Ordinary people
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows. He did not feel any fluctuation of internal energy from the middle-aged man. It was obvious that the other party was just an ordinary person.
"Since we have already taken a picture of this mask, it should have nothing to do with you now." Yang Qi said calmly.
Although this auction was not formal, it was still an auction after all. The middle-aged man's behavior was obviously an attempt to cause trouble. Although Yang Qi was too lazy to argue with him, he would not give him a good look.
"Hmph~ boy, I will remember you. If you offend me, Wang Baiyi, in the Demon City, just wait and see." The middle-aged man snorted coldly.
"Wang Baiyi, it turns out to be him." Liu Yang couldn't help but smile upon hearing this.
"You know him?"
Yang Qi was stunned.
"I don't know him, but I've heard of him." Liu Yang smiled and said, "He originally ran a coal mining business, and later switched to real estate. Those were the golden years for both industries. In just ten years, he made a fortune of 10 billion, so people gave him the nickname Wang Baiyi."
"Oh~ From what you said, this guy is quite an interesting person." Yang Qi said lightly.
In more than ten years, he earned a fortune of tens of billions. This speed of making money is still very scary. Shen's Jewelry has been in business for decades, but its fortune is only about ten billion.
"This guy has a good eye for business, but when it comes to antiques..." Liu Yang seemed to have thought of something, and his smile widened.
"This guy has always been regarded as a nouveau riche, so he turned to the antique market. After all, many well-established families have the habit of collecting antiques. As the saying goes, collecting is best in troubled times and prosperous times. Wang Baiyi is the same, but his vision in antiques is not even as good as that of a beginner. It is said that he once invited antique collectors to visit his collection, and 99% of the collections worth hundreds of millions were fakes." Xie Guangyao said with a smile.
Ninety-nine percent of them are fakes!
The corner of Yang Qi's mouth twitched. How bad must this guy's taste be? One can imagine how exciting it would be for those collectors to see that the collections in the room were all fakes, and Wang Baiyi was excited to introduce them to them.
"It would be fine if this guy had poor vision. With his wealth, he could have easily purchased from collectors or authentic shops. But this guy just wanted to find a bargain and made a lot of jokes. He even bought Yu Han at a high price." Liu Yang said with a wry smile.
Yu Han is the jade that the ancients held in their mouths after death. Although this kind of thing is also an antique, it is often not well received and is not as popular as burial objects. But Wang Baiyi bought Yu Han at a high price and even wore it as if it were jade, which was simply ridiculous.
Fortunately, Wang Baiyi is wealthy, so even if he spends billions on antiques, it is nothing to him.
"Don't pay attention to him. This guy has offended countless people in the antique business." Xie Wei said lightly.
The next few items were good and priced at millions, but Yang Qi and others did not bid for them. After paying directly, Yang Qi got the Death Mask.
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"This mask of death actually has the effect of concentrating the mind." Now that he has obtained the mask of death, Yang Qi can feel that his mind has calmed down, as if he was in an empty environment.
“It actually has such an effect. It’s a pretty good Xuan weapon.” Yang Qi smiled slightly. The Death Mask that he bought for more than one million had the effect of concentrating the mind, which was somewhat beyond his expectations.
Although it is not a mysterious weapon for combat, the Mask of Death is equally effective as a mysterious weapon to assist in cultivation.
"Hmm?" Suddenly, Yang Qi discovered that on the inside of the mask of the god of death, there were actually rows of small characters, but these characters were not Chinese characters. They should be the characters of the Pharaohs, but he could not understand a single word.
"Perhaps Xie Wei can know what is recorded in the book." A figure flashed through Yang Qi's mind, and then he came to Xie Wei's room.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing Yang Qi coming, Xie Wei was stunned.
"I have a question for you. There are some words on the inside of this mask of the god of death. I can't understand them. You are an archaeology expert, so you should know something about it." Yang Qi said straight to the point.
Xie Wei nodded, took the mask of death and looked at it, and indeed found that there were rows of small words on the inside of the mask of death.
"These characters should be a very ancient form of writing from the Pharaohs. I don't recognize them either." After a moment, Xie Wei shook her head.
Although she is an archaeological expert, her main knowledge is domestic history. She even knows how to identify oracle bone inscriptions, but the text on the mask of death is the ancient text of the Pharaoh country, which she cannot recognize.
"You don't even recognize yourself?" Yang Qi frowned slightly.
"Although I don't recognize the words on this death mask, I know someone who might know it." Xie Wei thought for a moment and spoke.
Hearing this, Yang Qi's eyes lit up.
"This person is in Shanghai. I will take you to meet him after the jewelry exhibition ends tomorrow. He is very knowledgeable about the history of the Pharaohs. If he doesn't recognize the words above, I'm afraid no one in China will recognize it." Xie Wei said.
Yang Qi nodded slightly, not in a hurry. He had a hunch that the words on the Death Mask might be related to the Temple of Death. That was why he came to find Xie Wei immediately.
The jewelry exhibition opened at the convention center the next day. Countless jewelers arrived at the exhibition hall early in the morning. Shen's Jewelry also had its own jade jewelry exhibition. However, Xu Jiajia was in charge of these matters, so Yang Qi did not need to come forward.
The exhibition brought together jewelers from all over the world, including some of the world's top jewelers. The estimated value of the jewelry in the entire exhibition exceeded hundreds of millions of federal coins. The security was also extremely strict. As the organizer, the Magic City government even sent out armed police to escort it.
The beautiful jewels looked even more dazzling when displayed by models. Some large jewelers even invited celebrities to support the exhibition, making the whole exhibition very lively.
Shen's Jewelry can only be regarded as a small role in this exhibition, and the space it occupies is not large, but under Xu Jiajia's arrangement, it does not seem monotonous.
"Shen's Jewelry? I've never heard of it. These days, anyone can come to the exhibition." Suddenly, a disdainful voice was heard.
Yang Qi, who was chatting with Xie Guangyao, frowned and looked back, just in time to see Wang Baiyi in front of the Shen's jewelry counter. He was the one who spoke earlier.
"Why is this guy here again?" Xie Guangyao frowned.
They didn't take yesterday's incident to heart, but they didn't expect Wang Baiyi to come and cause trouble. Yang Qi's face darkened.
"Sir, we..."
"Let me do it." Xu Jiajia was about to introduce Shen's Jewelry when Yang Qi stepped forward and said.
"Boy, we meet again." Wang Baiyi looked at Yang Qi and smiled slightly.
"Mr. Wang, if you are here to visit, I welcome you. If you are here to cause trouble, please leave." Yang Qi said coldly. (To be continued)