Chapter 5: Eight Hundred Thousand

  "I want to sell something." Shang Guan smiled slightly, took out a jade pendant, which was one of the Pakistani jades he had bought at Bao Xuan before. But now, upon closer inspection, its color was like snow, its texture was fine and smooth, its luster was moist and glossy, just like solidified fat, it was clearly a high-quality sheep's milk white jade pendant. The craftsmanship was also quite delicate, which subtly increased the value of the jade.

  The salesgirl also seemed to have some discerning eye, and after a closer look, her face suddenly showed a surprised expression: "Sir, are you selling this jade pendant?"

  "Isn't it free?" Officer He smiled and said.

  "No...not yet, please wait a moment, I'll go inform the boss." The girl's tone became unusually polite, even with a hint of respect, and Shangguan Yiren knew that this was all due to the value of the jade pendant.

  "You're welcome."

  The salesgirl asked the sales staff at other counters to help look after her counter, and then hurriedly went upstairs. After a while, a middle-aged man in his fifties and the salesgirl came down from upstairs. The salesgirl said to the middle-aged man: "Boss, it's this gentleman who wants to sell the jade pendant."

  "Oh." The middle-aged man took a glance at Shang Guan Nian, hmm, everything about him was just average, his height was okay, but he was too skinny, and his clothes weren't of good quality either, very ordinary. But the little girl beside him seemed to be somewhat interesting.

  The middle-aged man took a glance at both Officer Neng and Liu Yilan, then rushed to Officer Neng with a slight smile, extending his hand: "Hello, I'm Li Zhiheng, the boss of Qibao Inn. What's your honorable surname, young brother?"

  "My surname is Shangguan." Mr. Shangguan stretched out his hand and shook hands with Li Zhiheng.

  "Discovered D-level appraisal ability, host's ten abilities are full, cannot absorb."

  D level?

  Shangguan Nengren was extremely surprised, "Only D-grade?"

  "So it's Young Master Shangguan. Hello, I heard you're selling a jade pendant?" Li Zhiheng asked.

  Suppressing the astonishment in his heart, Upper Official Able Person took out the jade pendant and swung it back and forth in front of Li Zhiheng, saying: "Is it convenient?"

  Although it was just a glimpse, Li Zhiheng still took a deep breath and nodded hastily: "Convenient, little brother follow me upstairs, let's talk in detail."

  "Trouble you, Boss Li." Officer Shang smiled slightly, but the unexpectedness in his heart did not diminish.

  He was unexpected, because he knew that Li Zhiheng was not only the boss but also a prestigious appraiser who rarely made mistakes. But unexpectedly, the domestic first-class appraiser turned out to have only D-level appraisal skills, which was unbelievable.

  After a moment of contemplation, Shangguan Nian thought back to the first time he entered the study space. The system's voice prompt had said that among his ten abilities, most were below B-level in this world. Could "Fabrication" be one of them?

  If that's the case, then correspondingly, with low-level forgery skills, their ability to appraise antiques can't be high either. After all, the level of abilities in this era is based on future standards, and compared to the future, the abilities of this era naturally can't compete.

  A concept conversion, and everyone understood that the top domestic appraiser is only a D-level ability. By analogy, even if it's a contemporary top-notch appraiser, I estimate it would be at most C-level.

  This result made Officer Guan let out a big sigh of relief. With this, D-level forgery skills are more than enough in this era, absolutely sufficient!

  As for saying that the superior can fake and deceive people, has he lost his conscience? Please, antiques are this kind of thing, originally it's just a matter of mutual consent.

  You got cheated, it's your luck to get a bargain. It doesn't matter if you have a good conscience or not. The fact that antiques can be genuine or fake is what makes them more charming. Otherwise, the antique market would just become an ordinary shopping mall with clear prices, what's the fun in that?

  If Li Zhiheng's eyesight is exceptionally good and he recognizes this as a fake jade, then the governor will be convinced. But if Li Zhiheng can't tell, then sorry, it's just paying tuition fees! For someone who has been playing with antiques for half their life, this little tuition fee doesn't count for much.

  Li Zhiheng led Officer Sang and Liu Yilan to a small partition on the upper floor. The partition was very simple, with only one table and several chairs. Li Zhiheng pulled over a chair and smiled: "Young brother, and this young lady, please sit down."

  "Thank you." Xiang Guan Nengren and Liu Yilan expressed their gratitude, and sat down face to face with Li Zhiheng.

  Li Zhiheng looked at Shang Guan Nengren and coughed: "Young brother, that jade pendant..."

  Shangguan Nengren smiled slightly, took out the jade pendant from before and placed it on the table: "Let Li Boss take a look! I believe with Li Boss's discerning eye, you'll know whether it's genuine or fake at first glance."

  "Haha, little brother has taken it, wait a moment." Li Zhiheng picked up the jade pendant and examined it carefully, flipping it over and feeling some of the less noticeable areas with his hand. After about half a minute, Li Zhiheng took a deep breath and sighed: "What a great thing! Absolutely top-grade Hetian sheep fat white jade, only unfortunately the craftsmanship is not top-notch, otherwise it would be a priceless treasure, what a pity."

  "Ah!?" The little loli exclaimed: Top-grade sheep fat white jade? Isn't it Pakistani fake jade?

  Shangguan Nengren smiled slightly and felt relieved in his heart. He asked: "Li Laoban, what do you think this piece of jade is worth?"

  "Hmm..." Li Zhiheng lovingly stroked the jade pendant, extending two fingers: "A flat price, 2 million."

