The subway in Paris extends in all directions, and during peak travel periods, both the subway and the bus are crowded with people, she bumps in the carriage, her chest is stuffy, and she only feels that the space is narrow, the air is dirty, and the sound of the car is deafening.

I thought to myself, probably because I was worried about Donna for a while, and I didn't get well for several days in a row, right? As the days passed, Donna still had no news.

I felt dizzy, and my vision blurred white for a few seconds, "What's wrong?" was a man's clear voice. It turned out that she had already fallen into the car.

A knuckled hand lifted her up and pulled her to a nearby seat. "Sit down!"

Feeling better, she looked up in the direction of the source of the voice, and across from her stood a Chinese man in his thirties, whom she recognized as giving up his place to herself.

Her expression was slightly weak, and a soft voice burst out from between her lips and teeth, "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome. A smile welled up at the corner of his mouth.

Su Xiaoqi participated in the exhibition with Mr. John in the past, and has already developed a bit of eyesight. This person has black and shiny hair, a slender and straight-looking face, and a wide forehead, and is said to be very intelligent, strong in his professional field, and most importantly, his dark eyes are quite bright.

He has the temperament of a businessman but does not have the greed and philistine spirit of ordinary business people, and he does not take his own car here to hitchhike, and he is humble and polite, which can not help but make people feel a little better. After all, this kind of cultivation is not something that everyone can have.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"The first two stops. Su Xiaoqi replied.

"It's my first time in France, so I'm here to have a look. The man said.

She blinked and asked, "How did it feel to be in France for the first time?"

A smile spread across his face, "It's not bad, I'm mainly here to take a look at the subway facilities and bus projects." ”

"I'm here. Su Xiaoqi smiled at him, and it was not surprising to meet business people from China here, and the city of Paris attracts tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world every day.

After getting out of the car, Su Xiaoqi walked through two streets, and unknowingly came to a district where Chinese gathered, she stood on that street and looked at the surrounding crowd, and then sighed, Donna has decided to leave, how could she meet Donna here?

Su Xiaoqi swept her eyes casually and was about to leave, but she saw the Chinese merchant in a Chinese jewelry and jade store. As far as Su Xiaoqi knows, there are good and bad things on this street, and there are a lot of merchants who are indiscriminate.

She walked into the jewelry and jade shop, and as she passed there, she heard their conversation and swept her eyes towards the piece of jade, which, according to the jewelry merchant, was bean green and more expensive, but the color was not very strong.

"Sir," Su Xiaoqi turned around and walked over directly, "Please put it in natural light and look at it again." ”

He turned his head and said, "Oh, it's you. ”

The man took it to the sun, put it in his hand and spun around.

Su Xiaoqi stared at it for a while, and said: "The planting water is too shallow, the transparency is not enough, the internal particles are a little coarse, and when the planting water is not enough in both aspects, the color needs to be very strong to make a price." For example, Tielongsheng is even dry green, but this one is lighter in color, and there is a wisp of green with black. To sum up, the value of the whole product is low. ”

The man looked at her, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, and asked, "Are you afraid that I will meet a profiteer?"

Su Xiaoqi said with a solemn face: "There are a lot of shoddy goods on this Chinese street, so Mr. should be careful." ”

"Do you know a lot about jewels and jade, miss?" said a hidden male voice on the other side.

Su Xiaoqi raised his head, and opposite him was a forty-year-old businessman surnamed Xiao with a thin face, who squinted his eyes slightly and looked at her.

She couldn't help but reply, "I know a little about jewelry and jadeite. ”

"What is this from?" the man put down a string of beads in his hand, all of them green and lovely.

The young girl looked at it and said, "Dominica, the east coast of the Caribbean." ”

The jewel and jade merchant ordered someone to fetch three blue rough bonsai and put them in front of him, which also reflected an unusually beautiful blue luster, and one of the pots was even more dense and full.

He smiled and asked, "Miss, do you recognize what blue jewelry is, what heteropole ore is, and what is malachite?"

There was a slight hesitation on her face, although she felt that the first two were heteropolar ore and the last one was malachite, but it was not good to say yes.

