return from cultivation

Chapter 26 The Unique Butterfly

The young man who gave away Zhang Daqian's flower album snorted, and said, "The person who can win the championship in Huan'an City can't be empty-handed. But judging by his attire, he should be giving home-produced rice."

Everyone laughed loudly, and someone immediately said, "Hu Ziming, what you said is too embarrassing. I think this brother is holding a box in his hand. It must be a gift of chocolates."

"Chocolate?" Someone pretended to be surprised: "There are still people so old-fashioned these days? It's impossible, it's too stupid!"

A group of young people talked to each other without paying attention to Suhang at all.They were really excited by Mr. Zhang's words. Who doesn't have 800 million people present?There are quite a few people with hundreds of millions of assets. When will it be the turn of this old-fashioned, moneyless and powerless bumpkin?
Tang Zhenzhong was slightly angry. Su Hang was an important guest he personally invited, but now he was being targeted by a group of brats, which made him feel ashamed.But the instigator, Mr. Zhang, looked at Suhang with a smile on his face as if nothing had happened, and said, "Look, everyone is so enthusiastic, why don't you bring out the presents for us to appreciate together? If Mr. Tang values ​​it, the presents must be worth it." would be too bad."

As the saying goes, the higher you hold, the harder you fall.Mr. Zhang learned the details of Suhang from his son, so he dared to be so bold.When Su Hang took out that worthless thing, he would definitely be ridiculed by the audience again.

This is Mr. Zhang's insidiousness. He borrowed his strength to fight, but he was unscathed!

Deng Jiayi hesitated slightly. It wasn't that she didn't want to help Suhang out of the siege, but the scene of being refused to teach the piano a few days ago still reverberated in her mind.Moreover, Suhang just acted like he didn't know her.This young girl, who has been praised since she was a child, has been suffocating in her heart.Seeing Su Hang being targeted now, she suddenly felt bad.At the same time, she herself was very curious about what Suhang would give, so she kept silent.

Could it be the jade carving that even my grandfather admired?If it is really such a treasure, Deng Jiayi is quite looking forward to it.

Huang Qingqing hated this kind of thing the most, so she jumped out and said to the group of young people who were ridiculed endlessly: "Why did they mess with you, do you need to be so targeted!"

Hu Ziming curled his lips and said, "Huang Qingqing, why are you acting like a hen guarding chicks? You won't like this guy, will you?"

"You're the one who likes him! A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!" Huang Qingqing said angrily.

Tang Zhenzhong snorted and was about to speak, but was stopped by Professor Zheng: "It's just a group of children, it's okay to make them make trouble. If you open your mouth, it will not end well."

At this time, Su Hang, who had been silent all the time, smiled slightly and said, "Since you want to see it so much, let's see it."

Tang Zhenzhong sighed, he also didn't think Suhang could give such a good gift.Otherwise, it would not be so short of money.He gave Hu Ziming and the others a hard look, and then said to Su Hang: "No matter what you give, it is my honored guest of Tang Zhenzhong!"

"It's okay..." After going through a lot of wind and waves, how could he care about these ridicules, Suhang smiled, handed the box to Deng Jiayi, and said: "I came in a hurry, and I really didn't bring any good things, but it's interesting to think about it." , I brought it, I hope you don’t mind.”

Deng Jiayi stretched out her hand silently, and was about to pick up the very ordinary-looking wooden box, when Huang Qingqing who was beside her suddenly stabbed her horizontally.She snatched the wooden box over, opened it casually, and muttered: "Let me see, what exactly is the gift..."

As soon as the wooden box was opened, the piece of golden jelly-like amber immediately appeared in front of everyone.Huang Qingqing was stunned for a moment, and then praised involuntarily: "It's so beautiful!"

This amber is extremely pure, like cast gold, without any variegation.And the butterflies sealed in it are colorful and keep the original shape without any damage.It even makes people feel that it still has life.

Hu Ziming and the others were also stunned. They had never seen such a beautiful amber.But then someone muttered: "The color is so positive, and it's so big, it can't be fake."

"It must be fake!" Immediately someone echoed: "How can there be such beautiful amber in the world, without any impurities, if I look at it, it must be artificial!"

Someone who knew a little bit about amber said: "The butterfly is bound by the resin, and it will definitely struggle desperately. Not only does it look ugly, but it will also damage its wings. But look at the butterfly in this piece of amber, it still maintains the most beautiful flight Attitude, this is simply impossible!"

"That's right, that's right, it must be artificial!" A group of people scrambled to express their opinions.

Don't say they don't believe it, even Tang Zhenzhong has some doubts.It's not that he has never seen high-quality amber, but this is the first time he has seen it like this one.It seems that it is indeed fake...

However, would a master with such astonishing accomplishments in carving give such an obvious fake?Tang Zhenzhong was a little confused.

Looking at the wooden box in Huang Qingqing's hand, and listening to the discussions of the people around her, Deng Jiayi was very disappointed.Unexpectedly, he would give himself fake amber...

