Chapter 6 Identifying Treasures

There is an antique market in G City, which is quite famous, but Yu Wan has never been there.

Firstly, she has no hobby in this area, and secondly, she doesn't have the spare money.

Dealing with antiques is like gambling. If you are lucky, you can become a fortune, but there are more people who lose everything they have.

If Xiaoyao hadn't reminded me, Yu Wan would have been

No one would step into this market.

It takes more than an hour to reach the antique market by car. Above the market hangs a plaque with the Chinese characters [G City Antique Market] written on it.

Yu Wan paid the taxi fare and went in. Inside was a long street that was so long that the end of it was impossible to see. There were all kinds of antique shops on both sides of the street, and there were also stalls at the door, which displayed a wide variety of old items.

Things must be old, otherwise they would be too fake. Although old things are not necessarily real, how can businesses make money without pretending?

I heard that this ancient city still looks like it did in ancient times. Buying antiques here is like going back to ancient times.

There are many women wearing cheongsams walking around the street. I wonder what kind of treasures they are looking for.

Yu Wan just looked around casually. She didn't understand why Xiaoyao asked her to come here. She knew nothing and felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

【Ding Dong! 】

[A message came from the group chat "A Loving Family". 】

Yu Wan quickly clicked it to take a look.

【Xiaoyao: Do ​​you want to try your luck? 】

Yu Wan thought she would tell her the result directly like before, but she didn't expect to let her try it?

"Sister, I call you sister, but I don't know anything. How can I try?"

【Xiaoyao: Then do you believe me? 】

Yu Wan, "Believe me, didn't you tell me to believe you forever?"

【Xiaoyao: What if one day you were asked to give up everything?】

Yu Wan thought for a moment before saying, "That is my fate. It is destined to happen. I accept it."

Anyway, all the money in her card now was earned by Xiaoyao. Without Xiaoyao, she would have nothing to begin with. It can't be said that she gave away everything. At most, it was a process from nothing to getting and then nothing again.

Anyway, it's better than never.

【Xiaoyao: I am worthy of you. I have such an understanding at such a young age. Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Go to the stall of the skinny old man on your right and look around. Then buy the fourth blue and white porcelain plate on the fourth row from the left for fifty yuan.】

As expected, Yu Wan went over and pretended to look at something. Upon seeing that there was a guest, the boss enthusiastically introduced the things to her.

"Miss, do you like this vase? I can give you a discount price."

"Is this vase real?" Yu Wan asked.

Asking means that he is interested. The thin boss looked Yu Wan up and down and began to evaluate. How could he not know whether the things on his stall were real or fake?

If he really had it, would he still set up a stall here? He would have made a fortune long ago.

But this is how the industry works, it all depends on your luck, if you can accept the offered price then buy it, if not then ask for a lower price. If you find out you've been cheated later you can't come back to cause trouble.

This is the rule of the antique market.

"Let me tell you, this is from the Tang Dynasty, and there is only one of it. If you want it, I'll give you this price." The boss held up two fingers.

Of course, Yu Wan would not be so foolish as to think it was two yuan, but she did not understand the market and could not guess whether it was two thousand or twenty thousand yuan.

【Ding Dong! 】

【Xiaoyao: He wants to kill you for two million.】

Yu Wan said in disbelief, "Two million?!!!"

Boss, “It’s already very cheap.”

No wonder they say antiques can be a blessing in disguise. She only has more than two million yuan on her. If she is really cheated, she will have to start all over again.

"Boss, you're such a rip-off. I don't want it anymore." Yu Wan put down the vase and left.

The boss called from behind, "Hey, let's talk it over. If you think the price is not right, you can bargain."

He hasn't taken any orders today, so he has to get off to a good start first.

Yu Wan pointed at the blue and white porcelain plate and asked, "How much is that? If the price is right, I'll take it. Otherwise, I don't want it."

The boss looked over and thought, wow, it was just an inconspicuous plate. He couldn't even remember when he had collected it. No one had taken care of it for so long that he almost wanted to throw it away this morning.

Forget it, it’s not bad to buy a piece of junk. “Fifty bucks, no bargaining, take it if you like it.”

Yu Wan decisively gave fifty yuan and took the plate.

Just as she was about to ask Xiaoyao what to do next, someone called her name.

"benefactor?"

Yu Wan turned around and saw Liu Lianfang and her two friends, looking at her in disbelief.

"Are you here to shop for treasures too?"

Yu Wan nodded, and once reminded the other party, "My name is Yu Wan, you can just call me Yu Wan from now on."

Liu Lianfang didn't care about such details. "We just bought some raw materials and are planning to cut and inspect them. Do you want to go?"

Jadeite gambling stones are also called gambling goods. When it is mined, it is covered with a layer of weathered skin, and it is impossible to know the quality inside. The quality of jadeite can only be known after cutting. It is called gambling stone rough material.

Just as Yu Wan was about to refuse, a message came on WeChat.

【Go ahead and have someone help you identify the goods. 】

The refusal that is on the tip of your tongue becomes, "Okay, if it doesn't bother you."

"You are my savior, how could you be in trouble?" Ms. Liu didn't like to hear this and left her friend to hold Yu Wan's hand.

The two friends at the back had unhappy expressions on their faces, and the originally unharmonious group of three became a group of four, becoming even more lively.

There happened to be an appraiser at the cutting place, but Yu Wan did not take the items for appraisal immediately. Instead, she accompanied Ms. Liu to take the raw materials for cutting.

"If I'm lucky and can cut out a good piece, it will be a perfect gift for myself."

This kind of original jade is much more real than those on the market.

So Ms. Liu often likes to try her luck at the antique market.

【Ding Dong! 】

[Xiaoyao: Her stone is worthless, and it can’t be cut into good pieces.]

Sure enough, the cutting results came out very quickly. The raw material that Ms. Liu bought was just a broken stone and had no value at all.

Although Ms. Liu was frustrated, she was not sad. "One hundred thousand yuan was wasted again. Oh! I think I should not come here to try my luck in the future. Nine out of ten times I fail. It's meaningless."

Yu Wan didn't know how to comfort her and just remained silent.

Ms. Liu's two friends looked at the things in Yu Wan's hand and said, "Your things haven't been appraised yet. There's an appraiser here. Why don't you try it?"

Ms. Liu then remembered, "Yes, you should go and check it out too. I'm a frequent visitor here, and they won't frame you."

Yu Wan was thinking the same thing, so he took out the blue and white porcelain plate.

The appraiser took a prop and examined it. His originally nonchalant expression suddenly became serious.

"Where are you from?"

"I found it, how is it?"

"No, I have to ask my master to come over and take a look. I'm afraid he saw it wrong!"