As the saying goes, buy gold in troubled times, and collect it in prosperous times. Nowadays, antique collecting and trading has become one of the most popular and fashionable investment methods after stocks and real estate.

More and more folk collectors are seeking it after as a kind of "elegant hobby" in their leisure time. As everyone knows, in the treacherous and mysterious antique shop, there are always fraudulent tricks staged in the eyes of the fish. In particular, some new beginner players who do not have high "eyesight" but have a lot of money can easily become the target of scammers.

And in this Wanghulou antique city, this Mr. Li not only does business shrewdly, but also has some eyesight, but just like that, he still fell into the "serial set" carefully compiled by the scammer step by step.

Zhang Tianyuan stood aside and listened to Mr. Li sigh and tell his story, which probably had some understanding of this matter.

Li is always the owner of an investment company in Xifeng City, and over the years, he has managed well and made a fortune. Because he usually has a group of business friends who are keen to collect antiques, he gradually became obsessed with antiques, and decided to "test the waters" to collect a few objects that he can get his hands on.

The first thing he did was to buy a few stalls in Wanghulou Antique City and start an antique business, planning to touch the situation of this industry first and learn about the antiques, so as not to be deceived in the future.

Not to mention, his business is doing quite well, because he invested money in Wanghulou Antique City when it was expanded, so it was easy for him to rent a stall here.

Others only thought he was playing, but they didn't expect him to play bigger and bigger.

In July 2012, Mr. Li went to Tongzhu County, Yintong District to discuss the cooperation project of constant temperature cold storage, and met the "fiber puller" person in the antique market, that is, Jia Gu, the introducer who was responsible for the contact between the seller and the buyer and said that the commission would be charged together. Jia said that Tongzhu County, Yintong District, which has a long history, has an antique collector with a good reputation, and he has a batch of bronzes from the Qin and Han dynasties that have just been unearthed and ready to sell.

Mr. Li was interested when he heard it, and his heart was better than action, and before the business was negotiated, he hurriedly rushed to Tongzhu County according to the address and contact person provided by Jia Gu. In the afternoon of the same day, he met the local collector Chen Tong Wang in a village in the eastern suburbs of Tongzhu County.

In other words, this King Chen Tong, although he lives in the countryside, he is by no means like an ordinary farmer. An old-fashioned crescent white cardigan top, a pair of black silk pants, and unmessed hair, very fairy-like and elegant.

In particular, when it comes to words, he chews words and exports chapters, and he is completely a veteran player's panache for all kinds of treasures that are popular in today's collecting world.

Looking at Chen Tongwang's home again, it is even more unconventional, antique, and all the mahogany furniture, which is very different from the construction pattern and decoration of the surrounding houses. Mr. Li, who came here for the first time from the bustling metropolis, is like entering a quiet peach blossom paradise, and he has the feeling of "strange people and masters in the people".

After understanding Mr. Li's intention, King Chen Tong took out a black box from the back room. He put on white gloves and carefully opened the box, inside which was wrapped in layers of red cloth and a small copper carriage, the mottled green patina was clearly visible.

Subsequently, Chen Tongwang sincerely told Mr. Li the origin of the bronzes and the "hidden feelings" of the "tears" sale. It turned out that this was a nephew of his own family, who dug up a batch of bronzes while working in a kiln factory to dig up a batch of bronzes, and this copper carriage was one of them. Because the elderly in the family were sick and had no money for treatment, they had to put it to him for "consignment".

Mr. Li, who has been itching for antiques for a long time, felt that he had encountered a good opportunity to "pick up the leak", and the urge to take the treasure into his pocket surged in his heart. But after all, he was a businessman who had been fighting in a shopping mall for many years, and Mr. Li still held back his joy for the time being, and told King Chen Tong that he wanted to invite Xifeng's friends to "palm" and then discuss the sale.

Mr. Li's friend is Zhang Liuyi, the vice president of his company. Zhang Liuyi is an antique collector for many years, and can even be said to be the "enlightener" of Mr. Li's antique hobby, especially good at identifying porcelain and calligraphy and painting, and holds a "membership certificate" issued by the Shaanzhou Collectors Association. Therefore, Mr. Li is convinced of Zhang Liuyi's appreciation and ability.

On July 23 of the same year, after receiving a call from Mr. Li, Zhang Liuyi immediately put down the work at hand and arrived in Tongzhu County by plane the next day. Although he has been playing with treasures for a long time, after all, he has a specialization in the art industry, and after Zhang Liuyi carefully examined the copper carriage repeatedly, he was really a little "indifferent" about the authenticity of the treasures.

The veteran Chen Tong Wang saw Zhang Liuyi's doubts, so he changed his previous "immortal" demeanor of rejecting people for thousands of miles and being high, and he was extremely hospitable. He said thoughtfully that friends who come from afar are distinguished guests, and the business is not lovely. Subsequently, Chen Tongwang invited Mr. Li and Zhang Liuyi to visit the local places of interest, which was called "the treasure hunting and treasure appreciation tour of the bronze pillar of the ancient city".

Under the enthusiastic guidance of King Chen Tong, Mr. Li and Zhang Liuyi feasted on the so-called "to see the emperor's mausoleum." The large and small attractions of the Yintong area.

