"Today is a family meeting, why are you talking about these unhappy things? You all calm down, can't you just say no today after something has happened?"
Fan Xiaoyu is the youngest sister of the Fan family. Fan Deyuan and others have loved her since she was a child, so she often mediates as a peacemaker.
Moreover, she did not stay in the family to help, but chose to go abroad to work on her own. She did not have much connection with the position of the head of the family, so her words were much easier to use than Fan Deyuan's.
"Sister-in-law, knowing that you are coming back this time, I prepared a small gift for you. I hope that I will like it."
Fan Lun waved, and the man standing outside the door came in carrying a package.
"Xiao Lun is so thoughtful that my aunt will like whatever gift she can give her."
Fan Xiaoyu is a standard lady. Although she is nearly forty now, she still takes good care of herself.
Fan Lun opened the package in his hand layer by layer. Inside was a transparent glass box with a piece of silk wrapped around the thing he wanted to send.
"Sister-in-law, I asked someone to transport this back from abroad. I think the color is just right for you!"
Fan Lun raised his head, and the arrogance on his face was clearly visible. He wanted to tell everyone present that he was now fully qualified to take charge of his own business!
Fan Xiaoyu took the glass box with interest and slowly opened the silk, revealing a finely carved jade bracelet in front of everyone.
"What is this?" Fan Xiaoyu didn't know much about jade, but seeing that the jade beads on this bracelet were round and purple in color, she couldn't help but feel a little curious.
"This is natural full-color violet jade, made by foreign masters who are proficient in carving. I think my sister-in-law will like it, so I prepared such a gift. I hope my sister-in-law will accept it."
Fan Lun's explanation made everyone a little uproar. Fan Lun was really generous. He could give away such things, so why couldn't they get one or two?
Zhou Zichen turned on his powers and inspected the piece of jade. Although the color was quite good, apart from being smooth on the outside, it was a bit hard to describe on the inside.
But if he suddenly jumped out and said this thing was worthless, Fan Lun might fall out on the spot, so it would be better to save some face for others.
"Uncle Third, this is the blue and white porcelain I received a few days ago. It has been identified and it is from the Kangxi period. It is highly valuable for collection!"
Fan Lun then took out a porcelain bowl from the package, raised it in the air, and then handed it to Fan Decheng's hands.
"Xiao Lun is interested." Fan Decheng took it with a smile, feeling quite happy in his heart.
At this time of year, everyone will give each other something more collectible. On the one hand, it is to prove the hard work of the year, and on the other hand, it is to improve their prestige in the Fan family.
In the past, this kind of thing was done by Fan Deyuan and others, but starting from the past two years, it has been handled by juniors.
After Fan Decheng accepted it, Fan Lun threw the package on the ground, and then smiled at Fan Deyuan: "Uncle, I believe you have seen a lot of good things in the past years when you have been in charge of the Fan family. You don't even look at anything I have.
It caught my eye, so I wasn’t prepared this time, and I hope my uncle won’t blame me!”
Everyone's eyelids jumped a few times, and the whole place was in an uproar. Is Fan Lun going to rebel?
There are four brothers and sisters in the Fan family, and Fan Lun’s father is gone, so only Fan Deyuan did not receive the gift?
There was a smell of gunpowder on the dinner table, and Fan Deyuan looked unhappy. This tradition was passed down from the older generation, and I have never heard of anyone who did not receive a gift!
"This is nonsense! Xiao Lun, you still haven't apologized to your uncle!" Fan Deyi pretended to be angry and said to Fan Deyuan: "Brother, Xiao Lun is not sensible, please forgive me!"
In fact, Fan Deyi was very satisfied. Originally, they were here today to ask for the title of head of the family. If Fan Lun had such means, in his opinion, he would be able to achieve great things in the future!
After the younger one slapped him, and then the older one came forward to apologize, Fan Deyuan's face was almost lost today.
"It doesn't matter..."
Fan Deyuan swallowed this breath abruptly, his fingers trembling slightly.
Fan Yi clenched his fists and lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.
"Jian'er, why don't you quickly take out your things and show them to your uncles and sister-in-law? Could it be that you haven't prepared anything for your uncle either?"
Fan Decheng spoke again at this time. As soon as he said this, the people attending the banquet pricked up their ears. I wonder how Fan Jian would answer?
"Of course I'm ready, uncle, please see what this is?"
Fan Jian also took out a package, but what he took out was just an ancient coin.
"Is this an ancient coin?"
Fan Deyuan reached out and took the ancient coin, but this kind of thing cannot be judged with the naked eye without professional identification tools.
But how could Fan Jian give him a good treasure? There must be some fraud involved!
The people who were paying attention to them were whispering about something. Ancient coins are generally not valuable. After all, no matter which dynasty, a large amount of money was created, so the principle of rare things being more valuable is fully applied to ancient coins.
"Uncle Fan, can you let me take a look?" Zhou Zichen was far away just now and couldn't see clearly, but with that glance, he was basically sure that this was "Kaiping Tongbao"!
If it is really Kaiping Tongbao, then Fan Deyuan will definitely be the biggest beneficiary this time!
