Chapter 28: Two Old Men Compete for Disciples

  "You fart, relying on my family business, can still want rice, casually show a little, can exchange you for several Qingya Xuan." Du Lao heard Sun Lao arrived, immediately spoke up.

  "Go ahead and brag, you want my Qingya Xuan, not to mention the antiques inside, just this facade, this layout, if it's not worth 30 or 50 million, I'd be embarrassed to even mention it. You're just casually showing off, go ahead and brag all you want, after all, bragging doesn't require paying taxes." Old Sun retorted.

  "You damned grandson..."

  "You're an early dead old Dou bird..."

  Two old men glared at each other like angry roosters, neither giving in to the other, engaged in a fierce quarrel, with saliva flying everywhere.

  Those few shop assistants didn't even bother to help, instead they moved a small stool over, eating melon seeds and drinking tea, completely looking like they were watching a show.

  Qin Tian felt relieved after seeing this scene, and he was originally wondering why Old Du said it was his friend's, letting him come later, but how did the boss end up quarreling instead? Seeing the behavior of those shop assistants with a "one glance and nothing seems out of the ordinary" expression, he understood that this was their way of showing affection. Qin Tian looked at the two old men in their fifties who were quarreling with a black face, thinking to himself "Your way of showing affection is really strange."

  Now at ease, he also joined the crowd by the stool, eating melon seeds and watching the show. Those shop assistants knew Qin Tian was brought by Old Du, so they left a position for him. In this way, several of them surrounded together, eating melon seeds and watching the big show.

  Du Lao, who was fiercely fighting, suddenly glanced at Qin Tian, who was eating melon seeds. He then remembered that he wasn't there to argue with his old friend, but had actual business to attend to. He hastily called a truce and said: "Sun Wukong, wait a minute, I didn't come here today to quarrel with you, there's something important to take care of, let's finish it first, then we can continue fighting."

  "Strange! Every time you come here, it's to quarrel with me. What's wrong today? Did you take the wrong medicine?"

  Du Lao heard Sun Lao's words, this is going to start a war, just about to counterattack, thinking of Qin Tian still by his side, wanting to maintain a high-profile demeanor, so he said: "Today I won't bother with you, Little Tian, bring out the thing and let this old man take a look." Du Lao actually didn't know that in Qin Tian's eyes, he had long lost any high-profile demeanor, still pretending to be energetic.

  Sun Lao saw the things Qin Tian had placed on the table and seemed to understand something, saying: "So that's it, I said today you this Du old bird, why not argue with me, originally picked up good things, come to my Qing Ya Xuan show off, well, then I'll take a look at what good things you've picked up, dare to show off in my Qing Ya Xuan."

  Said with a lowered head and a serious look at the things on the table.

  Du Lao saw that Sun Lao had misunderstood and didn't explain, he just stared at Sun Lao's face to see what expression he would have later.

  After a while, Sun Lao raised his head and said: "Alright, Du Lao Niao, you're quite lucky, these things are worth around 40 million, but with just these, you still want to swagger in Qing Ya Xuan, you're still a bit short." He finished speaking and provocatively stared at Du Lao.

  At this time, Du Lao said mysteriously: "Guess how much I spent on these things?"

  "At least 1.5 million, roughly." Old Sun said after a moment of thought.

  "No, no, higher, guess again." Old Du said mysteriously.

  "It can't be 1 million, how is that possible." Old Sun said disdainfully.

  "No, no, it's even higher, guess again." said Du Lao with a hint of excitement.

  "Could it be 500,000? My god, Old Du, you've made a huge profit!" Sun Lao said with an expression of disbelief.

  "It's still high, guess again." Du Lao seemed to have come up with interest and continued to persuade Sun Lao to guess.

  "Come on, at this age, you're still playing this game. I'm not guessing anymore." Sun Lao said with a displeased face. Originally, 500,000 was already surprising to him, and Du Lao actually said it would be even lower, wasn't that adding insult to injury? He suddenly became unhappy.

  Du Lao saw Sun Lao's expression, looking pleased as if he had stolen a chicken like a fox. He admired it for a while before saying: "I knew you couldn't guess it, let me tell you, collecting all these cost 120,000 yuan."

