Chapter 420 Your big boss is not bad for money anyway
Chapter 420 Anyway, your big boss is not short of money
"I ate on the way, so you guys eat first and I'll wait for you inside. Remember to call me when you get there!"
After saying that, Zheng Shunyao hung up the phone.
Li Yiyang's title attracted Huang Zongwei's attention: "Mr. Li, who is the Mr. Zheng you just mentioned?"
"That's Mr. Zheng Shunyao, one of the great masters of calligraphy!"
Li Yiyang explained.
After listening to Li Yiyang's words, Huang Zongwei and Wei Xunchen were stunned on the spot.
Soon, Huang Zongwei came to his senses and asked again excitedly: "You...are you talking about the great collector Zheng Shunyao?"
"Why, Boss Huang has heard of him too?"
Li Yiyang asked back.
Huang Zongwei immediately said: "Mr. Zheng Shunyao, who knows!
Not only is he an excellent calligrapher, but he is also a famous collector.
It is said that there are many antique calligraphy and paintings in his home that have become extinct. It is difficult for ordinary people to get to know him.
I didn’t expect that Mr. Li actually knew Mr. Zheng Shunyao, and they had a pretty good relationship with him.”
Li Yiyang smiled and said: "The reason why I know Mr. Zheng is because I sold a painting to him."
"Oh, what painting?"
Huang Zongwei’s home also has many ancient paintings by famous painters.
But he knew that the calligraphy and painting that interested Mr. Zheng must be very rare.
"I don't know, has Boss Huang heard of Wang Wei's "Snow Creek Picture"?"
Before Huang Zongwei could speak, Wei Xunchen immediately took a breath: "As a famous poet and painter in the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei's paintings that have been handed down are very rare, let alone the most famous painting of Snow Creek.
Could it be that the painting Mr. Li sold to Mr. Zheng was the Snow Creek Picture?"
Li Yiyang nodded: "Yes, it's the Snow Creek Picture!"
"I have only heard of this painting of Snow Creek, but I have never seen it. I wonder where Mr. Li got this painting?"
Huang Zongwei asked.
So Li Yiyang told the two people about the painting within the painting.
After listening to Li Yiyang's words, Huang Zongwei showed admiration: "I thought Mr. Li only had a great business acumen, but I didn't expect that he was also a person with a unique eye. He could even see the painting within the painting. I definitely wouldn't be able to see this."
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Although he also has a hobby of collecting, his ability to appraise treasures is still very limited.
In fact, he doesn't say how much he likes collecting, but as a big boss, it would definitely be a shame if he couldn't come up with an imaginary collection.
So this time he came here just to take pictures of some valuable antiques.
"The antique world is all about removing the fake and preserving the real. I'm just lucky!"
Li Yiyang is modest.
"Mr. Li, you are too humble. You can see the painting within the painting. This is your strength. Otherwise, why can't others find it? You are the only one who found it. I would like to ask, how much did you sell this painting for?"
Huang Zongwei is also very curious about this question. Wang Wei's paintings are very valuable in themselves, especially his famous masterpiece Snow Creek Picture, which is probably even more valuable.
Li Yiyang replied: "Sold for 50 million!"
When he heard that it was sold for so much money, Wei Xunchen took a breath again: "A painting is worth 50 million. Oh my God, this painting is really not worth an ordinary price."
"How much does Mr. Li pay for it?"
Fifty million is not enough to scare Huang Zongwei.
But what Li Yiyang said next made him completely unable to calm down: "It seems to be 260,000. I don't know the specific details. Anyway, it's not more than 300,000."
"Oh my God, what you missed is too big, isn't it?
260,000 yuan, sold for 50 million yuan, which is equivalent to a net profit of 49.74 million yuan.
This is equivalent to my company's net profit for a year. If I had known that antiques were so valuable, why would I have opened a company?"
Li Yiyang knew that this was just a compliment, and immediately smiled and said: "Things like this are rare in a hundred years. If Boss Huang wants to make a fortune from this, it may be difficult to realize it."
"Hahaha, Mr. Li is right. I'll just open my company honestly. But I'll find something I like soon, and I'll ask Mr. Li to help me take care of it."
Huang Zongwei laughed.
Wei Xunchen, who was on the side, suddenly felt that he had a backbone: "It seems that I came to Raocheng to participate in the auction at the right time. With Mr. Li and Mr. Zheng in charge, we will definitely gain something."
After eating, the three of them went to the auction site. Those attending the auction needed an invitation letter to enter, and Zheng Shunyao had already prepared the invitation letter for Li Yiyang.
Seeing that Li Yiyang was already outside the hotel, he left the venue and went outside.
"Mr. Zheng, I'm sorry to bother you!"
Li Yiyang took the invitation and said gratefully.
Zheng Shunyao pretended to be a reproach: "Be polite to me!"
After speaking, he looked at the two people next to Li Yiyang in confusion: "Who are these two?"
