Chapter 6 of Volume 1: Really Can't Want Anymore

  "Teacher Ye?"

  Ye Laoshi's words stunned everyone, Lin Liang and Old Huang turned their heads, staring at him with wide eyes.

  Mr. Ye is over 50 years old, from a family of antique dealers, and has been exposed to these things since childhood. When he was young, he worked as an apprentice in Liulichang for more than ten years, so it can be said that his experience in identifying collectibles is extremely rich.

  What Liu Yi Yang said, Old Huang could ignore, and even thought that the young man did it on purpose, but what Teacher Ye said was something he couldn't afford to ignore.

  "What's going on, Teacher Ye?"

  It was Lin Liang who spoke this time, and Lao Huang hadn't even opened his mouth when he rushed over.

  He knows more about Mr. Ye than Old Huang does, and he's aware that when it comes to antique appraisal, Mr. Ye never lies; otherwise, with his level of expertise, he wouldn't be working in just one antique shop. If he were willing to lie and fake appraisals, many auction companies nationwide would invite him over, and his salary would be much higher than what he's earning here.

  "Manager Lin, wait a minute!"

  Ye Laoshi shook his head and looked directly at Liu Yi Yang, saying: "Little Liu, I want to know, how did you see that there was a problem with this dragon's five elements?"

  The antique shop has dozens of people in sales, procurement, finance, warehouse and cleaning departments. Teacher Ye is not a full-time employee, but has met Liu Yi Yang before, and doesn't have a deep impression of him.

  Able to call out the name, it's also because Lin Liang introduced him earlier and called his name several times.

  "Teacher Ye, I happened to read a book recently and saw this bottle today, so I took the opportunity to learn and verify it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have discovered the problem!"

  Liu Yi Yang stood up straight and said in a low voice, which also made his heart feel much more at ease.

  He didn't expect Mr. Ye to stand up for him, but it's good that he did, everything Mr. Ye said in the testimony was true, and his guesses were also correct.

  "Old Ye, don't ask those questions for now, just tell me what's going on?"

  Mr. Zhang was calling out hastily, he wasn't a member of the National Collectors Association, but previously worked at the Coastal Museum and had some reputation locally.

  Because of this, Xuan Ya Zhai paid a high salary to hire him over, mainly to appraise some valuable items, with a focus on ceramics.

  Until this meeting, he hadn't figured out the problem, so he was anxious in his heart and wanted to ask Ye Laoshi to explain clearly. The two of them had worked together for several years and their relationship was not bad, so they didn't stand on ceremony.

  "Old Zhang, this time we almost missed it!"

  Heaving a sigh, Mr. Ye continued: "Before, we were all misled by the blue and white patterns, decorations and glaze on the surface of this vase. The fact that there are many dragons is indeed a characteristic of Qianlong blue and white porcelain. The forgers did it so well because of this point, almost making you and me take a second look!"

  Mr. Ye kept saying you and me, but Mr. Zhang's face was a bit flushed.

  Teacher Zhang understood that if there was really a problem with the thing, it would be his fault, not Teacher Ye's. Teacher Ye had already seen the problem, and he said so entirely to spare his feelings.

  "Isn't this pattern and color just fine?"

  Mr. Zhang looked at the Longquan vase again and said in a very low voice that he was still confused until now.

  Antiques are sometimes like this, no matter how much you understand, how much you know, when you haven't discovered the loopholes, it's possible to be deceived all the time, taking fake as real.

  Even the most powerful experts have times when they are deceived, and now the counterfeiting technology is really too powerful.

  In this era, among all the experts in the country, there is probably not a single one who dares to say that they have never been deceived by fake products. This can be seen from how terrible counterfeits are.

  Ye Laoshi shook his head and said softly: "It's not for you to look at the embroidery, take a closer look at the top of the cloud!"

  "Top?"

  Teacher Zhang looked at it with doubt, and after carefully reading for a few seconds, his face suddenly changed, turning pale.

  Just by looking at his expression, everyone could understand that he must have found the problem.

  After hearing Mr. Ye's words, Lin Liang, Old Huang and a few others also gathered around to look at the position of the cloud pattern on the bottle.

  In an instant, Old Huang's eyes twitched unnaturally, while Lin Liang furrowed his brow tightly.

  Appraising antiques is like magic tricks. No matter how you look at it, you can't understand it, but once someone explains it to you, you'll find that the trick is actually very simple.

  At this time, Lao Huang and Lin Liang had already seen the problem.

  Lao Huang has been traveling north and south for twenty years, his eyesight is naturally not to be mentioned, after Teacher Ye pointed out the position, if he still doesn't understand, then these years have been in vain.

  Lin Liang spent ten years in Xuan Ya Zhai, not to mention the level of accomplishment, but generally speaking, he can understand most things, and many things are clear to him. Before, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't understand, but after being pointed out by Teacher Ye, now he also understands what's going on.

  "Old Huang, it seems we really can't have this bottle after all!"

  After a while, Lin Liang slowly said that this dragon-patterned vase really had a problem and it was basically certain to be a modern fake. Knowing it was fake, he naturally couldn't buy it anymore.

  "Lin, Manager Lin, can you keep this a secret for me?"

  Lao Huang's face had completely lost its earlier arrogant look, and beads of cold sweat were forming on his forehead.

