Mr. Wu sighed slightly: "I don't care if I am unknown, but you just said - even if the auction fails, the other party will cover it up, otherwise the next game will not be able to be set. What's going on?"

You Fang replied in a pondering manner: "There are more than one threshold for setting up a plan to catch loopholes. As the saying goes, the twelve and a half-way threshold for masters is one move after another. If you mess up this auction, you just demolish one of the thresholds. If you take action, he will take action. If you demolish the shed, he will win back the next game quietly. This is very normal."

Mr. Wu became more and more impressed: "Oh, then how would Sotheby's or the seller behind this game take the initiative?"

You Fang frowned: "This is not certain, but if it were me, the first thing is to grit your teeth and hold this auction down. As I said just now, although outsiders can't see any flaws, people in the circle must be suspicious. Next, they are going to do another game to reverse the negative impact of this auction in the circle.

It is the second half of 2009. If the auction next month makes you ruin the bad news, I guess the other party will arrange another one, which will not be later than the first half of 2010. At that time, another jade seal will be launched, and it is a fine product with good quality, so that experts in the circle will not find any faults. This is the best way to recover the adverse impact. As for the location, I think it will most likely choose the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in China."

Mr. Wu sighed: "If you have a move, you have a counterattack. It's not just a mess that can be solved. Those people are also proficient in the martial arts methods you mentioned?"

You Fang smiled: "They may not understand the terms I am talking about, but the principles of doing things are the same. I don't care what they say... In fact, there is no need to sigh too much. You can only catch loopholes. If you are all sensible people like you, this kind of situation will be self-defeating."

Mr. Wu nodded and said, "What he said makes sense. We can't control everything in the world. We just want to start from ourselves, start from the moment we see, and do what we can. Thank you today, I know what to do."

...

"Did the professor Wu Pingtung you mentioned really take action to demolish the shed later?" Hearing this, Liu Li couldn't help speaking again, interrupting You Fang's memories and narration.

You Fang sighed inexplicably: "Later, Mr. Wu didn't tell me the specific matter, but based on my understanding of him, he must have taken action."

Liu Li knocked on the chopsticks and praised: "Okay, the book will not hide his chivalrous spirit! After hearing what you said, I really want to meet this person."

You Fang looked down at the leftovers on the cup and plate on the table, and said in a low tone: "It's a pity that there is no chance. Mr. Wu Pingtung is no longer alive. He died at the hands of the Kuanghu's group. Do you understand why I killed someone and set fire?"

Liu Li opened his mouth and was stunned, with a look of sudden regret on his face. After a long time, he said, "No wonder, you, an old man in the world, will take such a big risk with blood and impulse, and set up a plan to kill the Kuanghu's group. A real man does something and does not do anything. It makes sense for you to do that, but how could a teacher like Wu Pingtung get involved with Kuanghu?"

You Fang looked at the door and reminded: "Do you still want to listen? Lunch is over long ago."

Liu Li waved his hand: "It's okay, before I came, I not only ordered lunch, but also ordered dinner together. It's all this private room, so we have enough time... Alas, I'm sorry, I didn't know Wu Pingtung! I won't talk much, you can continue talking."

The old man was really calculating. He had long thought that the time for the "instruction" of the You Fang could not be short, so he even ordered dinner. Liu Li's expression was not very proud. He was obviously attracted by the You Fang's story. If he didn't finish the show, the old man wouldn't let him go.

...

The situation at the auction of the "Ba Zheng Mao Nian Treasure" of Sotheby's London, as expected by a party, came half a month later. The seal was sold for about 40 million yuan by a mysterious buyer who did not want to reveal his identity. It seemed that there was nothing unusual in the auction, but many people in the circle were full of doubts about it.

Is the inside story really as speculated by the Youth Party? He didn't even know it himself, so he could only say it was possible or not. But there was another thing that the Youth Party inferred very accurately. The Chinese New Year came to mid-April 2010, and another international auction was held in Hong Kong and another jade seal was launched. The gimmick added some new ideas. In the past, most of the square seals appeared at auctions, and this time a grand launch of a Qing Qianlong white jade round seal was launched, with exquisite appearance. - These are all later stories, so I won't mention it for now.

