141: How could you not see such a huge flaw?

Chen Kai gradually moved the magnifying glass away, held the pastel porcelain figurine in his hand, and slowly raised it up.

This posture stunned everyone, and they all curiously crowded around. They looked at the pastel porcelain with confusion, a hint of doubt appearing in their eyes.

Several "defector" Antique Trade bosses curled their lips. "How vibrant is the glaze of this pastel porcelain? How delicate? It's such a rare treasure, what could possibly be wrong with it?"

"You aren't trying to find a problem with the glaze, are you? The glaze on this is perfectly fine!"

Several defecting Pawnshop bosses said one after another. Others also remained skeptical; even the boss of the Sishui Pawnshop lowered his eyes.

"It doesn't seem to have any problems. The glaze is so smooth; it's clearly real at a glance!"

"It's not 'seem to', it's obviously real! As professional antique dealers, could we possibly fail to recognize a problem with the glaze?"

"The glaze is so fine and smooth, how could it be a modern forgery? It's impossible to fake it to this degree, okay? You're just nitpicking. Why don't you just post an apology in the group for five days and be done with it."

Several defecting Antique Trade bosses stood up to accuse him.

They had already apologized and lost face, so they had to drag someone else down with them as a scapegoat. Otherwise, wouldn't their apologies have been for nothing? What if Chen Kai really judged something correctly? Then wouldn't they look like clowns?

Unknowingly, their mindset had quietly changed. From initially hoping to find fakes and bring down Tong Sihai, it had now shifted to hoping he wouldn't find any fakes, otherwise, they would be utterly humiliated!

"Sigh... five days is five days, that's fine. As long as you apologize, that's enough. I haven't noticed any problems with this glaze. Bosses, why don't you lean in closer and see if there are any issues with this glaze?"

A sly smile curled on Zhou Haoyu's lips. He was intentionally trying to muddy the waters and drag the other bosses down with him. As long as Chen Kai couldn't verify the authenticity, he could win over the hearts of the bosses this way.

When the few bosses heard this, they thought, 'Is this our business too?' They quickly crowded over, looked carefully through the magnifying glass in Chen Kai's hand, and exchanged glances.

"I don't think there's any problem. The glaze is smooth and fine; it's a good item. You're selling this for just over four thousand?"

"Hmm! Not bad. I have a few pieces of pastel porcelain at home, but I spent tens of thousands on them. I feel the texture of this one is about the same as the ones I bought for tens of thousands. You're quite conscientious."

"How about... we try buying from him in the future?" "I also think it's quite good; it looks real."

Chen Kai listened to everyone talking over each other and calmly pulled up the system interface. He glanced at the prompt provided by the system.

"Are you sure that such a fine glaze could be produced during the Republic of China era?"

Everyone laughed immediately upon hearing this. "Brother, the glaze during the Republic of China was already very refined, alright?"

"Exactly. The glaze on the Republic of China pastel porcelain in our shop is already very fine and smooth. Did you think it was like a Folk Kiln? With such rough glaze?"

Chen Kai almost laughed out loud. "Then why don't you take a close look at its seal mark? It's a Folk Kiln!"

"Furthermore, even the font is wrong. You can't even see such a big flaw?"

Upon hearing this, one person was shocked! They immediately crowded together and flipped the base of the statue over.

After seeing the font and the seal mark on the base clearly, their expressions changed instantly! They were suddenly terrified!

"F... F*ck! This damn thing is from a Folk Kiln? Then it's a fake at first glance!"

"How did I overlook this issue! How could a Folk Kiln from the Republic of China have this glazing technique? Only an Imperial Kiln could fire a glaze like this!"

"Right!! Damn! If Brother Chen Kai hadn't pointed this out, I really wouldn't have noticed where the problem was! Now looking at it this way, it's full of problems!"

The crowd was immediately in an uproar. They hadn't even noticed such a low-level mistake; wasn't this too embarrassing?

Even Zhou Haoyu's expression changed drastically! He lunged into the crowd, rushed toward the pastel porcelain, and after taking a few hurried looks at the seal on the base, his world collapsed.

He remembered that he hadn't seen any problems with the base when he acquired it!? How could there be such a big flaw? And he had actually accepted it? Not only did he accept it, he even brought it out to sell!

This kind of obvious fake should have been kept in the warehouse to sell to novices!!!

The few bosses who had just given their evaluations immediately felt embarrassed and lost face! They were all smart people; being exposed and slapped in the face wouldn't make them dislike Chen Kai, but rather the person who drew them into this mess! They wouldn't have needed to be slapped in the face, but now it made them look like they were easily fooled.

"Hmph! Tong Sihai? And this is hailed as the number one Pawnshop in the industry? You can't even see such an obvious fake? You need someone else to help you point out where the fake is?"

"Who's to say it isn't? And they dare to claim to be the number one in the industry? No, I'm calling my friend right now to have him send his multi-million antique for inspection. Just wait for the compensation!"

"Exactly. Instead, we have to rely on this Brother here to point out what's wrong. Little Brother, which Pawnshop are you from? We'll go to your place for business from now on. It's reliable! Trustworthy!"

"Yes, yes, yes! We'll go buy from your place too. Even if there's no empty promise of 'ten-fold compensation for fakes,' we aren't short on money. The most important thing is that the items we like are real. Which Pawnshop are you from?"

Chen Kai listened to everyone asking one after another and spoke up with a smile.

"I'm from Yunshang Pavilion. Everyone is welcome to come to Yunshang Pavilion to buy things. Although I dare not guarantee everything is 100% authentic, given our shopkeeper's discernment, there are very few things that can't be identified."

Chen Kai hadn't expected these bosses to take the initiative to ask him which Pawnshop he was from. He thought these people would hold a grudge against him, after all, he was the one who exposed it. He didn't expect them to ask him proactively instead.

"No problem! Yunshang Pavilion, right? I'll go to your place for my future business. You're so honest! Even if I buy a fake, I'll accept it."

"Right! I support you! I'll tell my Brothers to go buy things from your place right now. It's on this street too, right? I can definitely trust your shop's items. The people claiming to be number one in the industry couldn't even identify the fake, yet you spotted it so easily. I recognize your discernment."

"That's right, I trust your shop's goods."

Chen Kai listened to the words of the few bosses and was slightly stunned. If they really bought a fake, they wouldn't be so willing. These kinds of polite remarks are just things to listen to.

"Alright, everyone is welcome to come to our Yunshang Pavilion."

Liu Yunshang took over the conversation and waved at the bosses with a smile. She had been in a state of complete shock just now. These big bosses were completely won over by her younger Brother's charisma?