gifted collector

Chapter 943: Procrastination

At noon, Fang Ming met Zhao Lai's first appraisal master.

"Fang Ming, this is Mr. Benjamin."

Lu Yao naturally acted as an interpreter at this time, and at the same time introduced him to Fang Ming. Now she is also an intermediary. She is the consultant for Fang Ming and Deng Li to go abroad this time. The main task is to help find antiques.

Of course, just like the one who introduced Fang Ming and Deng Li to Tom before, Lu Yao was only responsible for introducing people, but she didn't help with identification or bargaining. up.

In fact, Fang Ming and Lu Yao had already discussed this before going abroad, because it was more convenient to do things this way.

"Mr. Benjamin, hello, I'm Fang Ming."

When Fang Ming shook hands with the other party, he looked at the other party carefully. He was a white man, and he was tall. Fang Ming was already considered tall, but compared with the other party, he was a little lower. The very common beer belly, the well-groomed beard and hair all show that the other party is a person who pays great attention to his appearance.

Coupled with a pair of equally exquisite glasses, Fang Ming immediately knew that the Benjamin in front of him was not that easy to deal with:

The other party pays great attention to his appearance, and is even meticulous, which shows that the other party is a very rigorous person. Such a person is also very rigorous when appraising works of art, which is not easy to deal with.

"Hello, Mr. Fang, when Ms. Lu called me yesterday, I realized that you have a sketch in your hand. I wonder if I can take a look at it?"

Benjamin was straightforward, as soon as he sat down, he immediately stated his intentions straight to the point.

"Oh, Mr. Benjamin, don't worry, you just arrived, take a rest first, the sketch is indeed in my hands, there is not much difference between reading it earlier and later, right?"

Sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai was a long-established strategy, so Fang Ming didn't answer Benjamin's words at this time, but said something like this-this is already in time to directly say that today's weather is very good.

Benjamin was indeed a little anxious, but there was nothing he could do about it.

When Lu Yao called him last night, he didn't pay much attention at first. Although he didn't have any important matters recently, he felt that it was impossible for Lu Yao to find any good artwork, so he deliberately found a Excuses that I have something to do recently, it is not convenient or something.

However, what he didn't expect was that after Lu Yao sent the photo, Benjamin's eyes widened!

He couldn't take care of it right now, and immediately said that he wanted to take a look at the sketch, especially when he heard that Lu Yao had informed the other two people of the news, Benjamin couldn't help it even more.

Of course, after the phone call, Benjamin also regretted how he had shown his urgency, but after thinking about it, he found that he had nothing to do, because Lu Yao not only informed him One person, and two other people, if I don't be more active, I guess this sketch will have nothing to do with me: the other two people that Lu Yao said are not so fuel-efficient, and I haven't been less and less in these years. They snatch antiques, but they are well aware of each other's "ruthlessness".

Similarly, Benjamin also knew the other two people, and they must have rushed over immediately after learning the news. Now that he was the first person to arrive, he wanted to quickly appraise the sketch. If it was true, Then I immediately bid to win it. In this way, even if the other two people arrive, the matter has already become a foregone conclusion. Otherwise, once the other two people arrive, the three people will play a show, and the price will be driven up to the sky. to go.Benjamin has been rolling in the "river and lake" for many years, and he is extremely familiar with this situation. Naturally, he must find a way to avoid this situation.

It was precisely because of this kind of thought that when Benjamin arrived, he didn't care about what he did to let Fang Ming know that he was in a hurry to get the sketch, which would lead to a high price, so he directly expressed his intentions. Speak out.

However, what he didn't expect at all was that Fang Ming, who met him for the first time, although he was relatively young, was a very difficult person to deal with. Tired, take a rest first.

rest?

What I want to do most now is naturally not to rest, but to appraise that sketch, and if it is suitable, I will immediately start negotiating the price!

Benjamin shook his head and said, "I'm not tired. Although I came here in a hurry, I'm not tired at all. And, the most important thing is, I think you should be able to understand that people like us like artwork very much. This sketch may be a good thing, so I still want to see it sooner, otherwise I don’t think I have the heart to rest-compared with appreciating a good work of art, rest is absolutely dispensable .”

