Guanyin Statue
"Okay, I'll take a look first."
Xia Xu smiled, lowered his head, and continued to look at other things.
Qianlong and Cixi were characters on Planet Aquamarine so they were wrongly written characters. As for who they were referencing to the original world, there was no need to further explain.
However, for the inscription wise, Qian Long was fine. However, Cixi was not a true emperor unlike a certain empress with the surname Wu. She was not worthy of the inscription that wrote Year of Cixi. It was obvious the antique was a fake even for an antique noob like him.
Of course, Xia Xu did not come here to appraise antiques. He just wanted to pick up a bargain through the plot, so although he seemed to be looking at antiques, he was actually looking at the status of the old man at the construction site.
Name: Qian Chenghe
Lifeform Level: 1
Potential Destiny: [Supporting Character: «Person About to Die»]
Potential Talent: Disguise (2 Stars); Entice (1 Star); Antique Appreciation (1 Star)
Speciality: None
Obsession: Don't be found.
Favorability: 0
This was the character status screen of this construction site old man.
First of all, there was no doubt that this old man was not a construction worker who had dug out an antique, but a classic construction site old scammer.
This was enough to show his talents. He had a one-star enticing talent, and even a two-star disguise talent.
If it weren't for the fact that the plot character seemed to only show the plot destiny of being a supporting character, he didn't doubt that the old man at the construction site had the destiny to be a swindler.
However, the last talent in antique appreciation surprised him a little. He didn't expect this old man to be actually knowledgeable.
Zhang Jianmin was able to take advantage of a knowledgeable person?
Although the talent was only in the one-star level, according to his understanding, as long as he had talent, the knowledge wouldn't be low. After all, those without talent could enter various occupations in mediocrity, but those with talent were naturally stronger than ordinary people.
But this was not difficult for Xia Xu.
He would know how Zhang Jianmin managed to pick up a bargain just by taking a look.
He fixed his gaze on [Supporting Character: «Person About to Die»]. Sure enough, behind the portion of the words that Xia Xu had read on Zhang Jianmin's summary previously, there was a new paragraph.
[«Person About to Die»: An old man dressed as a construction worker stopped Zhang Jianmin and sold the antiques he had just dug out. Zhang Jianmin was not interested, but when his gaze landed on a Guanyin statue, he suddenly stopped.
He was determined to buy this Guanyin statue just so he could pray to it before his imminent death. After bargaining with the old man, he was about to buy it at the price they negotiated, but he was stopped by an antique expert who happened to pass by nearby…]
The paragraph ended with ellipsis again.
Xia Xu felt annoyed when he saw this ellipsis. The level of grossness was just inferior to a line of question marks.
'Antique expert means that there is still an important character missing from the supporting role of this scene, so I can't see the subsequent plot…'
After understanding the reason, Xia Xu was helpless.
The plot of «Person About to Die» was relatively clear. According to the plot, he could roughly guess that the old man at the construction site must have been an opportunity to pick up a bargain.
However, it wasn't a plot twist that involved running into a real construction worker who was unintentionally doing the construction site old man's scam, and instead it was because he was truly lucky enough to pick up a bargain from the old repeated scammer. The role of an antiques expert must have been used to strengthen the storyline of picking up a bargain.
But the problem was that if he didn't see this character, he wouldn't be able to see the follow-up storyline. Although the probability was high, he couldn't be 100% certain that Zhang Jianmin was using the Guanyin statue to pick up a bargain, or even confirm that this was definitely a lucky ending in the plot.
Even if all the above was true and his guess was correct, he had no way of knowing how Zhang Jianmin sold the Guanyin statue for money, nor did he know where the 'bargain' was.
Qian Chenghe had a one-star talent for appraising antiques, and he was also in this line of work. It was definitely not an exaggeration to call him a professional. It was not easy to pick up a bargain from him.
If he could sell this Guanyin statue, Xia Xu could basically confirm that it was not real. If he misjudged it and couldn't recognize the value even as an antique expert, then the plot would be too ridiculous. Therefore, the real value was in other aspects, not the "antiques" themselves.
'Forget it, there is no such thing as an absolutely no risk business in the world. It is just a small probability. I'll buy it first.'
Although he felt a little uncomfortable, he obviously couldn't give up such a low-risk business. He decided to buy it first, he would at most buy them all.
He could buy them and slowly study them back home. If he couldn't figure it out, he could come back and find the antique expert in the storyline. Since it was written in the summary that he was a resident who was taking a stroll nearby, he could always find him in a few days.
"Uncle, how much are you selling this Guanyin?"
Xia Xu made up his mind. He had already looked through the items on the stall, so he naturally turned his attention to the Guanyin statue.
"Hey, kid, what do you mean by how much am I selling? This is a Buddha statue, you need to say how can I invite."
After hearing this, Qian Chenghe even acted superstitious and lectured him.
Xia Xu acted like he didn't care. "Hey, I'm just buying it for fun. It's not like I'm bringing it home to worship it. Why do I have to invite it? You dug it out anyway, so just name a price."
"Then I won't ask you for more, eighty thousand."
Qian Chenghe was also showing off his acting skills. He had a look of dissatisfaction and impatience on his face as he made an eight sign with his right hand.
"No, Boss, you don't really want to buy it, right?"
Before Xia Xu could speak, Yang Bowen was anxious when he heard the price. He dissuaded, "This thing is fake at first glance. I have seen similar things in my relatives' houses."
"That's right, young man, this is a modern work of art and is definitely fake. It's at most from the sixties or seventies. If you buy it for tens of thousands of yuan as an antique, you will be a fool."
Right at this moment, an old voice spoke.
Qian Chenghe heard that and was unhappy. "Hey, what do you mean? Why are you slandering me? I personally dug these out from the ground, how can they be fake?"
Xia Xu was happy when he heard the voice behind him. He turned around and saw a refined old man wearing a black coat and floral cloth shoes.
Name: Lin Zhengping
Lifeform Level: 1
Potential Destiny: [Supporting Character: «Person About to Die»]
Potential Talent: Antique Appreciation (3 Stars); Calligraphy (1 Star)
Speciality: None
Obsession: I hope my wife gets better soon, please don't…
Favorability: 5
Xia Xu opened the old man's character status screen and smiled.
"Uncle, thank you for the reminder. I didn't really want to buy it, I just happened to see something I liked so I'm buying it back as an art piece."
Xia Xu smiled kindly at Lin Zhengping, then quickly stopped Qian Chenghe, who was about to roll up his sleeves. He said, "Let's talk, let's talk."
After stopping Qian Chenghe, he smiled and said, "Uncle, you're being a little ridiculous. Do you think I'm dumb? The broken figurines on the ground are all fake. Forget about eighty thousand, even eight hundred is too expensive.
Look, how about four hundred yuan? Take it if you can, just treat it as an opening sale. "
"Impossible, don't listen to his nonsense. My Guanyin statue is a genuine antique."
Qian Chenghe looked angry. "Four thousand, the lowest price. If it's any lower, I won't be able to explain it to my colleagues. Buy it if you want, if you don't then forget it."