Ming Mei and her team sought out many appraisers, but the wealthy man insisted, claiming all the jewelry appraisers were bribed by them.
After this incident, Ming Mei realized that this person was clearly there to cause trouble, not to actually participate in the auction.
While Ming Mei had people bring in more jewelry appraisers to deal with the wealthy man, she also had someone investigate the man's background.
After struggling until 5 PM, they finally discovered that the wealthy man was actually a professional con artist, deliberately claiming the diamond ring was fake, refusing to pay, and then, when no one was watching, swapping the real ring for a fake one.
The police came and took the con artist away, after which the auction continued, and Ming Mei was busy until after 6 PM before she could go home.
