"Mr. Li has given you too much praise. I haven't gotten my hands on the object yet, so I can only know that it is a mechanism box.
"However, I used to have several collections of this kind at home, and I sold them after I got tired of them. Now I have found one in such good condition, and I am a little bit excited about it."
Shen Yu is telling Li Haiyang, I asked you if you can get started, please stop talking to me.
I haven't asked the price yet, but you tell me that your stuff is expensive. Who are you looking down on?
When Li Haiyang heard this, he immediately knew that Shen Yu understood what he said, and said happily: "Haha, brother Shen, you can watch whatever you want.
"To be honest, this machine treasure box is passed down from my family's ancestors, but I can't figure out which ancestor collected it. I have been tinkering with it for as long as I can remember, but I just can't open it.
"I, Lao Li, must explain this clearly in advance, because you may not be able to open it even if you buy it.
"I'm afraid of damaging the contents inside the box if I try to dismantle it, so I still don't know what's inside.
"Besides, this mechanism box is made of solid old sandalwood material. It would be a waste to take it apart, so I plan to sell it this time to get some money and lay some foundation for opening a store in the future."
Shen Yu nodded without saying anything. He bent down and picked up the treasure box with both hands, and began to look at it carefully.
This wooden box is very heavy, almost weighing more than 20 kilograms. It seems that the things inside are not light.
I have to say that the red sandalwood material of this wooden box feels very good, it is as smooth as jade and satin, not slippery and not greasy. There are no gaps between the edges and corners. It has obviously not been opened by force. It is an old and handed down item with a wide door.
"Boss Li, at what price do you plan to sell this box?" Shen Yu began to ask the price.
"If you like it, just give me three hundred thousand."
"Three hundred thousand?" Shen Yu frowned slightly and did not answer.
"How much?" Xu Duofu asked next to him.
"Three hundred thousand!"
Xu Duofu was furious, "Old Li, after all, this broken box of yours is made of old wood. How dare you ask for 300,000 yuan for such a gadget? None of the robbers who cut paths in ancient times were as ruthless as you."
Chen Guangnan couldn't stand it anymore, "Old Li, isn't it nonsense that you want three hundred thousand? I brought Xiao Shen here, and if you hack him, you are hacking me. What? You just made tens of millions and you dare to look down on others." Already?"
Li Haiyang sighed and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, Boss Chen, you don't know something. If this is just a rosewood box, it is definitely not worth 300,000 yuan. You must know that this is an ancestral machine box. .
"If it can be stored in the machine box, it must be a good thing. There are some gold leaves in this box, maybe a small yellow croaker.
"And my old man said that this box should have been handed down from the Qianlong Dynasty. There is no way to know whether it is specific, but one thing is that there must be a treasure hidden in it."
"Is there any treasure hidden in this?" Xu Duofu and Chen Guangnan asked in unison.
Li Haiyang's face was serious, "Yes, if you don't believe it, just ask Brother Shen."
Shen Yu's face was calm, "The machine box is commonly known as the treasure box. In the antique industry, there is a saying that the box should not be sealed unless there is a treasure.
"Generally speaking, the things that are willing to be stored in this kind of machine box are relatively expensive, because it is very troublesome to open them." Shen Yu said calmly. He has never been the kind of person who denigrates things. People who buy it if it’s worthless.
If you can buy it, buy it. It doesn't matter if you can't buy it. Even when Zhong Zhong Lou was alive, he praised Shen Yu for his good attitude towards collecting.
"Treasure box? It's interesting."
As Xu Duofu spoke, he took the mahogany box from Shen Yu's hand.
"Not to mention, this box doesn't look like much on the outside, but it's quite heavy when weighed."
Li Haiyang hurriedly hit the snake and put it on the stick, "Yeah, how about I tell you that there is gold in it? If there is any ancient jade, high-end jade, or famous ancient stones hidden in it, it will be a huge profit."
"Wait a minute, how can I open this box without a lock?" Xu Duofu looked puzzled.
"Mr. Xu, this..." Li Haiyang smiled awkwardly and did not continue.
It was Shen Yu who spoke again, and he smiled at Xu Duofu, "The treasure box should have no lock or buckle, so that the treasure can be hidden. If it has a lock, it can be pried open at once, but it is not the same as the money box. What's the difference?"
