Chapter nine hundred and seventy third people were scared away
After almost three hours of driving, the car drove into the urban area of Pinghe City. After using the electronic navigation, it stopped at the door of a teahouse, where we had arranged to meet.
"Why not meet at his house? Wouldn't that be more convenient?" Xue Chen asked casually when getting off the car.
Luo Hai said uncertainly: "Maybe it's inconvenient. It's good to meet here. Let's go up."
The two entered the teahouse and first opened a single tea room. Then Luo Hai called the collector from Pinghe City and said he had arrived.
"He said he was on the way and would be there soon." After Luo Hai hung up the phone, he was a little excited. This was his first time going overseas to do business with others, and he felt a little uneasy. Fortunately, there was Xue Chen, an "old man"
"Jiang Hu" is here, and I feel a little more stable.
Xue Chen poured a cup of tea for Luo Hai and another cup for himself. Only then did he remember that he had not asked them what antiques they were trading.
"Oops, I forgot to tell you. It's an jade pipe from the early Republic of China. The pipe is gilt and the holder is jade. It looks pretty to me. The price he asked for was not high, only twenty-two thousand.
, I estimate that I can buy it for 17,800." Luo Hai rubbed his hands, and finally said, "I play with gadgets, but this one is expensive, and it can't compare with you."
"It's okay. It doesn't matter whether you are high or low, as long as you are happy." Xue Chen said with a smile.
After waiting for five minutes, a man about fifty years old who was about the same age as Luo Hai walked in. Luo Hai also stood up and greeted him.
"Hey, Lao Gao, nice to meet you."
"Dahai, we finally meet, sit down quickly, sit down quickly."
The man named Lao Gao and Luo Hai sat back again.
Xue Chen also clicked on the temples of his glasses to turn on the recording function. Lin Xirong told him that as long as it was about the buying and selling of antiques, it might be used as material for editing programs.
He took a look at this old man. He was a little fat and well-dressed. He looked like he was in business or a leader in the unit.
After Lao Gao sat down, he also noticed Xue Chen and asked with a smile: "Dahai, who is this?"
"Ah, this is my daughter's good friend Xue Chen, who drove me here." Luo Hai said with a smile.
"Oh, the young man wears glasses, and he looks like a gentleman. He looks like a teacher." Lao Gao squinted at Xue Chen and said with a smile.
Xue Chen subconsciously touched the glasses he was wearing and laughed in his heart. This was the first time someone praised him for being polite. It looked different when he wore glasses.
On the side, Luo Hai and Lao Gao had been chatting online for a long time. When they met for the first time, they chatted and reminisced. Xue Chen was quietly drinking tea by himself.
After drinking a few sips of tea, Xue Chen felt that wearing glasses was not good. Water vapor would be left on the lenses, making things blurry. Then he thought about the very sophisticated electronic equipment on the temples on both sides.
It was short-circuited by the water vapor, so he simply took it off and placed it next to the table so that he could record normally.
"Lao Gao, drink tea, drink tea." Luo Hai greeted this "netizen" enthusiastically.
"You drink too."
Both of them picked up their tea cups and started drinking the tea. It seemed that after finishing the sip of tea, they should get down to business.
"Lao Gao, have you brought your pipe?" Luo Hai put down his tea cup and asked.
Lao Gao smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Of course I brought it." As he said that, he put the black leather bag he brought on the tea table, opened the zipper, and prepared to take out the things.
Xue Chen was also watching.
Lao Gao glanced at Xue Chen sitting opposite him from the corner of his eye, and suddenly felt that this young man was a little different from before. After taking a second look, he realized that he had taken off his glasses.
At first he didn't pay attention, and put his hand into the bag to fumble for something, but when he glanced at Xue Chen again from the corner of his eye, the cheeks on his face trembled, he raised his head in a daze, and blurted out: "What's your name?"
What's the name? Xue...Xue Chen?"
Looking at Xue Chen who had taken off his glasses, the more he looked, the more he looked like the person in a photo. That photo was seen on the forum. It was a photo of the life of Xue Chen, the amazing leak-picking king, that was circulated some time ago!
When he thought that the person in front of him was also named Xue Chen, Lao Gao suddenly woke up. It turned out that the person in front of him was Xue Chen, the director of the Yunzhou Antique Collection Association!
"Are you the Xue Chen from the Internet?" Lao Gao opened his eyes wide.
Luo Hai on the side laughed: "Lao Gao, you also know Xue Chen, yes, he is the Xue Chen on the Internet." His face also gained a layer of brilliance. Seeing Lao Gao's surprised look, it felt so great.
You have face and feel at ease.
"Hello, Mr. Gao." Xue Chen nodded, acknowledging his identity.
When it became clear that the young man in front of him was not the teacher he imagined, but a well-known online treasure hunter, and the director of the Yunzhou Antique Collection Association, Lao Gao's eyes twitched and the movements of his hands stopped.
, didn’t speak for a long time, as if he was distracted.
