Zhang Qunfu had left this matter entirely to his daughter, Zhang Qingqing, and Wei Quanming's niece, Xu Ya. However, when the cultural relics were stored in the warehouse, they found that there were fake cultural relics mixed in, but they did not know how many fake cultural relics were mixed in.
Since the tombs in Huang Jia Village had already been fully excavated, most of the experts in Lan Ning City had been urgently transferred there. As a result, Zhang Qunfu had no one else available. Other than the people who were urgently transferred to Huang Jia Village, the rest were mostly junior and intermediate appraisers. They could not find too many fakes from the batch of cultural relics.
After understanding this matter, Ye Fan felt that it was funny. He recalled the smuggling of cultural relics by the Cultural Relics Bureau two years ago. Didn't it happen in Wuzhou? He didn't expect that after a few years, Wuzhou would make the same mistake again.
"Uncle Zhang, how did you find out that these cultural relics were fake?”Ye Fan asked the question in his heart. Logically speaking, there was no high-level appraiser here who could appraise the authenticity. How was the first fake cultural relic discovered?
"It was Qingqing who discovered it." When Zhang Qunfu said this, his face revealed a proud expression."I asked Qing Qing to be in charge of storing it, but when I was storing it, a piece of jade was placed in a position that was under the light. Qing Qing felt that the color of the jade was wrong, so she carefully examined it and found that it was fake.”
Ye Fan nodded and thought to himself,'The fake cultural relics that were discovered were accidentally discovered by Zhang Qingqing. It can only be said that she was lucky. As for the other cultural relics, she couldn't identify whether they were real or fake because she was not skilled enough.'”
"Ye Fan, there are many types of cultural relics in this batch. Jade ornaments, calligraphy, paintings, porcelain... Other than the variety, these cultural relics are also from a variety of dynasties. Therefore, the remaining cultural relics appraisers in our bureau are unable to make an accurate judgment.”Wei Quanming asked in a deep voice.
Zhang Qunfu and Wei Quanming were considered old partners. They had worked together for more than ten years and had never made any mistakes. If they were to stumble over this matter, it would affect their careers.
Especially at this critical juncture where the term was about to change. If they really stumbled over this batch of cultural relics, then the two of them might not be able to keep their current positions.
After understanding in detail about this matter, Ye Fan also felt some pressure.
He was confident in himself, but he was also nervous about the appraisal this time. When Zhang Qunfu explained this matter just now, he also mentioned the selection of officials at the end of the year.
Ye Fan knew that if he found all the fake cultural relics this time and reported them to Zhang Qunfu, not only would he not have done anything wrong, but he would have done something meritorious. On the contrary, if Ye Fan could not find the fake items this time, then Zhang Qunfu and Wei Quanming's accusation of using public office for personal gain would be confirmed.
As long as the fake items in this batch of cultural relics could not be found, even if Zhang Qunfu reported it, he would be framed by people who had ill intentions. They would say that he had privately swapped the goods and then the thief shouted to stop the thief. However, if he found all the fake items and then reported it, it would be a different situation.
"Ye Fan, this time, your Uncle Wei and my future is in your hands.”Zhang Qunfu said in a deep voice.
Ye Fan didn't dare to say it with certainty. He only replied with 'I'll do my best.' Ye Fan didn't show any expression on his face, but he had already seen through Zhang Qunfu and Wei Quanming's wishful thinking.
It wasn't that Zhang Qunfu didn't have anyone to use, but that he didn't have anyone who dared to use him, so he could only find Ye Fan to help.
"Uncle Zhang, I'll try my best to help you. If it doesn't work, I hope you won't blame me.”Ye Fan still understood the principle of eliminating worries before doing things.
Of course, Zhang Qunfu also knew this.""You just have to try your best. No matter what the result is, Uncle Zhang won't blame you.”
After eliminating his worries, Ye Fan said that he could start the appraisal. Under the lead of Zhang Qunfu and Wei Quanming, Ye Fan leisurely came to the warehouse where the cultural relics were stored.
"Chief Zhang, Chief Wei." When they walked into the warehouse, Xu Ya and Zhang Qingqing had already counted all the cultural relics. Although Zhang Qingqing and Xu Ya were related to these two directors, they were called Director Zhang and Director Wei during working hours.
However, when Xu Ya saw Ye Fan following behind Zhang Qunfu and Wei Quanming, she was instantly furious."Hooligan, why are you here?"
Xu Ya was smug in her heart. She thought to herself,'You've fallen into my hands this time. This is what it means to not take the path to heaven, but to barge into hell when there's no door.' She did not expect that Ye Fan would come knocking on her door not long after she finished speaking.
Ye Fan was also a little surprised to see Xu Ya here. He only raised his eyebrows and did not say anything. At that time, Wei Quanming's face darkened and he scolded,"Little Ya, don't mess around."
