pappabearbooks Chapter 1975: You want to give it to me
Chapter 1975: You want to give it to me
Just as he was about to leave, Ma Zhen suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute."
After finally settling the matter, Lin Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
But he didn't want Ma Zhen to cause trouble.
What does he want to do?Did you enjoy the show?
Lin Ran was confused when he saw Ma Zhen walking up to Zhang Yanbin and whispering: "You just said you wanted to send two cultural relics to Brother Lin as compensation, right?"
Zhang Yanbin suddenly felt irritated, and Lin Ran even gave up because he still brought it up.
But he didn't dare to offend Ma Zhen, so he politely replied: "Yes."
It looked like a tamed kitten. Lin Ran sighed secretly. Ma Zhen really didn't think it was a big deal.
In fact, Lin Ran was very satisfied to be able to get his things back.
"My friend is more reserved. Since you promised to give it, I will help him." Ma Zhen said, and then waved to Lin Ran and Guan Yun, motioning for them to come over.
Lin Ran sighed secretly, Ma Zhen really didn't mind the matter, and wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail the tomb robber at this time.
But since Zhang Yanbin agreed, he couldn't regret it.
So he came to Zhang Yanbin with a smile and asked: "I chose the two antiques myself, right?"
"Of course." Although Zhang Yanbin's expression was slightly unhappy, he still nodded in agreement when he saw Ma Zhen in front of Lin Ran.
At the same time, he turned around and led the way: "Please follow me."
"Mr. Lin, aren't you afraid of fraud?" Guan Yun was on guard, and the tomb robbers around him gave him extremely unfriendly looks.
Ma Zhen followed Zhang Yanbin who was leading the way with an indifferent attitude.
"Once you've come, let's take care of it." Ma Zhen said lightly, "It's a rare time to come here, why don't we take a good look at what they have in hand."
This group of tomb thieves will take the cultural relics stolen from ancient tombs to the ghost market to sell, but it is impossible to bring everything with them every time, and there will also be some private collections that they plan to keep for their own collection.
After his reminder, Lin Ran became somewhat interested.
Under the leadership of Zhang Yanbin, they arrived at the location of the abandoned factory where the data room should have been.
There were a few scattered snakeskin bags on the floor, and the shelves were filled with antiques.
But after looking around, I didn't see any jewelry.
For tomb robbers, gold and silver treasures are the easiest items to sell, but antiques are more troublesome to sell. Without channels like Liu Jingfeng, the sales cycle will be very long.
The actual situation was similar to Lin Ran's guess.
As for the antiques on the shelves, not all of them were dug out from ancient tombs. Some of them should have been snatched back.
After arriving at the "Treasure House", Zhang Yanbin twitched the corner of his mouth, squeezed out a smile and said, "See for yourselves."
Lin Ran and Ma Zhen were not polite, entered the room directly, and began to choose.
Guan Yun didn't do much research on treasure appraisal. He was now standing next to Zhang Yanbin and staring at him. As long as he and his men dared to act excessively, he would be controlled as a hostage.
Lin Ran was not in a hurry to choose, but looked around.
The antiques in the room are so dazzling.
But there were only a few truly valuable goods, and Lin Ran had to slowly identify them.
He walked to the shelves and started scanning them one by one.
Lin Ran took a breath of cold air. The quality of the large team's goods was indeed extraordinary.
Every piece is of the highest quality, and it’s true that they didn’t offer all their money on the market.
After searching around, Lin Ran spotted a jade Buddha statue.
The Buddha statue is about twenty centimeters high and has a square base.
The hands of the Buddha statue hold lotus flowers and magical instruments respectively.
The entire Buddha statue is divided into three parts: head, body and base from top to bottom, with a dignified and solemn face.
Lin Ran then touched the surface of the Buddha statue with his hand. The jade surface was very smooth and delicate to the touch, but it had a somewhat frosted feel.
It should be carved from medium quality jade.
"Can you identify it?" Lin Ran asked.
"Please." Zhang Yanbin showed a forced smile.
Then, Lin Ran took out the flashlight in his pocket, shined it on the Buddha statue, and then conducted a simple hardness test.
The hardness is very high, and combined with the feel just now, it is really no ordinary jade, it is carved from high-grade jade.
Lin Ran further observed the carving details of the Buddha statue. The carving details were very exquisite, and the face, posture and clothing details of the Buddha statue were all carved out.
The headdress and patterns are also very detailed.
There are obvious traces of Mingzhong carving craftsmanship.
"This is good." Lin Ran selected the Buddha statue and then looked at Zhang Yanbin.
When Zhang Yanbin saw Lin Ran choosing the Buddha statue, he didn't have much reaction and agreed wholeheartedly.
"Okay, you can choose one more thing."
Judging from his expression, he seemed a little worried that Lin Ran would choose something particularly expensive.
This made Lin Ran feel strange. He personally felt that the Jade Buddha statue was a relatively expensive antique, but the other party didn't even blink.
Either they didn't display the truly valuable items, or Lin Ran hadn't advertised the items that he really couldn't part with.
Lin Ran smiled knowingly, took down the Buddha statue, and placed it on an empty table.
Then he went looking for other curios again.
I didn’t expect that I would also have the day to buy something for zero yuan. If I don’t take it, I’ll get nothing.
Lin Ran continued to search for antiques in the treasure house.
I have to say that this group of tomb robbers had good vision and luck.
The quality of the antiques in the warehouse is relatively high, at least there are not many worthless goods.
Of course, although most of them were in good condition, they were still inferior to Lin Ran's collection and could not arouse Lin Ran's interest.
Now that he is here, of course Lin Ran wants to see antiques that cannot be seen on the market.
A moment later, he found it, and an exquisite jade bowl appeared in front of him.
From Lin Ran's perspective, most of them were antiques from the Ming Dynasty.
Just in line with his previous expectations, this group of tomb robbers should have just visited a large tomb from the Ming Dynasty.
But the jade bowl in front of him felt familiar to him.
The surface of the jade bowl is very rough, with mottled marks and some dirt everywhere.
It is in sharp contrast to the cleanliness of other cultural relics in the warehouse. I don't know if it was intentional or if I forgot to clean it.
The moment Lin Ran picked up the jade bowl, Zhang Yanbin's face turned pale.
However, Lin Ran and the others were observing the jade bowl and did not notice Zhang Yanbin's expression.
After getting started, Lin Ran was about to start the appraisal when he heard Zhang Yanbin say: "Brother Lin, this bowl is very important to us. I'm very sorry. Please don't choose it."
"Oh?" Seeing Zhang Yanbin take the initiative to mention this matter, Ma Zhen became interested and took the jade bowl directly from Lin Ran's hand.
"What are you going to do if I want him?"
His tone was full of joking, but looking at his expression, he seemed to be serious.