After listening to what Chu Chen said, everyone nodded and agreed. Otherwise, they could not think of any other reason to explain why Su Dongpo wrote such poems and paintings to Huang Tingjian before he died.
Moreover, from Huang Tingjian's inscriptions and postscripts, in addition to his grief over Su Dongpo's death, we can also see his dissatisfaction with officialdom and deep helplessness, which can indirectly prove that the reason why Su Dongpo sent him this painting should also have the meaning of describing his unsuccessful life.
However, no matter what happened at that time, this painting is indeed a rare masterpiece. It is no doubt that Chu Chen felt distressed that because the painting was not well kept, there were mildew spots and boreholes on the paper, and it had slightly affected the quality of the painting. Fortunately, the impact was not much, just a little repair.
After appreciating the work carefully, Chu Chen said, "Mr. Sun, I really like this painting, and its value is higher than that of a snuff bottle."
"More than a snuff bottle?" Sun Dayou said, "it's impossible. You can see that this painting has mildew and boreholes. How can it be more expensive than a snuff bottle?"
Chu Chen said with a smile: "mildew and boreholes really affect the value of this painting. However, this is also Su Dongpo's original work. It also has Huang Tingjian's promotion on it. It can be said that it is very precious. After nearly 900 years, it is not easy to preserve it like this."
"How much is this painting worth?" Sun Dayou asked.
Chu Chen thought and thought, it is difficult to draw a conclusion, and Uncle Wu discussed.
In fact, this situation is normal. Few of Su Dongpo's authentic works have been handed down to today. It is said that there are only more than 50 pieces left in China (including more than 10 in the mainland and more than 40 in Baodao), and a few have been handed down to island countries, the United States and other countries.
So far, among these collections, only one of Su Dongpo's paintings in China, bamboo and stone painting of Xiaoxiang, has been regarded as authentic by many experts. Therefore, the precious degree of this painting before Su Dongpo's death can be imagined.
Seeing the seriousness of Chu Chen and Uncle Wu, sun Dayou also knew that his painting should not be simple. He frowned and thought about it. After seeing that Chu Chen and Uncle Wu had finished their discussion, he quickly asked, "boss Chu, do you know how many figures my painting is worth?"
Chu Chen slightly a Leng, then according to the actual reply: "there should be eight digits."
Although sun Dayou was ready, he was still shocked by what Chu Chen said. In fact, the price was very normal. When the buyer bought Su Dongpo's bamboo and stone painting of Xiaoxiang in 1961, he had already spent 5000 yuan. You know, in 1961, 5000 yuan was a huge sum of money.
Now, the value of this painting is tens of millions, which is absolutely right.
After a while, sun Dayou came back to his senses, rubbed his wet hands and said, "in this case, boss Chu, you only need to give me ten million, and this painting and that snuff bottle are yours!"
Hearing this, Chu Chen was surprised. He waved his hand and said, "Mr. Sun, this is not true. Tens of millions of things have been bought by me, so that people will know that they will stab me in the back!"
Sun Dayou said with a smile: "boss Chu, although I know about antiques, I don't know about the market of antiques, but I've heard other people say that there are tens of thousands of people who have made hundreds of thousands of dollars. Compared with today's transaction, it's nothing."
Hearing this, Chu Chen said, "Mr. Sun, the leak you said happened without knowing it. Now we are buying and selling it out."
"I'm willing to let you pick up the leak, and no one else can manage it!" Sun Dayou waved.
Chuchen said with a bitter smile, "well, Mr. Sun, I think you'd better discuss it with your son first."
"I'm in charge of my things, so you can say whether it's OK or not." Sun Dayou said firmly.
If it's a normal business, Chu Chen won't think much about this price even if the other party walks away. But in such a situation, if Chu Chen really agrees, it's against his heart. It's also a very immoral thing.
Chu Chen always thinks that character decides luck. The reason why he has been picking up mistakes now is that he has never done anything bad. If he loses character, he may not be so lucky in the future.
Chu Chen said sincerely: "Mr. Sun, listen to me, I really want this painting very much, but I'm not a unscrupulous businessman. I can't afford to spend 10 million on these two things! If you insist on this price, I'll have to stop buying. "
"This..." Sun Dayou frowned and pondered for a while, then asked, "how much do you think is appropriate?"
"I'll take advantage of you, 50 million!" Chu Chen returned.
