[Urban wish fulfillment + face-slapping socialites + appraisal golden finger + turning small investments into big gains + business-war comeback + rapid-fire twists + showing off and face-slapping]
Chen Ye was a low-level employee at a secondhand luxury goods shop in a mid-sized city. His socialite wannabe girlfriend humiliated him in public: “You can’t even recognize all the brands of my bags. What makes you think you deserve to stand beside me?”
The moment she finished speaking, he awakened the “Appraisal Eye.” It could see the authenticity, origins, and true value of any item at a glance.
He smiled right at her. “This Birkin is made of spray-painted cowhide, and its hardware contains excessive lead. It wholesales for 380 yuan in Guangzhou’s Baiyun District. The tag on your dress was sewn on afterward. The serial number on the soles of your shoes belongs to factory leftovers from three years ago. Everything you’re wearing is worth less than 1,200 yuan combined.”
His girlfriend turned deathly pale as everyone around them burst out laughing.
Chen Ye quit his job and opened a luxury goods resale studio of his own. He made a point of targeting fake socialites: women who borrowed or rented bags, or carried counterfeits to fit in, had nowhere to hide from him.
He bought genuine goods cheap and sold them for a profit. One appraisal earned him a five-figure commission.
The socialite scene was in an uproar. Some paid him to keep quiet, some hired him to appraise their friends’ bags, and others brought him top-grade fakes to test him...
But as his business grew and he crossed paths with the mysterious woman who controlled the city’s entire underground luxury goods network, he discovered that behind all those fake socialites lurked a web of profits that sent a chill down his spine.