Chapter 1 Bronze artifacts must have some earthiness

China, Qingzhou City.

In a small farmyard in the suburbs.

A handsome young man wearing a white short-sleeved shirt was standing in the yard with a hoe.

In front of him was a mobile phone fixed on a bracket, and the phone was on the Douyin Live page.

"There are so many antiques, Xiao Zhang said, real or fake."

"Everyone is welcome to come to the live broadcast room. At the same time and in the same place, we will continue to reveal the secrets of bronze aging."

"It's been a week since we last buried the bronze."

"Let's take a look at the effect of aging later."

"Don't worry, everyone. When most of the people have arrived, we can start digging..."

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he glanced at the number of people online in the upper right corner of the live broadcast room.

1300 people.

This number has not changed in half a minute.

This means that this is the maximum traffic that his account can attract by distributing lucky bags.

In order to complete the system's task, Zhang Yang spent a huge amount of money.

By distributing lucky bags and winning the latest mobile phone, the aim is to attract as many people as possible to watch the live broadcast.

The current number of people barely meets the standard.

There are just a few comments.

[Hurry up and start, host, stop wasting time]

"Don't worry, let's start digging when there are two and a half minutes left in the lucky bag."

[What does an anchor do?]

"The host is a senior collector who has been studying antiques for two and a half years."

"Everyone will be able to see the results of my research on bronze ware in a moment."

[Really? But the anchor looks so young]

"I feel younger because I use the beauty filter. My two and a half years of experience is solid," Zhang Yang replied.

Although he is only twenty years old now, it does not hinder the fact that he has lived for twenty-six years.

Who made him travel through time?

Ten days ago, Zhang Yang was still living on Earth and was an ordinary employee of Shenghai Museum.

Responsible for the daily maintenance of the museum's collection of cultural relics.

Exactly two and a half years of work experience.

Unexpectedly, when he was getting off work, he was sent to this parallel world called Blue Star because he delayed the takeoff of the dump truck.

He traveled through time and space to the body of Zhang Yang, a man with the same name and surname.

This world is almost exactly the same as the place where he lived.

History, culture, customs, and the Chinese people’s innate love for antiques are all the same.

The difference is that he went from being a museum employee to an apprentice in an antique counterfeiting workshop.

His only relative is his master, who is also the owner of the workshop.

But last month, the master went to an ancient tomb from the Han Dynasty to collect folk songs and got trapped.

It took three full years to get out of this predicament.

Zhang Yang’s only support was gone.

Now he is the only outsider in such a huge workshop.

Based on his understanding of the antique industry in his previous life, Zhang Yang knew that if he continued to work in the antique counterfeiting business, it was only a matter of time before he would end up working on a sewing machine.

It might even implicate the master and cause him to be trapped for a few more years.

So Zhang Yang planned to sell the workshop and take the exam for civil service.

But just as he posted the information of his small workshop on Xianyu, the golden finger of time travel came.

It turns out he has a system.

[Great Country Craftsman System——Antique Edition]

The functionality of the system is simple:
The imitation antique handicrafts produced by Zhang Yang are always recognized by everyone, who think that his imitations are indistinguishable from the real ones, or that they are the real ones.

He will get 1 point of [Recognition Value].

When the recognition value reaches a certain amount, it can be used to improve one's abilities.

The currently unlocked capabilities cover various aspects such as porcelain aging, jade imitation, wood carving aging, and calligraphy and painting imitation.

It is simply impossible to use these abilities to fake antiques.

Zhang Yang thought about it and took the workshop off the shelves.

Keep it, it will be of great use.

This craftsman system is tailor-made for him in this world.

Zhang Yang also immediately had a clear goal:

Collect recognition values.

Improve your abilities and become an expert in counterfeiting.

At that time, whether he turned against the police or became a consultant;

Or take the civil service exam and retire early in a museum;
It's all easy stuff.

There was only one problem before Zhang Yang:
How can we gain the most recognition quickly?
The first thing Zhang Yang thought of was to start a live broadcast.