At this time, a man in his 50s suddenly pushed away the person in front of him, and walked over with a slightly excited expression.He stopped in front of Huang Qingqing, looked at the amber in the box, and then stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to pick it up.But his hand paused in mid-air, and he looked up at Suhang, with a look of expectation, and asked, "Mr. Su, can you let me pick up this piece of amber and have a look?"

Suhang didn't care about such inanimate things, so he nodded casually.

The man's face was full of excitement. He carefully took the amber out of the wooden box, then took out a magnifying glass from his pocket, and observed it carefully.

Some people who knew this man couldn't help being stunned.

"Isn't this Mr. Hua Yangfei, the treasure appraiser of Jinxiu Auction House?"

"That's right! I've seen him before, and I heard that several big auction houses are vying to hire him as the chief appraiser, just because he has never failed in the appraisal. No matter the real thing or the fake one, you can tell it at a glance!"

"Why do I feel that Mr. Hua Yangfei is so excited? He doesn't think this amber is real, does he?"

"Could it have been invited?" someone asked.

"Absolutely impossible!" A business person familiar with Hua Yangfei immediately denied, saying: "Any appraiser will cherish his honor, let alone such a famous one? Besides, Mr. Tang is right next to him. Although I don’t have much contact with amber things, but my eyesight is still there, who can lie to him, and who dares to lie to him?”

Having said that, everyone could only believe that Hua Yangfei's arrival was purely accidental.However, seeing that the well-known appraiser in the whole province was so cautious, many people couldn't help but gasp.

Could it be that this almost perfect piece of amber is real?

At this time, Hua Yangfei, who had been carefully observing the piece of amber with a magnifying glass, kept muttering to himself: "It's true...the legend turned out to be true, there really are such butterflies in the world..."

Huang Qingqing asked curiously, "Grandpa, what are you mumbling about?"

Hearing her address, Hua Yangfei was speechless for a moment.I'm only in my 50s, yet I'm being called grandpa by a 20-year-old girl?But Huang Qingqing's question made him wake up from the shock.

He looked up at Su Hang, with a satisfied expression on his face, and said, "I never thought that I would see such a perfect treasure with my own eyes in my lifetime. Mr. Su, where did you get this piece of amber?"

Su Hang looked calm and said, "A gift from a friend."

"Give it away..." Hua Yangfei was even more speechless, thinking that such a generous friend, please give me a car!
The people next to them, whose appetites had already been lifted, couldn't help saying: "Mr. Hua, don't just have fun there, tell us anyway."

"Is this amber real or fake?"

Facing everyone's inquiries, Hua Yangfei smiled. He felt that it was really worth it for him to come to this birthday party today.If you didn't come, where would you have the opportunity to see this rare treasure in the world?I was happy, so I naturally wanted to say a few more words: "Of course the amber is real, and the quality is excellent. However, the most precious thing is not the amber, but the Kashenfu ghost beauty swallowtail sealed inside!"

Karshoff?What the hell butterfly?Everyone listened with question marks on their foreheads.

Hua Yangfei patiently explained: "Kashinf is a biologist in the United States. He was exiled to China in the 20s and found a rare butterfly in a valley in Yunnan. The left wing of the butterfly It is a beauty, and the right wing is a skeleton, so together it is a "ghost beauty"! He published a paper in the American Journal of Biology and sent a unique specimen of a 'ghost beauty'. Prior to this, this butterfly It only existed in ancient legends, so it shocked the world immediately."

"Up to now, only Americans have the unique specimen of the ghost beauty swallowtail butterfly in the world. As early as many years ago, someone offered to buy it for 25 US dollars. Countless people went to the valley in Yunnan because of this, but no one could buy it again. After catching this kind of butterfly, many people died there inexplicably."

25 U.S. dollars... Many people were taken aback by this figure. Although the equivalent of RMB is only more than 100 million yuan, almost everyone present can easily take it out.However, a butterfly is so expensive?

Seeing everyone's surprised faces, Hua Yangfei seemed to feel that it was not enough, and continued: "Some people suspect that the ghost beauty swallowtail may be a variant of the emperor moth yin-yang butterfly. But even the emperor moth yin-yang butterfly is extremely rare, with an average of 1000 million. Only one of the butterflies can appear. Therefore, the cherishment of Kashenfu's ghost beauty swallowtail butterfly can be imagined. The 25 US dollars I mentioned before was already a matter of many years ago. Now... it's really true I dare not say how much it is worth, but it is estimated to be at least five times higher, after all, it is a unique treasure in the world."

Five times?That's not more than 100 million US dollars?It is equivalent to RMB, which is nearly ten million...

This price is almost equivalent to the entire net worth of many people.Everyone was stunned and couldn't help looking at the butterfly in the golden amber.It is indeed very beautiful, with a strange and coquettish feeling, but it is too expensive...

(End of this chapter)