Chapter 4620
Chapter 4620
“Master York, this is a painite from the Western Dynasty I’ve been looking into,” the woman said.
“It’s said that the scent has passed down through the ages. Help me appraise how much this costs!
“I haggled for a long time before finally buying it for three hundred thousand dollars!”
Kade and the others immediately looked over.
Since Harvey could appraise gemstones, it wouldn’t be hard for him to look at antiques either.
Esther’s eyes twitched frantically; she crossed her arms, silent as she maintained her high and mighty attitude without saying a word.
Harvey grabbed the painite, and smiled.
“The Western Dynasty? Are you sure about that?”
He snapped the so-called painite in half.
Everyone froze; even Kade was dumbfounded.
The middle-aged woman was shocked. She bought the item with three hundred thousand dollars, yet Harvey broke it without even any warning.
“How could you do that, Master York?!
That’s a national treasure !” she screamed.
Harvey gave the two halves of the painite back.
“This is clearly a fake.”
The crowd fell into an uproar.
“A fake?!”
“Look closely. The gem is probably real. It must’ve been dug out of the ground just recently.
“However, someone must’ve used machinery to inject agarwood powder inside it.
“The gem would only cost a few thousand dollars, but it was artificially made into a painite from the Western Dynasty.
“It must’ve been made just last week, too.
“If you don’t believe me, just look at how fresh the powder is.”
The appraisal masters went over, and started looking at the painite.
They were all experienced people unafraid of offending anyone. After thoroughly investigating the painite, they were all filled with shock.
“It’s a fake! It’s definitely a fake!”
“The quality of the agarwood isn’t that good, either!”
“How dare you lie to me about this, you b*tch? Do you think my money grows on trees?”
The middle-aged woman walked up to Esther, and slapped her in the face.
“I’m not coming here ever again! This place is heinous!”
Esther stumbled back a few times after taking the slap, but she wouldn’t dare fight back.
The middle-aged woman was the aunt of the city’s prominent figure, after all. Anyway, it was only natural that Esther got slapped for selling a counterfeit product.
More importantly, Empire Hall had gotten a lot of traction in just a few years because of one important reason: the items there were all authentic products.
Nobody expected Harvey to expose them that quickly!
The place was no different from any other shady shop.
“I’m not buying anything here!”
“I’m returning this!”
“If you don’t let me, I’m calling the cops!”
The entire Empire Hall was in an uproar. A large group of people squeezed inside, with some holding receipts and antiques for one clear goal: to return them, no matter the cause.
Ensley and Esther were filled with despair.
They didn’t think that Harvey would even come up with such a plan.
His simple words were enough to collapse the entire shop.
They lost billions of dollars just because of this. Their reputation had already gone out the window, along with their business!
They were finished!
