Wu Tian smiled and said, "Don't be so nervous, I'm not crazy."
"I'm doing this just to show you a treasure."
He then looked around at everyone and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, in your eyes, this is just a chest with no collectible value, right? But for me, that's not the case."
"I can say that this chest is the greatest treasure in the entire auction!"
As soon as he said this, it naturally surprised everyone.
For a moment, the uproar of discussion started again:
"What is this person saying, I don't understand?"
"Yeah, it's just a chest, how can it be a great treasure?"
"By the way, wasn't this person brought by President Tang?"
"Why would President Tang bring someone like this, it's really beneath his status."
Everyone was whispering and discussing, and Uncle Li suddenly stood up.
He roared at Wu Tian with a face full of anger, "Stop talking nonsense!"
"Do you think you're just embarrassing yourself?"
"You're embarrassing President Tang! You'd better get out of here quickly! Otherwise, I'll have security throw you out right now!"
Tang Qi's face suddenly changed, and she said urgently in a low voice, "Hey! Uncle Li, what are you doing!"
Uncle Li said indignantly, "What am I doing? I'm exposing his crimes!"
"This guy is clearly a fraud, how can President Tang not see it!"
Facing Uncle Li's unreasonable accusations, Wu Tian remained unhurried.
He said leisurely, "Why are you in such a hurry? Instead of going crazy here, why don't you first take a good look at what this thing of mine is!"
After speaking, Wu Tian squatted down and actually took out a rolled-up piece of paper from the cracked chest!
This piece of paper was stuffed inside the wooden tube of the chest. Due to the erosion of time, it had completely yellowed.
If the chest hadn't been opened, no one would have known that there was something like this inside!
The scene before them significantly reduced the discussion in the hall, and even the auctioneer was stunned.
He had seen this chest at least eight or nine times.
But he had never imagined that there was a hidden secret within the chest!
For a moment, he couldn't help but ask Wu Tian, "Sir, what is this?"
"Won't you know once you open it?"
Wu Tian smiled and then directly unrolled the paper!
The paper contained a piece of calligraphy, with a vigorous and powerful script, clearly not something an ordinary person could write.
Wu Tian held the paper towards the auctioneer and said, "You are a professional, tell me, who is the signature on this calligraphy?"
The auctioneer looked over with surprise. After seeing the signature clearly, his face suddenly changed drastically!
He took two steps back, his expression trembling, and said in disbelief, "This, this... how is this possible!"
"Wang Xizhi's authentic work, how could it appear in a place like this!"
When the auctioneer's exclamation sounded, everyone felt their hearts skip a beat.
They stared at the stage in disbelief, their ears seemed to be buzzing.
Wang Xizhi's authentic work?
It's actually Wang Xizhi's authentic work?
How is this possible?!
Tang Qi and Uncle Li widened their eyes, feeling their scalps tingle.
"This is impossible!" Uncle Li couldn't believe such a thing.
He shouted hoarsely, "How could this be Wang Xizhi's authentic work, you must be mistaken!"
Others also raised doubts.
In response, the auctioneer dared not make a hasty conclusion.
He quickly said, "Everyone, please don't rush. We have the most professional appraisers here, and we will conduct an on-site appraisal now!"
After speaking, the auctioneer quickly arranged for appraisers to come and authenticate it.
Several appraisers, upon hearing about the matter, rushed over one after another.
They spent more than ten minutes studying the calligraphy with their instruments.
Finally, they looked at each other, a deep shock appearing in their eyes.
One appraiser whispered a couple of sentences into the auctioneer's ear, and the auctioneer's body trembled, his eyeballs almost falling out of their sockets.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and announced loudly to the crowd, "Everyone! The appraisers have just given the result, this calligraphy is indeed Wang Xizhi's authentic work!"
Boom!
It was like a bomb dropping into the hall, and everyone present was stunned!
It was actually Wang Xizhi's authentic work?!
My God, how could such a thing exist in the world!
Wu Tian smiled and said, "How about it, you should believe me now, right?"
The auctioneer asked tremblingly, "No, sir, how did you know there was such a treasure inside?"
Wu Tian shrugged, "Because I'm a master, so I can see it."
"Otherwise, do you think I'm a fool, spending so much money to buy such a piece of junk?"
"By the way," he asked the auctioneer again, "Brother, how much could this thing sell for on the market?"
The auctioneer calculated in his mind, then looked at Wu Tian with a strange expression and said, "This thing... can sell for at least fifty million!"
Fifty million!
This number once again exploded the entire venue!
Buying a treasure worth fifty million for thirty thousand yuan!
This was simply money falling from the sky!
Immediately, everyone's eyes showed intense jealousy.
Uncle Li's face turned pale, and he sat down almost numbly on his chair!
Wu Tian was quite satisfied with this price.
He put away the calligraphy, had the auctioneer deal with the damaged chest, and then returned to his seat under everyone's gaze.
"How about it, did I disappoint you?" Wu Tian said to Tang Qi with a smile.
Tang Qi finally came back to her senses. She looked at Wu Tian blankly and said, "My God, Wu Tian, you're too amazing, you're like a god!"
"I'm no god, I'm just lucky."
Wu Tian smiled again, then handed the calligraphy to Tang Qi, "This is yours, keep it safe."
Looking at the precious calligraphy in her hand, Tang Qi hesitated, then pushed the paper back.
She shook her head and said, "This is the treasure you chose, I can't accept it, please take it back."
This was her sincere opinion, after all, people of her status were not short of fifty million.
But Wu Tian was not a greedy person, so he said, "How can this be? I just came to help you appraise treasures."
"Besides, I used your money to buy that chest, so this thing rightfully belongs to you."
"What's more, didn't I upset you yesterday? This is my apology."
Looking at Wu Tian's handsome smile, Tang Qi felt her heart flutter, and a faint blush appeared on her pretty face.
She no longer refused and accepted the calligraphy.