"Brother Qiao, what's going on?" Li Ka felt puzzled by the suddenly excited onlookers, so he asked.
"Oh, I recently represented my master's antique association at a treasure appraisal conference, so I have some fans, haha." Qiao Meng said a little embarrassed.
"It turns out that the Master Qiao I have been hearing about today is you. I am too busy these days so I didn't accept the invitation to watch the game. What a pity." Li Ka said regretfully.
At this time, Fei Lanhai was so shocked that he never thought that Qiao Meng had known such a big shot in the industry for a long time. No wonder he was able to do so well.
And judging from his status as a brother-in-law with Li Ka, there is some possibility of explanation for his level that is far higher than that of his peers.
"Everyone, this is someone else's private place. It's better not to get together and affect the business. Just disperse. We'll see you at the treasure appraisal meeting tomorrow." Seeing that the matter was almost settled, Qiao Meng immediately told the onlookers to disperse on the spot.
His words were still very effective. Those who recognized him or had heard of him in the industry in the past two days obeyed and dispersed, leaving only a few individuals who were still in the store wanting to see the treasures or continue to observe things.
develop.
So Heizi quickly explained the whole thing, and was inevitably taught a lesson by the shop owner. He didn't expect that Qiao Meng looked so young and knew so many things, but he was glad that they were all acquaintances, so it didn't matter.
Go to a family, otherwise they would have exposed all the little tricks in the store.
Then, in order to welcome Qiao Meng, the store directly announced that it would suspend business, and the group planned to book a private room at a nearby restaurant to have a good chat.
"You guys go over there first. Just send me the address. I'll be there in a short while when my car is parked at the corner of the street. I'll pick up Tang Bohu's painting by the way. I have something to say." Qiao Meng said.
"Brother Li, look!" the shopkeeper asked doubtfully.
"Listen to Qiao Meng, I guess I made a mistake again this time." Li Ka said directly without hesitation.
After making the decision, the shop owner and others followed Qiao Meng out of the street. It turned out that they also parked their cars outside. Qiao Meng thought they would get special treatment for opening a shop here.
"My car is here, so you just drive in front and I will follow." Qiao said after pressing the unlock button and letting Lan Hai get in the car together.
"This...is your car?" After Heizi saw Qiao Meng's Ferrari F465, not to mention how much he regretted it. He actually missed an opportunity to make rich friends. Why did he want to die?
The few clerks behind him were even more sad. If it hadn't happened today, they might have been able to get along well with Qiao Meng. It's so embarrassing now. I wonder if there would be a chance to make friends.
"Haha, it's nothing, so I bought it yesterday just for convenience."
Qiao Meng said very casually. As the saying goes, invisible pretense is the most deadly. His words made many people's hearts bleed. This guy started to feel a little arrogant again.
Even Lan Hai, who was in the car with him, couldn't bear this fatal attack and almost didn't think about the violent hammer Qiao Meng.
"As expected of you, Brother Qiao, I admire you for reaching such a level in less than half a year," Li Ka said sincerely.
He recalled that when he first met Qiao Meng, Jade Pavilion had just started, and the items in the store were all small items. The most valuable items did not exceed a million. He did not expect that now he could drive a million-dollar luxury car at will.
I can only lament that he has grown up too fast.
"It's okay, let's go." Qiao Meng also knew that he was a little too pretentious just now, and it was not good to provoke hatred like this, so he quickly changed the subject.
Of course, no matter how much he wants to keep a low profile now, it's impossible. Countless people around him have been hurt by his pretentiousness, and they keep shouting in their hearts: Rich man, let's be friends!
But at this moment, a group of them started the car and drove away.
Qiao Meng just followed behind, and everyone arrived at a restaurant called Guchenglou one after another. The more they looked at it, the more strange it became.
When the waiter who greeted the guests outside saw Qiao Meng driving up to the car, he immediately knew that this must be a relatively high-status guest, at least in terms of money, so he actively stepped forward to help park the car.
Without any hesitation, Qiao Meng directly handed it over to this person, and then another waiter came to lead several people to the front desk to complete the formalities.
"Do you have VIP private rooms here?" Qiao Meng came up and asked such a sentence, which made Lika and others confused.
In fact, he suddenly remembered that this ancient city building is actually the expanded industry of ancient city building. The reason why the words are opposite is because he wants to distinguish the superior and subordinate relationship between the two, and also because the business models of the two sides are different. Here he is only responsible for
Normal hotel food and beverage service doesn't have anything antique related.
And Qiao Meng has a red and blue card in his hand, which is the ID card only for the senior officials of Gulou City. Each person has a different serial number, so he can enjoy his services for free no matter where he goes.
