After Shen Qiang agreed, Sun Kaiping and Boss Ma immediately started making phone calls. Soon, there were about twenty people gathered around them, all looking like ordinary professional antique dealers.

Once they arrived here, they also kept making phone calls.

However, after hanging up the phone, Sun Kaiping didn't make another call, but said to Shen Qiang, "I've already given notice to Old Master Meng, he is waiting for us in his shop. Considering you're new to this and don't know many people here, I also made a call to Master Tong. He'll be at Old Master Meng's shop too."

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow indifferently.

Boss Ma laughed and said, "Shen Qiang, since the two of you are comparing your Eye Power, you can't spend a lot of money on obvious items. The old rule applies, each person has ten thousand yuan, with one hour's time."

Glancing at his watch, Boss Ma said, "It's 5:47 now, let's say it's 5:50. Before 6:50, you two bring the items you've bought to the north gate of the vintage market, at the Eight Treasures Pavilion. There, we'll naturally see who has the better Eye Power."

Shen Qiang nodded and said, "I understand."

Boss Ma smiled. "Good luck," he said, then turned to the other two people and instructed, "You two follow them. Remember, the total spending cannot exceed ten thousand yuan. Keep your phones' video recording the whole time, and we'll watch it in Old Master Meng's shop."

The two nodded.

With a smile, Shen Qiang turned and left.

At that moment, Sun Kaiping laughed and said, "Shen Qiang, I think you can start taking out Nalan Xingde's thumb ring now. When it comes to Eye Power, in this market, the number of people who can beat me can be counted on one hand."

Shen Qiang laughed, "You better prepare some Instant Heart-saving Pills, in case you have a heart attack after I win."

With that, Shen Qiang ignored Sun Kaiping and started browsing around the stalls.

If this challenge had occurred before Shen Qiang planned to buy a house, he would have definitely declined.

Because Shen Qiang didn't understand the true pricing of those antiques, so apart from old items whose real prices were severely underestimated, Shen Qiang would not casually buy anything that had been confirmed to be an antique.

The reasoning was simple.

If it was confirmed to be an old item, then its market price would surely only be high, not low.

Making a profit upon resale would be difficult.

So whether other merchants recognized Shen Qiang's expertise was not important to him personally.

However, at the same time.

Sun Kaiping's challenge proposal made Shen Qiang think of another method to make money.

That was appraisal.

The vintage market, the antique market, was full of varieties of goods.

For Shen Qiang, who had not truly immersed himself in studying this field, it was a great challenge to find valuable treasures that were undervalued among tens of thousands of items.

But if those antique dealers bought something from casual sellers, and Shen Qiang was to determine the age of the item, that would be undoubtedly much simpler.

After all, with the Observation Skill at his disposal, it would be a breeze.

Shen Qiang's Observation Skill could be used again after eight hours, meaning he could pick up bargains in the morning and use the Observation Skill to appraise items for others in the evening.

With this two-pronged approach, he could make money quite quickly.

After all, Shen Qiang needed money now. Without it, people would look down on him.

Now, as long as Shen Qiang could defeat Sun Kaiping, by then, his claim that he could help others with treasure appraisal would undoubtedly be very credible.

Therefore, this battle was one Shen Qiang was determined to win.

The antiques market was abuzz with noise.

Just as Shen Qiang and Sun Kaiping separated, each searching for their own treasures.

Outside the North Gate of the antiques market, Eight Treasures Pavilion.

The respected Elder Meng sat leisurely in the shop's hall, sipping tea while watching Shen Qiang and Sun Kaiping stroll through the antiques market on his laptop screen.

Several middle-aged men had already taken their seats beside him.

The master from Wanxin Hesheng Auction House and their regional beauty manager Xu Nan were also there.

"This Sun Kaiping still doesn't want to admit defeat, eh? The people in the market have been laughing at him lately, selling an entire piece of Blood Coral and Nalan Xingde's ring for only 300 yuan, he's stupid to the core."

"Yeah, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten into a tiff with this young man named Shen Qiang."

"Let's go have breakfast instead, there's nothing interesting to watch here. Sun Kaiping has been mixing in this market for about twenty years now, and if this young man named Shen Qiang could beat him, that would really be a miracle."

Hearing the middle-aged men around Elder Meng, the beautiful manager Xu Nan from Wanxin Hesheng Auction House laughed and said, "Shen Qiang is quite extraordinary. If last time it was purely luck, he would not have agreed to compete with Sun Kaiping."

A middle-aged man sitting behind Elder Meng looked at Shen Qiang on the laptop screen and laughed: "This young man obviously doesn't cut it. Look, he's at a stall right now, that cricket jar is clearly a fine piece, yet he's looking at a pen holder next to it that's obviously a counterfeit."

"And look at Sun Kaiping over there, the hand-held pot he's holding, judging by its shape, should be from the Song Dynasty. With such an obvious difference, to continue watching is undoubtedly a waste of time."

These words made the other middle-aged men at the scene nod in agreement.

"Hmm, judging through the mobile video, this young man is clearly a layman. He's wandering aimlessly in the stall, not knowing at all what to look for, so it's impossible for him to win."

"Now I'm suddenly looking forward to seeing whether Sun Kaiping can really buy that Nalan Xingde's ring for a million. If he can, it'll be a huge oversight, selling it for fifteen or eighteen million, the profit would be sky-high."

"Ah, such a naive young man deserves to be hoodwinked. To compete with Sun Kaiping in eye power, isn't that just seeking death?"

Hearing everyone's words, Elder Meng, who had been quietly drinking tea, spoke up: "You're underestimating this young man. He hasn't been looking at the goods at all, but at the people. So wait in peace because until the end, who can win is indeed an unknown."

"Looking at people?" Hearing this, the middle-aged men were taken aback.

Xu Nan, the ever-silent regional manager, suddenly brightened up and said, "Elder Meng, are you suggesting that Shen Qiang is watching who is looking at what?"

Elder Meng nodded: "He may not really understand the trade, but what does that matter? There are too many merchants in the market. Wherever there is something valuable, they flock to it. All he has to do is to follow those merchants, and even if he knows nothing, he can still find good items."

Hearing this, those present went silent.

But just at that moment, on the laptop screen, Shen Qiang, who had been idly following the crowd, suddenly stopped, then squatted down in front of a stall selling Jade and Agate.

He picked up an Agate bead and asked the seller with a smile on his face, "How much for this?"

The seller replied, "Five yuan each."

Shen Qiang immediately said, "Okay, then I'll take them all."

Seeing this scene, a few middle-aged men sitting behind Elder Meng burst into laughter.

Elder Meng, holding his teacup, couldn't help but frown and said, "It seems I thought too highly of him after all; this young man doesn't make the grade either."

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