"Okay, let me take a look first."
Xia Xu smiled, lowered his head and continued to look through other things.
Qian Longcixi is a character from the Aquamarine Planet, so it is not a typo. There is no need to introduce who he is comparing to, as their experiences are not much different.
But as for the signature, Qian Long is fine, but Cixi was not really an emperor like a certain female emperor surnamed Wu, so it was definitely not a signature with a reign title. Even a novice like him in antiques could tell it was a fake at first glance.
Of course, Xia Xu didn't come here to identify antiques. He just wanted to find a bargain through the plot. So although he seemed to be looking through antiques, he was actually looking at the attribute panel of the old man on the construction site.
Name: Qian Chenghe
Life Level: 1
Fate potential: [Supporting role: "The Dying Man"]
Talent potential: Disguise (2 stars); Bewitching (1 star); Antique Appreciation (1 star)
Special: None
Obsession: Don’t be found.
Favorability: 0
This is the property panel of the old man at the construction site.
First of all, there is no doubt that the old man at the construction site was not the builder who had really dug up antiques as he had previously guessed, but a classic old man at the construction site who was a habitual scammer.
This can be confirmed by looking at the talents, there is a one-star talent for bewitching, and there is even a two-star talent for camouflage.
If it weren't for the fact that the characters in the plot seemed to only show the fate of the plot, he had no doubt that the old man at the construction site must have the potential to be a swindler.
However, the last one, the talent for appreciating antiques, did surprise him a little. He never thought that this old man actually had some real talent.
How could Zhang Jianmin actually get a bargain from someone who knows the business
Although it is only a one-star level, according to his understanding, as long as there is talent, it is not low. After all, people without talent can be mediocre in various professions, and anyone with talent is naturally better than mediocre people.
But this is not a problem for Xia Xu.
Just take a look and you will know how Zhang Jianmin got the chance.
His eyes were fixed on [Supporting Role: "The Dying Man"], and sure enough, a new part had been added to the text that Zhang Jianmin had seen last time.
"The Dying Man": An old man dressed as a construction worker stopped Zhang Jianmin and tried to sell him antiques he had just dug up. Zhang Jianmin had no interest at first, but suddenly stopped when his eyes fixed on a statue of Guanyin Buddha.
With the idea of praying to the gods and Buddha before he died, he decided to buy the Guanyin statue. After bargaining for a while, he finally negotiated a price with the old man. Just as he was about to buy it, he was stopped by an antique expert who happened to be walking nearby...
Another abrupt end to the ellipsis.
Now when Xia Xu sees this symbol, he feels annoyed, and the degree of disgust is second only to the rows of question marks.
"Antique expert, what I mean is that the supporting role of this scene is still missing an important character, so we can't see the subsequent plot related to it..."
After understanding the reason, Xia Xu felt helpless.
The plot of the dying man is actually quite clear. Based on the plot routine, he can roughly guess that the scene with the old man at the construction site should indeed be about picking up a bargain.
However, the character did not use the scam of the old man at the construction site to reverse the routine and meet the real construction worker, but rather he succeeded in finding a bargain from the habitual criminal like the old man at the construction site because of luck. The role of the antique expert must have been to set off and strengthen the plot of finding a bargain.
But the problem is that if you don't see this character, you can't see the subsequent plot. Although the probability is very high, from the current plot summary he can't be 100% sure that Zhang Jianmin got the leak through the Guanyin statue, and he can't even be sure that this is definitely a leak plot.
Even if all of the above were true and his guesses were correct, he still had no way of knowing how Zhang Jianmin made money from selling the Guanyin statue, and no way of knowing where the "leak" was.
Qian Chenghe has a first-rate talent in appreciating antiques, and he works in the same line of work. It is no exaggeration to call him an expert. It is not so easy to get a bargain from him.
The fact that he was able to sell this Guanyin statue means that it can be basically confirmed that this thing cannot be real. If he were forced to make a mistake and antique experts were unable to identify it, the plot would be too ridiculous. Therefore, the real value is most likely other aspects rather than the "antique" itself.
"Well, there is no such thing as an absolutely risk-free business in the world. It's just that the probability of error is so small that it can be ignored. Buy it first and see."
Even though he felt a little uncomfortable, he certainly couldn't just give up on such a business with negligible risk, so he decided to buy it first and see what happens next. At worst, he could just buy all of it.
Buy it back and study it slowly. If you still can't figure it out, you can come back and look for the antique expert in the plot. Since the introduction says that he is a resident who walks around here, you will definitely run into him if you look for a few more days.
"Uncle, how much is this Guanyin?"
Xia Xu made up his mind and looked through several items on the stall. Finally, his attention naturally fell on the statue of Guanyin.
"Hey, you little brat, what do you mean by how to sell it? This is a Buddha statue, you have to buy it."
After hearing this, Qian Chenghe still looked superstitious and angry, and scolded him.
Xia Xu acted nonchalant and said, "Hey, I just bought it for fun, not to be used as a decoration. Why are you asking me to pay? You dug it out anyway, so just name your price."
"Then I won't ask you for more, Ba Wan."
Qian Chenghe was also showing off his acting skills, with a look of dissatisfaction and impatience on his face, making the number eight with his right hand.
"No, Boss, you don't really want to buy it, do you?"
Before Xia Xu could say anything, Yang Bowen got anxious when he heard the price and tried to dissuade him, "This thing is obviously fake. I've seen similar ones at my relatives' houses before."
"That's right, young man. This thing is fake at first glance. It's just a modern craft, from the 1960s or 1970s at most. If you spend tens of thousands of dollars on it as an antique, you're really being taken advantage of."
Just at this moment, an old voice took over the conversation.
Qian Chenghe was unhappy when he heard that: "Hey, what do you mean? Why are you throwing mud at me? I dug these out of the ground with my own hands, how could they be fake?"
Xia Xu was delighted when he heard the reminder behind him. Turning around, he saw an elegant old man with gray hair, wearing a black gown and flowered cloth shoes.
Name: Lin Zhengping
Life Level: 1
Fate potential: [Supporting role: "The Dying Man"]
Talent potential: Antique appreciation (3 stars); calligraphy (1 star)
Special: None
Obsession: I hope my spouse can get better soon, please don’t…
Favorability: 5
Opening the attribute panel of the old man in the black coat, Xia Xu laughed.
"Uncle, thank you for reminding me. I didn't intend to buy it seriously. I just happened to see it and bought it as a work of art to be worshipped."
Xia Xu returned a kind smile to Lin Zhengping, then quickly stopped Qian Chenghe, who was furious and seemed to be about to roll up his sleeves and fight, and said, "Let's talk it over, let's talk it over."
After stopping Qian Chenghe, he smiled and said, "Old man, you are a little bit unkind. Do you think I'm stupid? The broken doll on the ground has a "Cixi Nianzhi" printed on it. It's all fake at first glance. Let alone 80,000, even 800 is too expensive for me.
How about this, 400 yuan? Take it if you can, and just treat it as a start-up."
"Impossible, you just listen to his nonsense. My Guanyin statue is a genuine old item."
Qian Chenghe looked angrily: "Four thousand, the lowest price. If it's any less, I won't be able to explain to my coworkers. If you want to buy it, buy it. If you don't want to buy it, forget it."