Chapter 163 We are not afraid of losing face (supplement 5, monthly ticket)
He received more inheritance and accumulated enough. As he dealt with various problems, Chen Wenzhe began to integrate the inheritance in his mind.
For example, gold appraisal is definitely related to basic manufacturing.
The most important thing is that identifying gold is really not difficult.
What's more, he also has a gold-touching skill as a blessing!
Since the density of this gold bracelet is quite different from that of gold, it means there is not much of a problem.
However, at this time, Chen Wenzhe discovered that there seemed to be some white bright spots on the surface of the bracelet.
Seeing this, Chen Wenzhe roughly knew where the problem lay.
Don't doubt a woman's intuition. Since the aunt said there is something wrong with this gold bracelet, there is a high possibility that there is really something wrong, otherwise she would not have identified it multiple times.
It is important whether the gold has white highlights.
If it can be damaged, use scissors to cut off the gold jewelry, and use a magnifying glass to observe the cut surface. If you see white highlights, there must be a problem.
This is doped with iridium. Because gold and iridium cannot fuse together, white highlights are formed.
The density of iridium is similar to that of gold. Some unscrupulous traders add iridium to gold jewelry in order to make profits.
Such counterfeiting is common in the jewelry industry.
Because the price of iridium is only fifty to eighty yuan per gram, while gold? It can easily cost three to four hundred yuan.
With this kind of profit margin, many businesses can’t help but mix in some.
Of course, there are even more ruthless ones, such as tungsten coated with a layer of gold, which can easily fool professionals because the density of tungsten is similar to gold.
The most famous one is a domestic gold mining group that used this method to create a large number of gold bars and deposit them in banks, and then fraudulently obtained loans from banks. They successfully defrauded 19 billion in cash.
Naturally, the gold bracelet cannot be cut off for inspection. Chen Wenzhe can only use a magnifying glass to carefully observe the entire bracelet.
Under a magnifying glass, any flaws will be magnified.
"Did you find a problem?" Just by looking at Chen Wenzhe's actions, several aunts knew that there was really something wrong with this pair of gold bracelets.
"It should be because iridium, a kind of mineral, has been added, which makes it a little cheaper. In fact, it's not a big problem. It doesn't affect the appearance. It's just that the value is a little lower."
"Sure enough, there is a problem. It's not about price at all, but about deception." The aunt was already gritting her teeth.
Chen Wenzhe was horrified when he saw it: "This kind of fraud is difficult to identify, and there is also Vietnamese alluvial gold. Ordinary consumers can't tell it at all. Maybe the merchant is deceiving!"
"Okay, I understand, thank you, Boss Chen."
After that, the aunt stopped talking.
Another aunt said: "Let me have one appraised. I bought it when I was traveling. Now that I think about it, I may have been deceived."
"Don't you have a certificate? Three nines of gold should be fine!" another aunt said.
Chen Wenzhe took a look to see if he had a crow's mouth. This gold necklace was really a scam.
This is a fake Vietnamese alluvial gold, the cheapest kind of junk.
"Xiao Chen, look at the certificate. Is it marked with three nines?"
"The certificate does say the quality of three nines, but what we are talking about here is not three nines of gold, but three nines of Vietnamese sand gold."
Chen Wenzhe checked it briefly and then put down the certificate. Something was wrong and he wanted to see what the certificate was for.
"Three nines of Vietnamese sand gold?" Several aunts were all surprised. What's the difference?
The difference is so big that Chen Wenzhe can only explain the pitfalls inside.
When you see Vietnamese sand gold labeled with thousands of pure gold or four nines, don't misunderstand that it is pure gold. It's just for marketing. It is thousands of pure Vietnamese sand gold, which is not the same as thousand pure gold.
For example, some people think that milk tea does not contain milk ingredients, so it is fake. This is incorrect.
Milk tea is just a conventional name. Real milk tea is not a dairy product.
A few milk-containing ingredients are just for mixing different flavors.
Vietnamese sand gold contains a certain amount of gold, but it is not the gold we are talking about.
In other words, Vietnamese alluvial gold is a type of gold, unrefined gold, also called raw gold.
And what this aunt brought out was not even Vietnamese sand gold.
Genuine Vietnamese sand gold jewelry will not fade or fade obviously, let alone turn black.
Even if there is a small amount of fading, it will only become slightly lighter over time, but it will not turn into black.
Vietnamese alluvial gold does not have the problem of discoloration. From a simple appearance, there is no difference between pure gold and Vietnamese alluvial gold.
As long as you know the ropes and do a little inspection, you can tell the difference.
Gold is soft and Vietnamese sand gold jewelry is hard.
But most people can't feel it because they don't compare all day long, and they don't have this experience and feeling.
If Vietnamese sand gold jewelry turns black or is obviously faded, it is usually made of other metals covered with gold and is counterfeited as Vietnamese sand gold.
In movies or TV, when you go to Vietnam or Xiguang Province, you can see many men wearing a large gold necklace. Most of them are Vietnamese sand gold jewelry, not real gold necklaces.
This gold chain is relatively slender, and naturally not as vulgar as the large gold chain, but they are essentially the same.
"This gold chain is not heavy, so the loss is not big."
“Even Vietnamese sand gold is fake? These businesses are really unscrupulous.”
"Actually, you shouldn't buy things from tourist attractions."
"This Old Town God's Temple is also a tourist attraction, right?"
"How can our tourist attractions in Dahai City be the same as those in other places? Besides, it used to be a mixed bag of good and bad people. Now the stalls have been cancelled, and they have all been turned into regular stores. No one dares to fake it, right?"
"Don't say that. In the antique shop, if someone makes something fake, it's not called forgery, it's called fake, it's called imitation. Damn, it's shameless!"
"Okay, okay, boss Chen still needs to do business."
"Look at this painting of mine. I always feel like I bought it cheaply, but the quality is not good."
"Wait a minute, how much does a gram of real Vietnamese sand gold cost?"
Finally asked about the price, Chen Wenzhe really didn't want to hit these aunts with this, because he had already seen that among the jewelry they wore, there was Vietnamese sand gold.
"Vietnamese alluvial gold jewelry is very cheap, and prices are not determined by the gram." Chen Wenzhe said rather implicitly.
"How much is it? Tell me the exact price. We are not afraid of embarrassment." Pearl Necklace Aunt said again.
"Depending on the different gold content and workmanship, the price of each piece of jewelry is also different. 100 grams of Vietnamese sand gold jewelry on the market ranges from 500 yuan to 2,000 yuan. Just like buying craft jewelry, there is no uniform price."
Several aunts were speechless again. The cheapest one was five yuan per gram, and the expensive one was only twenty yuan per gram. It was really no different from handicrafts.
And even with such cheap Vietnamese alluvial gold, some people are actually cheating. This is no longer a sign of being unscrupulous, but rather having no conscience at all.
"Xiao Chen is very capable. Only in this way can we open a store here. The appraisal fee must be paid first."
The aunt who appraised calligraphy and paintings was more generous this time.