pappabearbooks Chapter 1439: Do you understand the contract?
Chapter 1439: Do you understand the contract?
Seeing that Lin Ran really noticed something unusual, Jiang Li was a little surprised and asked quickly.
The entire inner and outer surface of the pot is engraved with patterns. Although it is slightly damaged, the blue and white pattern can still be seen.
"What's going on?" Hongda asked in surprise, because he knew Lin Ran's identity. If he thought it was a fake, the probability of it being a fake was naturally very high.
Lin Ran actually didn't dare to think it was a fake, but he could try the identification method.
So I flipped the dragon pattern inside to show it to the side.
When everyone saw it, they were even more confused. It was just an ordinary texture. Is there any difference?
At this time, Lin Ran took a chopstick from the table and stuffed it inside.
This action shocked Hongda, and he wanted to stop it immediately, because this Yuanyang teapot was worth a lot of money. What if it got scratched?
"I want to confirm something." Lin Ran put the chopsticks in and rubbed them on the green edge. Hong Da felt his heart bleed.
In fact, there are some mottled and cracked surfaces on the internal surface. These are traces of time and are rare to see. However, if they are caused by artificial wear of chopsticks, then the gain outweighs the loss.
Of course he was overthinking it. How could the chopsticks leave marks on it? What Lin Ran wanted to confirm was just one other thing.
After rubbing the texture on it with chopsticks for a while, I found a clue.
Then he took out the chopsticks, and Hongda immediately took the Yuanyang Pot into his hands for observation. Fortunately, Lin Ran's abrupt move did not cause any damage to the internal structure.
"Mr. Lin, why are you doing this? Is there any loophole in it?" Hongda still didn't understand.
But seeing Lin Ran's actions, Jiang Li was thoughtful.
"Could it be caused by man?" Jiang Li asked.
Lin Ran nodded, then looked at Xu Tianhua, who also made the same move.
Of course the three people in the industry knew what was going on, but to others, it was just a pantomime and they had no idea what they were doing.
Lin Ran did not reveal the answer directly, but asked: "Fan Jian, how come you know this imitation so well? Could it be produced by your family?"
This kind of flaw cannot be discovered by ordinary people.
Hearing this, Fan Jian became furious: "What do you think our Fan family thinks? Even I can see such fake antiques so clearly, how could it be made by our family."
"That's incredible!" Lin Ran said, pointing to the mandarin duck pot in Hong Da's hand, "I can't tell the authenticity of this mandarin duck pot from its appearance. When did Mr. Fan have such good taste?"
The contempt in his words was clearly evident.
If Fan Jian hadn't copied it, how could he have so confidently confirmed that it was a fake?
Lin Ran seemed very curious, waiting for Fan Jian to reveal the answer to the matter.
"Nonsense! Spreading trouble!" Fan Jian was furious, but he didn't know how to explain or why this happened. When he met Lin Ran, he always suffered the disadvantage of being mute and unable to speak out.
Fortunately, Xu Tianhua quickly took over and said, "Mr. Lin, you misunderstood. This is not a fake from the Fan family. The antique city owned by the Fan family is only responsible for buying and selling, not production."
"What did you tell him?" Fan Jian glared at him and asked Xu Tianhua to speak directly.
Does he still need to explain to Lin Ran?
Now that Fan Jiandu said this, Xu Tianhua could only smile awkwardly and said: "Of course it is not a fake made by the Fan family, but this fake is indeed closely related to the Fan family."
"Wait a minute, what's the problem?" Hongda felt that as the owner, he had been reduced to a pure outsider at this time, and what others said was cloudy.
He couldn't see any problem with the dragon pattern Lin Ran mentioned.
Lin Ran stopped pretending and directly revealed the answer.
"There is a problem with the dragon pattern in writing, it is not like the Qing Dynasty style." Lin Ran said, "Moreover, it is not directly engraved on it, but the pattern is carved directly on the embryo with a carving knife."
Jiang Li suddenly understood, and Xu Tianhua also nodded.
"I see, Mr. Lin has a sharp eye." Xu Tianhua said with admiration, "I only thought something was wrong, but I didn't expect that it was a problem with the carving! I admire it!"
First of all, the Yuanyang Pot is a water vessel forged from pure silver, not copper.
It is expensive and extra care must be taken during the forging process.
Therefore, it is poured in advance before forging, so that it will not be engraved later.
Having said that, being able to engrave it directly was also done by a master.
If he really does this, first of all, this person's palms are already very slender, and secondly, he must be very familiar with his own techniques.
But with this kind of craftsmanship, in this era where skilled craftsmen are needed, there is no need to forge fakes. Once caught, you will face about ten years in prison, which is not worth the gain.
"Where did you get this thing?" Lin Ran also asked seriously.
Generally speaking, the trading of antiques is a private behavior, and you are not willing to tell others, whether you are picking up items or buying them home for collection.
How would you let others know?
Moreover, the other party deliberately came to make things difficult for him. It was not obvious that someone deliberately framed him.
Fortunately, Mr. Huo is here and can do justice for him.
Deng Yunjin was hesitant just now and didn't dare to speak, but now, knowing that there is indeed something wrong with the Yuanyang Pot, he became more forceful in his speech.
"Old Hong, what else do you have to say now?"
The subscription agreement they signed earlier mentioned that if they got a fake product, the buyer would be required to compensate a hundred times.
Hongda didn't know how to answer for a moment, and his face turned pale with anger.
Lin Ran and Xu Tianhua both identified it as a fake, and it was basically confirmed.
Regardless of the reason for his misunderstanding, the Yuanyang Pot finally fell into his hands. According to the terms of the agreement, he should indeed compensate Deng Yunjin a hundred times, that is, 30 yuan.
Seeing that Hong Da was speechless for a moment, Deng Yunjin even got angry.
"Boss Hong, you don't care about what's written in black and white, right? Then we have to discuss it in court." He was speechless just now, but now he can finally feel proud.
The so-called taking advantage of someone's illness to kill someone, Deng Yunjin showed the villain's face to the fullest.
Hong Da was about to accept his fate, but was stopped by Lin Ran.
"Wait a minute, even if this is a sample, there is something wrong with the subscription agreement you signed." Lin Ran guessed right, the other party was really here to cause trouble.
As early as when he entered the door, he was sure that it was a fake and it was aggressive in every aspect.
It's a pity that the level of the treasure appraiser he brought was too low and he couldn't see the problem at all.
Now, after two master treasure appraisers gave him advice, he dared to say these words.
However, Lin Ran actually questioned the subscription agreement.