Chapter 1778 Tragic Fate
Porta Porta Botceis, one of Rome's largest, oldest and most famous souks, is known for its large scale and variety, and is a world-famous antique and thrift market.
This antique thrift market occupies several streets, each of which is filled with stalls and white tents, creating a spectacular landscape.
It is said that there are a total of 4,000 stalls in this antique market, which is far more than the Saint-Touin antique market in Paris.
In addition to the numerous antique stalls, the streets where this open-air market is located are lined with antique shops and galleries of various sizes and styles, which are also good places to go for bargaining.
Here, from small needles and threads to large solid wood furniture, from sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome, to top antique works of art from the Renaissance, to masterpieces of modern art.
Of course, it depends on your eyesight, but also on luck and whether God will favor you.
Only those who have both strength and luck can find antique works of art that are really valuable here, and others are waiting to pay the tuition, and it is a great luck not to be cheated!
It's a sunny Sunday and another day when the Porte de Porte Souk is open.
Just after 9 a.m., the open-air market is already crowded and lively.
Tourists from all over the world, as well as many Roman locals, flock to this open-air antique thrift market to shop for food, food and sightseeing.
Of course, thieves in and around Rome are also here to steal and make a fortune, and that's their weekly carnival!
For such a world-famous antique thrift market, Ye Tian naturally will not miss it.
He had already swept the antique market in Florence and the antique art market in Milan, and if he let Rome go, wouldn't it be a bit of a suspicion of favoritism, how bad!
Therefore, as soon as the Bot Saimen open-air market opened, Ye Tian and his party appeared on time, and walked into this antique thrift market with a smile, ready to sweep here.
As always, Cole and the many security personnel dispersed, and set up a defensive line around Ye Tian and them, separating all the pedestrians and tourists who looked a little suspicious.
There are also several security personnel pretending to be tourists, blending in with the bustling flow of people, observing the movements in the crowd, and secretly protecting Ye Tian and them.
In addition, Cole also arranged two sniper teams to arrive here in advance, hiding on the two tallest buildings in the vicinity, and condescendingly controlled the entire Botesai Gate Souk.
And as Ye Tian and them kept moving around the market, the two sniper teams would also change their positions in time to ensure that Ye Tian and them were always in the field of vision.
Not far behind Ye Tian and them, a group of Roman policemen and Italian gendarmes in civilian clothes followed them like shadows, and they were always on high alert.
But how do these guys know, there are people behind them.
A little further behind, the Blackwater guys and their agents, as well as the one from Israel's IZO mercenary company, followed suit.
Half an hour before leaving the Vatican in the morning, Cole informed the fellows that they would follow them to the Bothsemen Souk to receive the reward offered for hunting down a few gangsters.
As for the way to receive the honorarium, each of them knows very well, just keep an eye on Ye Tian's finger and see when he gives a hint and type Morse code!
Waiting for Ye Tian to give a hint, they can make a move.
Take the antique artworks designated by Ye Tian at a low price, then take them out of Italy, and then auction them out through major auction houses, and make a lot of money!
For this unconventional way of paying honorarium, these mercenaries who lick blood at the knife all year round are very welcome, and at the same time, they are also very curious, and they are very excited, and they can't wait to receive the corresponding Morse code immediately!
As long as everything goes well, this will be the most lucrative remuneration they have ever earned, and they will see the sunshine, no one can catch any tricks, they can use it as they please, can they not welcome it!
At the same time, Bowie, dressed as a tourist, was now in the middle of the crowd, strolling towards the entrance of the Porte de Porte open-air market.
As he went, his eyes, hidden behind his sunglasses, shimmered with excitement.
Two days earlier, Bowie had arrived in Rome and had been touring all over the place, just like a regular tourist, nothing out of the ordinary!
He did not appear here until today when the Porte de la Porte open-air market opened.
As for the purpose of his coming here, there is no need to ask, of course, as always.
Secretly cooperate with Ye Tian, according to the information received, sweep the entire Bot Saimen open-air market, and frantically sweep those overlooked antique artworks and sweep the wealth!
As soon as they entered the Bot Saimen open-air market, Ye Tian and the others attracted countless attentions and caused a lot of commotion.
Especially the stall owners, antique dealers and gallery owners who set up their stalls in this open-air market, everyone's face changed drastically, and there was a sense of disaster coming.
"Damn it! Steven, the greedy bastard, is here, so there is no doubt that there will be a lot of guys who are unlucky enough to be ransacked by this bastard today!"
