Chapter 662

If you compare them, the difference is truly obvious.

Especially for those who are very knowledgeable about antiques, they can see these things clearly at a single glance.

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"Brother, these antiques really look extraordinary; history and time have left deep marks upon them."

The cameraman felt that he was clearly just a layman.

Yet, if he looked carefully, he could also tell which were real and which were imitations.

"One is too new, the other is too old."

"If you use this to judge the authenticity of artifacts, you will suffer a great loss sooner or later."

Xiang Fangyang looked at the other person, raised his eyelids, and looked at the cameraman with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

The cameraman's mind was a bit muddled; he felt that his previous judgment hadn't been wrong.

"If some items are deliberately made to look old, while some historical artifacts are preserved in perfect condition—looking as new as if they were deliberately buried—in such a situation, what kind of judgment would you make?"

When Xiang Fangyang said these words, his voice didn't even have any fluctuation.

The cameraman opened his mouth wide; he wanted to say something at this moment, but found that he was as if he had lost the ability to speak.

He sighed softly.

Then, he silently hugged his camera and sat back down in his seat, sitting up straight.

"Brother, as expected, professional matters must be handled by professionals. I am completely clueless in this area; there's no helping it, I concede."

Originally, he had been full of enthusiasm, thinking that when he stopped doing this job in the future, he could specifically go to antique markets or places where people pick up scraps to find a few treasures.

It had originally seemed like a very easy thing to do, but now he discovered that it was all just him overthinking.

If he left Xiang Fangyang, he would be completely clueless about artifacts.

Even if he understood a tiny bit, that tiny bit was insignificant.

After returning to the hotel, the cameraman still looked listless.

Seeing the cameraman in this state, Xiang Fangyang actually guessed some of the little schemes in the cameraman's heart, but he felt it was nothing.

After the few of them got their room keys.

Just as the cameraman was about to go to the room next door, Xiang Fangyang raised his hand and pressed it on his shoulder.

"Come with me for a moment."

Saying this, he pulled the cameraman directly into his own room. It wasn't to do anything; he just opened his computer while the cameraman looked on with a terrified and bewildered expression.

Pictures of all kinds of artifacts appeared before his eyes one by one.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

As soon as the cameraman saw Xiang Fangyang's attitude, he immediately felt that the situation was somewhat ominous.

He stared at Xiang Fangyang with bright, piercing eyes.

And Xiang Fangyang just glanced at the time slightly, then said: "It's still very early, you will look at artifacts with me for two hours. When you suddenly decide not to be a cameraman anymore in the future, you can go buy some artifacts yourself; if you resell them, making a little money is also good."

Now there were only Xiang Fangyang and the cameraman in the room, so Xiang Fangyang was somewhat unscrupulous with some of his words.

"Of course, for those artifacts that cannot be resold, if you really do find them, I still suggest you turn them in directly, but you can sell those small items."

Early the next morning, when the cameraman got into the car, he still looked dazed and lifeless.

The driver had slept very early last night and didn't know why the cameraman was in such a state, so he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you? Did you sleepwalk last night?"

"It's scarier than sleepwalking."

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The cameraman said this sentence with a particularly serious tone, which piqued the driver's curiosity.

"Tell me, how is it scary?"

"Last night, I was pulled directly into a hotel room by Brother. He made me look at the authenticity of artifacts for a full two hours. The first hour was fine, Brother explained these to me, and I just listened. In the last half hour, he directly made me distinguish the authenticity of the artifacts, and as a result, I didn't get a single one right."

Some things are better left unsaid, but once some things are brought up, they are endless.

Next, all that could be heard in the car was the cameraman constantly complaining; even though Xiang Fangyang was sitting in the back, he couldn't suppress his urge to keep talking endlessly.

It was unknown if the cameraman was deliberately trying to say these things for Xiang Fangyang to hear, which was why he had such an attitude.

The words he said made Xiang Fangyang couldn't help but wonder if he had really been too harsh?

However, recalling everything he had made the cameraman do last night in his mind, it was very normal.

"Alright, shut up."

When the cameraman couldn't help but complain for another half hour, Xiang Fangyang heard the other person repeating the same few sentences back and forth, and directly scolded the other person to shut his mouth.

The cameraman looked at Xiang Fangyang pitifully.

Xiang Fangyang felt very helpless, and at the same time, he felt that his head was particularly painful.

