Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

As soon as the two walked into the auction company, a security guard with a gun greeted them.

"Who are you?"

Wen Ya took out the invitation and smiled: "We are the guests attending the auction this week."

Knowing that he was a distinguished guest, the security guard's attitude softened a little.

But he still blocked the door and sternly refused: "It's not yet time for the auction, so please go back."

But at the same time, two white men came over. They also showed their IDs and entered the hall directly from the side door.

"Why can they go in?" Wen Ya asked.

The security guard smiled and did not answer the question.

Lin Ran was the first to react. He took out a few banknotes from his pocket and handed them to the security guard.

"You must obey the rules when you enter the company. Don't let me find out that your hands and feet are dirty." The security guard stuffed the money into his pocket and stepped aside to get out of the way.

"These guys." Wen Ya had heard before that the people in Curry Country were particularly dark. It turned out that it wasn't just about their skin.

Unlike other stores, the floor of the auction company is covered with marble tiles, the walls are painted white, and a cabinet is separated by glass on some raised platforms.

Various antiques are displayed in the cabinet.

Unlike domestic antiques, most of the items on display here are copper products.

After all, there is no cultural relics protection law here.

In the venue, there was a middle-aged man wearing glasses, who was cleaning under the direction of the commander.

When he saw someone coming in, he finished his work and walked towards the two of them, his eyes full of vigilance.

"who are you?"

Wen Ya and Lin Ran smiled at him and asked, "Where is the goods department going?"

"Goods?"

"Yes." Lin Ran nodded, then took off his backpack and asked, "Do you collect antiques here?"

The middle-aged man did not answer the question, but quietly watched Lin Ran open his backpack.

When he saw the items inside, his expression immediately changed and turned into one of surprise.

"It's so beautiful!"

He blurted out, then felt as if he had lost his composure, regained his composure, and said, "I'm the lobby manager here, just call me Carla."

He shook hands with both men and then invited them to follow him to an office.

"Can you let me take a closer look?"

Lin Ran opened his backpack, took out the gilt Buddha statue inside, and placed it on his desk.

The moment she saw the Buddha statue, Kara's face showed a look of surprise again.

Lin Ran and Wen Ya looked at each other and smiled. They wanted to come over to get information, but doing it empty-handed would definitely be fruitless.

So he asked Wei Chengbin and the others to prepare a bronze Buddha statue in advance.

The main belief of the Curry Kingdom is not Buddhism, but they are also closely related to Buddhism.

The gilt Buddha statue made of bronze was the stepping stone they prepared for this trip.

The actual situation was similar to Lin Ran's guess.

Kara kept looking at the Buddha statue and marveled at it.

In fact, as the manager of an auction company, Carla has seen many cultural relics, and he can tell at a glance which ones can be sold for high prices and which ones are defective.

The gilded Erawan Buddha in front of us is obviously the former.

And he remembered a Buddha statue that he had missed. It also had an Asian face, and it was also a gilded Erawan Buddha.

After a cursory inspection, he felt that the Buddha statue in front of him was of great auction value, but he could not confirm its authenticity.

Directly calling someone to come over for appraisal would undoubtedly raise the psychological expectations of the two of them. As a manager, he wanted to find ways to lower the price, so he planned to test the two of them first.

Wen Ya saw Kara's surprised look. Even though he knew that the Buddha statue in his hand was a fake, he didn't mean to laugh at it.

Because when he was in China, he was extremely surprised when he saw the gilded Erawan Buddha for the first time.

Both the workmanship and the patina on the surface are perfect.

It reminded him of the gilt Erawan Buddha from the Southern Song Dynasty.

At that time, he strongly opposed it, thinking that Lin Ran was planning to barter with a gilt bronze Buddha statue in exchange for the dragon robe.

Although he also felt that the success rate was very high, he was naturally unwilling to lose another precious cultural relic.

It turned out that it took them a month to build this gilt bronze statue.

It's even been given a distressing treatment.

Lin Ran deliberately made only a few shortcomings to let Wen Ya understand the situation.

"But it's probably not easy for this bronze statue to pass through customs." Wen Ya felt very embarrassed at that time.

This thing is so real that it is strictly prohibited from being transported abroad by the state.

Who knew that this kid Lin Ran not only made a bronze statue that was almost the same as the original, but also got a certificate from the Ministry of Culture and Culture. With this document, they would not have any problems transporting it on the plane.

There were documents from the Ministry of Culture and Culture. Even if he didn't believe it, he had to admit that it was a fake.

Although he made a mistake, he was still a little worried.

Auction companies in other countries actually have many treasure appraisers, and it would be troublesome if they were seen through.

Lin Ran said calmly: "Manager Kara, to be honest with you, we secretly smuggled this cultural relic out, but I looked around and it seems that you don't have an antique shop here, so I want to put it in the cabinet." The auction house is holding an auction, what do you think?"

"Smuggling secretly?" Carla repeated this sentence.

"Yes." Lin Ran raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

The two people seemed to have an extremely tacit understanding, showing a tacit understanding.

Kara looked at the bronze statue with surprise and said, "Okay, you plan to sell it, right?"

"Yes."

Carla's eyes suddenly shone and she said, "You can put it up for auction here, but it must be genuine, so we have to find someone to authenticate it."

"Then I'll trouble Mr. Kara."

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." Kara smiled, then pointed to Lin Ran's pocket.

These guys are really shady and they really want to make money on both sides.

Lin Ran did not pay directly, but said: "Then please find a treasure appraisal expert to take a look. We will naturally bear the appraisal fee."

"Okay." Seeing Lin Ran being so polite, Kara was very happy and walked out of the office.

But they really didn't know how to treat guests at all. Lin Ran and Wen Ya were sitting in the office without even offering a cup of tea.

Wen Ya felt a little cold sweat all over his body, and he felt a little more relaxed after Kara left.

He asked in a low voice: "Brother Lin, is there any problem with the Buddha statue?"

"Don't worry, this is made by the master I hired from Jinling." Lin Ran said.

This Buddha statue was made by them with millimeter-level imitation technology based on the original, and the original is in the Palace Museum.