Every industry has its own rules, and in the antique trade, there is an unwritten rule that nothing is genuine or fake, only new or old. If you think it's new, you can choose not to sell; if you think it's old and pay a high price for it, that's your choice. Transactions rely on experience and discernment. If you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars buying a vase worth only a few hundred dollars, it can only be said that your eyesight is poor, but there is no deception involved.

  So in the antique industry, there is a very interesting term called "dǎ yǎn".

  Being cheated is actually a euphemism for being deceived, but in the antique industry, it has become a specialized term. If you buy the wrong thing, it's your fault for being cheated, and no one else can be blamed.

  As for Meng Fei's auction, letting Zhang Yang take down the antique and he being responsible for contacting the buyer, that is almost a obvious trap. Because the auction house only takes responsibility for introducing the items, they do not guarantee their authenticity, you have to judge it yourself.

  Meng Fei can totally put a fake item in an auction house and then tell Zhang Yang that this thing is super popular, someone offered so much money but couldn't find it, you bought it for 100,000 yuan, I'll help you sell it for 200,000 yuan.

  When Zhang Yang finally got his hands on the goods, the buyer naturally disappeared for various reasons.

  As for buying things in partnership, it's even more of a blatant scam. The items are all prepared in advance, and the buyer and seller are naturally fake too. No need to elaborate, one heavy equipment can make you fall into the trap.

  But there are many secrets in the auction house that we haven't touched on here. However, even with just these publicly available materials, which may only be a small part of the iceberg of the antique market's inner workings, Zhang Yang was already terrified.

  At first, Zhang Yang was afraid, but as he watched more, his expression became more relaxed, and a hint of a smile even appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  There is still such an industry, cheating you to vomit blood, you have no way!

  It's interesting, just like Meng Fei said, this is an industry that relies on appearance to make a living. Once you're deceived, you can only swallow your pride and there's no room for complaint.

  This profession suits me, but I still need more accurate information. At least my eyes can only see light yellow and red light for now, are there different eras or other colors representing?

  What's more important is that one can only roughly judge the era, and whether the item is worth buying at a certain price. One also needs to make their own judgment, which is my weak point. I'm clueless when it comes to antiques!

  As for learning related knowledge, Zhang Yang had never considered it at all. What a joke! If he already had supernatural powers, why bother to study hard? He could just become an apprentice and learn slowly! He didn't want to become some kind of master either. His goal was simply to make money, and once he had wealth and power, he would find opportunities to take revenge on those who had harmed him.

  Now it seems there's another way to teach those guys a lesson.

  Zhang Yang took a look outside and saw that it had already darkened. Then he pulled out his mobile phone and dialed Duan Fei's number.

  "Hello, is it Director Duan?" Zhang Yang asked in a deliberately soft voice.

  "What am I, who are you?" Duan Fei was furious today. He had thought that the silly boy would come to find him early, but after waiting for a whole day, the guy still hadn't shown up, and as for phone calls, there wasn't even one. He was so angry that he had a gloomy face all day.

  "Director Duan, I'm Little Zhang, I went to your store yesterday, do you still remember me?" Zhang Yang said.

  Duan Fei's voice suddenly became enthusiastic: "Little Zhang, why didn't you come over? I've been waiting for you all day today."

  "Sorry, Director Duan, after hearing your words yesterday, I searched online and found that there is indeed a profession called 'gambling on stones'." Zhang Yang said.

  Duan Fei was so angry he almost vomited blood. What's wrong with you? Do you think I'm a scammer?

  "Of course, many people have made a fortune overnight by betting on jade. A few tens of thousands for a raw jade stone, and if it contains jadeite, its value can increase several dozen or even hundreds of times. Little Zhang, the raw stones in our store were all transported from Myanmar, so they must contain jadeite. If you're lucky enough to get one or two pieces, you'll become a millionaire. By then, your girlfriend won't have to watch those gold bars belong to someone else." said Duan Fei.

