Every industry has its own rules, and the antique trade is no exception. In this industry, there is an unwritten agreement that there is no distinction between real and fake, only between new and old. If you think something is new, you can choose not to buy it; if you think it is old and are willing to pay a high price for it, that is your voluntary decision. Trading relies on experience and vision, and if you spend millions to buy a vase worth only a few hundred, it simply means your vision is not good enough, and there is no fraud involved.
Therefore, in the antique industry, there is an interesting term called "打眼" (da yan).
打眼 actually means being fooled, but it has become an exclusive term in the antique industry. If you buy the wrong thing, it is your own fault and no one else's. The auction mentioned by Meng Fei to make Ye Fei buy antiques and then contact buyers is actually an obvious trap. Because the auction house is only responsible for introducing items, and the authenticity is left for the buyer to judge.
Meng Fei could easily place a counterfeit item at the auction and tell Ye Fei that the item is very popular and someone has bid a certain amount but cannot find a buyer, and that he can buy it for 100,000 yuan, and Meng Fei will help him sell it for 200,000 yuan.
After Ye Fei buys the item, the buyer naturally disappears for various reasons.
As for partnering to buy antiques, it is an obvious scam. The items are already prepared, and the buyers and sellers are also fake. Just one important item is needed to trick you.
There are many more insider secrets in the auction house that we haven't covered here, so we won't go into detail. Even though these public disclosures only reveal the tip of the iceberg of the antique market's insider secrets, they have already made Ye Fei feel scared.
At first, Ye Fei was afraid, but as he learned more, his expression became relaxed, and even a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It turns out there is such an industry that can deceive you to the point of despair, and yet you are powerless!
Interesting, as Meng Fei said, this is an industry that relies on vision to make a living. If you are fooled, you can only silently bear the loss and have nowhere to complain.
This industry suits him, but he needs more accurate information. At least his eyes can only see a light yellow and red color, and he does not know what other colors represent which period.
More importantly, he can only roughly determine the age, and whether the item's true value and whether it is worth buying still needs to be judged by himself, and this is precisely his weakness. After all, he knows nothing about antiques!
As for learning related knowledge, Ye Fei has never considered it. What a joke, he already has superpowers, why should he work hard to learn anything else! He will just become an errand boy and learn slowly! He doesn't even want to become a master, his goal is just to make money. When he has money and power, he will find a chance to retaliate against those who have harmed him.
Now it seems that there is another way to teach those people a lesson.
Ye Fei looked outside, the sky had already turned dark, then he took out his phone and dialed Duan Fei's number.
"Hello, is this Director Duan?" Ye Fei deliberately asked in a low voice.
"Yes, who is this?" Duan Fei's mood suddenly became enthusiastic.
"I'm Xiaoye, I went to your store yesterday, do you remember me?" Ye Fei said.
Duan Fei was so angry that he almost spurted blood. He thought the silly boy would have come to him long ago, but after waiting a whole day, that guy didn't even call, making him furious all day long.
"Xiaoye, why haven't you come yet? I've been waiting for you all day today." Duan Fei's voice became enthusiastic.
"I'm sorry, Director Duan. After listening to your words yesterday, I checked online and found out that there really is a jade gambling industry." Ye Fei said.
Duan Fei was so angry that he almost exploded. Did you think I was a scammer?
"Of course there is! Many people are gambling on jade, becoming millionaires overnight. A few tens of thousands of yuan for a jadeite raw stone, as long as there is jadeite inside, the value can increase by dozens or even hundreds of times. Xiaoye, the raw stones in our store are all imported from Myanmar and definitely have jadeite inside. As long as you gamble on one or two pieces, you can become a millionaire. By then, your girlfriend won't have to watch other people own gold." Duan Fei said excitedly.
"I see, I really understand now. So this morning, I went to gamble on jade." Ye Fei deliberately said.
Duan Fei suddenly raised his voice: "Gambling on jade? You actually dared to gamble on jade?"
"Mr. Duan, this is Ye Fei from Lido Gambling Stone Company. I wanted to call and thank you for your advice. Today, I bought a piece of rough stone there and ended up gambling out an emerald, which sold for a whopping 1.6 million yuan," Ye Fei proudly said.
Duan Fei was a bit confused. 1.6 million yuan? What was going on?
"Mr. Duan, are you still there?" Ye Fei noticed Duan Fei's silence and thought he was being provoked, so he deliberately raised his voice.
"Yes, I'm here," Duan Fei replied, coming back to his senses.
He didn't understand what Ye Fei meant. Was he showing off?
"Anyway, I've decided to go to your store tomorrow to pick out a few stones. Maybe my luck hasn't run out yet," Ye Fei said.
"Okay, I'll wait for you," Duan Fei replied.
After hanging up the phone, Duan Fei's sense of pride disappeared. He had encouraged Ye Fei to gamble on stones just to sell these rough stones. But he wasn't really a gambler in the industry. While he could accept it if someone didn't win, hearing that Ye Fei had won and sold an emerald for 1.6 million yuan made him feel very unbalanced. He looked at the rough stones in the warehouse, as if seeing a large sum of money.
If there were emeralds inside, he could take out all the emeralds from these rough stones, and how profitable that would be! He didn't need to be a lackey for Xiao Fei. This thought was like the temptation of the devil, appearing in Duan Fei's heart for the first time.
Soon, Duan Fei shook his head to calm himself down. He didn't understand why a few words had provoked him so much. Moreover, he didn't even know if what Ye Fei said was true or false. Lido Gambling Stone Company? He had to ask what was going on.
Duan Fei wasn't familiar with Beijing, but some of the employees in the store knew about Lido Gambling Stone Company to varying degrees. After all, it was the largest gambling stone company in Beijing, and they paid attention to some news.
It didn't take long for Duan Fei to confirm that today a novice bought a piece of rough stone at Lido Gambling Stone Company that didn't look good on the outside but ended up opening an emerald the size of a fist, which sold for several million yuan.
News spreads quickly in this industry. In order to stimulate novices, they would increase the selling price several times, and the news spread quickly.
After confirming the news, Duan Fei couldn't calm down for a long time after putting down his phone.
Ye Fei hung up the phone and sneered. The first step had been successful.
Starting tomorrow, the second step would begin.
"Brother Liang, this is Ye Fei. Are you doing well?" Ye Fei called Fat Liang.
"Zhang buddy, I was just thinking of calling you. Let's get together sometime! Your piece of material really helped me out. The jade raw materials in my store are running out. If I can't find suitable ones, I'll have to buy them at a high price," Fat Liang said, laughing.
"Liang Brother, no need to be polite. We're mutually beneficial. I'm just asking if I can trade directly with you if I gamble on an emerald," Ye Fei asked.
"Of course you can. I really have to thank you for that," Fat Liang said.
He didn't take Ye Fei's words seriously. Gambling on stones is not that easy, it all depends on luck. Perhaps Ye Fei wouldn't be able to find a piece of material with emeralds for another year, Fat Liang had seen too much of this kind of thing.
"That's good. I'll call Liang Brother when I gamble on an emerald," Ye Fei said with a smile.
Mr. Duan, I don't believe you can control yourself! There are so many materials in your warehouse. Can you resist watching others make tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan?