For thousands of years, Chinese history has given birth to one prodigy after another, such as Cao Chong, who can be called an elephant at the age of 5, Ganluo, who is a 12-year-old official to shangqing the King of Qin, and Zhou Buxi, who was jealous of Cao Cao at a young age.
These prodigies are rare in Chinese history, and the legends about them are even more amazing.
In modern times, the topic of prodigies can still attract the attention of the public, as one of the many sentient beings, everyone hopes to become a dragon and phoenix among people.
In Tianjin, there is a teenager named Hao Di, who is known as the "Jinmen Prodigy" by the local people, and at the age of 8, he earned hundreds of millions of yuan by treasure hunting. There are stories about Hao Di that are constantly fermenting, so is he gifted or deified?
A mixed antique market
As a splendid cultural heritage left by the ancestors, cultural relics and antiques have become one of the most collectible objects in the minds of Chinese. As early as the ancient times when science and technology were not well developed, cultural relics and antiques began to circulate among the nobility, and the rich collection also became a symbol of the status of the family and the nobility.
As a special product of the royal nobility, cultural relics and antiques are as good as the world can be skilled, and every detail is handled perfectly.
After thousands of years of displacement, the value of well-preserved cultural relics and antiques has soared, making wealthy merchants around the world flock to them.
In the past, cultural relics and antiques were only treasured by a few people. With the development of the times, the people live a prosperous life, and more and more people are engaged in the treasure collection industry.
However, cultural relics and antiques are always scarce, and in the face of many fanatical collectors, criminals have begun to stir, and a large number of fakes have begun to flow into the cultural and play market.
Among these generous collectors, there are quite a few people who do not understand treasure hunting, and when buying collections, people often pay high prices but can only buy fakes. In order to identify authenticity, the industry of "treasure connoisseur" came into being.
Treasure hunting requires a wealth of professional experience, but also requires the treasure hunter to have keen observation and extreme endurance. Successful connoisseurs are usually mature and stable experts, because treasure connoisseurs need to be supported by years of experience. But the world is big, there are no surprises, and the respected treasure connoisseur may also be a child.
The child prodigy is born
In 1985, Hao Di was born into an ordinary family in Tianjin. In order to maintain the family, Haodi's parents went out to work all year round, leaving him young to live with his grandparents. Hao Di's grandfather is a veteran literary and playful enthusiast, with rich experience in treasure hunting, and has a certain prestige in the local literary and play industry.
Under the leadership of his grandfather, the young Hao Di began to contact cultural relics and antiques. Since Grandpa collected a lot of good things, Hao Di started from the antiques at home and slowly learned how to identify authenticity. When Hao Di accumulated a certain amount of knowledge, Grandpa took him in and out of the large literary and play market.
The literary play market is noisy and chaotic, all kinds of items that do not distinguish between age and true and false are piled together, and if you want to buy real treasures, it will definitely take a lot of effort.
After following his grandfather for a few years, Hao Di inherited his grandfather's ability to identify antiques, and at the same time had his own insights.
In the world of literary play, collectors generally trust those who are wise and mature. These great predecessors have accumulated several years of experience in the literary and entertainment industry, and they seem to be confident that they will be able to achieve things.
And a child like Hao Di, who still needs to be taken care of by adults for food, clothing, shelter and transportation, don't mention Jian Bao, no one will believe it when he says it.
But what is unexpected is that it is this disdainful child who can shock the literary and play community. In 1993, hao di, who was only 8 years old, was already famous for "mixing" in the wenplay market, and people were already strange about this small radish head, and even greeted him kindly.
On a seemingly ordinary day, Hao Di followed his grandfather into the antique market, and the grandfather and grandson wandered all the way. It didn't take long for a stall to catch Hao Di's attention.
Upon closer inspection, Hao Di found a coin among the many objects. Because the coin was so new, it was considered to be nothing more than an ordinary coin produced at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
But Hao Di did not think so, and after communicating with the stall owner, Hao Di bought the coin for 5 yuan. The onlookers were puzzled, they did not understand why Hao Di had bought this unremarkable coin.
But it soon became clear that this might be the curiosity of a child, and that young Hody just thought it was funny.
But when Hao Di returned home, he took out the information for careful comparison and found that the seemingly ordinary coin in his hand was actually produced during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom created its own coins and circulated them in the market. However, with the suppression of the Qing government, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom eventually failed. The Qing government ordered the destruction of all items belonging to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and prohibited the circulation of self-created coins in the market.
With the destruction of the Qing government, the coins created by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also withdrew from the stage of history, and a coin worth hundreds of millions of dollars was found by an 8-year-old child.
After identifying coins, Hao Di became a local treasure prodigy and successfully made a name for himself in the Tianjin literary and play world.
A deified teenager
After identifying the coins, some people admired Hao Di's achievements at a young age, but others attributed Hao Di's ability to luck, thinking that he was just a blind cat who met a dead rat, and actually had no real ability. Because Hao Di was too young, his style was not enough to convince everyone.
