The thing that the man brought this time shocked Lao Cai, because it was too expensive. It was actually a seal of Emperor Qianlong.
The seal is made of Hetian white jade. It is cylindrical in shape. On the top of the seal, it is carved with double dragon Banggan hexagram in light relief. On the surface, it is printed with the four characters of "Taishang emperor". Around the seal, Emperor Qianlong's poem "self inscribed on the treasure of the supreme emperor" was engraved.
Although Lao Cai didn't know much about seals, he had some understanding of them after communicating with Quan Shan over the past few years. He felt that the seal jade was warm and delicate, the top button carving and the surrounding imperial poetry inscriptions were smooth and delicate, and the shape was natural. It looked like a typical Qianlong style.
It's good. The man's price is also high. He asked for 15 million. However, if it's true, 15 million is really not expensive. I feel that if I buy it and earn millions, it's no problem. It's not difficult to operate well and earn tens of millions. As for whether it's stolen or robbed, what does it have to do with him?
It's just that the old man feels a bit embarrassed. At this time, he is not sure that the seal is true. But if he lets Quan Shan come, he will always share some profits with him. If it's hundreds of thousands of things, it's OK to say that the key is tens of millions of things. There must be a lot of money for Quan Shan, which makes him feel sad when he thinks about it.
Lao Caisi wanted to go. Finally, for the sake of safety, he called Quanshan and urged him to come and help him.
Half an hour later, Quanshan came to laocai's shop in a sweat. Seeing Quanshan doing his best for himself, laocai was a little embarrassed about the idea just now, but the idea was immediately put aside by him. What about friendship? Where can I get the money?
After seeing the seal, Quan Shan took Lao Cai to the back room. With a look of excitement, he told Lao Cai that he could be sure that the seal was genuine. In the current market, the conservative estimate is 25 million.
It's impossible to believe the whole mountain's judgment immediately because of the old talent's character. However, the next thing the whole mountain took out immediately convinced the old talent.
Quan Shan said that a few days ago, he stayed in laocai's shop for a book called Qianlong baosou, which is a special book about Qianlong imperial seal. If he remembers correctly, there is an introduction to that seal in this book.
At this time, the old man was full of the seal. He didn't think of the coincidence. He took the book and found that there was a clear description of the seal in it. Compared with the real object, the material, size and layout of the seal were completely consistent with the records in the book.
With the preconceived idea and the comparison in books, the old man decided to buy it. However, he still had some doubts about the price of the seal, so he called several friends again. After some inquiry, he finally proved that the market price was almost the same as what Quan Shan said. If it was shot, it would probably exceed 30 million.
In addition to asking about the price, a friend of laocai directly fixed the seal on the phone, and the price was as high as $28 million.
After a while, he could earn 13 million yuan. The old man was really overjoyed. Of course, the seller was asking for a lot of money. Of course, he had to pay back the money. At last, the two sides exchanged swords and struck a deal with 12 million yuan.
Thinking that he was going to become a multimillionaire, Lao Cai almost laughed. What made him a little embarrassed was that he had only saved more than 6 million yuan in cash and had to borrow less than 6 million yuan.
No one is rich these days. Six million is astronomical for ordinary people. It's not so easy to borrow. However, thinking that 15 million yuan was already waving to him, he gritted his teeth. He not only asked his friends to borrow it, but also borrowed high interest loans.
During this period, there was a small episode. Quanshan told laocai that he also had two million yuan. He wanted to build a partnership with laocai. It was a business of tens of millions. How could laocai let others get involved in it? He pushed it off after a ha ha. That's why he went to borrow high interest loans.
Half a day later, he raised 12 million yuan and quickly went to the bank to transfer the account. The seal also went to the old man.
When the food arrived, Lao Cai liked it more and more. However, he didn't do that. He not only invited Quan Shan to a five-star hotel for a meal, but also patted him on the chest at the dinner table to promise that he would pay Quan Shan 300000 commission when the food was sold.
Quan Shan expressed his gratitude to Lao Cai, but he looked a little sad. Lao Cai also understood what was going on. However, he had a thick skin and didn't care about it at all. Over the years, he cheated so many people, many of whom were his former friends.
Laocai felt that he had not given up the burden and gave back 300000 yuan to the whole mountain, which was the end of his duty.
