"No, this isn't right! It can't be!"
Just as Chen Tianpeng thought his old friend had made a mistake, Elder Wang, who was holding a tea leaf canister, suddenly cried out in surprise.
Father Lin and Chen Tianpeng looked over at the old man and saw him holding a tea leaf, carefully examining it in his hand.
"This tea leaf is definitely not ordinary Longjing! Don't worry, I'll call someone to bring professional equipment to test it right away!"
After saying this, Elder Wang took out his phone and dialed:
"Hello, Chairman Zhuang, I've encountered some top-grade tea here that's hard to determine. I need to use the studio's appraisal equipment; please approve it. Then I'll send you the location, and you can have someone deliver it to me. Uh-huh, I judge that it might be the Imperial Qian Longjing from those eighteen trees! Okay, I'll wait for you!"
Watching Elder Wang making the call so seriously, Father Lin couldn't help but be a little flabbergasted. He glanced at Chen Tianpeng beside him:
"Uh... it's just some tea leaves, isn't it? No need to make such a big deal out of it..."
A can costing more than a thousand bucks, and the old man was acting like it was worth tens of thousands. It was really some fuss over nothing.
After seeing his old friend's serious demeanor, Chen Tianpeng was also taken aback. He took a deep look at Father Lin and then his old friend, ultimately saying nothing.
Now even he was at a loss, not knowing whether Xiao Lin was lying or his old friend had misjudged.
Time ticked by, and an hour later, a Maybach slowly stopped in front of the office building. A middle-aged man in a suit, with gold-rimmed glasses, looking scholarly, stepped out of the car.
If Lin Yi were present, he would undoubtedly be shocked, as the visitor was none other than the Boss Zhuang from Xuanrui Studio, who had just purchased Lin Yi's Yuan dynasty blue-and-white porcelain cup for five million two days ago.
As for Chen Tianpeng's old friend, he was none other than Elder Wang, the appraiser from Xuanrui Studio who assessed Lin Yi's items that day.
In Father Lin's office, seeing a middle-aged man about his age push the door open and come in, Elder Wang, Chen Tianpeng, and the others rose to greet him.
Chen Tianpeng hurriedly smiled and extended both hands to shake with the visitor:
"Ah, Chairman Zhuang, why did you come in person? Your presence here caught me off guard; it's my fault. If I'd known you were coming, we would have arranged a welcome for you!"
"Haha, no need for formalities, I came uninvited. So, where's that Imperial Qian Longjing from those eighteen trees that Uncle Wang mentioned? Let me have a look!"
It was clear that Chen Tianpeng knew Boss Zhuang, but judging by Boss Zhuang's demeanor, he didn't recognize Chen Tianpeng, merely responding superficially to his enthusiasm.
Upon hearing the name Chairman Zhuang, Father Lin was somewhat shocked. Chairman Zhuang? Could it be the Zhuang Yan from the Qinhuangdao Zhuang Group?
For a moment, Father Lin's gaze at the man was filled with disbelief. He couldn't believe such a big figure would come for his 1,400 yuan, three-jin tea!
If this incident were mentioned, no one would believe it!
The last time Lin Yi traded with Boss Zhuang, Boss Zhuang even used his top-notch newly acquired tea to entertain Lin Yi, showing just how much he loved tea.
To say it without exaggeration, Boss Zhuang's obsession with tea definitely surpassed anyone present.
Moreover, Boss Zhuang's identity was quite extraordinary, something little known to students like Lin Yi.
Of course, while Lin Yi didn't understand Zhuang Yan as a person, the extensive Zhuang Group, covering almost every aspect of life, was well known in Qinhuangdao.
Precisely because of this, Boss Zhuang not only loved tea but also had the means to acquire the best teas!
"Haha, I knew you'd rush over when you heard about good tea. Here it is. Based on my experience, I'm 90% sure it's that tea leaf. But Mr. Lin here has always insisted it's ordinary tea he bought for 1,400 yuan. So I thought I'd verify it with equipment."
Hearing Elder Wang's words, Boss Zhuang turned his curious gaze to Father Lin, nodded with a smile, and then looked back at the tea canister.
Unable to restrain himself, he reached for the tea canister, not even bothering to look first, sniffed it, and his face showed a look of fascination:
"No need for devices anymore!"
Just as Elder Wang was reaching for the device brought by the employee with Boss Zhuang, he hesitated upon hearing Boss Zhuang's words, wondering if he'd misheard:
"What did you say? No need for devices? Why?"
Exhaling long and deeply, Boss Zhuang gazed into the tea canister with undisguised excitement in his eyes.
He raised his head, looked at Elder Wang, and spoke with a smile:
"Yes, I said no need for devices because this is the real deal!"
Ssss...
With these words, both Elder Wang and Chen Tianpeng looked incredulous.
Boss Zhuang actually said this was the real deal!
Seeing everyone's astonished expressions, Boss Zhuang spoke with some emotion:
"Haha, who would have thought, who would have thought I could encounter such a treasure!"
At this point, Boss Zhuang seemed to fall into reminiscence, only snapping back to reality after a long while. As if recalling something, he quickly turned his gaze to Father Lin, filled with excitement:
"Sir, would you be willing to part with this tea leaf? As for the price, you can be assured. In 2018, I purchased one liang of Imperial Qian Longjing for 2.7 million at the Capital City's Poly Auction House."
With this statement, there was another round of gasps. Two million seven hundred thousand per liang!! What kind of concept is that?? In Qinhuangdao, that could buy you a pretty nice villa!
And what Boss Zhuang said next even left Father Lin bewildered.
"Of course, since that time, no one in Huaxia has sold this Imperial Qian Longjing again. After all, with each sip, there's one less. So, I won't use the 2018 price. Let's do this, three hundred fifty thousand per liang, I want all your tea leaves!"
Three, three hundred and fifty thousand!!
All at once, Father Lin felt dizzy, wondering if he was dreaming! He had clearly spent 1,400 yuan on this tea, and now someone was willing to pay 350,000 per liang?? My god, this world is too crazy!
Unconsciously, he picked up the long-cold tea from the table, gulped it down, and then froze, blurting out:
"Eh? No, this tea doesn't taste like the one I drank last night??"
[To be continued....]