At the age of 17, she fought for the glory of her motherland!

Su Xing didn't know much about the strange stone circle before. After listening to Shen Bai telling her about this antique and strange stone exchange meeting, she took some time out in the past few days to look up some information and borrowed two related books from the library.

When she got tired of studying and drawing, she would just flip through a few pages of interesting reading material to rest her brain.

Among the pictures of famous strange stones she had searched, the ones that surprised her the most were some picture stones and pictographic stones. Each of these strange stones made her marvel at the wonders of nature.

However, the value of those strange stones is truly amazing. The most famous ones are worth hundreds of millions, and some are even estimated to be worth more than ten billion.

For example, "Dongpo Pork", "Chicken Out of the Shell", "Blood and Gallbladder Golden Lotus", "Years", "China's Territory", etc. are all rare stones with an estimated value of over 100 million yuan. Several of the top ten rare stones are collected by the Chaoyang District People's Government of Beijing, "Dongpo Pork" is collected in the Taipei Museum, and a few are in the hands of some collectors.

There are also some rare stones that have been sold among players in recent years, and the transaction prices are often hundreds of thousands or even millions.

This circle is really not something that ordinary people can afford to play in.

Shen Bai looked at Su Xing's expectant expression and felt reluctant to pour cold water on her.

He hesitated for a few seconds, then told the truth: "Actually, the strange stone circle is also quite messy."

Su Xing said: "It seems that there are a lot of artificially made stones?"

Shen Bai smiled and said, "It seems that Miss Su knows something."

"I have been reading books and materials in recent days and have seen some methods of counterfeiting strange stones."

"The last few days?"

"Yeah." Su Xing said seriously, "I know a little bit about antiques, and I know nothing about rare stones, so I prepared for this exchange before coming here. Otherwise, I wouldn't know what to look at, which would be a bit embarrassing."

Shen Bai smiled and said, "Ms. Su is indeed a top student at Beijing University. She loves studying so much, but I think you are too modest."

Su Xing: "Uh... you are so immodest."

She is a little embarrassed now...

At this moment, the two of them have already walked into the strange stone area.

They walked slowly forward while talking.

Shen Bai whispered, "The counterfeiting situation in the strange stone circle is quite serious. Human greed, driven by high profits, can infinitely stimulate people's creativity."

He is also a profit-seeking businessman, but he still retains some bottom line, although the bottom line he sets for himself may not be very high.

Su Xing nodded, "It's like this in many industries now. Some people do business honestly, but there are always people who violate integrity and morality for the sake of profit and defraud consumers."

In fact, the situation of counterfeiting in the antique circle is even more serious.

However, the antique industry has its own particularities. “Buyer beware” is, to a certain extent, an industry practice, and it is more difficult to protect rights compared to other industries.

Therefore, if antique collectors make a mistake, they can only consider themselves unlucky in most cases.

The two visited some rare stone booths.

When Su Xing was observing those strange stones, she compared them with what she had read in the book and the information she had found on the Internet, and with Shen Bai's explanation, she still found it difficult to get started.

The water is really deep.

Passing inferior goods off as good ones, using low-quality stones to impersonate high-quality rare stones; using chemical substances or industrial materials to synthesize "rare stones" and other such tricks are all considered low-end methods at such exhibitions.

In the eyes of collectors, they are fake at first glance and cannot fool people at all, so most merchants will not bring those low-end fakes here.

Many of the cheating methods used in high-end games are so realistic that they are indistinguishable from the real thing.

For example, laser technology is used to accurately etch complex and realistic textures on the surface of ordinary stone to simulate the texture of natural strange stones. This texture is almost indistinguishable from the real thing visually, but the texture created by artificial intervention always has some rules, unlike the natural and random texture of nature.

Therefore, the more exquisite and beautiful the pattern of a stone is, the more likely it is to be fake.

There are also counterfeit products made by chemical means, where specific chemical agents are used to corrode the surface of the stone. By controlling the corrosion time and concentration, etc., they create holes, grooves and texture effects similar to those formed by natural weathering and dissolution.

This type of fraud may require the use of professional microscopy equipment to detect the problem.

Moreover, there are some artificial optimization methods in the circle of strange stones.

For example, high-grade color patina uses advanced dyeing technology and high-quality chemical dyes to allow the color to penetrate deeply into the stone and be distributed naturally, or simulate the natural color patina process by soaking the stone in a specific solution for a long time to allow the color to slowly penetrate and form an effect similar to natural patina.

Another example is texture optimization processing, which is to fill the tiny pores inside the stone through high-pressure glue injection, wax immersion and other means for stones with less delicate texture and poor gloss, thereby improving the fineness and glossiness of the texture and making it look more like a high-quality strange stone.

Su Xing took a small flashlight and shone it in various ways, and kept looking at it with a magnifying glass. She could only find some problems with the stones whose lines were too regular or whose patterns were too beautiful.

Most of the time, she couldn't see anything with her naked eyes.

Shen Bai has been immersed in these industries since he was a child, and he can make accurate judgments based on his eyesight and touch.

Su Xing sighed in his heart. Improving eyesight is a long-term accumulation process that requires a lot of time and energy.

This is true in many industries.

As the two of them walked along, several booth owners greeted Shen Bai.

They would also look at Su Xing curiously, but most of them did not ask about their relationship. After all, there were only a few people as tactless as Boss Zhao.

Su Xing and Shen Bai walked to the edge of the strange stone area, and the hall not far away was very lively.

Shen Bai asked, "That's the gambling area, do you want to go take a look?"

Su Xing looked at Shen Bai, "You're always taking me around, it won't interfere with your business, right? Actually, I can go around on my own."

Shen Bai smiled and said, "No, our Zhenbaozhai mainly participates in appraisal meetings and auctions. There aren't many things on display at the booth, and there are people in charge."

"Is that so?" Su Xing was relieved. The bustling gambling stone hall over there really aroused her curiosity. "Then let's go and take a look."

"Let's go."

The two walked into the gambling stone hall.

The hall was very large and was divided into several areas, filled with raw stones of different sizes and qualities, some of which were rough materials and some of which were semi-gambling materials.

Some people were walking around among the piles of stones, holding flashlights and magnifying glasses in their hands, carefully selecting stones.

There are several cutting machines in front of the hall, some of which are cutting stones, and many people are watching around.

Shen Bai took Su Xing to the cutting machine first to watch the gambling on stones on the spot.

A young man saw them and his eyes lit up.

"Old Shen, you kid, I sent you a message but you didn't reply. I guess you are accompanying a beautiful girl and don't have time to pay attention to me?"

He hooked his arm around Shen Bai's shoulders and looked at Su Xing again, "Hi, I'm Gu Yi, what's your name, beautiful lady?"

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ps: This chapter was almost rewritten.