The moment Qi Huachang said this, the jeers of those around him intensified.
Seeing Qi Huachang’s appearance, it was impossible for Li Nan to say that he was not angry.
He was also a descendant of the Qi family, but just because Qi Sheng was a little more promising, Qi Huachang was so biased towards him and did not give any face to Li Nan in front of everyone.
And at the same time, Li Nan was absolutely ridiculous.
Li Nan laughed at his grandfather Qi Huachang and the people of this Qi family who were really too petty, they thought how great their Qi family was and how important they thought this one position of the main hall was.
But in fact, what does this mean in the eyes of Li Nan today?
The entire Qi family’s fortune combined was probably not even one tenth of the a*sets of the Longcheng office of Li Nan.
The Qi family thought that they were so powerful, but in Li Nan’s eyes, he could only see their insignificance and narrowness!
After thinking about this, Li Nan did not feel angry with Qi Sheng and Qi Huachang for rushing to drive him away, but he only felt that they were ridiculous.
“Little Nan ……” said his mother, Qi Xuemei, in a soft voice with a bitter look on his face.
To be honest, the reason why Li Nan had stayed here until now, instead of turning against these Qi family members on the spot, was entirely because of his old mother Qi Xuemei.
Li Nan was a filial child, so of course he didn’t want to make things difficult for his old mother, and he didn’t want her to completely break up with Grandpa and the Qi family, so he could only choose to hold back.
“I understand.” Li Nan smiled faintly at Qi Xuemei.
With that, Li Nan simply got up and walked out of the main hall, finding an empty seat in the middle of the courtyard with Li Xue and sitting down.
Seeing that Li Nan had finally given up his seat, those descendants of the Qi family all burst into a cold laugh.
A smug smile also appeared on Qi Sheng’s face, and he used his hand to falsely brush the stool twice, as if it was stained with something unclean by Li Nan, before sitting down at the end.
In response to his son Qi Sheng’s argument with Li Nan, his great uncle Qi Tianzhong also pretended not to see it.
Afterwards, Qi Tianzong’s gaze went to Qi Xuemei.
“Xuemei, you’ve been considerate this year, letting Kang Ning and the others come with you.” Although she was talking to her own sister, Qi Tianzhong’s voice had a sense of authority in it.
“Oh, this year, Kang Ning and Li Nan all had more time to spare, so they came together.” Qi Xuemei replied with a smile.
Qi Tianzong nodded, then he looked at Lai Kangning at the side and continued, “Kangning, there’s still nothing to do now is there?”
“That, because I’ve been recuperating at home after an operation some time ago, so I don’t have any plans for the time being.” When Li Kangning said this, he was obviously a little short of breath.
And when he heard Lai Kangning say this, Qi Tianzhong could not help but sigh, clearly a kind of angry at him.
“It’s not a solution for you to go on like this all the time. I’ll say hello to the Water Resources Bureau in the next couple of days and it won’t be difficult to at least put you in as a doorman. I’ll give you the number of their deputy head later on, so you can just go and report to him directly.” Qi Tianzong casually made the arrangements, with an air of not being able to say anything.
“This, I won’t bother you, big brother. It’s better for me to figure out my own way about the job.” Lai Kangning said politely with a smile on his face.
“What, do you think the job of a doorman is not decent enough? Do you know that in the system, even a doorman is not something that just anyone can be.” Qi Tianzong said with some displeasure.
“No, no, no, I didn’t mean that, it’s just that Xue Mei and Xiao Nan and Xiao Xue are all in Longcheng, and it doesn’t seem too convenient if I work over here in Shanghai ……,” Li Kangning explained with a smile.
“Then what’s the point, just be able to go back on weekends.” Qi Tianzong said casually, seemingly never thinking about whether he would only be willing to spend time with his wife and children on weekends if it were him.
And Qi Huachang was a little impatient at the moment.
“Tianzong is kind enough to arrange a job for you, but you are still picky! If you can make it big yourself, you can do it. You are not very capable yourself, but you still want to be overly ambitious.
Qi Huachang looked so angry that he didn’t know what to say.
Those Qi family members at the side were also whispering for a while, only thinking that Li Kangning was indeed a bit insensitive.
“Forget it, Dad, since Auntie doesn’t appreciate it, then there’s no need for us to stick our hot face to someone’s cold a*s.” Qi Sheng also said in a gloomy tone.
With that, Qi Sheng then turned to Qi Huachang again, his face immediately changing into a smile.
“Grandpa, today is your big birthday, I have prepared a gift for you together with my father, I hope you will like it.”
“Oh? The gift you two have prepared, I’d like to see it.” Qi Huachang looked interested.
“Mr. Wen.” Qi Tianzong said to a man beside him.
This man had just followed Qi Tianzong in and he was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed gla*ses and looked very learned.
