Day 32 of picking up trash

As usual, Yang Liangyue ordered takeout and watched her favorite variety show, "The Villagers' Attack," while eating. She couldn't stop laughing at the lives of the celebrities in the village, which made her eat even more.

Moreover, a new white-haired young man appeared at the end of the first episode of the second season, whose appearance was exactly to Yang Liangyue's liking, so much so that she watched the second episode even more attentively than before.

That's why, when she saw something that looked somewhat familiar on the screen, before her mind could even process it, her hand had already pressed pause.

"This teapot and teacups...aren't they imitations of the Ge ware black-glazed carved plum blossom teapot? They're so realistic!"

Yang Liangyue's ancestors for three generations had been involved in the antique business. Even though she chose fine arts as her major, she knew far more about related matters than others.

It just so happens that her father attended an auction a while ago, where a Ge ware plate appeared. He eventually bought it for a seven-figure price. After returning home, he became obsessed with it for a whole day and almost forgot to eat.

When Yang Liangyue went home for the weekend, she also went to see the plate and studied other Ge ware items. Among them, her favorite was the black-glazed carved plum blossom teapot. Its shape and color scheme are still fashionable today. The combination of black and plum blossoms perfectly showcases a sense of coldness and aloofness.

At that time, Yang Liangyue even went to a DIY pottery shop, hoping to make one herself.

However, given her skill level, the finished products were naturally appalling.

Yesterday, Yang Liangyue, unwilling to give up, even contacted a friend she knew who made replicas of antique crafts to ask if they had the same model.

So how could she not notice when something she had been longing for appeared on a variety show?

Yang Liangyue didn't even care about her takeout or watch the rest of the variety show. She kept replaying this clip, and the more she watched, the more she felt that the tea set was incredibly realistic.

She even took screenshots from several angles and compared them with the original photos she had saved.

Then, the more she looked, the more alarmed she became.

An incredible thought popped into her mind.

This tea set... the more I look at it, the less flawed it seems!

It can't possibly be true, can it?!

Yang Liangyue found her own guess extremely funny.

However, the more she tried to find evidence to prove that the tea set was a fake, the more she realized that she couldn't find any!

However, due to the lighting conditions at the time, she couldn't see some details clearly, so Yang Liangyue didn't dare to draw any conclusions easily.

Besides, if this is genuine, such a complete set, neatly preserved, would be worth at least eight figures!

This is still a conservative, minimum estimate!

So how could anyone not keep such an expensive item safe and instead use it casually to entertain guests?

There probably isn't such a person, right?

In short, Yang Liangyue was determined to get to the bottom of this matter.

Even if it's a counterfeit, she wants to know the evidence to gain more experience in identification.

Thinking this, Yang Liangyue immediately called her father.

"Yueyue, why are you calling all of a sudden?"

"Dad, I sent you a picture. Can you take a look at this?"

"Okay, I'll take a look." Yang Xiuwen teased his daughter as he opened the picture, "Yueyue hasn't asked Daddy for help in a long time, this is quite rare... Hmm? Ge kiln porcelain!"

The moment Yang Xiuwen saw the picture clearly, he became serious.

He zoomed in on the image with two fingers, scrutinizing it inch by inch, making sure not to miss a single detail—every pattern, every curve, every color—of the exposed parts of the porcelain set.

"Yueyue, where did you get this picture from? The lighting is a bit dim."

Yang Liangyue nodded: "That's right, the lighting wasn't very clear, so I couldn't see any traces of it being a fake. That's why I came to find you, Dad."

"Imitation? No, no, no. Based on my research on Ge ware, I suspect this might be the real thing!"

"What?!"

Yang Liangyue was immediately shocked.

"No, Dad, you didn't get it right, did you?! How could this be genuine? Maybe the lighting was too dim and you couldn't see it clearly?"

“Why is it impossible?” Yang Xiuwen rolled his eyes at his daughter on the other end of the phone. “Ge ware is one of the five famous kilns. Do you think I don’t know how it performs on porcelain? Even if the light is a bit dim, look at its color and its patterns. It’s exactly the appearance of a genuine Ge ware!”

"But it looks quite new, not old at all."

"What do you know? The owner of this item must be a connoisseur. They've taken excellent care of it, which is why it looks so new. I wonder who the owner is. It would be great to know them."

As Yang Xiuwen spoke, he thought of the porcelain pieces in his collection room that also needed proper care.

Yang Liangyue paused on the other end of the phone, then had to remind her father of a fact: "But this thing is still being used by its owner to pour hot water to entertain guests."

"What?!"

"Look, you're probably so focused on the tea set that you haven't seen the whole picture. This is a screenshot I took from a variety show I'm currently watching. The show's name is even in the bottom right corner."

"Screenshot from a variety show?"

“Yes, that’s when I noticed it. I was just showing it to you because the people inside were using it to pour water for their guests. I wasn’t sure, so I thought I’d show it to you.” Yang Liangyue said, “I think Dad, you’ve really been fooled this time.”

The way that boy named Najitong served tea to his guests was completely inconsistent with either the evaluation of "a person who takes good care of himself" or "a person who knows his stuff".

Yang Xiuwen was also somewhat dumbfounded.

Could it be that I really misjudged him?

But the performance of this tea set...

Yang Xiuwen fell silent and examined the pictures more carefully, turning them over and over again.

However, the more he looked at it, the more convinced he became that the tea set was genuine.

