Hearing that Cai Meilin was interested in the Golden Buddha, the tattooed man gestured to a person who looked like a security guard next to him. The security guard turned on the spotlight switch and projected a beam of light on the Golden Buddha. Suddenly, a dazzling golden light filled the entire tent. Cai Meilin and others narrowed their eyes to see clearly the appearance of the Golden Buddha.

This is a Buddha statue about one foot high. It is wearing a flower crown, wearing a cassock, and sitting on the lotus seat with its legs crossed. The workmanship of the Buddha statue is extremely fine, the facial expressions of the figure are lifelike, and the texture of the cassock is clear, as if it can be blown by the wind. Each petal of the lotus seat has its own shape and is clearly distinguishable.

"It's it, it." Dong Bolin muttered excitedly in his heart, and his face was still pretending to be indifferent. When Mr. Chen was explaining his mission to him, a staff member of the National Museum who accompanied Mr. Chen repeatedly introduced some of the characteristics of the Golden Buddha to him, and he kept these contents in his heart. However, when he saw the true appearance of the Golden Buddha, he realized that the staff described it to him was too simple. The exquisiteness of this Golden Buddha far exceeded all his previous imagination.

This is a national treasure. How can such a national treasure be left to linger overseas?

Dong Bolin secretly made up his mind that he would have to bring this golden Buddha back no matter what.

"Is this a gilded Buddha statue? It's rare that the workmanship is so fine."

Even though Cai Meilin was knowledgeable, she was shocked by the beauty of the Golden Buddha at this moment. He suppressed the excitement in his heart and calmly consulted the tattooed man.

The tattooed man said seriously: "Boss Cai, you have read this wrong. This is a Buddha statue with full of gold. We have weighed it. This Buddha statue is more than 12 kilograms, and it is definitely not a gilded bronze statue."

"Is that true?" Cai Meilin pretended not to believe it, "Who can afford such a big pure gold Buddha?"

"I heard that this is a cultural relic in the Forbidden City, which was snatched from China by the Japanese." The tattooed man said. The matters of the Anti-Japanese War were well known. Cai Meilin and the other two were Chinese, so the tattooed man was completely unstoppable.

"No. You're wrong." A voice suddenly sounded behind everyone. Cai Meilin and others looked back and saw three people standing behind him, one of whom was about fifty years old and had a short figure. They were wearing a kimono and were clearly a Japanese. However, the words he said just now were fluent in Chinese, and the pronunciation was even more standard than those of Cai Meilin and Li Yu.

"In Xia Cai Meilin. From Yunjiang Province, China, please ask for your name?" Cai Meilin nodded to the Japanese and greeted politely.

"Saiyuro, from Japan." The Japanese bowed to Cai Meilin and replied.

Both sides had a first-level conversation between Boss, and their respective entourages didn't say anything. But a thin old man from Saburo Sei nodded to Li Yu and Dong Berlin, as if he had said hello. The other entourage he was carrying was a strong man with a gloomy face, probably Saburo Sei's bodyguard.

"Mr. Sei speaks Chinese very well," said Cai Meilin. "Sorry, I know nothing about Japanese."

"It's okay." Saburo Sei said. "I have always been very interested in Chinese culture, and learning Chinese is one of my hobbies. The gentleman just said that this golden Buddha was snatched from China by the Japanese, which is completely inconsistent with the facts. I hope there will be no such misunderstanding."

When talking about the next sentence, Saburo Sei glanced at the tattooed man intentionally or unintentionally, as if he had some dissatisfaction.

Cai Meilin and Dong Bolin all came for this Golden Buddha. They thought they knew the most about the process of the Golden Buddha being lost overseas. Unexpectedly, the Japanese in front of him actually said that the tattooed man was not in line with the facts. Could it be that he also knew some "facts"?

The one with the most serious questions is naturally Dong Berlin, but he plays the role of a bodyguard and is not suitable for talking at this time. Cai Meilin smiled slightly and asked, "Why? Mr. Sei, do you know this golden Buddha very well?"

Saburo Sei nodded and said, "Yes, I happened to study this issue and know the origin of this golden Buddha. This golden Buddha was indeed a Buddha statue worshipped by the Qing Dynasty court in China, but after the fall of the Qing government, this golden Buddha had already been wandering among the people. The Chinese who obtained this golden Buddha at that time wanted to melt the golden Buddha into gold nuggets. A collector from our country used a price equivalent to twice the value of these gold, rescued it and transported it back to Japan for protection."

Nonsense!

Dong Berlin was angry. Mr. Chen once told him that this golden Buddha was a treasure of an ancient temple. In order to seize these treasures, the Japanese invaders killed the monks in the temple, kidnapped the golden Buddha and other cultural relics in the temple, and set fire to the thousand-year-old ancient temple. Regarding this, cultural relics experts also gave evidence. Saburo Sei talked about Japanese collectors in front of them, and the price was twice as high, which was simply a reversal of black and white.

