Seeing through stones, the awakening of superpowers

Principal Lin directly picked up the white tiger jade carving. The white tiger was carved to be very powerful, and the details were well controlled. The key point was that the quality of the jade was quite rare, almost reaching the level of mutton-fat white jade.

"Dean Wang, is this something the museum is going to buy, or do you want to buy it privately?"

Wang Xianru nodded:

"My favorites are these two jade carvings, but they are said to be very expensive, so I can only buy one. I plan to buy this white tiger statue."

At this point, Wang Xianru finally stopped hiding the truth.

It turned out that among this batch of antiques, the broker had clearly stated the origins of the other pieces, but he was vague about the origins of these two pieces. In the end, he simply said he didn't know, which made the people at the museum a little worried.

The item is good, but what if it is fake? Even if it is real, if it is stolen goods or obtained through some other bad experience, then it is hard to explain.

In fact, Dean Wang’s original plan was to buy them all in the name of the museum, so that he wouldn’t have to spend any money and could appreciate them anytime. However, because the origins of the two jade carvings were unclear and Dean Wang really liked them, he decided to buy one for himself just for fun.

"Looking at the craftsmanship and overall quality of these two jade carvings, they are both old items. They must have been made at that age. However, the jade quality of these two pieces is so good, and the color is so light, that I am a little unsure."

Principal Lin nodded. Generally speaking, the quality of jade artifacts left over from ancient times would not be very good. Occasionally, even the best quality jade would have flaws.

However, there are almost no flaws in these two jade carvings, which makes Wang Xianru, who has always been confident, a little unsure.

"These two jade carvings are old and very good."

Principal Lin said with certainty that apart from anything else, just the rich white light inside them showed that they were definitely old objects without a doubt.

Dean Wang was very happy, and then asked:

"What about the other items? It's strange that the things he brought this time are all so ambiguous that it's hard to tell them apart."

Principal Lin took a quick glance and found that except for a pastel-colored bowl, all of them were emitting a rich white light. The answer was naturally self-evident.

However, Principal Lin still pretended to observe it carefully, and then took out the pastel bowl:

"There's something wrong with this bowl. The other pieces should be fine, but this pen holder has a small problem. It was carved twice and then made to look old."

Principal Lin discovered that the pen holder was emitting a strong white light all over, and it was obvious that its owner was not ordinary. However, the carved area on the upper part of the pen holder did not glow. This dim area was obviously caused by aging in later times.

Wang Xianru was very impressed and said:

"So that's how it is. No wonder I always feel weird looking at this pen holder, but I can't tell why."

Now that he had seen the Four Spirits Jade Sculptures again, Lin Xiao naturally wanted to take them into his own hands.

So Principal Lin asked directly:

"Dean Wang, I wonder what price you plan to pay for these two jade carvings?"

Dean Wang smiled awkwardly:

"I can't afford two pieces, but I'm prepared to pay five million for the white tiger jade sculpture. I think that should be enough."

Schoolmaster Lin was a little curious:

"You haven't negotiated the price yet?"

Wang Xianru nodded:

"We'll discuss the price at the end."

Principal Lin took a look at the white tiger jade carving. With such jade quality and being an antique, Principal Lin felt that it would be difficult to buy it for five million. Of course, if he didn't know the secret behind it, five million would be more than enough to buy the Vermillion Bird jade carving.

Principal Lin smiled and said:

"Dean Wang, to be honest, I really like these two jade carvings. How about this? You negotiate the price with the other party first. After you have agreed on the price, I will buy them from you at twice the price. What do you think?"

Wang Xianru didn't react for a moment. When he understood, he asked hesitantly:

“Are you willing to pay such a high premium to buy it?”

Principal Lin smiled and said:

"I'm in the jade business and I like these things. Besides, I'm not short of money."

Wang Xianru thought about it and thought that this deal sounded good. To be honest, the five million yuan he was going to spend on the jade carving was all his savings.

Although Wang Xianru has a lot of assets, he doesn't have much cash. If he wants to recover quickly, he can only sell his other collections.

Now, you can double your money by reselling it. It is still difficult to come across such a good thing. Although he likes the jade carving, he also thinks the price is too expensive. It is better to make a fortune directly from Lin Xiao.

But he still pretended to say:

"Brother Lin, since you like it, just buy it when the time comes."

Principal Lin smiled and said:

"Dean Wang, you don't have to save money for me. A gentleman doesn't take away what others like, but you can buy it."

Dean Wang was still polite and said that you could just give me 50% more, but Principal Lin still insisted on giving me double the amount.

The two men argued for a while, and finally decided to go with Lin Xiao's price. Soon Wang Xianru contacted the broker.

About ten minutes later, the broker arrived. It seemed he was nearby.

The broker was a middle-aged man in his forties. He was serious and spoke very quickly.

He only said a few words about the white tiger jade carving:

"Top-quality mutton-fat jade, and it's an antique, ten million, no bargaining."

Wang Xianru was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect the price to be so high. It seemed like he wanted to make more money from Lin Xiao. After he worked hard, the price was finally negotiated to 8.88 million.

Wang Xianru couldn't help but secretly click his tongue. If he hadn't brought Principal Lin with him today, the little money he brought wouldn't be enough for others to see. It would be so embarrassing.

Another red jade carving of a Vermilion Bird was sold for 4.5 million.

Because this was a private transaction, Lin Xiao paid the money directly. As for the remaining four items, Wang Xianru talked with the broker for a while and finally only the painting was sold.

Of course, these had nothing to do with Lin Xiao. After receiving the jade carving, Lin Xiao transferred 8.88 million to Wang Xianru and left with the jade carving.

In fact, when Principal Lin thought of asking Old Wu about the Four Spirits Jade Sculpture, the first thing he thought of was to ask.

But how should I tell Old Wu that the two jade carvings in his hands are fakes, and the two in my hand are the real ones. Now I have all four real ones?

This was obviously inappropriate, and after thinking about it, Principal Lin decided to ask Old Wu in the name of finding out something.

I haven’t contacted this old guy for a long time, and I miss him a little bit.

The phone rang for a long time before Old Wu answered it. As soon as he started talking, his loud voice came from the other end:

"Principal Lin, it's really rare that you would take the initiative to call me."

Principal Lin chuckled:

"I have something to ask you. Do you still remember the treasure map on the Four Spirits Jade Sculpture?"

When talking about this, Old Wu was a little excited:

"Oh, don't mention it. The jade carving is fake. I asked someone to look at it. The carving is indeed very good, but it is definitely not an antique. So forget about the treasure map or anything like that."

It turned out that Old Wu had already known that the jade carving in his hand was a fake. Principal Lin's brain began to work rapidly. This way, the problem would be solved easily.

He pretended to be very angry:

"We went to so much trouble, but all we found were fakes?"

Old Wu said unhappily:

"Yes, the trade fair didn't cheat the Japanese, but it cheated us instead."