"Alright, things like yesterday won't happen again in the future, and I won't bother with you anymore."

The cameraman's attitude was too obvious and too easy to understand, just like how Xiang Fangyang had understood what kind of thoughts were in the cameraman's heart yesterday.

Today he also saw clearly what kind of attitude the cameraman had; it seemed that just two hours last night were enough to scare the cameraman directly.

After Xiang Fangyang finished saying this sentence, the cameraman's complexion visibly relaxed.

Thus, this matter came to an end, and immediately after, they went directly to the next city.

And this city could also be considered quite famous in the country of Huaxia.

This was the hometown of Liu Chunlin, the last top scholar of the country of Huaxia.

They arrived in the city very quickly; although they had reached their destination, they didn't start working immediately, but instead stayed in this city to look around first.

After all, the arrangements over there hadn't been made yet, and the other party had told them to look around.

Of course, they could also be accompanied by them.

Xiang Fangyang and his group refused, and instead went to the museum themselves; at the same time, they also saw Liu Chunlin's examination paper in the museum.

The people at the museum recognized Xiang Fangyang, and as soon as they saw Xiang Fangyang coming, they immediately entertained him very enthusiastically.

"Mr. Xiang Fangyang, we had heard before that you would come to our city; we didn't expect it to be true."

Xiang Fangyang looked at the other person and nodded slightly.

"Not bad, it's true. Is this the examination paper from when Liu Chunlin participated in the palace examination?"

Looking at the very neat examination paper in front of him, Xiang Fangyang was very sure, but he still asked a question.

For one, he wanted to let the other party focus their attention mainly on the artifact, and on the other hand, this could also be considered a small interaction with the people in the live broadcast room.

"Mr. Xiang Fangyang, I will have the person in our museum who knows the most about history come to explain it to you..."

The museum curator was very enthusiastic, but before he could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by the cameraman.

The cameraman laughed: "Curator, you don't need to worry. My brother knows everything; a mere top scholar of the country of Huaxia, he can talk about it until it blooms; he definitely knows more than your person who knows the most about history!"

The cameraman's praise was too outrageous, so outrageous that Xiang Fangyang wanted to roll his eyes at him.

He directly grabbed the cameraman and pulled him behind himself.

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"Sorry, this person just likes to exaggerate when he speaks, but I don't need help here. I know this top scholar quite well; I want to explain the life of this top scholar to the people in the live broadcast room now."

Xiang Fangyang had already said so; although the museum curator felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, thinking of Xiang Fangyang's current influence, he didn't say much more, so he let Xiang Fangyang and his group act freely.

The curator left their side temporarily, and this gave Xiang Fangyang a relatively large space; he smiled and began to introduce it to the people in the live broadcast room.

"In 1904, Liu Chunlin participated in the palace examination, and this is the examination paper from that time. I just verified it with the curator."

"What? Even without verification, you believe my words?"

"Although I have made almost no mistakes so far, I think this kind of mentality of yours is actually very bad, because I said it, you believe it?"

Xiang Fangyang shook his head slightly: "Even when facing me, you must hold a skeptical attitude and carefully verify what I say, instead of believing whatever I say. Maybe I am really making things up; how do you know which of my words are true and which are false?"

Xiang Fangyang teased the people in the live broadcast room, and then continued to focus his gaze on this examination paper.

"In ancient times, if you wanted to do well in exams, your name and place of origin were very important."

"This Liu Chunlin is the last top scholar of our country of Huaxia, his handwriting is comparable to printing, without a single error or correction."

"And regarding this exam, there is actually a small story."

"The examiner chose the first place and presented his examination paper to Empress Dowager Cixi."

"Empress Dowager Cixi opened the seal and took a look, only to find that this person was actually Zhu Ruzhen, so she was very unhappy."

"Because the character 'Zhen' reminded her of Consort Zhen, who once supported Emperor Guangxu's reforms, and Consort Zhen was also drowned in a well by her orders."

"And this person's place of origin also made Empress Dowager Cixi very dislike him."

"In Empress Dowager Cixi's view, Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Kang Youwei of the Reformists, many of the Great Qing Dynasty's chief rebels came from this city; how could she not be angry?"

"So Empress Dowager Cixi directly opened the second examination paper."

"And this examination paper was Liu Chunlin's."