The businessman surnamed Xiao slowly lowered his eyes, he quietly hid the color in his eyes, knowing this question, she couldn't answer it, the difference in diagnosis is the difference in refractive index.

He asked, "Miss, are you a jewelry appraiser?"

"I'm not. Su Xiaoqi replied.

The smile on the face of the man surnamed Xiao deepened, "Miss, then you should know the saying 'gold is valuable and jade is priceless', whether it is jewelry or jade gemstones, you don't know enough, please be careful." ”

The staff on the side seemed to be respectful, but the meaning of the words was not polite at all: "Miss, this area only accepts exclusive guests, so please go to another place to have a look!"

After the words fell, the two staff members walked over to Su Xiaoqi, and they made a gesture of invitation.

She swept her gaze to the jade boxes on the counter, the jade in this store was fine, but ...... How exactly can it be proved that its value does not match the strict zhòng?

The keen senses did not ignore the undercurrent that swelled when a tall security guard approached him, and the strong threat and oppression he exuded towards her, this implied that disobedience would lead to violence, and it was easy for a young girl to give in at once, and it was not easy to be noticed.

The young girl stood motionless, her eyes wandering at the few people who had come by, and she looked up with a triumphant smile on her face.

Suddenly, he reached out and picked up a certificate of appraisal from the box on the counter, flipped it over and said to the jewelry and jade merchant, "Can you tell me why this certificate presented by three authoritative institutions in China is signed in printed font instead of by hand?"

The face of the man surnamed Xiao changed a little, this little mistake would not be noticed by ordinary people, but he didn't expect to be recognized by the young woman in front of him, and now he can't drive her away, so he can only defend himself. His eyes flickered unnaturally, and he disguised something, "Miss, because the certificate is like this." ”

Su Xiaoqi raised her calm eyes and said, "Why is the certificate presented by the same institution in the first three boxes of your store signed by hand?"

"So, it's me who should call the police now, right?" she said with a cold look.

"Miss, I think, did you misunderstand something?" the man surnamed Xiao smiled stiffly.

"I'm not mistaken, fraud, coercion, intimidation, I think your store will be interested in explaining it to the police officer. She said unhurriedly.

"I'm sorry, miss, I sincerely apologize to you, you have to believe that there will be no fakes in our store. The jewel and jade merchant was anxious to explain.

"I'm sure you only have the real thing in your shop," she said with a slight smile, "but this certificate—"

"Mr. Li, we only have genuine products in our store. The man surnamed Xiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

Su Xiaoqi said calmly: "You will not have fakes, but it is difficult to say whether the value is so high." ”

The jadeite jade market is more difficult to identify and evaluate, the same A goods may be worthless, may be worth thousands of dollars, the market is flooded with a large number of shoddy goods so that customers have no way to complain. Most people don't know the doorway, and often buy back worthless goods at a high price and mistake them for treasures.

However, with this certificate, even if it is only a small mistake, it is enough to make the opponent mess up.

Mr. Li turned around, looked at the girl in front of him seriously, and said with a smile on his lips: "I believe this young lady's words." ”

"Assistant Gu, let's go out with this young lady!"

"Yes!" a young voice replied.

A twenty-seven, eighteen-year-old man wearing silver glasses walked beside Mr. Li, and they left together in full view of everyone.

Walking out the door, Mr. Li stopped and asked her, "Shall we take a look again?" and he became interested in her words.

She thought about it for a moment, it was entirely because he had helped her just now, and since the other party invited her to take a look, let's stop by and take a look.

When they came to a shop and looked at some random items, Mr. Li turned his head and said, "What do you think of this?"

Su Xiaoqi took the jade bracelet in her hand and looked at it, then put it down and said, "A goods should be fine, but the quality is not good." ”

As soon as she heard her say that the quality was not good, the clerk immediately said, "Sir, Miss, we have better goods here, such as this jade Buddha-"

"So, you can help me take a look at this piece of jade. Mr. Li said.

"Mr. Li, the size ratio of the standing Buddha is very important, you had better draw it on the paper first to see the size. ”

Mr. Li really asked the clerk to bring a piece of thread and compared it to it.