  "Ah!? 20... 200,000!?" Little Lori stared at Li Zhiheng with a dumbfounded expression: This... this uncle can't be blind, right? Clearly it's an ordinary jade pendant worth 80 yuan, how did it become 200,000 in his hands?!

  Shangguan Nengren smiled slightly and took out another jade pendant from his bag, as well as two bracelets, all of which were white in color, fine in texture, smooth in luster, and shaped like solidified fat.

  "This......this......" Li Zhiheng's eyes widened in shock, his hands trembling with excitement, almost dropping the jade pendant he was holding.

  Shangguan Nengren smiled slightly: "Let Li Boss take a look again. If there's no problem, these four pieces will all belong to Li Boss."

  Li Zhiheng looked at Shang Guan Nengren, took a deep breath, picked up the other three pieces and examined them carefully. Finally, he took another deep breath: They were all top-grade sheep fat white jade, unfortunately, they fell short in terms of craftsmanship, otherwise their value could have been multiplied several times. What a pity!

  Li Zhiheng, as an expert in appreciation, felt heartbroken to see the four good jade pieces wasted in the hands of a third-rate carver.

  "No problem." After verifying that everything was correct, Li Zhiheng placed the four pieces of jade on the table and nodded heavily: "Four items, 800,000. If you agree, little brother, we can make the payment and complete the transaction now."

  "Alright, trouble Li boss to give me 1 million in cash, and then transfer the remaining 7 million into my bank account. If there's no problem, these four items will be yours."

  Li Zhiheng excitedly nodded repeatedly, immediately went to fetch 100,000 cash and a card reader, and 800,000 RMB instantly entered Shang Guan Neng's purse.

  When the superior confirmed the account bound to the mobile phone, he nodded and pushed the four pieces of Pakistani jade worth 320 yuan in front of Li Zhiheng, stretched out his hand and smiled: "Mr. Li, nice doing business with you."

  Li Zhiheng quickly followed up with a handshake: "Nice doing business with you, little brother. If you have any more good stuff in the future, be sure to come to me and I'll give you the best price."

  After completing the transaction, Li Zhiheng even changed his tone of address. A single phrase "old brother" instantly brought their relationship closer, which was also Li Zhiheng's way of dealing with people for many years.

  "Haha, then thank you, big brother." Xiang Guan was delighted in his heart.

  Damn it! You're worth over 800,000 yuan but you only gave me more than 300 yuan, and you still have the nerve to say thank you? You're even more shameless than Fan Shi'er.

  Shangguan Nengren is really too much, he was clearly the one who did it, but in his heart, he ridiculed Li Zhiheng for being stupid.

  Pakistan jade turns into sheep fat white jade, all this is the work of Dafa!

  Shangguan Nengren infused a thread of magical power into the white jade in Pakistan, causing a huge change in the quality of the entire jade, even Li Zhiheng, a first-class appraiser in the country, was blinded.

  No wonder Li Zhiheng was taken aback, the Pakistani jade that had been infused with law energy was indeed almost indistinguishable from top-grade sheep fat white jade in terms of quality and appearance. If there was any difference, it would be that the Pakistani jade was slightly more fragile than real sheep fat white jade.

  If the destructive power that a genuine sheep fat white jade can withstand is 10, then this Pakistani reconstituted jade only has 7. Except for these three differences, it is completely a real sheep fat white jade. If one does not have absolute research and authority as a top expert on sheep fat white jade, they absolutely cannot discover it.

  Even the officials who are proficient in identifying jade today can hardly tell the difference between Pakistani reconstituted jade and real Hetian white jade, unless they smash the jade on the ground, so that the fake ones lose their disguise and the true and false ones are distinguished.

  But the 'top-grade sheep fat white jade' worth 200,000 yuan, can't even be carefully preserved, who would be stupid enough to smash it on the ground? Even billionaires don't squander money like that.

  800,000! Far exceeding what the superior officers and men had initially expected.

  With 100,000 cash in hand and a bank card with 700,000 deposit in his wallet, it's not even nine o'clock yet. From eight o'clock this morning to now, in less than an hour, Shangguan Nengren has transformed from a 'thousand-yuan loser' to an 'eighty-million-strong general', the ups and downs of life are too fast, too thrilling.

  Until they walked out of the antique market gate, Xiao Luoli, who had been holding back for a long time, finally couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what's going on? This is too unbelievable."

  The most shocked person in the whole event was Xiaoluo, as the only witness from beginning to end. She saw with her own eyes how Shang Guanren bought four pieces of poor-quality Pakistani jade decorations for a few hundred yuan and then sold them for 800,000 yuan.

  It's not that little girls don't understand, it's just that this world is too crazy.

  Shangguan Nian's smile was faint: "You find it unbelievable, don't you?"

  The little loli nodded and shook her head: "Not only is it unthinkable, but also a bit like a fantasy, I'm a bit suspicious if it's just a dream?"

  "Arabian Nights?" Officer Nang Ren rubbed his chin: "You say that, it really does seem a bit like it."

  The little loli's heart was like a cat scratching, feeling itchy and uncomfortable: "Big brother, how did you do it? Making money is too easy! The boss of that Qibaozhai doesn't look like an idiot!"

  Shangguan Nengren burst out laughing: "He's certainly not a fool, and he's also a well-known appraiser of antiques throughout the country. In over a decade, he can count on one hand the number of times he's been deceived. Under his leadership, Qiguan Zhai is also one of the top powers in the entire North China industry."

  "What's going on here?" Little Loli couldn't bear the itchiness anymore: "Big brother, tell me, okay? I'm really curious."

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