Fang Ming laughed inwardly, how could he not know what Benjamin was up to?It was clear that he wanted to finalize the matter before the other two came here, but how could Fang Ming let him do what he wanted?
At that moment, Fang Ming shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, the thing is actually like this, the sketch is not in my hands now."

"what?"

Benjamin was dumbfounded. After a while, he looked at Lu Yao and said, "This...Miss Lu, what's going on here?"

This is a statement I made up on the spur of the moment. I haven't communicated with Lu Yao before, and I was worried that she might explain it wrong, so Fang Ming said without waiting for Lu Yao to answer: "Actually, the owner of this sketch is not me. , I was actually just employed by a company. I used to be mainly responsible for appraising antiques or works of art. Simply put, I was in charge of appraising things. If there were good ones, the company would buy them. This time, the same sketch This is also the case, so now it actually belongs to the company that hired me. This time, the person in charge of the company is Ms. Deng. She just happened to go out for something and will not be able to come back until the afternoon. So, I think Mr. Benjamin, you want to identify For that sketch, I’m afraid it will be late at night, and at that time you will definitely be able to appreciate that exquisite sketch that has an important position in history.”

Fang Ming was delaying time. According to Lu Yao, the other two people she notified were actually close to Hesha, but they were not far away. Especially in terms of transportation, there was an airplane, so if there were no accidents, Afternoon or at the latest no later than evening,
Deng Li was not at the scene. Fang Ming let her go out early in the morning, because if she was at the scene, there would be no room for maneuver. Even if the other party knew that this was an excuse, there was nothing he could do about it.

"This one……"

Benjamin found himself depressed. Of course, Fang Ming's words were probably an excuse, but the problem was that he found that he had no way to deal with such an excuse!

You want to see that sketch?

I'm sorry, but you don't have to read it even if you want to, because this sketch is not in my hands at all, you can't let me give it to you out of thin air.

"Oh, the sketch is not a single thing, so let the person in charge of the company lock it in the safe or carry it with her - I don't know exactly what kind of situation it is, so the current The situation is that we have to wait until Miss Deng comes back."

Fang Ming has always acted in a complete set, and of course it is the same at this time, so he continued to talk.

Benjamin shook his head lightly. Fang Ming had already spoken to such an extent, what else could he do?So he can only say: "Since this is the case, then... I can only wait."

"It's really embarrassing, but now it seems that this is really the case."

Fang Ming had a very regretful expression on his face, which was definitely an accident.

"I don't think it's better than this. I'm going to rest now. When Ms. Deng comes back, she must call me and notify me as soon as possible."

"Okay, no problem! Mr. Benjamin, don't worry, if Ms. Deng comes back, I will notify you as soon as possible! Please believe me on this point."

For this point, Fang Ming naturally agreed wholeheartedly, and almost slapped himself on the chest.

Benjamin is not reconciled, but what can he do in this situation?So he could only leave very depressed and opened a room to wait.

"Fang Ming, you... are really good at acting."

After Benjamin left, Lu Yao immediately gave Fang Ming a thumbs up.

"Oh! There's no way, these people eat people without spitting out their bones. If I didn't do this, I would have been played by others long ago. Therefore, if I come out to do business, I really can't be too honest, otherwise, This is really unbearable."

There was a very helpless expression on Fang Ming's face. If it was a person who didn't know, he would think how wronged he was.

Naturally, it was impossible for Lu Yao to be deceived by Fang Ming, so she pretended that she had never seen Fang Ming's expression at all, and said, "Fang Ming, you have delayed the time now, I think the other two people will also It should be here, but there is a problem, that is who they represent, we still have to find a way to find out."

"For example, Benjamin, I know that he actually has a very good relationship with several world-class tycoons, and the collection styles and categories of those tycoons are also different, so if there is no more information, yes We are very disadvantaged."

(End of this chapter)