Lin Meiru finished speaking and continued: "In a sense, it is considered an antique, and it is expensive. After the agarwood tree begins to produce fragrance due to disease, it will go through a long growth period, which will take at least several years to more than ten years.
However, it takes decades or even hundreds of years to form a piece of high-quality agarwood. Therefore, the output of agarwood is very small, but the market demand is very large. It can be seen that agarwood is very precious and has high collection value.
In recent years, the transaction rate of agarwood auctions has been relatively high, and the transaction price is often several times or even dozens of times the estimated price. The auction price of one gram of agarwood ranges from 1,000 yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, and the highest price has exceeded 10,000 US dollars. It is reported that the world
Vietnam, which is rich in agarwood, produced only 18 kilograms of high-quality agarwood last year. In the auction market, international auction companies such as Sotheby's and Christie's have launched agarwood, while domestic Hanhai, Guardian, and Gu Tianyi have all successfully launched it.
For the auction of agarwood art and incense cultural art, Beijing Gutianyi International Auction Company has achieved a 100% transaction rate in many agarwood auctions since 2006."
After hearing this, Li Tianbao's eyes lit up and he said: "It turns out that this wood is so valuable. I will also get a piece of wood when I have the opportunity."
"Agarwood is not the most valuable wood, but Qinan is the most valuable." After Lin Meiru finished speaking, she walked towards her shop without waiting for Li Tianbao to ask.
Li Tianbao thought to himself, "You stinky girl, don't tell me what's going on with Qi Nan."
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Returning to his "Fengyuantang", as soon as he entered the door, he saw Wang Fang and Park Hanlong lying on the counter with their heads down, while Xu Fei was holding Xiaomei and having a heart-to-heart talk, but obviously there was something wrong with the bullying, and Li Tianbao immediately felt
I guess they must have something on their mind.
Li Tianbao coughed deliberately and said, "Everyone knows that I'm back, but they don't welcome me either."
Xu Fei deliberately winked at Wang Fang. Wang Fang walked out of the shop with a smile this time and said with a smile: "Brother Bao is back. I'm so happy. We heard that you got a lot of good things."
Pu Hanlong also came over and said, "Brother Bao, do it quickly." After saying that, he turned around and poured tea for Li Tianbao.
"Hey, Tie Guanyin, my favorite." Li Tianbao held the tea cup, then looked at the listless expressions of several people, and said quickly: "What's wrong? Each of them looked listless, let me guess, is there no trace of energy during this time?"
What are you selling?”
Wang Fang lowered her head and said, "Brother Bao, the things in our store may be too high-end, so not a single thing was sold during the time you left."
Li Tianbao stood up with the teacup in hand and said: "Silly girl, you don't have to be like this if you can't sell it. I only have half a month right away. Any small item here can be sold for hundreds of thousands, as long as I sell one
You can pay for it for a year.”
Li Tianbao said that, but he was not very happy in his heart. After all, his business was not doing well, but he still wanted to comfort the brothers and sisters who followed him.
Don't think so much, by the way. I remember that the rent for the second half of the year has to be collected. I will collect the rent later, which should be hundreds of thousands. After I collect it, I will treat everyone to a meal.
After Li Tianbao finished speaking, he was about to go out, but found that there seemed to be one person missing in the room. He quickly asked: "Why isn't Wang Xiaoyu here?"
Seeing that several people were silent, Li Tianbao understood why they were listless. Something must have happened to Wang Xiaoyu. Li Tianbao hurriedly asked: "What happened?"
Wang Fang instantly shed tears. Li Tianbao frowned and walked over to comfort him: "Stop crying. I, Li Tianbao, don't have a shop owner who only sheds tears. Tell me what happened."
"Xiaoyu was taken away." Wang Fang said.
"Taken away? What do you mean?" Li Tianbao asked doubtfully.
After Wang Fang finished telling what happened, Li Tianbao shouted: "Damn it, you dare to touch my brother, I can't spare that tomboy."
It turned out that about a week after Li Tianbao left, a very mysterious person took over a shop to the left of "Fengyuantang" and opened it called "Jiaqi Pavilion". The business was the same as Li Tianbao's shop.
It is jade jewelry, and it is even more generous. Jade, diamond, ruby, sapphire, Hetian jade... In short, everything is available.
Wang Xiaoyu and Wang Fang originally sold a few gemstone jewelry a few days ago, but since the store opened, several customers have returned the items one after another. After explaining, they said, "Jia Qi next to me.
Things in the pavilion are half cheaper than yours here.”
Wang Xiaoyu's temper was very similar to that of Li Tianbao, so it was natural that the money could not be returned, but Wang Fang still returned the money to them in order not to affect Fengyuan Hall's hard-earned reputation.
But Wang Xiaoyu thought about it and felt that someone was deliberately causing trouble behind the scenes. The purpose was of course to bring down Fengyuan Hall, so he came to the door. Wang Fang did not go there because there was no one in the store, but an hour later
, Wang Xiaoyu came back in disgrace. He took a few pieces of clothes and was taken away by a woman. Wang Fang went up to ask him but didn't say anything. She also said to Wang Fang, "When Brother Bao comes back, don't wait."
He even said it was too embarrassing."
"Damn it, it's been raining all night, how could there be another competitor?" Li Tianbao suddenly became confused, but what he was even more curious about was how Wang Xiaoyu was taken away and where he was.
