Chapter 4 Price (Part 1)
The Prox Hall, the music that resounded throughout the hall was like a gurgling stream flowing through people's hearts, and visitors in the hall were quietly watching every stone sculpture.
The guild hall is mainly divided into three major exhibition halls, ordinary exhibition halls, master exhibition halls, and master exhibition halls.
Among them, the ordinary exhibition hall has the largest area and the most stone carvings are exhibited. There are three consecutive works on the northeast corner of the ordinary exhibition hall. These three works have a very special temperament. As long as you study the stone carvings a little, you will feel that special temperament.
However, there are more than 10,000 stone carvings in ordinary exhibition halls, and these three works are like a needle in the sea, which is difficult to be noticed.
"Most of these works have appearance but no substance."
Earl Juno, who is now in his sixties, is slowly walking in the hall of the Prox Hall, and his eyes swept through the stone sculptures. Earl Juno has no other hobbies, just likes stone sculptures. He spends a morning every day in the Prox Hall.
However, in ordinary exhibition halls, there are too few works that can make Earl Juno's eyes lit up.
"Sir, what stone sculptures do you value?" A beautiful waitress next to him came over. Because Earl Juno comes every day, some of the service staff at the Prox Hall are also very familiar with Earl Juno.
Earl Juno shook his head and smiled, "I haven't found it yet."
"Sir Earl, the works in this ordinary exhibition hall are far inferior to those in the master exhibition hall and the works in the master exhibition hall. Why do you spend most of your time in this ordinary exhibition hall every day?" the waiter asked curiously.
Earl Juno pretended to be mysterious and said, "You don't understand this. There are so many works in this ordinary exhibition hall. Maybe you need good works anywhere. The feeling of finding gold from the mud and sand is very wonderful."
"Oh?" The waitress looked at Count Juno with some confusion.
Earl Juno didn't say much and continued to appreciate the stone sculptures one by one, but when he walked to Lin Lei's three works, Earl Juno couldn't help but lit up. With his hundred years of research on stone sculptures, he could see the special features of these three works at a glance.
"Cold, natural, arrogant..."
Count Juno said involuntarily.
It was a kind of temperament. A stone sculpture could be called a masterpiece, and what it needed was a special temperament. Earl Juno suddenly felt the cold and arrogant temperament that came to these three works. This special temperament touched Earl Juno at once.
"Come here and make a price for me. I will bid 100 gold coins for each of these three works." Earl Juno said directly to the waitress next to him.
The waitress immediately took out the record book from her arms with a smile, first recorded the numbers of the three stone carvings and wrote the price, then took out three stickers and pasted them next to the three stone carvings. The three stickers were all written with ‘100 gold coins’.
While recording by the waitress, Earl Juno admired these three stone sculptures more carefully.
"Hey, no!" Juno's dim eyes suddenly lit up, staring at one of the "Vivodors" stone sculptures. "How can the scale carvings on the back of this velociraptor are so coherent? Logically, the scale carvings should be carved with a round knife, and the leg contour should be a flat knife. Even if you are careful, it is impossible to achieve 100% smooth and naturalness!"
Juno has been studying stone sculpture for a hundred years.
Originally, he was not a rich noble, but with his unique vision, he collected stone sculptures at a low price and sold some at a high price, which also made Count Juno a rich man in Finlay City.
"Is it done with a tool? It's impossible, how can other tools be so perfect except for the round knife?" Juno frowned deeply. He had never seen this strange scene before.
"Master Earl?" The waitress next to him couldn't help but shouted in a low voice when he saw Earl Juno.
Earl Juno's eyes lit up and he thought to himself: "I didn't expect that such a special work could be encountered in this ordinary exhibition hall. We cannot notice him. My price of 100 gold coins will make some people observe this work carefully, which may lead to a significant increase in the price of this work."
Earl Juno made a decision at once.
It is not too late to place the price on the last one or two days of the exhibition of this work.
"You can help me cancel the bid." Earl Juno said directly to the waitress next to him.
"Revoke?" The waitress was stunned. According to the rules, it was not allowed to withdraw after bidding. However, Earl Juno was the old customer of the Prox Hall, so the waitress took off the three stickers very simply.
"I dare to ask Lord Earl, why did you cancel again?" asked the waitress.
Earl Juno smiled mysteriously and said, "Don't ask, by the way, I'll ask, what day is the end date of the exhibition of these three stone sculptures?"
The waitress carefully looked through the record book in her hand, then smiled and said, "The last day of the exhibition of these three stone sculptures is June 30. These three works were moved here for exhibition yesterday afternoon."
Earl Juno nodded slightly.
"Okay, I'll look around again, you can do it." Earl Juno said with a smile.
Earl Juno was secretly surprised. In his opinion, the real price of each of these three stone sculptures should be about 3,000 gold coins. Because the works of ordinary masters are about 1,000 gold coins. The engraving technique of each of these three stone sculptures is very special. This special carving technique alone can double the price of the work.
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Earl Juno comes to the Prox Hall every day, and as he expected, because there are too many stone sculptures in the entire ordinary exhibition hall, no one has noticed these three good works. Even if someone sees them, those people can only feel that these three works are good, but they cannot see through their value.
On June 10th.
Earl Juno once again came to the Prox Hall and observed casually in the ordinary exhibition hall of the hall, but when he walked to the location of Lin Lei's three stone sculptures, his face suddenly changed because there were price stickers next to these three stone sculptures.
The price of three stone sculptures is '300 gold coins' for each.
Seeing this price, Earl Juno cursed in his heart: "Idiot, even if you see that this stone carving is excellent, don't make it too high for the first time. Isn't this just attracting others' attention?" Earl Juno was angry, but he had no choice. He was not qualified to withdraw the quotation he was given.
As expected by Count Juno.
On June 12th, when Earl Juno came here again, the price of the sticker had changed.
Chapter completed!