"Lao Gao?" Luo Hai asked.
Lao Gao suddenly stood up, his eyes flashed a few times, he slapped his thigh fiercely, and said to Luo Hai apologetically: "Oh, look at my memory, I forgot something and left it at home! I'm so confused
I put it on the coffee table and thought of taking it with me when I left, but I forgot it when I left."
"Forgot something? Where are you at home?" Luo Hai was startled.
"Isn't that right? Dahai, please wait for a while. I'll go back and get it. I'll go back and get it." With that said, Lao Gao picked up his bag and hurriedly turned around and went out.
After Luo Hai saw Lao Gao walking out, he turned back and said to Xue Chen: "Then let's wait a little longer. He forgot at home. It shouldn't take too long."
"I hope so." Xue Chen looked away from the door, calmly picked up the teacup and drank slowly.
Luo Hai kept looking at his watch. After fifteen minutes, he drank up a pot of tea and ordered another pot. After half an hour, he felt that he had waited too long, so he picked up his phone and called Lao Gao
I called, but couldn't get through.
"Maybe the signal on the road is not good." Luo Hai said uncertainly.
After an hour of waiting, Luo Hai's expression began to look bad and he couldn't sit still. From time to time, he walked to the window and went to the road to take a look. He even called seven or eight times in succession, but he never got through.
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After drinking the second pot of tea, Xue Chen touched his stomach and felt that it was full of water. He looked at his watch again and saw that it was already past twelve o'clock.
"Uncle Luo, it's getting late. I think it's better for the two of us to go have some food. If that old man really comes back, he will also call you." Xue Chen stood up and suggested.
Luo Hai sighed: "That's okay."
The two found a restaurant nearby and ordered a few dishes. It took almost an hour to eat, but they still didn't get a call from the old man. Of course, they still couldn't get through.
Walking out of the restaurant, Xue Chen asked: "Uncle Luo, are we still waiting?"
"No wait." Luo Hai finally understood that people must have gone forever. In such a long time, even if you take the bus back and forth, you can visit the entire Pinghe City. Since there are still people there now,
He didn't come, and he couldn't get through on the phone. It was already obvious that he didn't come back, which meant he didn't intend to do this deal.
After getting in the car and getting on the highway back to Haicheng, Luo Hai was still wondering what happened today? Why did he suddenly stop doing the deal that was agreed on online? Not only
People disappeared and phone calls were unreachable.
He turned to look at Xue Chen who was driving, intending to ask what Xue Chen was thinking, but when he saw Xue Chen's face and thought of Lao Gao's reaction before leaving, a flash of lightning fell in his head, and he suddenly understood
!
At that time, he felt that Lao Gao was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. Now he finally understood that Lao Gao was obviously lying when he said he forgot something at home. It must be in his handbag, but why did he make such a fuss? It was because
Xue Chen!
"Fake!"
These two words popped into Luo Hai's mind. Lao Gao's pipe was already a fake, so he didn't dare to take it out. It should be said that he didn't dare to take it out in front of Xue Chen. Once he took it out, he would definitely be found out.
.The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this was what happened!
"Xue Chen, I finally figured it out. Lao Gao was scared away by you." Luo Hai sighed deeply.
Xue Chen glanced at Luo Hai and said with a smile: "Uncle Luo, I'm not a monster. How can people be scared away by me?"
"Well, this matter is already very clear. Lao Gao must have brought the things. He didn't recognize you at first and was going to take them out. But after he found out about you, he couldn't take them out because he knew.
If the thing is fake, it will definitely not escape your eyes, so I left directly and blocked my phone number."
After thinking about these joints, Luo Hai really didn't know what it was like.
Since Lao Gao didn't dare to take the thing out, it means that he must have known that there was something wrong with the pipe. What does this mean? I originally planned to deceive him and sell him the defective thing!
This made him a little sad. After all, the two had known each other on the forum for two or three months. They chatted for a long time every now and then, calling each other brothers, but in the end they fooled him with fake things. No one could blame this matter.
It will feel better, no one wants to be deceived by someone familiar.
In addition, he also really saw how powerful Xue Chen was and how famous he was in the antique industry in Yunzhou Province. But after knowing Xue Chen's identity, Lao Gao didn't even think of taking out the things.
He walked away in despair, not even thinking of giving it a chance. He really didn't know how to explain it. It really opened his eyes.
He was even more glad that he asked Xue Chen to come with him, otherwise, he might have been deceived. He really trusted Lao Gao.
"Xue Chen, I'm sorry to trouble you about this matter today." Luo Hai sighed.
"Uncle Luo, you're welcome, it's just a small matter." Xue Chen smiled nonchalantly.
Luo Hai lowered his head and thought for a long time, then sighed deeply: "I'm sorry for you and Xiaobing about what happened in the past. It was Hongmei and I's fault."
Hearing Luo Hai's sudden apology, Xue Chen tightened his grip on the steering wheel. (To be continued)