Chapter 620: The Portrait of a Beauty!_1

Seeing Yin Tian eyeing the fan with great interest, Yue Tao approached with a big smile on his face, "Mr. Yin? Do you like this fan? How about this, I’ll give you the fan as a gift."

Before Yin Tian could speak, the shopkeeper’s face fell, "Young Master... That’s not possible..."

"What’s not possible?"

"That fan has already caught the eye of a customer. We’ve taken their money, and they’re supposed to come pick it up today..."

The shopkeeper covered his face, looking very wronged, "If we broke the contract, the compensation we’d have to pay could buy many of these fans..."

"Ah, this..."

A strange expression appeared on Yue Tao’s face.

He indeed intended to generously give the fan to Yin Tian.

But the critical issue was that the fan was an authentic antique, made from pure ivory, even the surface painted by a master.

This fan’s price was thirty million, and according to the penalty clause for breaking the contract, he would have to pay a whopping six hundred million!

His store had not even earned a hundred million since its opening. If he had to pay compensation, wouldn’t he be losing an additional five hundred million?

Yin Tian also noticed the difficulty on Yue Tao’s face, and he was about to speak when the doorbell rang again.

Right then, a young man walked in, followed by two servants.

The man with black hair and black eyes looked exactly like a Huaxia person.

However, judging from his attire, he seemed to be from Bangzi Country.

Upon entering the shop and seeing so many people, though somewhat surprised, he did not speak.

He looked at the shopkeeper and said indifferently, "Shopkeeper, where is the fan I ordered?"

"Mr. Jin, the fan is... is..."

The shopkeeper opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.

Given the current situation, he really couldn’t make a decision.

"Oh, it’s here."

Mr. Jin immediately spotted the fan in Yin Tian’s hands and walked over, snatching it away.

He looked down on Yin Tian with disdain, "This isn’t something you should be touching, is it?"

"You..."

Just as George was about to speak up for Yin Tian, Yue Tao on the side reached out and snatched the fan back, "Sorry, but this fan is not for sale to you."

Mr. Jin’s face twisted with anger, "And who are you? Do you have a say here?"

"He... he is my boss..."

The shopkeeper spoke up quietly.

Mr. Jin was taken aback, glanced at Yue Tao, and then snorted coldly, "So you’re the big boss of this shop, then there’s no problem."

"I have a contract with him. If an unexpected issue arises because of you and I can’t get this fan, you’ll need to pay a compensation of twenty times the price."

Yue Tao clenched his teeth, on the verge of agreeing.

Although he would have to pay a hefty sum of five hundred million, if he could get in good standing with Yin Tian, a payment of five hundred million could be acceptable!

"But..."

Yue Tao had barely begun to speak when he was interrupted by Yin Tian, "It doesn’t matter. Just sell the fan to him."

Yue Tao looked at Yin Tian in astonishment.

In his memory, Yin Tian was not one to compromise so easily.

At the auction before, Yin Tian had spent over four hundred billion to purchase an ancient book, the use of which was unknown. So why compromise now?

Mr. Jin glanced at Yin Tian and let out a cold laugh, taking back the fan from Yue Tao’s hands, "So, our transaction is complete then?"

Yue Tao, with a dark expression and feeling reluctant at heart, but since Yin Tian had spoken, he couldn’t say much more and just responded with a cold hum.

"Heh..."

Mr. Jin laughed lightly, "Today, I’ll open your eyes."

He took a needle from the hands of his servant and carefully started picking at the fan surface.

Suddenly, he peeled off a layer of gossamer!

The fan surface was actually double layered!

The gossamer held the original fan surface, but once it was removed, beneath it appeared a different painting!

It was a painting of a beauty.

Her eyes, brimming with vitality and slight resentment, appeared so lifelike it seemed as if the beauty in the painting was alive!

"This is..."

The shopkeeper’s body trembled.

Dealing with antiques year-round, especially famous calligraphy and paintings, he was familiar with them all.

He recognized at a glimpse that the hidden painting on the fan was a portrait of a beauty by Tang Yin, also known as Tang Bohu, the foremost of the Four Great Talents of the South!

"Tang Yin’s painting..."

The shopkeeper’s face was slack with shock.

An original from Tang Yin, coupled with a fan frame polished from complete ivory, had been sold by him for a mere thirty million!

To think, just Tang Yin’s name alone would make this painting worth at least a few hundred million!

"How about it? Eye-opening, isn’t it?"

Mr. Jin was very pleased with everyone’s shocked expressions.

He had long discovered the mysteries within this fan, which is why he was willing to spend a fortune on it.

In the end, whether he could get the fan or not, he was set to make a profit.

Just then.

Yin Tian suddenly spoke up, "You’re celebrating too early."

"A fake painting, what’s there to be happy about?"