Chapter 84 Yuan Blue and White Porcelain

"Boss, that person came over again. This time he brought a gift he hopes I can pass on to you, only wishing that you could give him a chance to apologize in person."

After saying this, Wells placed a sandalwood box on the coffee table in front of Wang Xiuyuan.

That night, Wang Xiuyuan didn't even enter the doors of Manzhou Mansion. The next day, the owner of Manzhou Mansion, Little Fu, rushed to Wang Xiuyuan's home to apologize.

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But how could Wang Xiuyuan let the other party see him so easily? Did they really think he didn't care about his dignity?

People must pay for the mistakes they make. Many times, it's not a matter of simply knowing you're wrong and apologizing for the matter to be settled.

If your status, position, wealth, and power cannot command the other party's attention, you don't even have the qualification to apologize. To apologize in person, you have to beg others for a chance.

The people in Manzhou Mansion clearly belonged to the category that couldn't command Wang Xiuyuan's attention; it was just that these foolish fellows severely overestimated their own status and severely underestimated Wang Xiuyuan's power.

They didn't know about Wang Xiuyuan's relationships with many scions of top-tier families, nor did they know that Wang Xiuyuan had already begun to make contact with the high-level elite of America.

They still simply believed Wang Xiuyuan was just a nouveau riche who got lucky and struck it rich, an ordinary person without any background.

If Wang Xiuyuan still lived in Chinatown, these people would have plenty of ways to manipulate him. But the problem was that Wang Xiuyuan had no connection to Chinatown at all, so they couldn't find a place to sink their teeth in.

For an ordinary Chinese-American, these people might directly use violent means. However, Wang Xiuyuan had arranged a reinforced platoon of armed security for himself. How could the underworld thugs under these people, with their few broken guns, compete with Holt's group of professional killers?

So after Wang Xiuyuan flipped the table, this group of people could only obediently come over to apologize. Who told them they didn't have power in their hands!

Looking at the simple and exquisite sandalwood box on the table, Wang Xiuyuan felt no ripples in his heart.

If it were forty years later, this antique sandalwood box alone could sell for over two million RMB, yet right now, this box was just a piece of packaging.

Presumably, the item inside the box must be worth a lot.

"Has the item been checked?"

Wang Xiuyuan didn't open the box immediately, but instead asked Wells if he had carefully checked the box's safety.

This really wasn't him making a mountain out of a molehill. Wang Xiuyuan's vigilance had always been very high, which was also the reason for his smooth career development in his previous life.

Now that he had transmigrated into this urban battle royale dungeon of America, heaven knows if there would be a bomb or other traps in the box. Being a bit cautious could never be wrong.

"It's been thoroughly checked. There's a piece of porcelain in the box; it's safe."

Wang Xiuyuan nodded and then opened the sandalwood box on the coffee table with peace of mind.

Inside the sandalwood box was a large porcelain bowl. This type of large bowl was very easy to identify; even if Wang Xiuyuan knew nothing about antiques, he knew this was a piece of blue and white porcelain.

Mainly because the characteristics of this blue and white porcelain bowl were too obvious: a white background with blue patterns and elegant colors. Anyone who knew about blue and white porcelain would subconsciously classify this large bowl as such.

He just didn't know which era this blue and white porcelain bowl was from.

When blue and white porcelain is mentioned, the first thing everyone thinks of is Yuan Blue and White, which is also the mature work of the blue and white porcelain craft.

But actually, before Yuan Blue and White appeared, this type of porcelain had already begun large-scale production and use during the Tang Dynasty, though the production process at that time was still relatively crude.

Later, after going through the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms as well as the Two Song Dynasties for several hundred years of process improvement, it wasn't until the Yuan Dynasty that the various crafts of blue and white porcelain officially entered the mature stage.

But the Ming and Qing dynasties after the Yuan Dynasty continued to produce this type of porcelain; these are Ming Blue and White and Qing Blue and White.

The production process of blue and white porcelain reached its peak during the Yongle and Xuande periods of the Ming Dynasty, known for its rigor, delicacy, and exquisiteness, with forms and themes becoming even richer.

But the most valuable blue and white porcelain is still Yuan Blue and White, because the number of surviving pieces is extremely small, with only over three hundred to fewer than four hundred pieces in the entire world.

So any authentic Yuan Blue and White piece is worth tens of millions of RMB, and larger Yuan Blue and White vessels can basically be worth over a hundred million.

If it's a Yuan Blue and White piece with human figure motifs, it would be extraordinary. Since 2010, there have only been two auctions of yuan dynasty blue and white porcelain with human figure motifs, fetching sky-high prices of 680 million and 840 million respectively.

Perhaps those people were worried that a young man like Wang Xiuyuan wouldn't recognize the goods, so they thoughtfully attached a certificate of authenticity from Christie's Auction House inside the box.

[yuan blue and white porcelain lotus pond and waterfowl motif bowl]

Wang Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile. It seemed his luck really was quite good, as it turned out to be the most valuable Yuan Blue and White.

However, his luck clearly wasn't good enough; the Yuan Blue and White bowl in front of him only had an ordinary theme, but fortunately, the vessel's size was large enough.

It would be worth a fortune decades later; being worth over a hundred million RMB would not be a problem.

But being worth over a hundred million is a matter for decades later. Now it's 1980, and this Yuan Blue and White bowl is worth at most three to four hundred thousand dollars right now.

At most!

The value of Yuan Blue and White has not yet been widely recognized at this time, China's economy has not yet become wealthy, and the price of Yuan Blue and White has not been frantically hyped up by various speculators.

Currently, the value of Yuan Blue and White is in a state of being severely undervalued.

But regardless of whether it's undervalued, the current value of this yuan blue and white porcelain lotus pond and waterfowl motif bowl is only three to four hundred thousand dollars.

If they think they can move Wang Xiuyuan with this little sincerity, they are simply dreaming.

Wang Xiuyuan silently closed the lid of the sandalwood box, the disdain on his face fully evident.

"Tell the person outside that I've accepted the item and I won't look for trouble with them anymore. He can scram now."

"Yes, Boss."

Stop looking for trouble with these people? How could that be possible!

Wang Xiuyuan was not the kind of soft-natured person who would take a beating without fighting back; it was just that he was more cautious in his dealings and wouldn't easily escalate conflicts.

He preferred to keep his intentions hidden, waiting for the right opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to his opponents.

The reason he accepted this yuan blue and white porcelain lotus pond and waterfowl motif bowl was mainly because this bowl would be very valuable in the future, and on the other hand, it was to lull those old geezers at Manzhou Mansion into a false sense of security.

He needed time to slowly figure out their backgrounds, and only then would he have the chance to sweep this trash into the dustbin all at once.

Moreover, Wang Xiuyuan's actions were also quite thought-provoking.

Without a gift, he wouldn't even let them through the door; after the other party sent a gift worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, at least a word was sent back.

This was almost a blatant hint for the other party to continue sending him gifts!

As long as the gifts are many and heavy enough, and the sincerity is in place, we still have things to talk about. If the sincerity isn't enough, then scram and play by yourselves.

If the people from Manzhou Mansion wanted to have any connection with Wang Xiuyuan in the future, they would know what to do.