bullyxtreme Chapter 1446: Go to Antique Street to Taobao
Chapter 1446: Go to Antique Street to Taobao
Lin Ran told Hocha what happened at the banquet, leaving Hocha and Gangzi with shocked faces, and Lin Ran left with Guan Yun.
Naturally, the two of them returned to the hotel first.
Sitting on the sofa in the room, Lin Ran began to think.
Although the clues have been sorted out, the biggest problem we are facing now is which category is better to start with.
You must know that in the antique market, there are thousands of categories.
There are at least one million items traded in the antique market every day.
This does not include various currencies. If every antique had to be inspected, it would take less than a year to see them all.
Lin Ran smiled bitterly.
As a master of picking up leaks, I asked him to go to the market to look for genuine products, but he was very at ease and thoughtful.
However, this mission is to find fakes.
And not just any fakes will be useful, you have to find out the fakes belonging to a specific group.
Where to start gave him a headache.
It's true that Hongda didn't leave any information about the buyer.
He actually bought two pieces, and one was a purple clay teapot from the Qing Dynasty, which he had already sold to a merchant in Yangzhou.
After he returns, he will contact the buyer and buy it back at double the price.
This way they have two fakes.
Jiang Li wasn't too worried. She had already told her the characteristics. With her level, she should be able to find them easily.
What really bothered him was how many fakes the other party had produced.
The huge quantity is not a problem, but if the categories are complete, then I will really be in big trouble.
However, if you analyze it, the purpose of this kind of criminal gang is not to show off their skills, but to make money.
Therefore, the fakes they should make are all large and have a certain degree of collection.
In this way, the price of the positioned objects should not be too cheap, preferably more than [-] yuan.
Moreover, most counterfeiting gangs are not large in scale. After all, everyone has different ideas. In order to control risks and increase profits to the greatest extent, they will control the size of the team.
Lin Ran immersed himself in thinking, and every time he thought of something, he would write down a line in his notebook to record his thoughts.
Gradually, the information about the counterfeiting gang became clear.
The sun has just risen, and there is still a hint of fish belly white in the sky.
But for the antique dealers in Confucius Temple Antique Street, the real work has begun.
The store staff have just started to clean the dust in front of the store. The vendors have already pushed the goods to their respective stalls and placed one piece of cultural relics on their stalls.
In addition, there are many snack vendors in the antique street in the morning.
They have set up their own food stall and are waiting for customers to come.
The three men came to the street, and the vendors extended invitations to them.
"Authentic duck blood fan, you will regret not eating it."
"The wheat cake is sick and the wheat cake is sick."
"Fresh youtiao."
This antique street is really lively. In the morning, snacks and antique vendors set up stalls on the street.
By noon, the snack vendors will be driven away, leaving only the antique vendors.
These are the rules of the game in Antique Street.
Lin Ran and the others came to a stall and ordered some food.
I came to the antique street early and saw a completely different situation. I also experienced the local customs.
Last night, Lin Ran called back to inquire about the situation.
Yang Mingwei's restoration work has encountered trouble, and it is still impossible to restore the original appearance of the Yuan Dynasty pottery figurines.
Lin Ran was also a little relieved. He had been delayed in Nanling for too long this time, and judging from the situation, he would have to stay at least another week.
Similarly, Lin Ran reported the situation encountered here to the Ministry of Chinese Culture.
They were also shocked when they heard that there was a huge counterfeiting gang, and this matter related to the Fan family, so they specially approved Lin Ran's request to extend the business trip, and they would give full subsidies in terms of subsidies.
Lin Ran actually didn't want their money, but just wanted their help in investigating the counterfeiting gang behind it.
The Special Investigation Bureau specializes in handling this kind of matter.
It's just that there is no relevant office in Nanling yet, so it has to be transferred from a nearby city.
It can be seen from this that the Special Investigation Bureau is really a unit with little real power, and it is not even qualified to settle down in various places.
However, with the assistance of the Special Investigation Bureau, the probability of finding the counterfeiting gang is much higher.
During the meal, Hongda kept introducing the local customs to Lin Ran. He and Guan Yun were chatting happily, but Lin Ran was just eating the meal casually.
This is my second time to come to Antique Street. The last time I came here was to buy a gift for Mr. Huo. Now that I’m done, I can slowly appreciate the various toys and works of art here.
As the largest antique trading center in Nanling, the streets are full of antiques and people looking for them, and there are even tourists from all over the country.
The transaction volume here was so huge that Lin Ran could not even imagine it.
“It’s true that gold is bought in troubled times, but antiques are hidden in prosperous times!”
It was only early eight o'clock, and Hongda couldn't help but sigh when he saw that the Confucius Temple Antique Street was already crowded with people and the merchants were doing brisk business.
"Yes." Lin Ran nodded. China can be considered a troubled nation. In its 5000-year history, more than 4000 years were spent in war, and there were not many peaceful periods left for them.
Moreover, even in peacetime, there will be undercurrents.
Today, China has just begun to integrate into the international orbit, and various developments are booming.
Fortunately, social construction engineers had the foresight, otherwise no one would have thought that more than ten years ago, people were still suffering from hunger. Ten years later, almost everyone would be able to have enough to eat and even begin to enjoy life.
It is actually a blessing to see the bustling scene of Antique Street.
It represents the era they live in now, which is peaceful and prosperous.
However, Hongda still reminded them to be careful of thieves in the market.
"There are a lot of petty thieves now, especially since this place is close to tourist attractions. These thieves have figured out how long the foreign tourists have stayed here for a short period of time. After stealing, they run away and continue to come back after a while."
Hongda pointed to a young man wearing a cardigan in the distance and said, "For example, we call him Wu Dalang."
Lin Ran and Guan Yun followed his finger and looked over, only to see a short but slightly chubby young man wearing clothes with the zipper unzipped, exposing the fat inside.
He looks like a street kid.
There was a cold look in Wu Dalang's eyes, and he looked like he was not easy to mess with.
His eyes were scanning the passing crowd.
Suddenly he turned his head and saw Hong Da pointing at him, his eyes looking at Lin Ran and Guan Yun.