His card was given to him later by the mysterious boss, and the serial number is 28.02, which means that only so many people have this card so far.
But his one is even more special, because others only have blue cards or red cards, which means that only two people have such identity cards, representing business owners.
In this case, it makes sense to want to open a VIP private room. Why not feel comfortable without spending money anyway?
At the same time, Baidu and the others were in the hotel and just wanted to see why Qiao Meng had been missing all day. They knocked on the door in his room, but found that no one seemed to be there and called him. However, Qiao Meng's cell phone was turned off.
"Where do you think he will go?" Bai Feili asked.
"I don't know, maybe he went for a walk," Baidu said.
Didi——
Suddenly a text message popped up. Baidu glanced at it and deleted it immediately.
"What was that message just now? You deleted it without even looking at it." Bai Feili was very curious about his operation.
"Oh, there are no spam messages. There are a lot of them now. Let's go eat." Baidu no longer dwelled on this problem and pulled Bai Feili towards the rooftop restaurant.
At this time, everyone on Qiao Meng's side was still distracted, but he had already booked the most luxurious VIP private room.
Seeing that they were all silent, Qiao Meng took the lead and walked at the front. Along the way, there were many employees who saw Qiao Meng bowing in greeting, but did not say much. However, it could be felt that all the staff were afraid of Qiao Meng's attitude towards service.
Not satisfied.
This is their boss. If you are not satisfied with the work, you will definitely be fired. Moreover, the company clearly stipulates that if your boss suddenly appears, you cannot expose the other person's identity. You only need to do a good job.
However, Qiao Meng had no time to understand such regulations, so he also felt a little uncomfortable.
After everyone sat down, Lan Hai asked: "Brother, is this not your first time in the provincial capital?"
"It's the first time, what's wrong?" Qiao Meng was puzzled.
"How can anyone get the VIP of the most exclusive restaurant in the provincial capital for the first time? Are you kidding me?" Lan Hai expressed disbelief.
"It is indeed my first time here, but I know the boss, so the card he gave me can have such a function. If you don't believe me, ask Brother Li Ka, how could I have been here before?" Qiao Meng explained seriously.
road.
"Okay." Lan Hai really didn't dare to define Qiao Meng easily anymore. He originally thought that he could find out a lot about him, but he didn't expect that there was more hidden.
It is no exaggeration to say that there is no one present here who can match Qiao Meng's influence, financial resources, and treasure appraisal ability.
"Everyone, please order first. I'll treat you to this meal. Don't worry." Qiao Meng said generously.
"In this case, we would be disrespectful." The shop owner said with a smile on his face.
"You're welcome. After ordering, let's talk about the painting first. Where is the painting?" Qiao Meng asked.
"The painting is here. I saw that everyone was ordering food, so I didn't open it." Heizi was carrying a rosewood box, and inside was the painting of Tang Bohu.
So Qiao Meng saw that the space here was relatively large and there was a suitable table, so he spread out the paintings on it, and began to explain it when everyone was ready.
But just when he was about to say something, a man in his thirties suddenly rushed in, followed by several people pulling him. He immediately turned around and swallowed his words.
Then he asked: "What's going on? Who is this person?"
"I'm really sorry. This is our account manager. He drank too much and insisted on breaking in. We didn't stop him. Don't worry, we will take care of it immediately." One of the waiters immediately stood up and apologized.
"Oh, so that's what happened. Okay, take him away quickly. The account manager looks like this and should be fired." Although Qiao Meng could understand the helplessness of these service staff, he was still very dissatisfied with this account manager.
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After all, he is an employee under him now, so being so unself-disciplined is really frowned upon.
"Boss, isn't the boss here?" the middle-aged man repeated with blurred eyes.
"There is no boss for you here, get out of here." Qiao Meng couldn't stand it anymore and shouted.
"You are the boss, right? I just received a message that the boss is here. It must be you. The red and blue cards must be on you." The man said vaguely.
"Manager, you got the wrong person. This is the boss's friend. The card is the boss's, not his." A pretty-looking waitress quickly pulled the man back and explained.
"Take him away immediately. I think I can say something nice in front of your boss, otherwise he will be fired directly."
Qiao Meng was extremely angry. How could such a person appear and almost expose his identity? If he had known, he would not have used the identity card so easily.
However, this person will definitely be fired, but it is not convenient to say it now. The waitress just now is more clever and can be promoted.
In this way, this unexpected situation that frightened everyone again came to an end when the man was taken away.
"Qiao Meng, what kind of person are you?" Lan Hai asked doubtfully in his heart. He vaguely felt that things were not that simple.
Others didn't think much about it and just looked at it as a farce.