When he came to this antique market, Chen Yi still watched first and then used treasure search techniques when he came to Italy. After all, he did not come specifically to find treasures, but also had the purpose of understanding the country's culture. ⊙

In the antique market, it is undoubtedly the place where thousands of years of culture have been precipitated. Even if there are many imitations or counterfeits, it is also the place with the strongest cultural atmosphere.

Compared with the many antiques in China, these foreign antiques seem much rarer.

In China, in addition to porcelain, calligraphy, painting, jade and other major cultural relics, antiques, there are also some other bracelets, Buddhist beads, and even gourds for playing with crickets and cages for raising birds, which can be called antiques.

Chen Yi kept wandering around this antique market. Once he encountered something he was interested in, he would go to the stall or shop for viewing and appraisal. It was more difficult to find a treasure in the Italian antique market than in the domestic antique city.

However, he has a powerful treasure search technique, which is very difficult for others, but for him, it is just a matter of consuming some energy value.

When passing by a stall full of furniture, Chen Yi suddenly saw a very exquisite box on the shelves, carved with many Italian cultural patterns, which looked very beautiful and exquisite.

In particular, there are some gilded and colorful decorations on it, which looks full of Italian classical culture.

As for the size of this box, it should be filled with jewelry. Chen Yi walked up slowly, opened the box gently and saw that there was nothing inside.

He smiled and used identification techniques to see what age the box was. Suddenly, the identification system prompted him to use the identification techniques twice, which made him widen his eyes and carefully look at the entire box. Only then did he realize that the bottom of the box seemed to be thicker than an ordinary box. Is there anything else hidden in it?

Chen Yi used the appraisal twice without hesitation. Soon, the appraisal results appeared. The first one was the appraisal information of the wooden box, which was also an old object with a history of dozens of items, and was worth about thousands of yuan.

However, the identification information below made him widen his eyes again and full of surprises. Unexpectedly, there was really a treasure in this box.

"The item is successfully identified, the information is as follows. Aurora Diamond Pen, made in the past: about ten years ago."

"Artistic features: Pens are commonly used writing tools. They were invented in the early 19th century. The pen tip is made of metal and is smooth and elastic, and quite smooth to write."

"This pen was made by Aurora, one of the best manufacturers of luxury writing tools in the world. It was founded in Turin, Italy after the end of World War I in 1919. The company was named Aurora, which means the goddess of dawn, and is intended to express her longing for a bright future. Ten years ago, in order to commemorate the brand's birth, Aurora specially launched two commemorative pens, divided into black and white colors, each inlaid with 1,919 De Beers diamonds, and a diamond weighing up to two carats on the top of the pen cap. The total weight of the diamonds in the entire pen exceeded thirty carats."

"The white diamond pen is made of 18k platinum, the tip is 18k white gold rhodium, and the black diamond pen body and nib are made of 18k tungsten gold. The two pens are crystal clear and brilliant, luxurious and exquisite without feeling complicated. This pen is a white diamond pen, highlighting the noble and elegant nature. Each of these two pens is made by six experienced veteran technicians for six months, and is of great value."

"The value of the item: Aurora diamond pen, set with 1,920 diamonds with a total weight of more than thirty carats, the body and nib of the pen are made of precious metals, and their collection value has long exceeded their writing function, so it is of high value."

Looking at the three-dimensional image of this pen, Chen Yi was filled with surprise. This pen is so beautiful, especially this white one, which looks dazzling and crystal clear, expressing the beauty of diamonds to the fullest. The platinum pen is inlaid with nearly two thousand diamonds, which is simply unparalleled.

It is very valuable, that is between five million and ten million yuan. Chen Yi sighed very much. A pen worth more than five million was born not for writing, but for everyone to appreciate.

He really didn't expect that such a valuable pen would be hidden in this exquisite box. With the value of this pen, it would not be an exaggeration to use a box worth tens of thousands. It seems that foreigners are like Chinese people, hiding their treasures in some ordinary things.

