Although Xu Tian has Eleven, Su Jinchen and other powerful secret guards around him, they are in Country Y after all. They have little knowledge of the situation here and the forces involved, so if they are not careful, something may happen. With Lu Qian here,
At least it will avoid unnecessary trouble for Xu Tian and others.
"Mr. Xu, you are welcome. You are from the Tang family. It is my honor to entertain you. Moreover, Ah Wei has repeatedly told me to take good care of Mr. Xu. He has given me knowledge and life-saving grace, both in public and in private."
We will do our best to ensure that Mr. Xu’s trip to Pawa goes without any glitches.”
Lu Qian is also a man who repays kindness. When he received a call from Ah Wei a few days ago, he immediately made arrangements. Today, he came to the airport in person to greet Xu Tian and others.
Seeing that Lu Qian was so polite, Xu Tian didn't say anything more. After a few pleasantries, they left the airport and headed to the hotel in the SUV prepared by Lu Qian.
While in the car, Xu Tian asked Pava about the general situation of the city. Lu Qian answered them one by one without any hesitation to hide his secrets. As the two chatted, the topic turned to the antique business.
"Mr. Xu, I don't know if you knew anything about this industry when you were in China. In recent years, a large number of businessmen have entered the antique circle, trying to make a fortune by reselling antiques..."
Having said this, Lu Qian paused for a moment and continued.
"However, only a few people can actually make a fortune by hunting for authentic antiques. The more people make mistakes and buy fakes that can be mistaken for real ones, and end up losing everything."
"Before, a wealthy overseas businessman came to our place to participate in an auction organized by an auction association. He spent a high price of 100 million to buy a set of Tang Sancai, with seven groups of colored people and horses. The antique experts he brought said that it was genuine and there was no problem.
, and ended up going back and getting an appraisal from an official agency, guess what..."
Lu Qian deliberately gave it a try. Seeing that Xu Tian had no reaction, he continued angrily: "After inspection, it was found that only the base is genuine, and the other parts are all spliced together from fragments."
"Tell me, this counterfeiting technology is now considered to be very sophisticated. The archaeological experts brought by the wealthy businessman are all celebrities in the industry. This time, I feel ashamed."
"As for that wealthy businessman, the company's capital chain was broken because of this set of Tang Sancai, and now it has been declared bankrupt and liquidated. Things really are unpredictable." Lu Qian sighed.
However, Xu Tian behaved very calmly, because he had heard about this matter when he came to Country Y in his previous life, and he also heard that the wealthy businessman was hiding from debts after he went bankrupt.
Fortunately, he had a deposit in a Swiss bank in his early years, so his family planned to go abroad to hide from debts. However, the flight their family took to escape encountered an air crash, and none of the passengers or crew members on the plane survived.
In his previous life, Xu Tian didn't know much about the antique industry, so he was just a little bit sad after hearing the news. But now, after half a month of hard work, he realized that the antique industry is really
Too deep.
Of course, almost all people who can get involved in the antiques circle are rich or noble. Without a fortune of hundreds of millions, they naturally dare not spend money on antiques.
Some people collect antiques just as a hobby and will not lose all their wealth, but it is different for people who make a living from antiques.
No one who is a well-known big boss in this industry dares to say that he has never received a fake product. If he really makes a mistake and spends a huge amount of money to take a fake product, he will have to admit that he is unlucky.
Looking at the entire antique circle, what happened to the businessman is definitely not an isolated case. It happens every day. Take Gu Beicheng as an example. He has been influenced by his family since he was a child and has some understanding of antique porcelain. However, even so, he did not know much about antique porcelain in his previous life.
It was an eye-opener at that time, and we lost nearly 300 million yuan.
Although these 300 million yuan would not break the Tang Group's capital chain and cause a series of chain reactions, such a huge loss would ultimately leave a stain on Gu Beicheng's career.
Along the way, Lu Qian kept telling him about the antique circle in Pawa City, and soon he arrived at the only five-star hotel in the city center.
Everyone showed their passports and other relevant documents to check in, and then Lu Qian took the initiative to leave, letting Xu Tian and others rest first.
After waiting in the room, Xu Tian changed his clothes and immediately picked up the documents in the briefcase at hand.
He is definitely a layman in the antiques business and has little experience. He can only make up for his incompetence by hard work, so he must rush to cram in all the knowledge about antiques before the auction begins.
Of course, he did not memorize it aimlessly, but mainly collected a large amount of information on the blue and white porcelain of the Song and Yuan dynasties, their target this time.
Compared with the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, the blue and white porcelain of the Song Dynasty found in China is currently much rarer. However, the auction catalog sent by the organizer to the Tang family in advance this time included a set of blue and white porcelain bottles of the Song Dynasty.
Because this set of porcelain vases was requested by the Chinese high-level officials, as long as it was genuine, he must take the porcelain vases back this time and never let them fall into the hands of people from Country Y.
Just when Xu Tian was concentrating on browsing the information about the blue and white porcelain of the Song Dynasty in his hand, there was suddenly a rush of footsteps outside the corridor.
Xu Tian frowned slightly, but before he could react, someone knocked on the door of the hotel room. This was not the normal rhythm of knocking at all.
When Xu Tian got up and walked to the living room, the door was forced open by someone outside with brute force.
In an instant, a dozen or so fancy-dressed gangsters broke in, each holding long knives and short sticks in their hands, and walking in front of them was the middle-aged couple they met on the plane before.
The middle-aged woman pointed fiercely at the gangster next to Xu Tianchong and said, "This is the bastard. He was extremely arrogant on the plane before. You should teach him a lesson!"
The middle-aged woman rushed towards Xu Tian as she spoke. Taking advantage of their large number, she raised her arms arrogantly and was about to hit someone. However, before her slap could fall, Xu Tian grabbed her wrist and hit her hard.
Push back.
"You... how dare you push me?" The middle-aged woman staggered as she was pushed, staring at Xu Tian in disbelief, "How dare you be so arrogant when death is imminent!"
After Xu Tian pushed the middle-aged woman away, he glanced around the crowd coldly and said calmly: "If you weren't a woman, I wouldn't just push you."
"How presumptuous! Who allowed you to talk to my wife like this?"
When the middle-aged man saw his wife being bullied by Xu Tian, he immediately rushed forward as if he were protecting his wife and hit Xu Tian in the face with his fist.
However, the moment he raised his fist, Xu Tian also took action and clamped his arm tightly.
"asshole!"
The middle-aged man didn't seem to expect that Xu Tian would dare to resist. After struggling desperately for two times, he found that the hand clamped on his arm had not moved at all.