Detective: Open your eyes, I am handcuffed in the interrogation room

"Eight hundred and eighty-eight, this number is so auspicious."

"Fifty thousand! This is the last price. If it doesn't work out, young man, go look elsewhere."

Chen Yi wanted to give up. The price demanded by the old man with the leaf fan was really too harsh.

It doesn't matter if he spends fifty thousand to bring a gift to Fang Shuyu, but if the value and price are not equal, he doesn't want to be taken advantage of.

There is still a certain difference between antiques and luxury goods. Luxury goods have market prices and can be circulated, while fake antiques are simply deceived.

"Calculate……"

Chen Yigang was about to put down the bowl in his hand, when a young man passing by squatted down and placed his eyes on the bowl with a solemn expression.

"Dude, can I see this bowl?"

Chen Yi handed it over.

The young man held it in his hand and looked carefully up and down, left and right, and very professionally took out the magnifying glass in his pocket to observe the details. Finally, his brows furrowed and his eyes were intriguing.

"Boss, how much does this fan bowl cost?"

The young man obviously knows better than Chen Yi.

The old man Pu Shan looked at Chen Yi and said, "It's down to 50,000."

"Fifty thousand?" The young man was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the price to be so cheap, "I want it!"

The old man Pu Shan stopped him: "You wait a moment, first come, first served. This young man took his fancy first."

The young man turned his head: "Do you want it?"

Chen Yi blinked and said with a smile: "I kind of want it."

The young man was silent for a while and said: "Boss, I will pay you 60,000 yuan, please give it to me."

The old man Pu Shan shook his head: "You have to follow the rules when negotiating the price. It has already dropped to 50,000, so naturally it won't go back up. If this young man doesn't want it, I'll give you 50,000."

The young man looked at Chen Yi again: "Brother, do you want it?"

Chen Yi: "Yes, but I want to buy it for 800."

The young man was stunned: "Eight hundred?! You know this thing... OK, you definitely can't buy it for eight hundred, why don't you look at something else?"

Chen Yi was ready to leave, but at this moment he became interested: "Did you just say 60,000?"

Young man: "Yes."

Chen Yi: "How about I buy it for 50,000 yuan and sell it to you for another 60,000 yuan?"

The sudden "genius logic" made the young man almost unable to react. After hesitating for two seconds, he said: "Okay."

Chen Yi took out his mobile phone and called up the payment code.

Young man: "What?"

Chen Yi: "Give me money."

Young man: "You buy it first. After you finish it, we can chat alone."

Chen Yi smiled and said, "Why bother? You can just give me 10,000 yuan, and then spend 50,000 yuan to buy this bowl, isn't that enough?"

youth:"????"

He looked at Chen Yi speechless for a long time.

The old man with a pu fan immediately spoke: "Is it too much for you two young men to make the difference in price in front of me? I won't sell this bowl! Bring it to you."

After saying that, he stood up and took the bowl from the young man's hand, placing it close to him, ready to wait for the next destined person.

Chen Yi cleared his throat and said with a faint smile: "Boss, nine hundred, can you give it?"

The old man Pu Fan glared: "Fifty thousand! Not a penny less! You should leave quickly, I still have to do business."

Chen Yi shook his head and sighed, got up and left the stall.

This is just the tip of the iceberg in the five major antique markets. He now understands why fraud cases occur so frequently in Jiangcheng.

Can what happened just now be called a fraud? I'm afraid not. If it were a young man with "lofty ambitions", he would probably spend 50,000 yuan to buy that bowl under pressure and confusion.

Then, I went for an authoritative appraisal with great joy, and found out in anticipation that it was only worth five yuan.

Want to protect your rights? It’s useless, I didn’t tell you it was genuine.

So what if I say it? Am I blind too? I read it wrong.

After walking a little further, Chen Yi looked back at the stall and found that the young man and the old man with a leaf fan were still chatting. The topic revolved around the bowl, and they seemed to be making a deal.

If it were anyone else, it would be hard to find a chance to pick something up, and they would be beating their chests and feet! There is a possibility of turning back.

"It should be... a trustee, right?" Lin Chen wasn't sure. The young man and the old man with a leaf fan had very good acting skills.

The police can fool them, let alone ordinary people.

Chen Yi looked away with a smile and said, "If it's a TV series, do you know what the audience likes to watch?"

The two turned their heads.

Chen Yi: "Multiple layers of reversal. The two people didn't know that the bowl was actually real. After we bought it for 50,000 yuan, we found out that it was worth 500,000 yuan or more, and then arranged for the audience to boo. This plot is in line with the current mainstream. When they came out, they thought they had made a profit, but in fact they suffered a big loss.”

Lin Chen: "Well, I have a picture. Is it possible that it is true?"

Chen Yi: "I don't know. If the boss dares to ask for 800,000 yuan, it means that the bowl must have reached the level of high imitation. Only an expert can tell that."

Lin Chen nodded.

It was just a small interlude. The three of them didn't talk much. After taking two steps, they turned into Huayuzhai.

As usual, there are very few customers. When people visit the antique market, they basically go to the stalls. Prices fluctuate and there are many categories, making it more exciting.

Why gambling is addictive is because there is a sense of excitement and anticipation. The moment the cards are dealt can make the adrenaline surge. Even if you lose, you still look forward to what you will get in the next round.

As long as there is one positive feedback, the sense of expectation will never disappear, so Aocheng does not worry about the guests winning money. They will come back sooner or later and lose everything in the end.

An example is this: A man went to Macao and won 20 million. He immediately stopped and went back to his hometown to buy a villa and drive a luxury car. He saved money regularly and lived a retirement life. He vowed never to touch it again. Five years later he couldn't help but go there again. After leaving Aocheng, I owe tens of millions.

