He Qing followed the extremely intense "Baoguang" and walked forward, with Suning following closely behind him.
After a while, He Qing discovered that the street not far ahead was full of people, as if there was something lively to see, and the middle-aged woman holding the porcelain was walking over there, and was soon lost in the crowd.
middle.
Although the woman's figure suddenly disappeared, He Qing could still clearly see the bright red light rising in the air.
"Miss Su, let's go over there. There seems to be something good going on." He Qing turned around and greeted Suning, who was following behind.
"Yeah, okay." Suning nodded and agreed.
So the two of them quickly approached the crowd, and He Qing was about to break into the crowd to observe the situation.
Just at this moment, Lin Haitao's shout was heard from the rear right: "Brother Qing!"
He Qing immediately stopped and turned around to look around.
Lin Haitao ran over quickly, and Du Hai also walked in front of them.
"Brother Qing, are you also here to see the treasure appraised on site?" Lin Haitao asked with a smile.
"What?" He Qing asked in surprise, "Is there an event going on?"
Lin Haitao nodded and said: "Yes, there is a treasure appraisal event. It is said that a team of the most authoritative local antique appraisal experts publicly appraises antiques for everyone. It is free, so many people came, including people from the TV station, maybe all
It became a live broadcast."
"That's it!" After hearing Lin Haitao's answer, He Qing suddenly realized and thought to himself: "No wonder that aunt ran over here with something. It turns out she wants to ask an expert to identify it."
Lin Haitao said: "I don't know what the level of those experts is. But they seem to be quite high-profile, as if everyone doesn't know them. Do they want to be famous?"
He Qing shook his head gently and said: "Don't say that, aren't you doing a good deed by appraising antiques for free? Nowadays it is not easy to ask experts to appraise an antique, and the appraisal fees are often very high."
Lin Haitao nodded and said: "Well, I know that the appraisal fee is second. If you let fake experts deceive you, it may be even worse than the gain."
"That's right." He Qing nodded.
Then he added: "Haitao, let's go in first and see how the situation goes."
"Well, since we met, let's see the excitement." Lin Haitao agreed.
So the four of them lined up the crowd and walked in.
After walking into the crowd, He Qing's eyes immediately searched for the woman, and saw her standing in a queue. There were many people queuing up to get an appraisal.
In the open space among the crowd, there was a row of tables. Sitting behind the tables were older people, both men and women. They all looked like master appraisers.
"Brother Qing, I guess this is an event that has been organized a long time ago." Lin Haitao whispered in He Qing's ear. "In addition to those experts and people from the TV station, are there other people from other fields? For example, antique dealers and auctioneers
The salesperson of the company will probably be interested in the things that are identified as treasures on the spot. So the evaluations of those experts are very important. Maybe their words can determine the fate of an antique. They say it is of high value.
Who else will refute something? For the same reason, once they don’t agree with it, it is equivalent to a death sentence for something, and no one will look down upon it.”
He Qing said nonchalantly: "This is normal. If their appraisal is not authoritative, how can they be called experts? Haitao, let's take a look first. It seems that this appraisal has just begun."
After he finished speaking, he focused his attention on the middle-aged woman holding a piece of porcelain that was overflowing with "precious light". Among all the antiques brought there, that piece radiated the strongest aura.
However, He Qing did not immediately activate his powers to see the ins and outs of the piece of porcelain, but patiently waited for the experts to appraise the woman.
After all, it was the woman who asked the expert for appraisal, and it was not easy for him as an outsider to interfere.
Not long after, the appraisal began.
When the experts were showing things to those who came here to ask for appraisals, various exclamations, including admirations and sighs, would erupt from time to time, and sometimes even a burst of thunderous applause would erupt.
At the venue, two pieces of pastel porcelain were identified as high-quality products from the Qianlong official kiln, with an estimated price of tens of millions. As soon as the expert quoted the sky-high price, the whole place was shocked and the atmosphere reached a climax.
However, everyone was surprised. While they were excited, a trace of worry appeared on one person's face.
That person was none other than He Qing!
Because He Qing saw very clearly that the two pieces of porcelain that were unanimously recognized by experts as high-quality official kiln products did not emit any "precious light" at all. They were undoubtedly modern imitations, but they were regarded as real good things.
Some of them, which are clearly antiques, are not favored and regarded as fakes with no collection value.
"What kind of experts are these?!" He Qing sighed secretly and smiled bitterly.
He finally understood why the auction company didn't dare to keep the authenticity. The people below were such a group of experts who couldn't tell the difference between authenticity and fakeness. It was strange that they dared to keep the authenticity.