(Note: This chapter was published in mid-March 2010, and the time mentioned above was mid-April 2010, which has not happened in reality. Therefore, the novel is a novel, and the relevant characters and words and deeds are purely fiction, so I hereby declare it.)

After this incident, You Fang and Mr. Wu became much closer. When the news of the London auction was returned, Mr. Wu specially invited You Fang to his house for a meal and symbolically opened a jar of old flower sculptures to celebrate. As for why, both old and young people were tacit. From then on, the two of them communicated more privately. Although You Fang knew all the tricks of the eight major gates of the world at such a young age, in terms of knowledge and knowledge, the little thing in his belly was not even worth a fraction of Mr. Wu. Naturally, he was willing to ask for advice humbly and was ready to call him at will.

Mr. Wu was very interested in the various tricks of the eight major corpses of the world, especially the various Feng Shui techniques that have been passed down since ancient times. Although he is knowledgeable, he does not know much about some things that have been passed down by masters and apprentices from generation to generation. According to the old rules, he will not tell them casually to outsiders, but the traveler does not hide his own personal information. Mr. Wu will say whatever he asks.

On the one hand, it was because he respected Mr. Wu. Since the other party asked for advice, he would not hide it; on the other hand, he himself did not take it seriously. Anyway, it was all a trick to fool people in the world. What is there to be a mysterious thing in front of a great scholar like Mr. Wu? But Mr. Wu's attitude was very serious, at least more serious than You Fang himself. He never easily draws any conclusions. He always tried to deconstruct his own knowledge and often discussed with You Fang.

During this period, the traveler has gained a lot in the building structure of Yin-Yang House and has not learned more in Feng Shui, but he has a much more thorough understanding of what he has learned in the past.

Mr. Wu also understood that You Fang's unconcealed attitude is rare for people in the martial arts world, so he was very grateful. He always called You Fang to his house for dinner when he was free, and he also took a lot of care for him. Later, Mr. Wu found that You Fang had an old compass that Lei Faxuan had used, and he couldn't put it down. He asked You Fang to take the compass to his house for free in the name of discussing Feng Shui.

After going there too many times, the traveler was embarrassed to always eat others in vain. He often carried a compass, bought good vegetables, and carried wine to Wu's hometown to report. However, the relationship between the two went further because of a fake Yuan blue and white plum vase.

It was the end of the year in a blink of an eye. The students in school celebrated the New Year, and there were many activities in each class, mostly gathering entertainment, eating and drinking together, etc. The tourists bought a new second-hand computer from Chen Jun, and also received broadband in the rented house. They had no time to do so, practiced boxing, meditated, searched the Internet for information and then went to the library to read, and lived a fulfilling life.

On that day, Youfang was reading a novel about fairy tale written by an online author named "Young Master Xu" online. His mobile phone suddenly rang. Mr. Wu asked him to go over and have something to do and have dinner together. Youfang went out and bought a roast lamb leg with a northwest flavor on Zengguang Road and took it to Wu's hometown.

Anyway, it’s familiar to the door, so there’s nothing to care about when you enter. However, as soon as you put down the east and west, you’re a little fevered, because there was an exquisite blue and white plum vase on the coffee table, and there were a few broken porcelain pieces next to it. The plum vase was characterized by Yuan blue and white in terms of patterns, glaze, and shape, and almost no problem was found. The complete Yuan blue and white utensils that have been passed down from generation to generation are too rare. If this thing is genuine, the international auction house specially set up a price of over 100 million. If it is really traded within the collection industry, it’s not uncommon.

You Fang had a fever on his face because he recognized the origin of this thing. It was not a genuine product, but a very clever imitation. It was written by his father You Zuming. The bottle had his father's exclusive mark, which he could recognize at a glance. You Zuming's habit is said to be imitating a jade-carving master in ancient times, and often left obvious marks on the objects he made, but people who don't know the details can't see it.

