The originally noisy street suddenly became quiet, except for the two iron balls in Boss Hou's hand that were still making a rattling sound.
Everyone looked at Li Muchen with exaggerated expressions of disbelief.
"Young man, did I hear correctly, twenty million?"
Boss Hou squinted his eyes, the iron ball was spinning in his hand, and his fingers couldn't stop like a machine.
"I have been working in Panjiayuan for more than 30 years. The Thangkas and Tibetan carpets I have handled range from not less than 1,000 to 800. If you want to say that I have looked at it, it is a fake, I can accept it, but if you want to say this
The thing is worth 20 million, so you can gouge out my eyeballs!"
Boss Hou used his eyes as a guarantee that the item was not worth 20 million.
Li Muchen still looked calm and said, "It's only 20 million, just for fun."
His half-baked Beijing accent made Lin Manqing on the side almost laugh.
Lin Manqing didn't understand why Li Muchen wanted to get involved in this matter at first. As for helping the poor woman, it didn't need to be so complicated at all. He could just help treat her child's illness.
If even Li Muchen couldn't be cured, then probably no one in Baicaotang or even the entire capital could be cured.
When Li Muchen started speaking in Beijing accent, Lin Manqing instantly understood Li Muchen's intention.
I really want to be Mr. Li from the capital!
Lin Manqing also heard Li Muchen tell the story of his parents, her father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Her mother-in-law Gong Lingyan is the most beautiful woman in Miao territory, and her father-in-law Li Yunhua is the most handsome man in the capital.
In order to please the beauty, they invited famous chefs from thirty-six restaurants to prepare a feast from the north and the south. The whole banquet was from eight provinces, which made Lin Manqing extremely envious and longing for it.
Now that Li Muchen is back, he wants to borrow the name of the Bai family and Baicaotang to let everyone in the capital know that he is here.
let's play!
Just these two words, it is very much like Nai's father's demeanor back then.
Perhaps compared with Li Yunhua back then, he was a little less elegant and suave.
But now Li Muchen is more free and easy like an immortal.
Several rounds of applause sounded, making the rattling sound of the iron ball in Boss Hou's hand no longer monotonous.
The one applauding was Mr. Bai Wu.
Although Bai Juntang was applauding, his face was full of ridicule and arrogance.
"Okay! Oh, young man, you know how to play!" Bai Juntang walked over with a smile, looked at Li Muchen up and down, then turned back and pointed to the plaque on the high door, "Young man, do you recognize any words?"
Of course, Li Muchen would not follow his words and be led by his lead, so he didn't even look up.
Seeing that he didn't move and didn't reply, Bai Juntang felt a little bored. He snorted and said, "The brand of Baicaotang was inscribed by Emperor Kangxi of the previous dynasty. Why do I say this? This is in the capital! Emperor
Under the city, we are all people with status and confidence. Twenty million? A person has a mouth, and the top lip touches the bottom lip. Who can't say it? You have to show it in real money."
"If you bring out a tattered blanket and twenty million, then you are really good at playing! I admire you! You are the one!" He gave a thumbs up and changed the subject, "But if you can't bring it out...
Then take a rest as early as possible, go somewhere cool and stay there, and don’t make me bored here!”
Of course Li Muchen didn't have that much money on him, he didn't even have a bank card.
But now he is no longer as ignorant about money as he was when he first came down from the mountain. Twenty million, he didn't say it casually.
This figure is exactly what he can come up with without using the funds of Jingli Group. It is estimated that Bai Juntang is unlikely to fight with him for a blanket, but it is a hurdle that he cannot overcome in terms of face.
Just when he was thinking about how to prove that he could come up with 20 million, Lin Manqing, who had been holding his hand, suddenly took out a black card from his bag, held it between two slender fingers, and handed it to Bai Juntang elegantly.
before.
"Master Bai, do you want to take a test?"
When Bai Juntang saw this black card, his face trembled slightly.
This kind of card cannot be said to be rare. But it is a status symbol.
Anyone who owns this kind of card means that this person or the family behind him or her has at least several billions of assets in the bank.
So it's no big deal to spend 20 million, and I'm qualified to say "play".
Bai Juntang didn't know that the card belonged to Lin Manqing and that it was endorsed by the Lin family in Hecheng, so he took it for granted that it was Li Muchen's card.
"Oh, the test is waived. I still have some good eyesight."
Bai Juntang's tone changed. It couldn't be said to be respectful, but at least it wasn't as arrogant as before.
"What do you call this little brother?"
"Li Muchen."
"Li Muchen..."
Bai Juntang chewed on this name. He seemed to have heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it. He was just certain that there was no such person in the capital.
"The accent sounds like it's not from the capital, right? I wonder where your residence is?"
"I'm from the capital." Li Muchen said.
"Oh?" Bai Juntang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "I can't say that Bai knows all the stubborn masters in the capital, but almost none of them have met him in person. You said you are from the capital, but you are the son of a certain uncle in the capital?
"
"The Li family in Beijing." Li Muchen smiled slightly, "My father's name is Li Yunhua, and my grandfather's name is Li Tiance."
At that moment, Bai Juntang's whole body froze, as if a bucket of concrete had been poured on his head.
His first reaction was, impossible!
It has only been twenty years. The young man no longer remembers the Li family. It is impossible for him, Bai Juntang, to forget.
What a glorious scene the Li family was back then!
Not to mention the Lao Bai family, who is now the king, Xiao, and Chu, who dared to challenge the Li family back then?
Bai Juntang is a stubborn man who has loved to play since he was a child, walking birds in cages, cooking eagles and fighting dogs, singing operas in nine cities, and looking for flowers in eight alleys...
Bai Juntang couldn't do anything that could be done in the capital without him. The die-hards called him "Young Master Bai" back then, but later they all called him "Master Bai" when they got older.
Bai Juntang believed that there were few people in the capital who could compete with him.
But Bai Juntang had to admit that compared with Li Yunhua, it was like a small witch meeting a big witch. A clay Bodhisattva collided with an iron King Kong. There was no way to compare, and he didn't dare to compare.
He didn't have the courage to go to the Miao border and lure the most beautiful woman from the Miao village to the capital. He didn't have the ability to shut down all thirty-six restaurants in the capital for a day just to please the beauty. He didn't have the ability to make mountains roar and tsunami everywhere he went.
, beauties gather together, but you can walk among thousands of flowers, free and easy without a leaf touching your body.
Bai Juntang is older than Li Yunhua, and in terms of seniority, he is one generation above Li Yunhua.
Bai Jingtian, the pillar of the old Bai family, had a close relationship with Li Tiance, the head of the Li family. Bai Juntang was Bai Jingtian's cousin, so he also went to the Li family when he was young and had some interactions with the Li family.
Later, the Li family invited Bai Jingtian to treat Li Tiance's daughter-in-law, the beauty Li Yunhua deceived back from Miao territory.
Bai Jingtian went and came back, and announced that the Bai family members were no longer allowed to associate with the Li family.
From then on, the Bai and Li families never interacted with each other.
Later, something happened to the Li family.
Bai Juntang didn't know the specific situation. He only knew that the Li family was gone. Such a large family, the first aristocratic family in the capital, just disappeared.