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MTL - America’s Treasure King-Chapter 38 Great first
In a small coffee shop, Li Xiaoshuai's young couple and the rich man sat down at a small table outside the shop.
The man once again stated that he had no ill will towards Li Xiaoshuai and his wife. He came to the United States for official business, and usually likes to collect antiques. After everything was done yesterday, he flew back to West Lake City in the evening.
Taking advantage of this gap, he came to this street for a walk, and happened to see that Li Xiaoshuai bought a good ancient lacquer ware. He was curious and wanted to talk about antiques together.
"People from West Lake City" Li Xiaoshuai used the words of his hometown, Yongjiang, because he heard his mother say that West Lake City is the capital of Zhejiang Province and a big city.
In addition, he also wanted to test whether what the person said was true or false. Li Xiaoshuai heard from his mother that his hometown, Yongjiang River, is not far from West Lake City. He thought that since it was not far away, he should be able to understand what he said in his hometown.
If he doesn't understand, then he has to be vigilant.
As Li Xiaoshuai expected, as soon as the Yongjiang words came out, the rich man became even more happy and continued to ask in West Lake dialect, "Is the little brother an international student from Yongjiang?"
"No, I'm a second-generation immigrant. My parents are from Yongjiang, and I speak the Yongjiang dialect at home."
Li Xiaoshuai and the big money said a sentence in Chinese, and they had to translate it for Elaine, which was troublesome enough.
The rich man said sincerely: "Introduce myself, my name is Ai Hua. I am a real estate businessman with a little money. What is your surname, little brother?"
"No need, brother, my name is Li Xiaoshuai." He also introduced his girlfriend Elaine beside him.
The three then communicated in English.
Ai Hua said, Li Xiaoshuai, your vision is very good. You can see that antique lacquer ware just now. This level is very rare even in China.
When it comes to antiques, Li Xiaoshuai is vigilant again, not because he is afraid that the antiques in his backpack are in danger, but because he is afraid that people will see through the little ink he has.
"Hey, I just entered the industry, and I just learned a little bit. It's not like you, brother, you can see clearly from a distance, and this strength is also very powerful."
At this time, Li Xiaoshuai also wanted to understand, why this Ai Hua wanted to invite himself to drink coffee, the purpose is self-evident.
After chatting for a while, the topic was still led by Ai Hua to antiques. He asked Li Xiaoshuai what he had gained today.
Li Xiaoshuai didn't hide anything at all, saying that he had a lot of luck in the past two days, and received a lot of good things in two days.
"Oh, can you give me a detailed introduction?" Ai Hua's interest grew stronger, and he handed Li Xiaoshuai a soft-shell Chinese cigarette, lit it for him, and suggested that his brothers should match.
Li Xiaoshuai first introduced his occupation, saying that he is a professional treasure hunter.
Ai Hua nodded and said, I know, and politely said that this is a master who specializes in gold panning in sand.
Li Xiaoshuai smiled and said, "It's just a garbage picker."
Ai Hua: "Let's not go astray, let's continue to talk about business, I want to hear about your adventures in the past two days."
Elaine, who couldn't stand it for a long time, put in a sentence, "Let me tell you, I have participated in the events of the past two days."
Xiao Nizi said, yesterday we spent a mere $300 to pick up six letters written by General Patton during World War II in an old house.
"General Patton's handwriting, it's a good thing," Ai Hua motioned Elaine to continue with interest.
"And wow, in a pile of old clothes, we also found a silver gilt lighter specially used by German generals during World War II, both of which were requested last night.
There's also a desk clock and a repaired piano, both of which are antique. "
Ai Hua added in a timely manner: "Good luck, good connections. What about today?"
Elaine took a sip of coffee and became more excited.
She said, today we first bought six sets of 1902 silver dinner plates, and then spent $65 on a pair of ancient rabbits, and just spent $20 on a paint that Li said was paint 's box.
Li Xiaoshuai added, "It's a pair of agate lotus-bearing boys, from the Ming Dynasty, and the carving is very good."
"Little brother, I'm itchy because of what you said, can you give me some insight?" Ai Hua said very sincerely.
"Well, who made us all fellows from Zhejiang Province?"
When Li Xiaoshuai was about to open his backpack, Ai Hua suddenly stopped him, saying that the law and order in the United States was not good, and he wanted the bodyguards to guard the left and right sides first.
When the bodyguards were in place, Li Xiaoshuai first took out the pair of onyx boys.
A bodyguard on the side suddenly said, "Mr. Li; this is a good carving of the boy. I like it very much. In a sentence, it is a divine resemblance!"
Li Xiaoshuai is of course very satisfied that his own things are good even for a layman.
Ai Hua said that this is Wei Qinghua, 30 years old this year, and his wife just gave him twin sons a few months ago, so he has feelings for this little boy.
However, even he could see the goodness of the pair of boys, which also showed that the master who carved the boys was also a master-level person.
He also said: "Look at this sculptor, it should be from Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. Little brother, can you see what I said?"
Ai Hua's remarks are not only modest, but also a manifestation of his strength. It means you see, I can also see the age of this pair of antiques, and I can have an equal dialogue with you.
Li Xiaoshuai gave a thumbs up: "Master!"
Recognized by the insiders, Ai Hua smiled contentedly~www.novelbuddy.com~ At the same time, Li Xiaoshuai also saw that this Ai Hua, like himself, was a newcomer who had just been in the industry for a long time, with vision but little experience.
Putting away the villain, Li Xiaoshuai took out the lacquer box from the Yuan Dynasty.
After obtaining the consent, Ai Hua picked up the lacquer box and looked at it carefully. After watching it for a long time, he said quietly; "The rhinoceros-picking lacquerware of the Yuan Dynasty is a rare good thing, even in the West Lake City Museum. Treasures that can go on the stand.”
"There are two treasures in Li's family," Elaine suddenly added.
Ai Hua; "Oh, what kind of baby is at home?"
Li Xiaoshuai had to say that one was a bamboo-carved pen holder from Feng Yinggu of the Jiading School in the Kangxi year, and the other was an ivory carving of "Elephant in Taiping" in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.
Ai Hua kept sighing and said that the little brother is young, has a unique vision, and has amazing luck. His future in the antiques industry is limitless.
Later, Ai Hua pointed to himself and said that he had been working hard to make money in his early years, and he wanted to collect some antiques after he had achieved some achievements. All the good things have been collected by domestic collectors.
No one was willing to take the shot even if he paid a high price, which made him very uncomfortable, and that's why he went to the antique market today.
But when I came here, I was still unlucky. I didn't receive an antique that I liked. On the contrary, the little brother who came here with the mood of shopping was full of rewards, which was enviable.
"Brother, can you transfer your agate boy, Yuan Dynasty lacquer box, and the pen holder from Kangxinian in your family to me? Don't worry, brother, I will definitely pay a high price, and I will never let you suffer."
"This..." Li Xiaoshuai began to think quickly again in his heart.