The most shameless alchemist in history - Chapter 238

Chapter 238

Du Lei is no stranger to pocket watches. When he was in Hot Spring Village, Hart had a gold pocket watch as a symbol of the richest man in the village. Of course, according to the village, Hart’s pocket watch was actually copper-plated. , Not pure gold, he just showed it off.

But whether it is pure gold or copper-plated, it is a rare object for the hot spring village. It was once a symbol of the wealthy and was looked forward to by children as old as Du Lei. Launched the “Shun” pocket watch campaign, but ultimately failed to implement it.

Pocket watches are rare in the hot spring village, but Du Lei knows that for the outside world, with the vigorous development of steam technology, many fields including the watchmaking industry have shown a blowout atmosphere, just in the train. He saw many people wearing pocket watches.

He has every reason to believe that it will not be long before this kind of thing will no longer be a symbol of the so-called wealthy people, and will become more and more. He still remembers that when he was still on the train, Bai Ye asked him, he At that time, Du Lei did not answer what the imagined future would look like.

Bai Ye told him that the world in the future will connect the sky and the sea. Human beings can talk over long distances instead of using letters. They can reach them in an instant from a long distance. What he described is incredible. At the same time, a desirable world.

It’s just that he couldn’t figure it out anyway. How could the pocket watch presented on the auction stage make Nono show such an expression? No matter what happened in his impression, she was always nagging. If she is, she has been complacent, and it seems that the world has not been able to knock her down.

What Du Lei cared about was Nono’s emotional changes, but the rest of the guests at the auction site didn’t care about it at all. They had expected what value Miki would bring out, but in the end they found that it was nothing special. The pocket watch exploded in one fell swoop.

“Hey, I said Miki, are you sure you are joking with us? This pocket watch looks very ordinary, and there are no extravagant decorations. This kind of thing is neither an antique nor a treasure. You jade What the hell is the auction house up to? Want to fool us?”

Some customers were very dissatisfied. It was not his fault. In fact, as a senior collector, his eyes were harsh. He immediately recognized that the pocket watch in the tray was just an ordinary item. In his opinion, the auction house It’s an insult to bring this kind of thing out for auction.

“Yes, yes, we are all here for the reputation of the jade auction house. If we are disappointed this time, I will never visit the auction reported by your jade auction house in the future!” There are also guests! Echoed off the court, after communicating, they unanimously concluded that the pocket watch is nothing special.

With the voices of discussion and dissatisfaction in the audience, the atmosphere that had been created with great difficulty just disappeared in an instant. Although there were some young people in the audience speaking for Mi Ji, their voices were quickly drowned out. In the wave of condemnation.

“Dear distinguished guests, don’t worry. You are all distinguished guests of our jade auction house. How dare Miki neglect you? Just as the gentleman said, this pocket watch itself is indeed very ordinary, regardless of its material or workmanship. It’s good, and it’s still a piece of old…”

Miki seemed to have expected such a scene a long time ago. She smiled slightly, and there was no nervous look on her face. Not only that, she also took the initiative to pick out the faults of this auction item. From her identity and standpoint, it seems that It seems a very strange thing, at least Du Lei thinks so.

“However, in addition to materials and workmanship, to measure the value of a thing, shouldn’t it be traced back to its’history’?” After Miki’s remarks similar to self-examination, there was a turning point and faced so many things. Dou Lei couldn’t make it laugh.

“History? What history can a broken pocket watch like this have? I know a few precious pocket watches with a long history. Not enough. They are all made by masters. They are not comparable to this kind of roadside stalls.” A middle-aged man in a brown hat in the front row sneered.

He was the first person to stand up to refute before. Wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, he looked like an extremely shrewd expert.

“It is true that the workmanship and materials of a pocket watch are very important, but who is wearing it, or who has worn it before, isn’t it also a very important thing?” Miki did not panic when she faced doubts. Calmly resolve.

“Then you are talking about who has worn it? But for all well-known figures in history, I know the whereabouts of the jewelry they wear. I have never heard of anyone wearing such a shabby pocket watch.” The middle-aged man still doesn’t believe in evil, it can be seen that he is very knowledgeable.

Someone immediately agreed off the court and was able to enter and exit the auction of this standard. It was obvious that these people had done enough homework. Amidst the disputes, Nono said nothing, she stared at the pocket watch on the stage in a daze. , This situation lasted for several minutes.

“Mr. Nuonuo, are you… okay?” Du Lei asked her, not at ease seeing her so desperate.

“What did you say?” Nono didn’t seem to hear him clearly, and looked back at him.

“You don’t look very good, do you want to take a break?” Du Lei knew that she would never leave at this time. He said this, and the implication was to ask her what happened.

“It’s okay, I’m fine.” Nono shook her head, and she gently wiped her cheeks, the tears that had just shed had already dried.

“Is that thing important to you?” Du Lei asked nonchalantly.

“What are you referring to?” Nono looked completely different from just now, calm and a little sad.

“That pocket watch.” Du Lei went straight in without any further twists and turns.

“As you can see, it is just a very ordinary silver pocket watch, with ordinary texture, and the more ordinary the workmanship, nothing special.” Nono said calmly, seemingly without any emotional reaction, but she drew lightly. nose.

“Workmanship and texture are not important, what’s important is what it means to you.” Du Lei shook his head. He was not that foolish. Nono didn’t shook his head straight to deny, it was basically the same. Yu acquiesced in his last sentence.

“Regardless of whether it has any meaning, or what meaning it has existed in the past, those are no longer important, let’s go.” Nono suddenly got up and planned to leave.

“What? Gone?” Du Lei looked at her in disbelief.