The other party's request is just to let himself be the guide?
Gu Zhishan can't help but stay where he is, suspecting that he heard the wrong thing.
It was not until Jiang Kai was a little impatient and gave a gentle cough that Gu Zhishan came to his senses and quickly nodded his head in agreement.
"Thank you for your kindness. I will try my best to repay you."
Jiang Kai waved his hand casually and said:
"Don't be so polite. Go on answering my question."
Gu Zhishan thought for a moment and began to tell the details of the "No.1 in the World" treasure appraisal contest.
It is worthy of being the former local leader. Gu Zhishan has a clear understanding of the competition process, as well as the hot winners.
After hearing his story, Jiang Kai felt that he could see the sun and the moon through the fog.
According to Gu Zhishan, there are nearly 100000 contestants in every treasure identification contest.
The competition is divided into two stages, namely the knockout competition and the challenge competition.
The knockout competition is held on the tenth floor of the auction house.
There are hundreds of separate compartments.
Each compartment is equipped with an examination device with monitoring function.
It is equivalent to a rigid knowledge assessment, and the promotion is determined according to the test scores.
After promotion, you can participate in the subsequent challenge.
As the name suggests, the Challenge is to challenge and defeat one opponent after another to obtain qualification for promotion.
The biggest difference from the knockout competition is that.
The specific test questions of the challenge are not assigned by the machine, but selected by the opponent instead.
In this way, both sides of the challenge will try their best to choose topics that the other side will not. As a result, the confrontation between the two sides became more intense and exciting.
Jiang Kai had a question about the rules of the challenge, so he asked:
"If two people of average level enter the challenge and act as rivals, isn't it possible that they can't answer one question? In that case, who will win?"
Gu Zhishan stroked his beard and smiled:
"Good question, young master. That's a long story. In fact, the victory or defeat is not simply determined by the strength of the challenger."
"Every year, there will be a large number of mediocre guys who can only pass the knockout contest and come here to try their luck with the help of the competition mechanism."
"There are also many people with heavy treasures who come here to pick up bargains by relying on the rules."
Jiang Kai was more puzzled.
In addition to strength, what else can we compete against?
And competition is competition, how can it be used to pick up a bargain? It is even more inconceivable to take chances.
Gu Zhishan saw Jiang Kai's puzzlement and hurriedly explained:
"That's right, young master."
"The winner of the challenge can not only be promoted, but also get the antiques handed in by the other side before the competition as trophies."
"Moreover, the score of the challenge consists of two parts. One is the score of the preliminary examination, which is determined by the antiques handed in before the competition, accounting for 30% of the total score. The other is the score of the examination, which is determined by the strength of the challenger, accounting for 70% of the total score."
"That's why every contestant has to hand in an antique worth more than 200000 yuan as a ticket to the competition."
"The way speculators do this is to deliberately hand in a piece of high value antiques and get a high score in the preliminary examination."
"Then, depending on the high scores of the preliminary examination, we can harvest those contestants who are not proficient in their skills."
Hearing this, Jiang Kai suddenly realized.
"I see."
"In the end, in the case that both sides are not proficient in learning, the one who turns in the higher value antiques will win, right?"
"So, the treasure appraisal contest is more interesting than I thought."
Gu Zhishan nodded repeatedly:
"You are right. Over the years, this treasure appreciation contest can generate many playing methods."
"The most lucrative way to play is to bet."
"You can bet from the contestants to the promotion. The odds are determined by the popularity of the contestants and the history of the competition."
"If you are interested, I can provide a relatively reliable betting scheme."
"Although there is no guarantee that we can make a profit, it is not a problem to earn a little money."
Jiang Kai shook his head. He is not short of money, so there is no need to get into trouble.
It's better to focus on the competition.
……
What Jiang Kai and others didn't know was that in the process of their communication, a group of aggressive strangers were approaching them.
As the first few old men in Chinese tunic suits, they looked unnatural.
"Lao Li, are you sure you are right? That old guy Gu Zhishan can enter the auction house?"
"Yes, Lao Zhao is right. This is a very important thing. Once the old guy Gu Zhishan is allowed to make a comeback, we will suffer a storm of revenge at any time."
The man called Lao Li shook his head forcefully and said in a tone of absolute certainty:
"Lao Liu, I understand everything you said. Well, I just took a picture of the scene."
"I swear I didn't admit my mistake. If you don't believe me, see."
As he spoke, Lao Li took out his mobile phone from his arms.
With a slip of fingers, a photo with high definition slowly zoomed in and came into the public's view.
Although the people in the photos are sloppy and shapeless, the eyes of several people present are fiery. At a glance, they recognized the identity of the person in the photo. It was their sworn enemy, Gu Zhishan.
Seeing Gu Zhishan's picture, Old Liu curled his mouth and looked scornful.
"It seems that this guy is in a mess. He should not have made a name for himself. He is just a dog for others. I'm not afraid."
Old Li shook his head.
"It can't be said that the identity of those who can compete here is not simple."
"Maybe Gu Zhishan will start from here and become famous."
"We'd better go and find out about each other's background."
Lao Li's caution was recognized by the other two.
A group of people came to Jiang Kai's place according to their subordinates' instructions.
……
The other side.
After knowing the competition process and rules from Gu Zhishan Pass.
Jiang Kai was relieved to wait for the start of the competition, while strolling around the auction house to see if he could find antiques that interested him.
An unexpected disappointment.
Almost all antiques worth more than 200000 yuan are being sold at three times the original price.
And there is no market.
However, Tianheng Auction House is specialized in harvesting these contestants from other places.
After all, the antiques used in the competition can increase the initial score. In the eyes of the rich, it is worth spending as much as possible.
Jiang Kai is not really rich, so he is naturally not interested in the goods here.
At the same time, he was a little lucky.
By chance, I found an ancient painting such as "Ink Dragon Painting", otherwise it would cause a great loss.
It is impossible to buy.
Jiang Kai simply took Xing Qiu and Wang Wu to wander around the auction house.
While strolling, he introduced the history of each antique to Xing Qiu and others.
Although they are not real insiders, they are both excellent antique lovers. So I listened with fascination.
However.
Suddenly a strange voice sounded, interrupting Jiang Kai's story.