The venue for Han Xiaoting's competition is the Santa Cruz Theater in Chelsea.
Chelsea is a wealthy area in Benchmark City. It is a gathering place for various financial industries and has convenient transportation links. The Santa Cruz Theater is located next to Chelsea's Financial Street, and is surrounded by high-end shopping malls, restaurants and hotels.
One of the most luxurious hotels is the Paddington Hotel, Bentley's first six-star hotel. This is a classical building with hundreds of years of history, located in the oldest neighborhood of Bentley.
This neighborhood has been renovated several times and has remained new over time. It still maintains the style of the Victorian era, and living here gives people a feeling of traveling back in time.
Despite the strong historical atmosphere, the interior decoration of the hotel is actually very modern and luxurious, especially the luxurious suites with the best views. Standing on the balcony of the room, you can overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire hotel garden. As for the Presidential Room at the highest point of the hotel
The suite overlooks the beautiful city view of Benjing City.
When he just booked his trip to Europe, Li Xuan had already generously booked six suites at the Paddington Hotel.
When the group of them arrived at the hotel in large numbers, it caused quite a stir. Some people even came over and asked if they were celebrities in China, otherwise why everyone was so beautiful.
After checking into the hotel, Li Xuan stood on the balcony. The scenery was indeed beautiful.
On one side are bustling modern urban streets, on the other side are garden alleys full of medieval style.
"Da da da", there was a knock on the door behind me.
"Please come in." Li Xuan said.
Black Widow pushed the door open, locked it behind her, walked to Li Xuan and leaned gently into his arms.
"Tonight, I will come for a night attack." Black Widow said with a smile.
"Welcome anytime." Li Xuan smiled slightly.
Black Widow is like an iceberg in front of others. Only when she is around Li Xuan, the iceberg will melt quickly, revealing her passionate side.
"What are you looking at?" Black Widow also looked out the window.
"Look at the scenery. I think these streets and alleys are well maintained and have a very Victorian style," Li Xuan said.
Black Widow smiled and said: "If you like this style, I suggest you go to the flea market. It's not far from here, only three blocks, and it's better protected over there."
"The flea market? Is that the legendary place where you can find all kinds of antiques?" Li Xuan asked.
Black Widow said: "That's it. The ultimate distribution center for antiquities from all over the world, similar to Panjia Lane in Jingzhou. However, there are too many fakes in Panjia Lane now, and it is almost impossible to pick out any. On the contrary, this place maintains the original
They are all connoisseurs from all over the world, and some legendary stories will appear from time to time. Last year, someone spent five eagles to buy an old manuscript here. After identification, it was found that it was actually left by Dickens and changed hands.
The eight-million-dollar Eagle Ocean was sold at Sotheby's, which shocked the entire European collecting community."
"Oh!" Li Xuan became interested.
When it comes to picking up leaks, Li Xuan is the best at it. He has a pair of eyes that ordinary people cannot match.
Money is a bit tight lately, why not go to the flea market?
Without notifying anyone else, Li Xuan and Black Widow dressed up casually, put on hats and sunglasses to hide their eye-catching features, left the hotel and went straight to the Benchong City flea market three blocks away.
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Walking through the streets with a historical atmosphere, although the stone slabs under my feet are crumbling, but when I think that this may be the road that Dickens, Sherlock Holmes and even Jack the Ripper once walked, all the dissatisfaction disappears.
Not long after, the two came to the famous Ben Bell City Flea Market.
The market gate is at the entrance of the alley. It is an old green iron gate. Next to it is an Apple mobile phone store, which is in sharp contrast to the antiquity here.
Although it's called a flea market, people who don't know it would think that this is a place for selling second-hand items, but only people in the collecting world know that this is a holy place for collecting.
If you have some ancient artifacts of unknown origin hidden in your home and need someone to identify them, then this is the place to go.
If you have valuable and precious antiques that you have nowhere to sell, and are eager to exchange money, then this is the right place.
If you want to find your favorite antiques, don't be afraid if you can't find them elsewhere, you are right here.
If you want to make a fortune, want to go bankrupt, want to get rich overnight, or want to separate your wife and children, come here.
If you are simply bored, you can come here to see all the beauty and ugliness, good and evil of human nature.
As soon as Li Xuan and Black Widow entered the gate, they saw a variety of shops on both sides of the narrow streets. In front of each shop, there were small stalls of about one square meter crowded, and each stall was crowded with people.
There were a lot of people everywhere, and there was a huge buzz of people and crowds of people.
"Let's go and take a look around." Li Xuan was full of interest.
The two of them walked all the way in, and there really was everything. There was nothing you couldn't think of, and there was nothing you couldn't find!
Solid gold skull unearthed from Mayan ruins in South America!
A sketch of a glider drawn by Leonardo da Vinci himself?
A set of seals stamped by the emperor!
The only remaining brand new, unopened Atalida game console in the world?
Out-of-print cards from the first edition of Magic: The Gathering!
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Li Xuan's eyes were opened.
Here, antiquity and reality coexist, magic and art are intertwined, and there are surprises everywhere.
Suddenly, Li Xuan stopped. He saw a store named: Huaxia Boutique.
There are actually things from China?
Li Xuan pulled Black Widow in with great interest.
The area of the shop is very small, only about ten square meters, and it is filled with things in a mess. There is only room for two people to turn around at the door.
When he pushed the door open, the wind chime on the door rang, waking up the sleeping shop owner.
"Welcome, friends from China." The shopkeeper looked up and saw the faces of Li Xuan and Black Widow, and said in Chinese with a pure Jingzhou accent.
Li Xuan was stunned: "Hello, you can actually speak Chinese?"
The shop owner smiled and said: "I once stayed in Jingzhou for seven years."
"Your Jingzhou accent is very authentic." Li Xuan gave a thumbs up.
The shop owner said: "So you can believe that the things I have here are also very genuine."
"I hope so." Li Xuan nodded and looked around.
After scanning around, Li Xuan felt that the quality of this store was pretty good, and the authenticity rate was much higher than that of Panjiaxiang. Unfortunately, there were no high-quality products.
"Boss, is there anything better?" Li Xuan asked.
The shopkeeper said: "I have all the good stuff here."
Li Xuan smiled: "What you put on display is pretty good, but it's not quality enough. I mean really good stuff. Don't worry, as long as your stuff is decent enough, I will definitely give you a satisfactory price."
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then follow me."
As he said this, he closed the store door and fiddled with it somewhere. The wall behind him moved open, revealing a secret door.
The shop owner stretched out his hand and said: "Welcome to the real Benchong City flea market!"