Chapter 86 Xuande Censer (1/2)
The onlookers were blaming the store owner because they held sympathy for the father and the son, and no one expected that someone would really pay 100,000 for the iron censer.
They turned to look at the speaker, only to see a young man in his twenties striding towards the middle-aged man and his son.
”Do you really want to buy it, young man? Are you making fool of me?” The middle-aged man asked with disbelief.
The store hesitated for a second and said sarcastically, ”You're such an idiot. Of course, he's making fun of you. Nobody would pay 100,000 for your stuff.”
Qin Haodong ignored the man whose sympathy had been eaten up by money. He said to the middle-aged man directly, ”Of course it's true. But I have no cash with me now. You can give me an account and I'll transfer the money now.”
Everyone widened their eyes. They were so surprised that the young man was playing for real.
The father and his son were bewildered for a moment. Then the son, who had the censer in his arms, took out a bank card and said, ”Young brother, this is my card, and you can have the censer as long as you transfer 100,000 to me.”
Qin Haodong didn't hesitate at all. He took over the card. Then he called someone and transferred the 100,000 Shi Kuohai gave him. A short hesitation later, he transferred all the 80,000 he had left into the account.
Judging by its thick Spiritual Qi, the censer was definitely a treasure, and it was a nice bargain even if he had paid 180,000 for it.
After he transferred the money, the phone in the young man's hand rang twice, indicating that the money had reached the account.
The young man was startled when he checked the phone. He told Qin Haodong at once, ”Young man, you've made a mistake. We charged you 100,000, but you've transferred 180,000.”
Qin Haodong said, ”That's right. It's worth 180,000, and that's all I had now, or I'll pay you more.”
”No, we only need 100,000.” The middle-aged man turned over and said to his son, ”Hurry up and return the extra money!”
Qin Haodong stopped him at once. ”It's fine. Just take it and buy some tonic for the patient.”
”Well...” The father and the son were moved into tears when they saw that Qin Haodong was serious. ”Than you, young man. You're such a nice guy. Thank you, thank you so much.”
Qin Haodong said, ”You're welcome.” ”I paid for your goods. You don't owe me anything. You can find my telephone number in the transferring record, and please come to me if you need help in the future.”
The two bowed deeply to him in spite of what he had said, then they left without the censer.
The shop owner was watching with his mouth sneering. ”Just keep playing, you two. I've been digging in the antique industry for more than 40 years, and now you're trying to make a show in front of me. You've made the wrong choice!”
Qin Haodong did not speak. He felt unnecessary to talk to a man like that. He had used up all the money in his pocket, and the only thing he wanted was to take the censer and go.
He didn't care about it but other people did. Someone in the crowd yelled immediately, ”Old man, did you just say that you'll call the one dad whoever paid 100,000 for the censer? Now the young man paid 100,000, what are you waiting for?”
Lots of people had long been unsatisfied with the store owner who was rich but mean. They followed up yelling.
”Say it! Call him dad!”
The shop owner glared and said, ”What are you yelling for? Can't you see that the three were here together to make the show, fooling you around? 100,000 for the censer? I'm afraid he didn't pay a penny.”
Qin Haodong had just met a few cappers and now he was called a fraud. That made him very upset.
He looked at the shop owner and said, ”That's a big treasure. It's a steal though I've paid 180,000 for it. You were blind to have ignored it.”
The shop owner laughed loudly into tears. He said, ”Me, Zhang Wankui had been in the antique business with my grandfather since I was eight. I entered the field when I was 20 and opened my own store when I was 30. I've never run into anything that could cloud my eyes.”
”That was obviously bronze-plating iron stuff. How's that a treasure? Young man, you're so unqualified to fool me around.”
Qin Haodong was not in the mood to talk to him, so he said, ”It's fine. It's your own business that you are blind. I don't want an old son like you anyway.”
He was leaving with the censer in his arms, however; Zhang Wankui was unhappy. He said with a cold face, ”Wait a moment.”
”What else?” Qin Haodong looked at him and asked.
”You and the other two people were obviously together, making the show in front of my store,” Zhang Wankui said, ”In that way, why don't you and I make a bet to make all this clear to the audiences?”
Qin Haodong immediately became interested when he heard the bet because nobody could win a bet with Emperor Green Wood.
”Tell me, what are we betting for?”
”You said I was blind, didn't you? I'll admit you win as long as you can prove the censer was valuable. I would fulfill the promise I made just now, calling you dad here, and let you pick up whichever good stuff you want in my store.”
”On the contrary, if you lose, you will be paid 10,000 yuan for mental compensation.”
Qin Haodong felt repulsive because the old man was mean in the first place, and now he was being so aggressive. He said, ”I'm in. But you've just lost all your credibility, so we'll need someone as our witness.”
”Little brother, I can be the witness.”
As soon as Qin Haodong finished speaking, two middle-aged men squeezed themselves out of the crowd. Qin Haodong knew the first one. He was Qian Duoduo who he had just met days ago.
”Brother Qin, I didn't expect we'll meet again so soon,” Qian Duoduo said as he introduced the middle-aged man behind him to Qin Haodong, ”This is the director of the Jiangnan Antique Appraisal Center, an expert of antique appraisal, Mr. Guo Feng.”
Then he turned back and said to Guo Feng, ”This is whom I've mentioned, the miraculous man I met days ago, Qin Haodong.”
Qin Haodong didn't know Guo Feng before, but people in the crowd had already recognized him.