Wealth and beauty beyond measure

  After sitting down, Meng Fei said with a smile: "Brother, don't look at my humble shop, there are many treasures inside, otherwise why would it be called Duobao Pavilion?"

  Zhang Yang smiled and took a sip of tea, asking: "Meng Ge, if you have something good, take it out and let your younger brother see it. To be honest, I've never seen a real antique before."

  "Little brother, this won't do. Now is the era of collecting for all people. If you haven't played with antiques, strolled through Panjiayuan, and dug up treasures, it's not good to greet others. Let me put it this way, in Beijing, out of 20 million people, at least 5 million have come to Panjiayuan to buy things. Do you know what this represents? The market! This is the hottest market right now. If you don't invest in this, what will you choose? Wait, brother, I'll get something for you to take a look." Meng Fei said.

  Zhang Yang smiled and listened, waiting for Meng Fei to leave. Then he got up and walked out to the exhibition hall to take a look.

  Xiao Li is the shop assistant, a young man in his early twenties. Seeing Zhang Yang come out, he hurried over and asked: "Boss, what do you want to see? I'll introduce it to you."

  "No need, you go ahead and busy yourself first. I'll just take a casual look around." Zhang Yang said.

  I don't know what my eyes can see, Zhang Yang is a bit curious and uses his heterochromia.

  Contrary to Zhang Yang's expectations, his eyes didn't change in any special way and he could still see through things. However, whether it was the calligraphy and paintings on the wall or the antique vases in the display cabinet, they all remained quietly in their places without a hint of anything unusual.

  Zhang Yang closed his eyes in disappointment and when he opened them again, everything had returned to normal.

  Could it be that I guessed wrong, and my eyes only have X-ray vision, not the ability to see through antiques like I thought? If so, then there's no need for me to stay here any longer.

  "Little brother, come in and take a look at this treasure." Meng Fei shouted from inside.

  Zhang Yang quietly walked in, and saw that a yellow seal had been placed on the table from earlier.

  "Meng Ge, what's this?" Zhang Yang asked curiously.

  Although he couldn't tell whether the antique was genuine or not just by looking at it, which made Zhang Yang feel a bit disappointed, but when Meng Fei really took out the antique, Zhang Yang still felt a little excited.

  He believed that whatever Meng Fei had in mind, what he brought out now was the genuine article.

  That is to say, you have the opportunity to see the real treasure.

  This is not what was seen on TV, but it's live, so it's no wonder that Zhang Yang got excited at the thought.

  "Little brother, take a good look. This is the treasure of our store, and countless collectors want to buy it, but I won't sell." Meng Fei said with pride.

  "May I hold it in my hand and take a look?"

  "Of course, I took it out for my younger brother to appreciate." Meng Fei said.

  Zhang Yang picked up the seal from the table, it was a yellow seal, about 6-7 cm high, and 3 cm wide. The surface of the stone had a thin layer of stone skin, which felt warm and smooth to the touch. All four sides of the seal were carved with patterns, Zhang Yang observed carefully, on the seal there was a plum blossom branch, tree trunk, branches, plum blossoms, stones, bamboo, and two small birds.

  "Meng Ge, what's this bird up there?" Zhang Yang asked.

  "Little brother's eyes are quite good, these two birds are magpies, and that's the value of this seal." Meng Fei said.

  "Flowers, birds, bamboo and stones, all are here! Meng Ge, what kind of treasure is this?" Zhang Yang asked.

  Meng Fei smiled and said: "This is a seal made of Tian Huang stone, also known as the Plum Blossom and Sparrow Competing in Beauty Tian Huang Stone Seal."

  "What is Tianhuang Stone?" Zhang Yang asked.

  Meng Fei burst out laughing and said, "Little brother, it seems you really don't understand. Tian Huang stone is the most valuable variety among Fuzhou's Shoushan stones, with a warm texture and dense grain, making it an ideal material for seal carving. Little brother, maybe you're not clear about this, so let me tell you where Tian Huang stone comes from. In Fuzhou's Shoushan village, there is a water field that stretches over 1 kilometer long and more than 200 meters wide. That place is the only source of Tian Huang stone. In ancient times, it was said that one liang of Tian Huang stone was worth three liang of gold, but now it's become one liang of Tian Huang stone for three jin of gold."

