LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 327 - 327: 【327】You practice favoritism and commit fraud!_1
Chapter 327: 【327】You practice favoritism and commit fraud!_1
“Heh, recruitment order? You blatantly show favoritism and commit fraud, and you have the nerve to speak of order?”
Someone in the group of participants immediately questioned loudly.
Ouyang Yushan swept his gaze over the faces of the crowd, “Who just said that?”
All the participants quickly avoided his gaze, daring not to meet his eyes.
After all, Ouyang Yushan was the leading figure of the Zhonghai Antique Circle.
If they were to incur his resentment, then they could forget about continuing their careers in the antique trade.
Ouyang Yushan asked twice, but no one admitted it.
He suddenly snorted coldly, “Dare to say it but not admit it? If you’re a man, stand up proudly and speak up. Only then can we help you resolve your doubts. What’s the meaning of this skulking about?”
At his words, a participant suddenly stepped out from the crowd, “I said it, do what you will with me.”
Tang Feng recognized him, his score was only 35, and he had been directly eliminated.
Probably he couldn’t get over it in his heart, so he wanted to drag Tang Feng down with him.
Ouyang Yushan was immediately amused by the man’s words, “Why would I kill you? You said someone was showing favoritism and committing fraud, who are you referring to?”
The man immediately sneered, “The one I’m referring to should know in his heart, do I really need to say it out loud?”
Ouyang Yushan frowned slightly, “Since you suspect someone of favoritism and fraud, you should naturally name the person. How else can we investigate?”
The man was ready to go all out and immediately pointed at Ouyang Yushan, “It’s you, Ouyang Yushan, you’re the one showing favoritism and committing fraud!”
“Wow…”
The entire stadium immediately erupted into chaos.
Everyone showed a look of utter astonishment.
Who was Ouyang Yushan?
He was a banner of the Zhonghai Antique Circle.
Even though he had been semi-retired for years, his legendary stories still prevailed in the antique trade.
Nobody would have thought that someone would now publicly accuse Ouyang Yushan of favoritism and fraud.
This was truly shocking.
The noisy discussions in the venue rose and fell, growing louder and louder, chaotic as a marketplace.
“Please calm down, everyone.”
Ouyang Yushan shouted, and though he was advanced in years, his voice was still full of vigor, immediately quieting the chaotic noises in the venue.
Then he looked calmly at the man, “You say I’m engaging in favoritism and fraud, do you have any evidence?”
The man couldn’t help but sneer, “You are a master appraiser. The entire judging panel listens to you. How could we, the unknowns, possibly have any evidence against you?”
Ouyang Yushan couldn’t help but laugh with frustration, “So that means, you’re pinning an unfounded charge on me? Without any evidence, you claim that I’m engaging in favoritism and fraud? How absurd!”
With things having escalated to this point, the man had no room to back down and could only remain defiant, “Then I’m going to ask you a few questions now, do you dare to answer them?”
Ouyang Yushan laughed heartily, “I have lived my life openly, nothing I can’t discuss. Ask what you will, if I know it, I will not hesitate to speak.”
“Good,” the man waited just for this, “First question, do you know Tang Feng?”
“Of course I know him. He’s my close friend and also my life-saver,” Ouyang Yushan admitted without any concealment his relationship with Tang Feng.
“Good, you admit it. Then, his perfect score, was it also you who evaluated it?” the man continued to question.
“It was evaluated by all ten of us appraisers together. Do you have a problem with that?” Ouyang Yushan countered.
“A big problem.”
The man’s voice rose significantly, “He only spent less than five minutes to look over two hundred pieces of porcelain and accurately identified all the real ones. Hehe, anyone with a bit of common sense knows how absurd that is.”
As he spoke, he turned to Tang Feng, “Five minutes to look at two hundred pieces of ceramic, that’s about one second per item. We’re all from the antique trade, do you think this is possible?”
The group of participants all shook their heads in turn.
“How could that be possible? What can you see in one second? You probably can’t even make out the shape of the porcelain, right?”
“One second is indeed an exaggeration, I’m already an intermediate appraiser, and even I wouldn’t boast like this.”
“This does seem a bit suspicious, if he didn’t already know the answers, it’s impossible to look at a piece of ceramic in one second and make an accurate judgement.”
“To look at two hundred pieces in five minutes and get a perfect score, it does seem like a fantasy…”
With the backing of his fellow colleagues, the man turned again to Ouyang Yushan, “Mr. Ouyang, do you hear that? Everyone says it’s impossible.”
“Then there’s only one explanation, someone had leaked the answers to him in advance. So who do you think the suspect could be?”
The participants all cast doubtful glances at Ouyang Yushan.
His close tie with Tang Feng obviously made him the prime suspect.
After hearing this, Ouyang Yushan scoffed, “I thought you had some substantial argument. Is this all? What does this prove? Just because you don’t understand something, is it automatically underhanded?”
The man remained unyielding, sneered back, “I can’t speak for others, but I’m certain, no one can appraise a piece of ceramic in one second. There is no other possibility except someone giving him the answers.”
Ouyang Yushan nodded slightly, “To tell the truth, Tang Feng saved my life, and I really did want to give him the answers.”
“Wow…”
As soon as these words came out, the entire stadium exploded once again.
No one expected Ouyang Yushan to admit publicly that he wanted to leak the answers to Tang Feng.
Was he admitting to cheating?
However, before the audience could even start discussing, they heard Ouyang Yushan continue, “Unfortunately, my authority isn’t as great as you think. According to the recruitment rules, each of us appraisers is only responsible for our own group’s content, and we have no knowledge of the other groups’ content.”
At this, he pointed towards the other nine appraisers.
“That is to say, if I wanted to leak answers to Tang Feng, I would first have to collude with the other nine appraisers. Do you think that’s possible? Do you really believe that I, Ouyang Yushan, could skew the whole system, or that these nine appraisers are all corrupt people swayed by money?”
With these words, the venue fell into a heavy silence.