A few minutes later, Qian He finished inspecting the coins, let out a soft breath, and said, "They're real!"
Xu Rushan also relaxed with a sigh. Real is good, real is good!
He looked at Lin Xiao, who remained calm and collected, and thought to himself that it was crucial to maintain a good relationship with this young man.
Even if it meant earning a little less, it was worth it.
Lin Xiao asked, "Xu Boss, would you be interested in buying these coins?"
Xu Rushan replied, "Of course I'm interested, but to be honest, each of these Yuan Datou coins is worth at least a million. I've never dealt with coins priced at this level before. I have a friend, an old client of mine, who specializes in collecting coins. I can call him over, and you two can negotiate the price. I won't get involved in the specifics, how does that sound?"
These three coins were not the same as the ones from earlier in the morning.
For coins priced at a couple of thousand yuan, he could make the decision himself.
But these three, each worth at least a million, were a different matter entirely.
If he set the price too low, Lin Xiao wouldn't be happy.
If he set it too high, he would end up losing out.
It would be better to call someone over and have them negotiate directly, and he could just take a commission.
Lin Xiao nodded, "Alright."
Xu Rushan didn't waste time and made the call.
Qian He, sitting nearby, took a sip of tea and said, "The price for these three is something else."
His tone carried a hint of envy.
Finding treasures of this level at the antique market really is like hitting the jackpot.
On the other side, Xu Rushan made the call, which lasted about two minutes before he hung up and walked back, "Mr. Lin, my friend is on his way. He should be here in about half an hour."
"No problem, I'll wait here," Lin Xiao replied.
Good things are worth waiting for.
After all, this was a business worth millions.
The three of them sat, drinking tea and chatting, while the viewers were growing impatient.
"Did Xu Boss just say that each of these coins is worth over a million?"
"You didn't hear wrong, yes, over a million!"
"Lin Boss is serious, these coins are really worth over a hundred million!"
"If he can sell these, Lin Boss will make a killing!"
"Bought for five thousand, sold for millions. This is faster than robbing a bank!"
What was happening in the live stream quickly spread.
The heat from Lin Xiao's treasure hunting earlier hadn't died down, and now, with this new discovery, it was escalating again.
#LinBoss Finds Million-Yuan Yuan Datou for Only 5000!#
"Can someone explain, what's a Yuan Datou?"
"It's a silver coin."
"Is that real? Yuan Datou is worth so much?"
"I heard it's a trial coin, very few exist."
"They haven't sold yet, so what's all the excitement about? Let's wait until they're actually sold."
"These coins are that valuable? Damn, I've got a ton of them at home!"
"The valuable ones are the three that Lin Boss found. Ordinary Yuan Datou isn't worth much."
The buzz online continued to grow, attracting more attention.
Meanwhile, on the 23rd floor of an office building in the city center of Jinling.
This floor housed the Jinling branch of Sotheby's Auction House.
Wei Cheng, the branch manager, received a phone call.
After hanging up, he quickly opened the web browser and accessed the Tiger Shark live streaming platform, searching for Lin Xiao's live stream.
He muttered to himself, "Treasure Hunter King? Gansu version trial coin Yuan Datou? Signed version Yuan Datou? Is this for real?"
Just now, one of his clients had called him about this, asking him to check if the three Yuan Datou coins Lin Xiao had found in the live stream were real or fake.
The client was very interested and hoped Wei Cheng could help with the identification.
Wei Cheng, originally an appraiser at the auction house before being promoted to his current position, wasn't an expert like Qian He, but he could be considered a half-expert.
What made him truly formidable was his familiarity with the auction history of each piece of artwork or antique.
This allowed him to easily assess and price any item.
Entering the live stream, he watched the video playback.
A few minutes later...
Wei Cheng's eyes lit up!
Although he couldn't be 100% sure from the screen, he was about 70% confident the coins were real!
He also recognized Qian He, the appraiser in the video.
Before an auction, they always brought in experts for identification, and they had invited Qian He to help with that.
Since even Qian He was so confident, these three coins must definitely be real!
"To find such rare treasures at the antique market, this streamer knows his stuff."
Wei Cheng thought to himself, and then he saw the barrage of comments from the viewers.
The more he read, the more surprised he became.
This streamer had also picked up two treasures in the morning.
One was the first edition of Guangming Daily (Light Daily), and the other was the 1914 trial coin Yuan Datou.
Now, with these three Yuan Datou coins, he had picked up three treasures in a single day, and none of them were fake!
Wei Cheng couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Where did this streamer come from?
This is really impressive!
Wei Cheng paused for a few seconds, then suddenly stood up and walked out.
He was heading to Fuzi Temple. He wanted to meet this streamer in person.
By the way, he also wanted to see if he could get Lin Xiao to auction these three Yuan Datou coins at his auction house.