This pen has only been made for ten years and has appeared on this stall. I guess something happened to its owner. And according to the three-dimensional image, the box is made of tightly slits, and the pen is stored in the grooves of the wooden blocks at the bottom of the box. On the outside, it is impossible to see that there is a pen inside. Of course, if someone is very sensitive to weight, he will find that the box is heavier than an ordinary box, which is naturally the weight of the pen.

Chen Yi smiled. How could he not want such a thing that came to his door? Then, he greeted the stall owner, "Boss, what is the price of this box?"

The stall owner was a middle-aged man who looked very energetic. He came over and looked at the box, and immediately said with a smile: "Sir, this box is made of high-end wood and has a long history, and the price is 1,500 euros."

Hearing this price, Chen Yi shook his head and smiled. Whether in foreign or domestic antique markets, he was slaughtered. "This box cannot reach such a high price, up to 500 euros." The stall owner was cruel, and Chen Yi was even more ruthless than him, and directly reduced the price to 500 euros.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly, "Sir, this box is really very delicate. Five hundred euros is too little, and at least one thousand euros."

"Seven hundred euros." Chen Yi added another two hundred, and the stall owner immediately said, "Eight hundred euros."

"Trade." Chen Yi smiled, took out his wallet from his pocket, took out eight hundred euros, handed it to the stall owner, then picked up the box and asked, "Boss, can you ask you where you collected this box?"

"This box was leaked from a wealthy man's home. The rich man committed a serious crime a year ago and his property was confiscated. The box and some other things were secretly taken out for sale by some people inside." The stall owner smiled and put away eight hundred euros, then said to Chen Yi. It only cost three hundred euros when he collected the box.

Seeing the stall owner's psychological activities, Chen Yi smiled. It seemed that the price was still high, but only a few hundred euros, and it would be a business that would make a profit without losing money.

Holding the box, Chen Yi continued to stroll in the antique market and got this pen. He was only two antiques away from completing the task. Moreover, as far as the pen is concerned, he likes it very much, diamonds are very attractive to anyone, not to mention that nearly two thousand diamonds are inlaid on this pen.

After a while in the antique market, he walked to the door of a gallery. The gallery looked very exquisitely decorated, giving people a sense of simplicity and generosity. The name of the gallery was also very domineering when translated. It was called Mifan Gallery, which seemed to be a combination of Michelangelo and Van Gogh.

Chen Yi smiled and walked in slowly, preparing to see what paintings were inside. When he first saw him entering the gallery, he saw a statue full of modern artistic atmosphere, adding a bit of artistic atmosphere to the entire gallery.

This gallery is located in a prosperous area of ​​the antique market, so there are more than ten people watching it in the gallery at this time.

Chen Yi looked at some of the oil paintings roughly and couldn't help but shake his head. They were all painted by unknown painters. However, every famous painter has to go through the early stage when no one cares about it.

In the boutique area next to him, he saw some works of famous painters. The quality of these works is much better than what he had seen before. Of course, the innovation of art is also very strong. You are not afraid of not being able to do it, but you are afraid that you will not expect it. Just like the colorless series created by Manzoni, it looks unpretentious, but it is worth over 100 million yuan.

"Sir, there are some Chinese paintings here, you may be interested." Seeing Chen Yi walking past these oil paintings with a blunt look, the shop owner next to him said to Chen Yi with a smile.

Chen Yi was a little surprised and followed the owner to a compartment of the gallery. There were indeed dozens of Chinese paintings here. He roughly looked at them and found that one or two of them were works by a well-known painter.

Nodding at the shop owner, he looked at these paintings carefully. Looking at several of the Chinese paintings, he couldn't help frowning because there were no signatures on these paintings, but there were some poems. Since there was time to identify them, why not sign them? His heart was full of doubts.

When he carefully appreciated these paintings, he suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face. He was very familiar with the brushwork and style of these paintings because he stayed with this man for nearly two months, discussing calligraphy and painting together, and practicing Taoist practices together.

This person is He Wenzhi. Chen Yi looked at these paintings and remembered the letter from Master Xuanji of Sanqingguan. In the letter, He Wenzhi said that he had gone to Europe and was preparing to travel abroad to see the cultural style of foreign countries. Could it be that He Wenzhi came to Italy and drew a few paintings here and left them in the gallery, but why was there no signature?
Chapter completed!