However, Zhou Qi never complained and instead helped him win the bet.

Thinking of this, Shang Baochang felt ashamed and grateful. He looked at Zhou Qi with gratitude, but this was not a good time to speak, so he solemnly clasped his hands together and nodded deeply.

Then he turned his gaze to Liu Zhaoqing, and changed his previous decadence, and asked with great momentum: "Do you have anything else to say now?"

Liu Zhaoqing's face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it. The situation that he originally thought was a sure win had now completely reversed.

An inconspicuous copper brick actually contained ancient coins, and a bowl identified as a Ru kiln bowl turned out to be a more valuable Ding kiln masterpiece.

The value of each item was far greater than his bamboo pen holder, which made him extremely angry. The experts he invited seemed useless at this moment, and even the most basic identification made serious mistakes.

Especially the bowl, which soared from an estimated 2 million to over 30 million, which was unacceptable to him.

Faced with Shang Baochang's questioning, Liu Zhaoqing was speechless and could only turn his anger towards Master Wu and ask him what was going on.

Master Wu's face turned ugly. He said defensively, "I didn't check it carefully at the time. How could I have made such an accurate judgment?"

In fact, even experienced appraisers can make mistakes sometimes. After all, no one is perfect.

Liu Zhaoqing was unwilling to give up and suspected that Master Wu had colluded with the other party to set a trap for him.

Master Wu was irritated and retorted: "If you hadn't asked me repeatedly, I wouldn't have agreed to your request. I won't charge you this time."

"Take care of yourself."

Master Wu finished speaking and turned to leave, but at the last moment, he couldn't help but turn back and asked Zhou Qi: "Young man, can you tell me how you came to this conclusion?"

"Rely on intuition." Zhou Qi answered briefly.

Master Wu frowned slightly, obviously not satisfied with the answer, but he understood the other party's concerns, after all, he had stood on Liu Zhaoqing's side before. So he shook his head and left the crowd's sight.

"Liu Zhaoqing, you set up the gambling game and you set the rules."

After Master Wu left, Shang Baochang said to Liu Zhaoqing, "You are also a prominent figure. Don't you think it's too embarrassing to refuse to admit your defeat?"

Liu Zhaoqing clenched his teeth, feeling very aggrieved.

If I had known this would happen, I would never have let the copper brick and bowl come on the table, and I would have just admitted defeat after Shang Baochang had appraised the three items. Now, I am reaping the consequences.

"They are just two stores. I can afford the compensation." Liu Zhaoqing looked at Shang Baochang with a cold gaze.

"But your victory was not fair enough. You used despicable means to bribe my experts. I want to bet with you again. Do you dare to accept the challenge?"

Hearing about another bet, Shang Baochang instinctively wanted to refuse. This time the win was too thrilling, in fact, he had no chance of winning, and it was only with Zhou Qi's help that he turned the situation around.

Of the three items, only the snuff bottle made a profit of 50,000, while the other two suffered heavy losses.

"I'm not interested in people who have already been defeated," Shang Baochang responded.

Liu Zhaoqing's face turned blue with anger. He pointed at Shang Baochang. Although he had just lost the game, his anger almost made him lose his mind:

"You think I don't know what you're thinking? You're just afraid that I'll turn the tables. If you're afraid, just say it out loud!"

"Provocation doesn't work on me." Shang Baochang naturally couldn't show weakness in front of everyone.

"But if you sincerely ask for another round, I might consider it."

Liu Zhaoqing was almost suffocated by the frustration in his heart. He had to regain his face for what happened today.

Liu Zhaoqing gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I beg you, compete with me again."

Shang Baochang smiled gently, looked at Liu Zhaoqing, and asked with a smile on his face, "What are you betting on?"

"51% of the company's shares!" Liu Zhaoqing replied.

Shang Baochang's face suddenly changed when he heard this. 51% of the shares meant control. Liu Zhaoqing was trying to kill him. He sneered, "Not interested!"

Liu Zhaoqing taunted, "You are afraid, right? Since you have lost, you should admit defeat in this bet."

"You can't say that. You asked me to compete with you, and I have the right to choose the conditions. If I'm not satisfied, I can naturally refuse. Is there a problem with that?" Shang Baochang retorted.

The muscles on Liu Zhaoqing's face twitched a few times, and he asked, "Then what conditions do you want to compete?"

Shang Baochang thought for a moment and said, "I'll use the two stores you lost to me last time to bet 51% of your company's shares. If you agree, forget it. If you don't agree, forget it."

"You are giving me a hard time!"

"Remember, you asked me to do it."

Liu Zhaoqing cursed in his heart, such conditions were obviously unfair, but if he did not agree, he would lose the opportunity to fight back.

He gnashed his teeth and said, "You are the one who is afraid of losing. If I win, I don't want your money. I just want you to apologize to me in public and publish an apology letter in the newspaper for three consecutive days.

If you don't even have this much courage and still want to take my shares, I will expose your cowardice even if it means losing face."

Shang Baochang's face darkened again. Winning was good, but the other party was willing to gamble with shares, while he only had two stores and an apology. This didn't sound fair.

He gritted his teeth, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "How do we bet?"

Liu Zhaoqing showed a ferocious smile and said, "I know you will go to the Diancheng rough stone auction the day after tomorrow. Let's gamble on the stones. Each of us will invest 10 million yuan to see who picks the most valuable stone!"

Gambling on stones? This requires extremely high vision and skills. Shang Baochang has done some research in this area, and he remembers that Zhou Qi is also very proficient in it. He was impressed by the skills Zhou Qi demonstrated before.

Although it was a bit embarrassing to ask Zhou Qi for help, he might have to do it in order to win.

With the relationship with Du Bowen, things shouldn't be too difficult.

The most important thing is that he can't refuse now. Otherwise...

Once Liu Zhaoqing spread the news, he would become a coward.

Thinking of this, Shang Baochang agreed, but said: "Just saying it doesn't count, we need a written agreement!"

Liu Zhaoqing didn't say much, picked up the paper from the table, and quickly wrote two agreements. After the two signed, Liu Zhaoqing left with the driver.

What if I didn't leave? After arguing for a long time, I ended up losing. This time I was really embarrassed.

He was thinking about rushing to the raw stone auction in Dian City as soon as possible to save his face.

Before leaving, he did not leave any threatening words, but the look in his eyes when he looked at Shang Baochang contained not only anger but also a bit of sarcasm.

After Liu Zhaoqing left, Shang Baochang thanked Zhou Qi and said apologetically: "Mr. Zhou, thank you very much. If it weren't for you, I would definitely lose today."

“My son had a bad attitude before.”

"Zizhe, why don't you apologize to Mr. Zhou!"

Zhou Qi appeared very high-profile as he displayed ancient coins and wiped the white porcelain bowl with warm water.

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