In front of Ye Tian's eyes, there were a total of five Chinese antique artworks, three pieces of porcelain, and two paintings and calligraphy.

The three pieces of porcelain are a pair of Yongle yellow glazed blue and white folded branch flower pattern plates, and a Southern Song Dynasty Hutian kiln shadow celadon holding pot.

They are all extremely rare fine porcelain, both in terms of artistic value and market value, all of which are extraordinary!

Both paintings and calligraphy are from the Ming Dynasty.

A piece of Dong Qichang's cursive calligraphy post, a piece of Xu Wei's splashed ink freehand landscape painting, can be called the best of the best, the beauty is thrilling!

These treasures are all packed in a portable safe, which is sitting on the conference table, which has been opened, presenting the treasures inside to everyone.

Through perspective, Ye Tian has already seen these five top Chinese antique artworks through and thoroughly grasped their situation without any omissions.

Now he is just pretending to perform.

When he got closer, he first took out a pair of white gloves and put them on, then carefully took Dong Qichang's cursive post out of the safe, held it in his hand and slowly opened it, and admired it.

This is the Dharma written by Dong Qichang himself, for this, Ye Tian firmly believes!

In his eyes, the painting radiates a dazzling and beautiful orange light, revealing exactly its age, and it is a calligraphy work with a history of more than 400 years.

The more than a dozen layers of enchanting halo on the Dharma are of extraordinary artistic value, and it is definitely an outstanding work of the top calligraphers!

Of course, it's also worth a lot of money!

In addition, the seal of 'Xiangguang Layshi' on the Dharma Thread is enough to explain its identity.

The state of preservation of the Dharma is quite good, and there is nothing damaged except for the vicissitudes of life left over by the long years.

It can be seen that each generation of owners of this calligraphy work has cherished this top-notch calligraphy work and has taken great care of it, so that it has been preserved in a near-perfect state to the present day.

Time is limited, Ye Tian did not carefully appreciate and study the calligraphy and seals on the Fa Ti, now it is just a formality, there is no need to be so serious, there will be time to appreciate it in the future.

After a few quick glances, he immediately gave an appraisal conclusion.

"That's right, this is indeed the calligraphy work of Master Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty, created in the late Wanli period, that is, the early 17th century, when his calligraphy had been completed and was at its peak.

This calligraphy work should be regarded as one of Dong Qichang's masterpieces, the artistic value is extraordinary, it can be called a top calligraphy work, I like it very much, and I want to take it into my pocket!"

As he spoke, Ye Tian had gently closed the calligraphy work and put it back in the safe again.

"Ahh

Blanton exclaimed, looking at Ye Tian in amazement, his eyes full of incredulity.

The rest of the Gardner Museum were a little dumbfounded, who the hell had ever seen such an appraisal of antique art? Did it take a minute?

Joey and a few guys from the Art Crime Team were also frightened by the lightning speed of identification, they are semi-professionals, they have never seen such a demon!

David and Matisse looked as usual, they hadn't seen this kind of thing once or twice, they had long been surprised and accustomed to it!

In their opinion, no matter what magical things happen to Steven, it is normal, because it is a magical guy who can do nothing!

This is the charm of Chinese calligraphy, the words written by a master calligrapher must contain his unique spirit and life insight, which others cannot learn!

This is the same as painting, no matter how clever the copying of the work, it is impossible to copy the artist's mood and thoughts when creating the painting, which is the foundation of creation and the most precious place of the artwork.

As far as I know, this calligraphy work has been in the collection of the Gardner Museum for more than 100 years, and more than 100 years ago, China was in turmoil, and there was smoke everywhere! It is difficult for anyone to produce such a high-quality fake!"

Ye Tian explained with a smile, this reason sounds reasonable, and it should be able to get away with it.

Even if these guys in front of them don't believe it, then what can they do? The initiative is completely in the hands of buddies, and whatever buddies say, who they love!

"You're right, any work of art has its own unique charm and temperament, and it's hard for a fake to do that!

Blanton obviously agreed with Ye Tian's statement, but he still sent two sentences of emotion.

Next, Ye Tian picked up the paintings in the safe next to him, Xu Wei's splashed ink freehand landscape paintings, and began to appreciate and appraise them.

As before, less than half a minute after unfolding the painting, he gave the most accurate appraisal conclusion, which once again shocked everyone in the conference room.

