After Lai Qinghua moved into the administrative building, he waited for Ye Chen to contact him.
When he came to Jinling this time, he knew that he did not have the financial strength to compete with these top rich people, so the only purpose of coming to Jinling this time was to meet Ye Chen.
Therefore, when Chen Zekai contacted him, he said without hesitation: "Please tell Master Ye that I will be waiting for him at any time."
After Ye Chen heard this, he didn't delay and asked Chen Zekai to take him to the administration building and to Lai Qinghua's room.
As soon as they met, Ye Chen said respectfully: "Mr. Lai, we meet again."
Lai Qinghua quickly bowed his hands, bowed at the same time, and said respectfully: "Master Ye, please be polite!"
Ye Chen hurriedly stretched out his hand to help him and said: "Mr. Lai is too polite, how can I accept your great gift!"
Lai Qinghua said with a serious face: "Master Ye, your destiny is better than mine, and you are kind to me. It is natural for me to salute you when I see you."
After saying that, he quickly said to Ye Chen: "Master Ye, please come in and talk!"
Ye Chen nodded and turned to Chen Zekai: "Old Chen, I'll have a few words with Mr. Lai. You can go back first."
Chen Zekai said respectfully: "Okay, young master."
After that, he said to Lai Qinghua: "Mr. Lai, I will take my leave now."
Lai Qinghua cupped his hands at him and said, "Mr. Chen, walk slowly."
After Chen Zekai left, Ye Chen followed Lai Qinghua into the room where he stayed.
This is an executive luxury suite with an area of more than 200 square meters. The living room alone occupies nearly 100 square meters.
At this time, there was already a set of purple clay tea sets on the coffee table in the living room. In addition, there was an incense burner made of bronze.
Lai Qinghua asked Ye Chen to sit down on the sofa, and while he was boiling water to make tea, he took out a palm-sized piece of wood, and then used a delicate silver knife to gently scrape some powder off the piece of wood.
Then, he took out a set of exquisite copper tools. First, he used the tools to flatten and compact the incense ashes in the incense burner. Then, he poured the powder scraped from the wood onto the incense ashes and pressed it into the shape of a lotus.
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Ye Chen recognized the set of things he used. This was the famous seal incense.
Most people who like to burn incense directly buy processed incense coils or string incense, but there are still some fastidious people who like to press their own seal incense.
Most of the materials used to press seal incense are scraps of agarwood or Laoshan sandalwood, which can be considered waste recycling and the cost will not be too high.
But Lai Qinghua used large pieces of agarwood, which surprised Ye Chen.
Because the price of large pieces of agarwood is still very expensive in the market, if the price is calculated based on gram weight, it is much more expensive than gold.
If such a piece of agarwood was carved into a Buddhist image such as Buddha, Bodhisattva or Tara, it could be sold for at least several hundred thousand dollars.
At this time, Lai Qinghua used a match to ignite the lotus-shaped seal incense and said to Ye Chen with a smile: "Master Ye, you should not be repelled by the smell of agarwood, right?"
Ye Chen smiled slightly and looked at the wisp of green smoke rising into the sky. At the same time, he also smelled the unique aroma of agarwood when it was ignited. He felt particularly comfortable and said, "Mr. Lai is really elegant. This kind of
I smelled the fragrance of Zhuan incense when I was with my mother when I was a child. After so many years, I smelled it again, and I have endless aftertaste."
Lai Qinghua nodded and said seriously: "Your mother is very famous in the United States. It is said that when she was alive, she spared no effort to promote Chinese traditional culture in the United States. Many upper-class ladies in the United States are proud to imitate her.
, I have been fond of seal incense for many years, and the price of agarwood in the United States has been stable for decades. Until your mother’s seal incense became highly sought after in the upper class, the price of agarwood in the United States more than quintupled within a year.”
Ye Chen asked curiously: "Has Mr. Lai ever met my mother?"
"I've seen it." Lai Qinghua nodded slightly and said seriously: "Master Ye, actually I have known your great-grandfather for many years. When we met, your grandfather was still an infant. I was invited by your great-grandfather to
Drink your mother’s full moon wine.”
Ye Chen's maternal great-grandfather was his maternal grandfather's father and the founder of the An family.
However, Ye Chen had never met this great-grandfather. When he passed away, Ye Chen was not yet born.
Hearing Mr. Lai tell this secret, Ye Chen asked in surprise: "Mr. Lai, are you friends with my great-grandfather?"
"Yes." Lai Qinghua smiled lightly and explained: "Your great-grandfather is about the same age as me. I met him in 1938, when we took the same boat to the United States.
Support can be regarded as an irreversible friendship."
"That's it!" Ye Chen said, stood up, and bowed to Lai Qinghua.
Lai Qinghua stood up quickly and said somewhat flattered: "Master Ye, you are Long Ge's order, how can you salute me... I should salute you!"
Ye Chen said seriously: "You and my great-grandfather are close friends, so naturally you are also my elder. As a junior, I should salute you!"
Lai Qinghua said very seriously: "Master Ye, I believe in the destiny of heaven. According to the destiny, you are the king and I am the minister. Even if I am over a hundred years old, I will still be a minister when I meet you."
Seeing his firm attitude, Ye Chen stopped arguing with him and hurriedly said: "Mr. Lai, let's just omit this set of etiquette and just treat it as an acquaintance. What do you think?"
Lai Qinghua was slightly startled, then nodded with a smile and said: "Okay, okay, since Master Ye said so, I must obey my orders."
Then, the two sat down again.
Ye Chen thought of something and asked Lai Qinghua: "Mr. Lai, you helped me promote the Rejuvenation Pill in North America. I wonder if my grandpa has ever asked you about it?"
"Your grandpa..." When Lai Qinghua said this, he couldn't help but smile: "He doesn't believe in fate. When he was young, he often said 'I can't help it', and he didn't care about fate.
Yes, I even had a lot of prejudice against me before. I always thought I was a charlatan, so we actually had very little contact, especially after your great-grandfather passed away.
, and they won’t come to me to inquire.”
After that, he curiously asked Ye Chen: "Master Ye, you must have all the registration lists in your hand. Is there anyone from the An family who can sign up to participate?"
"No." Ye Chen shook his head and said, "There is no one named An in all the registration information."
Lai Qinghua nodded and smiled, and said: "Your grandpa has a very arrogant personality and will most likely not join in the fun. Unless he knows the efficacy of the Rejuvenation Pill first, he will not come here in person."
Having said that, Lai Qinghua looked at Ye Chen and exclaimed: "But speaking of Master Ye, the rule you set that the successful bidder must take the Rejuvenation Pill on the spot is really amazing. Not only does it make everyone who participates in the auction
People can witness the miraculous effect of the Rejuvenation Pill with their own eyes, and it also allows all the big shots who want to get the Rejuvenation Pill to show up in person! I believe that when the next Rejuvenation Pill auction is held, many capital giants hiding in the body will
Take the initiative to show yourself!"
At this point, Lai Qinghua looked at Ye Chen and said seriously: "Maybe your grandpa will appear on the registration list for next year's auction!"
This chapter has been completed!