At the beginning of 2000, there was no bullet train, and it took more than three hours to travel from Shanghai to Ningdu at the earliest. When the three of them arrived in Ningdu, it was almost twelve o'clock, because they were worried about Dong Dechang's affairs, and they didn't care about eating and went straight to Dong Dechang's house, but Dong Dechang was not at home, the three of them put down the salute and went to the pawnshop in Ningdu, but found that the door of the pawnshop was locked! There is a sign hanging on the door that reads: Interior Decoration.

"Something's wrong!" This is Yu Fei's first thought, you must know that the reputation of the road is very important to the pawnshop, and it is easy to lose the trust of customers when the business is closed.

Dong Dechang's eldest apprentice and second apprentice are all out of town, only Wenxuan is in Ningdu, but when Dong Ziyun calls Wenxuan's phone again, he still can't get through! This bastard!

"Don't worry, let me ask Brother Qi, their shop is not far from the pawn shop, maybe you know what to say." From getting off the plane to now, Yu Fei forgot to call Qi Yue.

The phone rang twice and it was connected.

"Yu Fei, your call has finally gotten through." It's not equal to Fei to speak, Qi Yue spoke first.

"What's wrong? Brother Qi, is something wrong? Yu Fei's heart jumped. Qi Yue is a very steady person, and what can make him so anxious must be that something big has happened.

"How many times I called you, I couldn't get through, let's not talk about this, is Miss Dong with you? Let's come to the Provincial People's Hospital first. "A lot of things were not clear on the phone, and Qi Yue didn't elaborate. But Dong Ziyun was mentioned, and it was obvious that this matter must be related to Dong Dechang.

Yu Fei and Leng Yufei glanced at each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes.

When the three of them arrived at the People's Hospital, Qi Yue was already waiting in front of the door. It was Dong Dechang who was hospitalized! On the way to the ward, Qi Yue briefly introduced the truth of the matter to Yu Fei.

The incident happened when Yu Fei and others left Lhasa for the Everest base camp, because the signal was too weak and the phone could not be reached, so Qi Yue could not contact Yu Fei in time.

A few months ago, a Hengxing pawnshop was opened a few hundred meters away from the Ningdu pawnshop, and the owner was a middle-aged man surnamed Han, but it was said that he had a Japanese-funded background. Because the relationship between China and Japan is good and bad, in order not to be affected by the relationship between the two countries, many Japanese investors will choose this way of laying eggs through the backdoor when they invest in China.

The predecessor of the pawnshop was the pawnshop, which sprouted in the Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and reached its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, due to frequent regime changes, social turmoil, serious warlord division, and the intervention of foreign financial institutions, pawnshops gradually declined. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, pawnshops were successively transformed into "small pledge loans" under the leadership of the People's Bank of China, and pawnshops were completely banned as a usury and exploitation industry. It was not until the late 80s, due to the reform of the economic system, that the pawn shop, which had been dead for more than 30 years, began to recover.

By the end of the nineties, pawnshops in the economically developed coastal areas developed rapidly, so the establishment of Hengxing pawnshops did not attract the attention of Uncle Dong. On the day of the opening of Hengxing, Ningdu Pawnshop also sent a flower basket to congratulate.

The establishment of Hengxing does not seem to have affected the business of Ningdu pawnshop, on the contrary, in a period of time after the establishment of Hengxing, the business of Ningdu pawnshop has been better, and the number of people who come to pawn is more than before, and most of the pawns are valuable jewelry and antiques, and the current period is particularly short.

Just when Dong Dechang thought that Hengxing would not pose much of a threat to Ningdu Pawnshop, something happened!

The first to attack was a Guanglong auction house that cooperated with Ningdu Pawnshop. Insiders of the auction house broke the news: Ningdu pawnshop passed off the fake as the real one, passed on the losses, and made huge profits! Among them, there is Yongxuan blue and white porcelain personally identified by Dong Dechang!

The main cooperation between pawn shops and auction houses is the treatment of absolute pawns. The so-called absolute pawn is a pawn that the pawn period or renewal period expires, and the pawnbroker neither redeems nor renews the pawn. According to the provisions of the "Measures for the Administration of Pawns", if the appraised amount of the pawn is more than 30,000 yuan, it can be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of China's Guarantee Law, or the pawnshop can entrust the auction house to conduct a public auction after the two parties agree in advance. After deducting the auction fees and the principal and interest of the pawn gold, the remaining part of the auction proceeds shall be returned to the pawn account, and the insufficient part shall be recourse to the pawn account; If the estimated value of the pawn is less than 30,000 yuan, the pawnshop may sell it or discount it on its own, and bear the loss or surplus.

