Upon hearing Zhou Dachuan’s mockery, everyone present who knew about antiques frowned in surprise.
They also knew that authentic official kilns must leave a mark at the bottom.
This not only highlights the noble aura unique to official kilns, but also prevents clandestine trading.
It’s important to note that in ancient tis, illegal trading of such porcelain was rampant and difficult to stop.
Seeing everyone seriously pondering Zhou Dachuan’s words, Hu Xiaobei knew they thought Zhou Dachuan made sense.
In fact, if it weren’t for spotting the anomalies of this porcelain plate earlier, Hu Xiaobei would certainly have agreed with Zhou Dachuan.
But at this mont, Hu Xiaobei felt that what he said was completely wrong.
One could even say it’s completely off the mark!
Not hearing a response from Hu Xiaobei, Zhou Dachuan assud Hu Xiaobei was feeling guilty now!
With a smug sneer, Zhou Dachuan continued to ridicule, "What’s the matter? Out of words? Want to find a hole to crawl into?"
With a look at the smug Zhou Dachuan, Hu Xiaobei retorted coldly, "Don’t kid , I just don’t want to argue with trash like you. Before, I thought you were an expert; now it seems you’re really shallow!"
"Shallow? You think I’m shallow? Alright, I’m all ears. I want to see what you’ve got to say."
With that, Zhou Dachuan folded his arms and looked at Hu Xiaobei...
He was willing to give all his attention to Hu Xiaobei...
Because he believed that the more attention Hu Xiaobei received, the more embarrassed he would be.
"Since you want to hear it, I’ll explain it well to you!"
When Hu Xiaobei started speaking, he glanced at the others present and suddenly said, "I wonder, have you heard of Zhang Zheng before?"
"Zhang Zheng?"
Murmuring the na ntioned by Hu Xiaobei, they began to ponder hard!
Soon, thoughts surfaced in their minds.
Then, one person suddenly spoke quickly, "Are you talking about that particularly gifted ceramics expert?"
"Yes! I’m talking about the very famous ceramics expert!"
Hu Xiaobei nodded lightly...
Simultaneously, information about Zhang Zheng surfaced in Hu Xiaobei’s mind.
These details about Zhang Zheng were previously shared with Hu Xiaobei by Manager Tai.
Earlier, Hu Xiaobei discovered so hidden markings on the porcelain kiln and discussed it with Manager Tai.
Manager Tai indicated that soone would leave such special hidden marks on a finished porcelain kiln.
That person is Zhang Zheng...
Zhang Zheng’s father was a formidable ceramics master.
From a young age, Zhang Zheng studied ceramics with his father.
Being exceptionally intelligent and eager to learn, he mastered all ceramic crafting techniques early on.
After mastering them, he learned from his father’s colleagues. Thus, upon reaching adulthood, he beca an absolutely top-tier ceramics master.
At the ti, many believed Zhang Zheng was destined to succeed his father’s legacy and beco a great ceramics crafting master.
However, later, he simply ran away.
The reason being his father was wrongly accused and tragically died in prison.
His father’s death made him realize that crafting ceramics was aningless, so he directly ran away to live in seclusion.
After hiding, he was still willing to craft so ceramics himself!
He wanted to leave a mark on his crafted ceramics, but knew he couldn’t, as he was living in seclusion and being discovered would be disastrous.
Yet, not leaving a mark felt wrong, so he quietly left a small mark that belonged to him.
This allowed him to recognize his own work...
"Why are you telling us about him?"
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Hu Xiaobei confirm, they wore puzzled expressions, wondering why Hu Xiaobei suddenly brought up Zhang Zheng now.
"What else could it be for, of course, it’s because he’s out of options now! He’s distracting you so you forget everything, thus masking the embarrassnt!"
Hearing their curious inquiry, Zhou Dachuan sneered disdainfully.
In Zhou Dachuan’s view, Hu Xiaobei was grasping at straws, unsure of what to say!
Recognizing Zhou Dachuan’s ridicule, Hu Xiaobei squinted slightly and coldly retorted, "Did I tell you to speak?"
"You..."
Zhou Dachuan, hearing such admonishnt, was about to say sothing angrily.
Yet, just as he opened his mouth, Manager Tai interrupted him with a grim expression, "Shut up. I’ve tolerated your trash long enough. One more word from you and I’ll have security throw you out!"
Manager Tai had enough...
Thus, Manager Tai gave this trash an ultimatum.
As Manager Tai spoke coldly, the guards maintaining order imdiately turned their gaze to Zhou Dachuan.
This sent a shiver down his spine.
He knew Manager Tai wasn’t joking, if he spoke, they’d really toss him out.
"Snakes and rats in a pit, garbage is snakes and rats in a pit!"
He cursed angrily in his heart and took a deep breath...
He didn’t continue to speak...
Seeing this trash shut his mouth, Manager Tai respectfully looked at Hu Xiaobei and said, "Master Xiaobei, please continue!"
Hu Xiaobei nodded...
Then, Hu Xiaobei gazed at those present again.
After that, under everyone’s scrutiny, Hu Xiaobei calmly said, "The reason I ntioned Zhang Zheng earlier is because this porcelain was crafted by him."
"This..."
Everyone was stunned...
One stone stirred a thousand waves!
Hu Xiaobei’s words indeed created a terrifying uproar in everyone’s hearts.
"Is this true?"
"Indeed!"
"It can’t be!"
Everyone questioned like this...
Because it was truly unbelievable.
They knew Zhang Zheng crafted ceramics, but his remaining works were rare and each ticulously preserved.
If this piece was truly crafted by Zhang Zheng, its value would be beyond asure!
No!
Not just priceless, it would directly be a national treasure of priceless value.
"Hu Xiaobei, aside from spouting nonsense here, what else can you do? You claim this porcelain was crafted by Zhang Zheng, what proof do you have!"
In the midst of everyone’s shock, Zhou Dachuan frantically raised his doubts...
At this point, he didn’t believe a single word from Hu Xiaobei...
He thought the porcelain plate he deed fake couldn’t possibly be crafted by Zhang Zheng. Moreover, it wasn’t even considered real, purely a counterfeit that couldn’t be more fake.
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