After a moment, Yang Xiuwen made a decision: "Yueyue, I remember you mentioning that some celebrity shows can bring in investment or something? Can you find out how much money you need to invest so I can take a look?"

Yang Liangyue: "Huh?"

"What? Oh right, was this kind of show filmed a long time ago? Where did they film it? Do you have their contact information? Let's just drive over and find them tomorrow!"

Yang Liangyue knew her father was obsessed with antiques, but she didn't expect him to be so proactive.

but……

What should she do if she herself is starting to feel tempted?

"This show is being filmed and broadcast simultaneously, the production team is still around. Dad, I'll help you make the contact, but there's one condition: you have to take me with you!"

"Okay, I'll take you, as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Yang Liangyue became happy. She immediately hung up the phone and contacted someone.

As for how much it would cost, she wasn't worried at all.

If you don't have money, how could you possibly afford to collect those antiques? Each of these treasures costs tens of thousands.

Yang Liangyue was so busy trying to find a way to contact the production team that she didn't have the mind to watch the rest of the episode.

However, she wasn't in the mood, but her father, Yang Xiuwen, rather clumsily downloaded the video software, found the variety show, and started watching it.

The pictures were just a few images with limited information, so Yang Xiuwen figured that at least the images in the variety show were moving, and he might be able to see something more from them.

Just as he had thought, after watching the scene of the tea set appearing several times, Yang Xiuwen became more and more convinced that it was the real thing and became more and more determined to see the real thing with his own eyes.

After watching this clip, Yang Xiuwen, still hoping that the tea set might appear again later, continued watching.

Upon seeing this, he almost jumped up.

What caused him to lose his composure was the scene where the little robot brought him lunch.

Unlike the barrage of "Holy crap!" comments, Yang Xiuwen's eyes were glued to the plate of food.

A Ru ware celadon lotus-patterned plate! A Ru ware double-fish plate with underglaze blue decoration! A Jun ware begonia-red jar! An enamel-painted floral bowl! Even the chopsticks and spoons next to it are blue and white porcelain!!!

There wasn't a single ordinary item in this entire food box!

Even the enormous food box that contained them, based on Yang Xiuwen's knowledge of wooden antiques, he could vaguely sense that it was no ordinary item.

Looking at these items from different eras and in different styles, Yang Xiuwen's breathing became heavy.

No matter how many times he looked at them, the various features of these porcelain pieces seemed to be telling him: I am real.

If all of this is true...

Watching the dishes on the show getting wet and oily, and being bumped and knocked over during the process of picking up food and clearing away bowls, Yang Xiuwen felt his heart jump into his throat!

When he saw that Xu Jing was casually washing the dishes with detergent and even trying to find a steel wool pad to make them cleaner, Yang Xiuwen felt his blood pressure soar!

Stop! You good-for-nothing, stop it!!!

Unfortunately, no matter how much he shouted from this side of the screen, he couldn't change the fact that the bowls and plates on the screen were treated the same as ordinary modern handicrafts.

For a moment, Yang Xiuwen didn't even know whether he wanted these things to be real or not...

Long after the camera left the scene and confirmed that the white-haired boy hadn't appeared on camera again that afternoon or the next day, Yang Xiuwen, now much calmer, picked up the phone and started calling his old friends.

"Hey, Lao Li, I saw two Ru ware pieces here, can you take a look?"

"Brother Wang, this is me, Lao Yang. You're quite knowledgeable about Jun ware, right? I'll send you something to take a look at."

"Brother Lin..."

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The little robot was unaware that a group of people were about to arrive. Early the next morning, he brought Mi Xia steamed buns and retrieved the cleaned food container. However, he didn't give her the shopping list as promised.

The main problem was that when the little robot went back to make a list, it realized that it was missing one important item from the list of things it needed to buy.

—The money of this world.

He certainly wouldn't let humans help him pay; there's no such thing as "borrowing money from humans" in robot programming.

So the little robot could only tell Mi Xia that it still needed to make some preparations and that it would come back to ask for her help once it was ready.

The little robot then searched for specific types of trash, and combined with the trash it had collected earlier, and after some operation, a computer identical to the one in this world appeared in front of it.

He secretly observed the computers on the production team and created this; it was no challenge for him at all.

With the computer of this world, and by capturing a segment of the signal waves of this world, the little robot's computer can be used just like other computers in this world.

Furthermore, due to the enormous technological gap, the little robot will not be stumped by any level on this global network, and it can easily obtain any information it wants.

Fortunately, the little robot's program didn't include the concept of "illegality." It simply looked up the price of the equipment it needed online and how to obtain it.

Then he began to consider how he could obtain at least one million in this world.

He thought about it and realized that besides the garbage in the recycling bin, only his "database" was valuable.

He looked through the world's most well-known companies in waste disposal equipment, compared and selected the most suitable one, and sent them an email.

To ensure its emails aren't deleted as spam and to be more efficient, the little robot prioritizes its own emails.

In the email, the little robot outlined the upgrade direction of the other company's current main technology products, as well as fully feasible upgrade and improvement methods.

This was very easy for him.

If the world's technology were more advanced, he would have had even more ways to upgrade this product into a so-called super black technology.

Of course, the little robot didn't write out all the content; it only provided a small portion of the data. The core and major information would be given out during the transaction.

The little robot thought, "This should be enough to earn enough money, right?"

If the other party doesn't pay, you can exchange equipment directly.