God-level Golden Hand

Chapter 1515
"...No, no," Lao Zhou's expression became even more ugly, "Mr. Xu, I know you have great energy, but I don't want to live with a loan, so if you want to buy paintings, we can negotiate the price. If you don't buy, Forget it, just treat it as a friend.”

"Well, it seems that I don't have any fate with these paintings, unfortunately," Xu Jingxing shook his head regretfully, pulled Cheng Lin up and said, "Let's go."

Cheng Lin was a little confused, but didn't say anything, and got up obediently.

At this time, the old Sun on the side hurriedly grabbed Xu Jingxing: "Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu, wait a moment, I will persuade Lao Zhou," he said, pulling Lao Zhou into another room, closing the door and talking in a low voice .

It's just that the seemingly sound-proof room almost didn't exist to Xu Jingxing. As long as he wanted to, he could even hear the heartbeats of the two guys in the room.

But he wasn't interested at all, because he didn't need to guess what idea Lao Zhou and Boss Sun were holding back, even until the speech later, because he had heard many similar routines from Lao Yang.

This kind of routine is very old-fashioned, basically everyone in the circle has heard of it, and they will be wary when they encounter this situation. However, routines are never afraid of getting old, as long as you have a little luck , it is possible to be routine.

To put it more bluntly, it is greed. Even if they realize that there may be danger, there are always some people who are unwilling to let go of the bait that has already been bitten in their mouths. They always think that they will be the luckier or smarter one, but the result is not good It goes without saying.

To give you the simplest example, the advertisements for "seeking a child with a lot of money" are posted everywhere on the street. Basically, everyone knows that it is a scam, and it is said that no one will be fooled. Those scammers should all drink Northwest Wind. Yes, but the fact is just the opposite. Countless people still fall into such a clumsy scam, and the scammers make a lot of money one by one. Luckily.

The scams in the antique shop may be a little more high-end, but the principle is exactly the same.

If you want not to be deceived, you must first understand and beware of various scams, and second, you must withdraw decisively when you realize that it may be a scam. Don’t think you are smart enough not to be afraid of being deceived, because most scams are the most difficult The point is not how to deceive you, but how to attract your attention. As long as the scammers attract your attention, there are plenty of ways to fool you into the scam.

Of course, that refers to ordinary people, non-human beings like Xu Jingxing don't count.

For a person like him, no matter whether it is personal ability or external influence, these scammers can't bear it. Even if he is cheated, he can recover the cheated money afterwards. Not that capable.

So he took Cheng Lin to watch the excitement knowing that there might be a pitfall.

It's just that he didn't expect that Boss Sun and this old Zhou, who seemed to be full of flaws, would spend a lot of money on this seemingly flawed scam, and they really had several high-quality paintings by famous artists in their hands.

This is a very typical scam where pearls and fish eyes are mixed together and sold as pearls. The cost of this kind of scam is relatively high, the operation is relatively difficult, and the targets are also relatively high-end. Of course, the profits are also very rich, even if Is it because only one fish eye is mixed in a pile of pearls, as long as you succeed, it is equivalent to earning the price of one pearl with the cost of one fish eye, the money to buy pearls?Of course it is passed on to the buyer.

In this scam carried out by Lao Zhou and Boss Sun, the number of pearls and fish eyes was almost evenly divided. The pearls were ordinary pearls, but the fish eyes were disguised as top-quality pearls. The painter’s paintings with “lower value” are all authentic works, and they are of good quality and relatively easy to identify. There are also formal procedures such as transaction information and identification certificates.

As for the fish eyes, the remaining ones, especially the two paintings priced at 800 million and 500 million, are complete fakes, but the imitations are not bad, they are masters, not just painters Well, the seals, rice paper, mounters, shafts and shaft caps are all very realistic, almost to the point where they can be confused with real ones, and ordinary appraisers have a high probability of mistaking them without professional tools.

It's a pity that although Xu Jingxing's authenticity identification ability is mediocre, he has a cheat and has identified the authenticity of this batch of paintings before he got started.

In this case, no matter how greedy he is, no matter how lucky he is, he cannot be fooled.

There is such a characteristic of scams in antique shops. Most of the luck is due to the inability to identify the authenticity of the target item, and then I start to compete in my heart. I may know that the target may be a fake, but I think it looks like the real thing. After a lot of inner struggles, there is a high probability that he will bite his teeth and gamble, just thinking that if he wins the bet...

Unfortunately, in similar bets, buyers never win.

Xu Jingxing, on the other hand, had no intention of betting with anyone at all, the purpose was to bring Cheng Lin over to broaden her horizons and increase her knowledge. Although she was moved after discovering a few exquisite works by famous artists, she didn't have the obsession to buy them. Extra money is the best, and it doesn't matter if you can't earn it.

So he calmly waited for Boss Sun and Lao Zhou to discuss countermeasures in the next room, and when the two came out, he asked a little impatiently, "Have you finished the discussion?"