Xu Duofu knocked on the wooden box, "How can I open it without a lock? Smash it?"
"Of course there are other ways, and it's not easy to smash. The inner box is protected by iron plates."
Compared with the Yuan blue and white figure jars, this wooden box is not the most eye-catching among the three antiques.
But this treasure box gave Shen Yu a very strange feeling.
Shen Yu only took one look at it and felt that there must be something good inside.
Before he obtained the Golden Eye for Appreciating Treasures, Shen Yu would occasionally feel this way.
If you feel this way when buying an antique, most of the items you buy will make you money in the end.
There's just one thing. Even if this kind of feeling occurred in the past, it was just a kind of telepathy. It has never been as strong as it is today.
From the first moment he saw this treasure box, Shen Yu's heartbeat doubled in an instant.
Taking a deep breath, Shen Yu silently said to the machine box in Xu Duofu's hand: "Observe Qi."
Whoa!
A group of dark blue precious light condensed and floated above the mechanism box, then slowly started to rise from an inch, and it surged up for six times before settling down.
After a few seconds, the light decreased slightly, and finally turned into a ball of light the size of a pebble and settled on the treasure box.
"It turned out to be a precious light the size of a pebble?"
Six inches of precious light, one inch for a hundred years, that is six hundred years.
The dark blue light has decreased by about two centimeters, which means that it should be after Xuande, and the specific time should be around Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty.
Shen Yu only discovered the changes in Baoguang recently, and it feels more accurate.
In the past, when identifying the year of antiques, a dynasty could only be divided into the early and middle periods by the color of Baoguang. The specific year number was completely guessed. Now it can basically be subdivided into the reign of a certain emperor.
Since this treasure box is from the Qing Dynasty, there is only one possibility, that is, the box contains antiques from the Ming Dynasty.
"Is it really an ancient jade handed down from ancient times?" Shen Yu asked himself secretly.
His conjecture is not unreasonable. The porcelain is definitely impossible. It has been broken long ago. The antiques inside must not be afraid of being broken.
"Shen Yu? Why are you suddenly in a daze? Are you sleepy?"
Shen Yu nodded slightly, "I'm really a little sleepy, but I'm not sleepy anymore after looking at this treasure box. This box has natural patina and exquisite patterns. I think it will be a good idea to buy it back and put it in the study."
Xu Duofu immediately shouted: "It seems that you really like it. Brother, I rarely see anything you like. Lao Li, we want this broken treasure box of yours. Please give me a real price now." ”
Although Li Haiyang lives in a big villa and has just earned tens of millions, to Xu Duofu, Li Haiyang is just an antique dealer and not worth mentioning.
Shen Yu also turned to Li Haiyang and smiled: "Yes, Boss Li, tell me the real price of this box. If it suits me, I will buy it."
"This..."
Li Haiyang scratched his ears when he heard this. What Shen Yu said made him unable to reply for a while.
It's so frank. Whenever Shen Yu picks something wrong, he can find a reason to refute it.
But he directly asked for the lowest price without discounting the goods, which made Li Haiyang feel a little difficult.
He didn't lie about this treasure box. It was indeed passed down from his ancestors. If he hadn't been short of money, he really wouldn't have sold it.
Although Jade Ruyi and Jade Chaozhu both gave him 35 million in cash, the business he wanted to invest in was too expensive.
Buying this villa will directly spend all your savings.
Entering the jade wool industry requires a lot of capital, and even if you invest 10 to 20 million, you won't even hear a sound.
So antiques have to continue to be sold out.
"Brother Shen, let's do this. I'll give you 20,000, and you can give me 280,000."
"100,000." Shen Yu shook his head and said a price he thought was appropriate.
Li Haiyang immediately changed his expression and said with a sense of sadness: "Goodbye, brother, this is really a treasure passed down from my ancestors. If there are any lies, let me collect the antiques and punch them every day.
"Since you really like this treasure box, and I also want the beauty of adulthood, please give me 250,000. This is the lowest price. It can't be any less."
Shen Yu waved his hand: "It's not worth swearing because of a small object. To be honest, I don't care what is in this box at all, and unless there is a diagram to open this kind of treasure box, it is impossible. Open it intact.
"Actually, I just like the shape and decoration of this box. So, let me add another 20,000 or 120,000.
"120,000 yuan to buy a mahogany box is not a low price, right?"