I heard that the top anchors on Douyin can get millions of views for each live broadcast. In terms of traffic, nothing can compare to live broadcast.

As long as the live streaming is successful, isn’t it easy to earn some recognition value without considering monetization?

As for why bronze was chosen to gain recognition in the first place...

Because that unlucky master only taught Zhang Yang this skill.

Zhang Yang also wanted to imitate expensive Tang Sancai and Yuan blue and white porcelain, but he didn't have the ability!

You can only take your time.

I saw that the number of viewers in the live broadcast room was stuck at 1,300 and could not go any higher, and there were only two and a half minutes left before the lucky bags were drawn.

Zhang Yang knew it was time to get to work.

"Look guys, it's still the same place as last week."

"Dig! We are playing with reality."

Zhang Yang swung up the hoe and dug into the soil with force.

He really digs it.

The dirt was flying around in the live broadcast room, and new viewers thought the host was broadcasting farming.

After a while, Zhang Yang was sweating profusely from exhaustion.

Fortunately, it was not buried very deep. In less than two minutes, he dug out the bronze artifact.

"Guys, this is it!"

Zhang Yang lifted a three-legged bronze tripod out of the pit and displayed it in front of the camera.

The tripod is not big, and one hand can hold half of it;
The decoration on it is also relatively simple, with only two string patterns on the abdomen;
But the green rust on the tripod is so authentic.

This is the copperware boiled in soda water, and the effect after being corroded by special potion for a week.

Plus the dirt that Zhang Yang deliberately didn’t wipe off.

It looks very much like a genuine bronze ware just unearthed.

Zhang Yang is very confident that it can deceive the audience's eyes.

[Fuck, is this true or false? ]

[Bronze artifact? Is it fake? How come it looks like the real thing?]

【Something】

[Anchor, are you selling this? I want to buy it]

[It’s the first time I’ve seen this kind of live broadcast, it’s quite interesting]

The screen is full of positive comments.

This made Zhang Yang very satisfied.

While showing the small bronze object in his hand, he secretly glanced at his system panel.

Should be able to earn a lot of recognition points, right?

But the changes on the panel stunned him.

It has received so many positive reviews, how come it has only collected 130 points of recognition?

So the comments praising himself were posted by these hundred people.

Where are the rest of the people in the live broadcast room?

Do you have any opinion on this antique bronze ware?
Or are the lucky bags attracting robots?
"Does anyone have any questions about this bronze artifact? If so, feel free to ask. I can answer them all." Zhang Yang couldn't help but tap the audience in the live broadcast room.

[No doubt, because we don’t understand it at all]

【Unclear but powerful】

【Guan Di Sheng Jun, please bless me with a mobile phone】

[Will the anchor still draw prizes later?]

Seeing that most of the comments were concerned about the lucky draw, Zhang Yang almost vomited blood.

Can the lottery participants be more professional and at least look at what they have in their hands?

This is a one-to-one replica of the smallest bronze tripod - the Ying Lingde Tripod. Zhang Yang took a long time to carefully select it.

But the audience in the live broadcast room was not interested at all.

They were too lazy to even watch the fun.

Less than ten seconds after the lucky bag was opened, there were only about 150 viewers left in the live broadcast room.

Just now more than a thousand people ran away!
Zhang Yang thought to himself, it’s bad.

A four thousand yuan mobile phone only earned me a hundred points of recognition.

Even if I still have money, I wouldn’t dare to do this.

Just when Zhang Yang was feeling discouraged and was about to turn off the live broadcast and set up a stall at the antique market tomorrow, a comment caught his attention:

[If the anchor wants to be famous, he should connect with the treasure appraiser anchor, as there are many people in their live broadcast room]

Treasure appraising anchor?

Zhang Yang immediately recalled what Teacher Catfish said: My dear, this is not a good thing to wear!

It was really popular at that time and became famous all over the circle.

But that was three years ago.

Is there still traffic for the treasure appraisal live broadcast on Douyin?

Who is the most popular anchor?

(End of this chapter)