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Chapter 386 Immersive Fraud
Lin Ran, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped where he was.
Looking back, Mr. Lei said with an upright face: "It is my duty to help ordinary people understand the value of cultural relics, and it is not worth mentioning."
"Master Gao Yi!" the teahouse owner smiled, "Mr. Lei, actually I also have a treasure that I want you to take care of... I don't know..."
"You can come back tomorrow." Mr. Lei picked up his backpack and prepared to leave.
However, he was invited into the teahouse by the enthusiastic teahouse owner.
I have followed Tang Lanxuan for more than 28 years, and I have never heard of him having a junior disciple.
What's more, Mr. Lei is a charlatan.
Originally, he used his performance to cheat money and had nothing to do with Lin Ran, but it was a bit too much to involve his reputation as a teacher.
It also reminded Lin Ran of something the teacher mentioned when he was at the National Museum.
At that time, he was inexplicably accused of allowing others to use his name to deceive others. No matter how he explained it, the people still refused to accept it.
In the end, in order to appease the public outrage, he was dismissed from his position in the Palace Museum and later joined the National Museum.
Now, Lin Ran finally knew the reason.
Of course I have to stop this.
The customer who just bought the young man's cultural relics returned to the appraisal site.
After the appraisal is over, prepare to leave.
Lin Ran quickly followed him, and he didn't quickly greet him until he left the street.
"Brother, did you just buy the dragon-shaped jade pair?"
The sudden sound startled the man.
He covered the red box tighter and looked at Lin Ran nervously, thinking that he was coming to grab something.
Lin Ran explained: "Brother, don't panic. I am a special researcher from the Palace Museum. I hope to take a look at the dragon-shaped jade pendant in your hand."
He took out his work permit from his pocket that he had previously gone to Sichuan to assist in archeology and had not yet returned.
The man looked at Lin Ran suspiciously, took the work permit nervously, and carefully compared the photo with the real person.
Lin Ran couldn't help but find it funny, but he also found that people in this era were relatively simple.
In the 21st century, if someone comes up to talk to you, you will basically turn around and leave without listening to reasons.
After reading the work permit, he felt slightly relieved.
He opened the box carefully and said to Lin Ran: "Don't try to take it away, I remember your name and workplace."
"Don't worry, it won't happen." Lin Ran replied with a smile.
He looked at the dragon-shaped jade pendant in the box. Its appearance was exactly the same as Mr. Lei's description, but the tail was missing.
After just a short observation, Lin Ran discovered the clues.
During the Warring States Period, jade dragon pendants were a very popular accessory with distinctive characteristics of the times.
The shapes of dragons are all kinds of strange. The jade dragons of Chu State are mostly in C-shaped and S-shaped configurations, which vividly depict the flying and agile dragons.
Decorative jade is often a single jade, while ritual jade is composed of multiple groups of jade.
On the surface, this is part of the ritual jade.
In fact, if you look carefully at the tail, you can see that it was deliberately broken.
The carvings on it were also done deliberately. If Lin Ran had not seen the real thing, it would be difficult to tell the authenticity.
But he has already determined one thing, the dragon-shaped jade pendant in his hand is a fake!
"Brother, I'm sorry to tell you something." Lin Ran returned the jade pendant to the man, shook his head and said, "This is not the real dragon-shaped jade pendant from the Chu Kingdom, it should be an imitation, with signs of being deliberately aged. "
"How much did you spend on this jade pendant?"
The man seemed in disbelief and looked at Lin Ran in disbelief: "What nonsense are you talking about? Mr. Lei has just helped identify it. It is genuine."
"Even if it's genuine, it's still worth less than 2000 yuan." Lin Ran sneered, people are really easy to deceive these days.
He believed others when they said they were genuine and bought them as treasures.
In order to convince him, Lin Ran pointed out the flaws in the jade pendant.
"Have you seen the dragon's beard?" he asked, pointing to a protrusion on the dragon head of the jade pendant.
"Doesn't this mean that the carving is fine?" The man believed in Mr. Lei more than Lin Ran. At least he seemed to have enough experience.
"It's a pity that in all the totems unearthed during the Warring States Period, dragons don't have beards. This is a distinctive style that only formed after the Tang Dynasty." Lin Ran shook his head.
Don't want to explain any more.
The man suddenly looked like an eggplant. He bought this jade pendant from a young man for 1000 yuan.
I originally wanted to make a lot of money, but I didn’t want to be cheated!
1000 yuan is not a small amount of money, and he immediately wanted to confront the young man.
Lin Ran quietly followed him to the stall.
They quarreled in front of the stall and finally refused compensation based on the principle of cutting.
According to the rules of the ghost market, this is indeed the case, and men can only swallow the bitter water in their stomachs.
He understood everything immediately and yelled at the stall owner: "I want to expose your trick!"
"Tch." The stall owner responded with a disdainful expression.
If what he said alone had any effect, people would have seen through them long ago.
Terrible.
They understand this better than ordinary people.
Before returning to the teahouse, the man yelled at the door of the teahouse: "The man named Lei is a liar. The dragon-shaped jade pendant he identified is fake and worthless at all!"
Passersby looked at him like a fool.
Instead, he criticized him heavily.
"It's not your dragon-shaped jade pendant. Why are you anxious?"
"Who are you, who also want to ruin Master Lei's reputation?"
"At first glance, he looked like a gambler who had picked up shit. He was so angry that he lost his temper."
There was laughter all around. In the teahouse, the boss and Mr. Lei were sitting opposite each other, exchanging cultural and entertainment experiences.
When he heard the noise downstairs, and it was someone slandering Mr. Lei, he suddenly became furious and told the waiter: "Get rid of that lunatic."
"Yes!"
So a few burly men walked out of the teahouse, carried the man away from the door of the teahouse, and warned him not to come closer, otherwise he would look good.
The man's face was pale and he sat slumped on the ground with a disappointed expression.
It seems that the teahouse owner has some strength in the local area.
Lin Ran looked up at the teahouse. Next to the seating area, the owner of the teahouse and Mr. Lei were sitting.
An unknown fire suddenly arose in his heart.
Although it was not appropriate to speak out, Lin Ran also knew that it would be difficult for ordinary people's reports to reach the management above the teachers. Only people with certain authority could do so.
According to his speculation, the person who reported the teacher should be a powerful local teahouse owner.
In the antiques industry, using tricks to deceive customers is not actually a violation, it is just taking advantage of the rules.
After all, there is no fixed price in the industry, and being able to sell at a high price is also a skill.
If you have no grievances or grudges, you won't ruin other people's jobs. This is actually a bad rule.
However, the other party used the name of teacher to cheat.
How could I just sit back and watch?
Lin Ran patted the man on the shoulder and said, "You wait here, I will seek justice for you!"