Future Stamps and Coins Diary

Chapter 160: Insider?
As soon as he finished speaking, the onlookers who were watching the show realized that there was something good to watch and started cheering.

Huang Doudou was a little unsure. After all, the boss looked like a veteran, and the possibility of making a mistake with a merchant of this level was extremely small.

"Brother Feng, let's forget it."

"What? You don't dare anymore?" The boss sneered when he saw Huang Doudou retreating.

Two little brats who didn't know how to criticize dared to come to his stall to show off their presence. If he didn't teach them a lesson, they would think he was a soft persimmon. How could he survive in the market in the future?

"Little friend, if you don't dare, apologize to your boss and go home."

"No, now that we've come to this point, don't be a coward."

"Forget it. He's probably a newbie who doesn't know much about this. Don't make things difficult for him."

"Boss, don't take it personally, you two kids."

There is no doubt that in their eyes, the two young people would not dare to take this opportunity. Who can gain a foothold in this market without some skills?
Lu Feng originally wanted to keep things quiet, but he was unexpectedly pushed to the forefront. He sighed helplessly and said, "Okay. If it's not a seventh-grade item, I'll buy it at the price of a ninth-grade item."

"The price of the ninth rank? Wouldn't that be twelve thousand?"

"Oh, it's going to be fun. This guy is going to bleed a lot."

"Alas, young people just love appearance too much."

When the boss saw Lv Feng agreed, he said to everyone, "You all saw it. I didn't bully the kid. He said he would pay the ninth-grade price. I won't charge you more. I'll just teach you a lesson. Ten thousand will be enough."

Obviously, he also thought he had a sure win.

Lu Feng was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he picked up a piece of paper on the counter, turned on the flashlight on his phone, and said, "Old banknotes, the two biggest differences between the seventh and eighth grades are the face value. If the face value is firm, it is the eighth grade, and if the face value is limp, it is the seventh grade."

"You do know a little bit." The boss said with a smile, pointing at the banknote in Lu Feng's hand, "Everyone can take a look, it doesn't look limp at all. It's definitely Grade 8."

"Really?" Lu Feng slowly moved the flashlight to shine light through the banknote, motioning for everyone to see. "I said from the beginning that this has been processed. Look at the fibers behind the backlight. One of them is obviously added later. Although the restoration technique is superb, there is still a big difference between the added fibers and the original ones that have been worn out."

Lu Feng moved the light within an area.

When everyone looked up, they could see that the thickness of the entire banknote was different.

The boss's expression changed.

Anyone who could come up with such a renovation technique as adding fiber is definitely not a newcomer, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"How do you prove that the fibers were added later? Couldn't that piece have originally had less wear?" he said stubbornly.

Lu Feng smiled and shook his head: "Boss, do you think you believe what you said?"

After a pause, Lu Feng spoke again, "Let's put aside the degree of hardness for now. There is another very easy way to distinguish between the seventh and eighth grades, which is to see if there are cracks on the edge. As long as there are cracks, it must be the seventh grade without a doubt."

This time, Lu Feng directed the light to the lower right corner and said calmly, "See, there are also traces of repair here. If we look closely, we can see that the fibers of the banknote are broken at the edge, and a little blank space appears. The only possibility for this is that there was originally a crack here, and someone glued it up later. No matter how delicate the technique is, it is absolutely impossible to make the fibers completely connect with the original texture. After all, the workload is too large. This is just a few thousand yuan back water, not a version of a horse herding picture. No one will use high-precision repair methods, so white spots are left."

Everyone looked up and saw the white area that Lu Feng had mentioned.

For a moment, everyone fell silent.

The pressure was immediately put on the stall owner.

"These are just your one-sided statements. The white stripes and white spots may also be due to improper use in the early stage, or it may have been put into the washing machine..."

"Did your family have a washing machine in the 1960s?" Lü Feng asked with a smile. The crowd burst into laughter. It was obvious that Lü Feng had the upper hand, and the boss was just being stubborn.

"Let's put it this way. No matter what you guys say, the other party won't admit it. The simplest way is to find a third party, an old expert to take a look, right?" Someone in the crowd suddenly spoke up.

"That's right, find a professional." Someone immediately agreed.

"I don't care, but I'm not from this market and I don't know any experts. Only the boss himself can handle this matter." Lu Feng said.

The boss was not scared. Although what Lu Feng said made some sense, he was still confident in his judgment. After all, he had so many years of experience.

Take out the phone.

"Teacher Lu, there's something wrong with a banknote at my stall. I can't quite hold it. Can you come and take a look at it when you have time? It's okay... one hundred is one hundred... please."

After hanging up the phone, the boss glanced at the calm Lv Feng and reminded him, "I spent an extra hundred yuan to hire the most professional appraiser in the market to do justice. If I lose later, you will have to pay the extra hundred yuan."

Lu Feng was too lazy to pay attention to him.

After a while, a man in his early fifties walked over quickly. Seeing so many people gathered around the stall, he asked curiously, "What's going on, Boss Lu? What kind of food is so popular?"

The boss smiled and said, "No, it's just a backwater. Please give it a rating and confirm what grade it can reach."

"You can't do such a simple thing?" The man walked into the crowd with a puzzled look on his face. He saw the back of the paper on the counter, picked it up and looked at it in the light. "Hmm... the repair technique is not bad, and the fiber reinforcement is also acceptable. Take it to the album."

When the word "fiber addition" was uttered, the result was no longer in suspense.

The boss gritted his teeth and made a final struggle. "Can you take a look at it? What rank can it be?"

"Seventh grade, no more. The cracks have been repaired just so-so." The man concluded directly.

The boss's face turned dark instantly.

The crowd around him even cried out in amazement. They didn't expect a teenager to have such good eyesight.

"Boss, don't refuse to pay if you lose." The busybodies who were sure that Lu Feng would lose just now instantly sided with Lu Feng.

The boss had a dark face and said with some pain: "One cent is one cent, can't I afford to lose thousands of dollars?"

He pushed the banknote directly in front of Lu Feng: "Take it, consider it as my tuition payment."

Lu Feng was not polite at all. He put the banknote away and handed it to Huang Doudou beside him, saying, "It saves the money for the round-trip air ticket."

"Brother, you are awesome. In this market, those who can pick up bargains are all experts."

"I didn't realize that you are so young but have such a sharp vision."

Praises were heard all around.

The expert next to him saw this scene and realized what had happened. He turned around curiously and looked at Lu Feng up and down, then glanced at the boss and asked, "Did you make a bet?"

The boss had no choice but to tell him what had happened.

Listening to the boss's description, Mr. Lu's eyes lit up. "Young man, are you an insider?"

(End of this chapter)