Life at the Top

However, the staff member immediately retorted, “Sir, you’re wrong. Even if this thing is a defective product at that time, it has been preserved for nearly 800 years, and it still has a certain collector’s value!”

Jasper nodded and said lightly, “It’s true that it has a certain collector’s value, but this is not what we want. Let me look at other items.”

The staff member did not know what to say. Then, he continued, “Why don’t you look at the painting over there? It’s the real painting by Jacques-Louis David!”

Upon hearing this, Jasper looked in the direction the other party pointed and saw that there was indeed a painting hanging on the wall. However, he frowned slightly and said with some disgust, “We are going to celebrate a business magnate’s birthday. His business is booming now, and if I give him a painting about death, won’t I be cursing him?”

Pfft!

Celine burst out laughing when she heard this.

This time, the staff member could not bear it anymore, and retorted, “Sir, you can’t say that. Based on what you said, 90% of the antiques in this world are dug up from the tombs of the dead. Things used by dead people are not auspicious, so why are so many rich businessmen collecting them?”

that, he noticed that there was a bronze horse on the shelf. It looked ordinary and had a layer of dust on it. At a glance, it was clear that no one usually noticed the existence of this thing. Not even the owner and staff

that bronze horse?” Jasper asked the shop owner, who had never

out without even thinking, “That thing? I bought it for cheap, and it’s not worth much. I will sell it to you for 3000 dollars if you

Celine and

snapped back to her senses, a surprised

Is this the thing you want me to

and said with

to say something else, but Jasper did not look like he was joking. At the same

would ask him what was so great about the bronze horse after they left the shop. Hence, after taking out her credit card and paying, they took the bronze horse and left the

getting in the car, Celine asked, “I really don’t understand. There are so many things in the shop. I don’t know if they are genuine or fake, but they look much better