Antique Dealer

Chapter 143 Reinforced Skin

Zhao Xiaorui sneered: "Zhao Jingliang, if the teacher calls recently and brings up this matter, this winter vacation, you should be ready to take off a few layers of skin!"

Zhao Jingliang laughed dryly: "Don't worry, I will definitely not give you this chance."

"Humph!"

Skipping this topic, Zhao Xiaorui got down to business: "Little Hu, it's not convenient for Fang to talk about it, why did you transfer schools?"

"My parents divorced, my father opened a new company in Xijing, and then brought me to Xijing." When Hu Jixun said these words, his expression was a bit bitter.

Zhao Xiaorui quickly apologized.

"It's okay, children of divorced families have to face all this."

Seeing that Hu Jixun didn't seem to mind at all, Zhao Xiaorui felt a little distressed inexplicably, and then thought that he shouldn't have said that just now, and Hu Jixun obviously has no evil intentions.

This thought only turned around in Zhao Xiaorui's mind, and she thought again, what if Hu Jixun was cheated?

"Xiao Hu, you gave this pendant to Jing Liang, right?"

Hu Jixun realized in an instant that the problem seemed to be the pendant: "Yes, I gave it to Jing Liang. This pendant is worthless."

"How do you know it's worthless?"

"That's what the uncle who gave it to me said. He was eating with my dad at the time, and said that the pendant was worthless and gave it to me to play with."

"Then do you know how much this pendant is worth?"

"I don't know." Hu Jixun shook his head: "Is it very valuable?"

Zhao Xiaorui looked at Tang Mingshan: "Speak."

Tang Mingshan said: "If there is no problem with the jade, its value should be around [-] to [-]."

"Ah, is it so expensive?" Hu Jixun was dumbfounded: "I really didn't know it was worth so much money."

Tang Mingshan said: "Would that person know that there is a problem with this pendant, so he said it is worthless?"

At this time, Fang Hao came over: "There is another possibility. He didn't know there was a problem with the pendant, but in his eyes, 7 to [-] yuan is nothing."

7 to [-] yuan is just a meal for rich people, and many people work for a year to get so much money.

Zhao Jingliang pushed Hu Jixun: "What does that uncle of yours do?"

Hu Jixun said: "He also runs a company, and seems to have business dealings with my dad's company."

Everyone felt that Fang Hao was probably right. To that person, this was just a small gift.

Fang Hao took a look at the pendant and came to a conclusion: "There is indeed something wrong with this pendant. The leather on it is 'reinforced leather'."

In the Hetian jade seed material industry, the most common method of counterfeiting is to enhance the color, also known as "enhanced skin". "Enhanced skin" can improve the appearance of the seed material and make it look very beautiful.For example, a lot of waste can be turned into a good-looking skin color by enhancing the color, and the merchants can sell it at a high price, and the profit is huge.

Moreover, the enhanced color can also cover the cotton, stiffness and impurities of the seed material.This kind of seed material seems to be very gambled, and friends who play jade can be deceived into choosing this "reinforced skin" material.Moreover, the enhanced color of the material with rough structure can also be processed to cover its structure, and then sold at a high price to friends who do not have enough knowledge.

There are two cases of "enhanced skin". The first one is to color the real Hetian jade seed material.This kind of behavior is generally to further increase the value of the seed material, so that the seed material with poor quality can look better, so as to sell it at a high price.The latter case is to color on the false seed material.

Fang Hao did a science popularization for everyone, and then said: "This pendant is indeed made of seed material, and the texture is not bad. The seller probably wants to sell the price higher, so the second coloring, its skin color The color looks very deep and thick.

If it is a natural skin color, at the cracks, you will see that the cracks are darker, and the color is from light to dark.But this color is deep and shallow, and gathers around the cracks.Another problem is more obvious, it does not have 'sweat pores' in this position. "

Zhao Jingliang was stunned: "Jade still has sweat pores?"

"It's just a metaphor."

Tang Mingshan said: "No matter how fine the real Hetian jade seed material is, there will be countless small pores on its surface, just like the sweat pores on human skin. Its characteristics are: it looks natural and varies in size. , There are high and low, uneven, patchwork, and uneven distribution. Of course, some sweat pores are difficult to see with the naked eye, and you need to use a magnifying glass to observe."

