One early morning two days later, after breakfast, Li Youran drove an Audi q5 and took Sun Xiaoying to the Jin Changde Auction Company located west of the Tianhai City Center Stadium.
"Xiaoying, don't talk too much when you go in. Peach Blossom Beauty Honey is not a new product. There is no need to introduce it in too much detail. The appraiser will definitely know it. Just fill in the form clearly when the time comes." Li Youran turned the steering wheel.
Explained.
"Yeah, I understand. If he doesn't take it, I'll take it back." Sun Xiaoying nodded and said.
"Why wouldn't he accept it? Just look at it. She must be asking for it. By the way, don't tell Director Gu about this yet. She has a huge appetite. She asks for two bottles every time. I really want it.
It's too much to bear. It's also strange. You said these people have such big faces, and the spread area is not much different. Why does she have to apply so much? Is it because the passage of time has left indelible precipitation and vicissitudes?
Alas, time is like a knife, so ruthless." Li Youran said with emotion.
"Hehe, Brother Youran, you are saying bad things about Sister Weiwei behind her back again, be careful I tell her." Sun Xiaoying pursed her lips and smiled.
"Haha, I'm the boss, and your sister Weiwei is actually afraid of me."
Arriving at the place soon, Li Youran parked the car on the side of the road without entering the parking lot because it was easier to observe the situation.
He handed the handbag on the back seat to Sun Xiaoying, who took it and immediately opened the door and got out of the car.
"Wait, here, put this on." Li Youran said, taking out a pair of large sunglasses from the storage box and putting them on Sun Xiaoying's face.
"Ouch, why does it look like underground work?" The little girl frowned and adjusted her temples with her left hand to a more comfortable position.
"Haha, it looks pretty cool. It's better to be careful and remember not to talk to other people." Li Youran continued to instruct.
He watched Sun Xiaoying go away, then lowered the back of the driver's seat and leaned back comfortably.
Sister Xiaoying rarely uses Peach Blossom Beauty Honey. I heard that there was still more than half of the bottle I gave her last time, which was quite economical.
But then I thought about it, this is normal. Sister Xiaoying’s skin itself is very good. Later, she drank water from the space stream every day and naturally adjusted it from the inside out. Now her physical condition is also very good, and she basically can’t even catch a fever or catch a cold.
I have never suffered from such minor illnesses. Didn't someone say that health is the best beauty product?
On the second floor of Jin Changde Auction Company, there is a room near the stairs with a closed door and a sign hanging on the door that reads "Miscellaneous Appraisal Room".
On the two long chairs in the corridor outside the door, several customers who came to deliver the auction items were sitting anxiously waiting for the appraisal.
In the room, there was still the appraiser in his fifties, with a thin face and high cheekbones, sitting on a solid wood armchair, with an old rosewood table in front of him.
At this time, he was holding a magnifying glass in his hand and was appraising a jade necklace for the customer opposite.
"Okay, Mr. Zhao, we have accepted your lot. You can sign the entrustment contract now."
"Oh, thank you very much." The man opposite said happily.
The old appraiser worked very efficiently. He received five or six customers in one hour and made his own appraisal opinions on all the items sent for auction.
At this time, the next customer pushed open the door and walked in. When the appraiser took a look, he saw a small and exquisite young girl, probably about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a delicate face, white complexion, and two jet-black hair.
Twist braids.
However, what is incongruous with the others is that this girl is wearing a pair of large sunglasses, which covers almost half of her face.
Old appraisers rarely receive such young customers.
"Please sit down, have you brought your lot?" He pointed to the armchair opposite the table.
The girl nodded, sat on the chair, put the bag in her hand on the table, took out a dozen pink round-mouthed glass bottles from it, and arranged them in a row.
"Peach Blossom Beauty Honey." The old appraiser was pleasantly surprised. He had been dealing with this thing for a long time, but except for the beginning of the year when a black-faced man sent twelve bottles at a time, the other times
It's the number of bits and pieces.
Although the price of this thing is not too high for the auction company, its popularity is quite high. Customers often call to ask if there is any peach nectar up for auction.
Relevant personnel of the company have made statistics on several auctions held in the first half of this year. If peach nectar is auctioned, the popularity of the auction will increase by about 20%. Therefore, the company's senior management attaches great importance to this special auction.
However, with the increase in popularity, trouble also arises, that is, fakes. Of course, this is also something that auction companies often face.
The earliest fake peach blossom beauty honey products had rough workmanship in the bottles and often didn’t even have a base note. They were simply mixed with industrial pigments, flavors and low-quality honey syrup. For experts like them, it was almost clear and easy to identify.
pole.
