gifted collector

Chapter 933 First Contact

"Hey hey hey!"

Fang Ming also laughed, and said, "Don't worry about that. Appraisal is like drinking water to me. As you know, I made my fortune through this."

"flutter!"

Hearing what Fang Ming said, Deng Li couldn't help laughing, and Lu Yao also had a smile on her face, but after thinking about it, what Fang Ming said was not wrong at all. Have you built your reputation in the circle with your excellent appraisal skills?

Later, no matter how many things happened or how many plans were made, in fact, the most fundamental thing was based on appraisal. It is precisely because Fang Ming is a real master in this area, so no matter what his opponents thought, In the end, Fang Ming had nothing to do with such a method. On the contrary, he asked Fang Ming to "kill" them one by one.

The strength of appraisal ability is actually like the waist of a person playing with antiques. A strong person will have a hard waist. No matter what kind of conspiracy and tricks they encounter, there is no problem at all. The reason why Fang Ming can collect this one In such a fiercely competitive circle, he quickly became famous, in the final analysis, because of his identification ability.

It is impossible for a person who has never made a single hit since his debut except for picking up leaks.

"However, the gallery is closed."

Fang Ming pointed to the closed door in front of him, with a puzzled expression on his face.In front of the four of them is the door of a gallery. Although it is indeed a bit tasteful in terms of decoration, for example, there is an oil painting that is two meters high and more than one meter wide in front of the gate, which can explain the problem, but now The door of this place is closed, and judging from the decoration outside the store, it is estimated that it is just a small gallery as Lu Yao said. Maybe after entering, it will be a small space for modern warfare. There are just a few oil paintings by unknown painters who don't know where they came from, and of course, there may be a few sculptures.

"This gallery belongs to Old Tom. I've dealt with him before. He lives here. I'll give him a call and just come and open the door."

As Lu Yao spoke, she took out her mobile phone, made a call, said a few words, and then hung up. After a while, the door of the gallery opened, as if she was afraid of encountering a thief. It was only half opened, and after seeing clearly that it was indeed Lu Yao, it finally opened, revealing a face about sixty years old. .

"Hahaha! Miss Song, why are you here? You didn't call me before you came?"

Tom walked over with a big smile, and looked at Fang Ming, Deng Li, and Zhao Zhuzi while talking, with a trace of very obvious doubts on his face. He has produced several oil paintings, and now he will not open the door at this time, but will directly make up an excuse that he is in another place, and he will come to find himself tomorrow during the day.However, after knowing that it was Lu Yao, Tom thought about it. He just bought a few things recently. If it is suitable, selling it to Lu Yao is also a very good choice.

The key is that there have been transactions before, so I feel very relieved.However, when he came out and found that Lu Yao was not alone but four people, he was still a little bit upset.

Fang Ming and Deng Si, these two people knew at first glance that they were not ordinary people. As for Zhao Zhuzi, he seemed to be a bodyguard - how could someone who could go out with a bodyguard be a simple person?

Lu Yao nodded and said, "Take someone and see if you have any good things here."

Tom rolled his eyes, nodded immediately, and said, "Okay, let's go inside and have a look. My gallery is small, but recently there are a few good ones. Come in and see if there is anything suitable."

Lu Yao nodded, and walked in with Fang Ming.

"Clap clap clap!"

Tom turned on the light in the gallery, and Fang Ming took a look, and found that it was almost exactly the same as what he had imagined before entering.

Small, this is the first impression, there is no mistake, this is definitely a small gallery, it is estimated to be a little over [-] square meters.

Old, this is my second impression. Looking at the decoration in the gallery, especially the walls, it has definitely not been decorated for many years. Fang Ming can even tell that there are quite a few places on the walls showing signs of mold. , and even, there are traces of water leakage.

After coming in, Fang Ming didn't care about Tom. He walked forward and looked at the oil paintings hanging on the wall by himself.

He looked at it very seriously. After all, these paintings are hanging on the wall now, and he can't get started, so naturally there is not much room for Pixiu's supernatural powers, so although there are not many paintings on the wall, there are only a dozen or so. However, Fang Ming spent almost an hour, and this was already a lot of time for him to appraise works of art.