She looked at the sermon and said, "This size is on the small side, and the ratio of belly to head is not very good." You can see the ice species on the water, and the floating flowers on the stomach are also in a good position, which is estimated to be the selling point of the merchant's offer. In addition, if the price can be a little smaller, it will be suitable. ”

"Mr. Li, the one just now is Tie Longsheng, and the one on this pendant is a strong Mocui, and now Mocui is rare. ”

"Where's this?"

Su Xiaoqi looked at the bracelet seriously and said: "The bracelet is emerald green as a whole, with the current market, this price is still needed, but ......" She whispered: "The price of this store is a little expensive." ”

"You have such eyesight at such a young age, what are you studying?" Mr. Li looked over and asked, "You just said that you are not a jewelry appraiser?"

"I'm studying art appraisal and antique collecting, and I'm currently studying art history in Paris. ”

Mr. Li asked, "What's your name?"

"Katarina. ”

Mr. Li looked at her for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "You have been living in the United States, Italy, and other places?"

Su Xiaoqi blinked, and a little surprise appeared on her face: "How do you know?"

Mr. Li said with a smile: "Young people who grew up in Europe have a special temperament. ”

During the conversation, Mr. Li looked at the other samples provided by the store, turned back to her, and said, "The diamond cut is not very good. ”

"This cigarette bottle is not set with sapphires, but patoite, right?"

Picking up a gemstone between his fingers, he said slowly: "The topaz that is so blue should be heated by radiation, right?"

"This kind of gemstone, if the film does not explain it, it is a bad heart in the industry. Mr. Li had a smile on his lips.

Su Xiaoqi opened his mouth and was stunned for a few seconds, he could recognize the difference between patto stone and sapphire on the market at a glance, and he could also identify the processed topaz, so he would not be deceived lightly at all.

There was a little embarrassment on her face, "Mr. Li turned out to be a jewelry connoisseur, forgive me for taking the liberty just now." ”

Mr. Li put down the jewelry in his hand and said, "No, I am very grateful that you were able to come forward at that time. ”

Su Xiaoqi didn't say anything more, feeling that it was redundant for her to stay, so she said goodbye to him: "Then I'll leave first!"

She turned and walked towards the door, and as soon as she walked out of the shop, Mr. Lee had already come out and stood behind her, and he said in the street, "Miss Katarina, please stay." ”

Su Xiaoqi stopped and looked back. Mr. Li said to her: "I originally studied physics, and then I did business, after many years of hard work, I have achieved a little success, and recently I have become obsessed with collecting; I see that you have a good knowledge, and I want to entrust you to choose antiques at the auction, what do you think?"

There was a hint of surprise on her face, and she said, "But, Mr. Li, your eyesight is already very good." ”

Mr. Li said: "You have won the award, in fact, my collection direction is not systematic and professional, and my attainments in art are not deep, so I need someone to give advice." I see that you are good and have a good eye, so I want to entrust it to you. ”

Su Xiaoqi thought carefully about Mr. Li's words and felt that what he said was reasonable. Most of the Chinese clients will be new elites with a certain social status, who are not mature and professional in collecting, such as not having a high appreciation of art, and not being dedicated enough to the direction of collecting, which happens to be the qualification of the Assandra family.

This is a good thing for her future development direction, and she is optimistic that the Asian market will continue to be hot.

The corners of her lips curled into a smile at him, "I'm still studying in Paris, and if Mr. Li can take a fancy to my meager ability, I will recommend you a collection with room for appreciation." ”

Mr. Li smiled and said to her, "Let's meet at the Paris reception in a week!" He turned his head and ordered, "Assistant Gu, send an invitation to Miss Caterina." ”

Assistant Gu raised his glasses and looked at Su Xiaoqi, took out an invitation sticker from his handbag, and respectfully handed it to Su Xiaoqi and said, "Miss Katarina, this is a door sticker, we will wait for you at the cocktail party." ”

The author has something to say: to reply to the question about Donna, Donna is not a small character, on the contrary, Donna is related to the life-and-death, protracted struggle between the consortium, in this article, she can be regarded as a big person.