After seeing the news online, Shen Wei felt a bit smug. Finally, Ji Xiaoli had tumbled after all this time.
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became. Unable to contain her emotions for a moment, she even called Ji Xiaoli.
Just having arrived in the United States, Ji Xiaoli was lying in bed adjusting to the time difference. Hearing the phone ring, she answered it after a while.
"Who is it? Calling me so early in the morning."
Due to extreme sleepiness, Ji Xiaoli's voice sounded extremely nonchalant.
Shen Wei thought Ji Xiaoli was pretending not to know about this matter. Immediately, she taunted smugly, "Oh, Miss Ji. No, I should call you a traitor. Wake up quickly and take a look. You've been completely exposed on the internet."
Ji Xiaoli already knew that Shen Wei and Tom were behind the online news. She had already made up her mind and didn't care about what Shen Wei said at all.
Ji Xiaoli retorted unceremoniously, "Are you crazy? Calling me to say all this so early in the morning. What does it matter to you?"
A bit grumpy from just waking up, Ji Xiaoli fired back with sarcasm. Then she hung up the phone and went back to sleep.
She had to attend Jack's exhibition tonight. Sleeping more during the day would allow her to be energetic at night.
Shen Wei, who had been hung up on, couldn't believe it. She never thought Ji Xiaoli would dare to hang up on her. But when she called back, she was informed that Ji Xiaoli's phone had been turned off.
Shen Wei gritted her teeth in anger. But thinking that Ji Xiaoli would soon be disgraced, she still felt a bit secretly pleased.
Neither Ji Xiaoli nor Zheng Nanfeng bothered to clarify the online remarks. Instead, Jack's public - relations department noticed them.
The public - relations department immediately informed Jack, and Jack also clarified for Ji Xiaoli on Instagram.
"Ji Xiaoli didn't give away any cultural relics. We're just doing international exchanges."
As a person in the business circle, Jack had no idea how terrifying the entertainment industry could be. The news quickly spread.
A few haters who disliked Ji Xiaoli started to make a big deal out of it.
"Who knows what 'international exchange' means? If it wasn't given away, then it must have been in some other form?"
These haters secretly rejoiced while looking at the traffic in the background.
This time, they got a lot of attention by bad - mouthing Ji Xiaoli and even started to make a profit.
There were too many online storms. In the end, Jack didn't know what to do and could only let the rumors spread.
Ji Xiaoli and Zheng Nanfeng didn't care about these at all. They had packed up and came to the exhibition together.
When they arrived, the exhibition hadn't started yet, but the enthusiastic Jack had already welcomed them in.
"Wow, the most beautiful lady, you're finally here. Let me show you the most precious cultural relics here."
As he walked, Jack personally showed Ji Xiaoli around.
The dazzling array of cultural relics made Ji Xiaoli feel overwhelmed.
The exhibits in this exhibition were not only ancient Chinese objects but also some Western and even Central African antiques.
All the cultural relics were on display here. Anyone who came in would have to sigh at how luxurious it was. Ji Xiaoli looked at them one by one.
She had some thoughts in mind. But when she saw something, suddenly the system in her mind spoke.
【Player, please note that this painting is fake.】
Ji Xiaoli looked up and found a very exquisitely framed painting hanging above her.
The signature under the painting was that of a very well - known painter.
Just hearing the name, Ji Xiaoli could recall a lot of textbook content. This was a painter famous both at home and abroad.
Ji Xiaoli remembered that she often had classes about this painter when she was a child. His paintings were usually very generous and heroic, and his brushstrokes were extremely bold.
Now one of his paintings could be auctioned for a sky - high price.
"So you're looking at this one. You really have good taste!"
Seeing Ji Xiaoli stop in front of this painting, Jack immediately praised her highly.
"I bought this at a private auction last year at a high price. I've kept it for a year and now I'm taking it out for everyone to see."
There was a bit of pride and a bit of showing off in Jack's tone. He wanted Ji Xiaoli to praise him.
Ji Xiaoli looked at the painting from side to side and noticed something fishy.
She had seen a scan of this painting and other works of this painter. She immediately found something wrong with this painting.
"Mr. Jack, I'm not sure if I should say this, but I have to."
Ji Xiaoli glanced at Jack tentatively.
Jack was a generous man. He waved his hand and said, "Just say it."
Ji Xiaoli directly pressed the button beside the exhibition cabinet. The glass above the painting was lifted by the machine, revealing the painting.
Others wanted to stop her, but seeing that Jack didn't seem to stop her, they had to let Ji Xiaoli do as she pleased.
Apart from being wrapped in glass on the outside, the surface of the painting was also covered with a very thin layer of glass.
It was obvious that Jack had spent a lot of effort in collecting this painting.
Ji Xiaoli directly found another painting by this painter on her phone.
"Look at the brushstrokes of this painting. They're supposed to be bold and generous, but this one has a turn."
As Ji Xiaoli spoke, she pointed to the bamboo leaves on the painting.
Bamboo was one of the representative elements of this painter. Almost every painting of his had bamboo leaves.
With this comparison, the difference was obvious.
At this time, Zheng Nanfeng also found many paintings with the same bamboo leaves and zoomed them in one by one for Jack to see.
After Jack saw them, he felt heart - broken.
But he wasn't heart - broken about the money. Instead, he was sad that such a good - looking work was actually fake.
"I see. I thought I had picked up a great bargain, but I didn't expect to be deceived."
Jack looked at the painting with a bit of regret. He had spent a lot of money on it.
But if it was real, it would have been a real bargain.
The issue of this painting was solved. Jack looked at Ji Xiaoli with more admiration.
She was able to tell whether the painting was real or fake just by looking through two layers of glass.
Jack had never seen such a capable person, especially a young girl.
"However, this painting should be an imitation by later generations. It's been a while since it was made, so it can still be collected."
After a careful observation, Ji Xiaoli gave an answer based on what the system had said.
If it didn't have a certain age, an experienced person like Jack wouldn't have made a mistake.
"Quickly remove this painting. Don't display it in the exhibition in the future."
Jack's subordinates immediately came over and quickly removed the painting.
They had all heard what Ji Xiaoli said. They never thought that this Chinese woman knew so much.
Everyone began to admire her. After all, there were very few people who could catch Jack's eye, let alone a woman.
Although it was fake, after the paper was verified, it was found that this imitation was from some time ago.
It was okay to just look at it. But if it was put on display and someone who knew about it saw through it, it would be really embarrassing.
Ji Xiaoli also smiled. This was the information she had obtained by spending a bit of her good - luck points.
It was really worth spending those good - luck points.