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Chapter 119 You can’t say I’m cheating, right? (Subscribe!)
In a rental house.

The warm morning sun shone through the window, occupying the space of several floor tiles, and fine particles of dust were clearly visible in the beam of light.

The landlady Zhang Xinxin looked at Lin Chuan and nodded solemnly: "Yes, it's the one that Aunt Liu gave me. She seemed to say it was worth tens of thousands of yuan at the time."

"wait for me a while."

Lin Chuan immediately turned around and went to the bathroom to quickly wash up and wake up, then he took the century-old red agate bracelet from the landlady.

This bracelet is composed of 16 red agate beads.

Each one is deep in color and as warm as blood. The surface has become smooth and round, with a delicate feel and no graininess, as if it has gone through the baptism and precipitation of years.

Lin Chuan took it to the window and placed it in the sun.

The red agate beads exude a charming luster, and the texture among them is like a flowing flame, jumping in the golden light. Occasionally, they collide and make a clear and pleasant sound, like a quietly flowing spring.

"Chairman, can you read agate?"

The young landlady came closer to take a look, but couldn't understand it, and a look of confusion appeared on her pretty face.

Lin Chuan looked at the expectation on the landlady's face and said with a smile, "A little bit."

"That's great!"

The young landlady's eyebrows immediately curved into crescents and she revealed a happy smile.

Lin Chuan tapped the young landlady's forehead and thought, fortunately I worked overtime last night and learned new skills, otherwise I would have been stumped by you.

But this string of century-old red agate...

"fake."

Lin Chuan took another look before drawing a conclusion.

"Fake?" The young landlady frowned, looking a little surprised.

Lin Chuan nodded and said "hmm" softly.

In fact, Lin Chuan saw through the clue at a glance, but because the gift giver was Lao Zhang's girlfriend, Aunt Liu, Lin Chuan looked at her a few more times, very carefully, to make sure he was not mistaken.

Otherwise, with Lin Chuan's status as a "master" in the antique and cultural relics circle in the virtual world, he only needs to put it in his hand, touch it lightly, and take a look at it. All the false illusions and evil spirits cannot cover his "eagle eyes and golden pupils".

When it comes to antique counterfeiting, no one can claim the throne before him.

"Chairman, how did you know that?" asked the young landlady Zhang Xinxin in surprise.

Lin Chuan smiled, put the 'Hundred-Year Red Agate Bracelet' in the landlady's hand, and then pointed to the texture: "Look here."

The landlady pursed her lips and said in a delicate voice, "I don't know how to read it. Chairman, can you teach me?"

Lin Chuan was half a head taller than the landlady. He gently rubbed her hair with his right hand and said with a smile, "Who taught you to speak so delicately?"

"It's taught in the guide."

The young landlady smiled, her eyes full of bright stars.

"You don't actually need to read the guide."

Lin Chuan smiled, and then continued to look at the century-old red agate bracelet. "This bracelet was counterfeited with very good technology. It imitates southern red agate, and the color of the agate is changed through heat treatment. This is done very well. You can clearly see that the cinnabar dots are gathered inside, just like the cinnabar red in the century-old southern red agate."

South Red Agate, formerly known as "Red Jade", has a fine and oily texture. It is produced in the Yunnan and Yunnan regions and has a high value for collection.

The young landlady was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Lin Chuan with her clear eyes.

"Why are you looking at me? Look at it." Lin Chuan stopped.

"it is good."

The landlady grinned and said, "Go on, I'm listening."

Lin Chuan tapped the landlady's head and continued, "Whether in terms of color or texture, this bracelet is one of the best imitations, but its texture still reveals subtle clues. Look here."

The young landlady looked in the direction where Lin Chuan pointed.

Agate beads have a very fine granular texture.

Lin Chuan commented: "Cinnabar red Nanhong agate will show a texture similar to flames, which is very enchanting, but the imitations here are not detailed enough, and its aging technique is not up to standard."

The young landlady carefully followed Lin Chuan's method and looked at each bead.

Finally, he curled his lips and put the beads on the table.

Each one is a replica.

"Little landlady, tell me, why does someone want to buy this bracelet of yours?"

Lin Chuan asked as he sat at the table and ate the beef noodles packed by the landlady.

The young landlady curled her lips.

It turned out that a customer wanted to visit the company yesterday and the landlady agreed.

During the visit, the customer accidentally discovered that the landlady was wearing a century-old red agate bracelet and was greatly impressed.

At that time, the young landlady just thought it was a business flattery.

Unexpectedly, this morning, the customer sent a message to the landlady, wanting to buy her century-old red agate bracelet at a high price.

The young landlady felt strange and couldn't make up her mind, so she immediately ran to Lin Chuan for help.

Unconsciously, she became somewhat dependent on Lin Chuan.

"How much is he willing to pay for it?" Lin Chuan asked with a smile on his face.

The landlady extended her slender index finger: "One hundred thousand."

Lin Chuan raised his eyebrows and stopped eating beef noodles: "So, he is quite interested in this bracelet. One hundred thousand dollars, a high price to buy a replica of a hundred-year-old red agate bracelet, quite interesting."

The landlady obviously didn't understand what Lin Chuan said. She frowned and asked, "Chairman, what do you mean?"

