Of the ten items, nine are fake and one is genuine, and the price is one-third of the market price of the genuine item. This seems to be a promising idea. If you buy a genuine product, you can earn twice as much if you resell it. It is definitely a huge profit, so it can attract many people.
However, after careful calculation, the probability of 1 in 10 is actually very low, and many antiques have deceptive appearances, deliberately making them look fake or real, so I am afraid that there is not even 1 in 10 of them when choosing. The probability is so high. As long as the antique shop does a good job of confidentiality, it will basically make a profit without losing money.
For example, Zhao Xiaobao and Lin Hao are very knowledgeable, but they picked out a total of seventeen or eight items, but only four or five were genuine. After calculating the price, they bought nearly four million for the market price of about three million. items, directly earning about one million. It's just that not many people spend big money on antiques, so it's more difficult to do business. Therefore, antique shops sometimes do not open for three years and last three years after opening.
But Manager Liu just glanced at the products that Su Jing selected, and his whole body felt bad. He stared at Su Jing and thought, could this young man be a secret treasure appraiser
"Manager Liu, can you come and help us calculate the price in person?" Lin Hao said. This store has a good business among antique stores, but it rarely has such a big business, so the clerks are very nervous and have some skills in calculating accounts. Shit, it would be better for Manager Liu to come.
"Okay, no problem." Manager Liu nodded and said. In fact, Lin Hao didn't need to tell him. He had originally planned to calculate the price and collect the money himself, but he was confused for some reason just now. He first calculated the total price for Zhao Xiaobao and Lin Hao, collected their remittances, and then calculated it in his mind and found that he had indeed made a total of about one million. However, when calculating the prices of the items Su Jing selected, he calculated them over and over again, and his face became increasingly ugly. However, for the sake of the store's reputation, after Su Jing remitted the money, he packed all the items and handed them over to Su Jing.
"You've all bought it, why don't you announce the authenticity?" Xiao Rui asked curiously.
"Xiao Rui, the rule of this store is not to announce the authenticity." Lin Hao said with a smile. In the antique industry, some treasure appraisers are not willing to tell the truth. They are more subtle about whether it is true or false, and antique shops are even more It is impossible to say that what you sell is fake, even if the rule of nine fakes and one genuine is there. Whether it is true or false, even if it is sold, it will not be announced.
"Then how do you determine who of you wins and who loses?" Xiao Rui asked.
"This..." Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaobao both realized the problem. Zhao Xiaobao suddenly stood up on tiptoes and looked forward, then trotted over and said in surprise, "Hello, Mr. Song."
"Hello, Xiaobao." A white-haired old man who was observing antiques raised his head and showed a smile when he saw Zhao Xiaobao.
"Mr. Song, we have just selected many items from the Nine Fake and One Real shelf. Can you please take a look and identify them for us?" Zhao Xiaobao said respectfully and politely.
"I was just wondering why all the fake and genuine products on the shelves seem to have been picked out. It turns out that you picked them out. Take me to see them. I heard that there are some new treasures that are very valuable." Song The old gentleman said that he was not actually here to buy anything, but just to take a look. If he really wanted to buy something, the nine-fake-one-genuine shelf would not be open to him and would be blacklisted for him. After all, he is a treasure appraiser. ah. Of course, he and the owner of this store are old friends and would not ruin things like that.
Hearing Mr. Song say that all the genuine products had been picked out, Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaobao were overjoyed. They subconsciously felt that they had picked out all the genuine products, and they would make a lot of money this time.
"Come here." Zhao Xiaobao happily invited Mr. Song over, and Manager Liu didn't say anything about it. Our store's rule is not to announce the authenticity, but we can't stop others from identifying it.
"Please ask Mr. Song to come and identify it, is it okay?" Zhao Xiaobao said to Lin Hao.
"Mr. Song is highly respected, of course there is no problem." Lin Hao nodded.
"Hello, Mr. Song." Su Jing suddenly called out and recognized Mr. Song. He was none other than the one who had been to Su Jing's house with Shen Hong and helped Su Jing identify bamboo and stone pictures and dragons. Xixiang, one of the treasure appraisers at Wanbao Auction House.
"Hey, hello, Mr. Su, long time no see." Mr. Song chuckled.
"Mr. Song knows A Jing?" Lin Hao was stunned. Logically speaking, Su Jing, who does not play antiques, should have no intersection with Mr. Song.
"Haha, Mr. Su picked up a big deal some time ago and spent 10,000 yuan to buy a bamboo and stone picture of Zheng Banqiao worth more than 2 million yuan. I have been envious of it for a long time." Mr. Song said, letting Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaobao , Xiao Rui all gasped, ten thousand yuan to buy something worth more than two million yuan, is this too exaggerated
"Damn it, Ah Jing, have you ever picked up such a big leak?" Lin Hao said in shock.
"It turns out that buying antiques is so profitable." Xiao Rui couldn't help but suddenly changed his view on antiques. Although he was not very interested in antiques, he was very interested in money. Liu Yan and Zhao Xiaobao couldn't help but glance at Su Jing.
"Mr. Song, please help me take a look at these treasures first." Zhao Xiaobao changed the subject and placed several items in front of Mr. Song as if he were offering treasures, including bronze tripods, copper coins, jade carvings...
"Okay, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you a free palm eye." After Mr. Song said that, he took out a magnifying glass and other tools and started to look at it, and then evaluated one by one. As for the genuine product, he said it very straightforwardly, He even estimated the price. Regarding fakes, he spoke relatively tactfully. A layman might not know it was a fake after hearing it, but Lin Hao and Zhao Xiaobao, who are knowledgeable, certainly heard it clearly.
In the final rough estimate, the total value of the items selected by Lin Hao was around 1.6 million, and the total value of the items selected by Zhao Xiaobao was around 1.4 million. There is no doubt that Lin Hao won this gamble.
"Haha, you lost." Lin Hao said proudly. Even though he still lost 200,000 including the 200,000 he won from gambling, the loss of 200,000 was worth it if he could win back Zhao Xiaobao. I was secretly happy in my heart. Fortunately, Ah Jing recommended the cyan porcelain jar. It was a genuine product. The purchase price was 100,000 yuan and the market price was 300,000 yuan. If it weren't for this porcelain jar, he would have lost and would have to give Su Jing a big red envelope later.
"Huh, good luck to you." Zhao Xiaobao looked depressed, but the gambling product was good, so he immediately transferred 200,000 to Lin Hao.
"Don't make any noise." At this time, Mr. Song shouted, and he began to identify the items that Su Jing had selected. He was staring at a bronze mirror, looking at it carefully, his eyes shining.
This made Zhao Xiaobao and Lin Hao stunned. What could actually make the well-informed Mr. Song's eyes light up? Manager Liu turned his head away and stopped looking, his heart bleeding.