"Gu Mian, hurry up and get the things out, the auction will start soon." Zhou Zhuang couldn't get through to Teacher Feng's phone, and his mood wasn't great while directing the people below him.

  "But Teacher Feng hasn't arrived yet." Gu Ming looked a bit embarrassed.

  "These aren't the ones you identified with Teacher Feng, just recheck them and that's it. After you all left last night, no one else has come here, so there shouldn't be any problems." Manager Zhou said to Gu Mian without lifting his head, looking at the list in his hand.

  "But... " Gu Mei still felt a bit hesitant. If she were the one inspecting, then she would be the one signing off on it later.

  When the supervisor mentioned this matter before, she didn't take it too seriously because there was still Teacher Feng above her and no matter how you think about it, it wouldn't be her turn. But unexpectedly, until now, Teacher Feng hasn't arrived yet.

  Director Zhou looked at Gu Mian with a hint of annoyance: "The person in charge signs off on their own things, that's the convention of our auction house, there has never been any issues. And yesterday night, you and Teacher Feng were the last to leave, this room was only opened until just now, what do you have to worry about?"

  Gu Meng subconsciously glanced at the electronic password lock in the room, which clearly recorded the time and number of each opening and closing. Whether someone had secretly come or not, it was recorded very clearly on it.

  She usually followed Teacher Feng around, and because of various factors, other appraisal assistants didn't like working with her, so she basically became Teacher Feng's exclusive appraisal assistant. Now that Teacher Feng was late, Director Zhou naturally had to follow the usual practice and look for this appraisal assistant, Gu Xiang.

  Don't look at Director Zhou, who seems to be a bit kinder to her than others on weekdays. However, when it comes to things that require signing and confirming responsibility for risk, he is not ambiguous at all in ordering people around.

  She was so used to being suppressed that she couldn't find a suitable reason to refute even if she wanted to.

  Indeed, there is no free lunch in this world. After enjoying Mr. Feng's special guidance, she has to pay the price for it. If she weren't known as Mr. Feng's exclusive appraisal assistant, perhaps this task wouldn't have fallen on her head either. (Cotton Candy)

  Alas, newcomers are easily bullied!

  Gu Meng let out a quiet sigh, as one does when under the eaves of a house, and had to lower her head. Fortunately, she had her left hand, this super cheat device. And wasn't afraid of being unable to appraise the authenticity of things either.

  Each box was locked, although Teacher Feng had not arrived yet, but this did not affect Gu Mian's work. Director Zhou also had a set of keys in his hand. He quickly opened each box and gestured for Gu Mian to come forward and inspect them carefully.

  Under the urging of Director Zhou, Gu Mei had no choice but to obediently bring out the boxes that Teacher Feng had packed with various auction items.

  Actually, there aren't many things that need to be checked. It's just that apart from the Qing dynasty white jade gold-trimmed fish-patterned flower-shaped bowl, Gu Mei hadn't personally touched any of the other auction items before. She had only watched as Teacher Feng made his appraisals, and at most she was responsible for standing beside him during the appraisal process to record the results. This is also one of the reasons why she didn't want to confirm it herself.

  How can she be sure without trying it herself?

  Although Supervisor Zhou emphasized that the appraiser is not confirmed by an assistant as a convention, it's not to say that all are like this. After all, she was just a newcomer who had been working for a short time during the summer vacation. If there were other appraisers who could stand out at this time, then it would have nothing to do with her.

  Unfortunately, she and other appraisers didn't have a very deep relationship, so they wouldn't jump out to help at this time, each hiding far away, afraid that Director Zhou would find them.

  After all, the appraisers each need to have their own things assigned to them from an early stage. If something goes wrong halfway through and someone takes over, it's hard to say who would be responsible.

  At this time, Director Zhou probably also couldn't find anyone to replace Teacher Feng, so she had to bring out this little appraisal assistant.

  She went through them one by one with her left hand, and each of the first few items she lightly stroked would transmit a warm feeling, a pleasant mood. There were also various different sounds or sensations, confirming that they were all genuine antiques.

  After letting out a sigh of relief, Gu Mei carefully recalled the process and result of the appraisal with Mr. Feng earlier. She compared each item one by one with the auction items in her hand, confirmed that they matched, and then signed off on them one by one.

  The last one to be confirmed is an important lot in this auction, the Qing dynasty white jade gold-inlaid fish-patterned flower-shaped bowl that Gu Ming personally appraised last night.

  Because the previous appraisals had gone so smoothly, Gu Mei's tightly strung heart had relaxed a lot, but when her left hand touched that Qing dynasty white jade gold-trimmed fish-patterned flower-shaped bowl, she was stunned.