Lin Chuan smiled and said cheerfully: "Have you heard of the Antiques Bureau?"

The young landlady shook her head.

I used to be addicted to short videos. After I started a company with Lin Chuan recently, I was planning the company's development and researching "what do 24-year-old men like". How could I know about the Antique Bureau?

"I think you may have come across the Antique Bureau." Lin Chuan said with a smile, and then explained the Antique Bureau to the young landlady.

The Antique Bureau is actually a scam in "The Thousand Gates and Eight Generals".

The market for antiques and cultural relics is very treacherous, and the profit margin is very high, so some people have come up with crooked ways to use antiques and cultural relics as bait to lure people in. Their ultimate goal is basically to pass off imitations as genuine products and sell them at high prices.

His essence is to use human psychology to commit fraud.

Many people are deeply trapped in the antique business and cannot extricate themselves, eventually losing everything they have, or even worse, their wives and children are separated.

"Little landlady, do you understand what I mean?" Lin Chuan said with a smile.

"I kind of get it."

The landlady took a deep breath and said, "That is to say, Aunt Liu might have set a trap for me."

"It is indeed possible, but his purpose and target should not be you, but Lao Zhang." Lin Chuan nodded.

Lin Chuan speculated that in this antique bureau, Liu Qing first used her relationship with Lao Zhang to give the young landlady this century-old red agate bracelet.

Then, another person was arranged to see this century-old red agate bracelet by chance and was willing to buy it at a high price.

Her purpose was actually to use this century-old red agate bracelet to make the young landlady trust her.

Thus, affecting Lao Zhang.

Because the young landlady is the person closest to Lao Zhang.

Liu Qing is very smart.

She had investigated Lin Chuan and the landlady, and knew that neither of them had ever come into contact with antiques and collectibles and knew nothing about them, so she boldly designed such a scheme under the pretext of a "meeting".

The purpose is to get Lao Zhang to take the bait.

at first.

When Lin Chuan came into contact with Liu Qing, he was just a little suspicious and was not 100% sure.

However, now, someone suddenly, by coincidence, wanted to buy the century-old red agate bracelet that she gave to the landlady at a high price. Lin Chuan was sure that she was not really serious about dating Lao Zhang, but wanted to cheat Lao Zhang.

This kind of situation is relatively common in the antique circle.

But for people who are new to antiques, like Lao Zhang, this can be regarded as a dimensionality reduction attack.

"Then what should we do? Should we tell Lao Zhang directly?"

The landlady frowned and asked.

Lin Chuan thought for a moment and shook his head: "Old Zhang may have been trapped now. If we tell him directly, he may not believe it, which will alarm Liu Qing. Let's collect evidence first."

As the saying goes, the authorities are confused, but those who watch are clear.

After years of being single, he longed for a relationship, so he fell in love.

From Lao Zhang's perspective:
His girlfriend gave his daughter a precious century-old red agate bracelet, and someone wanted to buy it at a high price.

This shows that this bracelet is real.

It also shows that his girlfriend really loves his daughter.

As for the word "cheat", it probably just flashed through his mind without leaving any trace.

"This Liu Qing actually wanted to deceive Lao Zhang!"

The young landlady frowned, a hint of anger appeared on her pretty face, and she said angrily.

Lin Chuan rubbed the little landlady and comforted her, "Be patient."

The landlady took a deep breath to calm down her indignation, and then asked, "Chairman, what should we do with this bracelet?"

"Of course it was sold." Lin Chuan said with a smile.

"what?"

The landlady was startled. "It's fake, will the client really accept it?"

"If it's really the Antiques Bureau, of course they will accept it." Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Even if we say we don't know whether it's real or not, they will insist it's real. Besides, how can we collect evidence to tell Lao Zhang if we don't sell it?"

In the rental house, the landlady pursed her lips and said, "What happens after it's sold?"

Lin Chuan thought for a moment.

In his mind, he recalled the memories of antique collectibles in the virtual world.

Subsequently.

Lin Chuan smiled, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth, and said: "If it goes as expected, after we sell it, Liu Qing will soon invite Lao Zhang and you to see a batch of antiques."

"Hehe, bad woman!"

The young landlady Zhang Xinxin clenched her fists, pursed her lips, and said angrily.

"Don't worry, I'll help you vent your anger!"

Lin Chuan rubbed the landlady's head and smiled.

The young landlady raised her head, met Lin Chuan's clear gaze, pursed her lips, and nodded heavily. Looking at Lin Chuan's face with a faint smile, she felt inexplicably at ease.

"How come you know everything?" the young landlady asked curiously.

"Hmm... maybe this is genius."

Lin Chuan smiled.

Only a genius can explain all this.

Otherwise... you can't say that I'm cheating, right?
"Chairman, you are narcissistic!" The young landlady grumbled, but she believed Lin Chuan's words in her heart.

Lin Chuan smiled calmly, then picked up the 'Hundred-Year-Old Red Agate Bracelet' on the table, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

He didn't want to make the landlady worry.

If it were yesterday, he would still be a complete novice when it comes to antiques and collectibles.

But after last night's virtual life experience, he has become a leader in the antique circle!

The highest level of counterfeiting is to create imitations that are more authentic than the real ones, and Lin Chuan is at this level.

As for identification.

It's just a passing thing.

(End of this chapter)