Chapter: 6349

In this moment, Zhou Liyuan smiled and said, "Since everyone has been waiting outside for so long, there's no reason to make them wait anymore;"

"After everyone gets in and examines the copper Buddha one by one, I won't suddenly raise the price, but it will be the same as what I put online initially. Then, everyone can decide whether they want to buy according to their number order;"

"If the first person wants to buy, the purchase right will go directly to them, and I'll just have to say sorry to the others. But if the first person doesn't intend to buy or is unable to pay within five minutes, the purchase right will be passed on to the second person."

Among collectors, there are many nuances, and respecting the personal wishes and privacy of the Buddha owner is extremely important. When everyone heard this, they knew he wasn't trying to reveal too much about his personal information outside, so they all nodded in agreement, putting away their phones.

Subsequently, Zhou Liyuan took out the copper Buddha he had received.

As soon as the copper Buddha was taken out, the vendor who was watching with great interest nearby was surprised.

He hadn't seen the true face of this copper Buddha before, but he had already watched the monitoring video from Jiyue Temple and roughly knew that it was an artificially aged copper Buddha. However, the copper Buddha in Zhou Liyuan's hand had been thoroughly cleaned and restored to its original state, with all signs of aging completely gone.

He didn't know that this copper Buddha had undergone processing by Zhou Liyuan, who had carefully removed the artificial marks left by program teacher and others, making it look like it was just produced in the Northern Song dynasty when it wasn't yet gilded.

Zhou Liyuan held the copper Buddha in his hand and said to the crowd: "In my humble opinion, this copper Buddha is a statue of the Northern Song's great Master Shifu, only unfortunately, it has lost its gilding, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to display it at such a price."

The crowd nodded frequently, except for one vendor who looked puzzled and thought to himself: "What kind of nonsense? Is this from the Northern Song dynasty? This isn't a replica of a Ming-era copper Buddha! How can it become a Northern Song-era one?"

Just as he was still in doubt, Zhou Liyuan had already handed the copper Buddha over to the first-ranked collector from Yancheng, smiling and saying: "This collector, since you are number one, this copper Buddha will be yours first. I just have one small request, during the period when everyone examines the copper Buddha one by one, please don't discuss your conclusions or say yes or no directly; let's not speak until everyone has seen it, then we'll express our intentions individually."

The Yancheng collector lightly nodded his head, which was an understanding among high-end collectors: do not speak or make an offer during the examination period to avoid disappointing others.

After all, those who came to collect this copper Buddha were all powerful and enthusiastic collectors, aside from collecting artifacts, they also wanted to test their own eyesight.

If you're the first to handle it, you'll directly reveal all the key points and then take it straight away. The ones who come after will really be wasting their time.

Not speaking, at least we can let everyone make their own judgments without distraction, and also verify one's own level.

The collector from Yancheng took the copper Buddha into his hands and looked at it very carefully, with an expert he had invited to stand beside him, examining every detail very seriously.

Subsequently, the collector from Yancheng handed the copper Buddha over to the expert, who examined it carefully before returning it to him.

Then, the two exchanged a glance and gave the copper Buddha to the second-ranked collector.

At this point, in the midst of the auction house, despite there being around 20 people, it was unusually quiet. No one was speaking; all that could be heard were each person's breathing sounds and the rustling noises from everyone passing things back and forth.

Meanwhile, Xiao Changkun and Ma Ran had already started boarding the plane.

Since they were in first class, they directly took priority over most of the passengers, boarding through the first-class entrance at the head of the plane.

This Boeing 777 aircraft has a large passenger capacity, with a special dual-bridge connecting it to the ground. The first-class, business-class, and economy-class passengers each had their own separate entrances, with the first-class and business-class entrances leading directly to the front of the plane, while the economy-class entrance led to the connection area between the two.

Ma Ran walked away, glancing back over her shoulder, and sighed at Xiao Changkun: "It's really great to have money! In the past, we had to stand in line just like them, no matter how many people there were. When it was busy, we couldn't even get on the plane within 30 minutes. Now that I have money, I can sit in first class. Although we're sitting on the same plane as them, we won't even have a slight connection with them. We'll board earlier, disembark earlier, and even retrieve our luggage earlier than they do. Just think back to when I was at Xiao's place... that kind of life is not even called living; it's just being a struggling beggar!"

Xiao Changkun chuckled and said, "We didn't always sit in business class, you've forgotten about those few years we went to Lianhu for a trip. Didn't we sit in business class back then?"

Ma Ran pouted her lips: "That was special business class on a charter flight. There's no comparison with the business class on a high-speed train or an international flight." JrNovels.com