Chapter 285: Sister Flower
"Expert Wu, are you okay, why is your face so ugly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
Several experts at the treasure appraisal conference were a little surprised to see Wu Minglei's pale face and sweaty appearance, even the appraiser who has been engaged in antique appraisal all his life has eyes and take medicine, which is not unusual.
What's more, the means of falsifying this piece of dragon pattern jade are extremely superb, even if several other jade identification experts go into battle, they can't find a flaw. Even if there is a mistake in the results of Wu Minglei's appraisal, it is reasonable, and it will not ruin his reputation because of this.
However, at this time, Wu Minglei ignored them, turned his eyes to Mr. Ma for help, and asked with a nervous and expectant face, "Mr. Ma, do you think this piece of jade is also fake?" β
"My opinion is the same as Xiao Qin's, this piece of jade is too flawless, and it doesn't look like something from the Western Han Dynasty." Teacher Ma groaned for a while, this piece of jade does not have any flaws at first glance, but if you study it carefully, it is not difficult to find that it is greasy.
"No way, how could this be fake."
Wu Minglei was so much covered that his eyes were distracted as if he had been drained of his soul, and he was talking to himself in disbelief.
"What does this mean, isn't it true that this piece of jade has been identified by expert Wu? How it is fake, you explain it to me. The owner of the jade bi suddenly became a little anxious, how could he say that the jade he brought was fake? It's not the same as I said before.
"Don't worry, fellow. This piece of jade is indeed a real Hetian jade, but it has been identified by experts that this should be a new jade, not a high ancient jade in the Western Han Dynasty. If you are not at ease, you can find an institution to do carbon 14 testing, which is more secure. β
Mr. Ma patiently explained to the middle-aged man that if this piece of jade is really a high ancient jade in the Western Han Dynasty, the natural value is not a problem, but if the new jade has been old, it has to be measured according to the price standard of ordinary white jade in the jade market.
"If this is either a high ancient jade or a new jade, how much can it be worth?"
"Judging from the price of white jade in the jade market recently and the carving level of this jade, it should be worth more than 300,000 yuan."
300,000!
Wu Minglei's head buzzed, he spent millions to buy this jade from the gang of tomb robbers, but he didn't expect that there would only be 300,000 left in a blink of an eye.
Although Wu Minglei is an expert in antique appraisal, his usual income is only that retirement salary and an appraisal fee of several thousand yuan for helping people appraisal, and he really doesn't have much money on hand. The one million dollars he bought for this piece of jade were all borrowed by his relatives from all over the place.
He originally wanted to take advantage of this treasure appraisal conference to hype up this piece of jade, and then find someone to sell it at a sky-high price to make a profit, but in the end, he was lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.
At this time, Wu Minglei was really too late to cry.
"That's not right. Uncle Cousin, didn't you tell me that on the phone, you said that this piece of jade is absolutely real, let me bring it over for you to identify, and give me a dividend of 50,000 yuan after the matter is completed. β
Hearing the words of these experts, the middle-aged man immediately became anxious. It is conceivable that if this piece of jade is faked, won't the 50,000 yuan reward that Wu Minglei promised him be in vain.
In a hurry, the middle-aged man's brain twitched, and he told all the things that Wu Minglei asked him to do like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.
"Uncle Cousin? Dare to love this is a relative of Expert Wu? β
"Hey, it turns out that this piece of jade belongs to Old Man Wu, no wonder he fell as soon as he heard that this piece of jade was fake."
"After making trouble for a long time, it turned out to be a big oolong, but Lao Wu's hand is playing beautifully, which can not only increase popularity but also hype up this piece of jade. I just didn't expect that this piece of jade was a Xibei goods. β
Hearing the discussion of the experts present, Wu Minglei's face was red, and he really wanted to die.
However, before he died, he also had to pull Qin Fan on his back. If it weren't for Qin Fan's nosy kid, how could things have developed to this point. There is also Wu Yong, a fool, he would not have been so embarrassed, but Wu Yong said that he leaked his mouth and sold him directly.
made such a big oolong, Wu Minglei's reputation in the antique circle can be regarded as stinky.
Qin Fan didn't deliberately target Wu Minglei, he just said his opinion truthfully, but he didn't expect to be hated by Wu Minglei.
"I said Lao Wu, you have also played with ancient jade for so many years, why were you deceived by such a piece of antique and fake jade?" Old Man Chen Zhimu sighed with some pity.
This piece of jade seems to be flawless, but a closer look can still reveal the catty in it. It can only be said that Wu Minglei was blinded by eating lard, and even if he was suspicious, he didn't dare to admit that he was cheated, so he took medicine and bought Xibei goods.
"Well, didn't I get out of my head as soon as it was hot?"
In retrospect, there were indeed many things that went wrong in the process of buying this jade in the first place. However, Wu Minglei didn't pay attention at that time, and got into the pit with his head.
