133: A counterfeit goods competition? Is Da Sanjiang in your group?
As soon as he approached the Wishing Pool, Chen Kai saw a golden glow emanating from within the pool in the venue.
Chen Kai rubbed his hands in excitement and quickly locked onto the location of the copper coin among the thousands of coins.
He immediately climbed down into the Wishing Pool, took the various cleaning tools in his hands, and began to clear the algae around the pool.
To say he could just take the copper coin and leave wasn't very realistic; the intention would be too obvious.
He could only clean the pool and then use his old routine to quit.
He used a small scraper to scrape the algae off the smooth wall of the pool from one side; with one stroke, the algae slid off.
He slowly moved his feet, walking to the corner where the copper coin was.
He looked up and glanced around, and after confirming that no one was paying attention to him and there were no surveillance cameras overhead, he slowly bent down.
He simply sat right down on the pile of money.
The copper coin was located on the right-angled edge of the square Wishing Pool, so he sat against the right-angled edge and slowly moved over with his hand.
He grabbed the copper coin and, without hesitation, stuffed it directly into his pocket.
He also took the opportunity to grab a couple handfuls of coins, only stopping when his pockets were packed full.
Just kidding, he should thank nature for its gift; he could take whatever he wanted. If he didn't take it, wouldn't he just be pretending to be high and mighty?
He understood what the manager meant; if you ask, you can't take it. But the leaders didn't have a specific concept of the amount of money in the Wishing Pool.
As long as you don't ask, can't you just take it?
After grabbing two big handfuls, he laboriously shoveled all the coins into a small red bucket.
After finishing the cleaning, he slowly climbed out of the Wishing Pool, took off his uniform, and returned everything to the staff center, taking the opportunity to grab two more handfuls on the way and stuffing them into another pocket.
Just as he walked into the staff center, the management staff was stunned.
"Oh! You finished so fast! You really are a promising talent. How about it? This job isn't bad, right? Do you want to try cleaning the fiberglass today? The diving suit is already prepared."
A staff member said curiously, looking through the glass door at the Wishing Pool; it was cleaned so cleanly.
"No, thank you. This job is too tiring. Maybe forget it; I'm not really suited for it."
Chen Kai put the bucket in the staff center, returned all the equipment, and quickly ran off.
Not until he was out of the Aquarium did Chen Kai take out the coins from his pocket and find the copper coin among the pile of coins.
Because it had been soaking in water, there were some rust stains on the copper coin.
"I don't know if this will affect its resale value."
Chen Kai muttered to himself, and just as he was about to get on his Electric Scooter, he received a message from Tang Yunshu.
He immediately opened WeChat to take a look.
【Tang Yunshu: Brother, I bought in yesterday at 1430 per share. Today, it went up by ten yuan per share. I'll report back to you, Brother, when there's more growth~】
【By the way, we can go out and play this weekend~~】
Chen Kai checked the date; it was Wednesday. There shouldn't be anything going on in two days, as long as he didn't go out on the day of selling the maotai liquor Stocks.
He immediately agreed and rode his Electric Scooter towards Yunshang Pavilion.
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In less than half an hour, he slowly parked his Electric Scooter at the entrance of Yunshang Pavilion.
Through the glass door, he saw Zheng Liu Chang furrowing his brows in distress, holding two copper coins in his hands and constantly comparing them.
It seemed he was looking for any differences.
He immediately pushed the door open and walked in, "What's up, stumped by fake goods again?"
Zheng Liu Chang wrinkled his face into a bitter expression and let out a long sigh.
"That's not it; I'm just stumped by the Appraisal Contest hosted by the Antique Dealers Association."
"Oh? They're asking you to distinguish between real and fake?"
Chen Kai sat down and fixed his eyes on the two copper coins in his hands.
Even he, as a layman, could tell at a glance that they were fake.
They completely lacked the texture of a real copper coin; it was obvious at first glance that they had been artificially aged.
To the point where they were ridiculously fake.
One of the copper coins looked like it was made of plastic.
"Isn't this obviously fake? Even a layman could tell."
Chen Kai pointed to the copper coin he was holding in his right hand.
"Yeah... it's exactly because it's too fake that anyone can tell at a glance."
Zheng Liu Chang looked miserable and shook his head helplessly.
"This Antique Dealers Association is also an idiot. It was supposed to be an Appraisal to distinguish between real and fake. There are four stages in total, and now we are at the second stage. They require five Antique Trade shops in one group to PK against each other, and only the top two winners are qualified to enter the next round."
"The topic is that all five Antique Trade shops must bring out one real item and one fake item, and let the other four shops in the group appraise them. If they can't appraise it correctly, they lose."
"We at Yunshang Pavilion do legitimate business. If you want to test my eyesight, that's no problem, but if you ask me to bring out fake goods to test others' eyesight, where am I supposed to find fake goods?"
"So here we are, it's obviously fake; I don't even know if we can survive the second round."
Zheng Liu Chang was full of helplessness, getting angrier as he spoke. What kind of requirement is this!
He could do an Appraisal, but if you ask him to bring out fake goods, how could he possibly come up with them?
And the kind that could pass for real! The five groups are all colleagues in the Antique Trade. Trying to fool their eyes is more than just difficult.
Chen Kai frowned, "I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet. Let me see how many yuan this copper coin is worth first."
He immediately took out the Dazhong Tongbao Beijing series small denomination coin from his pocket and slapped it on the table.
"Holy crap? A copper coin minted before Old Zhu founded the Ming Dynasty? That's a bit rare."
"Not bad, not bad. It should be worth about fifty thousand yuan."
"I'll take it. This thing is quite rare. I'll ask the Top Fan if he wants it; if not, I'll put it in the shop to sell."
Zheng Liu Chang took the coin away naturally, planning to transfer the money to him via WeChat later.
Just then, Chen Kai suddenly spoke up: "Can't you just take two real items for your colleagues to appraise?"
When Zheng Liu Chang heard this, his eyes widened immediately, "Holy crap, you really are a savage! You could even think of this trick??"
"Unfortunately, it won't work. After the Appraisal, you must take the initiative to state where your artifact is fake and how it is fake."
"I estimate this round will stump quite a few people. Items that can pass for real, like blue and white porcelain, have all been sold as real, with prices in the tens of millions."
"Who would bring something that can pass for real to the Appraisal Contest to show off? Besides, things worth faking are definitely not cheap, so there's no need to make a copper coin that realistic."
Chen Kai nodded and also fell into deep thought.
If he used this fake good for the competition... If he, a layman, could tell it was fake, how could people who specialize in collecting antiques not tell?
He suddenly remembered that he seemed to have fished up fifty thousand in cash from the river.
There seemed to be a hundred xianfeng treasure coins in the pink Hello Kitty suitcase!
At that time, those were fake goods that even Da Sanjiang Pawnshop couldn't identify.
"By the way! Is Da Sanjiang Pawnshop in your group?"