"No." Lin Haitao shook his head vigorously and said solemnly, "Brother Yao, it's not about money. I know that old jadeite is not worth so much money, but they took it away. In front of such

In front of many people, they keep the price down on me, so they always win. Their faces are bright and enviable, but I am just a loser in everyone's eyes! The auction house is a battlefield, and the battle is hard.

It’s all about courage and strength!”

"Hey, how could it be possible?!" Jiahao shook his head and said, "You said some people envy them, but why do I think most people regard them as a joke? It is obvious to all how good that thing is, and you can't buy it at such a high price.

Who are you idiots? They are just disrupting the situation, driving up prices so that you suffer losses. I believe they will stop if you continue to follow, so their purpose is not to win you, but to harm you! Winning or losing is not important at all! Hai

Tao, don't worry about it, everyone doesn't know that you and Mr. Qi and the others are having trouble."

Today Jiahao finally learned a lesson from Lin Haitao's stubbornness. He is a competitive person who likes to act on his own initiative and cannot tolerate others surpassing him in everything.

"Brother Yao, I understand." After listening to He Qing's words of persuasion, Lin Haitao finally nodded and said softly, "Actually, I really thanked you just now. If you hadn't stopped me in time, then I would have

I will regret it, it’s six million, I can’t afford that much money at the moment, and I will have to ask for it from my family, and my dad will definitely scold me again, calling me a prodigal!”

"Haha, isn't that it?" Jiahao laughed and said, "Don't think too much. I guess Mr. Qi and the others are regretting it."

"Yes. Brother Yao, come here, let me toast you. You are truly my noble man!" The hearty smile on Lin Haitao's face finally bloomed again.

The two of them continued to toast and drink. After drinking for three rounds, Jiahao suddenly lowered his voice and said: "But, Haitao, you have to be careful in the future. It can be seen that Mr. Qi and the others have a lot of hatred for you!"

"I've known this for a long time. Ever since the day I stepped into the 'Jianbao Zhai', they have hated me so much that they wish they could eat me alive!" Lin Haitao curled his lips and sneered, "Brother Yao

, but you don’t have to be afraid, as long as you don’t provoke them, they won’t dare to do anything to you!”

Jiahao nodded calmly and said, "I know they are all cunning and cunning, but I will be careful and not let them take advantage of them at all!"

The two sat in the restaurant for a while, then got up and left. When they returned to the guest room, it didn't take long for Mr. Zheng and the others to come back.

Jiahao asked about the auction, and Mr. Zheng told him that they had just photographed a collection, which was a bronze belt hook inlaid with turquoise.

"...This belt hook is an unearthed cultural relic and has great archaeological significance!" Mr. Zheng sighed, "Now Boss Jin has unearthed cultural relics on his hands. This is not a good phenomenon. Fortunately, this auction is

Hold it here, not abroad, otherwise many precious cultural relics will fall into the hands of foreigners!"

Mr. Deng spoke up and said, "Old Zheng, just think about it. Isn't this kind of thing commonplace? We can't control that much even if we want to!"

"Yes, it's good if you can do your best." Mr. Zheng nodded, "I have to send this hook to Lao Pan's research institution. Last time he told me that they were doing archaeology last time.

He had a quarrel with local tomb robbers, and they were injured. The cultural relics they finally found were stolen, including a belt hook. He was very sorry. If I give this belt hook to

Their research, haha, can be regarded as a timely help, right? Xiao Yao——"

With that said, Mr. Zheng turned around and looked at Jiahao with a smile, and said: "The bronze tripod you photographed is not a cultural relic, but an antique. I just didn't expect that you also like to collect bronzes."

Jiahao smiled and said: "That thing feels good. Oh, by the way, Mr. Zheng, let me ask, if you want to determine the specific age of a bronze, what kind of appraisal must be done?"

Mr. Zheng asked back: "What? You still need to have that thing appraised? It's from the Han Dynasty." There doesn't seem to be much difference between the bronzes from the Autumn and Warring States Period. Can it be accurately identified?"

Mr. Zheng said: "Yours is a gilt bronze ware. There are very few similar bronze wares from the Warring States Period. If it is a gilt bronze Yi Zun from the Warring States Period, then Boss Jin will not sell it for just that little money. The starting price may be several hundred.