As if to justify his name, Hao Di successfully identified a bronze vessel after identifying the coin.
If the first identification contained elements of fluke, then the second successful identification made people believe in Haodi's ability. After all, veteran players in the antique industry may not be able to successfully identify these two literary games.
After identifying two treasures in succession, Hao Di became a big red person in the wenplay market, and many people came to Hao Di with their own treasures for identification.
There are also buyers who continue to come to the door, on the one hand, they want to pay for the scarce coins in Hao Di's hands, on the other hand, they want Hao Di to help them check and help them buy the real thing.
For a time, there was news about Hao Di, and the guests in Hao Di's home continued one after another. Under the publicity of the media and villagers, Hao Di became a well-known prodigy of treasure hunting in the country. Since Hao Di was born in Tianjin, people gave him a well-known title, called "Jinmen Prodigy".
Under the vigorous media rendering, Hao Di has become the envy of everyone,000 prodigies, and in the eyes of people, Hao Di seems to have his own treasure hunting talent from birth.
Some people say that he made hundreds of millions of yuan with 5 yuan of coins bought at the age of 8, some people say that Hao Di can accurately identify the real and false literary play with just one glance, and some people say that Hao Di's treasure hunting ability has reached the peak.
In short, after 1993, the name "Hao Di" became a popular star in the literary and entertainment industry. People are looking forward to his news, expecting him to achieve higher achievements, and also expecting him to identify more precious literary play for the literary and play community. After all, identifying Wen Play requires a certain talent, and Hao Di, who is only 8 years old, obviously has sufficient conditions.
However, after making a name, Hao Di did not make any more big moves, he began to turn to the business circle and began to participate in business activities. After this, people interested in prodigies began to dig deeper into Haodi's background and story. It was only then that people discovered that the story of the "Tsumon Prodigy" was nothing more than a farce.
Exaggerated truth
In 2001, the Daily News from Tianjin published a photo news of Hao Di, making Wei Xiaomin the first reporter to interview Hao Di. During the interview, Wei Xiaomin took a large number of pictures as material. But what people did not expect was that the pictures taken by Wei Xiaomin actually provided material for other media.
Every once in a while since 2002, news stories about Hodi have appeared on social media.
In these articles, Hao Di is still the prodigy, publishing many papers at a young age, and even has a wealth of more than 100 million. However, it is worth noting that most of the pictures about Hao Di are from Wei Xiaomin's reports.
Since Hao Di became famous, stories about him have always been inseparable from titles such as "prodigy" and "the first big man in Chinese archaeology".
After listening to the story a lot, there were always people who doubted its authenticity, so some people began to look around and collect Haodi's information.
In 2014, with the accumulation of relevant information, the truth of the "prodigy" incident began to surface, and people found that the sensational people and things were packaged. From the perspective of treasure hunting ability, Hao Di does have some talent, and he does have great enthusiasm for the treasure hunting cause, but this talent and interest is not enough to make Hao Di a prodigy.
As for the many treasure papers published by Hao Di, relevant experts found that these papers did not stand up to in-depth study at all, and did not accurately cite the source. And Hao Di has repeatedly made remarks in public, most of which come from articles by wang Zongfa, an expert on ancient coins.
In addition to giving Hao Di the title of "child prodigy," some articles have said that Hao Di was hired as a visiting professor in the history department of Peking University, but this claim has also been overturned by Liu Xiong, the dean of Peking University's School of Cultural Relics. Up to now, all the myths about Haodi have been overturned, and after in-depth investigation, it has been discovered that the so-called prodigy is nothing more than an antique lover.
Refusal to "Hurt Zhongyong"
In the face of reporters' questions, Hao Di, who had already seen a lot, did not see any nervousness. In his view, he is an ordinary person who loves treasure hunting, although he has a grandfather to lead him to learn treasure, he does not have outstanding talent and ability, nor is he as deep as the media reports. Most of the news circulating in society is fabricated by the media.
In the face of social concern, Hao Di looked helpless. He admits that he has lost his way and thought that he is the envy of everyone, but the reality is always cruel, Haodi has no special ability, and he needs to break all illusions.
Today, Hao Di is 36 years old, and the young and fearless child of the past has grown into a mature and stable adult.
In recent years, Hao Di has been studying, and he hopes that he can calm down and learn the technique of treasure hunting, and he also hopes to become a real antiquities scientist.
Back to the beginning, the media just wanted to report on Jianbao news, and the young Hao Di just stepped into the media vision.
Discerning journalists soon discovered that Hao Di would become a social hotspot and exaggerated his story. When a seemingly true article is published, it has been revised countless times.
In today's increasingly developed social media, any exaggerated article can arouse strong social concern and is likely to push a real genius into the abyss. The past "wounded Zhongyong" is a clear example, and the young and promising Zhongyong is only invisible in the end.
I hope that Hao Di can get rid of the influence of the past, no longer stick to the opinions of everyone, but truly immerse himself in the ranks of treasure hunting, and use his true talent and practical learning to contribute to society.