Seeing that You Fang's face was strange, Wu Pingtung greeted with a smile: "How about it? Even if you are knowledgeable and have first-class eyesight, you have never seen many Yuan blue and white equipment, right? Come and see this bottle and these porcelain pieces, and help me identify them."

You Fang sat down nervously, tried not to look at the plum vase, picked up the broken porcelain pieces and looked at them for a long time, saying: "The porcelain pieces should be real, the characteristics of broken stubble are quite obvious. At that time, the body fire is worse than the porcelains in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Although the Yuan blue and white porcelain was expensive, the firing process was not the best... As for this bottle, can you tell me where it came from?"

Mr. Wu: "Why are you looking like this? These things were brought by a junior. I asked her to collect some samples of Yuan blue and white porcelain for me, but she also sent a bottle. Some colleagues and I saw them and couldn't find any faults, but they didn't feel real. So please give me a palm, and you are better at this aspect of your eyesight than me."

You Fang breathed a sigh of relief: "Didn't you buy it yourself?"

Mr. Wu smiled: "I can afford these porcelain pieces, but if this bottle is real, do you think I can afford it? If it is a very clever imitation craft, it still has some collection value."

You Fang's tone flashed: "It's not true. If you talk about the price in the market, it's possible to have millions to tens of thousands."

This is interesting. High-proof counterfeits also have production costs, but the price of selling in the market is very uncertain. For example, one bottle can be sold for millions, and the other can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan, and they are all sold by the same person. Ladies often do not understand the mystery.

The plum vase placed on the table represents the highest level of You Zuming's imitation technology. During the firing, the kiln was built entirely by ancient methods. The porcelain clay transported from thousands of miles south specially collected glaze. After many experiments, it was successfully fired. There were many "wastes" during the firing process, and the proportion of real tools was very small. In this way, the cost of firing a batch of objects was very high.

If ten pieces are burned out in total, and the average cost of each imitation is 100,000 yuan, will they be sold at a price of more than 100,000 yuan in the market? That may not be necessary! Because this kind of thing is taken away by someone and flows into the market, most of them are sold as real products. If one of them is sold at a high price and makes a return to the cost, the other few are just adding more money. Then the sale will make a net profit, which can be much cheaper. Therefore, the price of fakes in the antique market is very uncertain and cannot be measured simply by imitation costs.

The bottle is made of embryos, painters, glazing and firing by You Zuming. You Fang had an impression because it was very difficult to burn this thing. I remember it was bought by a Turkish Chinese a few years ago. You Zuming asked for 200,000 yuan, which was a big deal at home at that time. How could it appear in Wu’s house today? Although there is an old rule for antiques that do not ask the origin of the holder’s things, You Fang still couldn’t help but want to ask clearly, but it was difficult to speak.

Mr. Wu was a little confused when he heard this: "From your tone, I have concluded that it is a fake, but you didn't look at it at all just now, and your eyes were not right. What's wrong?"

You Fanggu said to him: "Why don't you do a test?"

Mr. Wu smiled and looked at You Fang's expression as if it had a deep meaning: "I want to do a spectrum analysis, but the sample data of Yuan blue and white are too small, and the conclusions are not authoritative enough. So recently, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has also been collecting Yuan blue and white porcelain pieces. I helped do some work. This is how these porcelain pieces on the table come from... Xiaoyou, why do I always think that you have something to hide from me? Is it inconvenient to say something?"

You Fang thought for a while and replied: "I still want to ask clearly the origin of this thing. It is indeed a fake. I wonder if your junior or other friend has been beaten?"

Mr. Wu reached out and patted his shoulder: "There are some, and I can't even tell the truth or falsehood, but don't worry, no one was deceived, and this thing was not bought at a high price. As for the specific origin, it is not convenient to tell you, but now it is mine. Just say anything you have. Since you insist that it is a fake, you have to tell me one by one, don't even cheat me."

You Fang shook his head, thought for a long time but decided not to hide it from Mr. Wu. He said with a tough bullet: "Give me a pencil and a piece of white paper."
Chapter completed!