Chapter 3079

At this time, Zhou Liangyun saw that the rules had been agreed upon with everyone, so he stepped forward to open the shop door and invited everyone into the shop.

Although the single-story area of Zhenbaoxuan was not large, because the inside of the shop was completely empty, it appeared very spacious. Even with twenty or thirty people coming in, it would not be very crowded.

Zhou Liangyun locked the door from the inside, and then said to everyone: "Everyone looks like an old collector, so you must be very clear about the rules when looking at things. Please do not take photos or videos during the whole process. Thank you all."

There are many rules among collectors, and respecting the personal wishes and privacy of the treasure owner is a very important one. When everyone heard this, they knew that he did not want too much of his personal information to be known outside when he brought out this item, so they nodded one after another, and those holding mobile phones put them into their pockets.

Subsequently, Zhou Liangyun took out the bronze Buddha he had acquired.

As soon as the bronze Buddha was taken out, the vendor who was watching the fun on the side was a little surprised.

He had not seen the true form of this bronze Buddha, but he had already watched the surveillance video of Jiqingtang and roughly knew that this was a bronze Buddha artificially aged. However, the bronze Buddha in Zhou Liangyun's hand now had been cleaned to look brand new, and the traces of aging had disappeared without a trace.

What he did not know was that Zhou Liangyun had already processed this bronze Buddha, carefully removing the traces of forgery by Teacher Cheng and others, allowing it to present the state it was in when it was first made during the Northern Song Dynasty, before it had been gilded.

Zhou Liangyun held the bronze Buddha in his palm and said to everyone: "In my humble opinion, this bronze Buddha is the gilded Supintuo Venerable from the Taizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a pity that the gilding no longer exists; otherwise, it would never be the price I posted."

Everyone nodded frequently, except for the vendor who was completely confused, thinking to himself: "What the hell? Northern Song Dynasty? Isn't this an imitation of a Ming Dynasty bronze Buddha? How did it become Northern Song? Or is Zhou Liangyun a big profiteer, preparing to package this thing as a Northern Song item to deceive people?"

Just when he was puzzled, Zhou Liangyun had already handed the bronze Buddha to the collector from Yanjing who was ranked first, and smiled: "This collector, since you are Number One, then this bronze Buddha will be handled by you first. I have a small request here: while everyone is handling it one by one, please do not directly discuss your conclusions after handling it, and do not directly say whether you want it or not. Let's handle it without speaking, and wait until everyone has seen it before expressing your willingness one by one."

The Yanjing collector nodded gently. This is a rule that everyone in the high-end circle understands: do not speak or bid while handling it one by one, so as not to spoil the interest of others.

After all, those who came to collect this bronze Buddha were all big players who were capable and loved collecting. Besides coming to collect things, they also had the idea of testing their own eyesight.

If the first person to handle it directly said all the key points and then made a decision to take it, the people behind would really have made a wasted trip.

Handling without speaking at least allows everyone to identify it without distraction, and also takes the opportunity to test their own level.

After the Yanjing collector got the bronze Buddha, he looked at it very carefully. The expert he invited also leaned forward and checked it bit by bit very seriously.

Subsequently, the Yanjing collector handed the bronze Buddha to the expert, and after the expert looked at it carefully, he handed it back to him.

Immediately after, the two exchanged a look and gave the bronze Buddha to Number Two.

At this time, in Zhenbaoxuan, although there were twenty or thirty people crowded in, it was unusually quiet inside. No one spoke; there was only the sound of everyone's breathing and the sound of clothes rubbing against each other when everyone passed the item.

And just when these people were taking turns handling the bronze Buddha, Xiao Changkun and Ma Lan had already started to board the plane.

Because it was first class, they were given priority over most passengers to board the plane from the first-class boarding gate.

This Boeing 777 passenger plane had a large passenger capacity, and the ground used double boarding bridges dedicated to wide-body aircraft to connect to the plane. First-class and business-class passengers walked through different boarding channels from economy class, and the boarding channels for the two cabins led directly to the front of the plane, while the boarding channel for economy class led to the connection between the two cabins and economy class. So when the two walked through the VIP channel to board, the economy-class passengers had already formed a long line of more than two hundred people in front of the boarding gate.

Ma Lan looked back while walking, and at the same time sighed to Xiao Changkun: "It's so good to be rich! In the past, when we went out, we had to be like them, no matter how many people there were, we had to wait in long lines there. When there were many people, we couldn't even get on the plane after waiting for half an hour. Now that we are rich and sitting in first class, although we are still sitting on the same plane as them, we won't have any contact with them at all. Boarding is earlier than them, getting off the plane is earlier than them, and even waiting in line to get luggage, luggage comes out earlier than them. Look at the time when we were in the Xiao family, that was not living at all, it was a complete pauper!"

Xiao Changkun chuckled: "It's not like we haven't sat in business class before. Have you forgotten that we went to Liangdu for a trip a few years ago? Didn't we sit in business class when we went there?"

Ma Lan curled her lips: "Don't mention that discounted business class. What's the point of business class on a small plane? It's just like the first-class and second-class seats on a high-speed train, no difference. If you want to talk about first class, it has to be a big plane on an international route to be enjoyable."