In today's increasingly sophisticated counterfeiting skills, it is inevitable to say that pawnshop appraisers make mistakes, but it is even more impossible to say that Ningdu Pawnshop and Guanglong Auction House cooperate to pass off fake as real (although this is also an unspoken rule in the industry - for fakes received by individual pawnshops, they are auctioned off at the price of genuine goods through auction houses, and the profits are shared between the pawnshop and the auction house). ）。 What's more, among the listed items, there is also a Yongxuan blue and white porcelain vase personally identified by Dong Dechang!

As the chief appraiser of the pawnshop, Dong Dechang has rarely personally identified the pawned things now, speaking of the Yongxuan blue and white porcelain vase Dong Dechang still has an impression, because when the thing is particularly valuable, Dong Dechang personally identified, the porcelain vase was originally a pair, but there is only one left, the value is greatly reduced, Dong Dechang also regretted for a while. As soon as he started, Dong Dechang saw that this Yongxuan blue and white porcelain vase was an object with a wide open door, and he was relieved. What I didn't expect was that now the auction house actually said that this Yongxuan blue and white porcelain vase was fake!

After the hype of the media, one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and Ningdu Pawnshop was suddenly pushed to the forefront.

It can be said that the rules have been broken by breaking the news like Guanglong Auction House, but the auction house stands on the moral high ground, and no one can say anything.

Regarding Guanglong's accusation, Ningdu Pawnshop flatly denied it. Dong Dechang was even interviewed by the media to accuse this kind of rumor-mongering behavior that ignores the facts. Although there is a tacit understanding between the pawnshop and the auction house, Dong Dechang has never done so, first, because he values the reputation of the pawnshop; The second is because of his strength in identification! In terms of antique identification, Dong Dechang rarely pays attention, so there is no need to pass on the loss of the pawnshop through this tacit understanding.

In the face of Dong Dechang's questioning, the auction house actually came up with evidence! Among the ten new auctions recently sent to the auction house by the Ningdu pawnshop, four of them were identified as fakes after carbon 14 appraisal! Among them, there is the Yongxuan blue and white porcelain vase that has been personally identified by Dong Dechang. This not only hit the Ningdu pawnshop, but even Dong Dechang's authority and character were questioned.

Dong Dechang has been well-known in the Ningdu collecting world for decades, and it is possible that his reputation will be lost because of this.

It stands to reason that the identification of eye-catching is not a big deal, no one is a god, who can guarantee that there will be no eye-catching for the rest of their lives? But if you don't think you're unlucky, but instead give the loss expert to ordinary Tibetan friends, this kind of behavior will be too bad! The loss of millions is nothing to Ningdu Pawnshop, but what is even more serious is the loss of reputation! Even people who have bought things in the absolute area of Ningdu pawnshops are looking for professional institutions to test and identify what they buy.

Many people even jumped out and said that they had bought fakes at the Ningdu pawnshop. Most of these people are speculators. Some people have been clearly told that it is not genuine when they bought something at the pawnshop, and now they also say that they have been deceived by the pawnshop; Some of them have never even bought anything at the Ningdu pawnshop, and now they are clamoring about how much loss and damage they have suffered!

There are even some people who point directly at Dong Dechang, saying that he is making profits by using his influence in the collecting world! It's hard to hear, what "black hearts" and "brick families" have come out.

Where did Dong Dechang go before, wasn't he sought after? Where can you stand this? A mouthful of blood spurted out of breath and was sent to the Provincial People's Hospital.

As a result, the Ningdu pawnshop also closed its doors. As the chief appraiser of the pawnshop, Dong Dechang naturally couldn't escape the blame, and no one cared about him during the hospitalization! Qi Yue, who still heard the news, came to the hospital to take care of him because of Yu Fei's relationship.

It is understandable if the investor of the pawnshop is resentful, but Wen Xuan, who is Uncle Dong's little apprentice, does not show up, which is too unkind.

Everything is normal when things develop so far, although it was the pawnshop that broke the news first, but the Ningdu pawnshop did receive some fakes, no wonder anyone.

But what happened next gave the whole thing a hint of conspiracy.