  He spent 14 million on this batch of goods, but the Longwen Tong bottle alone was worth 10 million. It was also something that the seller was eager to get rid of and turn into cash. He thought it was a good deal, plus there were many items, so he decided to pay cash for them.

  This Longquan celadon vase did not disappoint him, Lin Liang had been eyeing this piece of porcelain the most, and it was a rare treasure from the Shunzhi official kiln. This treasure stayed in the store, not to mention being the treasure of the store, but it would definitely sell for a high price.

  He was so happy before, and there's a reason why he received such a heavy gift.

  Now the heavy machine has become a fake product, let alone how uncomfortable he feels in his heart.

  "After some thought, Lin Liang slowly said: 'Old Huang, if no one asks, I absolutely won't say it, but if someone asks, then I'm really sorry. You also know how the sign of Xuan Ya Zhai came to be!'"

  "Yes, yes, I understand, what about these?"

  "These?"

  Lin Liang raised his head and looked at Liu Yi Yang, but he wasn't the only one; both Zhang Ye and the two teachers also turned to look at Liu Yi Yang.

  "Uncle Lin, don't look at me, but I think the rest are all pretty good!"

  Liu Yi Yang hastily waved his hand, being stared at by so many people was really not something he was accustomed to.

  Of course, he is still very happy in his heart. In any case, helping the store avoid a loss can be considered as a repayment to Lin Shu who has been taking good care of him.

  After listening to Liu Yi Yang say that, Lin Liang immediately turned around and said in a low voice: "Old Huang, I can take all the remaining items, but the price can only be 4.5 million!"

  "Four hundred and fifty thousand, okay!"

  Lao Huang's face changed several times in succession, and finally he gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

  The price of 450,000 is not high, but he didn't make a profit. He bought these things for 400,000 and only made a little less.

  He wouldn't agree, and even if he didn't, what if Lin Liang exposed the fake Shunzhi vase in his hands as a high imitation? He would be finished this time. That thing must be smashed into his hands, and compensating 1 million yuan may not make him go bankrupt, but it's enough to hurt.

  This transaction went smoothly, and Lin Feng also made a record. The old Huang seemed a bit absent-minded.

  Lin Liang's heart was also secretly lucky, this fake had a very high degree of simulation and was difficult to identify as a high-quality counterfeit. Just because they couldn't tell didn't mean others wouldn't be able to either.

  There are many experts nationwide who can identify it. If he buys it today and sells it out, after being identified later, it is equivalent to smashing the signboard of Xuan Ya Zhai.

  These thoughts can be thought of, if today didn't recognize that this is a fake, and really took it down to sell, the day of smashing the signboard is not far away, because the people who buy this kind of collection are mostly rich people or collectors with a certain status.

  People of this kind all have a common characteristic: they like to take good things around for appraisal, or discuss them with colleagues, as if afraid that others won't know they have treasures.

  The bigger the name of the expert who appraises them, the higher their level, the happier they are.

  When they were identified as counterfeit goods, the consequences can be imagined. Anyone who spent one or two million buying something that turned out to be fake would probably come after them.

  Although no antique shop can guarantee authenticity by patting its chest, selling fake goods has a great impact on the reputation of the antique shop.

  Especially those old customers who believe in them and only recognize their brand, after knowing that they are selling fake goods, how can they still come back afterwards? At that time, the loss will be even greater.

  Many reputable antique shops have become deserted due to slow business, either closing down or degenerating into deceitful stores that only sell small items.

  "Xiao Liu, come on, go to my office!"

  After finishing all this, Lin Liang immediately beckoned to Liu Yi Yang and took him to his office.

  Also going with them were teachers Zhang and Ye, Lin Feng wanted to go take a look but unfortunately he still had work on his hands, Lin Liang also didn't call him, so he could only busy himself outside first.

  Lin Liang and others had already sensed that something was wrong, but no matter how hard Lin Feng looked, he couldn't find any problem. If it weren't for the fact that there were so many people around earlier, he would have pulled Liu Yi Yang away to ask him a long time ago.

  "Xiao Liu, thanks to you this time, otherwise, the loss would be small, but the reputation would be greatly damaged!"

  Lin Liang personally brewed tea and poured a cup for each of the two appraisers, Liu Yi Yang and Zhang Ye.

  The two masters did not have any objections to Lin Liang's words, and this time Liu Yi Yang was indeed the first to spot the problem. If he hadn't pointed it out, they might have already bought the vase.

  After buying it and then discovering the problem, even if Lao Huang is an acquaintance, it's useless. The loss can only be borne by oneself. Lao Huang is just a peddler and doesn't care about reputation like those who run antique shops.

  It can also be said that Liu Yi Yang directly helped the store avoid a loss of over 10 million this time.

  "Uncle Lin, you're overpraising me. I just happened to have read an introduction about this kind of thing and saw this type of cylindrical bottle again today, so I compared them casually and discovered the problem!"

  Liu Yi Yang said in a low voice that this problem had indeed been pointed out by someone before, and even Master Zhang Ye had heard of it.

  The flaw was just too inconspicuous, and since the other ten porcelain pieces were fine, it numbed them to a certain extent, causing them to make an incorrect judgment. It wasn't until Liu Yiyang reminded them that they found the problem.

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  Why is it fake? The next chapter reveals the truth!