  Upon hearing Meng Fei say this, Zhang Yang's face changed color and he asked in surprise: "Isn't that saying that this seal is even more valuable than ten kilograms of gold?"

  Because there were still unprocessed gold bars on hand, Zhang Yang directly used the gold to make a comparison. Ten gold bars, isn't it said that this small seal is worth over a million?

  "Haha, of course. Younger brother, you've never played with antiques before, so you don't understand that such good stuff can't be bought even with money. Do you know how much the most expensive Tian Huang stone seal was sold for at an auction?" Meng Fei deliberately teased Zhang Yang.

  "How much?" Zhang Yang asked

  "Over 40 million! Now you understand?" Meng Fei said.

  Zhang Yang was shocked in his heart, he himself had tens of millions on hand, but these were all external wealth, not earned through hard work. However, even with the help of his clairvoyant eye, he had spent countless thoughts and energy on this small trinket, which was sold for over 40 million.

  Seeing Zhang Yang's surprised look, Meng Fei humbly said: "Of course, this seal of mine is not worth that much money. However, within 10 million, I won't let it go."

  Zhang Yang couldn't bear it anymore and used his special ability to look into the past. He wanted to see what was so different about this seal that made it worth so much money?

  Closing his eyes and opening them again, Zhang Yang felt that the seal on his hand was emitting a white light, with faint yellow marks on the surface of the white light. When Zhang Yang moved his gaze to the Tian Huangshi seal, the dizziness that had not appeared for a long time, appeared.

  Zhang Yang quickly reacted and realized this was something he had experienced before when his left and right eyes were out of balance.

  And in the seal, there seemed to be a wisp of spiritual energy that entered Zhang Yang's eyes. The spiritual energy was very small, but as it entered, Zhang Yang's dizziness grew more and more severe. Soon, the spiritual energy disappeared without a trace, and Zhang Yang felt as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, his body covered in cold sweat.

  Meng Fei also noticed Zhang Yang's pale face and hastily asked: "Zhang, are you okay?"

  Zhang Yang closed his eyes to rest for a moment, then opened them and forced a smile: "It's nothing, I was just scared by Meng Ge's words. This small thing is over 10 million yuan, it seems that my money is not enough to do anything."

  Meng Fei didn't think much of it and thought Zhang Yang couldn't accept this blow for a while.

  "It's a pity that this thing is from the Republic of China era, no matter how it's auctioned off, it'll only fetch this price. If it were from one or two hundred years earlier, its price would have doubled." Meng Fei said regretfully.

  Zhang Yang's heart moved and he asked: "Meng Ge, are you saying that this thing is from the Republic of China era, which is about a hundred years ago?"

  Zhang Yang vaguely grasped something, as if there was a layer of tracing paper that couldn't be pierced no matter what.

  "It's not even a hundred years old. Younger brother, think about it, antiques within a hundred years can fetch such high prices, our Chinese civilization has a history of five thousand years, how many more valuable things will there be? So I say, this industry is worth investing in. And looking at the current market, this is just the beginning stage, later on as more and more people become rich, collecting will become hotter and hotter, and of course, profits will also become higher and higher. Guess how much money I spent buying this seal?" Meng Fei said.

  "Must be at least several million, right?"

  When Meng Fei said he would die for 10 million yuan at once, Zhang Yang estimated that this thing was also cheap when collected.

  "Haha, little brother guessed wrong. Five million, I spent five million and bought it." Meng Fei said.

  Zhang Yang's breathing quickened, fifty million bought, now one hundred million not sold, isn't that twenty times the profit. At this moment Zhang Yang was really moved, even if he didn't consider revenge, this profit margin also moved his heart.

  Seeing Zhang Yang's interest piqued, Meng Fei smiled smugly to himself. In fact, this Tian Huang stone seal was precious, but not as exaggerated as he had said. The seal was valuable, but it would have to be a national treasure to be worth tens of millions; his seal wasn't even close, and could probably be bought for just a few million. Of course, the words had to be exaggerated, or how else could he spark Zhang Yang's interest?