Xiao Chen drove to the Old Town God's Temple and went directly to the cornucopia. At this time, Pan Sheng was waiting for him inside.
"Xiao Chen, you came just in time."
Xiao Chen was still surprised.
"Master Pan, what are you doing?"
"Can you see if the appraisal items we received in our store are genuine?" Pan Sheng said.
This made Xiao Chen even more strange.
Obviously Pan Sheng's father and uncle are experts in this field, but as a layman studying medicine, how can he know this?
Xiao Chen took it over and looked at it. In fact, he didn't even know what era the cultural relics were from.
"Looking at the words on it, it should be porcelain from the Five Dynasties period."
Five generations?
Xiao Chen has studied history and still knows about the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
Looking carefully now, when he looked with clairvoyance, he quickly saw the problem.
"This should be fake."
Fake?
How can this be?
Neither Mr. Pan nor his uncle could tell, but they felt that this thing must be fake, and it was indeed so real.
"Why?" Pan Sheng asked.
It stands to reason that this should be porcelain produced in the Jiangnan area, because this porcelain is still very famous. If it is genuine, it will definitely be worth several million if it is auctioned.
As for why it is fake?
Xiao Chen had just seen it with his clairvoyance eyes.
He used spiritual energy to feel it again, but he didn't feel any spiritual energy at all, which meant that it was a counterfeit product that had been produced recently.
Moreover, with clairvoyance, this is different from real ancient porcelain, because he can see the color inside.
"This is false. As for the reason, I can't explain it."
Pan Sheng couldn't understand.
However, I was handed another work, a bronze.
Generally speaking, bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties are important national cultural relics and are prohibited from being exported abroad.
Today, this bronze vessel looks like a goblet.
Xiao Chen picked it up and took a look. He first felt it with spiritual energy and found that there was no spiritual energy response here, so it must be a fake.
Finally, he looked through it with clairvoyance, and soon he was sure it was fake.
"This is also false."
"Why?" Pan Sheng asked again.
"Feel it!"
Xiao Chen used clairvoyance to look at the situation inside. Now the naked eye or other high-tech
Definitely can't see it.
The only way is to smash it directly so that you can see the material inside.
Is this also fake?
There is another piece, which is actually a painting. The author and time are indicated on the painting. He is a painter from Jiangnan in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
This painter is still very famous.
However, Pan Sheng felt that this painting was also fake.
As for the reason, they checked it many times and couldn't figure it out.
Nowadays, counterfeiting is so miraculous that it is impossible to tell the difference. Even many experienced experts can easily be deceived.
Why are these frauds so rampant now?
The most important thing is that there are fewer and fewer authentic items, and most of them have been dug up by the state and flowed into major museums. Naturally, there are fewer authentic items.
However, the number of players in this circle is indeed getting bigger and bigger now.
Collection in prosperous times, gold in troubled times.
After decades of domestic development, many people have accumulated a large amount of wealth. In addition to investing in major industries such as real estate, that wealth has also begun to flow into the industry of collecting antiques.
In this industry, if you buy genuine items, they do have collectible value, and the items can still increase in value.
"Xiao Chen, do you think this painting is also fake?"
Xiao Chen took it and looked at it carefully.
In fact, he is not an expert in this field, and this is even the first time he has heard of this painter. However, among the famous painters of the Ming Dynasty, he is relatively famous.
Xiao Chen checked carefully, but he didn't feel the aura, so he checked again with his clairvoyant eyes.
Finally, he said directly: "This is also false."
Fake again?
In fact, Pan Sheng's father and uncle have been dealing with these things all their lives. In many cases, they can tell the truth as soon as they take it.
This is just like checking whether money is real or fake. There is definitely a difference between real banknotes and counterfeit banknotes.
In fact, there is another one, and that is smell.
Xiao Chen's nose is much more flexible than those dog noses.
However, some of these did not come from the ground, so he couldn't smell them.
However, if you have more contact with these, you will definitely be able to distinguish them easily.
"These three fakes were used to pressure my ancient martial arts community to the tune of one million yuan each. I'm afraid that if they really get caught this time, they won't be able to get the money back."
Some people who were originally used as pawns are really
problematic.
If you pass it off as a genuine product, it's obviously a financial problem.
And using fake ones as fake ones is obviously money fraud.
"I didn't believe it at first, but now that I heard Xiao Chen say that, I think it's also false."
Fake stuff is definitely worthless, and now that it is out there, it may deceive some people who don’t understand.
Pan Sheng was really pissed off.
He picked up the porcelain and smashed it. Not only was the one million gone, but the authenticity was also revealed.
Picking up the fragments on the ground, the three people took a look and found that they were indeed fake.
The material used to make porcelain can look real on the outside, but it cannot be made on the inside at all. From this point of view, it is indeed fake.
There is no doubt that this is really false.
Pan Sheng felt it was too wasteful, that is, he lost three million.
He wanted to smash the remaining two.
Pan Sheng didn't think any more, and went out with Xiao Chen to his antique appraisal shop. The business here was still good, and people were always bringing things for appraisal.
Of course, if the other party is willing to sell, he can also buy it.
Many times, he and his employees may not be able to identify the problem.
As for the pawn shop he opened next to it.
In this pawn shop, in addition to these antiques, gold and silver jewelry, and even real estate deeds, you can use it to pawn. In addition, if you cannot get it back within a certain period of time, you will definitely be charged relevant fees.
In fact, it is equivalent to borrowing money.
However, the interest collected by Pan Sheng is not very high.
For Xiao Chen, although these are legitimate, they are indeed partial financial businesses.
Xiao Chen didn't want to participate.
If he wants to make money, he has more ways.
After reading it with Pan Sheng, Pan Sheng said: "I heard that Lu Wentian seems to be crazy recently."
"Some time ago, Master Zhou and I saw him at the Jiangzhou Club. He really looked like a madman."
However, Lu Wentian and Pan Sheng have not seen each other for a long time.
However, Zhang Ziwen, from time to time, he saw him going to the antique street to dig out treasures or gamble on stones.
Now that the two have not seen each other for a long time, Pan Sheng is going to treat Xiao Chen to lunch before leaving.
When it was almost time for lunch, the two of them went to Yipintang.
What Xiao Chen didn't expect was that he actually saw Yan Qing, who had not gone to work at the traditional Chinese medicine clinic for two days, hanging out with Zhang Ziwen.