Chapter 181: Chapter 151: The Antique Forgery Gang! (Subscribe Please)_2

Make sure it’s foolproof!

It didn’t take long for Lin Chuan to measure the first piece of data.

The height of the vase body was 31.1cm.

Youyou, who was closest to Lin Chuan, was the first to see this number, and her eyebrows tightened.

This matched the data recorded by the Cultural Relics Bureau exactly.

But before anyone could react, Lin Chuan successively measured the diameter of the base, the diameter of the mouth of the vase, and weighed it.

Without exception.

All these values matched the data recorded by the Cultural Relics Bureau, one by one.

Inside the meeting room.

Youyou, sitting next to Lin Chuan, felt her heart pounding, the more data that matched, the more it proved to be genuine.

Chen Hui’s brow furrowed in confusion.

Everyone in the room exchanged glances and whispered amongst themselves.

“The data matches perfectly, this must be the real deal.”

“The more it’s appraised, the more authentic it seems, it’s really a pity that such a national treasure-level cultural relic…”

“Even if it’s a forgery, could it really be replicated so exactly?”

“…”

At that moment.

Director Zhao Gang of the police station furrowed his brow and asked slowly, “Comrade Lin Chuan, do we need to continue the appraisal?”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Lin Chuan all at once.

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became more solemn.

The sunlight penetrated the high windows into the room, feeling a bit hot and stifling, while inside, it was so quiet you could hear the ticking of the second hand on the clock.

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.

It was oppressive, almost making it hard to breathe.

Only after Lin Chuan had recorded these measured data did he raise his eyes to look around at everyone, his gaze stopping on the director of the police station, “Director, please be patient. I’m not using these basic measurements of the thin-walled jade vase to prove it’s fake but to verify whether an artifact with all matching data is indeed genuine.”

This included its patina and texture, among other things.

Director Zhao Gang’s brows knitted together, “If all the data is the same, isn’t this the ‘Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase’?”

“In fact, it’s not the case,” replied Lin Chuan with a smile. “Please pause the video that the Cultural Relics Bureau was playing at the 4 minute and 26 second mark.”

The person in charge of controlling the meeting room’s electronic screen was Chen Hui.

Chen Hui didn’t understand why, but as both directors nodded, he immediately did so, pausing the video at the 4 minute and 26 second mark.

The video at 4 minutes and 26 seconds.

On the screen appeared a thin-walled jade vase surrounded by darkness, illuminated from above by the beam of a flashlight.

The walls of the thin-walled jade vase were as thin as cicada wings, clear and translucent, with excellent light transmission.

A light green fluorescence shone through from the inside, rendering a warm and moist effect. In the concave and convex areas of the vase, the light and shadow were slightly mottled, and the whole showed a natural gradient layer of luminous green from bright to dark.

This was its unique light transmission performance and shadow effect.

Lin Chuan reminded everyone, “Everyone, try to remember the light and shadow effect at this moment.”

Although puzzled, everyone looked towards the screen, taking Lin Chuan’s serious demeanor into account.

Afterward.

Lin Chuan took out a flashlight from his pocket.

This flashlight was the type commonly used by treasure appraisers, identical to the one used by Director Li Zeguang of the Cultural Relics Bureau.

He then looked around the room, walked to the window, drew both layers of curtains, closed the door, turned off the lights, and cut off the external natural light, with the screen going temporarily blank as well.

The entire meeting room was plunged into darkness.

Only the beam from Lin Chuan’s flashlight shone brightly.

This beam of light, similar to the one on the screen just before, shone down from above onto the thin-walled jade vase.

“Director Li, would you please look at the light transmission performance of this thin-walled jade vase and the shadow effect it presents?” Lin Chuan turned to Li Zeguang.

Of those present, he was the only one who might understand.

Li Zeguang’s brow furrowed as he glanced at Lin Chuan and then focused on the thin-walled jade vase.

After several rounds of observation, he finally gave his assessment: “Its walls are thin, the jade is of high quality, with excellent light transmission performance, and the shadow effect shows a gradient of color.”

Lin Chuan smiled and asked, “How does this shadow effect compare to the one at the 4 minute and 26 second mark we just saw?”

Li Zeguang was taken aback.

Suddenly.

He looked up sharply at Lin Chuan, his brow furrowed tightly, “You mean to say, they present different shadows?”

“Exactly.”

Lin Chuan nodded and then asked Youyou to hold the flashlight while he pointed out a specific shadow, “Director Li, this angle matches exactly with the one in the video recording, but look here, it doesn’t display the natural gradient from bright to dim light green color as in the video. Instead, there are two subtle spots here, causing the shadows to be slightly mottled.”

As Lin Chuan explained, Li Zeguang’s frown deepened with astonishment.

He could no longer sit still!

He abruptly stood up, quickly walked over to Lin Chuan, bent down, and looked closely at the subtle mottled shadows Lin Chuan had just pointed out.

Then, he turned to look at the exterior wall of the vase and then to the interior. There was no dirt or dust on the inside or outside walls.

The subtle mottling was caused by the patina of the jade vase!

Meaning, the thin-walled jade vase before him was not the same ‘Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase’ Lin Chuan had appraised before.

They were not the same artifact!

The Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase was still intact, undamaged!

There was still a chance to recover it!

In the pitch-dark meeting room.

Li Zeguang first swallowed hard and then looked up at Lin Chuan, his eyes shone with increased brightness, the initial contempt now completely gone, filled with admiration, “That’s fantastic, the damaged thin-walled jade vase isn’t the actual Qing dynasty Chinese tangled branch pattern thin-walled jade vase. The real one is undamaged!”