"Old Wu, you won't have received this piece of jade from a group of tomb robbers, right?"
Teacher Ma seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked with a cold face.
Wu Minglei opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a long time, hesitated for a long time and finally nodded, "Old Ma, have you also met this group of people?" β
"I don't. However, some time ago, a friend of mine was also deceived by a group of tomb robbers and bought a fake bronze. β
Hearing what Teacher Ma said, Qin Fan knew that this was a gang of swindlers disguised as tomb robbers. This gang of scammers has spotted the greed of some people, deliberately portraying fake antiques as cultural relics that have just been stolen from the tomb, and then selling them to victims at a low price.
And even if those victims know that they have been deceived afterwards, most of them will not choose to call the police, but swallow this dumb loss.
Wu Minglei seemed to have been fed a mouthful of, and his heart was extremely uncomfortable. He has been collecting antiques for so many years, but in the end, it is not guaranteed. Let this gang of liars fool them, and they also cleverly brought this piece of fake ancient jade to the treasure appraisal conference to hype, but they were recognized by a hairy boy, and they really lost all their faces.
Most of these antique scammers change places with one shot, and Wu Minglei has no way to recover his losses from them, so he can only eat Yellow Lotus dumbly, and he can only swallow his own bitterness.
"These damn liars!"
There was such a big oolong, and Wu Minglei didn't have the face to continue to stay here, so he found an excuse to leave the scene of the treasure appreciation conference.
After a busy day, the treasure appreciation conference is coming to an end.
At this moment, a wild loli who was about ten years old came out of nowhere, ran to Qin Fan and looked at him suspiciously, and said crisply, "Hey, you are also an expert?" Aren't the experts on TV all white-bearded old men, you can't be a liar, right? β
Qin Fan was scolded by this bear child for no reason, and three black lines hung on his head.
"Xiaoyu, don't be rude." A girl with a pure temperament walked from behind this little girl with a pure temperament, and said to Qin Fan apologetically, "I'm sorry, my sister has been spoiled by the family since she was a child, don't be like her." β
"It doesn't matter, you're here to authenticate antiques too?"
With Qin Fan's age, he naturally couldn't afford to deal with a half-grown child, he noticed that this girl was carrying a wooden box in her hand, and guessed that she should have come to find someone to identify antiques.
"Well, I do want to find someone to identify it, this thing is very important to my family. But I don't know which expert to turn to. Song Zixuan frowned, she didn't know anything about antiques, and there were so many experts on the scene who didn't know who to identify.
"Each expert appraises different types of antiques, but my side is porcelain and jade. Why don't you take out the antiques that need to be identified and let me see them, and then I can recommend other experts for you. β
Song Zixuan seemed to be moved by Qin Fan's sincere attitude, hesitated for a while but chose to believe Qin Fan, and carefully handed over the wooden brocade box in his hand.
"No, I can't. What if you are a liar and cheat our family's things, this thing is related to Dad's illness, sister, let's go find those white-bearded old men. β
Little Lori pouted, snatched the wooden brocade box and didn't let go, like an angry kitten glaring at Qin Fan.
"Xiaoyu, don't make trouble, I'm really sorry, because something happened at home recently, and my sister is also afraid that I will be deceived." Song Zixuan hurriedly apologized to Qin Fan.
After asking, Qin Fan learned that it turned out that the two sisters, Song Zixuan and Song Xiaoyu, were from a scholarly family. Their father is still a university professor, and although the family is not very wealthy, they also have a good life, food and clothing.
But just some time ago, Song Zixuan's father was suddenly diagnosed with stomach cancer and needed a large amount of medical expenses. In order to treat his father's illness, the family spent all their savings, and for this they were saddled with a huge debt that was difficult to repay.
Because Song Zixuan's father loved antiques, he collected many antiques at home over the years. When his relatives and friends learned about the Song family's situation, they came to buy their antiques.
Song Zixuan originally thought that these uncles and uncles were well-intentioned to help the Song family get through the difficulties, but later learned that they were simply taking advantage of the fire to rob, bullying Song Zixuan for not understanding antiques, and then buying the antiques that Song's father had treasured for many years at a price far lower than the true value of these antiques.
It's a pity that by the time Song Zixuan came to his senses, the antiques at home had been almost deceived by these people.
Not long after, my father's condition deteriorated and he needed a large amount of money for surgery. Song Zixuan really had no choice, so he rummaged through the cabinets at home and found an antique that his father had treasured and wanted to sell it in the antique store to raise money for his father's surgery.
However, she ran several antique shops in Yanjing, but either no one would accept the item, or the bid was too low. So, she came to the treasure appraisal conference, thinking about finding an expert to identify it, and she had a number in her heart.
As a result, by mistake, the two sisters bumped into Qin Fan's hands.