Seeing Fang Ming go to see the painting, Lu Yao knew it would take time, so she chatted with Tom.

"Old Tom, what good things have you got lately?"

Deng Li is also a smart person. As soon as Lu Yao asked this question, she immediately pretended to be looking at the oil painting and led Zhao Zhuzi to Fang Ming.

Seeing this, Tom breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know where Fang Ming and Deng Li came from, so it was inconvenient to say a lot of things. Of course, it was much more convenient to see that it was only him and Lu Yao. But he didn't answer Lu Yao's question, but pointed to Fang Ming and the others, and said in a low voice, "Well, Miss Lu, these people are..."

Lu Yao knew that if Fang Ming and the others were not introduced at all, an old fox like Tom would not be relieved, but she would not speak clearly, pointing to Deng Li and Zhao Zhuzi and said, "This is for buying." Home, the big black guy is naturally her bodyguard, and the other one is an expert brought by the buyer, who is in charge of appraisal, I said Tom, if you have something good here, just show it to me, if they like it, naturally It’s not short of money, but I have to tell you carefully, that young man is a master, so don’t take out those rotten things, or if the business fails, don’t blame me. "

Tom looked at Fang Ming, and his eyes rolled wildly.Fang Ming is in charge of the appraisal today?so young?

Lu Yao naturally noticed Tom's expression, she knew that Fang Ming must be young and easy to bully, she sneered in her heart: This foreigner doesn't know how powerful Fang Ming is, those who think he is young and easy to bully will not end well .However, this is not something she has to worry about. Her main task is to make Tom spit out the good things in his hands.

Although Tom runs a small gallery, it looks inconspicuous on the surface, but this is only a superficial phenomenon. In fact, Tom is also a well-known person in the circle, and he often has some Good things, as for how these good things come from, it goes without saying, as long as everyone in the circle understands.

Therefore, Tom has become the person that some middlemen will look for. Lu Yao has looked for Tom before. The main way is to come to Tom to buy things from Tom as a middleman, and then sell them to buyers. In this way, Tom reduces his exposure. As for the buyer, it will also not appear that his identity is known by more people.

This kind of middleman or agent is very common in foreign art transactions. Lu Yao used to do this kind of thing when she was in a foreign auction company, so she is the same as someone in this area. He is very familiar with people like Tom, and he knows a lot of people. This is actually an important reason why she dared to tell Fang Ming that as long as Fang Ming's appraisal level is sufficient, this time she will be able to return with full rewards.

"Tom, do you have any good things here? If so, take them out. If not, I'll leave. This time, my schedule is tight. If you don't have anything here, I won't waste my time here."

Lu Yao said this to put pressure on Tom and let him know that she was not just looking for him this time. She knew that Tom must also know that besides being in contact with him, she also had relationships with other people like him. Contact, in fact, people like Tom also have their own small circle, and in their circle, they will share information about all middlemen and agents like themselves.

"Hahaha!"

Tom withdrew his gaze, looked at Lu Yao, and said with a smile: "Miss Lu, don't need a bag, we have plenty of time, don't we? Since your buyer has come in person this time, let them take a look and say Maybe they have already selected the ones they like out of the oil paintings I put out, if this is the case, then we don’t need to bother to get other things, right?”

Shaking her head slightly, Lu Yao said: "Okay, this is your opinion. If you offend someone later and let this big client go away, then don't blame me, I will remind you first , The person who came today is not easy, you should be careful in dealing with it, don't make me offend others in the end, but I followed, you have good things here."

"Hahaha! Don't worry, there is no problem. You are not wrong at all. I do have good things here. Don't worry this time. It will definitely satisfy you. However, let's start now Let's wait and see, at least let them take a look at all the paintings I hang up here to see if there is something they like, right?"

Tom is also a veteran, but he didn't let go, and insisted that Fang Ming and others read the paintings in his gallery first.

(End of this chapter)