Behind the secret door, there is a whole other world.
Seeing everything at the door, Black Widow covered her mouth and said in surprise: "Oh my god, I've been here several times, but this is the first time I know there is such a place?"
Joseph, the shopkeeper leading the way, said proudly: "Only the really big buyers know the existence of this place."
"How are you sure we are the big buyers?" Black Widow asked doubtfully.
"Experience," Joseph said, "and the look in his eyes."
Joseph is talking about Li Xuan.
Li Xuan smiled: "Oh? How do I look in my eyes?"
Joseph said: "It's a look that wants to buy something, and a look that doesn't care about the price but only values the quality. Only people like you are the real big customers, not those nouveau riche who are shouting with money."
"I took this as a compliment." Li Xuan said.
Joseph laughed: "Of course it is a compliment. And your eyes are very vicious. Your eyes never stay on third-rate goods. Second-rate goods only stay for one to two seconds to judge the value. The only one that is almost first-rate attracts you for ten seconds.
I don’t know why you didn’t choose it?”
Li Xuan said: "You mean that calligraphy...it's actually pretty good, but it's a pity that it's not high-quality enough."
Joseph smiled secretly: "If you want fine calligraphy, today is the right time. Someone has just brought back a top-quality piece from China, and it will be on display later. If you are interested, you can go and have a look."
"Oh? Then I'm going to have a look." Li Xuan was really interested.
Behind the secret door is a small indoor square with no pavements, only tent stalls. There are more than twenty tents scattered around the square, and there are posters at the entrance of each tent.
Li Xuan followed Joseph to one of the tents. The shop owner pointed inside and said proudly: "These are all high-quality products, I guarantee you will be satisfied!"
Joseph really didn't lie. Li Xuan went in and took a look around, and he really found a few good things.
However, the price is really high, and you won’t make much money if you resell it, which will not help Li Xuan’s wallet loss at all.
It seems that the more boutique the store, the less profitable it is, so you still have to go to the stalls outside to pick up the missing items.
Li Xuan was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and saw a small bottle in the corner, which contained a liquid of unknown properties and a few colorful petals soaked in it.
"What is that?" Li Xuan asked knowingly, "Do you still sell plant specimens here?"
Joseph glanced at it and said: "Last year, a Chinese came to my place to buy antiques. He was interested in a bronze tripod, but it was short of fifty thousand eagles. He worked hard and finally mortgaged this thing, saying that he would come back to redeem it soon.
Let’s go. As a result, more than a year has passed and he hasn’t come back. I suffered a huge loss from that business!”
Li Xuan said: "This kind of petals is very strange. It should be an extremely rare plant. I like to collect plant specimens. If you are willing, I can buy it."
Joseph blinked.
They are all old foxes, and they can tell each other with just one glance. Joseph immediately said: "The price will not be too cheap."
"There will always be a price." Li Xuan said.
"Two hundred thousand eagles." Joseph tentatively offered the price.
Li Xuan's eyes widened: "Are you kidding me? For just a few petals, you actually want 200,000 Yingyang!"
Joseph shrugged and said, "You don't have to buy it."
"I can't afford it." Li Xuan spread his hands, "Sister Widow, let's go."
Seeing the two of them about to walk out, Joseph immediately shouted: "One hundred and fifty thousand! One price, one hundred and fifty thousand. If you agree, you can take it immediately."
Li Xuan didn't look back and continued walking out.
"One hundred thousand!"
"Eighty thousand!"
"Seventy thousand! It can't be any less, otherwise I will suffer heavy losses!" The shop owner became anxious, and the price kept slipping.
Li Xuan stopped, turned around and asked, "Seventy thousand?"
"Seventy thousand!"
Joseph also asked someone to identify those petals, and it was determined that they were actually very ordinary plant petals and had no value at all. It was not easy to find someone who was interested in this kind of thing. If you didn't sell it earlier, why would you wait? If you wait any longer, it might last a lifetime.
Smashed in hand!
In the end, Li Xuan bought this bottle for 70,000 Yingyang.
Black Widow asked in confusion: "Li Xuan, what kind of petals are these? Is it worth so much?"
"Petals? I don't know." Li Xuan said.
"Don't know?" Black Widow was stunned, "You don't even know what petals they are, so you spend so much money on them?"
"Who said I want to buy flower petals?" Li Xuan asked.
"if not?"
"I bought the liquid in the bottle." Li Xuan said, "This stuff is very good."
If it can make the dignified Luo Jinxian say "not bad", it must be a good thing!
After completing a business that both parties were satisfied with, Joseph beamed and told Li Xuan a lot about the rules here.
After Li Xuan thanked him, he continued shopping with Black Widow.
Suddenly, the tent in the center of the square became lively, and many people gathered around it.
Li Xuan and Black Widow walked over curiously and asked, only to find out that it was the exquisite calligraphy that Joseph had mentioned before that was to be displayed.
At the door of the tent, a tall, handsome, blue-eyed guy from the Eagle Kingdom proudly held a rectangular box and said: "This is the calligraphy and painting I just bought from China yesterday, just in case I have to fly back overnight. I can say with certainty,
This is the best work that everyone present has never seen before. It is the pinnacle of Chinese calligraphy art and a miracle that absolutely cannot be copied!"
When everyone heard this, they started talking, and most of them didn't believe it.
"The best thing that no one has ever seen? Haha, this is too exaggerated. Among us, there are more than a dozen appraisers who have obtained international certification. I have never seen anything good."
"Professor Roland from the Art Department of Benchong University is also here. He is an expert in Chinese calligraphy and painting. If he has never seen it, it must not be the best."
"When did the Lawrence family become so fond of telling lies? Isn't the pinnacle of Chinese calligraphy art not the preface to the Lanting anthology? Could it be that he found the original copy of the preface to the Lanting anthology?"
"A miracle that cannot be copied? Haha, now science and technology will tell you that there is nothing that cannot be copied!"
The blue-eyed Lawrence also heard the sarcasm, but didn't take it seriously at all.
He said: "I know people don't believe it. In fact, I didn't believe it when I first heard about this work. But when I actually saw this work, I was still deeply fascinated, and everyone who saw it
Everyone who has seen this work will be fascinated by it.”
After a pause, Lawrence continued: "In order to buy this work, I paid for the treasure that my family has collected for more than a hundred years. Although it is still heartbreaking to think about it now, I think it is very worth it!"
After everyone listened, it aroused strong interest.
Regardless of whether what Lawrence said is true or false, since it is so hyped up, we still don’t know what the true appearance of this calligraphy and painting is?