Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Mr. Dorman, I have a collection in my hand. I am not sure of its value. Can you help me identify it?"

"No problem at all."

Chen Zhao thought about it and decided to keep the splash-ink landscape painting.

When the new house is decorated, it will be used as bedroom decoration.

The others were all taken to Mr. Dorman for help in identifying them.

In the afternoon, Chen Zhao took the collection to Mr. Doman's residence early.

Mr. Dorman was a little surprised to see Chen Zhao taking out so many things from his backpack.

"Mr. Chen, do you plan to sell these things?"

"I have this plan."

Mr. Dorman began to identify each collection. The first thing he picked up was a piece of porcelain and a bowl and plate.

"Judging from the craftsmanship, this should be bone china exclusively supplied to the British royal family in the mid-17th century. It is quite well preserved and has great market value. The market price should be around US$100,000."

This was a good start, Chen Zhao nodded.

The most valuable items are actually porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, especially Jingdezhen porcelain, which can be said to be famous at home and abroad.

In today's antique market, a well-preserved authentic piece can easily cost millions or even tens of millions.

Most foreign porcelain is also imported from China, and at the end of the 16th century, the British invented bone china.

The texture of the fired bone china is completely different from the porcelain of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Chinese porcelain is harder, more delicate and more delicate, and the patterns are more fancy.

On the other hand, British bone china has a soft texture. When you touch it, you will find that it feels a bit like touching the skin.

And when looking against the light, the higher the bone meal content, the better the light transmittance. If it exceeds 40%, it will have a translucent texture.

Mr. Dorman then picked up the second piece of the collection, a copper smoker.

"Judging from the craftsmanship of this piece, this may be a smoker used exclusively by Spanish nobles in the 13th century. There is also a line of Spanish on it: Medinal... Medinal is the oldest noble in Spain. However, in a specific year, carbon 14 testing is required, and a conservative estimate should be between US$300,000 and US$350,000.”

Chen Zhao beamed with joy when he heard Mr. Dorman's quotation.

Originally, the porcelain he had the greatest hope for only cost 100,000 US dollars, but a copper smoker can actually sell for more than 300,000 US dollars.

Mr. Dorman picked up the diary again and flipped through two pages: "It is also in Spanish. This is a voyage diary written by a sailor named Bella Cambris from the seventeenth century. , and of little value.”

Mr. Dorman put the diary aside and began to identify the next item.

In the process, Mr. Dorman divided the valuable and the worthless into two sides.

Among them, the one with the highest price is the copper smoker, while the one with the lowest price is a mirror, which is estimated to be only US$10,000. It is a work from the early twentieth century and the workmanship is relatively delicate.

The last piece has been appraised, and a total of twelve pieces are collections of certain or very high value.

The four collections are of no value or have low value.

The twelve items in the collection range in value from about $10,000 to about $300,000, and the total value is estimated to be between $800,000 and $1 million.

As for the other four collections, Chen Zhao took them back by himself.

However, if the twelve collections are to be sold, Mr. Dorman's private appraisal alone will not be enough.

It needs to go through a professional appraisal agency, such as the appraisal report issued by Mr. Dorman's appraisal company.

Although Mr. Doman is also very professional, this is a preliminary appraisal result and is given first.

His accuracy should be above 80%. As for the final value, further identification is needed.

Chen Zhao agreed with Mr. Doman to take it to the company for appraisal and conduct a more detailed and scientific appraisal method.

The two parties signed a preliminary agreement. Chen Zhao mainly signed a cooperation agreement and an agreement to ensure that the stolen goods were not stolen.

Mr. Dorman, on the other hand, had priority to acquire the rights and paid a deposit of US$300,000.

If other institutions or individuals offer a higher price, Chen Zhao certainly has the right to sell it to others. In addition to returning the deposit, he will also pay interest at bank interest rates.

Although Chen Zhao and Mr. Doman have a good personal relationship, both parties have shown a rigorous attitude when it comes to contracts and cooperation.

After the business talk was over, Mr. Doman started chatting with Chen Zhao.

"Mr. Chen, when do you think Normans will be able to complete his weight loss plan?"

"It's estimated to take about ten days."

"It only took you twelve days for her to lose weight from 280 pounds to 140 pounds. Did it take ten days to reduce her weight from 140 pounds to 120 pounds?"

"Mr. Dorman, weight loss is not calculated this way. What was lost before was fat and water, but now the fat content of Normans' body is very low, so the weight loss effect at this time is not as good as before. In fact, my suggestion Yes, Normans can now undergo a facelift surgery, which will make it easier for her to slim down later, instead of dragging her belly around like she does now, which brings her great inconvenience."

"Normans told me about this. She hopes to have the surgery after she can reduce her weight to a satisfactory weight, not to do it now."

"It's not a big difference. If Normans is willing to continue in this state, I have no objection."

In fact, when Normans undergoes facelift surgery, it is not within the scope of Chen Zhao's functions.

Even if she doesn't have facelift surgery for the rest of her life, Chen Zhao can't care about her.

Chen Zhao is only responsible for her weight, not for arranging her beauty treatments.

Afterwards, Chen Zhao went to start weight-loss training for Normans.

"Normans, your arms are still a little thick. We will train your arms more today."

"How to train?"

"Running boxing, keep your feet moving, keep punching with your arms, just like this, keep it going."

The day's training began again, and Normans strictly followed the training arranged by Chen Zhao.

The running boxing session lasts half an hour, then begins swimming, starting with the butterfly stroke.

"Chen, I'm going to have a facelift surgery. Do you have any suggestions?"

"No recommendation, but facelift surgery will inevitably leave scars. If you want to remove scars and quickly restore the surgical wounds, you can ask me and I will take this business."

"Asshole." Normans gritted his teeth: "I will never give you this business. As long as the weight-loss training is over, I will not give you any more business."

"It's up to you." Chen Zhao shrugged: "Don't eat spicy food before and after the operation. Don't touch water for three days after the operation. Stop training the day before the operation."

"Why stop?"

"Release muscle tension. If you continue to exercise as intensely as today, it will cause muscle tightness. After the facelift surgery, it is likely to cause muscle dislocation, which will be very troublesome. It is best to hire a masseur to relieve you. Tighten the muscles on your body.”

Although I tried my best yesterday, I still couldn’t update Chapter 10. I’m sorry everyone.

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