Reborn Treasure Appraiser: I Really Didn’t Want to Be an Expert

Chapter 54: If you can’t speak, open your mouth less in the future

After a brief explanation of the process, the leaders said a few words of thanks, and the appraisal officially began.

Wang Qizhi was absent-minded the whole time. After finally seeing his leader off and entering the evidence room, he impatiently pulled Lin Sicheng aside.

His thick eyebrows were furrowed into an inverted eight, his pupils shrank slightly, his Adam's apple kept rolling, and his eyes were full of disbelief:
"Lin Sicheng, come here and let me see if you have a laser in your eye... This is fucking amazing: can you detect a radioactive source with your naked eye?"

Guan Xingmin was startled, and Lin Sicheng gave him a look that told him to stay calm.

Just based on the watch on his wrist, what can't he ask?

"Professor Wang, it's not as exaggerated as you say. It's just a coincidence, just a guess!"

"Come on, tell me in detail, how did you come up with this guess?"

Lin Sicheng briefly recounted what happened:

Because the price is low, I suspect there is something wrong with the product...

Because of the color difference, I suspect it is fake...

Because the appraisal report is so comprehensive, I suspect it used high technology...

Finally cheated again...

His expression was calm, and he spoke directly without embellishment. However, Wang Qizhi uttered a "huh" and retorted, "Was Professor Lin there at the time?"

Lin Sicheng opened his mouth, speechless.

Not only that? He's still lying in the hospital.

So, did Professor Lin suspect there was something wrong with the pot? Did he notice the color difference and then suspect the use of high technology?

Yes, right? Then why didn't he infer whether the pot might contain radioactive substances? He's also a famous ceramic expert...

What's more, the pot had been sent to Beijing and the Shanghai Museum, and all the necessary identification and testing had been done. Why didn't they have any doubts?
His nostrils flared uncontrollably, his cheeks twitching slightly, and Wang Qizhi's face was filled with frustration. "Lin Sicheng, this is such a big deal, so serious, how can you say it so lightly?"

Coincidentally, you are the one?
"Professor Wang……"

"Shut up first!"

Wang Qizhi turned around abruptly and said, "Director Guan, what I mean is: that pot flowed from abroad into Guangzhou, then from Guangzhou to Singapore, then from Singapore to Hong Kong, then to Guangzhou, and finally to Xijing..."

In other words, the thing left the country and then entered the country, then left the country again, and then entered the country again?"

Guan Xingmin paused and nodded slightly.

"Then it was sent to the capital, where it was tested on carbon-14 and mass spectrometry?"

Guan Xingmin nodded again.

“Then I sent it to the Shanghai Museum for thermoluminescence analysis!”

Guan Xingmin nodded again.

Wang Qizhi pressed on: "What's the result?"

Guan Xingmin didn't say anything and sighed: Do I need to tell you the result?
Wang Qizhi gave a strange smile: "So, all in all, that thing must have taken more than ten flights, right? It's impossible that the customs abroad, our customs, and the testing centers at so many airports are just sitting there doing nothing, right?
Or did the Cultural Relics Appraisal Center, the Shanghai Museum, and the provincial and municipal appraisal centers all accept bribes from those two fake artifact dealers?

No... Professor Wang, are you trying to change the subject?

Guan Xingmin was about to say something when Wang Qizhi waved his hand vigorously: "Director Guan, don't misunderstand me. Didn't Lin Sicheng also mention that last year, foreign terrorists openly smuggled nuclear materials, and foreign customs also realized it later?
So, the problem is the system...and what I want to say is: Lin Sicheng is too young to understand, but you should know what his "coincidence" this time means.

Guan Xingmin nodded vigorously: "Secretary Wang, I know... I was afraid of scaring him, so I didn't tell him!" What does it mean?
This means that all these institutions have huge security loopholes, especially customs security: things that can make atomic bombs and rapidly cause cancer can come in and out so openly?
This is just a cultural relic dealer, what if it were an extremist?

You don't need a lot, just put some in the airport restaurant and some in the toilet... The scene is so beautiful that Wang Qizhi can't even imagine it.

So, just because Lin Sicheng "coincidentally" "suspected" something and "coincidentally" "speculated" something, the customs and public security systems across the country were forced to urgently reform?
And it won’t work if you’re slow.

Let me be official: How much loss did he save for the country and the people by chance this time?

It’s no exaggeration: I didn’t know that Lin Sicheng was coming. If I had known, do you believe that the person who came to the forensic center today would at least be a department leader?
"Professor Wang……"

"You know shit, shut up!"

As soon as Lin Sicheng opened his mouth, Wang Qizhi scolded him back, and then he smiled and said, "Director Guan, the child is ignorant, but we can't just treat it as a coincidence, right?"

Guan Xingmin opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

Was Wang Qizhi asking about "us"? He was asking about the Municipal Bureau, or even the Department.

Let’s not talk about the higher levels for now. As for which organization’s memorandum the three words “Lin Sicheng” will be written into, and which agencies and leaders will remember them, let’s not talk about these for now.

Just ask: If it wasn’t for Lin Sicheng’s “coincidence”, would this pot have been brought to the Cultural Relics Company, then to the Provincial Museum, and finally to public exhibition?

The most crucial point is that the pot was first inspected by the provincial department's machine before being sent to Beijing for appraisal. So, shouldn't the first and biggest scapegoat be borne by the provincial and municipal public security systems?

Just from this point of view, how much reputation loss have you recovered and how many people's positions have been saved?
It’s impossible for the bureau leader to just shake hands, say “thank you for your hard work” and be done with it, right?
Of course it wasn't over yet, but Guan Xingmin didn't dare to speak casually.

Can an ordinary professor understand the cause of the incident so clearly with just one phone call?

He pondered for a long time: "Secretary Wang, don't worry, when the case is investigated, there will definitely be a reward!"

What award, a certificate?
Are you guys playing with the kids?
Wang Qizhi smiled and said, "Director Guan, I don't mean to embarrass you. I'm just a little excited and I want to take this opportunity to calm down..."

Embarrassed... Why is this word used so strangely?
Just as he was secretly suspicious, Wang Qizhi took out his cell phone again: "You guys check it first, I'll call and find out more..."

As he spoke, he pointed his finger at Lin Sicheng again and said, "If you can't speak, then speak less in the future!"

Lin Sicheng was so confused after being scolded: That is a radioactive source... If I say it is not a coincidence, someone has to believe it?

Looking at Wang Qizhi's back, Guan Xingmin narrowed his eyes and stared at the watch on his wrist: "Your Secretary Wang is quite influential, right?"

Lin Sicheng nodded: No need for "吧", and remove the question mark.

Wang Qizhi hinted so clearly: Director Guan, I won’t make things difficult for you... We are at the same level and belong to different systems, so why are you making things difficult for me?

I'll make another call and find out... Who in their right mind would talk like that?

Guan Xingmin seemed to be lost in thought. "That watch of his looks familiar. It seems to be one of the earliest calendar watches produced in Shanghai. What's the model number?"

Lin Sicheng sighed: If you have any doubts, just say it!

"A623!"

Guan Xingmin was shocked and couldn't close his mouth for a long time: You said he looked familiar?

The first domestically produced mechanical calendar watch, with a unique "gold-engraved embossed font" dial, only 1048 pieces were produced.

Why are there zeros and integers?
Because the first time New China conferred military titles, it was 1048 people...

(End of this chapter)