However, He Qing also knew in his heart that no matter how powerful the expert was, there would be times when he was wrong. After all, the magic is higher than the master. Nowadays, the techniques for making old items are getting better and better. Some high-quality imitations can be fake, such as the frightening "
"Zhu imitation" is a type of high-imitation porcelain that gives many experts a headache.
But since they are experts, they cannot make very low-level mistakes. There is obviously something wrong with the two pieces of pastel porcelain, but they did not raise any questions and were sure of it all at once.
"Is there an inside story?" He Qing thought to himself. It's possible that the owners of the two pieces of porcelain had bribed the experts a long time ago, and then the experts "opened their eyes and told lies" and made irresponsible judgments. Anyway, the antique business
It is often a one-time sale. Once the item enters the auction company, it is difficult to return it once the deal is completed. The rules of this industry have always been there, and those with good eyesight will not suffer.
I don’t know how long it took, but the woman turned around and came back, but like most people who came to appraise antiques, she came back in failure, which was evident from her listless look.
The woman held the piece of porcelain. She walked out of the crowd dejectedly and walked forward slowly.
He Qing hurriedly caught up and greeted with a smile: "Auntie."
"Are you calling me?" When the woman heard someone calling her, she turned her head and looked around in surprise.
He Qing nodded and said, "Yes."
"What's the matter with you?" the woman asked.
He Qing pointed to the piece of porcelain in her arms and said solemnly: "I want to talk to you about that piece of porcelain."
"What are you talking about?" Hearing what He Qing said, the woman couldn't help but look him up and down, with a look of caution in her eyes.
However, she saw that He Qing looked very polite and didn't look like a bad person. Plus, he was in public, so she didn't take too much precaution. She just shook her head and sighed and said, "I gave this porcelain to that person just now."
The expert looked at it and said it was a very rustic porcelain, not very old, and of little collection value."
"Did he really say that?" He Qing asked with some confusion.
"Yes, these are his exact words. He made up his mind after just two glances." The woman said with a disappointed look on her face, "I originally thought this was a very valuable piece of porcelain. Because it is ours
It is a family heirloom passed down from our ancestors and has been kept forever."
He Qing shook his head and said disapprovingly: "Then the expert made a mistake. Maybe he is just perfunctory because he doesn't have time to look at it carefully for you, or maybe he doesn't understand this at all."
"I know. There is another possibility." The woman whispered, "I didn't give them a red envelope, so they wouldn't give me a good appraisal."
"Ah?!" He Qing said in surprise, "There is such a thing?!"
The woman asked back: "Are you a foreigner?"
He Qing nodded and said, "Well, yes. We came here from Jiangzhou to play."
"That's no wonder." The woman said, "There are such activities here almost every Saturday or Sunday. They nominally provide free appraisals to everyone, but in fact they charge money, but first
I just gave you money."
He Qing said: "Then why are you bringing things to ask them for appraisal?"
"I just want to try my luck, maybe I will meet an appraisal expert who really doesn't pay for it." The woman said solemnly, "Young man, you don't know, my old man traveled all over the country to appraise this thing.
All the TV treasure appraisal columns, but almost none of them are truly free. They always charge various fees in disguise. Sometimes the experts will not authenticate you even after charging money, because they are too busy and have no time.
, it’s not your turn, and then I’ll ask someone to look at it and give you some advice, but I’m still not sure. I’ve spent a lot of money now, but I haven’t gotten a definite identification result yet.”
"So, those experts are suspected of cheating?" He Qing said in a low voice.
The old woman's words confirmed some of He Qing's previous guesses. This appraisal activity under the guise of free treasure appraisal was really fishy. Secretly, some sellers and experts had colluded for a long time.
"Auntie, if this is the case, don't be too sad. It's not that your stuff is bad, but that they saw it wrong. They have poor eyesight and are not qualified to be experts at all!" He Qing then comforted the woman and said, "
If you believe me, I can find real experts to show you things for free."
"Really? Where is the expert?" The woman looked at him doubtfully.
He Qing suddenly pointed at Lin Haitao and others who were walking towards this side, and said seriously: "That's them!"
In his eyes, although Lin Haitao is still young and has limited experience, he is no worse than those so-called experts.
"Brother Qing, what's wrong?" Lin Haitao walked up and asked in surprise.
At that moment, He Qing told Lin Haitao and others the inside story of this treasure appraisal activity. After hearing this, Lin Haitao was very angry and said angrily: "Isn't this too dark?! Although it is a folk activity, it is also
We must be responsible to the public! Wouldn’t this harm other Tibetans?! No, we have to expose their evil deeds and prevent more people from being deceived!”
"How to expose this?! We need to provide evidence." Suning also said indignantly.
He Qing pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, and whispered: "I have a good idea that can dampen their spirit!"
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