"This is bad. Hurry and call the boss over!"
"That calligraphy alone is worth over a million yuan. What if he really got a bargain?"
Seeing Qin Xuan's gaze, the lobby manager quickly signaled the receptionist to find Chen Zhongping.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
By the time Chen Zhongping and Ye Shuliang arrived at the first-floor lobby, Qin Xuan had already purchased the calligraphy for 1.1 million yuan.
The lobby manager was also helpless about this.
Everything in the store was clearly priced. If someone liked it, you couldn't refuse to sell it, could you?
The anxious lobby manager quickly recounted Qin Xuan's latest bargain to Chen Zhongping. Chen Zhongping pondered for a moment, then hurried over to Qin Xuan.
"Mr. Qin, have you found another treasure?"
Qin Xuan smiled, "Yes, this treasure is quite extraordinary. Boss Chen, you'll have to give me a good price."
"Certainly, certainly."
After a few polite words, Chen Zhongping immediately summoned all available appraisal experts to authenticate the item for Qin Xuan.
There was no other way.
The items in his establishment were generally appraised by several, or even more than a dozen, experts before their valuations were given.
Yet, Qin Xuan had managed to find bargains like the Jiajing Sea Horse Pattern Jar.
Now, he had picked out a valuable piece of calligraphy worth millions. How could Chen Zhongping dare to be negligent?
More than ten people surrounded the Dong Qichang scroll, scrutinizing it repeatedly, but they couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.
Helplessly, they had to brace themselves and report to Chen Zhongping, "Boss, this..."
"This is just ordinary calligraphy by Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty. His brushstrokes are inconsistent, and his character is extremely poor."
"Our price of 1.1 million yuan might be slightly low, but it's definitely not a bargain."
After the leading appraisal expert finished speaking, his gaze towards Qin Xuan was filled with deep doubt.
Could this kid have become addicted to finding bargains and was now trying his luck here?
The same question arose in Chen Zhongping's mind.
But in the next second, he completely extinguished the thought.
According to the details of the bargain described by the receptionist, Qin Xuan had bought the Sea Horse Pattern Jar immediately after seeing it.
From spotting it to purchasing it, it hadn't even taken a few minutes.
If you said this was blind luck, he, Chen Zhongping, wouldn't believe it.
Furthermore, this calligraphy was a treasure worth millions of Dragon coins.
Even if Qin Xuan truly wanted to try his luck, he would never go for something of this caliber.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Chen Zhongping still believed: Qin Xuan must possess appraisal skills far beyond ordinary people, and this calligraphy must have some unknown special quality!
"Mr. Qin, what exactly is the special thing about this calligraphy..."
"Old Chen, look at this!"
Just as Chen Zhongping was about to ask Qin Xuan about the special aspect of the calligraphy, Ye Shuliang, who had been frowning, suddenly called out to him.
Following the direction of his finger, he looked closely.
Although not very clear, they could still see a corner of the calligraphy with a distinct curled edge.
"What's going on here?"
"Is it damaged? Or..."
"Is there a hidden secret?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhongping immediately turned to look at Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan nodded in acknowledgment, as if he had already known everything.
Of course, that was indeed the case.
The reason he noticed something different about the calligraphy was that he had heard two inner voices from the same piece of calligraphy!
"Quick, open it up and take a look!"
Seeing Qin Xuan's reaction, Chen Zhongping didn't care if the calligraphy had already been sold.
With a wave of his hand, he immediately directed the expert team to dismantle the calligraphy.
Only when the surface layer of paper was carefully removed did a brand new calligraphy piece finally appear before everyone.
"There is a fish in the northern darkness, its name is Kun.
The Kun is so large, I don't know how many thousand li it is;
It transforms into a bird, its name is Peng.
The back of the Peng, I don't know how many thousand li it is..."
"Holy crap, this is Wang Chong's '逍遥游' (Free and Easy Wandering)!"
Upon closer inspection, Ye Shuliang blurted out a curse.
Chen Zhongping and the other appraisal experts were also stunned. "Wang Chong, are you referring to the famous talented scholar Wang Luren of the Ming Dynasty, who was proficient in poetry, literature, and painting?"
"That's him!"
"What Wang Chong is most talked about is his calligraphy. His small regular script is no less inferior to Wen Zhengming's!"
Ye Shuliang exclaimed, while carefully examining the text before him.
"Simple, distant, ethereal, and exquisitely perfect."
"It's exactly the same as the collection of miscellaneous poems in my home."
"I can guarantee that this is definitely Wang Chong's authentic work!"
"Kid, how did you discover this?!" Ye Shuliang excitedly looked at Qin Xuan.
He simply couldn't understand how the other party had thought of another piece of calligraphy beneath the surface.
"Purely intuition," Qin Xuan smiled slightly.
He certainly couldn't reveal the matter of hearing the inner voices of all things.
Since that was the case, he naturally attributed all the credit to his intuition.
"Intuition, intuition."
Ye Shuliang and Chen Zhongping exchanged glances, clearly not believing Qin Xuan's words.
But it didn't matter.
Because at this moment, they needed such a genius figure in the world of antique appraisal.
"Alright, Old Ye, let's get back to business."
"How much is this calligraphy by Wang Chong worth?"
Chen Zhongping's question voiced the thoughts of all the onlookers.
They were all eagerly looking at the exquisite calligraphy, impatient to know the answer. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Ye Shuliang pondered for a moment, "More than ten years ago, a calligraphy piece by Wang Chong appeared at an auction."
"It was similar in size to this one, and the brushwork was comparable."
"The final transaction price at that time was..."
"12 million Dragon coins."
Holy cow!
12 million!
In such a short time, this calligraphy had increased tenfold?!
The onlookers immediately erupted, but Ye Shuliang wasn't finished speaking.
"Although auction items sometimes have a premium, after more than a decade, it would be easy for this calligraphy to fetch a high price of 20 million."
"Coupled with the Dong Qichang calligraphy on the surface..."
"In my opinion, this person is definitely an underestimated calligrapher."
"You only see the shameless and domineering, the accumulation of evil in the village, but you don't see the self-contained and flowing etherealness in his characters."
"Therefore, I believe that if this work is to be resold, as long as it's not higher than 23 million, it can definitely be considered."
23 million!
A 20-fold profit!
Hearing the final price given by Ye Shuliang, not only were the onlookers excited, but even Qin Xuan, who was already prepared, couldn't help but clench his fists.
This was 20 million! Wealth that many people couldn't attain in a lifetime!
But he, Qin Xuan, had earned it so easily in one day, just by moving his lips.
After completing the receiving procedures again, Qin Xuan's bank account immediately received another 23 million in cash.
Adding the money from the previous bargains of the bracelet and the blue and white porcelain jar, his current balance had reached an astonishing 23.54 million!