Rebirth 1990: The beginning is sweet and cool Bai Yueguang

Several identification experts examined it carefully, even taking out magnifying glasses, and gathered together to study it for a long time.

Seeing this, Shang Zizhe said to Liu Zhaoqing: "Do you know blue and white porcelain? Let me tell you, this is a rare treasure.

Your so-called valuable pen holder was sold for only three million, and you are so proud of yourself. When the valuation of my porcelain vase comes out, you will cry."

Liu Zhaoqing just smiled and didn't bother to argue with the young man.

Soon after, several appraisers discussed for a while and came to a conclusion: "It is indeed authentic, but it is a later work and is worth about 1.5 million yuan."

what?

Bought it for three million, but now it’s only worth half of that?

Liu Zhaoqing laughed so hard that he fell backwards, and the others also tried hard to hold back their laughter.

Others made money, but you lost half.

"Did you make a mistake? Look again, how could it be worth only 1.5 million?" Shang Zizhe shouted at the appraisers.

This kind of questioning obviously violated the dignity of professionals, and the appraisers' faces immediately turned gloomy.

One of them tried to control his emotions and said, "We won't make mistakes. If you are not satisfied, you can go to another place for appraisal, but the results should be similar."

"I don't believe it!" Shang Zizhe said stubbornly.

"Enough!" Shang Baochang's face turned pale and he felt extremely embarrassed. He hurriedly apologized to the appraisers, which eased their emotions.

Liu Zhaoqing urged: "Mr. Shang, please continue. The appraisal is not over yet."

"You're not scared anymore, are you?"

"Don't worry, these six masters are all top figures in the industry and will not bear grudges against your son because of his momentary impulse. There is no doubt that they have extremely high professional standards."

If the appraisal was stopped, it would be tantamount to questioning the ability of these experts, which would be tantamount to asking for trouble for Shang Baochang.

These masters are not only famous in the antique world, but if you offend them, it will become very difficult to gain a foothold in this circle in the future, and it may even affect the business of the family business.

Faced with such a situation, although Shang Baochang was full of anger towards Liu Zhaoqing, he had to put on a smile, apologize to several masters, and then carefully took out the snuff bottle and bronze incense burner and handed them to the other party.

Although masters will not deliberately fake things, it does not mean that they have no emotions.

They were able to patiently describe the first few items, but when it came to the incense burner, they only spoke briefly before quoting the price - 800,000. This meant that Shang Baochang had once again lost 1.2 million.

The snuff bottle only lost 50,000, but the total loss of the three items was 2.75 million. On the other hand, Liu Zhaoqing made 3.5 million from just a bamboo pen holder, with a total premium of 4.5 million.

Liu Zhaoqing said proudly: "What did I say before? A bamboo pen holder is enough to leave you far behind."

Then he added: "But don't be discouraged, you still have the copper brick and the white bowl, maybe there will be a surprise. Don't keep everyone waiting, take them out quickly."

Shang Baochang was so angry that his face turned blue. He clenched his fists and stared at Liu Zhaoqing and asked, "How much more do you want to say?"

"Why, didn't you buy those two treasures following the advice of the expert? And the other one was bought by the expert himself." Liu Zhaoqing turned his head to look at Zhou Qi who was silent beside him.

"Am I right, Mr. Zhou? If you were so confident at the beginning, why are you so timid now? Where did your ambition go?"

"Liu Zhaoqing, shut up." Shang Baochang glared at him, with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

"This is a matter between the two of us. It has nothing to do with anyone else. If I lose, I will admit defeat."

"No." Liu Zhaoqing responded firmly.

"The things you bid for are naturally included in the bet. If you don't take them out for appraisal and there is no conclusion in the end, people will say that I am dishonorable."

"As for admitting defeat, I can't accept it now," Liu Zhaoqing continued.

"Everything has to wait for the six experts to give their final judgment."

Shang Baochang understood what Liu Zhaoqing meant—he wanted to embarrass him again and again in front of everyone and defeat him completely.

Not only did he have to lose, he had to lose miserably and become the laughing stock of Hangzhou. This move was really cruel, more hurtful than hurting him directly.

Shang Baochang was eager to end the appraisal and leave this place.

Although he had already admitted defeat in his heart, he still looked at Zhou Qi and said awkwardly: "Mr. Zhou, can you lend me those two things? If there is any loss, I am willing to compensate!"

Zhou Qi looked at him and said calmly: "Since you have promised, I will naturally do it. You can rest assured about this."

Shang Baochang forced a smile but said nothing more. Zhou Qi read the plea for mercy in his eyes and felt disappointed.

Through this incident, he has seen through Shang Baochang's true face - he is not a person worth associating with.

Having said that, since he had made the promise, Zhou Qi still fulfilled his promise, put the box on the table, and handed the small porcelain bowl to the experts.

After a careful examination, several experts nodded to each other, and one of them said:

"This is a small blue-and-white bowl from the Ru kiln of the Song Dynasty. The market estimate is between 2 million and 3 million. However, this bowl has a small defect, so if the price is reasonable, it should be 2.1 million."

Hearing this, Liu Zhaoqing couldn't help laughing:

"Luckily someone took over when I offered 2.5 million, otherwise I would have lost a lot. That buyer had a unique vision. He bought this bowl for 5 million. It was really smart!"

At this time, Shang Baochang had no reaction, as if all this had nothing to do with him, and there was only numbness in his heart.

When Zhou Qi bought the bowl for five million, there was an uproar around him. Now it seems like a joke. Facing such a result, he was not too surprised.

Shang Zizhe had a sneer on his face. Even though the bowl was in his name according to the bet, Zhou Qi's decision made it impossible for him to escape the loss this time - two million nine hundred thousand, which exceeded the total of all his previous losses.

This bowl became the biggest mistake, and Zhou Qi will bear all the responsibility alone.

More importantly, Zhou Qi lost face in front of Du Qianqian.

He secretly glanced at Du Qianqian, and from her surprised expression, he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction - not just ordinary pleasure, but an extremely special kind of joy.

Du Qianqian was indeed surprised, because in her impression, Zhou Qi had never made a mistake.

I remember that at the auction, he confidently said that this bowl was worth at least 30 million. Now, after appraisal, it is only worth 2.1 million.

She felt an urge to ask the appraisers whether they had made a mistake.

But Du Qianqian is not Shang Zizhe. She would not do such a shameful thing. She just stood silently beside Zhou Qi, her eyes full of worry.