Chapter 65: Spitting Blood (Part 2)

  He rubbed his eyes hard and Zhao Zhuangui trembled with his right hand, somewhat reluctantly putting the magnifying glass back in front of him.

  At this glance, a desperate look appeared in his eyes. No... From the very center of this earring, seven or eight cracks spread outwards.

  Although these cracks are covered by the green meaning of jade, careful observation can reveal that even people who don't understand jade can see the inappropriateness, let alone Zhao Zhuanggui, a person who has played with jade for half his life?

  "Fissure? Old Zhao, impossible?"

  Zhao's shout also made Nie Tianbao change color, and he snatched the magnifying glass from Zhao's hand, but instead examined another earring.

  "Old... Old Zhao, could it be that this thing has been switched by someone?"

  Things cooked in the same pot will not be thick or thin, not only this pair of earrings, but also the Maitreya Buddha pendant has a problem, and the ice crack on it can be seen clearly even without a magnifying glass.

  "Boss, this thing is in your hands, I just saw it today..."

  Zhao pushed away the responsibility at the first time, saying that these two items were only placed in the antique shop's safe for more than an hour, and even if he was fake, it wouldn't be so fast.

  "No way, this thing is what we got!"

  Holding the earring again, Zhao Zhuangui saw the mark he had left on the secret silver and his face turned ashen. He felt a sweetness in his throat, and a stream of fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.

  However, Zhao was completely unaware and muttered: "Boss, we've been cheated, that kid brought fake goods!"

  In the antique and jade business of Shishi City, Manager Zhao was also a reputable figure, otherwise he wouldn't have been hired by Nie Tianbao at a high salary.

  But the jade stone that had been played for a lifetime was humiliated by a young man at the end of his life, and Zhao's five internal organs were churning, his body softened, and he fell to the ground.

  "Hey, Old Zhao, this... who didn't see it coming? You... don't be so angry."

  Ge Jun was a kind-hearted person, seeing Zhao Zhuang's appearance, he quickly helped him onto the chair and sighed: "I've long heard that before liberation, there were people who could turn stones into gold, making high-quality fake jade, I thought it was just a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true..."

  "Old Ge... no, Teacher Ge, what's going on? You'd better tell us quickly!"

  Nie Tianbao, who was standing by, heard Ge Jun's words and quickly grabbed Ge Jun's arm, saying: "How can Feicui be fake? This is simply an impossible thing."

  "I used to think it was impossible too, but now everything is laid out here, what's still impossible?"

  Ge Jun shook his head and said, "Before liberation, someone invented a method to put low-quality jadeite in water at a certain temperature, steam it, and then add some chemical raw materials to wash away the impurities in the jadeite, making its quality excellent. I've only heard people talk about it, but I didn't expect this method to still be preserved!"

  Before liberation, Ge Jun had lived in the capital with his father for a period of time and had heard about this rumor. However, he had little contact with jade afterwards and had long forgotten it. Now that he saw the real thing, he remembered it again.

  "Could it be that young man?"

  Looking at the jade in front of him, Ge Jun suddenly had a strange thought in his mind, but he immediately dismissed it. This must not be something that someone of that age could do.

  "You... you're saying this thing is made of worthless jade?"

  Nie Tianbao's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at Ge Jun, his heart seemed to be burning with fire, Nie Tianbao couldn't afford to lose that money, but more importantly, he couldn't lose face in front of everyone!

  And once the news of him being cheated into buying fake goods spreads, whether within or outside the industry, Tianbao Nie will definitely be ridiculed as a big fool. How can he still show his face in this circle in the future?

  "That's right, and it seems like they're in a great hurry..."

  Ge Jun picked up the Maitreya Buddha pendant and examined it for a while before explaining, "I've heard that this kind of fake jade can't be detected within a year or so, but if it was fine a few days ago and now looks different, there must have been some problem with the craftsmanship."

  To say that Ge Jun has some real talent and learning, he almost saw the essence of things at a glance, without saying anything wrong.