In the Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Yintong District, they saw a series of ancient bronzes represented by the bronze sacrifice of the treasure of the town hall; At the China Ancient Car Museum, they saw ancient chariots and horses excavated one after another. In particular, on the last day of the tour, when King Chen Tong led them past an abandoned kiln, he casually pointed out that the place was part of the ruins of the ancient Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, and it was also the "excavation site" of the bronze carriage.

After a few days, the three of them slowly became familiar with each other, and they had a feeling of hating each other. Mr. Li and Zhang Liuyi also gradually lowered their guard, impressed by Chen Tongwang's profound antique expertise, and decided to buy the "bronze carriage" in his hand.

On the morning of August 1 of the same year, just before the transaction between the two parties, Chen Tongwang was particularly kind and benevolent, and made a sincere "friendly reminder". He said that although he believed that this treasure was worth a lot of money with his years of experience, he could not guarantee whether it was genuine, and asked his two friends to think twice before buying. But the previous step-by-step "step-by-step" has already made Mr. Li and Zhang Liuyi relax their vigilance and become fish that the wishers take the bait. In the end, the two sides traded at a "friendly price" of 150,000 yuan.

The genius of Chen Tong is that although he sells fake antiques, what he does is never a "one-shot deal", and even often attracts "repeat customers". And Mr. Li has become a victim of such a "willing to beat".

After the first transaction, Mr. Li played with the bronzes in his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he thought that he would buy a few more "treasures" at the first opportunity. In the following six months, accompanied by Zhang Liuyi, he returned to Tongzhu County many times, and bought 21 antiques such as other bronze figurines, copper beasts, and copper lamps in the hands of Chen Tong Wang in three times, and paid a total of 2.08 million yuan.

In the early spring of 2013, at a gathering of friends in the antique collecting circle, Mr. Li happily displayed the "treasures" he had purchased. However, a friend's reminder alerted him that the authenticity of antiques can be found in a professional organization and asked a special person to "verify the authenticity".

At first, Mr. Li didn't pay much attention to this. Xindao is also an antique dealer anyway, how can he be deceived. So I didn't take my friend's warnings to heart at all.

On the contrary, he felt that this friend was actually jealous of him, so he said so.

But one day, a man came to his stall, this person was named Mo Xie, this person was very good at bronzes, and after taking a look at his things, he said that they must be fakes.

He was not convinced, but he was becoming more and more unsteady.

Because he asked people to investigate Mo Ye, although the investigation was not very clear, but he got a very important information. That is Mo Ye, who turned out to be a tomb robber, and he is also quite accomplished in the identification of bronzes.

Soon, Mr. Li found several cultural relics identification experts in Xifeng, and confirmed that the bronzes he purchased were all fakes, and they were high-grade imitations that were "old" by chemical methods.

In the blink of an eye, the treasures that had been bought with a lot of money became fakes, and the treasures became waste. Mr. Li never expected that he was planted in the hands of a liar, and he regretted it all day long. And Zhang Liuyi, who was General Li's "staff officer" and "military advisor", also felt guilty because of a series of mistakes, and took the initiative to resign and leave Mr. Li's company.

However, in fact, this so-called military advisor Zhang Liuyi is actually a key figure in the whole scam, he has long hooked up with King Chen Tong and become an adulterer, and the two of them have divided the money from fraud many times.

In June 2013, Mr. Li, who was unwilling to be deceived in vain, came to the door to find Chen Tong Wang to "ask for an explanation", but the cunning Chen Tong Wang took out the so-called game rules of "not promising fidelity" and "buyers are cautious" in the antique industry to play Tai Chi. Chen Tongwang insisted that the rules of the antique industry are "no fakes" and "no three guarantees", as long as they get rid of it, they can't return it, and they also carried out "friendly reminders" at that time, and fulfilled the obligation of prompting and explaining, and the other party is a voluntary purchase, so the money can not be refunded.

Mr. Li suddenly realized that this was a trick set up by the cunning King Chen Tong to lure him into this "serial scheme" step by step, and even if he found out, he couldn't turn over. In July of the same year, Mr. Li decisively went to the local police station to report the case.

After investigation by police officers, it was found that the "antiques" sold by Chen Tongwang were not the so-called "unearthed cultural relics" at all, but handicrafts bought from a "cultural relics dealer" in Henan.

Later, this friend of Mr. Li also learned that when the Yintong District police transferred the case to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, there was a controversy over whether Chen Tongwang's behavior constituted a crime and how to characterize it. After further examination, the prosecutor handling the case found that the people of Luozhou, who sold the handicrafts to Chen Tongwang that year, confirmed that the items purchased by Mr. Li were the handicrafts he sold to Chen Tongwang.

The court held that Chen Tongwang subjectively knew that the items sold in his hands were not unearthed cultural relics, and adopted the deceptive method of fabricating facts and concealing the truth, so that the victims fell into a misunderstanding and "voluntarily" purchased the "cultural relics" in his hands, thereby defrauding a huge amount of money. Chen Tongwang's act of "friendly reminder" in the course of the transaction was also a means for him to commit fraud, and his behavior constituted the crime of fraud, so the above judgment was made.

Speaking of which, this Mr. Li is also lucky. After all, the final court trial was biased in his favor, otherwise, he would really be unable to redress his grievances, and at that time. It's really a grievance. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the Biquge www.biquge.info (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, and your support. That's what motivates me the most......)