  I thought the left hand would bring the same warmth as last night, the same joyful feeling, and the sound of water splashing from the fish swimming and swinging its tail.

  But now, it only brought a little warmth, proving that this bowl was indeed made of real jade stone, and nothing else!

  No joy, and even less the sound of water splashing from a fish's tail as it swims.

  This bowl is fake!

  Gu Mei didn't believe in evil and touched the jade bowl from head to toe, feeling that it didn't give her any unusual feelings under her left hand, and immediately felt that things were settled.

  She carefully compared the jade bowl in her hand with the real one she saw yesterday, and indeed found a strange place.

  This jade bowl is extremely similar to the real one, and the glaze seems to be more beautiful than the real one. If you haven't seen the original glaze with your own eyes, it would take some effort to notice this issue. The glaze seems too perfect, giving off a sense of being overly refined.

  Apart from this, there is another oversight on this jade bowl. There is a place where the gold foil has fallen off and it doesn't look right!

  Under the flower-shaped double ears, one side of the gold foil is intact, while the other side has a small flower missing a petal. The missing petal is very small and can be easily overlooked if not careful. However, Gu Xiang was a meticulous observer and clearly remembered this detail.

  But now the jade bowl in her hand has almost the same flower-shaped double ears on both sides, and there is no missing petal at all.

  "What's wrong?" Director Zhou asked aloud when he saw Gu Mian stunned.

  "Director Zhou, there's a problem with this jade bowl." Gu Mei looked at Director Zhou.

  "What's wrong?" Director Zhou's heart suddenly rose, and what he feared most now was hearing that there was a problem.

  "This jade bowl... is fake!" Gu Mei leaned in close to Director Zhou's ear and whispered.

  Director Zhou's eyelid twitched, and he subconsciously grasped one of Gu Mian's hands tightly, taking a deep breath before saying: "Do you know what you're saying? This jade bowl..."

  "The jade bowl is fake." Gu Ming was reborn again.

  Director Zhou took a sharp breath in, and immediately a thin layer of sweat beads appeared on his forehead.

  "Are you sure? We checked yesterday and it was fine then. You can't just go around saying things like that!" Manager Zhou said urgently.

  "I'm certain that the Qing dynasty white jade goldfish pattern bowl placed here yesterday was genuine, but this one is not. Although this jade bowl is a very good imitation, its glaze and the places where the gold foil has fallen off are not right. If Director Zhou doesn't believe me, he can invite other appraisers to take a look." Gu Xiang said firmly.

  The auction is about to begin, but this has happened now.

  It's a big deal, and Director Zhou didn't dare to make a rash judgment either. He couldn't care about other things at this moment, so he immediately summoned other appraisers to come and take a look.

  Gu Xiang stood on one side, watching other appraisers examine the jade bowl, and involuntarily clenched her own fists tightly.

  The moment she realized the jade bowl was a fake, she thought of herself getting into huge trouble. After all, yesterday was when she and Teacher Feng left last, and from then until this morning, the room where the auction items were placed had not been reopened, during which time no one could avoid being seen by others doing anything, let alone that the key to the case with the jade bowl was in Zhou's hand.

  As a result, she and Teacher Feng immediately became the first suspects, and if things went wrong, they would be accused of stealing the dragon and phoenix.

  But she couldn't help but reveal the truth, this jade bowl was imitated very much like the real thing, making it difficult for people to distinguish, but a professional with some real skills could still spot the problem after careful examination.

  If she doesn't tell the truth now because she's afraid of taking responsibility and hiding it, after this auction item is sold, when the buyer finds out about the problem, she will be in even more trouble then, because the one who signed off on it was her, Gu Mian!

  Although it was clear that the goods were genuine, they ended up being sold as fakes. The auction house will definitely not let her off when the time comes.

  Soon, several professional appraisers looked at the jade bowl and found some problems. They asked Gu Xiang about the issues they had seen, and after careful comparison and confirmation with each other, they finally determined that the Qing Dynasty white jade goldfish pattern flower-shaped bowl in front of them was indeed fake.

  Suddenly, Gu Mian became the focus of everyone's attention and received skeptical glances from others.

  The usually gentle face of Director Zhou also turned serious, and after hearing the results from the other appraisers, he fell silent for a moment before walking towards Gu Mian. His eyes scrutinized Gu Mian as he asked, "You were one of the last to leave with Professor Feng yesterday evening, and you saw what happened this morning. Do you have anything to say?"

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