Positive feedback is terrible. It is a magic seed that will always take root in your heart.

If a man touches a woman for the first time, can he resist touching her a second time?

impossible.

"Mr. Wu!"

After the guests left, Chen Yi greeted them.

Wu Muyang is the real pensioner. When they first met, he lay there leisurely and ignored the guests. It was the same this time.

The familiar voice made Wu Muyang turn his head and look over. When he found out it was Chen Yihou, his eyes lit up and he stood up immediately.

"Officer Chen, you're a rare visitor, why are you here in Jiangcheng? Take a seat." Wu Muyang led the three of them to sit down at the dark red solid wood tea table, and while making tea, he said, "There won't be another murder, right?"

He knew that Chen Yi was not a simple person, and it would definitely not be a trivial matter to suddenly go to other cities.

Chen Yi didn't hide anything: "Research in Jiangcheng, just take a stroll."

Wu Muyang snorted, picked up the teapot and poured tea for the three of them: "Officer Chen, you are interested, but you are still thinking about me, a bad old man."

Chen Yi chuckled: "Mr. Wu once helped me a lot. Since I'm in Jiangcheng, it's right to stop by and visit."

When mentioning this matter, Wu Muyang felt somewhat embarrassed: "Well... Haha, Officer Chen is so generous, I'm ashamed of myself."

At that time, he was willing to tell what he knew. There was a financial factor, otherwise he would have to think carefully about what Chen Yi said.

Chen Yi changed the topic and started chatting: "I read some files from the Jiangcheng City Bureau yesterday and found that the frequency of fraud in the five major antique markets is relatively high. This seems to be the norm?"

Wu Muyang nodded: "Yes, it's normal. This is the antique business. It has unique conditions. You think so."

Chen Yi: "I agree. Other scams require careful planning, but when it comes to antiques, it's easy. It's hard to tell the truth from the fake. Just flip it over and over again and it's just those routines."

Wu Muyang: "Officer Chen is investigating a fraud case?"

Chen Yi smiled and said: "No, this time I really gained a lot of insights while wandering around. It will be very helpful for us to contact related cases in the future. Just now I met a person who asked me for 800,000 yuan for a bowl. Tell me. Why don’t we lower it to 50,000?”

Wu Muyang was very interested when it came to his major: "Oh? What bowl? Where is it?"

Chen Yi: "Not far from Huayuzhai, about 20 meters away, there is a pink brocade lotus bowl from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The owner is an old man with a cattail leaf fan."

Wu Muyang was happy: "Tell him, he has been working in Taihang Building for more than ten years, and he is very experienced. You are really lucky. In such a big antique street, you picked the most qualified one."

Chen Yi: "Old liar?"

Wu Muyang waved his hand: "You can't say that. This is the rule in the industry. The buyer suffered a loss because the buyer was not good at learning. Besides, he also had an eye when he sold a thing worth 100,000 for 600. He was so angry back then. I didn’t eat anything for two days, and one hundred thousand was a lot at that time.”

"Do you know what's the most interesting thing? That buyer acted very well. He knew that the thing he was looking at was worth 100,000 yuan, but he still pretended not to know how to bargain hard. This matter is still talked about by people. I just mention it. Want to laugh."

"If he is angry, he will not go to the buyer to get the things back. It is a bad rule. In Taihang Building, both the buyer and the seller may suffer losses and be fooled. The difference is that the buyer has a higher probability of being fooled."

Chen Yi seemed to be listening to a fictional story, but he knew it was not a lie, so he said, "Suffering a loss is experience. After so many years in Taihang Tower, has the old man become a spirit?"

Wu Muyang: "I can't even talk about becoming a spirit, but it's basically impossible to pick up the leaks from him. By the way, do you want to buy a bowl?"

Chen Yi explained: "Bringing a gift to my girlfriend. She asked for a nice-looking bowl. Pink is the best. Does Mr. Wu have it here?"

Wu Muyang: "Do you want it to be true or false?"

This question stopped Chen Yi. It doesn't seem to matter whether it's true or not? But it's really better.

"Is it true?"

"wait."

Wu Muyang got up and went to the inner room. When he returned, he had a brocade box in his hand. After opening the box, a colorful patterned bowl appeared in front of him. The color was not as good as that of the old man with a pu fan, but it was still pink as the base.

"Can I take a look?" Chen Yi thought it was good.

Wu Muyang: "Of course, you can watch whatever you want."

Chen Yi picked up the bowl. From a layman's perspective, it looked pretty. It was beautiful.

Wu Muyang introduced: "How about Daoguang's eight-treasure pattern bowl?"

Chen Yi commented in one word: "Good."

Wu Muyang: "This is indeed a genuine product. Don't worry. If you have any questions, come to me. The market valuation fluctuates between 80,000 and 120,000. You can just take it if you like 80,000. If you enter the auction house, it will cost more than 80,000." "

Chen Yi said simply: "Thank you, Mr. Wu, for paying the bill."

Wu Muyang nodded and reacted indifferently. He would not dare to lie to the police, let alone a friend. The product he took out was indeed genuine, and the price was indeed between 80,000 and 120,000. If he met a collector who really liked it, he might pay more than 120,000. To make a deal with a price of 10,000 yuan, you need to try your luck.

80,000 is the reserve price. Only people he knows very well will sell it at this price. Although some people make a profit, the profit is not much.

Chen Yi made the payment and decided the ownership of the eight-treasure bowl, then put the brocade box aside and continued chatting with Wu Muyang.

Getting to know more veterans in various industries can increase your knowledge base. Criminal investigation skills and experience alone can only handle ordinary cases. If you encounter strange and bizarre things, you will inevitably be stretched.

In the future, you might encounter some eye-opening anecdotes.