  According to the process left by Zhai, no matter whether it's the water or the structure inside, the "jade" made will at least be able to maintain its color for a very long time before slowly changing color, and it won't crack that badly.

  However, Qin Feng used high-temperature steaming and dyeing in the two processes of removing impurities and dyeing, greatly shortening the time, but also causing damage to the internal structure of jade to an extreme extent.

  Qin Feng himself had estimated that this thing could only last for three to five days, which was also why he appeared on Red Flag Street as soon as he finished "Feicui".

  "Lao Nie, this thing wasn't made by you, was it?"

  A strange and ambiguous voice suddenly rang out in the crowd, "According to your words, this thing is worth tens of millions. If you really sell it for that price, that's called fraud!"

  In Shishi, there were still people who didn't like Nie Tianbao's behavior. The one speaking was called Wang Qifu, whose family business was gold and silver jewelry. He had originally wanted to operate a jade stone business, but Nie Tianbao had cut off his supply chain, causing the two of them to become enemies.

  Wang Qifu's words were somewhat venomous, as there were many people in the room who had come prepared to bid today. As soon as he spoke, the expressions of those people didn't look too good.

  These bosses who got rich first after the reform and opening-up are not necessarily concerned about money, but they care a lot about their reputation and are most afraid of being deceived, which would make them appear too stupid.

  Nowadays, Tianbao's behavior and his not-so-good reputation in the past have raised suspicions that he might be deceiving them, so even Li Boss of the Tianxuan Group has turned gloomy.

  "Nie boss, you invited us here, won't it be just to take a picture with this worthless broken stone?" Seeing Nie Tianbao's embarrassment, Wang Qifeng felt extremely pleased in his heart.

  "You... Wang, don't be so rude!"

  Nie Tianbao's face was red like a pig's liver, his hands had bulging veins, and he gritted his teeth: "I really apologize to everyone, Nie today is indeed humiliated, being deceived by a petty person, but Nie has no intention of deceiving everyone..."

  Nie Tianbao's heart was bleeding at this moment. He hated himself not only for failing to see through the "horse edge" scam, but also for being cheated out of 200,000 yuan.

  Nie Tianbao hated that before taking out the jade, he didn't carefully check it again. If he had, he might have found the flaw and wouldn't have lost such a big face in front of the top businessmen of Quyang City.

  What hurt Nie Tian most was that in the future, he would become a joke in the market of Jingshi City.

  After such a big joke, who would dare to buy jade from his store? Not to mention the low-end market, even those in the high-end market who have the ability to consume top-quality jade will absolutely not spend a single penny at "Yu Shi Zhai".

  "Alright, Nie brother and us have known each other for a long time, it shouldn't be intentional to fool everyone, let's just forget about this matter."

  The boss of Tianhong Group, Mr. Li, and Nie Tianbao have a decent relationship, seeing him in such an embarrassing situation, he couldn't help but come out to smooth things over, after all they will still be running into each other in the business world of Shishi City, no need to make things so awkward between them.

  Changing the subject, Li Boss asked: "Nie brother, you've been doing business for a long time, what kind of person can deceive you like this?"

  As soon as Li Boss asked this, the scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone knew that Nie Tianbao was cunning and could think of ways to calculate him, which wasn't an easy thing to do.

  "He is... a young man."

  Nie Tianbao's heart felt like it was being gripped tightly, and he couldn't express the discomfort. From start to finish, he thought back on what had happened two days ago, and he had to admit that in this matter, he was just like a puppet, being manipulated by someone pulling strings, slowly drawing him into the situation.

  "Boss, we... we were all wrong!"

  Zhao Zhuangui, who was sitting paralyzed in his chair, suddenly let out a bitter laugh and said: "That young man said his name is Ma Zhibian, but 'Bian' has the same pronunciation as 'pian', which means to cheat. He... he's telling us that he... he's a swindler!"

  "What? That...that little brat is too much!"

  Nie Tianbao's mood had just calmed down a bit, but his whole body was like being hit by a heavy hammer, and a mouthful of blood spurted out!