Fan Deyuan naturally had no objection and handed the ancient coin in his hand to Zhou Zichen. After Zhou Zichen took it, he carefully observed the ingredients, analyzed the age of the material, and determined that it was "Kaiping Tongbao" without a doubt!
While Zhou Zichen was analyzing, Fan Jian had already taken out the remaining things to give away. Like Fan Lun, they were both a piece of porcelain and a piece of jade.
In comparison, the ancient coins he gave to Fan Deyuan looked so worthless. At least they were not like other people's coins. You could tell at a glance whether they were valuable or not.
"Uncle Fan, you must keep these ancient coins!"
Zhou Zichen returned the ancient coin, and Fan Deyuan glanced at Zhou Zichen curiously. Can you tell with the naked eye whether it is genuine?
Although the ancient coins have the words "Kaiping Tongbao" written on them, there are countless fakes, and any genuine one is worth millions.
"That's right, I bought this from the jade shop at the entrance of the West Market." Fan Jian took over the conversation with a smile, and everyone understood what he was thinking.
The gift I gave Fan Deyuan was bought from the West Market. Where is the West Market? Most of them are small antique shops, and there are countless small merchants and hawkers.
And buying ancient coins from a jade shop is probably a gift, right?
But Zhou Zichen almost laughed out loud. If Fan Jian knew that it was a "Kaiping Tongbao", would he still be as relaxed as he is now?
"Bang!"
Fan Yi couldn't bear it anymore. His two cousins humiliated them one by one. His father could bear it, but he definitely couldn't bear it!
"Fan Yi! What do you want to do?"
Fan Lun stood up immediately, no longer even pretending, and called Fan Yi by his first name.
"What do I want to do? Do you still have the nerve to ask me what I want to do? Have you done many dirty things over the years? How dare you do this at the family meeting today, do you still think that my father is the head of the family!"
Fan Yi's eyes were a little red, he wasn't about to cry, he was angry.
"Dirty things? Can you tell me what we did? But your father, do you really think that you gave him face before and said that he took care of the family business well? We have lost money in these years because of your father's stubbornness.
How much business did we get?!”
Fan Deyi slapped the table. He and Fan Deyuan failed to compete for the position of head of the family. Since then, he has been constantly causing trouble for Fan Deyuan. The brotherhood between the two has long been in name only.
"I'm going to tell you today that if the Fan family master hadn't been so rigid over the years, our annual income would have doubled at least! How many people begged us to buy antiques? In the end, they all returned the money because he couldn't accept it.
go back!"
The pent-up anger in Fan Deyi's heart finally burst out today. Now that he has lost his face, he has nothing to hide.
Anyway, he was the first to disagree with Fan Yi being the next head of the family, and he firmly disagreed!
Everyone immediately went crazy when they heard this. Although they had heard a lot of things in this regard before, they had never heard the exact words from anyone.
"Cough... cough cough..."
In full view of everyone, Fan Deyuan coughed heavily, and the servant on the side quickly handed over the towel when he saw it.
"Dad, are you okay, Dad?"
Fan Yi went over to support Fan Deyuan, and Fan Deyuan waved his hand weakly. The white towel in his hand was actually stained with bright red!
"Deyi, I've told you many times. Most of the time, you don't make money just because you have money. Some things are not worth the price. We can't ruin Deyuanzhai's brand!"
Fan Deyuan stood up tremblingly, with a sad expression on his face.
"What does De Yuan Zhai rely on to be where we are today? It depends on sincerity! You said those worthless things, we can make a lot of money by taking them back and selling them, but then others will say De Yuan Zhai
The gossip is ruining De Yuan Zhai’s reputation!”
After Fan Deyuan said this, the expressions on the faces of other members of the Fan family changed.
How can there be absolute fairness in the antique business? And there is no such thing as a return after selling, and through De Yuan Zhai's hands, even worthless things can be sold at very good prices, and people may not necessarily value them.
Antiques, the most important thing is De Yuan Zhai’s signature!
"Having said all that, isn't it just because of your stubbornness that you don't let everyone make more money? How long do you plan to sit on the position of head of the Fan family?"
Fan Deyi is too lazy to talk to Fan Deyuan so much. His words are not important now. As long as his son becomes the head of the family, he will definitely make more money. What will Fan Deyuan be then?
"No matter how long I hold the position of head of the Fan family, it has nothing to do with you!"
Fan Deyuan took a deep breath. He had never blamed Fan Yi, but Fan Yi was still a little reluctant to get the position of the head of the family, and it also depended on whether Fan Yi himself was willing to be the head of the family.
"It has nothing to do with me, but does it have something to do with Fan Yi?" Fan Deyi snorted coldly, looking arrogant.
"I want it!"
Fan Yi stood up straight. He could forgive these people until Fan Deyuan vomited blood just now.
But now, he finally understood why his father had always remained rigid. Fan Deyuan wanted to make the Fan family go further, while Fan Deyi only cared about immediate interests.
"You want to be a pawn? Do you know this? Do you know where to buy the goods from? Do you have the eyesight?"
Fan Lun was the first to object, and kept Fan Yi speechless with several questions.
"Then may I ask, what do you know?"
Zhou Zichen, who had been watching the show with his mouth closed, finally spoke!