Xu Tian didn't like children very much, so he just glanced at the family of three, then put his luggage on the overhead luggage rack and sat down in his seat.
The distance from China to Country Y is not that far, but the journey takes at least four hours.
Xu Tian rubbed his brows tiredly after fastening his seat belt. During this period, he had been staying up late for more than half a month in order to seize the time to supplement his knowledge about antiques.
Originally, he just wanted to take a nap when the plane just took off, but as soon as he closed his eyes, he remembered all kinds of memories from his previous life.
At this time in the previous life, Tang Bingyan did not go to country y to participate in the auction in person because she was seriously ill. Of course, the person in charge selected by the group at that time was not him, but Gu Beicheng.
The Gu family had been involved in the antique industry, and Gu Beicheng also had some research on antique porcelain from various dynasties, so he took the initiative to take on this arduous task of going to Country Y to participate in the auction on behalf of the Tang Group.
Of course, after setting the itinerary, he also collected information from everywhere, did a lot of homework, and even asked several old professors in their 70s and 80s for advice. When he set out, he was very high-spirited and felt that he would definitely be able to take pictures of authentic tapes.
Return to China.
But no one expected that even though Gu Beicheng and the expert team of Tang Group were full of confidence, they still brought back counterfeit goods, which not only caused heavy losses, but also damaged the reputation of Tang Group.
Because the Tang Group is China's leading family business, and the Tang family's reputation, they have close and frequent contacts with China's top executives.
The reason why the Tang family went to country y to participate in a private auction this time was because they received an assignment from the top management to search for lost antiques from China.
The humiliating history of nearly a hundred years ago caused many of China's rare and exotic treasures to wander overseas. What's even more exaggerated is that in the past decade, with the development of China, more and more patriotic wealthy businessmen have chosen to search for lost antiques.
, and paid a high price to buy them back to China and donate them to domestic museums.
Therefore, some profiteers overseas have spotted business opportunities and deliberately raised the prices of Chinese antiques. Among them, the most outrageously speculated ones are porcelain.
This time, the catalog of the private auction in Country Y contained two sets of Song Dynasty porcelain that the Chinese executives had been looking for for a long time.
However, many of the items in such private auctions are not visible to the public and are therefore not open to the public. Therefore, the top management of China sent the Tang family, which has a certain influence in the world, to come forward.
Of course, the Tang family went to Country Y this time ostensibly as private collectors, because the Tang family had dealt with the organizer of this auction when they were doing antique business, and they got the invitation.
In his previous life, Xu Tian followed Gu Beicheng and the expert team to Country Y under Tang Bingyan's arrangement, but to the entire group, he was just a decoration and no one cared about his opinions.
As for Gu Beicheng, he would not be allowed to participate in the discussion of the auction. Therefore, during his previous trip to Country Y, he was more like a transparent person and dispensable.
But even though he did not participate in the entire auction, based on observation and memory, he still grasped some details that Gu Beicheng and others ignored, so he was still somewhat confident about this auction.
Although Xu Tian's greatest understanding of antique knowledge before this was the elective courses he took in college, after this period of time he searched for information and studied everywhere, and he roughly summed up a few experiences.
Antique appraisal is a relatively general term, and different types of antiques need to be classified in detail. However, with the advanced technology and the continuous development of counterfeiting technology, some of them can actually be fake to the extent that they are real.
Therefore, even experienced experts with decades of experience cannot guarantee 100% that the porcelain they have handled will be fine.
Of course, with the development of science and technology, Chinese senior officials have also developed a lot of scientific technologies for identifying porcelain. Of course, these instruments are expensive and not everyone has the conditions to send them for testing.
Although the antique industry is booming now, many wealthy people like to put one or two porcelain vases or jade paintings and calligraphy in their homes, and there is an endless stream of tourists in the antique streets of every city.
But the chance of buying genuine items in these places is very slim, otherwise if the place is full of antiques, then these antiques will be worthless.
Xu Tian replayed the details of his past life experiences in his mind, from the time he arrived in Country Y to the time he returned to China. After making sure that he had not missed any details, he took out a tablet computer from his bag, opened the video software and started playing the popular videos of the past few years.
A treasure appraisal program.
Xu Tian downloaded this specially before departure. He wanted to kill time on the plane and accumulate more knowledge about treasure appraisal for himself.
However, just when he put on the headphones and had no time to click on playback, the tablet in front of him was suddenly taken away by two chubby hands.
Xu Tian was startled and turned around to find that the little girl brought by the middle-aged couple had arrived next to him at some point. At this time, the little girl was holding a tablet computer and tinkering with her head. Soon, a voice message came from the computer.
With game sound effects.
The little girl didn't even look at Xu Tian before she hugged the tablet and ran back to her seat.
Xu Tian immediately stopped her and said to her in a consultative tone: "Uncle still needs to use the tablet for work. Can I lend it to you to play with later?"
Although Xu Tian was a little unhappy about having his tablet taken away, the other person was a child under ten years old after all, so he just wanted to get the tablet back and didn't want to argue.
However, the little girl confidently held the tablet in her arms and even showed Xu Tian a feigned fierce expression.
"I took it and it's mine, why should I give it back to you?"
Xu Tian was confused by the little girl's confident attitude. Perhaps the girl was too confident, and Xu Tian even began to doubt who the owner of the tablet was.
He was stunned for five seconds, then took a deep breath and looked at the location not far away.
The middle-aged couple were drinking tea and reading the newspaper with their legs crossed. They turned a deaf ear to the little girl's actions, as if they didn't think there was anything wrong with her behavior just now.
Xu Tian finally understood why this little girl was so impolite and yet so confident. She thought that everyone in the world would spoil their own children's parents. You can only imagine what kind of children they could teach.
Xu Tian frowned and said to the middle-aged couple seriously: "Is this little girl your daughter?"
The middle-aged woman raised her head impatiently, gave Xu Tian a roll of her eyes, and then said, "If you have anything to say, please tell me."
"Didn't you see she took my tablet?" Xu Tian's tone was a bit colder.