew that her father was a collector and that his family had a large collection of antiques.
"Then, shall we have Uncle show us around?" Chu Yang asked with interest.
"Let's go!" Li Yanbai waved his hand.
As the group followed him through the courtyard, they realized that the courtyard was much larger than they had imagined.
Chu Yang had visited Suzhou gardens before and quickly recognized that this place was designed in the style of those gardens.
Artificial hills and flowing water, green trees and flowers—everywhere you look is a scenic view, and every sight is a painting.
The Li family must be incredibly wealthy to be able to build such a grand garden mansion; they might even be comparable to Shen Nansheng in terms of wealth.
Their ancestors must have been wealthy and powerful families.
Before long, the group passed through a circular gate and found themselves in a small courtyard with a two-story building.
Li Yanbai unlocked the door, pushed it open, and invited everyone in.
"This is my collection room. I don't have many hobbies, but I like to collect antiques, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings and the like. Classmates, come and have a look."
Chu Yang felt an ancient aura coming towards him. He saw many porcelain pieces and ornaments on the shelves, which he estimated to be from various eras.
White porcelain from the Han Dynasty, sancai (three-color) porcelain from the Tang Dynasty, blue and white porcelain and Ru ware from the Song Dynasty...
The walls are covered with calligraphy and paintings, all sealed with square glass cases, and they are clearly very valuable.
The most eye-catching item is a half-meter-tall, colorful, openwork vase placed in the center of the collection room, also protected by a glass cover.
"This place is just like a museum!" Han Dachun exclaimed.
Wenjing was brimming with excitement: "Qingshu, I finally saw your father's collection room! It's amazing! These things must be very valuable, right?"
"I don't know either." Li Qingshu was a little puzzled. Old Li usually didn't let her come here, so why was he being so generous today?
There's definitely something wrong!
Li Yanbai walked over and said with a smile, "It is worth some money, but I don't usually sell it easily. I prefer to keep it for my own enjoyment."
After speaking, she looked at Chu Yang and saw him studying the colorful openwork bottle.
So he leaned closer and said, "This is a revolving vase from the Qing Dynasty. It took a lot of effort to buy it. Look inside, there's an inner vase that can rotate. Through the perforations on the outer vase, you can see different scenes on the inner vase."
"Even in the Qing Dynasty, this would be an extremely rare and precious item. Guess how much I could sell it for at auction?"
Chu Yang didn't notice his meaningful smile. He pondered seriously and held up two fingers: "Two hundred million?"
He was speculating from a hindsight perspective, noting that ancient porcelain and calligraphy often fetch hundreds of millions or even billions at auctions.
Especially for antique porcelain with colors, the most expensive pieces at auctions in later years are those with vibrant colors. This revolving vase has striking colors and is exquisitely crafted. If it is genuine, then two hundred million is probably an underestimation.
This gave Li Yanbai a little fright; he hadn't expected this kid to suddenly broaden his horizons so much.
He immediately chuckled and said, "That's high, that's high. A friend at an auction house helped me estimate the price a while ago. It should sell for fifty million, um, fifty million."
After she finished speaking, she stared at him intently.
Chu Yang nodded: "This price is too low. Uncle can keep it for now and make a move later. It will definitely be worth far more than fifty million."
"Hmm?" Li Yanbai was surprised.
What kind of person is this kid? He can casually throw around 200 million, and he reacts calmly to 50 million. Was he really not just bragging when he called yesterday?
No, no, no, he's definitely faking it!
Watch how I expose you!
"Chu Yang, what do your parents do for a living?" Li Yanbai asked casually.
“My mom runs a barbershop, and my dad plays the suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument) and performs religious ceremonies,” Chu Yang said.
Li Yanbai's lips twitched: "..."
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