Chapter 387: You don't need to explain

Antiques currently circulating on the market, even those from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, are few and far between, let alone the ancient Western Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, everyone did not take Old He's words seriously, only thinking that he had come up with such a sensational way to divert everyone's attention because his identity as a fake expert had been exposed.

"Old Master He, is this really pottery from the Western Zhou Dynasty?"

Although Xu Tian could confirm 100% in his heart that this piece of pottery was the treasure he was looking for, he still confirmed it once more.

"Based on my many years of experience, I absolutely cannot be wrong. Of course, if you are worried, you can take it to a specialized testing agency for inspection."

"Impossible, how could there be Western Zhou pottery in Mu Qiu nian's hands." Li Wancai couldn't hold back and couldn't help but sneer: "Don't think you can avoid inspection by changing the subject now. Hurry up and show your expert qualification certificate for us to see!"

"And you, Mu Qiu nian, in order to sell the batch of fakes in your hands, you actually went as far as hiring actors to impersonate antique appraisal experts. Do you believe I will go to the Antique Association to complain about you and let them come forward to revoke your business license?"

Mu Qiu nian was also stunned by the sudden good news. At this time, he had no time to argue with Li Wancai, but focused on examining the pottery jar in Old He's hands.

He had never thought before that this dirty, inconspicuous pottery jar would actually be Western Zhou pottery, so let alone checking and appraising it, he hadn't even taken a look at it.

He absolutely trusted Old He's appraisal level, so he also broke out in a cold sweat.

Because he didn't care, during the process of transporting the porcelain, he didn't take any protective measures for this pottery jar other than the dried mugwort spread around the wooden box. Fortunately, the pottery jar was not damaged now; otherwise, he would have become a sinner through the ages.

Seeing Mu Qiu nian staring straight at the pottery jar in his hands, Old He reached out and handed it over.

Mu Qiu nian felt that he didn't even dare to breathe too hard. He held the pottery jar with extreme care and carefully observed the patterns on it.

He hadn't noticed it before, but now looking at the patterns on the pottery jar, they were actually exactly the same as the traditional Western Zhou patterns in his impression.

"Alright, alright, stop pretending!"

Just as Mu Qiu nian was admiring the peerless treasure in his hands with glowing eyes, Li Wancai walked over with an impatient look.

"Hurry up and take out the expert qualification certificate, otherwise I will let the security guards in Boss Chen's shop kick you all out!"

"Who said we don't have a qualification certificate? I didn't pay attention to you just now, and you're still going on and on, right!" Old He was broad-minded and good-tempered, but the middle-aged man beside him couldn't help but roar at Li Wancai.

"Ignorant thing, who in the antique circle doesn't know Old Master He? Don't you want to see the qualification certificate? I'll let you see enough right now!"

Saying that, the middle-aged man took out two credit card-sized certificates from his suit pocket.

This is an expert qualification certificate issued by the authorities, which means that only those with this qualification certificate are qualified to issue professional appraisal reports for antiques.

Li Wancai took it over indifferently, just wanting to pick faults and accuse the two of using fake and shoddy qualification certificates to deceive people. Just as he saw the clear steel seal on the first page of the certificate, he was instantly dumbfounded.

He was stunned for a full ten seconds before he said resentfully: "Are the fake certificates nowadays made so realistically? Even this kind of hard-to-forge steel seal can be faked? He Yulin? Who is this? I've never even heard of him..."

Others in the industry shook their heads upon hearing this. They had also never heard of such an expert in Y Country.

These people were able to participate in the private auction held by Chen Sanping, which shows that they all have some fame in the antique circle, but these people had also never heard the name He Yulin.

Just as Li Wancai was about to mock a few more times, Chen Sanping, who was on the side, suddenly changed his expression, immediately walked over, and snatched the qualification certificate from his hand.

When he saw the three words "He Yulin" on the qualification certificate, his expression changed drastically, and he turned to look at Old He: "You... you are Old Master He?"

Others hadn't heard of He Yulin's great name, but he knew it.

Decades ago, a famous master appeared in the antique world. In that era when there was no machine to appraise the authenticity of antiques, his appraisal accuracy rate could reach as high as 90%.

An appraiser of this level could have originally become famous in the antique circle and lived a prosperous life. However, Old He was low-key and humble by nature and never participated in gatherings held by people in the circle. Later, it was said that because his wife was ill, he moved his whole family to live abroad.

Therefore, it is normal for people in the antique circle now not to have heard of Old Master He's great name.

Even Chen Sanping only knew Old He because the other party was the master of the current president of the Y Country Antique Association. As for the others, it was even more impossible for them to know Old Master He.

"Boss Chen, who is this old man?" Li Wancai was very surprised by the change in Chen Sanping's attitude.

"Shut up! This is a master at the national treasure level!" Chen Sanping scolded, then bowed respectfully to Old He: "Old Master He, why didn't you send someone to notify me before you came over, so I could welcome you personally!"

"There is no need for that." Old He looked at Chen Sanping expressionlessly: "I heard that you just appraised this batch of porcelain as all fakes?"

"This..." Chen Sanping's expression changed suddenly: "Old Master He, I was too busy in the shop just now, so..."

"So what?" Old He raised his eyes and looked at Chen Sanping, not angry but majestic.

Even the onlookers nearby couldn't help but gasp.

People are just like this. When they didn't know He Yulin's identity, no matter how they looked at him, he was just an ordinary old man. No one took him seriously, and even felt that he was an "actor" hired by Mu Qiu nian with money.

But once they learned that he was a titan-level figure in the antique world, they immediately felt that his temperament was extraordinary and absolutely incomparable to ordinary people.

"As the vice president of the Antique Association, you casually say such irresponsible words and affect other people's reputation. Do you think it's appropriate?"

He Yulin was very disgusted by Chen Sanping's behavior of bullying others and using his status in the antique circle to suppress dissidents.

Of course, he also knew Chen Sanping's little thoughts very well. Usually, he was too lazy to come forward and get involved in these infighting, but since he encountered it today, and the object of being wronged and framed was Mu Qiu nian, he had to come forward to clear up such crooked trends.

"Old Master He, listen to my explanation..." Chen Sanping was also a bit flustered when he saw He Yulin was really angry.

Although He Yulin was low-key in his daily life and basically didn't interfere with things in the antique circle, he still had great prestige in this line of work.

Especially those big shots who had a say in the antique circle were almost all He Yulin's students. Even if he were given more courage, he wouldn't dare to offend He Yulin.

Therefore, facing He Yulin's questioning at this time, he racked his brains to give a reasonable explanation, but at the critical moment, his brain seemed to be stuck, and he couldn't even say a decent explanation.

"Alright, you don't need to explain."

He Yulin waved his hand with a cold face and immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Hello? Is this Xiao Li?"

Chen Sanping's face turned pale instantly after hearing the name Xiao Li.

This Xiao Li whom He Yulin called was none other than the current president of the Y Country Antique Association! ===== CHAPTER 388 =====