Chapter 883: Appreciation of antiques (Chinese)

"Brother Huang, why don't you look down on me, my brother? You don't even notify me when you have a cocktail party?" Zhang Kentao walked into the lobby of the villa casually, with two followers following behind him, one of whom was carrying a large package.

Huang Rongjin's face changed slightly, and he forced a smile: "Brother Kentao, see where you said, I think you are very busy usually. This is just an informal family party, so I didn't send you an invitation. However, with the relationship between our two families, there is no need for invitations, right? Why don't you come here? You can come directly if you want to?"

Although Huang Rongjin's words were polite, he said it was neither soft nor hard, and there was a thorn in his words.

How could Zhang Kentao not hear it? But the two of them were used to fighting each other, and Zhang Kentao was thorny in the first words, so he said indifferently: "That's right, we two don't care about those false things anymore! When I heard that Brother Huang was holding a cocktail party here, I hurried to cheer you up."

"Is that right?" Huang Rongjin looked at Zhang Kentao. Since he was here, he could not drive him out. At least on the surface, both of them were still accustomed to it: "Then please take your seat, the cocktail party is about to begin."

"Before the cocktail party started, I had a rare treasure that I wanted to ask Brother Huang to help me appreciate it!" As he said that, Zhang Kentao waved his hand and asked the follower who was carrying the package to hand over the things in his hand.

"Oh, then I have to appreciate it." Huang Rongjin said with a slight smile. Both of them were in the collection industry and had some reputation, but Huang Rongjin was a little more famous, so Zhang Kentao often used some tricky and weird things to make him guess what it was, in order to make him look ugly, but he called it appreciation.

For example, last time Zhang Kentao made a bronze cup from the Song Dynasty and asked Huang Rongjin to judge which year it was made. Fortunately, there was a master around Huang Rongjin, who hit the nail on the head, which made Zhang Kentao leave in disappointment.

This time, I don’t know what Zhang Kentao wants to do again, but one thing is certain. This guy definitely has no good intentions. In front of so many people, he must have thought of some way to make himself look ugly.

Of course, although I knew it would be like this in my heart, I did a good job on the surface. Huang Rongjin pretended to be surprised and walked quickly to Zhang Kentao.

Most of the people present knew the grudge between Huang Rongjin and Zhang Kentao, but people always had the mentality of watching the excitement. Even though they knew that the two of them were not dealing with each other, they surrounded them curiously, wanting to see what high-end things Zhang Kentao had made this time.

"This time, I bought a vase from the UK that is said to be the Ming Dynasty. I want Brother Huang to help me identify the authenticity!" As he said that, Zhang Kentao opened the package in his hand, then took out a box from it, opened the box, and carefully took out the things inside.

This is a celadon vase with very exquisite workmanship and exquisite shape. The people present have more or less knowledge of antiques. When they see such a beautiful vase, they can't help but exclaim.

Zhang Kentao proudly placed the vase on the table in the center of the villa, and then said to Huang Rongjin: "Brother Huang, it is said that you are very accomplished in the research of porcelain in the Ming Dynasty. Today, I would like to ask you, the expert, to help me identify the authenticity of the vase!"

Huang Rongjin looked at Zhang Kentao coldly. The authenticity of this antique is a great subject. Although Huang Rongjin has put a lot of effort into this, antiques are antiques after all. Unlike other things, it takes some effort to identify the authenticity. Not to mention, now that with such a short time, even experts have to use some high-tech tools to identify them.

However, even so, if Huang Rongjin didn't say something about it today, Zhang Kentao must have prepared a lot of words to mock him, and there is no need to doubt this at all.

"How is it, Brother Huang, this vase is good, right?" Zhang Kentao said proudly when he saw Huang Rongjin's admiring gaze.

"Yeah, it's really good." Huang Rongjin nodded and began to appreciate the vase.

No matter from which angle, the pattern on it, the rust spots, etc., it can be proved that this is a vase from the Ming Dynasty, but the more this happens, the less at ease Huang Rongjin feels!

Zhang Kentao took such a vase to seek appreciation for himself, so he must have left behind the trick, but where did he want to make a fuss? Huang Rongjin couldn't guess, so he didn't dare to speak randomly.

Just looked at the vase carefully and looked at some details on the vase that were easily overlooked.

The conflict between Yang Ming and the Fatty Pink was interrupted by Zhang Kentao as soon as he came in. The Fatty Pink knew that he would not be able to make a fuss for a while, so he had to give up and follow everyone to look at the vase on the table.

The fat man with pink head couldn't tell anything, but he just thought it was just a vase, but Yang Ming noticed something from the tit-for-tat conversation between Huang Rongjin and Zhang Kentao.

"Lele, who is that Zhang Kentao?" Yang Ming walked to Huang Lele and asked in a low voice.

"I am a friend of my second brother, but I always like to mock my second brother. This time it should be the same. If my second brother can't tell the authenticity of the vase, he might have to say something ugly." Huang Lele hated Zhang Kentao very much, but he also understood the relationship between the two families. The second brother had no choice but to deal with him, so naturally Huang Lele had no choice.

After hearing this, Yang Ming nodded and roughly understood the relationship between the two. It seemed that Zhang Kentao was not kind to come.

If you didn't understand Zhang Kentao's purpose, Huang Rongjin would naturally not speak easily, but Zhang Kentao was a little impatient: "How is it, Brother Huang, you are an expert in this field. Is this vase real or fake?"

No matter where we look at it, the vase looks very much like the real! But it is precisely because it looks too much like the real that Huang Rongjin dared not easily draw conclusions! Because now, the technology is so developed and the counterfeiting technology is very powerful, and it is not uncommon to be able to make things that are fake and real.

Zhang Kentao took a vase like this to take the exam for himself. Could he be so kind? If this vase is really counterfeit, then after he said that the vase is real, Zhang Kentao would definitely take the opportunity to make fun of himself.

But would Zhang Kentao not understand such a simple and easy-to-understand truth? Whatever things are extreme will be reversed. If he uses an ambiguous thing that is not easy to identify and has a very bad quality, it will be difficult for him to judge. But how could he not be suspicious if he uses such a real thing to judge?

However, from another perspective, if this is just a counter-espionage plan, Zhang Kentao deliberately used a real vase to confuse himself and make himself mistakenly think it was a fake, it is not impossible!

As a result, Huang Rongjin is really a little difficult to get on the verge of being a tiger.

As if he knew Huang Rongjin's thoughts, Zhang Kentao shook his head and stood aside calmly: "I said, expert, you are a bit too slow, right? Even if you can't read it carefully, at least you have to give a preliminary opinion?"

Huang Rongjin was a little angry and thought to himself, if I express my preliminary opinions, you will definitely come and bombard me, right? But it is not enough not to say it. So many people are looking at him, Huang Rongjin really has to tell the result today.

Well, even if he said that the vase was fake, if Zhang Kentao insisted that the vase was real, then he had no choice but to say it was real and could gamble.

At least if the vase is fake, you have to tell why it is fake, right? There must be a flaw, right? At least Huang Rongjin didn't see any flaws.

So, Huang Rongjin nodded, took a deep breath and said, "After my preliminary judgment, it seems that this vase is real..."

Before Huang Rongjin could finish his words, he was interrupted by Yang Ming. Yang Ming patted Huang Rongjin on the shoulder and then said, "It seems that this vase is really similar! But it's still fake. Is this what Brother Huang meant?"

After hearing Yang Ming's words, Huang Rongjin was obviously stunned. Although he didn't understand why Yang Ming said that the vase was fake, Huang Rongjin knew that Yang Ming had outstanding features. He said this, so he must have his reason!

Instead of guessing it all by yourself, it would be better to believe Yang Ming this time and take a gamble. Anyway, I was not sure about it. At worst, even if I was ridiculed by Zhang Kentao, it would be no big deal.

"Is it true or not?" Zhang Kentao looked at Yang Ming with some dissatisfaction and thought to himself, who is this guy? What are you talking about?

"Haha, what Yang Ming said is what I mean!" Huang Rongjin nodded with certainty.

Zhang Kentao's face changed instantly but immediately returned to normal. If he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't be able to see it at all. However, it would be impossible to hide it from others' eyes, but it would be impossible to hide it from Yang Ming's eyes.

"Hmph," Zhang Kentao returned to his previous pride: "Brother Huang, I'm afraid you guessed it wrong this time, right? How could this vase be fake? I bought it for three million pounds at an auction in the UK!"

Huang Rongjin was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer, but out of trust in Yang Ming, he turned his attention to Yang Ming. Sure enough, Yang Ming disappointed him.

"Is that right?" Yang Ming looked at Zhang Kentao with a smile: "Are you sure this vase is real?"

"I... Of course I'm sure! The vase belongs to mine, and I have also obtained an expert to verify it, it must be true!" Zhang Kentao nodded with certainty. However, he was very upset with the person in front of him. What's wrong with him?

"Then I have to say it's fake?" Yang Ming looked at the vase, then looked at Zhang Kentao and asked back.
Chapter completed!