The next day, the old man excitedly took his things to his friend who had already ordered the seal, and solemnly handed it to his friend. The friend also thought the seal was good, and he couldn't put it down. However, after being identified by his friend's master, he said it was a fake!
This was a bolt from the blue for the old man. He immediately refuted the conclusion of master Palmer, saying that the seal was recorded and could not be false.Master palmeye was well prepared. He brought the book Qianlong baosou with him, and then pointed out the problems of the seal one by one.
Although the seal bought by laocai is very similar to the genuine one, first of all, there is a problem with the material. Although it looks very similar, there is still a gap between the quality and the genuine one. In addition, there are also problems with the workmanship. Although laocai's seal has tried his best to imitate the craftsmanship of the court craftsmen in the Qianlong period, some details have not been dealt with properly.
When it comes to craftsmanship, the master Palmer took out a jade pendant made by the palace manufacturing office during the reign of Emperor Qianlong. By contrast, the old man was disappointed to find that the craftsmanship displayed by the seal was not as good as the jade pendant produced by the master Palmer.
You know, the seal is used by the emperor. How can the sculptor be worse than the jade pendant? Unless it's the craftsman.
When he came out of his friend's house, he couldn't believe the result. So he took the seal to several big auction houses in the next two days. As a result, all of them said that his seal was a fake.
In addition, he finally got a message from the last auction house that the real seal was still in France, which was plundered back by French general de gercey in 1900. Now he is still lying quietly in the safe. How can it appear in his hands.
At this point, the old man was completely dead. At first, he just wanted to pay back the money as soon as possible, but he didn't doubt the whole mountain. Later, the more he thought about it, the more confused he felt. Next, he couldn't get through to the whole mountain for several days. Finally, he found that the information of the whole mountain was incorrect through the help of his friends.
At this time, the old man didn't understand that he was trapped by the whole mountain. It took five or six years to set up, and the other side also invested nearly a million yuan. For such a group of swindlers, he only had to admire them except with a wry smile.
Next, in order to raise money, the old man sold out the shop and many of his collections. Today, with the 680000 yuan of Chu Chen's collection, he has paid off almost all his debts. He has only a house and a few bad collections left. His more than ten years of antique career has been in vain.
After listening to the causes and consequences, Chu Chen and others looked at each other. They didn't expect that someone would prepare for a scam for five or six years. They all shuddered when they thought about it.
However, it took five or six years to cheat 12 million people. During this period, some of them can go to other places to cheat, and the profits are really enough. Those people are really a group of very powerful cheaters.
"Well, it's easy to say that. I'm going back now. I have to pay back the mortgage money, or someone will go to my house and splash paint."
The old man took a sip of tea, stood up, said hello to the crowd, and left briskly.
Duan Ning sighed: "although laocai's character is not good, he has a good ability to bear it in his heart. If it were me, I might be depressed."
Duan Kun quickly said: "Uncle Ning, it's better not to assume!"
Duan Ning said with a smile: "what's the matter with this matter? It's just the end of old age. In fact, it's still greedy."
Liu Sizhe shook his head: "greed is very normal. Who is not greedy in the world? The key is that the swindlers are too clever. How many people in the world can see through this scam?"
"That's right!"
Duan Ning sighed, and the room was silent.
"Well, let's not talk about this little thing!"
Liu Sizhe waved his hand and said to Chu Chen, "brother Chen, how can you think of spending 680000 to buy such a cup? If it's rhinoceros horn, it's worth the price. Now..."
Chuchen said with a smile: "but I know what kind of material this cup is made of. If I buy it for 680000 yuan, I can earn a lot of money."
"What? Do you know what it's made of? " Everyone was surprised and asked in unison.
Chuchen nodded with a smile and said, "yes, if I am right, this cup should be made of Bixi."
"Green rhinoceros?" Liu Sizhe and Duan Ning suddenly exclaimed.
"What kind of rhinoceros is Bixi?" Duan Kun and Hu Yong are confused.
Chuchen explained with a smile: "in the ancient times of our country, because of the lack of knowledge, the explanation of some things was only imagined by people, so rhinoceros horn is not the same as rhinoceros horn, and Bixi is not rhinoceros, but the horn of snake..."