Chapter 227

Xiao Chen looked at the Jade Buddha and nodded slightly.

Although the Jade Buddha is quite exquisite, it is only cast in modern times, so the value of collection is not high. It is quite good to have a million.

"I wonder how much brother Jian spent on this jade Buddha?" Xiao Chen asked.

"This is a little of my heart. How vulgar it is to talk about money." Jane stone smiled. But then he said, "it's not too much, just two million."

"Two million. Brother Jian bought it at a loss." Xiao Chen said calmly.

"Lost money?" Jian Shi was a little surprised. In his opinion, the Jade Buddha was worth more than its value. He spent two million to buy it. In the future, it will not be sold at this price, but now Xiao Chen even says that he has lost money.

"I wonder what you think, Mr. Xiao Chen?" The smile on Jane stone's face is still there.

He felt that Xiao Chen was just playing a fat face. Xiao Chen didn't understand how to estimate the value of these antiques.

However, Xiao Chen's words immediately changed his mind.

"Brother Jian, although the Jade Buddha is exquisite in quality and exquisite in carving, it's a pity that it's not made by a master, and the color of the jade on the outer layer is not deep enough. It's estimated that it's a modern collection, which is not well preserved and has been worn out, so the value of the collection is really not high."

Xiao Chen then put the Jade Buddha in front of Jianshi and said:

"If brother Jian doesn't believe what I just said, you can check it. Or let a professional person do the appraisal."

Jianshi looked at the Jade Buddha in front of him and was speechless. He didn't expect Xiao Chen to see so delicate that he could see the age and wear and tear.

However, he didn't really believe what Xiao Chen said, so he snapped his fingers at the former driver:

"A Qiang, help me find master Zhao Yuankun to have an inspection and see if it's what Mr. Xiao Chen said. If so, get the Jade Buddha seller back for me."

"Yes!" Ah Qiang in black picked up the Jade Buddha and went down.

Jianshi then smiled and said to Xiao Chen, "I didn't expect that Mr. Xiao Chen is not only so superb in martial arts, but also has a lot of research on these antiques."

Xiao Chen smiled and said, "just know something."

Xiao Chen has been with Xiao Qingyuan since childhood. Xiao Qingyuan has this hobby, so the ink about antiques in his stomach may even exceed medical skills.

Xiao Chen never mentioned these things to anyone. Because he didn't think it was a particularly boastful thing.

And Xiao Qingyuan told him to do things with a high profile and be a low-key man since he was a child, so he didn't think how great he was and kept his low-key attitude all the time.

But this simple stone seems to have some competitive mind. So I always want to find some weakness of Xiao Chen and let him make a fool of himself.

But now it seems that Jianshi's heart also whispered. If the Jade Buddha thing Xiao Chen just said is really the same, he would have miscalculated. Instead, Xiao Chen gave him another limelight.

In a short while as like as two peas, he came running over the Jade Buddha and gasped and breathed, "the mayor is really the same as Xiao Chen's, and Zhao seems to think that this jade Buddha's value is very low. Maybe eight hundred thousand is high."

Jian Shi's face sank immediately after hearing this. He said to a Qiang, "then hurry down and send someone to catch the man who just sold the Jade Buddha. How dare you sell fake goods at the antique auction!"

Xiao Chen was quietly watching Jian Shi give orders and didn't say anything.

But now he is very clear in his heart that there should be more than one person selling fake goods at this antique auction. Many of them are fakes and imitations.

It's just that there are fewer jades, calligraphy and painting, while there are many porcelain.

Although he didn't understand why there were so many fakes at such a serious auction, he wasn't very interested in it, so he didn't go into it.

After Jianshi finished his command. He quickly showed a flattering smile and said to Xiao Chen:

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Xiao Chen. You see, I just wanted to give you a better gift in good faith. I didn't expect to meet a liar. Fortunately, you have golden eyes, or we'll lose money."

Xiao Chen waved his hand and said, "it's nothing. Thanks to brother Jian's care when I come to Wuling, there may be more things in the future. Sometimes brother Jian needs to solve them. It's good if you don't mind the trouble. I bought a painting for brother Jian this time."

Then Xiao Chen motioned Wang Han to bring up the picture.

Wang Han carefully handed the painting to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen opened the painting directly and put it in front of Jian Shi.

"This is the authentic work of Tang Yin, the picture of a hundred birds facing a phoenix?" Jianshi was shocked.

Although he didn't quite understand the painting, he could still recognize Tang Yin's name in the corner of the painting.

Xiao Chen couldn't help shaking his head and laughing when he heard him say this: "brother Jian is afraid he is wrong. You are looking carefully."

With that, he turned the picture upside down.

"This... Isn't this the Phoenix? It's really the authentic work of master Tang Yin. There's something else." Jane stone's face showed a very excited look.

"No, it's not the authentic work of Tang Yin. It's a painting left by a not famous court painter in the Ming Dynasty, but his artistic conception is far beyond Tang Yin." Xiao Chen said faintly.

"You said, beyond master Tang Yin's paintings?" Jianshi was surprised again.

So he picked up the painting and looked at it carefully. Then he nodded in shock:

"Indeed, the artistic conception of this painting has reached an unprecedented height. It's not too much to be called the first painting of the Ming Dynasty. It was painted by an unknown court painter. Fortunately, it has been preserved."

"Well, it's really a miracle to be preserved, but this is also the artist's intelligence. The reason why he didn't use his own seal, but Tang Yin's seal, is to preserve his paintings as much as possible so that future generations can see his efforts." Xiao Chen also nodded.

"How much did Mr. Xiao Chen spend on this painting?" Jian Shi took the painting for a moment and couldn't put it down.

Hearing this, Xiao Chen smiled faintly and stretched out his right index finger.

"Ten million? Even ten million is worth it." Jianshi was slightly surprised.

But Xiao Chen shook his head.

He immediately wondered, then widened his eyes and said, "did Mr. Xiao Chen spend 100 million?"