"It's true. Li Yao's eyesight is still not good enough."
"I didn't expect Master Zhuang to make mistakes. I heard that since he became famous, he has made mistakes so many times that I can count them with one slap."
"I remember only three times, but this time he made a somewhat arbitrary decision. He didn't even look at the copper coin before making a decision."
"This time, Li Yao has lost face. He was so embarrassed. Just now he was confronting Master Zhou like that. Think about it, now he is dumb, right?"
The onlookers were talking a lot, and both Li Yao and Zhuang Sheng looked gloomy and ugly.
Li Yao walked up to Zhou Zichen and whispered: "Our matter has just begun. You can't run away. Sooner or later, I will make your life worse than death."
Zhou Zichen knew very well that Li Yao hated him. Even if one day Li Yao wanted to look at him with a knife, Zhou Zichen would not be surprised: "I happen to have the same idea."
"Huh... I don't know how high the sky is." Li Yao spoke, turned around and left.
But Li Tingfeng shouted: "Mr. Li, don't you want to buy this copper coin? They have already wrapped it for you, and you don't want it anymore?"
Li Yao walked halfway and stopped again. It didn't matter if he spoke or didn't speak. But in the end, Li Yao pretended to be calm and said casually: "My assistant will pay."
After speaking, Li Yao strode away, leaving Zhuang Sheng standing alone.
Zhuang Sheng originally wanted to please Li Yao, and it would be much more convenient to give speeches in the future. Li Yao had a wide network of contacts, so it was easier to do these things.
In fact, he can get a lot of remuneration for such speeches. If one of these antiques is sold, he can also get a certain commission. After one performance, it is not a problem to make millions.
Zhuang Sheng felt that it would be shameless to stay here, so he planned to find a place to rest and leave after the appreciation conference here was over.
Someone walked out of the crowd on one side: "Master, I want to compete with Zhou Zichen."
Everyone who originally thought there was no excitement was suddenly attracted by these words.
This man is about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and narrow eyes, sharp face and slightly thick lips. He is Han Yu, Zhuang Sheng's apprentice.
That copper coin was identified by Han Yu. Although Zhou Zichen did not directly accuse him, it still made him feel shameless.
Zhuang Sheng hesitated whether to agree or not. Zhuang Sheng was his apprentice. If he lost, he would be somewhat disgraced, but he could blame it on his apprentice's poor academic skills. If he won, he would undoubtedly prove himself.
His own strength, because his disciples can defeat Zhou Zichen, his own strength goes without saying.
After thinking about it for a while, I nodded in agreement: "Okay."
Zhou Zichen looked at the discussion between the two masters and apprentices and said, "You think if you want to compete with me, I will compete with you?"
"You don't dare! You're afraid of losing!" Han Yu knew that Zhou Zichen had strength and planned to inspire Zhou Zichen to compete with him.
Zhou Zichen was indifferent: "Words are useless. If you think you are better than me, you can spread the word all over the world and say I don't dare to compete with you."
After Zhou Zichen finished speaking, he was ready to call Li Tingfeng to look at other antiques together.
Han Yu really doesn’t have such a face. People in the antique shop in Jiangdong City say that Zhou Zichen has a sharp eye. As long as he gets an antique in his hands, there is nothing he can’t understand. And so far, Zhou Zichen has not
I made a mistake once.
Zhou Zichen has his own influence, and the copper coin has attracted attention again. If he really goes out to promote it, everyone will probably think that his skills are inferior to others, so he will just use some trivial tricks.
"If you win, I will give you one million. If you lose, I don't want the money." Seeing that Zhou Zichen was really going to leave, Han Yu blurted out these words.
Zhou Zichen ignored it and continued walking out.
Han Yu felt like a loser, praying for a strong man to give him a chance to challenge. Although it embarrassed him, if he didn't have this opportunity, he would always be a loser: "Two million
."
Zhou Zichen still didn't look back.
"five million."
Zhou Zichen stopped and said: "Because you are so sincere, I can bet with you. I won't take advantage of you. It's just a five million bet. If you win, I will give you ten million.
If you lose, I only want five million from you."
This was a slap. Han Yu felt like he had been slapped again. This was Zhou Zichen's naked contempt.
"Okay!" Han Yu squeezed out one word through his teeth.
"How do you compare? Tell me!" Zhou Zichen said.
Han Yu had already thought about it and said: "There are more than 300 antiques here. Each of us has half an hour to choose three items from here. Whoever chooses the item with the highest value will win."
."
When Han Yu said this rule, he was actually a little nervous, because this rule was obviously beneficial to him, because he had a general impression of these 300 antiques, and they had already arrived before the speech began.
It took three days to prepare, mainly to look at these antiques.
Zhou Zichen looked at Han Yu without saying a word. Han Yu felt that Zhou Zichen was like a strong man who was invincible in the world, looking down at him, and all the little tricks in his heart seemed to be exposed to Zhou Zichen's eyes.
Han Yu did not dare to look at Zhou Zichen, his eyes were a little erratic.
Zhou Zichen looked at it for a while and said, "Okay, no problem. If there are some antiques that are national treasures and cannot be circulated, how do you calculate the price?"