After appraising the paintings and calligraphy, he immediately took off his gloves and began to identify three top-quality antique porcelain.

It should be said here that when appraising or appreciating porcelain, do not wear gloves! Bare hands are the safest, wearing gloves will only increase the risk, not any benefit!

If you see an expert wearing gloves to identify porcelain, then you immediately turn around and leave, this so-called porcelain expert is 100% a liar!

Except, of course, when the police investigate and collect evidence.

For example, in the underground palace of the old North Church, in order not to destroy the fingerprint information left on the antique artworks, everyone must wear gloves!

Contrary to appreciating paintings and calligraphy, it is best to wear a mask and gloves if possible, this is to prevent sweat and saliva from splashing on the paintings!

The identification of the three pieces of antique porcelain was also rapid, but the exclamations in the conference room had died down and were never heard again.

Brandon, they and the FBI Art Crime Unit are already numb, where are they still exclaiming!

In their eyes, Ye Tian was directly classified as a non-human, and he couldn't be treated with common sense at all!

These three pieces of antique porcelain, like the previous two paintings and calligraphy, are all masterpieces from the Gardner Museum's Chinese collection, each of which is genuine, with extraordinary artistic value and considerable market value!

After the appraisal was over, Ye Tian sat back in his seat, looked at the guys opposite with a smile and said:

"Gentlemen, these antique Chinese artworks you have brought are amazing, each one of them is rare and top-notch, and I am honored to see them here!

I love these Chinese antiques and I want to keep them in my own collection and now we can start trading, and hopefully we will all be happy!"

"Great! Steven, let's get started!"

Blanton said excitedly, a big smile on his face.

Before the words fell, he quickly opened his briefcase, took out two pre-written checks, and pushed them in front of Ye Tian.

"Steven, according to what we agreed on in the contract, this is a cash check for $300 million, and a hefty reward of $20 million announced in the media.

There are also these five top-quality Chinese antique artworks, as well as the stolen 3,200-year-old Chinese bronze 'Yao', in exchange for the five antique artworks that originally belonged to us!"

Ye Tian looked at the two checks not far in front of him, and then said jokingly:

"It seems that I underestimated you, Blanton, I didn't expect the Gardner Museum to be so rich, and he took out 320 million dollars at once, which is not a small amount!

Maybe I'm still too merciful! The offer is too low, I should have asked for more money if I knew you would have come up with such a large sum of money so easily, and I think you would have agreed!"

Hearing this, Blanton's eyebrows rose, and he laughed out loud and scolded angrily:

"Don't even think about it! You greedy fellow! You think it's easy for us to come up with this money, it's 320 million dollars in cash! That's an astronomical amount for any museum!

Not only do we have the funds we will buy antique art in the next few years, but we also have the income from the transfer of some of the artworks, and in just a few days, we have sold more than a dozen pieces of art in stock!

But that's not enough, the difference is co-financed by the museum's patrons and trustees, and that's enough to scrape together $320 million in cash to satisfy your bastard's greedy appetite!

In the years that followed, we at Gardner had to tighten our belts and even continue to sell some of our stock art to keep the museum running!

Truth be told, you're definitely the most ruthless and greedy bastard I've ever met!

"Ah, so miserable! It's really unexpected, otherwise, in order not to affect the normal operation of your museum, I will not want the check for 300 million US dollars, and only accept this one for 20 million US dollars.

But what about Rembrandt's Storm at the Sea of Galilee and his self-portrait, and Manet's Chase Tortoni?

Ye Tian exclaimed in a pretentious gesture, and then continued to joke.

He was quite sure that Blanton would never agree to this quid pro quo.

$300 million, that is, the price of "Storm on the Sea of Galilee," is not even enough! Not to mention the addition of the other two top-notch famous paintings, how could Blanton agree? Unless his head squeezes the door!

Sure enough!

As soon as Ye Tian's words fell, Blanton immediately exploded.

"It's impossible! I've found out, you bastard is the biggest robber in the world, greedy to the extreme!

Hurry up and trade, sitting across from you, I have a creepy feeling, it's better to get out of here early, so as not to be calculated by your kid again!"

"Hahaha"

The room burst into laughter.

The laughter fell, and the deal began.

In the next time, it will be time for David and them to play, Ye Tian is only responsible for signing the relevant documents, and putting away the check for the 320 million US dollars!