More than 10,000."

"Oh, really?" Hearing what Mr. Zheng said, Jiahao was secretly surprised and happy, and said quickly, "But I still want to do an appraisal. Mr. Zheng, is there any way?"

Except for himself, no one seems to suspect that the bronze is from the Warring States period, so he has to find a way to determine the age of the thing so that others can believe it. The cultural relics of the Autumn and Warring States periods are particularly studied. Your thing is from the Han Dynasty

Is it from another period, he should have a way to identify it."

Mr. Zheng said that he would introduce experts to appraise the gilt bronze of the Han Dynasty. Naturally, Jiahao wanted to ask for it. He immediately agreed and decided to go to the archaeologist Lao Pan with Mr. Zheng tomorrow.

After everyone talked for a while, they went to have lunch. At the dinner table, everyone discussed the auction in the afternoon. There was an important item to be auctioned in the afternoon. It was the national treasure that Jiahao first heard about-"Zhang Fei Plum Vase"

”.

Regarding that large vase, Jiahao may know more than all the experts who came to the auction, because he knows the ins and outs of this vase. That thing is not from the Three Kingdoms period at all, and it has nothing to do with Zhang Fei's.

Therefore, he was certain that the plum vase was a fake, or that it was just an ordinary ancient vase. Its origin had been exaggerated by everyone. If it were to be purchased according to the value of the national treasure "Zhang Fei Plum Vase", it would not be worth it.

.

"It seems that Mr. Deng is very enthusiastic about that vase!" Seeing Mr. Deng's eyebrows flying when he talked about the plum vase, Jiahao couldn't help but sigh, and then he frowned and couldn't help but feel sorry for him

The other party became worried. If the other party was determined to win and later paid a high price to buy the fake "Zhang Fei Plum Vase", he would definitely suffer a lot of losses.

"We have to find a way to persuade him." Jiahao then thought to himself. He could only give indirect hints to the other party. He could not tell Mr. Deng and the others directly about the true situation of the plum vase.

"Mr. Deng, I want to say a few words to you."

After finishing the meal, Jiahao suddenly said to Mr. Deng.

"Oh? What's the matter?" Mr. Deng said with a smile on his face, "Xiao Yao, if you have anything to say, just say it. Do you need to be polite to me?"

Jiahao said with a straight face: "It's about the 'Zhang Fei Mei Vase'. I have some suggestions for you. After all, the value of that thing may exceed tens of millions. I hope you will think about it carefully."

"Xiao Yao, what's wrong?" Hearing Jiahao speak so seriously, Mr. Deng also became serious, nodded hurriedly and said, "Let's go over there and have a chat."

So the two walked to the side and sat down opposite each other.

"Xiao Yao, did you see something?" Mr. Deng asked in a deep voice.

Although Jiahao is just a new boy in their antique shop, he values ​​the other person from the beginning and knows that the other person is not an ordinary newcomer. He has unique eyesight and can see things that others cannot see.

The fact of "imitation" is enough to shock and admire people, so Mr. Deng attaches great importance to Jiahao's opinion.

Jiahao solemnly replied: "I don't see anything. I just think that the 'Zhang Fei Plum Vase' needs to be verified, and wouldn't it be a bit unsafe to buy it at such a high price? Mr. Deng, I know you like that very much."

It’s a plum vase, but do you know its origin? I’ve heard you guys mention that a certain cultural relics department in the capital has the same ‘Zhang Fei plum vase’…”

"Yes!" Mr. Deng nodded and said, "I personally participated in the appraisal of the 'Zhang Fei Plum Vase'."

"What about the plum vase that Boss Jin came out of nowhere? What kind of identification have you done personally? Have you also done the most scientific and authoritative tests such as carbon 14?" Jiahao asked repeatedly,

He knew well that carbon 14 testing might be able to identify the specific age of the porcelain. If everyone knew the age of its production, they would not associate it with Zhang Fei, the general of the Three Kingdoms period.

Mr. Deng nodded lightly and said: "I haven't done a carbon 14 test. But there shouldn't be any big problems with what Boss Jin has in his hands. We have all seen it, and it is exactly the same as the one in Beijing. Even if it is not

The plum vase used by Zhang Fei must be an exquisite piece of ancient porcelain from the Three Kingdoms period. No one in the capital can be sure whether it is the vase used by Zhang Fei. Everyone can only rely on various guesses.