Although Han Yu did not dare to say that he knew all these antiques, Dan also had a general understanding. There must be no such antiques here, so he subconsciously blurted out: "No way."
Zhuang Sheng, who had been watching from the side, sighed in his heart. Compared with Zhou Zichen, Han Yu's aura was still too weak. At this time, he must not say such things. If he said this, he would not admit that he knew a lot about the antiques here.
? Even if we win, there will still be criticism.
When the people around heard this, they all said, "This Han Yu is such a villain. He must know the situation of these antiques."
"Master Zhuang Sheng came here three days ago. They must have seen these antiques. This bet is obviously beneficial to him."
"It's just that there's no glory in winning."
The discussion among the people around was not too quiet. Both Zhou Zichen and Han Yu could hear it clearly. Zhou Zichen asked Han Yu: "Do you still want to bet?"
"Bet!" Han Yu knew that winning this time would be disgraceful, and losing would be even more embarrassing, but at this moment the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.
"Then what if it's a national treasure?" Zhou Zichen continued to ask.
"Whoever finds this kind of object will win directly." Han Yu still has some confidence. He believes that there is no such thing here.
Zhou Zichen nodded: "Okay, let's get started!"
"Start...?" Han Yu was a little confused.
"It's 1:16 in the afternoon and it will end at 1:46." Zhou Zichen said and walked towards the shelves, preparing to pick items.
Although everyone knew that Han Yu knew the things here very well, Han Yu did not go directly to get the three most valuable antiques. He also wanted to save some face for himself. Even if everyone knew that he was acting, he
You also need to do enough to act like you don't know much about this place.
Zhou Zichen casually took a jade pillar, a jade pendant and an inkstone. The whole process only took five minutes.
Everyone looked at Zhou Zichen in surprise. Among all the objects, these items were actually very common. The jade pillar was from the Tang Dynasty. The patterns on it were very exquisite. It should be worth five or six million.
, the jade pendant is only about 3 million, and the inkstone is only hundreds of thousands. These few pieces together do not exceed 10 million. It is absolutely impossible to win in an appreciation conference like today where there are so many fine products.
"Is this a mistake?" someone asked in a low voice.
"I don't understand. It stands to reason that Master Zhou's vision is more unique than ours. He would never choose the inkstone, but he took it."
"Yeah, but no matter how you look at it, it's impossible to win."
People around him were puzzled.
Even Zhuang Sheng couldn't tell what kind of medicine Zhou Zichen was selling in his gourd.
Han Yu also saw the antiques selected by Zhou Zichen. He knew the value of these items very well. Any of the three items he selected could match the price of these three items.
After Zhou Zichen made his choice, he sat aside and waited quietly.
Han Yu always felt something was wrong, but he couldn't see anything wrong.
Although Han Yu had already pre-selected which three items to take, Zhou Zichen's strange behavior prevented him from making a decision for a long time, fearing that he would fall into Zhou Zichen's trap.
"The items you chose don't seem to be very good!" Li Tingfeng whispered to Zhou Zichen.
Li Tingfeng also knew something about antiques, and with the comments from people around him, he was also worried that Zhou Zichen would lose.
Zhou Zichen showed a confident smile to Li Tingfeng: "Don't worry, I will definitely win."
Li Tingfeng didn't know where Zhou Zichen's confidence came from, but Zhou Zichen said he could win, which meant that there must be something in the object Zhou Zichen chose that others didn't see.
More than twenty minutes passed quickly. Han Yu saw that Zhou Zichen had no intention of changing the items. He had never said before that antiques could not be exchanged, so Han Yu kept waiting for Zhou Zichen to change, but Zhou Zichen did not change at all.
mean.
"Mr. Zhou, are you sure you have made your choice?" Han Yu couldn't help but ask when he saw that the time was almost up.
Zhou Zichen said to Han Yu: "If I choose, I won't change it. You choose, and I will use these three items to compare with you."
When Han Yu saw that Zhou Zichen had really made his choice, he directly took the three antiques he had selected earlier, two pairs of calligraphy and painting, and a Tang Dynasty tricolor. The value of these three objects was more than ten million. Among the more than 300 items,
A rare masterpiece.
"Okay, I've chosen it too!" Han Yu also placed the three objects he chose on the table.
"Then let everyone present give your review." Zhou Zichen said to the people present: "You don't need to care about whose face, good is good, and winning is winning."
Zhuang Sheng also said: "He is right, the competition is a fair and everyone can help to be the judge."
Naturally, there were people around who were leaning toward Zhuang Sheng, and they all stood up and wanted to comment.
An old man stood up, picked up the jade pillar first, and said, "Master Xiao Zhou, there is no record of this jade pillar in history. The closest thing to it is some ancient ritual tools.
There is a big difference. Although it is relatively special, considering its jade quality, carving work and cultural relic value, it is only about 500 to 6 million."
Zhou Zichen nodded and acknowledged the old man's words.
The old man picked up the jade pendant again and commented: "The quality of this jade is good. It is Hetian jade. It should be an object from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. It is worth two to three million."
Zhou Zichen still acquiesced.
The old man picked up the third inkstone, but Zhou Zichen said: "Master, this object does not count, I have another one."