pappabearbooks Chapter 1120: A small test of skills
Chapter 1120: A small test of skills
"Two thousand and five!"
"Two thousand and eight!"
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Auction prices for mother coins continue to rise, with many guests showing enthusiasm for them.
The mother coin itself is not valuable, but if it is a wrong version of the mother coin, it will be gone if you miss it.
The price of two thousand is just a small amount of money to them.
"Will he really be fooled?" Ke Liang noticed that Fan Jian had not taken action, but was whispering to Xu Tianhua, and felt that Lin Ran had underestimated his opponent.
However, when the price reached [-], Fan Jian finally spoke.
"Five thousand five!"
As Fan Jian joined the bidding, people in the venue became even more excited.
Even the young master of the Fan family participated in the auction, so this must be a valuable item.
Lin Ran glanced at Ke Liang and found that Ke Liang was stunned.
He couldn't help but get angry. This young master was really carefree. Now was the best time to trick people.
He nudged Ke Liang with his elbow and said, "Master Ke, what are you still doing? Hurry up and bid!"
Ke Liang was stunned: "Didn't you say this thing is not valuable?"
"As long as others think it's valuable, have you forgotten what I just told you?" Lin Ran reminded.
Ke Liang suddenly realized it and immediately raised the sign and followed: "Five thousand and eight."
Directly asking for a price that is too high will arouse suspicion.
After Ke Liang put down the sign, Fan Jian immediately followed Liu Qian.
Ke Liang hesitated: "Brother Lin, what do you think the price in his heart is?"
"Just follow the shout. Don't stop if it's less than 8000 yuan."
"What if he doesn't follow?"
"No." When Lin Ran was talking to Ke Liang just now, he hinted intentionally or unintentionally that this was a carved mother coin.
In Lin Ran's memory, Xu Tianhua gave a speech.
In his speech, he laughed at himself for not knowing much about currency.
I once bought a wrong version of currency at an auction, and then took it to a pawn shop with great interest. However, the master recognized it as a fake.
This was the only time he made a mistake, and he never did currency appraisal again.
Although Lin Ran felt a little sorry for Xu Tianhua, he was a relatively forthright and upright treasure appraiser.
But when you choose the people you want to help, you will naturally have no mercy when dealing with your enemies.
The psychological price of an incorrectly engraved coin is eight thousand.
"Okay." Ke Liang raised the sign and followed: "Six thousand and five!"
Putting down the sign, Ke Liang said to Lin Ran: "If I make a loss on this purchase, you have to find a way to help me make up for it later."
He had already risked his life. The Fan family was the biggest enemy of the Ke family, so he did not hesitate to use this method to deceive Fan Jian.
If it were anyone else, he would never do such a risky thing.
Ke Yu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Sister Jiang Li, isn't this worth 7000 yuan in currency?"
"Of course it's not worth it." Jiang Li had already estimated the price of the mother coin without even coming to the stage to check it.
"Is my brother stupid or not?" She looked at Lin Ran in confusion. She had full confidence in Lin Ran's ability to identify treasures, but she didn't expect that he would do such a stupid thing.
Jiang Li closed her eyes and smiled: "Sister Ke Yu, sometimes you can't understand men."
"What does this have to do with men?" Ke Yu said angrily, "There are many boys chasing me in school..."
Ke Liang wiped his sweat. He had already pushed the price to [-].
Fortunately, Fan Jian continued to call seven thousand eight.
Now every step is very cautious, others have given up bidding, and only these two rich second generations are left.
The auctioneer looked at Ke Liang, waiting for his next move.
"Continue." Lin Ran said.
"Eight thousand!" Ke Liang went all out and shouted out the estimate Lin Ran gave him.
"Eight thousand, is there anyone else bidding?" the auctioneer said, "Eight thousand once, 8000 twice..."
Ke Liang's heart was in his throat.
"Brother Lin, didn't you mean..."
"Shh..." Lin Ran signaled him not to be too exaggerated, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Fan Jian wiping his sweat with a handkerchief.
"Eight thousand two!" Fan Jian raised his sign again.
"Okay, stop shouting." Lin Ran made a victory gesture to Ke Liang, and the other party took the bait.
The auctioneer looked at Ke Liang and saw Ke Liang shaking his head. He smiled and said: "Eight thousand two times, eight thousand two times, eight thousand two, deal done!"
As the hammer fell, the auctioneer shouted: "Congratulations, Mr. Fan, for capturing the wrong version of the Yongzheng Tongbao coin!"
Ke Liang was completely exhausted and leaned on the sofa.
"Brother Lin, it's really heart-pounding to play."
"After this auction, his competitiveness has become much smaller." Lin Ran smiled and cheated the other party's price of [-]. Although he didn't know the final scoring method, Fan Jian's score must be ugly. .
Fan Jian did not react, but showed a proud expression.
He seemed to have determined that what he took was a carved mother coin, but the organizer was mistaken.
Lin Ran suddenly remembered something and asked, "Isn't the organizer of this auction Fan Jiang Group?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"Isn't Fan Jian Fan Jiang's son? Why do you feel like he is completely unaware of it?" Lin Ran felt that if it was his own auction, how could he have some inside information?
How could he be fooled around like an outsider?
Ke Liang smiled and said: "In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the organizers behind it are actually people from four families, but the organizer changes every year. After all, the auction needs a gimmick, and Fan Jiang cannot be in the auction. I knew all the information about the exhibits before.”
Only then did Lin Ran notice that all the rich people participating in the competition were the second generation, similar to Ke Liang's age. Of course, there were also people as young as Ke Yu.
But I didn’t see an older person participating.
Is this also an unspoken rule?
However, Lin Ran did not ask out his doubts. Anyway, after the game, Ke Liang would tell him the reason.
As the auctioneer lowered his head, the audience burst into applause.
It does take a lot of courage to spend 8000 yuan to buy an ancient coin.
Ke Yu looked at this scene and then glanced at Jiang Li. He felt that Fan Jian was like a fool. Did he spend so generously without considering the price at all?
Forget it if it's an ordinary auction, it's really stupid to hold a competition like this.
But when she saw Fan Jian cast a mocking look at her brother again, she instantly understood the meaning of Jiang Li's words.
He smiled and said, "Is this what men call competitiveness?"
After Fan Jian finished laughing, he leaned on the sofa and his expression instantly became serious.
"Xu Tianhua, what's going on? Why do I feel like I'm being fooled?" Fan Jian found that Ke Liang didn't have any loser expression and was completely unlike his usual self.
Xu Tianhua whispered: "Master, if it is a carved mother coin, it is indeed worth 8000 yuan, but 8200 is still a bit high..."
"It's just a loss of 200, it doesn't matter." Fan Jian still felt a little uneasy inside.