Some tourists and fishermen are curious about what case they were working on just now, but no one will delve into it. It won’t take long before they all forget about it and won’t remember it, let alone think about what really happened.
After returning to the city, Xue Chen just nodded to Qi Hu and Li Changfu and drove back to his residence on Jingyun Street without saying anything else.
Qi Hu and Li Changfu didn't ask any more questions. They knew that Xue Chen must be in a hurry to go back and sort out the things salvaged today. After sorting them out, they would naturally find them again.
The two of them also told the police and divers they brought over again and again that what happened today must not be told to anyone. If it gets out, they will definitely not let it go!
After returning to his residence on Jingyun Street, Xue Chen carried a rather heavy box upstairs, placed the box on the coffee table in the living room, opened the lid of the box, and saw that there were twenty or thirty scattered things inside, all wet.
Yes, it emits a somewhat unpleasant smell.
Looking at these things in the box, he took a deep breath and thought to himself that he had finally salvaged them all and the process was considered smooth. Now let's take a look at what these things are.
He found a clean towel and a stack of paper towels and put them aside. After sitting down, he took the last plate salvaged from the box in his hand, and first used the towel to gently wipe away the water stains on it.
, and immediately started observing.
In order to save time, he did not use his own eyes to see, and directly used the ancient jade to help him identify it!
"A copper plate with entwining lotus patterns from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, moderately damaged."
From Kangxi of Qing Dynasty!
Xue Chen was shocked in his heart, grinned, and secretly thought it was a pity. If it was in complete condition, then this plate would be worth a million. Unfortunately, it was moderately damaged, and the value dropped sharply. As for the specific price, it is still
Needs further careful study.
Immediately, he took out all the other things in the box one by one. While wiping them clean, he used ancient jade to identify them one after another.
"Peony petal jade hairpin carved in Hetian during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty..."
"Jia Qinglong is happy to have a son, good luck and longevity..."
"Qianlong Celebration Pink Butterfly Playing with Flowers Dressing Box..."
It took more than an hour for Xue Chen to finally sort out all the things. The iron pieces that were originally used to seal the edges of the wooden boxes were all the same as scrap iron and had no value at all. They were thrown directly into the trash can.
Only valuable things were left behind.
There were ten silver ingots worth five taels, eight gold ingots worth five taels, a jade hairpin, a bronze mirror, a dressing box, and a copper plate. This was all that was salvaged.
The ages of these things are all concentrated in the three periods of Kangxi, Qianlong and Jiaqing, which means that these things were probably sunk to the bottom of the lake during the Jiaqing period.
The only pity is that after looking at all the things, he still can't know the reason why they were sunk to the bottom of the lake. But one thing is certain, these things were also very valuable during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, and they were absolutely impossible to be used as treasures.
There must be a reason for throwing garbage into the lake.
"call."
He breathed a long sigh of relief and looked at the items on the coffee table. Xue Chen felt that it was still worth his trouble. Although they had been soaked for two hundred years and most of them had been corroded by the lake water, they were still valuable.
!
That cloisonné enamel copper plate can easily be sold for 500,000 yuan as long as it is repaired a little. After all, it is a good thing from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, and it is very rare to see it on the market now.
The jade quality of that jade hairpin has reached the threshold of mutton-fat jade, and the carving skills are very exquisite. It still looks very beautiful now. After two hundred years of soaking, in addition to having a slightly yellowish color, it is not as beautiful as before.
Without any other damage, it can definitely be sold for around 700,000 yuan!
But that bronze mirror is a little worse, both in terms of quality and rarity, it only costs less than 100,000 yuan.
As for the value of silver ingots, they may not be worth 100,000 yuan in total, while eight gold ingots weighing 50 ounces would cost more than 500,000 yuan based on the current gold price.
The most valuable one is the pastel dressing box from the Qianlong period. Except for some traces of corrosion, there is no damage at all. The pastel patterns and patterns on it are still bright. The appearance can be said to be very good. The market price is 500.
More than ten thousand!
After working at a Daxing antique store, he compiled some information from major international auction houses in the past ten years. Three years ago, a large pastel hollowed-out Pisces playing with water vase from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was sold at the Hengde International Auction.
It paid a high price of 8 million pounds, which is equivalent to nearly 80 million yuan!
Of course, the dressing box in his hand is far less valuable than the large pastel bottle in terms of shape, appearance, and collection value!
But after all, they are the same kind of porcelain from the same period. Even with a 10% discount, the price is 8 million. Therefore, 5 million is already a very low-end estimate. If it is put at auction, the value will be even higher!