What happened?
"I'm going to see who is so awesome. He dares to openly challenge me." After Li Tianbao finished speaking, he walked out alone without waiting for Xu Fei and Wang Fang's instructions.
When he walked out of the door and looked up to the left to see the store's sign, Li Tianbao couldn't help but feel excited. He didn't expect that the two-meter-long billboard was actually made of pure gold, and the three big characters "Jiaqi Pavilion" on it immediately
It reminded Li Tianbao of Zhang Jiaqi.
"Damn, it must be that tomboy." After thinking about it, Li Tianbao pushed the door open and walked in.
The decoration of the store made Li Tianbao's eyes instantly brighten. It was as splendid as a small palace, which really made Li Tianbao a little envious.
"Li Tianbao, why are you here?" Mr. Zhang said with a bright face.
When Li Tianbao saw Mr. Zhang surrounded by several clerks in the store, he shouted loudly: "I guess it's you, my brother, do you still want me to break your other leg?"
The Zhang family saw that Li Tianbao was about to come towards him with a cold look on his face. He was so frightened that he quickly pushed back two steps. However, his foot was injured and he almost fell to the ground unsteadily. Fortunately, there was a charming female clerk beside him to push him
Hold on.
One of the girls said: "Master, who is he? Why are you so afraid of him?"
The young master of the Zhang family calmly touched the girl's pretty face and said, "I can be afraid of him, but this guy is a gangster. I just don't want to mess with him. I am a young master from a wealthy family."
"Ask your mother to force someone from a wealthy family, and I'll fucking beat you up." After Li Tianbao finished speaking, he actually walked up to Mr. Zhang and raised his hands high above his head.
Mr. Zhang hurriedly said: "Don't fight, I didn't fucking touch your people, I'm saying this shop doesn't fucking belong to me."
"It's not yours?" Li Tianbao slowly lowered his arm and said, "Whose store does this belong to?"
"My sister's, Zhang Jiaqi, have you forgotten?" Mr. Zhang said with a smile.
"Fuck, it turns out he belongs to that tomboy." Li Tianbao said with disdain.
Less than a second after Li Tianbao finished speaking, he heard a familiar voice next to him: "I won't argue with you if you call me a tomboy. You should give me the word 'grass' in front of me."
Remove it.”
With such an arrogant tone, Li Tianbao knew it was Zhang Jiaqi without having to guess. He didn't look back and said directly: "I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Hand over my brother, or I will overturn this shabby shop of yours."
"What a loud tone," Zhang Jiaqi said: "That guy named Wang Xiaoyu is making trouble in my store. He is willing to admit defeat, so he came here to work as a boy for two months."
"I'm willing to admit defeat. Could it be that he competed with you in gambling on stones?" Li Tianbao asked.
Zhang Jiaqi glanced at Li Tianbao, and then said: "It's almost the same, but it's not a bet on stones, but a bet on appraisals."
Li Tianbao originally thought that Zhang Jiaqi and Wang Xiaoyu were gambling on stones, but now when he heard that they were gambling on appraisals, he immediately asked curiously: "What do you mean?"
Zhang Jiaqi laughed and said: "Li Tianbao, although you haven't been on this street for long, you have definitely made a splash here. Don't you understand 'appraisal'?"
"Nonsense, of course I know about 'appraisal', but what do you mean by betting?" Li Tianbao said loudly.
"Last week, Wang Xiaoyu from your store came to my place to cause trouble. I said if you have the ability to bet with me, if you can beat me, I will close the store immediately. If you lose, I will close your store.
He said at that time that he couldn't make the decision while you were away, so we agreed that if he lost, he would stay in my store as a boy for a month. I asked him what he was good at, and he said Hetian jade, so I took out
got this.”
After Zhang Jiaqi finished speaking, she took out a Hetian jade cicada from her arms and placed it in front of Li Tianbao.
"Good stuff," Li Tianbao said immediately in his heart.
Looking at the piece of Hetian jade in Zhang Jiaqi's hand, the jade cicada's use of the knife is extremely concise, but it does not lose its beauty. At first glance, it is the technique of a master. Of course, Li Tianbao, a layman, can't figure out the reason.
"Wang Xiaoyu's appraisal said that this is a modern work, carved by a master. At that time, I really doubted that such a rubbish person in your shop could actually make your shop so prosperous on this street."
Li Tianbao naturally heard Zhang Jiaqi's disdainful tone and said loudly: "If you have something to say, don't criticize Sanghuai."
After hearing this, Zhang Jiaqi smiled and said: "This jade cicada is a typical Han Badao craftsmanship!"
"Han Badao?" After hearing this phrase, Li Tianbao felt like he had heard it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it no matter how much he thought about it.
Zhang Jiaqi continued: "The meaning of Han Badao is that a small object can be carved vividly and vividly with only a few extremely concise knives. This is a typical jade carving craft of the Han Dynasty. Haven't you taught this to your little brother?"
Li Tianbao thought to himself, "Damn it, I can't even teach him. Fortunately, you didn't use this to test me, otherwise I would have been really confused by your question."
After thinking about it, Li Tianbao smiled and said: "My brother is the store manager and rarely does appraisals in person. Of course, he doesn't need to be so professional." (To be continued...)