Chapter 23 No amount of money can buy life back
"You two are industry insiders, so I won't beat around the bush when it comes to this. Normally, this store should be worth 45 million, but there have been so many murders, and even if I lowered the price by half, no one would buy it. Why don't you still buy it?
He is willing to pay 50 million because he thinks highly of our old couple.
Since it’s all about this, I have nothing to hide.”
Wang Xiufu said, patting his wife's hand, and his wife nodded towards him.
"To be honest, our old couple has reached this point and we no longer pursue money. No amount of money can buy my son's life.
Sometimes we talk about renting, and sometimes we talk about selling. We are not looking for money, but looking for a powerful person to avenge our son.
If you are willing to avenge my son and bring down the Sihai Pavilion, I will give you this shop as a thank you."
really!
What he wants most is to avenge his son.
Ai Weiwei looked at me with complicated emotions in her eyes.
"Since you want me to avenge you, can you tell me how your family and the Sihai Group became enemies?"
Wang Xiufu's wife was very excited: "So, are you willing to avenge my son?"
"Mrs. Wang, if I can do it, I am willing to contribute."
"Oh my God, you finally opened your eyes!" She cried excitedly, pointing to the portrait on the wall.
Wang Xiufu took it off the wall and handed it to her. She cried and said: "Son, someone is finally willing to help us take revenge. Old man, tell him the story of our family quickly."
Wang Xiufu nodded and breathed a sigh of relief: "Our Wang family was a famous family from the late Qin Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During the Tang Dynasty, we were persecuted by Wu Zetian, and our lives were not as good as each generation.
After many changes, the most valuable treasure left by our ancestors is the white jade Buddha from the Tang Dynasty. This treasure that has been passed down for hundreds of years was snatched from my hands by the Sihai Group, and my son and I were also robbed.
Dad’s life.”
Wang Xiufu said, clenching his fist tightly and hitting the table hard, "I, Wang Xiufu, will never die in peace if I don't get the Jade Buddha back in my lifetime!"
The cup on the table was shaken by him and fell down. I quickly reached out to catch it and put it back steadily, "Mr. Wang, don't get excited!"
"Our Wang family has been living in hiding since the Tang Dynasty, and it was not until my grandfather's generation that we gradually lived a stable life.
We have done other businesses before, but we failed at whatever we did.
Later, we started an antique business.
After all, our ancestors were from a distinguished family and left behind many treasures, so they were still able to keep things under control.
Everyone in the antique street knows that our family has some background, so if they are unsure about something, they will ask my dad to take a look.
At the beginning, many people still doubted my father's eyesight. My father didn't say much, he just said, I don't know if this thing is true or not, but it is different from what was handed down from my ancestors.
As time went by, more and more people got their eyes pierced, so naturally they believed what my dad said, and he became known as the ‘King of the Magic Eyes’ in Antique Street.
With prestige, business has gradually improved, and we are busy every day.
My wife and I were too busy in the first half of our lives. We got pregnant several times and had miscarriages.
Until twenty-seven years ago, my son Wang Xingjia was born. My wife and I had a son in old age, and my father loved this grandson even more.
My father doted on Wang Xing's family in every possible way and let him do whatever he did.
But it was just like this that spoiled him and made him meet Gu Beihai, a bastard outside.
Six years ago, my son met Gu Beihai while drinking in a bar.
He heard that we were in the antique business, and he said he was very interested and wanted to talk more with my son.
Once you go back and forth, you will become familiar with it.
Every time he went out, Gu Beihai took the initiative to pay.
My son has been introverted since he was a child, has a stupid mouth, and is sometimes bullied. Gu Beihai always stands up for my son in everything.
He likes a celebrity, and Gu Beihai helps him with advice.
We all thought at the time that our son had made a good friend.
Over time, my son regarded Gu Beihai as a biological brother.
Gu Beihai said that he also wanted to open an antique shop and asked my son to bring him to me.
I was originally unwilling to teach him. Teaching him would be equivalent to making an enemy for myself. However, my son begged me hard. For the sake of my son, I taught him anyway.
I thought it would be good for my son to have another business partner in the future.
Gu Beihai was very studious. It didn't take long for him to know all the antiques in my store, and he was clamoring to go to the warehouse to see other treasures.
I didn't agree at first, but my son kept interceding on his behalf, saying that Brother Gu was very good to him. So I relented. He would look at the goods in the warehouse every day for a long time, and he would also ask me some questions about antiques.
I saw that he was studious and eager to ask questions, and I felt at ease.
A year later, Gu Beihai said that he was going to open a shop and wanted to borrow our jade Buddha to open a shop.
I originally disagreed, but my son secretly lent it to him.
Because of this incident, my father scolded my son for the first time.
I borrowed everything, thinking that the relationship between the two families is good, and the Gu family is also a respectable person, so it is not good to make the relationship too tense.
It was only seven days since their grand opening. On the day of the grand opening, someone asked, "This jade Buddha looks very similar to ours."
Gu Beihai said that this belongs to their family.
Three days after the opening, my father heard that something was wrong, so he asked my son to invite the Jade Buddha back.
He didn't give it! He said he would keep it for a few more days.
We thought it would only be a few days, so long had passed, and we could not bear it any longer.
On the seventh day of opening, my son went to ask for the Jade Buddha again. This time, they took the initiative to send the Jade Buddha back.
We were very happy at the time that the Jade Buddha finally came back.
My son also said at the time that my father and I were worrying too much. Didn’t Gu Beihai send the Jade Buddha back?
At that time, I still felt that I had wrongly blamed my son.
As a result, we immediately verified that the Jade Buddha is fake."
"Fake?" Ai Weiwei was shocked.
I signaled her not to speak.
Wang Xiufu continued: "My father was very angry and said a few things about my son. I was also very angry, after all, it is an ancestral treasure.
My son was so angry that he went to ask for it again.
He actually beat my son in public and said he had returned it to us a long time ago. This jade Buddha belongs to their family."
Wang Xiufu said, his voice a little hoarse.
"There is no Jade Buddha in their house, this liar! He deceived my son and our whole family." Wang Xiufu's wife couldn't stand hearing it anymore, and she banged the bed and cursed.
"How could he do this? What's the difference between this and a robbery?" Ai Weiwei was very angry.
"Gu Beihai is a liar, scoundrel, and murderer. I can't wait to cut him into pieces and cut him into pieces!" Wang Xiufu's wife said with a strong murderous intent.
"It's so abominable!" Ai Weiwei stomped her feet angrily.
What a trick to confuse the fake with the real!
I've seen this kind of thing happen a lot in the world. I wasn't as excited as they were, but I also felt uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!