Is this a live broadcast of counterfeiting US dollars? Streamer, you are really a criminal!

Chapter 141 Merck: A Fortuitous Opportunity!
Kenway, an old London craftsman, begins to explain his forgery skills!

For example, the Rosetta Stone in Egypt!
This is a stone tablet artifact!

The most valuable part is the inscription on it; it is because of this inscription that the stone tablet is valuable.

However, the fake Rosetta Stone I made is a complete one-to-one replica.

You can't tell anything from the marks on the surface of the stone tablet.

After all, we've had over a hundred years to study this stuff.

If we can't perfectly replicate it, then we'll have let the old queen down.

The real means of testing —

Scientific instruments are used to detect the carbon content on the stone tablet.

This confirms that the stone tablet was created 3,200 years ago.

The moment of this test—

Then we need to use instruments to irradiate it.

However, we are faking it.

We specifically searched for stones from the same period as this stele; in fact, there are many such stones.

Then, an outer layer was made using this stone, covering the outside of the fake stele.

In this way, using the same testing methods, you can also detect that this is a stone tablet from 3,200 years ago.

Even if you were to dig out some small stones from the outside of the stone tablet for testing, the result would still be the same.

Unless, Ye Chen, you cut this thing open.

But do you dare?

This is a top national treasure of Egypt. Whether it's real or not, who would dare to risk the world's condemnation by cutting it open?
After all, in other people's eyes...

If this is genuine.

Even if the authentication proves it's real after you cut it open, Ye Chen, you've still destroyed a top-tier national treasure. It's no wonder they'll put you in jail for life!
Even if you hide in China and don't go out, there will still be suicide bombers there looking for you!
In this situation, it's the same principle as with you, Ye Chen and Yuan Datou.

If you cut it open, this thing is ruined.

If you don't cut it, then you can't detect it.

"So that's how the Rosetta Stone was faked!"

"Then what about other fake cultural relics?"

Commander Hill asked.

Dol waved his hand, signaling the veteran craftsman Kenway to explain further, so that the commander could broaden his horizons.

Kenway said with a smile, "For example, Hua Guo claims that the 'Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies' is a unique work by Gu Kaizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty in China."

"But some people say that this is a copy of the Tang Dynasty version from China!"

"However, in terms of traces, our high-quality replicas are exactly the same as the genuine articles."

The technique used to create the "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies" scroll is not too difficult.

Moreover, in the last century...

They also recruited many talented people in this field from China, so they were able to replicate it.

"The technology is the same!"

"It's not visible to the naked eye!"

"But what about scientific instruments?"

Hill asked with concern, "After all, many ink dates and other details are from thousands of years ago. It's not easy to imitate them, is it?"

There's an unspoken rule in the world of antiques—

It is an unwritten rule in the industry that no antiques or cultural relics can be examined using instruments.

Unless it can be verified at an auction.

You can't verify things like this in private transactions.

Because third parties are not necessarily reliable!

This is an industry that relies on intelligence.

However, someone like Ye Chen, who represents multiple countries to negotiate a deal, will almost certainly request the use of instruments for inspection.

Even if Ye Chen doesn't ask!

Out of caution, fans from various countries would also ask Ye Chen to do the same.

Therefore, this kind of trade between national cultural relics—

There are practically no rules in the antique trade.

I'm afraid of instrument testing 1
"If Ye Chen uses instruments to verify this, wouldn't that expose him?" Hill asked.

"No, I destroyed some Tang Dynasty paintings from the same period!"

"They transferred the ink and color portion of the painting onto this fake Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies!" "Besides, Chinese Xuan paper can be disassembled into many layers."

Kenway explained the situation in detail—

In ancient China, Xuan paper could be broken into ten pieces by a master craftsman.

Each one is a version of "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies," only the ink color is different.

The most precious are the fifth, sixth, and seventh portions in the middle.

Because the top part is weathered and damaged!
The ink at the bottom is too light, so the price is not high.

Kenway, on the other hand, used the top layer of Xuan paper, along with ink and color from paintings of the same period, to create a fake Admonitions Scroll.

To put it bluntly, I've broken your cultural relic into ten parts.

You can have it back!
However, I'll give you the worst one.

"Given China's nature!"

"It is highly unlikely that they will buy it back."

"We can use moral blackmail and manipulate public opinion to get a large number of Chinese people to go to Ye Chen's live stream and demand that Ye Chen buy it back!"

“We could even guide the Chinese people to crowdfund this money and buy it back.”

Curator Dole's face lit up with joy—

If, when a large number of Chinese netizens discover...

The money that they had crowdfunded was used by Ye Chen to buy a second-hand item.

At that moment, the anger of the Chinese fans was enough to burn Ye Chen to ashes.

Ye Chen will no longer be able to cause trouble.

"Arrange for an online troll army!"

"Create a crowdfunding situation among Chinese fans, then guide public opinion so that fans from all countries will demand that Ye Chen make the deal."

A murderous intent flashed before Curator Dol's eyes. "Ye Chen, since you've come to pave the way, you should plan for the future."

Then we'll kill you!
In old Europe, the primary goal was to control the discourse and guide public opinion.

Furthermore, guiding Chinese netizens to crowdfund to buy back their own national treasures is not illegal!
This can be described as a spontaneous act by 'patriots'.

However, are the cultural relics that were bought genuine?

I don't know!

From England's perspective, we can provide cultural relics and antiques.

However, we can only give it if we can gain some benefit from it, such as a certain contract, etc. Only under such circumstances can we give it.

How could we let Ye Chen cause trouble?

They'll sell you a fake.

Of course, this will happen after public opinion has completely turned against them.
We can return the genuine goods to China.

Cultural relics are acceptable!
Ye Chen must die!
……

In Ye Chen's live stream, many viewers were leaving messages for each other.

[Bai Shika's]: "Host, four or five million US dollars!"

[Bai Shi Ka Ye]: "We'll crowdfund it ourselves, you help us buy back the national treasure!"

【飒飒飒】: "There really isn't much money!"

Many viewers, guided by public opinion, flocked to Ye Chen's side, expressing their opinions—

You, Ye Chen, don't need to spend money to buy it back!
We contribute money, we love this country.

We love these antiques and artifacts. We'll scrape together a little money from various sources and raise four or five million US dollars. You can go and buy them back for us.

Ye Chen's expression turned serious. This wind direction is not right.

Just a few days ago, Captain Chen sent word that we didn't need to buy it back.

Because in another ten years or so, England will be in ruins, and at that time, England will send the artifacts back on its own.

There's no need to spend that money now.

Furthermore, these are our own things; there's no such thing as buying back what belongs to us.

and so--

The online discussion in the live stream is not right.

The comments from other countries' viewers also seemed off.

It's as if an invisible hand is guiding public opinion, trying to force him to agree to become the representative of 24 countries and redeem the cultural relics!

After thinking for a while, Ye Chen decisively sent a text message to the CEO of Merck.

Merck's CEO was overjoyed after receiving the text message from Ye Chen.
This is an incredible stroke of luck!

(End of this chapter)