69novels Chapter 605
Chapter 605
Hou Yaxin naturally knew that Hou Bingde liked antiques. He got two vases from Zhang Xinghai and immediately took them to see Hou Bingde.
Hou Bingde had made some money in the taxi industry recently and was very proud of it.
When Hou Yaxin came to find him, his face looked better.
"Zhang Xinghai, the boss of the small taxi company, the one who caused me to lose 1 million yuan?"
"Yes, it's him. I have been sending people to find him recently. I guess he couldn't take out the family heirloom because I pushed him too hard."
"This guy is just a gambler. I don't believe his rhetoric."
Hou Bingde picked up the vase and looked around. His eyes became brighter and brighter.
He also collected a lot of vases from various periods of the Qing Dynasty. He felt that he was a bit of a researcher.
After looking at them for a long time, he felt that the two vases in his hand were genuine.
"Yaxin, go and invite Mr. Song over, and tell him I have two vases here and ask him to help judge them."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After Hou Bingde and Mr. Song checked, they finally confirmed that the two vases were indeed from the palace, and one was worth at least 150,000 yuan.
When Hou Yaxin heard that it was true, he slapped his thigh with joy.
"I didn't expect these two vases to be so valuable. At first, I thought they were similar to those vases in the Friendship Store."
"The porcelain in the Friendship Store is used to cheat foreigners to earn foreign exchange. Few of them are really valuable."
"These two vases are different. They are tributes from the official kiln to the emperor. Although they are all things from the official kiln, they are also divided into different grades. The ones that can be sent to the emperor are naturally the best, and the price is also the most expensive."
Hou Yaxin looked at Hou Bingde with a look of picking up a treasure.
"Third Master, there must be other valuable antiques in Zhang Xinghai's house. I'll go find him now, maybe I can really squeeze out some money."
"Well, if it's something the eunuchs in the palace took out, there must be other valuables. You ask Zhang Xinghai again, let's take all the treasures in his hands. If it can really pay off the debt, then we will be rich."
Hou Bingde is very fond of antiques and calligraphy and paintings. Some time ago, in order to raise money to buy land, Hou Bingde sold many antiques and calligraphy and paintings in his home.
Seeing that Zhang Xinghai can buy cheap and good antiques, Hou Bingde naturally doesn't want to miss such a good opportunity.
He was afraid that Hou Yaxin would not be able to do things, and he specifically told him not to scare Zhang Xinghai, lest he run away with these valuable treasures.
Zhang Xinghai was worried for two days. When Hou Yaxin came to him again and asked him if he had any antiques that could be used to pay off the debt, he felt much more at ease. It seemed that Hou Yaxin did not realize that the two antiques were fakes.
"Boss Hou, how much can you give me for my two antiques?"
Zhang Xinghai began to argue with Hou Yaxin, talking about a lot of shortcomings of the two vases. In the end, the two vases were converted to 50,000 yuan for Zhang Xinghai.
The script that Meng Haisheng wrote for Zhang Xinghai clearly stated that if the price of the two vases was less than 100,000 yuan, he had to pretend to be reluctant and say that there were no other antiques at home.
When Hou Yaxin calculated more than 100,000 yuan for him, he would take out the third antique, so that Hou Yaxin would trust him more.
Zhang Xinghai followed Meng Haisheng's script. After the two argued for a long time, Hou Yaxin agreed.
Zhang Xinghai bargained with Hou Yaxin in this way, making Hou Yaxin mistakenly believe that Zhang Xinghai understood the market. Thinking of Hou Bingde's advice not to scare Zhang Xinghai away, he could only temporarily agree.
Zhang Xinghai saw that Hou Yaxin was really as Meng Haisheng expected, and he did not get angry and curse, and even raised the estimated price of the vase to 100,000 yuan.
He admired Meng Haisheng in his heart.
A person can calculate another person's mind so accurately. For Zhang Xinghai, Meng Haisheng is simply a god-like existence.
Then Zhang Xinghai took out a small jar with colored glaze figures.
"Boss Hou, please help me estimate how much this is worth."
"Don't give me any nonsense. Have you asked someone to estimate the price a long time ago? Don't beat around the bush and just tell me directly."
Zhang Xinghai smiled awkwardly and said, "This one also came from the palace. I heard that it was placed in the imperial study. The emperor liked it very much. I asked someone and it's at least 200,000 yuan each."
"Okay, I'll go back and ask."
Hou Yaxin didn't waste time talking to Zhang Xinghai. He took the glazed small jar and went back to find Hou Bingde.
He didn't know that after he left, Zhang Xinghai was so scared that he collapsed on the chair. At this moment, Zhang Xinghai's entire back was sweaty.
The antique he took outThey were all fakes. Psychologically, Zhang Xinghai was still extremely scared. If Hou Yaxin knew that he was cheating him, Hou Yaxin might even want to kill him.
Meng Haisheng, who was remotely controlling in the office, was actually playing a psychological game.
He was betting on the greed of Hou Bingde and Hou Yaxin.
Zhang Xinghai offered 200,000 yuan for the small glazed figure jar. In fact, if Hou Bingde really sold it, it would be at least 500,000 or 600,000 yuan.
With such a large profit, Hou Bingde would definitely continue to look for Zhang Xinghai.
As Meng Haisheng expected, two days after Hou Yaxin gave the small glazed figure jar to Hou Bingde, Hou Bingde asked Hou Jingchen to find a similar one at an auction abroad.
At a foreign auction, a jar slightly larger than this one was sold for 800,000 yuan.
Hou Bingde was so happy that he almost took off.
Unfortunately, this antique made money faster than his real estate business.
To do real estate, you must first buy land, and then find a construction team to build commercial housing. The whole process will take at least a year and a half.
Although real estate can make a lot of money, it is a long-term investment project. He hasn't even bought the land yet, and it's a waste to hold the 10 million in his hand.
If he can take the opportunity to invest in a few antiques and take them to auction abroad, maybe he can make millions in a short time.
Hou Bingde, who is already crazy about poverty, never thought that someone would dig a hole for him on this.
Then Hou Yaxin went to Zhang Xinghai again, and the antiques he took out became more and more valuable.
Until Zhang Xinghai took out a jade ruyi, Hou Bingde finally became suspicious.
"Old Song, do you think this jade ruyi is a funeral object? I feel it's a little unclean."
Hou Bingde handed the jade ruyi to Old Song and pointed to the two tiny cracks on the back.
Old Song took a magnifying glass and observed it carefully, nodding slightly.
"It looks like it has been buried in the soil for many years, leaving traces of dirt."
"I won't keep this thing myself, it's unlucky."
Hou Bingde frowned. He had thought about keeping this jade ruyi for himself because it was of good quality, but now he felt that this jade ruyi was a ghost item, and he immediately lost the idea of collecting it.
"It's not good to keep ghost items at home, but foreigners don't care about these. You can still make a lot of money by shipping them out of Hong Kong and asking the eldest son to help you."
Hou Bingde smiled and nodded.
"Foreigners don't know anything, they are the ones who are being cheated."
"I'll call Jingchen right now to see if he has any connections."