Steven, the bastard is indeed like the legend, everywhere he goes, he will ransack the local antique art market and cause countless bloody tragedies.
Today is the turn of the Botesai Gate Souk, and it is completely conceivable that by the end of today, there will be many more unlucky people who have been madly looted and in pain!"
With the sound of people's discussions, the news that Ye Tian came to the Botesaimen open-air market has quickly swept the entire market like a hurricane and reached the ears of almost everyone.
Hearing the news, many stall owners, antique dealers, and gallery owners who set up stalls here couldn't help but feel a thrill in their hearts, lest they become the targets of the crazy ransacking.
Some of them had even made up their minds not to do Ye Tian's business alive or dead, so as not to be looted by him.
But how did these guys know that Ye Tian had already prepared his backhand, in order to deal with this situation.
As long as they have valuable and neglected antique art in their stalls or shops, they will inevitably be looted!
After entering the market, Ye Tian first looked at the surrounding situation, then stretched out his hand to a stall on the side of the street, smiled and said to the people around him:
"Let's go over there and have a look, the things in that booth look a little interesting, maybe there's a surprise waiting for us there!"
With that, he led Betty to the stall on the side of the street.
David and the others followed, and everyone looked very interested.
And the stall owner on the side of the street, when he saw Ye Tian walking towards him, he immediately felt a panic, his eyelids jumped, and he had a feeling that something was wrong.
But today's market has just opened, and he hasn't opened yet, and he can't immediately close the stall and evacuate, so he can only stay where he is, waiting for the judgment of fate!
Between three or two steps, Ye Tian and Betty took the lead in coming to this stall.
Ye Tian smiled and nodded at the stall owner, and then looked at the goods on the stall.
This is a very ordinary antique thrift stall, the stall is full of goods, and the variety is very mixed, it makes people a little dizzy to look at!
It can be seen here from what is suspected to be a head sculpture from the ancient Greek and Roman periods, to tempera paintings from the Middle Ages, to classical paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance period, to modern sculptures and paintings.
In addition to these, there are rusty ancient swords, bronze candlesticks, ceramics, table clocks, tableware, modern glassware and crafts, and second-hand luxury items.
After quickly scanning the things on the stall, Ye Tian looked at the stall owner with a smile on his face, and pointed to a tempera painting on the stall and said:
"Good morning, man, I'm Steven, nice to meet you, can I get my hands on that tempera painting? That painting looks interesting!"
The stall owner in his forties glanced at Ye Tian deeply, then turned his head to look at the tempera painting suspiciously, and then nodded and said:
"Good morning, Steven, I'm Philip, and I'm glad to meet you, welcome to Rome, welcome to Porte de Porte Botce, of course you can see that tempera"
Next, Ye Tian reached over the tempera painting and pretended to appreciate it seriously.
It's a historical-looking tempera painting, small in size, the size of a magazine, with a classical-style frame that looks rather old and has some cracks on it.
In the painting is a bust of a medieval noblewoman, dressed in fine clothes, sitting on a chair, staring out of the painting, the picture is brightly colored and has a lustrous feel, which is characteristic of tempera painting.
With Ye Tian's movements, many people around couldn't help but focus on the tempera painting, and everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and expectation.
Some of them even began to wonder if the tempera was a valuable work of art, and how much was it worth?
Not far from the rear, those guys from Blackwater and IZO were even more excited.
Although they pretended to be indifferent and looked no different from ordinary tourists, each of them stared at Ye Tian's fingers through his sunglasses to see if he would type Morse code.
It's a pity that they waited for a long time, and Ye Tian's fingers didn't move.
After flipping through the tempera painting in his hand, Ye Tian put the painting back on the stall and said with a smile:
"Philip, I don't understand this tempera painting very well, so I won't ask its price, let's go to the front booth and see you later!"
After speaking, Ye Tian took Betty out and walked towards the next stall a few meters away.
"Hoo ——!"
Philip, the stall owner, let out a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves suddenly relaxed a lot.
God forbid! I finally escaped the catastrophe, and was not robbed by Steven, the bastard, and became another miserable unlucky bastard!
While secretly rejoicing, he still felt a little bit of loss and regret in his heart.
Obviously, these things in his stall are like garbage in the eyes of Steven's guy, they have no value at all, and they are not worth selling!
But how did he know that someone would come to his stall later and buy the two most valuable treasures here at a very low price, which he had overlooked!
In fact, he still can't escape the tragic fate of being ransacked by madness!