As soon as Qi Tianzong’s words fell, this Mr. Wen walked out with a painting scroll.
“Mr. Wen is a well-known cultural relics expert in Shanghai, and now specialises in selecting collections of literary objects and the like for Mr. Zhao Zishi. I know that father you also like things like literary objects the most, so I specifically asked Mr. Wen to pluck an ancient painting for you today, and I hope you will like it, father.” Qi Tianzong said.
At this time, Mr. Wen had already come to Qi Huachang and laid the painting in his hand on the coffee table in front of Qi Huachang, for Qi Huachang to taste.
Qi Huachang took a glance at the calligraphy and painting and firstly, his eyes lit up, and then, when he saw the signature on the calligraphy and painting, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
“This is Zhang Jinlin’s calligraphy and painting? It must have cost a lot of money, right?” Qi Huachang said in surprise.
“Luckily, this Zhang Jinlin’s calligraphy and painting was collected from a friend’s collection and cost me just one million.” Mr. Wen said smugly.
“What? One million!?” When the surrounding people heard this, they were all shocked.
They didn’t expect that a single gift from Qi Tianzong would be worth a million, this was too generous of an offer!
Hearing that the painting was simply worth a million, Qi Huachang’s face also showed a look of surprise.
“It’s just a birthday gift, there’s no need to spend so much, but I like it very much!” Qi Huachang’s face showed a look of delight.
“It’s good that father likes it!”
And at that moment, Qi Sheng’s gaze inadvertently landed on the jade Buddha on the coffee table.
“Grandpa, this jade Buddha looks quite interesting.” Qi Sheng said with a smile.
“Oh, that’s a congratulatory gift from Li Nan and the others, as an ornament, it’s quite enough.” Qi Huachang said casually.
“From Li Nan?” A smile appeared at the corner of Qi Sheng’s mouth, “It just so happens that Mr. Wen is a connoisseur in jade and literary arts, so why don’t you let Mr. Wen take care of it for you?”
“It’s just an ornament, there’s no need for that.” After all, Li Nan was only his poor grandson, so what could he possibly give him that was good?
“It would be better to show it to Mr. Wen, in case the pearl is missed, that would be bad.” Of course Qi Sheng didn’t think the jade Buddha could be of much value, he just wanted Mr. Wen to reveal the truth that the jade Buddha was worthless, and then make Li Nan look bad in public.
When Qi Sheng said so, Qi Huachang could not say anything more.
Mr. Wen then took the jade Buddha into his hands and examined it.
But after the first look, the smile on Mr. Wen’s face froze instantly.
“This ……” Mr. Wen did not say anything for a long time.
“What’s wrong, Mr. Wen, this jade Buddha is not just a worthless artifact, right? Hahaha ……” said Qi Sheng with a laugh.
Those other young juniors were also laughing out loud, they all felt that the result was already obvious, this jade Buddha was definitely not worth anything.
“It’s the ‘Crossing Sea Jade Seated Buddha Statue’!” Mr. Wen said with great surprise.
“Why, it looks like Mr. Wen is more interested, so if Mr. Wen likes it, just take it.” Qi Huachang did not think that this jade Buddha could have any value, and opened his mouth to give Mr. Wen a favor.
However, Mr. Wen’s face was terrified at the moment.
“Master Qi is joking, a jade Buddha worth two hundred million dollars is not something I have the fortune to afford!” Mr. Wen exclaimed.
When Mr. Wen said this, there was a dead silence in the room.
“What did you …… you just say?” Qi Huachang was astonished.
“Mr. Wen, you are not joking, right? You said that this jade Buddha, is worth 200 million?!” Qi Tianzong was also wide-eyed with shock, unable to believe it.
“That’s right! I remember very clearly, this jade seated Buddha statue of the Ferrying Sea is a royal object of the Tang Dynasty, it was once auctioned off at the Yanjing Poly Auction two years ago, and it seems that it was later auctioned off by a wealthy businessman in Yanjing, the price then, was two hundred million, and now, it would only be worth even more!” Mr. Wen said with great emotion.
“So …… could this be some kind of fake impostor or something?” Qi Sheng asked somewhat reluctantly.
And hearing this, Mr. Wen was laughing outright.
“If I couldn’t even tell this, then I wouldn’t be eating this bowl of rice! I can be absolutely certain that this jade Buddha, which is definitely a real seated jade statue of the Ferry Sea, is worth at least two hundred million dollars!” Mr. Wen said with great certainty.
This time, all the people present were stunned.
They couldn’t believe that such a jade Buddha could be worth such a sky-high price! This was already beyond the limits of their imagination!
Originally, they thought that the $1 million painting that Qi Tianzong and Qi Sheng had given them was already a great deal of money, but compared to this jade Buddha, that painting was nothing!
