C15 Ivory microcarvings
When the Boss Ma on the black market heard the bid price of 500 million, his eyes turned red. He had not expected the other party to change hands and increase the price by nearly a hundred thousand times.
At this moment, Boss Ma was somewhat regretful. However, he had already sold the item, there was nothing he could do even if he regretted it. If he went back on his words, then he would not be able to stand firm in this field anymore.
Compared to the 500 million in front of him, he still had to keep his eyes open. After all, although this amount of money was not cheap, as long as he firmly held the black market business in his hands, he could make it back sooner or later.
"How is it, young man? It's already 500 million, are you sure you want to decide whether to sell it or not?" Boss Zhou who had bid five hundred million stared at Ye Feng and asked with a smile.
"Not for sale." Ye Feng firmly shook his head: "This boss, if you are interested, you can look at the next item."
Hearing that, everyone was startled, other than the rotten bronze sword, the only other thing that Zhang Kexin and the others had taken down was the Chinese pear pen container.
Could it be that this guy was talking about Chinese pear pen container? Stop joking around!
Although this item was worth a bit of money, its value was not that high. Otherwise, they would have continued raising the price.
"Lad, stop joking around. We are not interested in this Chinese pear pen container!" A boss chuckled.
"That's right, we really have no interest in this thing..."
Ye Feng laughed but did not say a word, with a mysterious look, the more he acted like this, the more the few bosses felt suspicious.
Could it be that there was something hidden within the Chinese pear pen container?
Thinking of the rotten bronze sword with the Seven Star Dragon's Abyss Blade, the few of them felt their hearts tremble and could not help but think.
An appraiser that was a little over 30 years old, had started to view Ye Feng in a new light ever since Ye Feng saw the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword from the rotten bronze sword. With such eyesight, it was definitely not something that could be done by an ordinary person, even a few famous appraisers would not be able to do it.
For example, he was well-known throughout China for his antique shop. However, he did not discover the secret of the decayed bronze longsword.
"Young lad, your eyesight is not bad, but I am still confused, what's different about this Chinese pear pen container? If I am not mistaken, this should be a very ordinary Chinese pear pen container? " The female appraiser who was in her early thirties looked at Ye Feng and asked with some doubt.
"Mn, this Chinese pear pen container is indeed just an ordinary Chinese pear pen container." Ye Feng nodded.
"If that's the case, then you …" The thirty year old female appraiser did not finish her words. He believed that Ye Feng understood the meaning behind his words.
"Old master, what I have in mind is not this Chinese pear pen container, but the inside of the pen container." Ye Feng laughed and said. Since he wanted to unravel the secrets of the Chinese pear pen container in public, there was nothing much to hide.
The female appraiser who was in her early thirties was stunned when she heard this. "Inside the pen container? Isn't it empty? "Do you mean that there are layers on the outside of the pen holder?"
Ye Feng nodded his head, and flipped the pen holder upside down. Through his eyes, he could clearly see the ivory carvings at the bottom of the pen container, and at the same time, he could clearly see the mechanism at the bottom of the pen container.
After the Chinese pear pen container had been turned upside down, a faint, round scar appeared at the bottom part of its body that was connected to the waist area. Of course, if one were to carefully look, it would be very easy to be overlooked. After all, the circular scar seemed to be connected to the waist area.
"Do you have a carving knife?" Ye Feng looked around and asked.
"Yes, yes." The appraiser, Lian Sheng, who was in his early thirties replied. He took out a carving knife and handed it over.
Not only was he an ordinary appraiser, he was also a well-known figure in the Emerald Carving Circle.
Ye Feng took the carving knife, and pressed it onto the marks at the bottom of the pen container, turning it into a circle, and very quickly, the circular mark became more and more obvious.
Sandwich? There were layers in the pen holder.
Seeing this, everyone was almost certain that there was a layer within the Chinese pear pen container. They just didn't know what was inside the layer.
The blade was sharp, and after a few turns, the bottom of the pen container started to have traces of falling off, and at that moment, Ye Feng used the knife to lightly pick up the bottom of the pen container.
"Ye Feng, wait a moment." Just as Ye Feng was about to remove the Chinese pear pen container's wall, the beautiful lady boss Zhang Kexin's voice came out.
"Sister Zhang..." Ye Feng suspiciously looked at Zhang Kexin.
"Ye Feng, although this item was bought by me, it was all thanks to your reminder. How about this, if there's really something hidden at the bottom of the pen container, no matter how much it costs, we will split it equally." Zhang Kexin said with a faint smile.