Now, Wei Quanming's future was all in Ye Fan's hands. However, Ye Fan was pointed at the nose and scolded by his niece as soon as he arrived. He was really afraid that Ye Fan would leave with a swing of his sleeves. If he did not care about this matter, he could only watch helplessly.
"Little Ya, apologize to Ye Fan." Wei Quanming said with a gloomy face. Zhang Qunfu didn't interrupt, but his attitude at this moment showed that he and Wei Quanming had the same intention.
Xu Ya looked at Wei Quanming's gloomy face, and her eyes reddened as she shook her head stubbornly.""Why should I apologize…"
"Uncle Wei, is there a misunderstanding between Xiao Ya and Ye Fan? Don't blame Xiao Ya first.”Seeing that things were not good, Zhang Qingqing quickly came out to smooth things over.
Zhang Qunfu looked at Zhang Qingqing, who kept winking at him. He turned his head and pretended not to see her. Zhang Qingqing was about to be angered to death by his biological father."Dad, say something to Xiao Ya. Don't pretend that you didn't see me giving you a look. Your acting skills are too bad.”
"This…Uncle Wei, I have a misunderstanding with Miss Xu Ya. Don't blame her.”Ye Fan said with a smile. If he, a grown man, did not stand up at this time, he would appear petty.
Wei Quanming waved his hand and said,""Ye Fan, don't mind her. This girl is usually spoiled by me and Old Zhang. He has to apologize for this matter.”
"Little Ya, is there some misunderstanding between you and Ye Fan?”Seeing Wei Quanming's unyielding attitude, Zhang Qingqing could only start with Xu Ya.
Zhang Qingqing asked this question because she wanted the situation to not be so deadlocked and give Wei Quanming a chance to raise the price. However, Xu Ya's next words almost made Ye Fan fall to the ground: "Qingqing."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Quanming, Zhang Qunfu, and Zhang Qingqing looked at Ye Fan in shock.
What was this? Ye Fan almost fell to the ground and could not get up. He thought to himself that he had never seen such a stupid person before. When he said this, he was clearly just talking nonsense. Who knew that Xu Ya would actually use this matter to defeat him.
"It's a misunderstanding. Don't think too much about it.”Ye Fan now felt that it was difficult for him to explain it clearly even if he was covered in mouths. In the end, he could only tell the whole thing from beginning to end in embarrassment. He did not add any embellishments or make any mistakes. He told the original conversation that happened with the other party.
"You've wronged me to death. I'm guilty, okay?”Ye Fan felt wronged.
"Since this is a misunderstanding, then Ye Fan, don't take it to heart. Don't lower yourself to Xiao Ya's level.”Wei Quanming played the role of a nice guy and began to persuade both sides.
Ye Fan also felt that there was nothing to be calculative about this matter, so he simply said something ambiguous,"Xu Ya, don't take it to heart. I don't blame you.”
"You." Just as Xu Ya said the word 'you', she was pulled back by Zhang Qingqing and said,"Little Ya, stop fooling around. Let me introduce you. This is Ye Fan, the expert my father invited this time.”
"Him?" Xu Ya looked at Ye Fan in disbelief. Her beautiful face carried a hint of disdain."He's a tycoon who's worth tens of millions per minute. How can he appraise treasures?”
Ye Fan was also a little dissatisfied with Xu Ya's continuous teasing. He decided not to talk to her and went around her."Qingqing, can you tell me if I need to take something that needs to be appraised?”
There were a lot of things in the storage warehouse. It was a warehouse of more than 150 square meters. The wooden shelves were arranged in an orderly manner. Each group of wooden shelves had labels on them, and various cultural relics were placed in different categories.
"The items on shelf 12 are all the cultural relics handed in this time. There are a total of 137 cultural relics, all of which are here.”Zhang Qingqing led Ye Fan to shelf 12 and handed the information she had just sorted out to Ye Fan.
He opened the information and took a look. Ye Fan was also quite troubled. According to the information that Zhang Qingqing had sorted out, the 137 cultural relics that were handed in this time were quite complicated. The dynasties were from the Tang and Song Dynasties to the late Qing Dynasty.
After a cursory glance, these cultural relics were divided into embroidery. Jade ware, jade porcelain, porcelain ware, gold and silver ornaments, calligraphy and paintings, and even ancient ink paintings.
Sweeping his gaze across the names of these 137 cultural relics one by one, Ye Fan had already memorized most of them. At the same time, the information about these cultural relics also appeared in his mind one by one.
"Start the appraisal." Ye Fan took a deep breath and started the appraisal from the beginning.
"Yuan Dynasty purple clay teapot, counterfeit." Ye Fan only picked up the purple sand teapot placed in the first place and took a look. He determined that it was a fake.
Xu Ya pursed her lips and said disdainfully," Tsk, the first one is a fake. Is there such a coincidence?" I don't think you know anything about appraisal at all. You're here to lie.”
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