No one can go back in time and find out the true origin of that piece of porcelain."

"That's not necessarily true!" Jiahao laughed to himself. He has the ability to understand the past and the present, but he is a unique and strange person.

"Maybe there are too many sexes, so you have to consider the worst." After pondering for a moment, Jiahao said solemnly, "Mr. Deng, I always feel that there is something fishy about that 'Zhang Fei Mei Ping'. It was used during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Do you have antique porcelain?”

"Huh?" Mr. Deng seemed to have understood something and gasped, "Xiao Yao, do you suspect that the plum vase is old? It is not an ancient porcelain from the Three Kingdoms period, but a new imitation from the later dynasties?

"

Jiahao smiled nonchalantly and said: "Mr. Deng, don't take it too seriously. I'm just expressing my personal opinion. I don't have any evidence to prove that it's not an ancient porcelain from the Three Kingdoms period. It's just a feeling. Unless Boss Jin

The bottle in my hand is the same as the one collected in the Beijing Cultural Relics Museum, otherwise it would be questionable."

"Xiao Yao, your analysis makes sense. We haven't gotten the carbon 14 test certificate yet, so we can't 100% prove that the porcelain is from the Three Kingdoms period, let alone the Zhang Fei family!" Mr. Deng nodded heavily and said.

, "The one in Beijing should still be there. I have called the relevant personnel before and asked. They said that the thing has not been moved. It is impossible that it suddenly ran into the hands of Boss Jin. Besides, if it is stolen goods leaked from the museum,

Boss Jin wouldn't dare to conduct an auction so blatantly, would he? Even though his family is very powerful, he still wouldn't dare to be so arrogant about this kind of thing. Even if he had the courage, insiders would not dare to bid for it before asking about the situation.

Our initial view was that the plum vase was either one of a pair of plum vases from Zhang Fei's family, because there is a version of the story about the origin of the 'Zhang Fei plum vase', which says that Zhang Fei's plum vase was originally a pair.

Later, one was stolen by a thief from the descendants of Zhang Fei, and its whereabouts are still unknown - of course this is the most ideal result. Either the plum vase and the 'Zhang Fei Mei Ving' are the same type of porcelain, and more than one has been handed down."

"Well, those are two possibilities." Jiahao said, "Mr. Deng, to be honest, that plum vase is very beautiful in terms of shape, glaze and decoration. Even if it is a fake, it should be considered ancient.

It's a high imitation and has a certain collection value. Otherwise, wait and see what happens. If the auction price is really too high, don't chase it. If the price is low, you can keep it for fun."

"Xiao Yao, your opinion is very pertinent, I listen to you!" Mr. Deng nodded happily and said, after listening to Jiahao's persuasion, he suddenly realized.

"Yeah." Jiahao smiled.

With Mr. Deng's words, he felt relieved.

In the afternoon auction, although Jiahao had nothing to auction, he and Lin Haitao accompanied Mr. Deng and the others to the auction hall to participate in the auction.

The pace of this auction was relatively fast, and several collections were sold in less than half an hour. Just like the previous ones, none of them failed to sell.

At about four o'clock, the "Zhang Fei Mei Vase" was finally put on the auction stage. In an instant, the atmosphere on the scene became high. Judging from the situation, many big bosses were full of enthusiasm.

The starting price of the plum vase was 12 million, which was much more than Jiahao estimated. He originally thought that the starting price of the plum vase would be 5 million at most, but who knew it could easily reach more than 10 million. At this rate, when the sale was completed

Wouldn’t it have fetched a sky-high price when it was sold?

"I'm dizzy!" Secretly, Jiahao sighed, "It's so expensive?! Whoever takes the photo will be at a loss!"

He couldn't help but sympathize with the unknown villain. Once something worth tens of millions was found to be a fake, no one would be able to accept this fact.

"No! No more, no more..."

When he heard the auctioneer's lowest bid, Mr. Deng murmured.

Jiahao was sitting next to him, and he naturally heard what he said, so he turned around and whispered: "Mr. Deng, the starting price is so high, it's better not to follow, in case..."
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