  "What! 1.2 million, impossible, absolutely impossible, how stupid can this stall owner be to sell these things for 1.2 million?!" Sun Lao's voice rose several decibels in his excitement, clearly disbelieving.

  "Haha, it's not that the stall owner is foolish, but rather the buyer has a discerning eye." Du Lao said with a self-satisfied expression.

  "Hey, old Du, it's been a few days since we last met, you've got some good news to share, and with your luck, you should at least treat me to a drink." Sun said excitedly to Du.

  Du Lao's face fell as soon as he heard Sun Lao say that, and with a sorrowful expression, he said, "I'd like to too. If I had really picked up such a big windfall, I wouldn't just invite you, I'd invite all the old brothers to come over and drink for ten or eight rounds, I'd be happy to do so. The key is that this wasn't something I picked up, no, it was one of those young brothers from the other side, I brought him here to sell things to you."

  "What? Not you, him!" Old Sun's eyes suddenly widened in disbelief as he stared at Qin Tian.

  Qin Tian saw Old Sun looking at him like that, rubbed his nose, took a step forward and said: "Young Qin Tian, greetings to Old Sun, hello Old Sun, these things were indeed picked up by Young Master."

  Sun Lao stared at Qin Tian with his eyes wide and mouth agape, unable to utter a word for a long time.

  Those guys around him were also looking at Qin Tian in surprise, with a hint of admiration in their eyes. Being able to pick up something worth over 4 million for 1.2 million is surprising, but not unbelievable, after all, the price of an antique can vary greatly if one makes a slight mistake. However, what's astonishing is that it wasn't just one item, but several, and although the prices varied, on average, each item brought in a profit of over a million. This is indeed a huge windfall. How sharp must this person's eyes be to discover several bargains among a batch of fakes?

  At this time, Du Lao seemed to be still not stimulating enough for Sun Lao, and continued: "Do you know how much money this Qing Dynasty vase cost? I reckon you can't guess it either. I'll generously tell you, it's 500, you didn't hear wrong, just a mere 500 yuan."

  At this point, Du Lao's tone also changed, filled with jealousy. Of course, it wasn't that he was jealous of Qin Tian making money, but rather that Qin Tian had stumbled upon a huge opportunity, with profits over 200 times the original amount. No matter how much money was made, it was all referred to as a "big leak". Du Lao had spent his whole life searching for such big leaks, and every time he found something, no matter the price, he would treasure it and show it off to his old friends with pride. But now, his pride had been crushed by Qin Tian.

  "What the hell is he?!" Sun Lao cursed, losing all his composure.

  Qin Tian...

  Looking at the two old men's flustered appearance, Qin Tian felt a little complacent. Although they had already excluded him from their consideration, being able to shock someone who was a giant in the antique world with his discovery made Qin Tian magnanimously forgive them for their irrational behavior.

  At this time, Sun Lao finally came back to his senses and looked at Du Lao with admiration, saying: "Old Du, we've been competing for a lifetime, but this time I'm thoroughly convinced by you. You can actually teach such an apprentice, I'm really envious."

  "Alas, I'd like to too, but they refuse to acknowledge me as their master. They're self-taught, after all." Old Du said with a sigh.

  "Really, isn't he your apprentice?" Old Sun suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

  "En." Du Lao seemed to still be in a sentimental state, and casually said, but then felt something was off, and hastily warned Sun Lao with a vigilant gaze: "Sun Huizi, what are you trying to do? I'm telling you, this is my chosen disciple, you can't poach him."

  "This isn't someone who hasn't even taken a master yet? And not your disciple, what business is it of yours? Young man, how about you take me as your master, I'm much stronger than this old Du." Sun Lao retorted to Du Lao with one sentence, then turned his head and smiled at Qin Tian.

  "Hey, you shameless old Sun! Who do you think you are? You're competing with me for disciples!" Old Du immediately became anxious when he heard Old Sun say this and quickly spoke up.

  "You're just stronger than me..." Sun Lao wasn't willing to fall behind and immediately counterattacked.

  Qin Tian looked at the two old men who were arguing again, speechless and rubbed his nose, then sat back on the stool to watch the show.