83: Chapter 83 Xin Quan is shocked! A near-billionaire!

Zhou Ming slowly put down his phone.

This sentence neither admitted to the credit nor denied it; it was more like a tacit acknowledgment.

Sure enough, as soon as he sent that message, the group chat exploded:

"Look! Our Da Ming is truly someone who accomplishes great things! Unfazed by favor or humiliation!"

"Being busy is good! Being busy is good! He must have some important work again!"

"We won't disturb Da Ming anymore, you go do your work! Maternal Uncle, let's discuss which day we're going to Shanshui Manor!"

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Meanwhile, Zhou Ming's mother was overjoyed and began to "flex" unreservedly in the group chat:

"Oh my, I said it long ago, it was just a small matter!"

"If you ask me, those relatives in Qijia Village aren't anything special; in front of our Da Ming, don't they still have to show some respect?"

"Our Da Ming is a direct descendant of the Han University Gang! He's destined to do great things in the future! These little social favors are nothing to him!"

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"Phew—" Returning to the modern era, Shen Wang stretched and took a deep breath.

"I really missed the smell of off-the-charts PM2.5!"

He had stayed over there for four or five days, yet only half a day had passed here.

Suddenly, Shen Wang realized a problem.

"Brother System, won't I age prematurely?"

With such a huge difference in the flow of time, Shen Wang worried he would age too quickly.

【... Host, take a guess, why is there a Physique column?】

"Uh..." Shen Wang was speechless.

He had felt puzzled before: why would an Anti-Japanese War Meritorious Service System have a fantasy-like option such as 'Physique'? So, it was just to deal with this situation?

"In other words, if I raise my Physique, I will live longer?"

【That's right!】

Now, Shen Wang was truly excited.

Ever since binding with the system, Shen Wang felt that money, status, and the like would surely keep increasing and rising!

And once a person has money and status, what they pursue next is nothing more than life itself!

"Hahaha, good, good, good!"

After the excitement, Shen Wang went to the bathroom to wash up and then changed into clean clothes.

He then picked up his phone, preparing to contact Xin Quan to handle that box of antiques and jewelry.

However, as soon as Shen Wang picked up his phone and looked at the long string of family group messages, his expression instantly became strange.

"My little brother got out so quickly? Secretary Bai is awesome!"

There was no need to guess; it was definitely Secretary Bai's doing.

As for that ambiguous remark from his older cousin Zhou Ming, Shen Wang just smiled.

They were all family; there was no need to show off in front of one's own kin.

Actually, his older cousin wasn't a bad person; he took care of his younger cousins whenever he could.

The only thing was that he loved to lecture, though he didn't know if that was because he worked as a university counselor.

"In the future, if there's a chance, I'll see if I can help my cousin get a promotion..."

However, having just asked Secretary Bai for help, asking again immediately would be a bit too ungrateful.

He could only wait for a while before bringing it up again.

Next, Shen Wang opened Xin Quan's WeChat and sent a few photos of the antiques.

Less than a minute later, a reply came back.

"Big Brother, you wait there, I'll catch the next flight and head over right now!"

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A few hours later, Xin Quan and his assistant appeared at Shen Wang's rental apartment.

As soon as he entered, Xin Quan complained half-jokingly: "I say, Big Brother, why didn't you bring these treasures out yesterday? Why make me go through all this trouble?"

In less than 48 hours, Xin Quan had taken three flights, and he was completely worn out.

Shen Wang smiled and poured him a glass of water: "I asked around about the market rates, and the price you gave for that Emperor Zitan sword box was fair, so..."

Shen Wang was purely making this up.

Firstly, it was an excuse, and secondly, he wanted to bluff Xin Quan a little.

I know the market; don't try to fool me; I value you, but you also need to know your place.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, the playful expression on Xin Quan's face faded significantly, and he quickly straightened up: "Big Brother, what are you saying? It's my honor to serve you! Rest assured, I know the rules; I will absolutely never cheat you!"

After the pleasantries and probing were over, they got down to business.

Shen Wang didn't say much more and directly placed the heavy wooden box collected by the Brigade Commander onto the table and opened it.

In an instant, while there was no dazzling display of jewels, that restrained luster and ancient aura, settled by the passage of time, made Xin Quan's breath hitch.

He immediately put on white gloves, his expression becoming incredibly focused.

He carefully picked up a famille rose vase with a hundred butterflies pattern, holding it up to the light to examine the glaze, pigments, brushwork, and the mark at the bottom...

"Qing Emperor... a genuine piece..."

He then picked up a blue and white brush holder with a landscape pattern.

"Qing Jiaqing... a fine piece from Jingdezhen..."

Next was a pair of small doucai cups with lotus patterns, a tianhuang stone seal, and a white jade paperweight carved with a coiled dragon...

The more Xin Quan looked, the more shocked he became.

Although, if taken individually, they might not count as top-tier national treasures, without exception, they were all genuine, fine pieces from the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty.

To be able to bring out so many complete categories of antiques from the same period at once, this was no ordinary collector!

How long must his ancestors have been accumulating this wealth?

This Mr. Shen's background was likely unfathomable!

After an unknown amount of time...

"Good things, these are all good things, Big Brother!"

Xin Quan finally finished his initial inspection and took off his glasses to rub his sore eyes.

"Although the individual value may not be top-tier, this entire set of mid-to-late Qing Dynasty scholar's study items and porcelain has a clear provenance and is in perfect condition. The overall value is very substantial!"

Shen Wang nodded, not surprised by these evaluations.

He smiled slightly and brought out the real highlight: "Put those aside for now, and take a look at this."

Saying this, he took out the separately stored brocade box and slowly opened it.

It was exactly that complete set of glass-species imperial green jade jewelry!

This was also the reason Xin Quan had hurried over.

At this moment, Xin Quan's hands were trembling slightly.

"Glass-species... imperial green... vibrant color, high transparency, mature texture, flawless... This, this is simply a textbook-level masterpiece!"

"Big Brother! This... where did you get this... No, no, no, I shouldn't ask that."

"I just want to say, this is one of the top-tier jades I have ever seen since I entered the industry!"

"And it's a whole set; it's truly too rare!"

However, Shen Wang didn't care about these things; he only wanted to know the price.

"Then, Big Brother, how much is this worth?"

"How much? Big Brother, this can no longer be measured by money. This is something that can be passed down as a family heirloom, even for someone at Boss Ma's level!"

Xin Quan took a deep breath and continued: "Big Brother, let me put it this way. A few years ago at a Sothebys autumn auction, a glass-species imperial green jade bracelet with a slightly inferior condition to yours had a hammer price of 120 million hong kong dollar."

120 million?

A single bracelet?

Even though Shen Wang was prepared, he was still deeply shocked.

He knew this thing was valuable, but he didn't expect it to be valuable to this extent!

A single bracelet was worth over 100 million; then this whole set of his...