Zhao Jingliang wanted to avenge Tang Mingshan's bad deeds, and said sarcastically, "You're right, why didn't you see it?"

Tang Mingshan shrugged his shoulders: "So, my eyesight is not good enough, I don't learn enough, but with Fang Hao's guidance, this kind of problem will not be difficult for me in the future."

Zhao Xiaorui said: "Fang Hao, how much is this pendant worth?"

Fang Hao said: "As I said just now, the quality of jade is still good. In the market, it is also Hetian jade. "Skinned seed material" is 30% to 300% more expensive than "skinless seed material". The performance difference is about 2 times."

The reason why there is such a high price difference between the two is that in addition to the rarity of the material, it is also because the natural Hetian jade seed material is skinned, and the skin color is actually the most important and direct proof of the identity of the Hetian jade seed material. Whether the material has skin color, whether the skin color is natural, can identify whether it is Hetian jade seed material.Moreover, the leather-colored seeds tend to have a more delicate and moist texture, which is more popular among collectors.

Zhao Xiaorui calculated silently: "Doesn't that mean it's worth at least 3 yuan?"

Fang Hao nodded: "Almost."

"That's too expensive!" Zhao Jingliang returned the pendant on the table to Hu Jixun: "Brother Hu, I dare not accept such an expensive thing, you should take it back."

Hu Jixun smiled in embarrassment: "It's my fault, I didn't think it through."

Zai Xiaorui said, "I suggest you talk to your father about this."

Hu Jixun nodded heavily: "Well, I'll tell you when I get back."

Zhao Shuo came over, and Fang Hao said: "Just now my brother said that the hotel has been booked, and the time is almost up, let's go there together."

"Ok."

Zhao Xiaorui stood up: "Xiao Hu, you can go with us too."

"No need." Hu Jixun waved his hands again and again: "My dad is not very busy at work recently, so he will wait for me at home to have dinner together."

Zhao Xiaorui didn't persuade her any more, and said, "That's fine, be careful on the way back."

"Okay, sorry to bother you today."

"I'll send it to you."

Zhao Jingliang took advantage of this opportunity to escape from his sister's claws, but when he came back, Zhao Xiaorui held his ear and cursed again.

Zhao Shuo said, "Xiaoshan, let's go have dinner together."

Tang Mingshan was scratching his head, and he followed, just to see the gourd bottle that Fang Hao bought, but he didn't expect to be able to get what he wanted, and he was embarrassed to follow him silently. When he heard Zhao Shuo's invitation, he immediately smiled accepted.

Twenty minutes later, a group of people came to the door of the hotel. Fang Hao noticed from a distance that a middle-aged man who looked somewhat similar to Zhao Shuo at the door should be Zhao Shuo's younger brother Zhao Hong.

When Zhao Hong and his wife saw Fang Hao, their reactions were similar to those of Zhao Jingliang. They greeted him, exchanged polite greetings, and then led everyone into the lobby of the hotel.

Just as Fang Hao walked into the hall, he saw a middle-aged man who was sitting on the sofa not far away stood up and walked towards them.

The middle-aged man shouted: "Mr. Zhao, wait a moment."

Zhao Hong stopped and saw the person coming, and frowned slightly: "Mr. Lu, if you are still thinking about what you just said, then I can only say sorry!"

Mr. Lu folded his palms together: "Mr. Zhao, let's discuss. Please give me the private room. I will cover all your catering expenses today."

Zhao Hong refused coldly: "I don't need to bother Mr. Lu."

The business of this restaurant is very good, but the number of private rooms is limited, and they are often available quickly, but not quickly.

A distinguished guest came to the head office of Lu, and the other party pointed out that he wanted to come here for dinner, but it was too late, and the private room was gone. He knew Zhao Hong, met Zhao Hong at the door, and knew that Zhao Hong was in the private room, so he wanted to invite Zhao Hong gave way, but Zhao Hong disagreed.

Seeing that Zhao Hong disagreed desperately, Mr. Lu felt very unhappy, but he had no choice but to leave.

(End of this chapter)