338: All in one

"Haha."

After getting used to the change of car, every time he met someone, they would talk about him driving a luxury car. Ye Su could only chuckle twice as a response.

Ultimately, it was because he had always kept a low profile that people were so surprised he was driving a Lamborghini.

If they knew that he now had an income of seven or eight million a week, Ye Su wouldn't believe anyone would still be surprised by him driving a Lamborghini.

Wan Yuanliang didn't continue the conversation about the Lamborghini.

After marveling at how big Ye Su's business had become, Wan Yuanliang looked at the two wooden boxes Ye Su had brought:

"One six-eyed dzi bead, one silver ingot, is it necessary to use such large boxes?"

"Not one, but eight." Ye Su opened the large box:

"You said you wanted to buy silver ingots, and I didn't know how many you wanted, so I brought them all. You can pick the ones with better quality first, and I'll sell the rest."

Ye Su felt that he was being quite generous by doing this.

If Wan Yuanliang couldn't buy all these silver ingots later, and he had to ask him to introduce another antique dealer, he probably wouldn't be too embarrassed to charge him a referral fee, right?

"Eight!"

Wan Yuanliang's eyes widened when he heard Ye Su had brought out eight silver ingots at once.

He had just been marveling at how Ye Su's business was growing and the items he brought were getting more expensive, and now he had brought him a box of silver ingots.

If the quality was similar to what he had sent on his phone, these silver ingots would be worth at least two million yuan!

"Mm."

Ye Su nodded, then opened the large box, turned it halfway, and pushed it in front of Wan Yuanliang.

Seeing this, Wan Yuanliang eagerly picked up the silver ingots and inspected them one by one, turning them over and over.

Ye Su didn't rush him. Only after Wan Yuanliang had finished checking all the silver ingots did he ask:

"How is it? How many do you want?"

Wan Yuanliang didn't decide immediately, but instead took out his phone:

"Wait a moment, I'll ask my dad for his opinion and see how many he plans to buy."

Although Wan Bowen had essentially given him full authority over the antique shop, for transactions exceeding a million, Wan Yuanliang still had to consult his father first and didn't dare to make decisions on his own.

The shop's account currently only had a little over seven million yuan in cash.

If he were to buy all eight silver ingots and one six-eyed dzi bead in one go, it would cost at least four million yuan.

He didn't know how long it would take for the items to be resold, so Wan Yuanliang also had to consider the Bowen Antique Shop's cash flow and couldn't spend every last penny in the account.

"Alright."

It was normal for Wan Yuanliang to be cautious about items worth several million yuan. Ye Su nodded in response, then got up to look at the items displayed on the shelves in the shop.

Wan Yuanliang's video call was answered by Wan Bowen less than ten seconds after he dialed.

"Dad."

"Yes, something wrong?"

"The shop received eight fifty-tael silver ingots from the Likin Bureau, Guangxu twenty-fifth year. How many do you think we should buy?"

"Eight fifty-tael Likin Bureau silver ingots?" Wan Bowen's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone.

For Bowen Antique Shop, this was already a rare big business.

"Are the items genuine?"

"Ye Su brought them. I've checked them, and the quality of all eight silver ingots is very good."

"Ye Su brought them?"

Currently, Ye Su's name was a golden signboard at Bowen Antique Shop.

As soon as he heard that Ye Su had brought the items and Wan Yuanliang had verified them, Wan Bowen already believed that the items were indeed fine.

"What price does Ye Su want?"

"I haven't asked yet."

"Hey." Wan Yuanliang looked up and called out to Ye Su: "How much are you asking for these silver ingots?"

Wan Yuanliang and his father were on a video call with the speakerphone on, showing no intention of hiding anything from Ye Su.

So Ye Su also heard Wan Bowen asking about the price.

When Wan Yuanliang called him, Ye Su had already turned his head: "350,000 per piece."

"Mm."

Wan Bowen apparently also heard Ye Su's quote:

"Flip the camera around and let me see those eight silver ingots."

"Okay."

Wan Yuanliang flipped the camera to face the eight silver ingots on the table.

"Turn them all over, let me see them."

Following Wan Bowen's instructions, Wan Yuanliang took each silver ingot to the camera and carefully turned it over for Wan Bowen to see.

"The items are indeed good." On the other end of the phone, Wan Bowen hesitated for a moment before saying: "Let's take all eight."

Among Wan Bowen's clients, there were quite a few who were superstitious about feng shui.

The Over-the-back Golden Dragon Fish that Ye Su had caught last time, Wan Bowen had quickly found a buyer and sold it for 680,000 yuan as a feng shui fish to ward off evil.

Now that Ye Su had brought eight official silver ingots, Wan Bowen estimated that he could also use the saying "wealth from all directions" to sell all eight silver ingots at once.

If all went smoothly, selling each for 400,000 yuan wouldn't be a big problem.

"Okay."

Wan Yuanliang then picked up the small box Ye Su had left on the table, opened it, and aimed it at the camera:

"Ye Su also brought a six-eyed dzi bead. How much do you think we should buy it for?"

"A six-eyed dzi bead..." Wan Bowen's tone carried a hint of regret: "It would have been great if he had brought it a few years earlier."

Upon hearing this, Ye Su inwardly exclaimed: I wish I could have brought it a few years earlier too!

"Ask Ye Su what period this six-eyed dzi bead is from?"

The kind of situation in live streams where one can appraise whether an antique is real or fake by just glancing at it through the camera is, of course, not real.

At least most of the time, it's very difficult to determine the authenticity of an antique through just a video.

Especially for a six-eyed dzi bead with no obvious information and an unknown material, Wan Bowen couldn't determine its age just from a video call.

"Oh." Hearing Wan Bowen mention him in the video, Ye Su quickly walked back to his seat and said into Wan Yuanliang's phone:

"This is a pure six-eyed dzi bead from the mid-Ming Dynasty."

"Alright, I understand."

On the other end of the phone, Wan Bowen's voice paused for a moment before resuming:

"If you can accept it, I can buy this six-eyed dzi bead for 120,000."

"120,000..."

Just now in his rented room, the "Item Appraisal" result for this six-eyed dzi bead's resale price was only between 100,000 and 150,000.

Wan Bowen's quote of 120,000 was not really pressing Ye Su's price.

After a brief hesitation, Ye Su nodded: "Alright, 120,000 it is."

"Good. Anything else?"

Wan Yuanliang, who was just playing a supporting role, immediately replied: "No."

"Alright, that's all for now. Call me if anything else comes up."

"Mm."

Beep—

As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Bowen hung up the phone.

"Eight silver ingots, as you said, 350,000 each, and the six-eyed dzi bead is 120,000. That's a total of 2.92 million, no problem, right?"

"No problem!"

Hearing the figure of 2.92 million, Ye Su would definitely be lying if he said he wasn't excited.

"Alright."

Wan Bowen had already made the final decision to buy all the items, so Wan Yuanliang no longer dragged his feet. He quickly drafted a sales contract for these items and then signed and fingerprinted it with Ye Su.