442: Chapter name
442: Chapter name
"Your name is Qiao Zhong, right?"
As soon as Xiao Musheng finished speaking, Qiao Ming across from him stood up excitedly.
"Yes, yes! That's the name on the family tree, I remember it!"
His voice was trembling, he was overjoyed, and his heart was filled with a mix of emotions.
The man in front of me was able to find the name of his ancestor across hundreds of years; how amazing is that?
"Calm down,"
Xiao Musheng didn't think anything of it. He took out the cigarette he had just put back, held it between his two well-defined fingers, and asked a question while lifting his eyelids.
"Can I smoke?"
Qiao Ming was taken aback, and answered blankly, "I... I don't smoke."
Xiao Musheng was amused by him: "I was asking if I could smoke?"
“Oh, oh,” Qiao Ming replied somewhat awkwardly, his eyes burning with enthusiasm, “Okay.”
Now, I'd rather smoke him than smoke a cigarette.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a renewed sense of goodwill towards the person in front of him.
Xiao Musheng didn't care what he was thinking. He put the cigarette in his mouth, took out a lighter, and lit it.
Now it was the manager's turn to panic a little, but he quickly calmed down and whispered in Xiao Musheng's ear.
"Second Master, even if his background is true, it doesn't prove the authenticity of the Buddha statue he brought. You know that we at Moon Crossing Platform would never do such a thing."
Qiao Ming glared at him angrily: "You're talking nonsense, what I brought is the truth!"
The two were about to start arguing again when Xiao Musheng stretched out his arm and shoved his cigarette ash into the ashtray on the coffee table. He seemed not to hear anything and was still looking at his phone.
The more silent he became, the more anxious the manager became.
If Second Master believes this man's words, then his time as manager is over.
While he was lost in thought, Xiao Musheng stubbed out his cigarette, stood up, and walked to the window.
He made a call and put the phone to his ear.
"Hey sis, could you grant me some access? I want to check some accounts, they might be from a long time ago."
He must have agreed. He smiled and leaned against the window, in a great mood. He said "Thank you, big sister" in a sweet voice, though he didn't know where he learned that from.
The other party was silent for two seconds, then hung up with a beep, seemingly quite annoyed.
Xiao Musheng, still smiling, sat back on the sofa and continued fiddling with his phone; the smile lingered for quite some time.
Xiao Qingdai hung up the phone and immediately informed Shuangjiang to do this. About three minutes later, she granted him the necessary permissions.
Account books are an essential tool for anyone doing business.
With the advancement of technology, things have become much more convenient for him; he no longer needs to flip through books one by one.
However, over the years, many of the original account books have been lost.
Xiao Musheng had only intended to try it out, but unexpectedly he actually found it.
He put down his phone, asked someone to move the Buddha statue on the long table, and then instructed the manager to check the surveillance footage.
Based on the accounting records he had just seen, what Qiao Ming said was true.
The story of his ancestors wasn't made up; there really was a person named Qiao Zhong, and he even pawned things at the Xiao family's pawnshop.
The ledger from that year recorded an entry, so if we look at it that way, there's a 60% chance that the gilt bronze Buddha statue that Qiao Ming brought for authentication more than half a month ago is genuine.
This concerns the reputation of Yue Du Tai, so we must get to the bottom of it. We'll know who's lying once we look at the surveillance footage.
The manager checked the surveillance footage from more than two weeks ago, the day Qiao Ming first brought his Buddha statue to the door seeking authentication.
From the moment he stepped into the appraisal hall, he was captured on camera by surveillance cameras that covered every corner of the hall.
Because the appraiser was busy at the time, Qiao Ming left the Buddha statue in the appraisal room for an afternoon and only came to pick it up in the evening, at which time he also received the appraisal report.
The manager then pulled up the internal surveillance footage, which showed several appraisers using auxiliary tools to examine the Buddha statue. The Buddha statue never left the surveillance camera's view throughout the entire process.
The item was carefully packed away by the waiter after the appraisal was completed, and finally returned along with the report.
The manager and Qiao Ming bent down and stood on either side of Xiao Musheng to watch.
When he saw the final scene of the return, he felt his back straighten up.
"Look, your Buddha statue has been under surveillance from the moment you brought it in until we took it out. Don't say we switched your things anymore."
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