Chen Wang graduated with a history degree only to find himself unemployed. Now he works as a shop assistant at Jubaozhai on Antique Street, where his daily routine consists of getting chewed out by his miserly boss, “Skinflint Zhou,” and making up stories about the store’s half-genuine, half-fake “antiques.” Then an ancestral fragment of jade unexpectedly awakens his Golden Eyes, turning his life completely upside down.
From then on, he can see the truth about fakes: [Modern imitation, worth five yuan]. He can see through scrap metal: [Tang dynasty money box, something hidden inside]. And he can identify a rusty lump of copper: [Western Zhou bronze artifact, recommended for submission to the authorities].
He only wanted to quietly find treasures and make a fortune, but trouble comes one thing after another: exploitation by his greedy boss, the admiration of a mysterious master, the attentions of a bold female reporter, and the covetous eyes of all sorts of shady characters. Stranger still, the junk he picks up contains clues to an ancient treasure hidden deep in the southwestern mountains, drawing deadly pursuit from a secret organization known as Moyanzhai.
When Chen Wang stands before the legendary Blackwater Cave, clutching the jade fragment and a black ring, he finally understands: his Golden Eyes can appraise more than just treasures. They reveal a shocking secret buried beneath the dust of history, and a path of adventure from which there is no turning back.
Watch as the young shop assistant Chen Wang uses his half-baked Golden Eyes to stir up the antiques world amid laughter and squabbles, and unravel a thousand-year-old mystery!
