Chapter 123: Common Routines
"Everyone in the village knows that he is an old eunuch, and they all alienate him. I guess that the pearl of the night was either given to him by the above, or it was stolen when he left the palace. ”
Lao Zhao's story seems to be very vivid.
But.
When he first entered the industry, Uncle Chen said a sentence.
When buying antiques, you must always take the real thing as the standard.
Storytellers, the stories they generally tell are often unsophisticated, just listen to them, and they don't have any reference value.
Because, storytelling has only one purpose, and that is to make the buyer think that his thing is real.
Of course, having said that, whether something is real or not, there is nothing wrong with going and seeing it.
Lao Zhao's community is not far away, just across the road.
Zhang Yi agreed.
After the past.
Zhang Yi found that this old Zhao family seemed to be much richer than Hu Haihai's family, and the decoration was still very high-end. In terms of furniture, it is basically made of mahogany.
After sitting down in the living room.
Waited a moment.
Lao Zhao took out his belongings.
A mahogany box that looks a little old can immediately give people a quaint feeling.
Zhang Yi couldn't help but wonder.
Could it be that this old Zhao can really have a night pearl of the Qing Dynasty in his hands?
Place on the table.
Lao Zhao pushed the box in front of Zhang Yi.
"Boss Zhang, take a look, it's definitely a good thing!"
He said as he closed the curtains. The curtains were very well insulated, and the room quickly became dark, and after Zhang Yi opened the box.
Lao Zhao took a flashlight to the fist-sized bead for a while, and waited to turn off the flashlight.
Sure enough, I saw a night pearl that emitted blue-green fluorescence.
This scene.
It gives people a feeling of beauty.
However, being able to shine does not serve as a criterion for judging the authenticity of the Night Pearl. The real night pearl will definitely shine, but what will shine is not necessarily the real night pearl.
Subsequently.
Uncle Chen went over again and opened the curtains.
Together with Zhang Yi, he observed carefully.
The word on the top, Uncle Chen recognized, it was a deformed traditional Chinese character.
"Nishinomiya Royal".
Since it is a royal thing, if it is right, it must be a rare treasure.
Uncle Chen looked at it for a while, and he didn't seem to be sure. After all, the real pearl of the night is too precious to be an antique that can be accessed regularly.
However, from the gap in the inscription, Uncle Chen seemed to have seen something.
"Xiao Yi, there is residual soil in this crevice, it seems to be something unearthed!"
Zhang Yi also took a look, and in the middle of the engraved handwriting, there was indeed a little bit of dirt remaining.
"Lao Zhao, this thing of yours was unearthed, right?"
Uncle Chen asked directly.
Zhao Lao originally wanted to deny it, but Hu Haihai next to him took the lead.
"Lao Zhao, be kind, what is unearthed is unearthed. When you play mahjong, didn't you tell me that this thing was also bought by you from the hands of construction workers! ”
These words made Lao Zhao speechless, and even, with a bitter face.
"What's the matter, Boss Zhang won't pit us, and we can't pit Boss Zhang, can we?"
This Hu Haihai is upright.
The words have come to this, and Lao Zhao can't say anything more.
Obviously, the story of the eunuch was made up by him. is worried about Zhang Yi and them, seeing that the thing is unearthed, and deliberately lowering the price.
He smiled a little sheepishly.
"Boss Zhang, this ...... Excuse me...... It's really unearthed, but it's definitely the real thing, and you can see it, how beautiful it is! ”
"This thing is probably used by the emperor!"
"Wait a minute, I'll see!"
Zhang Yi said.
In fact, Zhang Yi still has a chance to identify today.
Because, in the semi-finals, when he faced off against Wang Wei, there was a game in which Wang Wei took the lead, but he answered incorrectly, and Zhang Yi did not use his identification ability to win that game.
In the first two rounds of the competition, Zhang Yi did not use the opportunity to identify, and he had successfully advanced.
In the semifinals and finals, Zhang Yi used a total of seven appraisal opportunities.
There was exactly one chance left.
Now, it can be used to identify, this pearl of the night. This Lao Zhao's heart is too much, and the things in his hand, unless he is 100% sure, he really can't accept them.
Zhang Yi raised his hand, put the index finger of his right hand, and put it on the night pearl.
The voice in my head came.
"Excuse me, is it an appraisal?"
"Identification!"
Zhang Yi said secretly in his heart.
"The pearl of fluorite night used by the West Palace of the Qing Dynasty."
"The Pearl of the Night is a rare gemstone. It is a jewel that can be seen by the human eye in the dark, natural, and can shine on its own. In ancient times, it was called "Suizhu", "Hanging Pearl", "Hanging Thorn", "Bright Moon Pearl", it is some luminous substances in the earth after tens of millions of years, from the initial volcanic magma eruption, to the later geological movement, gathered in the ore to form, containing these luminous rare elements of the stone. ”
"The real pearl of the night, illuminated in bright light, placed in a dark place, needs to wait for a moment before it can shine. And this night pearl, after a short period of irradiation, can immediately emit bright light. The reason for this is that it is an ordinary white marble stone with a fluorescent coating on its surface. ”
In addition, there is soil residue in the cracks of the text carving of this night pearl, although it has been cleaned, but it has also deliberately left some. This makes it look like an excavation, but in fact, it was just buried in the earth and made old. Therefore, this is a modern imitation of the Qing Dynasty West Palace royal fluorite night pearl fake! ”
This thing, as expected, is a fake.
Zhang Yi put it down.
Something is a fake, so there is no need to continue talking.
"I'm really embarrassed, Uncle Zhao, your thing is too valuable, I'm afraid I can't afford it!"
When Lao Zhao heard this, he seemed a little surprised, and couldn't help but be stunned.
He thought for a moment before he spoke.
"Boss Zhang, I'...... I also owe a debt to a friend, and they collect the debt twice in three days. Otherwise, I would never be willing to make a move on this night pearl! You...... You can help me old man! ”
Zhang Yi didn't say anything, because this is a common routine for selling antiques.
Next, presumably Lao Zhao will say, otherwise, I will mortgage this thing to you first, and then redeem it after my money is turned over.
Really.
Seeing that Zhang Yi still didn't say anything, Lao Zhao continued to speak.
"Boss Zhang, I think ...... Otherwise, I will have a difference of 200,000 yuan in my hand, and the things will be mortgaged to you Boss Zhang first, and the money on my side, once the turnover is opened, I will redeem it immediately, how about it? ”