However, no matter how angry he was, Dong Berlin knew that this was not a theoretical place, and his role was not suitable to come out and attack Saburo Sei. He let out a sigh of relief, making himself less depressed, and then continued to stand aside silently, waiting to listen to further conversation between Cai Meilin and Saburo Sei.

"Is that? I haven't heard of it." Cai Meilin smiled, "Mr. Sei, the information you see may be spread by rumors, right? How can such a Buddha statue be easily lingered among the people? How can it happen to meet your country's collector when it is about to be melted? This Buddha statue, the brother said just now, is 12 kilograms, and the price of twice is 50 kilograms to be worth. Can your country's collectors carry so much money with you?"

"Maybe he was using a check..." Saburo Sei didn't expect Cai Meilin to pick out such an angle to refute, and suddenly became silenced and could only find an extremely unreliable explanation.

Cai Meilin smiled again, as if she was mocking Saburo Sei’s explanation. He did not delve into it anymore, but said: “In my opinion, Mr. Sei is talking about another Buddha statue. Now this one looks like modern craftsmanship. You think, if it is really something from the Qing Dynasty, how can it be protected so well?”

"Boss Cai, this is absolutely impossible. This must be something from the Ming Dynasty!" The tattooed man stopped doing it. How the golden Buddha was lost from China is the grudge between China and Japan, and it has nothing to do with him. But Cai Meilin said that the golden Buddha is a modern product, and he cannot accept it. The price difference between antiques and modern fakes is not a few times.

Cai Meilin still did not argue and said, "I have always wanted to invite a golden Buddha to go back. The fortune teller said that I lack gold in the five elements, so I need to place a golden Buddha at home. Brother, what is the starting price of this golden Buddha?"

"3 million dollars." said the tattooed man.

"It's too expensive!" Cai Meilin and Saburo Sei almost said in unison. After saying that, they realized that both sides should not be so consistent, and they couldn't help but give each other a sorry look, which meant: If I had known that you were going to lower the price, I wouldn't be in a hurry to say something.

Cai Meilin insisted that the Golden Buddha was a fake, and the purpose was to lower the price. At least it would make the tattooed man feel that he was not so eager to buy it. This is a psychological tactic. He actually knew in his heart that the price of this Golden Buddha should be at least 5 million US dollars, which is equivalent to RMB 35 million, which is acceptable to him. But if the auctioneer knew that he was determined to win, he might arrange a entrust to raise the price, and then he would be passive.

Saburo Sei is not an experienced businessman. He came to the auction this time because of this golden Buddha. In advance, he had considered trying to seem to be not very concerned about this golden Buddha, so as not to raise the price when the auctioneer saw the opportunity. But who expected that as soon as he entered the tent, before he could walk to the golden Buddha, he heard the tattooed man say that the golden Buddha was robbed by the Japanese invaders. He was anxious and defended a few words, confirming that the golden Buddha was an antique and exposed his concern for the golden Buddha. At this time, it would be very difficult to lower the price.

The tattooed man couldn't see Cai Meilin's true thoughts, but he saw Saburo Sei's performance. He said respectfully but toughly: "Boss, you are also wise men. This golden Buddha is indeed an antique. The price I just mentioned is just the starting price, and the real transaction price may even be increased several times. I heard that several bosses who came this time are very interested in this golden Buddha."

Cai Meilin said softly, "If this is the case, then forget it. In fact, I will invite a modern golden Buddha back, and it will be the same."

"Yes, yes, I just accidentally learned about the situation of this Golden Buddha while reading the information. If the price is too high, then forget it. I think I'd better look at something else." Saburo Sei also said quickly, and turned his eyes to other booths.

"This little Japanese also came for the Golden Buddha!"

After seeing all the exhibits and walking out of the big tent, Dong Bolin couldn't wait to say to Cai Meilin and Li Yu.

Cai Meilin frowned and said, "Yes, it seems that he cares a lot about this golden Buddha, so it will be troublesome."

"Mr. Cai, you guess, if this Japanese man wants to bid, how much will the price be raised?" Dong Bolin asked.

Cai Meilin said: "It's hard to say. When you encounter something like cultural relics, you can buy it at any price. In the past, there were two wealthy businessmen fighting and insisting on suppressing each other, and they just hyped up a price of millions to tens of millions. Auction companies have to see it. Sometimes they even fan the flames behind their backs, just to make merchants fight each other. I don't know how strong Sawara Sawa is. If he is a rich man, we may not be able to compete with them." (To be continued.) Mobile users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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