Chapter 349 It's Not Fair for You to Lie Like This
"This is a good thing from the Song Dynasty. See? It's a celadon teapot."
It turned out that the person surrounded by everyone was a dark and thin old man. In front of the old man was a simple table, on which was a very exquisite box, and inside the box was a celadon teapot.
The old man carefully took the celadon teapot out of the box and then showed it to the people around him.
When the people around heard that it was an antique, they all came over to watch the fun.
The old man talked endlessly about the history of the celadon teapot, saying that it was something he had inherited from his ancestors and had been passed down for generations.
"Old man, you are not trying to trick people here, are you? Why do I think this thing is fake!"
"Yes, if this thing is really as valuable as you say, you should send it to the museum, why sell it in this small place?"
"Old man, it's not very honest for you to cheat people like this!"
Most tourists have experienced this kind of scam, so they are determined not to be fooled, "Everyone, don't look at it, this thing is fake, this old man is fooling fools here!"
Chu Yue was also a little disappointed after seeing the celadon teapot, "I thought it was something good... I didn't expect it to be a broken teapot, brother, don't you always have a good eye? Do you know if this thing is real or fake?"
Chu Jiang smiled slightly, and just as he was about to speak, he saw a man wearing glasses squeezed into the crowd.
The man was wearing a cashmere coat and gold-rimmed glasses, looking like an old scholar. He looked at the old man excitedly, "Your celadon teapot is a good thing. It is well preserved. Can you show it to me?"
The old man waved his hand immediately, "You can look at it from a distance if you want, but you can't touch it. What if you accidentally break such a valuable thing of mine?"
"No, no, I am a university professor. I teach history in college and have some research on ancient artifacts. I want to see if this thing of yours is really inherited from my ancestors. If it is, it is very valuable..."
When they heard that a university professor who specializes in teaching history was here, the onlookers who wanted to disperse stopped immediately and wanted to see what the university professor had to say about this matter.
But the old man didn't buy it at all, "What do you mean by university professor or not? This thing of mine is from my ancestors, and it has been passed down from generation to generation for many years. Real things can't be fake and fake things can't be real! I just felt good today, so I brought it here to show everyone. I didn't mean to sell it, so you don't need to identify it for me here!"
"Why are you so unreasonable, old man? You suddenly took out something and said it was from your ancestors without any reason. Of course, we don't believe it!"
The professor was thin-skinned and was embarrassed to speak after being rejected by the old man, but the onlookers around him were not satisfied with their curiosity and shouted that they would not do it anymore and insisted that the professor identify the old man's things.
"That's right. If you want to show it to us, you have to show us evidence that it's real. If it's fake, it's useless for us to see it!"
"Without evidence, we will treat it as fake!"
"If it's real, it's fine if you let the old professor take a look!"
The old man was a little anxious after everyone talked about it, and he looked at the old professor reluctantly, "Didn't you say you are a professor of history in the university? How do you prove your identity?"
"I'm traveling, and I don't have any ID. I really can't prove my identity if you ask me to... Oh, by the way, but my name should be searchable. I'll tell you my name. Who of us has time to help search it?"
The man who claimed to be a professor reported his name, and immediately some people entered his name and searched it. They found that he was really a university professor, and immediately begged him to identify it.
The old professor looked at the old man and asked for his opinion with his eyes.
The old man still looked a little reluctant.
"You are not trustworthy, old man? People have already proved their identity, why don't you show them your things?"
The old man was a little helpless after being squeezed, and looked at the professor, "I only show you the things because you are an intellectual. Be careful when you look at it. If there are any bumps and bumps, you will have to pay me money. I don't care what kind of professor you are!"
"Yes, yes, I will be careful."
The professor quickly took the thing into his hands. He looked at it carefully again and again, and finally exclaimed, "This celadon teapot is really well preserved. I haven't seen such a beautiful thing for a long time. If this thing is auctioned in the market, it can sell for at least five million!"
"Just such a thing can sell for five million?"
"How can it be so valuable? Even if it is an antique, it is not worth that price, right?"
"If it is really from the Han Dynasty, then five million is really about the same!"
A group of spectators did not expect to encounter antiques in this place, so they happily admired it.
The old man quickly took the celadon teapot back from the old professor's hand, "Okay, you've finished looking at it, can you give it back to me now?"
"Okay, okay."
The old professor coughed and looked at the old man with some embarrassment, "I have an unreasonable request, I wonder if you can agree to it?"
"Say it."
"Can you part with this celadon teapot?"
After hearing the professor's words, the old man immediately puffed his beard and said with a glare, "I kindly took out the things for you to appreciate, but it turned out that you wanted to steal my things!"
The old professor quickly said, "I'm not robbing you, I want to buy your things. We can discuss the price, as long as you are willing to give up."
The old man asked proudly, "Then how much are you willing to pay?"
"The market price I just gave is five million, how about I give you the market price?"
The old man immediately shook his head, "I won't sell it without eight million!"
"Oh, you old man is so unreasonable..."
"That's right, the market price is only five million and you want someone to ask for eight million. You are robbing!"
"If someone wants it sincerely, just sell it to them!"
The people around me were trying to dissuade the old man again. The old man was blowing his beard and staring, and his temper was very bad. "My family is not short of money. Why should I sell a good heirloom? I won't sell this thing. Just give it to me now." I won’t sell it!”