He estimated everything in his mind, and the final total value was nearly 8 million, but this was only the lowest guaranteed price. If he sold it, it would probably reach 8 million, and it was not impossible to go up to 10 million!
"Ten million!"
Xue Chen snapped his fingers hard and his eyes lit up, because he didn't see this most valuable pastel dressing box last time. He originally thought that one million would be pretty good, but now it seems that it is far away.
It exceeded his expectations!
Ten million, it can be said that this was completely picked up, and it took no effort to get it, how could he not feel happy!
All the funds in his bank card now add up to only about 25 million, which means that this harvest is equivalent to less than half of his net worth!
Xue Chen stood up and came to the window. He wanted to clench his fists and yell, but in the end he endured it and walked back to the coffee table.
After calming down, Xue Chen felt that maybe he should buy a safe. After all, he couldn't put everything in an antique shop. It would be inconvenient.
He put everything into the box again, brought it to the bedroom, and placed it next to the bedside table. Before there was a safe, he could only put it here temporarily. No one would have thought that this box was worth ten million.
That night, inside Qi Hu's office on the splendid twenty-fifth floor.
Xue Chen took out two bank cards and pushed them in front of Qi Hu and Li Changfu respectively: "Brother Qi, Li Suo, thank you two for today's incident, otherwise the salvage would not have been completed so smoothly."
Li Changfu glanced at the bank card on the coffee table in front of him, and did not pick it up. Instead, he said unhappily: "Brother Xue, what do you mean? Isn't this just a shame? It's just a trivial matter. It won't cost me this money."
How can I accept it?"
"What Director Li said makes sense, Xue Chen, you can take the money back. It's just for two people. It doesn't have much money. It's just a trivial matter. The money is not needed." Qi Hu lit a cigarette and smoked it.
He took a sip and said nonchalantly.
Xue Chen shook his head and pushed his bank card in front of the two of them: "Brother Qi, Li Suo, this is my little wish, you must accept it, otherwise I will have trouble asking you two next time, but
I'm embarrassed to open my mouth, so if you two are sincerely willing to help me, then you must accept it."
Qi Hu chuckled and shook his head: "Okay, I'll accept it."
Seeing that Qi Hu accepted it, Li Changfu stopped insisting and accepted it.
Immediately, Qi Hu asked someone to arrange a banquet, and the three of them went downstairs and came to a private room.
"Xue Chen, have you cleaned up all the salvaged things?" When the food and wine were ready, Qi Hu looked over and asked.
"It's almost been cleared out. Basically, it's all from the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods." Xue Chen said without any secret.
Li Changfu took a sip of wine, raised his thumb and said, "Brother Xue, I really admire you. When you went fishing, you happened to find something at the bottom of the lake."
"No way, good luck." Xue Chen shrugged his shoulders and replied with a smile.
Qi Hu and Li Changfu both laughed and picked up their wine glasses.
The three of them chatted while eating, and the banquet ended at midnight. Qi Hu and Li Changfu were both red-faced and drunk. Xue Chen couldn't seem to be drunk at all, which surprised them.
After the banquet was over, Li Changfu got into the car smelling of alcohol. On the way back, he passed by a bank. After thinking about it, he got out of the car and went to the ATM. He inserted the bank card given by Xue Chen and entered the bank card number.
The password behind it.
He couldn't help but think, how much money would it cost here? Twenty thousand? Fifty thousand? In his opinion, this time it was just a small favor, not a big deal at all.
"Check balances……"
Li Changfu reached out and pressed the screen. After two or three seconds, the balance in the bank card was displayed on the screen. When he saw it, he squinted his eyes, then reached out and rubbed his eyes twice until he was sure.
After I read it correctly, all the wine in my stomach turned into sweat and flowed out, and I immediately woke up.
"Five...five hundred thousand?"
The balance in the bank card was astonishingly five hundred thousand. The long string of zeros almost made his brain freeze and he couldn't think! This was dozens of times more than he imagined!
But after all, he was also the director of a police station, and he had seen strong winds and waves. He quickly calmed down, withdrew his bank card, and put it away carefully.
Almost at the same time, Qi Hu also briefly checked the balance in his bank card. It was also 500,000. When he saw this number, he was stunned for a moment. This was a lot of money, but for his worth of hundreds of millions,
That's not a huge amount of money, but it still surprised him.
What surprised him was that since Xue Chen was willing to give the two of them such a large sum of money, what would be the value of the salvaged things? (To be continued)