Chapter 264 - You Win This Time (1/2)
Chapter 264 You Win This Time
Everyone was shocked. They wondered what the young man was doing and if he was mad. After all, he had smashed someone else's possession.
Chiba Mieko, who was shocked at first, yelled angrily, ”What are you doing? How dare you break our antique! Do you know how much this tri-colored pot is worth? At least 30 million yuan!”
Guo Feng was also startled. At Lin Xiaotian's birthday party, Qin Haodong had broken Lin Pingchao's jade Buddha image. Then, he had ruined a Lotus Figure of Wu Daozi. This was the birthday party all over again. He had ruined the Tang tri-colored pot brought by the Nihon people, the one that was supposed to be authentic.
Qin Haodong did not think so. The pot was obviously fake, and they were trying to call white black in front of him. He had to find a loophole.
He ignored Chiba Mieko and squatted down to find some evidence in the pile of pottery pieces. To his surprise, he found a scrip made from A4 paper.
He picked up the scrip, only to see three words written on it: ”You win this time.”
He flipped the scrip again and found a few smaller words written on the back. ”You're right, I'm proud of my casting skills. They are second to none's. Nobody can distinguish my copies from the authentic pieces. If you've figured it out, all I can say is that you win this time.”
The name of the writer was at the bottom of the note: Ghost Hand.
Legend had it that there was a hidden rule in the antique industry: showing respect to the original creator. One would leave flaws on fake works, no matter how perfect they could've made them.
Ghost Hand was a sneaky guy. He had left the flaw in the belly of the Tang tri-colored pot. No wonder that, no matter how hard Guo Feng had observed with the magnifying glass, he had still failed to find any flaws.
That had also saved them a lot of trouble, as they were going to have to find flaws in the pottery piece otherwise. Now, they didn't have to.
The others also saw that Qin Haodong had found a piece of paper amid the pieces of porcelain, but they still had no idea what that was.
He stood up and took the note to Chiba Mieko. Then, he sneered, ”This is some serious evidence. You still want to deny it?”
Chiba Mieko picked it up and checked it before arguing with a stern face. ”That doesn't prove anything. Maybe it was written by people back in the Tang Dynasty. If that was an ancient counterfeit of the official kiln made by the public, then it's still a real Tang tri-colored pot.”
Qin Haodong sneered and said, ”Miss Mieko, I don't know how much you know about our country, but why would people in the Tang Dynasty use A4 paper? And why would they write in simplified Huaxia language? Did the people of the Tang Dynasty even use the term 'copycat'?”
The audience below the stage burst into laughter and yelled.
”A fake is a fake. Stop denying it!”
”Do you have any basic knowledge? Simplified Huaxia language has only existed in Huaxia for decades. How dare you say that this is an antique from the Tang Dynasty...”
”When you lose, you lose. Don't deny it...”
”This...” Chiba Mieko was speechless. She wasn't an antique expert. The collections were all provided by the Yagyuus, and so were the answers.
Yagyuu Hirai was sitting below the stage with a gloomy expression. He had just witnessed Qin Haodong's epic talent at antique appraisal and his success during two executive rounds. Thus, he had played a trick and changed the answer of the two Tang tri-colored pots.
He had thought that would help him win a round and save a part of his nation's dignity, but to his surprise, he had failed. Qin Haodong had pointed this out in front of all the spectators.
Qin Haodong added, ”Miss Chiba Mieko, don't blame yourself. The tremendous gap between the casting skills of Huaxia and Nihon is to blame.”
Chiba Mieko's face turned red. Nihon had lost three executive games in a very shameful way.
”We give up.”
As soon as she said that, she left the stage with a gloomy expression. She even forgot to take the other fake pot with her.
”Our nation is mighty! Dr. Qin is mighty!”
”Long live Huaxia! We just don't lose!”
”Mr. Qin, that's impressive! I want to marry you and have lots of babies with you!”
The audience below the stage was so excited that Qin Haodong felt a little awkward. A man with a big beard had yelled that he wanted to have babies with him. What was going on?
When Chiba Mieko went off the stage, Yagyuu Hirai tried to comfort her by saying, ”Miss Mieko, please don't overthink this. There are three games ahead. We still have hope.”
”It's all because of Qin Haodong. Our plan was perfect. We would've won if he hadn't shown up.”
Chiba Mieko spoke angrily. She had watched clearly the stage. Every time Guo Feng had fallen into their well-designed traps, Qin Haodong would save him immediately. Otherwise, they wouldn't have lost the game or a bronze head.
”I don't really know where that freak came from. He knows all about the tea ceremony and antiques at the same time.” Yagyuu Hirai ground his teeth and said, ”Please rest assured, we'll definitely win the next game. I don't think he's good at painting too.”