To be honest, the price Chu Chen said is quite reasonable. After all, the painting itself is of great significance, and the length of the painting is not small. The size of the painting is 105 * 42cm. In addition, there is Huang Tingjian's postscript, celebrity plus celebrity. The value of the painting is rising. If it goes to the auction, it will not be 50 million yuan.Of course, the usual market transactions, certainly can not be like the auction price, therefore, in the current market, Chu Chen's price is reasonable.
Sun Dayou was shocked and numb. Even if Chu Chen said it was worth 100 million yuan, he would not be stupid now. Therefore, he immediately shook his head and said, "no, the price is too high. I'll give you a 50% discount!"
"The 50% discount is too low. It's better to give a 95% discount!"
Seeing that chuchen and sun Dayou are bargaining, what they don't know is that chuchen is the seller and sun Dayou is the buyer. When other people see that they would rather suffer losses than take advantage of each other, they all laugh in their hearts.
"The snuff pot will sell 40 million yuan, or I will have a big face."
"Xiaochen, you can promise!" Uncle Wu explained.
"Good..."
Chu Chen thought about it and finally agreed.
Next, the two sides signed an agreement, and then Chu Chen accompanied sun Dayou to the bank to transfer the account. When sun Dayou took the bank card with 40 million yuan in it, he felt in a trance, like falling into a dream.
Of course, sun Dayou's performance is also human. No matter which ordinary person suddenly gets such a large sum of money, his mood will be the same as him.
"Mr. Sun, do you want me to take you back?" Chuchen saw that sun Dayou was out of his mind, so he suggested.
"Ah?" After hearing Chu Chen's words, sun Dayou quickly said, "boss Chu, you don't have to trouble me. Look at my clothes. They are all more than 300 yuan. No matter what, people won't think I'm a multimillionaire. And I'll take a taxi right away. In broad daylight, will the taxi driver rob me? "
Chuchen said with a smile: "that's OK. You should be careful on your way. In addition, help me to let your family take care of you!"
"Yes! Mr. Chu, please do the same!... "
After seeing sun Dayou leave, Chu Chen walks to the store quickly. The painting is not in good condition. He needs to send it to Liu quickly.
However, Chu Chen did not walk a few steps, his mind was moving, and then slowed down his pace, pretending to inadvertently walk to a more remote lane.
Chu Chen turned around and asked the five ruffians who followed him, "I don't know how many friends have been following me. What can I do for you?"
As soon as the voice fell, one of the ruffians with tattoos on his neck pointed to Chu Chen and said, "little white face, you TMD just stepped on me, and asked us what advice we have. Do you want to be shameless?"
"Oh, I don't know when I stepped on you?" Chuchen asked with a smile.
"Just now, how do you want to cheat?" The tattoo ruffian said angrily.
"Tell me what to do?" Chu Chen spread his hand.
"Of course, accompany us to pay for our mental loss, and kowtow us a few more times!" Tattoo ruffian laughed.
The other ruffians also laughed wildly. A bald ruffian standing in the middle laughed and sniggered. Liu Shao also said that Chu Chen was very smart. Just like them, people with clear eyes knew that they were looking for trouble. They were like no trouble. They looked like fools. And although Chu Chen was tall, he was thin and tender. He didn't look like Liu Shao's master.
Chuchen in the heart a cold smile, smile patted the purse in the pocket, said: "I have a lot of money, but who do you want to come to take it?"
Bareheaded heart sneer, even if this guy's skill is good, but the truth is that two fists are hard to beat four hands, plus our side are all fighting veteran, are you afraid of a small white face? So he made a look at the two yellow hairs around him.
Two yellow hairs got the instruction of bald head, while moving the joints of both hands, they walked to chuchen with a grim smile.
However, when they were about to walk in front of Chu Chen, they felt a flower in front of them. Then they felt as if they were flying behind them. With a sound of "touch", they fell to the ground heavily and couldn't get up for a long time.
See this, bald ruffian suddenly surprised, secret way, it seems that Liu Shao said is really, this little white face is really a master! But what about the master? There is an old saying in the world that no matter how high his kung fu is, he is afraid of kitchen knives. Can he believe that this little white face with bare hands can match the choppers in their hands?
"Brothers, take out the guy!" Bareheaded side shouts, side dark hate way, for a while even if this small white face kneels to beg for mercy, also must abandon him!