Li Yiyang immediately introduced: "Mr. Zheng, this is Huang Zongwei, the chairman of Jinmeiyuan Cosmetics Co., Ltd., and this is Wei Xunchen, the general manager of his branch. We knew that they would also come to participate in the auction tonight, so we came together.
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When the two saw Zheng Shunyao, they took the initiative to say hello: "Hello, Mr. Zheng!"
Zheng Shunyao didn't have much interest in the two of them, but for Li Yiyang's sake, he still agreed to them one by one.
"The auction is about to start, let's go in!"
Li Yiyang nodded: "Okay!"
Then the three of them handed the invitation letters to the staff respectively.
The auction was held in a large hotel conference room. The people who came to the auction were all wealthy people. Ordinary people would never come to such a place because they simply couldn't afford it.
Several people found a seat in the middle and sat down, waiting for the auction to begin.
There were hundreds of people coming to the antique auction, with all kinds of bosses, but most of them didn't know each other because they came from all over the country.
At seven o'clock sharp, the host walked to the stage with a microphone in hand. He looked at the crowd and said: "Welcome all guests to participate in tonight's antique auction. I announce that the auction has officially begun!"
As the host finished speaking, the first lot was taken out.
It is a tea set from the Qing Dynasty. The edge of the cup is slightly damaged, but it is genuine.
Soon someone was shouting the price, and Zheng Shunyao, who was sitting next to Li Yiyang, asked: "Li Housheng, how much do you think this tea set is worth?"
Li Yiyang looked at it carefully and then said: "Although this is a tea set from the Qing Dynasty, it is just an ordinary folk kiln. In addition, the preservation is incomplete and there are many unearthed in China, so it is worth at most one hundred thousand!"
After listening to Li Yiyang's words, Zheng Shunyao and Shun gave a thumbs up: "Li Housheng's knowledge indeed exceeds that of most of his peers."
Wei Xunchen and Huang Zongwei listened to the conversation between the two and became more determined to let Li Yiyang help them with their eyes.
Originally, they were planning to bid, but after hearing what Li Yiyang said, they all gave up the idea.
Firstly, this tea set is not valuable. Secondly, the preservation of it is incomplete. Thirdly, there are not many tea sets like this in China. It is said that rare things are more valuable, so the collection value is greatly reduced.
Therefore, they did not bid.
In the end, this tea set was sold to a young man for a price of 120,000 yuan.
This young man was dressed in very fancy clothes, with a gold necklace as thick as his little finger around his neck, as if he was afraid that others would not know that he was rich, and he was dressed like a rich man.
When bidding, he didn't care about the value of the tea set at all, he just bid for it. When others saw him like this, they stopped bidding.
Next is the second lot, which is a pair of gold seals from the Han Dynasty. They are only about the size of a fist, but they are beautifully made.
Huang Zongwei fell in love at first sight, and he immediately asked Li Yiyang next to him: "Mr. Li, this must be true, right?"
Li Yiyang did not speak, but looked at it carefully.
This flying bear button is very delicately made. The bear's body is arched into a bridge shape, its limbs are powerful and majestic, and it makes people fearful. This is a symbol of ancient power.
The ancient text on it is also drawn very neatly, making it impossible to find any faults. At the same time, its patterns, chisels, and materials all meet the standards of that era.
But the strange thing is that the two gold seals are almost the same, which is obviously abnormal. In other words, one of the gold seals is copied from the original, otherwise it would not be exactly the same, and this fake also has certain flaws.
It’s expired.
Looking at the people who were already bidding, Huang Zongwei was a little anxious: "Mr. Li, if this is genuine, I will take the photo."
Li Yiyang then said: "One is true and the other is false. If Mr. Huang really likes this, he can take a photo of it."
"How can it be?
Obviously these two gold seals are exactly the same, either they are both fake or they are both real, how come one is real and the other is fake?"
Huang Zongwei asked.
When Zheng Shunyao heard his question, he immediately snorted in displeasure: "I don't have the ability to judge, so I'm just doubting others. I think you should just stop asking and just shoot whatever you like. Anyway, you're big
The boss is not short of money!”
He really didn't save any face for Huang Zongwei, which made Huang Zongwei more or less embarrassed, but he did not dare to refute Zheng Shunyao's words.
Although he is the big boss, Zheng Shunyao's reputation is much greater than his, and he can only respect him when facing him.
Immediately, he apologized to Li Yiyang: "Mr. Li, I didn't mean anything else. I just expressed my doubts."
Li Yiyang shook his head and said he didn't care.
It is normal for a layman like Huang Zongwei not to see it and to have doubts.
Zheng Shunyao saw that Li Yiyang didn't mind Huang Zongwei's words at all, he just felt that he had a good temper.
However, Li Yiyang could tell that the gold seals were real and fake without looking through a magnifying glass. He was really impressed, even he couldn't tell.