Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Lin Ran smiled and said: "Brother Ma, we are not outsiders."

If it were anyone else, Lin Ran would definitely pretend not to know.

Ma Zhen also chose to believe Lin Ran, and said that he was going to take out the exhibits in the window.

"Is this really a fine imitation?" Ma Zhen looked at the enamel in his hand carefully. Because he was not good at appraising porcelain, he did not see the problem.

Lin Ran looked at Ma Zhen carefully looking at the enamel in his hand and explained.

"Brother Ma, you should also know that the level of craftsmanship in the Qing Dynasty was actually very average."

He believed that even if Ma Zhen didn't have many skills in appraising porcelain, he still knew something about this period of history.

The piece in front of me is indeed a fine imitation, and the imitation is so fine that it is difficult to detect.

He took the enamel, pointed at it gently, and explained every detail carefully.

"Look here, the gradients and transitions of the colors are very natural, and the painting techniques are also very skillful."

"At first glance, there is no problem, but if you look closely, although the coloring technique is very smooth, if you look closely, you will find some subtle differences here."

"For example, here." Lin Ran pointed at the enamel flowers.

At first glance, it does seem very delicate, but if you look closely, you will find that the layering is slightly inferior.

"This is because the counterfeiter has a very high level and superb skills, but he has not learned the court painting techniques, so the lines are not smooth enough."

Lin Ran pointed at Enamel and explained the details to Ma Zhen.

These subtle differences are not easy to detect even by professional appraisers.

But anyone who specializes in enamel research can definitely see the flaws.

Lin Ran paused for a moment, and then continued: "Actually, there are very few imitations of this level. If we really put them on the market, there will definitely be many buyers interested in them."

"It's okay to leave it on a street stall and let people pick it up. As an auction house, if the replica is sold as the genuine article, the impact will be huge."

After listening to Lin Ran's explanation, Ma Zhen nodded.

Although the fine imitations are fine, they are not real enamels and lack collection value.

Ma Zhen took the enamel color out of the display window and said that he would no longer consider auctioning this replica.

Just as he was about to smash it, Lin Ran stopped him.

Ma Zhen was a little confused: "Why?"

Ma Zhen feels that such counterfeit products should not exist on the market.

Liu Jinhai's eyes widened even more, showing a fearful look.

"I can't do it!"

"You still dare to speak?"

Even if Lin Ran stopped him, Liu Jinhai, the instigator, dared to stand up and stop him, and Ma Zhen couldn't help it.

"Boss Ma, you can't smash this randomly."

Lin Ran also came to help and grabbed the porcelain.

"Brother Ma, this is something someone else put on consignment at your auction house, and it's not yours. It wouldn't be appropriate for you to just smash it." Lin Ran said, knowing that with Ma Zhen's temper, he would definitely do such a thing.

But auction houses and antique shops are different.

The items in the antique shop were all taken back by the owner himself, and he has the right to deal with his own goods.

But the auction house is different. The items in the auction house are all consigned here by other collectors. The auction house only earns a handling fee.

If he uses his temper to deal with the goods and the owner does not get the money and his goods are gone, he will definitely not admit it and think that someone from the auction house has embezzled the goods.

Whose account will be settled then?

Ma Zheng is definitely not willing to pay this money. If the original owner insists that this is an authentic product, then wouldn't they have to pay the price of the authentic product?

Therefore, it is absolutely unreasonable to do so. Lin Ran dissuaded Ma Zhen out of interests.

Ma Zhen felt that his explanation made sense, so he put down the porcelain in his hand.

But his face was very ugly.

Liu Jinhai was indeed relieved. He hurriedly explained: "Boss Ma, you can't smash this thing randomly."

As the saying goes, beating a dog also depends on the owner. The owner of this porcelain has a certain status in the capital.

Liu Jinhai has been emphasizing that collectors themselves have status, but he has not mentioned a word about who they are?

Ma Zhen was so angry now that he dared to take the worsteds to their auction and sell them on consignment. This was clearly a deliberate attempt to trick them.

Therefore, Ma Zhen asked directly: "Liu Jinhai, you have always said that the owner of this porcelain has a background. Well, tell me who the owner of this porcelain is?"

"It's Mr. Chen Yiming from Yiming Study." Liu Jinhai said.

This man is a well-known person in Beijing. In the early 80s, people had no entertainment activities.

Therefore, reading has naturally become one of people's hobbies. Opening a bookstore is still quite profitable in this era.

"Is the bookstore owner so ignorant?" Lin Ran thought to himself.

He didn't have much contact with people in the bookstore, but if he thought about it carefully, the bookstore mainly came into contact with some printing houses and literati, and his views on antiques may not be in place.

He would buy this piece of porcelain for the purpose of being arty.

Ma Zhen said unceremoniously: "Chen Yiming, right? He really has no vision. He will not be allowed to get the things in the future. Our auction house will sell them."

"This." Liu Jinhai was a little hesitant, because Chen Yiming is actually quite famous in the collecting circle in the capital, and has collected a lot of porcelain from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The enamel-colored porcelain in front of me was only obtained after he came to the house three times for cooperation.

Now if I tell others about the result, they will all be blocked by the auction house in the future.

This made him look very embarrassed.

He could only turn to Lin Ran for help: "Master Lin, are you sure you read it correctly?"

"You are still shirking responsibility at this time." Ma Zhen looked at Liu Jinhai with a sneer.

"No, I just think Mr. Chen Yiming shouldn't see anything wrong." Liu Jinhai said, and then he introduced Chen Yiming's identity.

Lin Ran had never heard of Chen Yiming's name before.

It turned out to be a collector who suddenly appeared after his rebirth, and it sounded like he was quite famous in the local area.

This is strange. If he is a professional collector, he must be familiar with enamel.

And as the owner of a bookstore, I should have seen a lot of paintings.

The gradient of watercolor and strokes is indeed a bit difficult for ordinary people, but for bookstore owners, it should be just right.

I haven't noticed this yet. Is it a waste of time?

But at this moment, Ma Zhen seemed to have thought of something?

"Isn't Chen Yiming Zheng Xuan's father-in-law?"

"Zheng Xuan?" Liu Jinhai's eyes widened and his expression changed.

"I never heard him mention it."

"I'm telling you now." Ma Zhen said.