Ye Feng knew what Zhang Kexin was thinking, and welcomed the resolute smile, but in the end he nodded and agreed: "Alright."
The bottom of the pen container was removed, and Ye Feng took out an ivory sculpture from inside that was sealed in paraffin. On the front, there was a statue of an Indian with some strange words engraved on the back, although he did not know what it was, it was definitely related to the Indians.
Ye Feng had already used his eyes to look through all these things, naturally he didn't find anything strange, but the others were different. All of their eyes were wide open as they stared at the ivory sculpture that Ye Feng had taken out from the bottom half of the pen container.
The appraiser of a woman who was in her early thirties was the first one among these appraisers to react. She took out the magnifying glass that she brought along with her and took the paraffin-wrapped ivory sculpture from Ye Feng's hands to carefully study it.
The magnifying glasses that were used by the appraisers were not the kind that were sold on the market. They were specialized for archaeology, and the magnification was at least thirty times larger than normal. After all, for an appraiser, they had to be very careful and carefully appraise everything, and couldn't miss a single detail.
With just a glance, the thirty year old female appraiser's expression froze after just one glance. However, in the blink of an eye, it was well hidden.
After looking through it, the thirty year old woman's appraiser handed the ivory sculpture to Ye Feng and walked back to the thirty year old woman.
The other appraisers successively took the ivory micro-sculptures from Ye Feng's hands, and carefully examined them one by one.
There was a rule for looking at such fragile items. Whoever took them from him would return them to that person. This way, any problems later would have nothing to do with him.
"Master Liu, how is it? Is this thing real? " A woman in her early thirties asked in a low voice.
"Truly, the sculpting skills are extremely exquisite. Compared to the ivory microsculptures that are currently available in the Western Market, the works of an absolute grandmaster are not inferior in any way."
"Buy it." The woman in her early thirties mumbled a few words and did not say another word.
The only thing that changed was the change in the gaze she used to look at Zhang Kexin. Towards Zhang Kexin, that hostility was even more intense, and as for the eyes she used to look at Ye Feng, there was actually a little bit of naked love and flirting within. More importantly, her two arms had even forcefully squeezed out a deep groove in the middle of it.
Ye Feng felt a chill in his heart, he now more or less understood why the Lady Boss hated this woman so much, it seemed that this had a lot to do with her life and style.
"Miss Zhang, how about you sell this thing to us? As for the price, just name a price yourself!" The appraiser of a woman in her early thirties looked at Zhang Kexin and slowly said.
Although Ye Feng had taken this out from the pen container, the pen container was bought by Zhang Kexin himself, so the owner of the ivory slightly sculpture was still Zhang Kexin.
"Ye Feng, what do you think about the value of this thing?" Zhang Kexin turned to Ye Feng and asked.
The ivory microcarvings didn't circulate in the domestic market, and she wasn't very clear on their actual value.
Ye Feng smiled faintly and did not say a word.
Honestly speaking, he wasn't sure how much this ivory sculpture was worth. However, based on the performance of the appraiser who was in her early thirties, he was sure that this sculpture was definitely worth a lot.
Although the thirty year old female appraiser's expression was very good a moment ago, so quick that no one had noticed it, this scene was still keenly detected by him. With his perspective, the slightest change in expression could not escape his eyes.
"Boss, you should know the value of this fine ivory microsculpture better than I do. If you truly want it, you should give a suitable price. This shows your sincerity, boss." Ye Feng smiled and shifted his gaze towards the woman who was in her early thirties. His eyes were very natural, sizing her up without even the slightest bit of corner of his eyes.
By saying this, he was kicking the ball back to the woman in her early thirties.
Ye Feng knew that this woman wanted his appraiser to come forward and even asked him to name a price. She was just playing psychological warfare, betting that he did not know the true value of this ivory sculpture.
Ever since Zhang Kexin had sent an unbridled, provocative look to her from a woman in her early thirties, she had been paying attention to her performance. At this moment, she was smiling, and it was a very relaxed laugh.
Looking straight into Ye Feng's eyes, the woman in her early thirties gave him a serious look for the first time. Honestly speaking, after's introduction, she did not care much about this young man, after all, in the field of antiques, he was an experienced and knowledgeable person. A brat who was only in his early twenties, no matter how good his eyesight was, what could it possibly be?
But unexpectedly, Ye Feng picked something that was far more impressive than the other appraisers. First, it was the seven star Dragon Abyss Sword inside the decayed bronze sword, then it was the current inner layer of the Chinese pear pen container, a fine ivory sculpture.