Jin Qiu possesses a unique ability to discern the authenticity, age, and hidden value of antiques. It begins when he buys an old wooden box bundled with a piece of "fake jade" for eighty thousand yuan on Antique Street—and from there he keeps scoring: an imperial palace box, a lost masterpiece, imperial-green jade, and top-tier treasures, outwitting the Zhou and Wei families time and again with his sharp eye. When overseas collector James sets a trap with a genuine Ru kiln national treasure and three exotic masterpieces, Jin Qiu triumphs in a cross-civilization appraisal, wins back the national treasure, and ultimately donates it to a museum.