Lao Sun accompanied him with a smile and said, "I tried to persuade Lao Zhou, it's fine if Lao Zhou doesn't want to make a round, but at least half of it must be taken." Then he said to Lao Zhou: "Old Zhou, quickly share a point. "

Old Zhou Zhou divided the paintings on the table into two piles with reluctance: "Mr. Xu, which one do you want?"

Boss Sun chimed in: "Mr. Xu, Lao Zhou's concession is already very interesting, so you don't need to pick and choose. You have seen the paintings, and they are all real masterpieces from famous artists. They will be handed over to the auction house later. Wait for three or five Just a month is to double the profit, if such a good opportunity is missed, it will be gone..."

Lao Zhou followed Boss Sun's words with a look of reluctance, and after thinking for a while, he even took back Wang Hui's horizontal axis of landscapes with the seals of "Descendants of Tang Village" and "Yeshi Layman": "This painting is not for sale anymore. I want to keep it as a collection. Anyway, it will definitely appreciate in value..."

Boss Sun took advantage of the opportunity to persuade: "Mr. Xu, let's do it quickly—" Before the voice finished, the phone rang, and after answering the phone, he hung up after a few words, "Mmm, ah!", and said apologetically, "Mr. Xu, this, you Hurry up, there is a big collector coming to see the goods..."

Seeing the performance of these two people singing together, Xu Jingxing almost wanted to applaud them.

If he didn't know what he knew, he might be deceived by them. Even if he wasn't fooled directly, his thinking would be guided by the other party and turn from the direction of "whether the painting is real or fake" to "whether you buy it or lose it". When you struggle with the question of "whether to win or lose", you have already fallen into the trap of the other party.

But now, he just smiled and didn't even look at the paintings on the table, "Unless you let me choose, otherwise forget it..."

Lao Zhou and Boss Sun looked at each other and frowned, while the other persuaded: "Mr. Xu, this is not very good, is it?"

"Doing business, isn't it just talking slowly like this? Whether it can be negotiated or not is another matter, isn't it?"

"It's also the same reason, but the situation on Lao Zhou's side is a bit complicated. He is indeed a reporter using money, and he really wants to use the quantity as a gimmick to attract big buyers. It's really difficult to split it. If you..."

At this time, Lao Zhou interrupted Boss Sun, "Mr. Xu, you are the pride of our island city. I admire you. I will go all out today. You can choose, but the discount will be gone. After the selection, we will talk about the specifics." price."

Huh?What does it mean?
Want to take a gamble and see if you can be selected as a fish eye?

Hehe, it's a beautiful idea.

Xu Jingxing sneered inwardly, nodded, and unceremoniously swiped all six of the authentic products to his side, "This is what I fancy, let's talk about the price?"

Old Zhou's expression turned ugly all of a sudden, he gritted his teeth and nodded after taking a look at Boss Zhou: "Okay, this one by Fei Danxu is 400 million, this one by Wang Hui—"

"Wait," Xu Jingxing interrupted Old Zhou, "Boss Zhou, this is too much. When did Fei Danxu's paintings become so valuable? 400 million? Even if they are sent to auction, they can't sell so much, right?"

"But it will definitely increase in value, and this is a complete set of four screens. It is still in such a good state of preservation. It is rare. 400 million is not expensive—"

Xu Jingxing glanced at Old Zhou and smiled: "This is what you guys used to cover the bottom line? It's okay, don't force anyone, just call a sky-high price to scare me away, you have succeeded, Sister Lin, let's go," after finishing speaking Holding Cheng Lin's arm, he turned and left.

Old Zhou had a gloomy face and said nothing.

Boss Sun hurriedly followed: "Mr. Xu, what do you mean? If you say it well, you will turn your face..."

Look at what he said, he directly put the blame on Xu Jingxing's head, and when it spread, he thought that Xu Jingxing had done something that broke the rules of the industry and turned his back on him.

Xu Jingxing didn't bother to waste time with this person, he turned around and stretched out his index finger to point at Boss Sun's chest: "Boss Sun, don't treat others as fools, be careful, if you walk too much at night, you will run into ghosts sooner or later." The grandson and the Tuesday people went out and drove away.

In the car, Cheng Lin said disgustedly: "These people are too shameless, even I, a layman, can't help feeling sick, the acting is too fake."

Xu Jingxing smiled: "It doesn't matter if the show is true or not, the important thing is whether you can hold back the greed in your heart. If you were someone else, if you hesitated just a little bit, there is a high probability that you will fall into it. The core of the fake-looking performance is to evoke the fluke psychology in the buyer’s heart. You listen carefully to Boss Sun’s lines, and everything like doubling the auction, earning a lot of money, and missing the opportunity are all for this purpose.”

"Really..." Cheng Lin tilted her head and thought for a while, "Then why don't you just clean them up?"

(End of this chapter)