Later, as time went by, the huge profits of Peach Blossom Honey attracted the participation of many counterfeiting masters. The leap from low imitation to high imitation took only a few months.
These counterfeiting masters obviously have real products in their hands for comparison, and they have also spent money to use high-end materials, such as natural high-quality honey, precious natural spices, etc., to the point where they can almost look real.
In addition, the biggest limitation of identifying peach nectar is that the mouth of the bottle is closed. At most, you can only unscrew the cap and smell the smell, but you cannot pick out a little bit and apply it on your skin to try it. In fact, this is
The most accurate identification method, but neither the owner nor the buyer will agree.
Therefore, he can only start from two aspects: observing the appearance and smelling the smell, which makes the identification requirements more difficult. A few days ago, his apprentice made a mistake and collected a batch of fakes. Fortunately, he discovered them in time and blocked them.
There is a loophole. If it is put up for auction, it will have an extremely negative impact on the company.
The old appraiser randomly selected a bottle from the glass bottles on the table and took it under the desk lamp to examine it carefully.
The workmanship of the round-mouth bottle is quite exquisite, and the bottom pattern is correct. It feels like it should be produced by the same factory as the previous ones.
He nodded, but this was not conclusive, because real bottles could also be used to hold fakes.
The pink honey in the transparent bottle is crystal clear and has no impurities. It is very comfortable to the eyes and has no problems.
Then, he gently unscrewed the metal bottle cap and brought it close to his nose. Suddenly, a sweet fragrance overflowed, fresh and elegant, condensed but not dispersed, like the essence.
This smell is a little different from the previous ones. It seems to be purer and more transparent, which makes people feel very happy and happy.
What's going on? It feels better than before. But as an appraiser, your job is to identify authenticity, not to evaluate the quality. Thinking of this, his attitude was a little hesitant.
"Excuse me, is your product new? It seems to be different from the peach blossom beauty honey we collected before." The appraiser asked the young girl.
The girl opposite seemed to understand his thoughts, adjusted her sunglasses, and said:
"Yes, this is the latest version of Peach Blossom Beauty Honey. I heard that it uses more advanced raw materials and technology. That's what my friend said when it was given to me. I don't know about it. But I have already used it.
It is indeed better than the original version. If you don’t accept it, I will find another auction company.”
"Sorry, please wait a moment." After the appraiser apologized, he closed his eyes and calmed down to feel it.
Gradually, a beautiful picture of spring returning to the earth and peach blossoms blooming appeared in front of him, and it felt so comfortable. At this time, he could confirm that no matter how high-end knockoffs were, they would never be able to achieve this effect.
In addition, he discovered that although the fragrance was different from before, there was some kind of inner connection between the two.
It should be from the same place of origin, and it is unmistakable. It does use higher-grade raw materials as the other person said.
I continued to check other items, and they were exactly the same.
Out of confidence in his decades of appraisal work, the appraiser made the decision to accept this batch of goods.
"Madam, our company is very willing to cooperate with you. I will immediately arrange for business personnel to sign an entrustment contract with you." He said to the girl.
Seeing Sun Xiaoying walking out of the door of the auction company from a distance, Li Youran immediately stood up from the backrest and carefully observed whether there was anyone suspicious behind her. Although it was unlikely, it was always right to be careful.
Looking left and right, I didn't seem to find any problems.
He opened the car door and asked the little girl to get in the car.
"How's it going? Is everything going well?" Li Youran asked.
"Others are fine. It's just that the appraiser thinks the thing is better than before, so he hesitated for a while. I really don't know what he thinks?" Sun Xiaoying took off her big sunglasses and gave them back to him. She really didn't know.
I'm used to wearing this thing.
"Haha, the appraiser must have felt that the goods were a little different from the previous ones. Hesitation is normal. But since he was able to accept it in the end, it shows that the appraisers of Jin Changde Auction Company are quite capable.
It was completely limited to the surface of the matter, but it discovered the inner connection, which is very good." Li Youran nodded and commented.
This time, the new version of Peach Blossom Beauty Honey was produced using space stalactite, and the second blooming peach blossoms seemed to be of higher quality than the original, and the quality of the honey was also improved accordingly. The combination of several factors naturally created the final product.
Some differences in the finished product.
"I don't understand. Well, this is a contract." Sun Xiaoying shook her head and didn't bother thinking about it. She handed a brown paper bag containing the entrustment contract and other procedures to Li Youran.
After Li Youran opened it and looked at it, he found no omissions.
After putting away the paper bag, he started the car and started to return to the bun shop. Just in case, he made a big circle and looked in the reflector from time to time to see if there was anything unusual behind him.
Of course, the explanation for the little girl was that it was a rare trip and I wanted to take her for a ride.