Chapter 182 - Chapter 182: Chapter 151: Antique Forgery Gang! (Subscribe Please)_3 (2/2)
It was as if returning to the basics.
Li Zeguang, the Director of the Modu Cultural Relics Bureau, a highly esteemed individual, was now performing a Chuan-style face change.
He looked at Lin Chuan with a smile full of praise, treating Lin Chuan as an honored guest, “Comrade Lin Chuan, please take a seat, take a seat. And you, miss, please sit as well.”
As for damaging a mere replica, it was just a trivial matter to him.
Where was Lin Chuan, the master of relic appraisal, important?
Lin Chuan and Youyou sat down together.
Li Zeguang took a deep breath and gathered his thoughts, “Comrade Lin Chuan, we are lucky to have you pointing out that this thin-walled jade vase was a replica, otherwise, we would have been kept in the dark, letting those criminals go unpunished.”
Lin Chuan, seated next to Li Zeguang, chuckled dryly, “I had no choice in the matter.”
Forced to prove it to avoid being locked up.
Tsk…
“Old Zhao, about Comrade Lin Chuan’s case…” Li Zeguang looked toward Zhao Gang, the Chief of the police station, and began to speak.
Zhao Gang pondered for a moment, looked at Li Zeguang and Lin Chuan, and continued, “Currently, based on the available clues and materials, the bureau tentatively classifies this cultural relic damage as an accidental event.”
“An accidental event…”
The Director of the Cultural Relics Bureau, Li Zeguang, murmured thoughtfully.
Zhao Gang then smiled, “Comrade Lin Chuan, since you are the involved party, I would like to hear your opinion.”
Lin Chuan thought briefly and then pointed to the vase on the table, saying,
“If this vase was a real ‘Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase,’ the probability of an accidental event would be very slim, but since it’s a counterfeit, if it met with an ‘accident’ and ceased to exist, wouldn’t that mean the fact that it was a switched vase would never be known?”
The two directors exchanged glances, their brows furrowing in unison.
If they continued to believe that the thin-walled jade vase before them was genuine, no one would think of this aspect.
But precisely because it was confirmed to be a replica, Lin Chuan’s conjecture took root and sprouted quickly in the minds of the two directors!
Lin Chuan added another comment:
“Moreover, this replica of a thin-walled jade vase was crafted so exquisitely it’s hard to imagine the extent of the involvement behind it.”
The two directors’ eyes widened as the same thought crossed their minds—an Antique Forgery Gang they had been investigating recently.
—Antique Forgery Gang!!!