gifted collector

Chapter 1051 Details
Xie Zhongzhong pointed to Xie Ruifang and said, "Let Ruifang tell you about this matter. She is handling the whole thing and is more familiar with the situation."

Xie Ruifang nodded, took the conversation, and said, "Fang Ming, the whole thing is simply like this, because our Xie family has made frequent sales in the art market in the past few years, and gradually our reputation has spread. You I also know that our circle sometimes encounters some things, and the origin of these things...is not too formal."

Fang Ming naturally understood what Xie Ruifang meant.

In fact, when you play collection, you will often encounter such a situation, that is, the collected things come from wrong sources, such as grave robbers, or smuggled things. These are very common things.

Most of the time, everyone is well aware of such things, or if they say they know it, they treat it as if they don't know it.

After all, collecting and playing are ancient things, how can it be said that each piece has a clear and legal origin?Needless to say, collections have been closely related to things like tomb robbery since thousands of hundreds of years ago.

"Originally, even if we encounter such a thing, it is not surprising, and our approach is also very simple, as long as the thing is good, it doesn't matter what the source is, just accept it and talk about it later. .”

Because of Wu Yong, Xie Ruifang is very direct when talking to Fang Ming now, without hiding anything.

"Yes, this is also normal, then... what exactly happened to you?"

Xie Ruifang's approach is indeed not a problem in the collection circle, it's normal, if it's just like this, then they have no reason to look for themselves.

"Is such that."

Xie Ruifang frowned, "Didn't I just say that someone came to us, and this time there are a lot of things."

Fang Ming's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this is so.

Whether it is tomb robbery or smuggling, this is not surprising in the collection circle, but generally speaking, the number of such things is not too much, but now hearing what Xie Ruifang said, there are a lot of them.

Then things got a little weird.

"a lot of?"

Xie Ruifang nodded emphatically and said, "Yes, a lot."

Frowning, Fang Ming knew that if Xie Ruifang could say a lot of such things, it must be quite a lot.

a lot of?

A lot of unscrupulous antiques?
How can this be?

If it was more than ten or 20 years ago, it might have been possible, but now it is very impossible. One is that the whole world is now under stricter control, and the other is that those who have not yet discovered or even if they have not been discovered have long been It has already been poached away, so such a large amount is already very confusing.

Looking at Fang Ming, Xie Ruifang said: "Because the number is huge, we also feel that this matter is very wrong."

"Ah."

Fang Ming thought for a while, and said, "Have you...have you visited those antiques?"

Shaking his head, Xie Ruifang said, "We didn't actually see those antiques."

"Oh?"

Fang Ming looked at Xie Ruifang incomprehensibly, and said, "What do you mean, you know that there are a lot of them in other ways?"

"That's right. The person who came to us brought a sample. At the same time, he also brought a video and some photos. From this, we can see that there are a lot of them."

"The sample quality is very good?"

Fang Ming knew that Xie Ruifang, or Xie Zhongzhong, would not have been tempted if the antique samples that that person had not shown to Xie Ruifang and the others were of very good quality.

"Well, I have identified it, and it is indeed a very good thing."

Xie Zhongcheng took over the conversation and said, "It's a very, very good one. If the other party's hands are all of the same quality, then this is definitely a big deal."

"Ah."

Although I don't know what Xie Zhongzhong saw, but since he dared to say that, it proves that what he saw was indeed a good thing. That means that it has been prepared for a long time, and it is not surprising to come up with a good thing.

"Did you ask to see that batch of antiques?"

The crux of the problem now lies in the huge number of antiques. If those things are real, there is nothing to say about the whole thing. Find a way to get them. To such an extent, it is actually a matter of money.

"We said we wanted to see it, but it was turned down."

Xie Ruifang spread her hands, with a helpless expression on her face.

"what?"

Fang Ming was stunned for a moment, and said: "This... is impossible, right? Since they came to the door, it must be for money and to sell what they have. If this is the case, why not show it to you?" Maybe."

"According to the normal situation, this is indeed the case, but they still refused."

"Oh? What's the reason?"

