Chapter 72: The Buddha in the Golden Light (Part 1)

  Since Liang Shuang has said so, what can Qu Wen say? You see for yourself. Anyway, it's not like you haven't seen it before. Whether it's true or false, as soon as the spiritual awareness is released, you'll understand immediately.

  While Zhao Haifeng was admiring the Buddha statue, Qu Wen casually took a stroll around the store and found that although there were many things in the store, they were all ordinary handicrafts and folk products, just like those sold by street vendors outside. There were only a few valuable items, no wonder the store had no customers, and if this continued, it would only lead to more losses.

  Nothing good was found, turned around and came to Zhao Haifeng's side, looking at the copper Buddha in his hand, from the appearance of craftsmanship and morphological characteristics, all have a strong Ming Dynasty copper Buddha features, only the gold powder color on top is not quite right.

  Zhao Haifeng turned around and handed the bronze Buddha to Qu Wen: "Take a look, there's something wrong with this bronze Buddha."

  He took over the copper Buddha's scripture and carefully looked at it for a good half day. As he had thought before, except for the color of gold powder, everything else was fine. However, when collecting antiques, one in ten thousand or even one in a million may be fake, so if there is anything wrong, you can't collect randomly, otherwise nine out of ten times you will be easily deceived.

  Unable to discern the age of the copper Buddha, Qu Wen could only release his spiritual awareness. Suddenly, his pupils enlarged and he discovered that an extremely intense spiritual energy fluctuation was condensing on the copper Buddha. This spiritual energy was stronger than any other spiritual energy he had ever come into contact with before.

  With such a strong spiritual energy, it can't be a bad thing. Qu Wen thought to himself in his heart, there might be another mysterious mechanism at play.

  But this can't be said, saying it out loud will only give Liang Shuang a chance to raise the price.

  "Boss Liang, this golden Buddha doesn't look authentic to me. It should be a Qing dynasty imitation of the Ming dynasty, but the workmanship is not bad. Give me a reasonable price and I'll take it."

  Liáng Shuāng opened her eyes wide and looked very displeased: "You like to think of the worst, if it's not something from the Ming dynasty, you'd better give me a reason."

  Qu Wen smiled and picked up the bronze Buddha, walking over to Liang Shuang's side.

  "This bronze Buddha is a Green Tara in Tibetan Buddhism, made in the style of Tibetan Buddhism. From its appearance, it should be from the early Ming dynasty, but the gold powder color on top has some issues, making people uncomfortable. Any collector who knows something about Ming dynasty Buddhas would know that at that time, all Buddhas were gilded, without mixing gold powder into the paint and then applying it. This method of applying gold powder was most popular in the mid-to-late Qing dynasty, so I think this bronze Buddha is a Qing dynasty imitation of a Ming dynasty piece. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, if Mr. Liang doesn't want to believe it, that's fine, and if there's nothing else special, we can leave now."

  Liáng Shuāng thought that Qu Wén and the others were not very old, and didn't understand much about collecting antiques, so he brought out this bronze Buddha. Actually, before this there had been several customers who came to look at it, but they all felt that the gilded color of the bronze Buddha was off, suspecting that it was a later imitation, which is why it hadn't sold for a long time.

  "Honestly, I didn't expect that all of you are experts in this field. To be honest, this store was opened by my old man to help me out, and it's been here since the entrance of the antique city. At first, there were some people coming to take a look, but after my dad stopped managing it, the good stuff in the store became less and less, and now there are only a few pieces left. As for me, I grew up in this antique store, so I've seen too much of this kind of thing and got a bit bored with it. What I really love to do is extreme rock climbing, and I even formed a climbing team with my friends and achieved some decent results in domestic competitions. Coincidentally, the World Extreme Rock Climbing Championship is going to be held in Italy next month, and we want to participate but lack some funding. So, I'm hoping that this broken store can help us earn some money for the trip. If you can help me solve this problem, this bronze Buddha statue will be yours."

  No wonder Liang Shuang's dressing and behavior style are different from most antique shop owners, he doesn't seem to be pretending. Qu Wen heard this and asked directly: "How much more do you need for the expenses of this trip?"

  Li Shuang stretched out four fingers: "At least 40,000. If we use it sparingly, it should be enough."

  If this Buddha statue is a Qing dynasty imitation of the Ming dynasty, then 30,000 yuan would be about right, and 40,000 yuan would be slightly expensive. However, Qu Wen knew that this Buddha statue was not as simple as it looked, and there was a strong aura condensed on top of it. Even if it were 80,000 yuan, he would still want to buy it.

  Laughed and pretended to be very generous: "I really didn't expect you to be a sports expert, thinking of going abroad to win glory for the country. With this intention and enthusiasm for sports, I'll buy this Buddha statue and give you an extra 10,000, making it 50,000 as my support for your rock climbing team. Don't always think about saving money, or you won't have energy to compete when you arrive."

  Upon hearing Qu Wen's words, Liang Shuang suddenly felt that good people are everywhere and flowers bloom in every corner. Deeply moved, he grasped Qu Wen's hand: "After talking for so long, I haven't asked your honorable surname and name yet, please tell me, little brother will write your name on the honor roll."

  Qu Wenming, with a hint of embarrassment, scratched his head: "My surname is Qu, my name is Wen. No need to thank me, just help me pack this Buddha statue and I'll pay you right away."

  "Alright, Brother Wen, I'll carefully pack it up for you, and make sure the packaging is even more beautiful than those gift boxes in a gift shop."

  Just a brief encounter and I knew that Liang Shuang was the lively and vivacious type, no wonder she couldn't be stuck in a dull and lifeless antique shop.

  Qu Wen and three others burst out laughing when they heard the news. After Liang Shuang carefully placed the copper Buddha in a box, Qu Wen also handed over the money to him.

  "50,000 yuan, just name it."

  Ever since he started this business, Qu Wen had a habit of carrying tens of thousands of yuan in cash with him whenever he went out to collect money. Otherwise, if he encountered any problems in remote areas where credit cards couldn't be used, it would be troublesome. The 50,000 yuan was directly handed over to Liang Shuang's hands, feeling quite stylish and generous.

  Liáng Shuāng casually counted them, and didn't care whether they were true or false as long as the numbers matched.

  "Exactly 50,000. Brother Wen, do you have a phone number to leave for me? In case my rock climbing team really wins an award in Italy, I can also share the good news with you."

  Although Liang Shuang is not the material for doing business, his personality is quite likable. Qu Wen didn't think much and took out a piece of paper to write down her phone number, while Liang Shuang also handed over his own phone number to Qu Wen.

  Then the four of them left the antique city amidst Liang Shuang's immense gratitude, and Qu Wen directly told Luo Yong to drive towards Zhao Meng's home.

  Sitting in the car, Zhao Haifeng couldn't help but curiously ask: "Awen, if this Buddha statue is a Qing imitation of Ming, it's estimated that four hundred thousand would be the limit. You gave him five hundred thousand, isn't that a bit of a loss? Could there be some problem with it?"

  This tune is also unanswerable, only knowing that the spiritual energy above is very strong, but what kind of good treasure remains to be verified.

  "The car is too shaky, I don't dare to experiment randomly, let's talk about it when we arrive at Zhao's house."

  This chapter is a bit shorter, there's another one later tonight.

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