130 Jade Pendant
About those three items that failed to be sold at auction for several times.
He Zhijun knew it.
But he didn't take it seriously.
After all, it's just a thing worth two or three million, so if it fails to sell, it fails.
As the general manager, he couldn't afford to be upset over the failure of an item of low value to be sold at a low price.
But he didn't expect that the three items were actually sold out, and the person who bought them was right in front of him.
But you can take it if you want.
All in all, it's a good thing for their Wuji Group.
But now you say you want to sell it back, what does that mean?
"Boss Ye, you said you wanted to sell it back to us? What's the matter? Is there something wrong with the product? Is it fake?
He Zhijun frowned.
"No, no, no, Mr. He, you misunderstood. These things are not fakes. On the contrary, they are rare treasures that only come once in a century. When I said I would sell them back to you, I didn't mean to sell them at the original price. Well, let's talk about the price later! In this case, can you find your appraisal expert!" Ye Chen said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" He Zhijun was confused.
In fact, not only he was confused, even Zhang Jingshan was confused.
"Don't worry, Mr. He. This is definitely a good thing for you. You just need to find your appraisal expert now. I believe you will thank me later!"
Ye Chen changed his smile and said solemnly.
However, this also made He Zhijun frown again and again.
Thinking that this was the person brought by Zhang Jingshan.
He finally nodded after thinking about it, "Okay, I hope you're not being mysterious!"
Following a phone call from He Zhijun.
Soon, several middle-aged and elderly people walked into the reception room. "Mr. He, what's going on?"
Several appraisal experts spoke as soon as they entered the room.
He Zhijun shook his head and looked at Ye Chen, "The experts are here, what do you want to do?"
Ye Chen nodded.
Then he sat down on the sofa.
He reached out and picked up the wooden sculpture wrapped in golden cloth that Zhang Jingshan had just placed on the coffee table.
After Ye Chen took off the cloth.
The identification experts were immediately stunned.
"Isn't this the wood carving from the Qing Dynasty?"
"Weren't the ornaments from the Qing Dynasty princes' mansions auctioned? Why are they back now?"
Listen to these sounds.
Ye Chen smiled slightly.
"Experts, please wait a moment. It is true that this is an ornament from the palace of a Qing Dynasty prince, but it is not just an ornament!"
That's all.
Ye Chen picked up the fruit knife on the coffee table. "Mr. He, can I use this knife?"
"You use it!" He Zhijun nodded, confused.
Ye Chen put the wooden sculpture down on the coffee table.
Then he looked at Zhang Jingshan and said, "Jingshan, do you mind if I cut this thing?"
"Uh...don't even mention using a knife. Brother Ye, it's okay even if you smash it. You can do whatever you want!"
Although I still don't know what Ye Chen means.
But Zhang Jingshan blurted out without hesitation. "That's fine!"
Ye Chen stopped talking nonsense.
While everyone was completely confused from beginning to end, Ye Chen used a fruit knife to find a very tiny crack on the wood carving.
It's like the tiny cracks on a wood sculpture that have been hit.
Then, he stabbed the tip of the knife into the crack.
"No!"
"No!"
"This is a tyranny of nature's gifts! This is a tyranny of nature's gifts!"
"No matter what, these are all ornaments from the palaces of Qing Dynasty princes. They are worth at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. If they are damaged, they will be worthless!"
The identification experts saw this.
They all shouted anxiously. Even He Zhijun's face was trembling wildly. What on earth does this guy want to do?
However, Ye Chen turned a deaf ear to it.
After the tip of the knife penetrated about a centimeter, it suddenly pulled hard to the side.
The debris suddenly flew up.
Not bits of wood.
It was just like the debris of patina. "This..."
At this point, the faces of all the identification experts changed drastically.
Because there was an obvious crack where Ye Chen had cut it with a fruit knife.
The crack was obviously not made by Ye Chen, but existed originally.
Combined with the patina debris falling from the seams, this is the secret of wood carving!
Without waiting for these treasure appraisal experts to recover.
Ye Chen followed the seam, turned the wood carving to the other side, and continued to cut it with the tip of the knife.
Hiss...
Hiss...
Hiss...
Three more seams appeared.
The four seams on the wood carving reveal its true appearance as a box.
Ignore everyone's reaction.
Ye Chen tightly grasped one end of the wooden box and tried to pry it apart.
Click...
The wooden box suddenly broke into two.
Inside.
A crystal clear jade pendant was revealed!
Not to mention the antique value, just the appearance of this piece of jade is worth at least several million! "Oh my God!
"How is this possible!
"How could this Qing Dynasty wood carving have such a secret?"
"No, no, this wood carving has been in our hands for quite some time, how could we not have noticed it all this time!
In an instant.
The treasure appraisers exclaimed in disbelief.
It seemed that he was completely unable to accept the scene before him.
"Ye, Brother Ye...what's going on?"
Zhang Jingshan was also frightened by this scene, and his mouth opened in disbelief.
"It is well known that Empress Dowager Cixi's love for jade was unprecedented. For this reason, jade was extremely popular at that time, especially in the court and the public. The officials of the court at that time were proud to get a piece of jade with excellent quality, and it was a great honor to be rewarded by Empress Dowager Cixi!"
"It is said that during that period, Cixi would occasionally give relatively inferior jadeite to civil and military officials. According to a rumor, Cixi's rewards were divided into two levels: one was wrapped in yellow cloth, and the other was placed in a box. The box for the jadeite was made of the golden nanmu used in the palace, and there were some pictures and texts carved on the box!
"However, this kind of reward was not given in the court, but in private, so there is very little research on these secrets in history. It is also said that the jadeite that Cixi could give away in boxes were her favorite jadeite, so only a few princes and ministers could receive this treatment!"
"Originally, this was a great favor from the emperor that brought honor to the family. But later, it was said that some ministers accidentally broke or lost the jadeite they were awarded, which brought them into great trouble. From then on, all the ministers who had been awarded jadeite treated it as their lifeblood, especially the princes and ministers who received the wooden box."
"For this reason, they had to find skilled craftsmen to seal the box to prevent the jade from being accidentally knocked over or broken, or from being lost."
"So, when I saw this carved wooden box at Wuji Auction, I knew it was close. Fortunately, I was not disappointed!
Ye Chen explained slowly and calmly.
These were all discovered by people in previous lives.
So Ye Chen just picked it up easily.
After listening to what Ye Chen said.
Those identification experts and He Zhijun were all dumbfounded.
"So you opened this box to sell this jade back to our Wuji Group?"
After being surprised, He Zhijun suddenly asked.