Fang Ming knew that there must be special circumstances, otherwise it would be meaningless if the other party came to the door, and he believed that the other party was also very clear about this.

"After they hooked our appetite, after we asked to see the antiques, they told us that there was an auction coming up and that we would go to it if we were interested, that is, if we wanted the antiques , you have to go to the auction on the spot.”

As soon as Fang Ming heard it, he immediately understood the other party's plan.

First, auctions, to put it bluntly, are competitions. Under competition, the price of the same antique may rise to a very high level.Second, and more importantly, in the case of auctions, due to the relatively short appraisal time, mistakes are very common. In other words, this is very beneficial for sellers who want to fish in troubled waters.

Fang Ming is also an expert in this field, so he understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.

"Such things are actually quite normal."

Xie Zhongzhong nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed normal, but the risk is infinitely greater for us."

"To be honest, I have no way to identify a large number of antiques in a very short period of time, but we really want that batch of antiques, so this matter..."

Fang Ming didn't see those antiques, so he didn't know that Xie Ruifang and the others definitely wanted to get those antiques, but now is not the time to study this issue.

"We got some information about you from some sources, so we hope to find you, but, after all, time is too tight, so there is no way, but we didn't expect to meet you at the auction."

Xie Ruifang finally told the whole story.

"It seems...my reputation is quite good."

Fang Ming's words made everyone laugh, and Lu Yao said even more: "This...Fang Ming, you are too..."

Although Lu Yao's words were not finished, the meaning was self-evident.

"Fang Ming, you are a master at picking up leaks in our circle, and according to what we know, you are very quick when picking up leaks."

This is what Xie Zhongzhong values ​​Fang Ming the most.

To pick up leaks, many people think that it is enough to have eyesight, but this is not the case, just having eyesight is not enough, because it is not enough to pick up leaks with certainty, and you have to be fast and ruthless, that is to say, you have to be fast and strike Be ruthless and see accurately, otherwise there is no way to catch the leak.

This is actually the same as gambling.

Fang Ming is undoubtedly a master in this area. According to the information he knows, Fang Ming's moves are extremely fast, and he can almost tell whether it is a good thing at a glance. This is something that Xie Zhongzhong still hasn't figured out what is going on. , How did Fang Ming do it?

He is also an expert in this field, Xie Zhongcheng naturally understands how difficult it is to identify antiques.

"Fang Ming, we can only depend on you this time."

Xie Ruifang looked at Fang Ming with a hopeful expression on his face. The number of antiques this time was huge, and Xie Zhongzhong had already said that he would not be able to grasp them, so now he could only put his hope on Fang Ming.

"Let me try."

Because of the relationship between Xie Zhongzhong and Wu Yong, Fang Ming was not polite in this matter, so he agreed directly.

"Great!"

Xie Ruifang breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Fang Ming finally agreed. To be honest, she had some doubts about Fang Ming's ability before, but the auction process, especially after knowing that Wu Yong and Fang Ming were very After getting acquainted with him, she was completely relieved.

Wu Yong is a real master in the industry. If Fang Ming is not also a master, it is absolutely impossible to be so familiar with him.

"Fang Ming, who appraises antiques, I still have some experience. Has the auction time been fixed yet?"

Fang Ming remembered that Xie Ruifang had said that time was very tight.

"It's settled."

Xie Ruifang said, "The time is tomorrow night."

"Oh? Time is so tight?"

Xie Ruifang nodded and said: "Yes, that's right. In fact, we all wanted to give up on this matter a little bit. After all, the risk is too great, because there is a requirement for this auction, that is, to pack everything at once. , if you want it, you want it all, if you don’t want it, you don’t want it all, the value... is estimated to be more than one billion."

"Ah!"

Fang Ming was stunned for a moment, and now he really understood what was going on. This kind of packaging method is inherently risky, and this package is quite large, more than one billion. It's impossible to think about it.

This is why Xie Ruifang and the others are very worried.

However, even so, it can be seen that Xie Ruifang and the others are actually very powerful, because not everyone can spend more than one billion to play like this.

(End of this chapter)