Jinling Antique City.
The second largest antique city in the country, second only to Yanjing.
It is more of a treasure hunting city than an antique city.
Thousands of people sell antiques here every day.
Of course, ninety-nine percent of them are fakes made by others.
However, with such a great reputation, the antique city cannot be entirely filled with fakes.
Occasionally, some people with incredibly good luck find genuine treasures.
In the industry, there is a professional term for this behavior: "jian lou" (picking up a leak).
"Jian lou" means buying a high-value item for a small price when the seller is unaware.
This is perhaps the scene every visitor to the antique city hopes to encounter.
Those who successfully "jian lou" will generally publicize it widely.
They vividly recount the process of their "fiery eyes" discerning the treasure.
Enjoying the envious and admiring glances of others, and seeing the shrewd merchants beat their chests and stomp their feet.
What an honorable thing that is.
The lucky punk in the previous life had this very mindset. After "jian lou," he told everyone he met, making it widely known and even becoming the biggest news in Jinling Antique City for a time.
It made Ye Yun so jealous his eyes turned green.
He even cursed heaven in his heart, wondering why such good fortune hadn't befallen him.
After that, he became a regular at the antique city.
In fact, any means of becoming rich overnight:
Gambling, "jian lou," lottery tickets.
Ye Yun had tried them all, but had done nothing substantial.
Of course, back then, Ye Yun was the ultimate "leek," a king among leeks!
The items he "jian lou" for a few hundred yuan were all fakes that cost less than ten yuan to produce.
But this time, it was different.
With the memories of his past life, he was determined to get his hands on that Heaven-Blessed Treasure Ancient Coin.
As long as he could snatch this opportunity for good luck, the debts to his neighbors and the high-interest loans could all be settled.
The guy in the previous life "jian lou"-ed it for five thousand yuan. Ye Yun would bring ten thousand, which was more than enough!
With this thought, Ye Yun arrived at the stall area of the antique market.
"Boss, good stuff from the Qianlong period, just unearthed, want to take a look?"
"Official kiln ware from the Northern Song Dynasty, passed down from my great-grandfather's great-grandfather's great-grandfather, treasure of the family, price negotiable!"
"Brother, check out my stall, all good things! Haven't opened for business this morning, tell me if you see anything you like, I'll give you a 10% discount!"
"A love token from Li Shimin to Guanyin Bi, blessed by a master, buy it and your relationship is guaranteed to be successful, buying it is earning money!"
"Bronze wares! Absolutely treasures!"
Not many people visited the antique market early in the morning. Seeing Ye Yun's arrival, they immediately started calling out, no different from a vegetable market.
Of course, because there weren't many visitors, many stalls were empty.
Ye Yun smiled.
No wonder there's a saying in the industry.
Every day is a new scam, and the scams are always different.
That's exactly what it means.
If it were really good stuff from the Qianlong period, the official kiln from the Northern Song Dynasty, or Li Shimin's love token, would they be hawking it here?
Let alone Ye Yun, who became wealthy forty years later, even the current Ye Yun, who was proficient in everything from drinking, whoring, and gambling, wouldn't believe it.
Perhaps it could only fool naive children like Ke Ke...
Based on Ye Yun's experience of being ripped off in his past life.
The real treasures that could be "jian lou"-ed were those whose origins were unknown to others.
Things that were precisely dated to a dynasty or even a specific historical figure were complete nonsense.
Especially bronze wares.
Good heavens!
Publicly trading such items would land you in jail!
Never mind that these were fakes; even if they were real, Ye Yun probably wouldn't dare to buy them.
"Prison-bound goods!"
Even knowing that most of them were fakes, Ye Yun still meticulously examined every stall.
In his previous life, although the punk's "jian lou" incident caused a great stir, Ye Yun was not clear about which boss had been unlucky.
Therefore, Ye Yun could only cast a wide net.
If he didn't see what he wanted at one stall, he would immediately move to the next.
After all, he had already viewed countless images of the Heaven-Blessed Treasure in his mind from his past life.
He would definitely not miss it!
Ye Yun's perfunctory browsing immediately made the stall owners lose patience.
A pauper, looking around and leaving, clearly not interested.
Such people were simply a waste of their saliva.
For a full three hours, Ye Yun saw many ancient coins, but not a single Heaven-Blessed Treasure.
However, he wasn't in a hurry.
He had a casual meal at an outdoor food stall outside the antique city for lunch and continued.
"Yo, little brother, you're back. What, are you so desperate to get rich?"
"Tsk tsk, looking at you, it's like you have 'I'm a newbie' written on your forehead."
"Only these newbies are thinking about 'jian lou.' Look, look for half a day, what can you tell?"
"It's because of these idiots that we waste so much of our saliva. If we encountered fewer of them, my life would be so much better every day!"
"Heh, these idiots aren't without their benefits, they bring some popularity to our antique city, right?"
By noon, more vendors had started setting up their stalls.
Some newly arrived stall owners, after hearing the introduction from others, lost interest in Ye Yun.
Only some heartless mockery remained.
Many of the remarks were even made in front of Ye Yun.
However, Ye Yun couldn't be bothered to respond.
Wasn't the Heaven-Blessed Treasure Ancient Coin enticing enough?
Yet, after several hours.
The sun began to set, the sky was filled with red clouds.
As evening approached, Ye Yun had browsed the antique city inside and out several times, but still couldn't find any trace of the Heaven-Blessed Treasure.
"Could it be a rumor spread by the antique city?"
Standing at the entrance, Ye Yun fell into thought.
"Jian lou" was a matter of immense luck.
But on second thought, how could an antique, unrecognized by professionals, be coincidentally bought by an outsider like you.
And then be seen by someone else who coincidentally knew about it and bought it.
The probability of such an event happening was basically no different from winning the lottery.
Could it be that the antique city deliberately spread this news to attract more "leeks" to spend money?
Completely possible!
Ye Yun thought carefully, recalling every detail from his past life.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"That's right, there was a rumor back then that the guy 'jian lou'-ed it at night! And very few people know about the Heaven-Blessed Treasure. Even if the antique city wanted to make fakes, they couldn't use something that most people don't know about to make fakes!"
Just then.
Someone suddenly poked Ye Yun in the ribs.
"Boss, I have some unearthed good stuff here, want to take a look?"
Rustic, around forty to fifty years old, with calloused hands and a straw hat on his head, he looked like a farmer at first glance.
Ye Yun sized up the middle-aged man.
The other party cautiously looked around, carrying a backpack, appearing cautious and honest.
Ye Yun could even smell the clear scent of earth from him!
Little did they know that the merchants who saw this scene were all amused.
"Old Ghost is trying to trick another newbie."
"That kid looks dumb, wants to 'jian lou.' He's definitely going to be tricked by Old Ghost!"
"Serves that idiot right for being tricked. Old Ghost looks like this, but he's as cunning as a monkey, how could he possibly lose out?"