  "I knew it, I knew it all along. So I went to gamble on rocks this morning." Zhang Yang said with a deliberate tone.

  Duan Fei's voice suddenly became louder: "Gambling on rocks? Where did you go to gamble?"

  "Li Duo Gambling Stone Company! Director Duan, I'm calling to thank you. I bought a gambling stone today and it turned out to be jadeite, selling for a full 1.6 million." Zhang Yang said.

  Duan Fei was stunned, how much? One hundred and sixty thousand?

  "Director Duan, Director Duan, are you still there?" Zhang Yang heard no response from this side and guessed that Duan Fei was stimulated, so he deliberately raised his voice.

  "It's nothing, it's nothing." Duan Fei came back to his senses and said.

  He doesn't understand what this Zhang Yang means, is he here to show off in front of himself?

  "I thought so, anyway, I was advised by Director Duan to gamble on the stones, so I decided to go to Director Duan's store tomorrow and pick a few stones. My luck is just right now, maybe I can still win." Zhang Yang said.

  "Alright, alright, we'll wait for you." Duan Fei said.

  He hung up the phone, and Duan Fei was no longer as triumphant as he had been at first. He encouraged Zhang Yang to gamble on stones, with the goal of selling these raw stones. But after all, he wasn't a real stone gambler. When others didn't win, he could still accept it, but when he heard that Zhang Yang won and sold for 16 million, his heart was filled with injustice. Looking at the raw stones in the warehouse, he seemed to see piles of cash.

  If there's jade inside, he'll extract all the jade from these raw stones himself. Wouldn't that make him rich? What would be the point of being a lackey for Xiao Fei then? This thought, like the devil's temptation, appeared in Duan Fei's mind for the first time.

  Duàn Fēi quickly shook his head, calming himself down. What's wrong with him? He got provoked by a few words from a foolish kid? Besides, he didn't even know if what the kid said was true or false. Lì Duō Bó Shí Gōng Sī (Lido Casino)? What kind of place is that? He should ask around and see if it's real or not.

  Duan Fei didn't have many connections in the capital, but there were some employees in the store who knew about Li Duo's gambling stone company. After all, it was the largest gambling stone company in the capital, and they would more or less pay attention to it.

  Not long after, Duan Fei confirmed the news. Today, a newcomer at Lido Jade Company bought a rough-looking raw jade and unexpectedly got a fist-sized emerald green jadeite, which was sold for several million.

  This industry is like that, it spreads very quickly, and in order to stimulate new people, they often raise the selling price several times and spread it out.

  After confirming the news, Duan Fei put down his phone and couldn't calm down for a long time.

  Zhang Yang hung up the phone and sneered, the first step of provocation was successful.

  Starting step two tomorrow.

  "Brother Liang, I'm Zhang Yang, how are you?" Zhang Yang called Liang Pangzi.

  "Zhang old brother is you, I was just about to give you a call, let's get together and have a good time! This material of yours has really helped me out, to be honest, the jade raw materials in my store were almost sold out, if I couldn't find any suitable ones, I would have had to buy them at a high price." Liang Pangzi said with a smile.

  "Li, no need to be so polite, we're just taking what we need. I was wondering, if I were to win the jade, could I trade it with you directly?" Zhang Yang said.

  Li Baozi said: "Of course, then I should thank you too, little brother."

  He didn't take Zhang Yang's words to heart, was it that easy to gamble on rocks? It all depended on luck, maybe in the next year Zhang Yang wouldn't even be able to find a second piece of material with jade, Liang Pangzi knew too many examples like this.

  "That's great, I'll call Brother Liang when I win the emerald." Zhang Yang said with a smile.

  I don't believe you, I bet one and hit it right, can you hold back! Hum, so many goods are placed in your warehouse, watching others make tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, can you control your desire. If you really can control it, would you still go rob gamblers' money?