Chapter 22 "Reason for being popular"

  "Ah~"

  "What?"

  ……

  Zhou Ming's two sentences before and after made Yang Dan, as well as the three people who were still haggling over prices, all pause in unison, and they looked at him with surprise.

  Are you kidding me? This chair is new?

  In a daze, the middle-aged boss who was secretly pleased with himself looked at Zhou Mingluo with an astonished and uncertain gaze. This shouldn't be, could it be that this fool has seen through the crack? Impossible, isn't this guy just a complete amateur, how could he possibly see through it?

  As for Zhang Zhonglin, he was momentarily stunned before suddenly flying into a rage.

  I've already made a definitive statement that this chair is real, and yet the other person still dares to refute it so definitively. Isn't that just a slap in the face? This is really embarrassing.

  But this great anger was just a momentary thing, and soon turned into wild joy.

  Because he suddenly thought that Zhou Ming Luo's actions, although they would make him look bad in the short term, if proven right, would only highlight his own ignorance even more, and he would lose talent even more severely.

  He had thought so all along, but just now when he asked for confirmation from himself, the other party blindly agreed with him, and there was no such opportunity. But now he actually bumped into himself again?

  The anger in his heart turned into wild joy, Zhang Zhonglin swept Ren Lijuan a glance, and found that the other party's eyes also showed a hint of doubt. Only then did he decisively speak out, "Mr. Zhou, this statement is somewhat self-contradictory, isn't it? If you think what I said was very right, how could you say that this chair is new?"

  "Is that right, Zhou Ming Luo? What's going on after all? Are you really sure this chair is fake?" Zhou Ming Luo and Zhang Zhong Lin, who were in the know, still had some reservations when speaking, but Yang Dan didn't think so much and directly said the word "fake".

  At this time, she was also a bit stunned and couldn't understand Zhou Ming. Did he really understand or not? His previous behavior seemed to indicate that he didn't understand, but now looking at his appearance, it seemed like he did.

  "Little brother, you can't talk nonsense. This chair has been appraised by Mr. Zhang and you also agreed with those words before. How come you're suddenly saying it's new now?" The middle-aged boss who was already surprised and displeased spoke again, even more tense as he glanced at Ren Li Juan.

  Facing everyone's gaze, Zhou Mingluo smiled faintly and explained, "Compared to the real Ming dynasty Huanghuali chair, this chair is missing one thing."

  "What's missing?" This time, Ren Lijuan couldn't help but speak up. Although she also thought Zhou Minglai was unreliable, at this moment, Zhou Minglai's expression was too determined, and she couldn't help but be cautious.

  "Lacking a sense of feeling, Ming dynasty Huanghua pear wood armchair is purely handmade, infused with the heart and soul of a craftsman and designer,"

  "It should be more agile, but this chair feels somewhat stiff, like it was machined by a modern machine."

  This is where Zhou Ming fell short, he knew it was fake but found it hard to find the words to explain where the falsehood lay.

  Many Chinese people know the phrase "having form but not spirit", but there is no scientific standard to explain what exactly is spiritual charm, Zhou Ming Luo can only use language that others can barely understand to explain.

  Of course, if he now goes forward and directly smashes the chair to reveal a complete cross-section, letting everyone see the difference in wood texture between the surface and interior of the chair, that would also prove his point, but that's simply impossible.

  A brief sentence, several people in the scene were somewhat discolored, and the middle-aged boss's originally surprised expression suddenly became like seeing a ghost, his eyes shrinking abruptly, extremely shocked.

  He really didn't expect that this young and fierce four-eyed man would actually be an expert, and a great one at that, who could point out the flaw of this chair with just one word.

  Yes, Zhou Ming Luo's words may sound ridiculous, but what he said is actually true!!

  Moreover, it was not the first time he had heard such words. When he and his partners made this armchair for the first time, they all thought it was one of their most perfect works, at least in their eyes, there was no difference with the real thing.

  And so they thought of selling the chair at a high price, with full confidence to directly challenge several big names in the new river collection circle. In their opinion, if they could really sell this thing to those big names, it would mean that their antique business had reached the pinnacle of success and they could completely take a new path from then on.

  So soon after making this chair, he directly took the chair to the Ren family in Xinkuang and personally delivered it to Old Man Ren. It's worth knowing that Old Man Ren is a big shot in the antique circle of Xinkuang, but unfortunately, after the chair was sent over, Old Man Ren only looked at it for a short while before saying with certainty that this is a new thing.

  At that time, he was shocked and couldn't understand where the flaw of this chair was at all.

  And finally what Lao Ye said was almost the same as what Zhou Ming Luo is saying now.

  Although the original words are different, the meaning is exactly the same.

  At that time, it was shocking to him, but he lost to Lao Ye, and he was not reconciled. Later, he took this chair to visit several other big shots in the new Chuan antique circle, but after running for a long time, he tragically discovered that those who were truly considered to be big shots could quickly judge the authenticity of the chair based on this point.

  This is what made him collapse, originally thinking that his old clothes were seamless and had reached his highest level, but who knew that in front of those master-level collectors, they were so unbearable to look at.

  Even because he ran to the doors of many famous people, it made this chair have a small reputation in the Xinkuang antique circle. Many people knew about it, and at that time, even if he wanted to sell it cheaply and earn less money, it was not possible.

  This will only make people more helpless and frustrated.

  The chair was eventually put away by him, and it wasn't until the outside world had almost forgotten about it that he brought it out again to sell.

  But he really didn't expect that after taking out this chair again for so long, he would run into someone like Zhou Mingluo? This is just too unlucky!

  But it has to be said that the only one who was shocked by Zhou Ming's fall was this middle-aged boss. Only he himself knew the truth and falsehood of this chair, and where the fake was, which is why he was so shocked.

  Ke Renli Juan and Yang Dan were both shocked by this sentence.

  Lacking a kind of feeling? Isn't this nonsense?

  Zhang Zhonglin's eyes nearly popped out, almost laughing out loud. This guy is too ridiculous! He thinks the chair looks a bit stiff, so he assumes it's fake? Amazing that he could come up with such a "cool" reason.

  (sleeping in again, but anyway, I'm almost recovered from the cold, rare good news~ seeking support~)