Xiao Changkun nodded and smiled: "Ah, don't worry. After returning from Dubai this time, I, Old Xiao, am ready to officially come out of retirement. I will toss and turn with antiques more often when I have nothing to do. Maybe I can earn a few million a year. By then, I will buy first-class tickets and take you to the Maldives and Australia!"

Ma Lan said with a smile: "That would be great. I've always wanted to go to the Maldives. If it weren't for the fear of running into Han Meiqing and the others, I wouldn't have gone to Dubai this time."

Speaking of Han Meiqing, Ma Lan's mood became depressed again. She waved her hand and said: "Don't mention that vixen. Husband, work hard after you come back. Maybe you can also burst into the second spring of your career."

Xiao Changkun agreed fully and said with a smile: "Just wait and see."

While talking, the two had already boarded the plane.

The first-class cabin of this plane adopted a 1-2-1 layout. Each seat was a relatively independent private room. The two seats in the middle were next to each other, so the partition in the center could be opened to form a larger double private room.

What Xiao Changkun chose when checking in was the two seats in the middle.

As soon as the two sat down, the enthusiastic Chinese-descendant flight attendant of Emirates Airlines stepped forward to respectfully provide them with drinks, towels, steam eye masks, and disposable slippers. Xiao Changkun was sitting in first class on an international route for the first time, and was a little flattered by the flight attendant's meticulous service.

However, Ma Lan next to him was not surprised.

After all, she was a lucky person who had flown to the United States alone in a private jet. That experience could be considered as having graduated directly in the matter of flying.

Once seated, Ma Lan couldn't help but complain to the respectful flight attendant beside her: "Everyone says that your Emirates Airlines is the best airline in the world. But looking at it today, it's nothing more than that. The comfort of your plane's seats is far worse than that Gulfstream G650."

The flight attendant half-squatted and half-knelt beside her legs, and said very apologetically: "I'm sorry, Ms. Ma, I'm really sorry to let you have this kind of disappointment. Our Emirates Airlines has always been ranked in the global Top 5 among public airlines, and our hardware level is one of the best among public airlines in the world. It's just that the Gulfstream G650 you mentioned belongs to a private jet, and there is no upper limit to the internal modification of a private jet, so our public airline may indeed not be able to compare. But please rest assured, we will definitely bring you the best in-flight service during this flight."

Ma Lan was actually very satisfied with the environment here. The reason she mentioned the Gulfstream G650 was just to show off and add some gold to her own face.

Seeing that there was no fault to be found in the flight attendant's attitude, Ma Lan said proudly: "Go back and tell your leaders, make suggestions, upgrade this first class, and create a luxury first class. It's not like we can't afford to consume it."

The flight attendant quickly said: "I will definitely reflect your suggestion to the company..."

Ma Lan nodded with satisfaction, waved her hand and said: "Okay, go do your work."

The flight attendant was like being granted amnesty, and said respectfully: "Please call me anytime if you have any needs."

After the flight attendant left, Xiao Changkun asked Ma Lan curiously: "Is it very luxurious inside a private jet?"

Ma Lan rolled her eyes at him: "Didn't you see the Moments I posted at that time?"

Xiao Changkun said subconsciously: "Didn't notice."

Ma Lan originally wanted to scold him for not having his heart on her at that time, but then she thought that the two had reconciled, so she shouldn't cause trouble, so she said: "From now on, you must like and comment on every one of my Moments, otherwise I will be anxious with you!"

Xiao Changkun quickly said: "No problem!"

Ma Lan asked Xiao Changkun while taking pictures of various details in the first-class cabin: "How long until takeoff?"

Xiao Changkun looked at the time and said: "It is estimated that the cabin door will be closed in 20 minutes. It will take off in about half an hour."

Ma Lan nodded and curled her lips: "There are too many losers sitting in economy class, it really delays things. I'll take a nap for a while, I got up too early today."

After speaking, she opened a steam eye mask, put it on, and closed her eyes to rest.

At this time, in Zhenbaoxuan, all ten collectors had finished handling it, and the bronze Buddha was passed back to Zhou Liangyun's hands.

When these ten people were looking at the item, the vendor kept staring at them, hoping that one of them would see that there was a problem with the item and challenge Zhou Liangyun on the spot.

But what he didn't expect was that after so many people had finished watching one after another, everyone was silent, which made him unable to understand whether their quality was too high or the item was made too realistically.

At this time, Zhou Liangyun put the bronze Buddha away and said: "Since everyone has seen it, I believe you already have a clear concept of the actual value of the item. Then I won't waste everyone's time. Let's start directly from the collector who got Number One. Does the Number One collector decide to want it or not?"

Others also looked at the Number One collector nervously. If he wanted it directly and paid within five minutes, then this bronze Buddha would have no fate with others.

And at this time, the Number One collector had long been sitting on pins and needles. Hearing Zhou Liangyun say this, he immediately said loudly in an extremely firm tone: "I want it! I want it! Hard work, boss, give me an account number, 20 million will be transferred immediately!"