Chapter 352: Washing Hands in a Golden Basin
At the beginning, according to Lin Xiaotian's idea, the defender's brother was arranged to control the pearl underground world, but in the later operation, he found that the defender's brother could not integrate well into the underground forces in Huaxia, and the way of thinking of the defender mercenaries was still used to violent methods in the Middle East and Africa.
Coupled with the fact that Jin Ying left to find clues to the Jin Ge family, Lin Xiaotian handed over the Pearl Underground World to Luo Badao to manage.
Luo Badao did not disappoint Lin Xiaotian, and in just a few months, he completely took over the careers of Hongmen and the Green Gang.
After receiving Lin Xiaotian's call, Luo Badao looked very respectful, and he didn't have the kind of casualness he had when they met last time, after all, he was able to achieve the position of the underground faucet of the pearl now, which was completely pulled by Lin Xiaotian.
If it weren't for Lin Xiaotian, he would now be just a gangster leader guarding a few streets. Since he was a child, Luo Badao has admired Lin Xiaotian very much, and now that he has seen Lin Xiaotian's methods, he naturally admires it even more, and has already regarded Lin Xiaotian as an idol, and his reverence for Lin Xiaotian is not much less than that of the mercenaries who defend him.
"Second brother, when are you going back to Mingzhu?" Luo Badao asked in an excited voice.
Lin Xiaotian smiled and said angrily: "Fat Tiger, can you talk well, if you do this again, I will hang up the phone!"
Luo Badao hurriedly smiled, and said embarrassedly: "I am now a soldier under you, so naturally I can't be as casual as before!"
"You kid don't give me this set! I have something to do with you this time!" Lin Xiaotian could understand this change in Luo Badao, but he didn't want to wear out the friendship of his childhood because of the change of identity.
"Second brother, if you have anything to do, just tell me!, I promise to do it properly for you!" Luo Badao immediately patted his chest and promised.
"There will be an auction in a few days, with your current status, you should receive an invitation, right?" Lin Xiaotian asked directly.
Luo Badao was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: "Second brother, are you interested in the auction?"
Lin Xiaotian smiled when he heard this: "The auction is a trick of the rich, I am not interested, but there is an evil weapon revenge knife in the auction, I am very interested in it, I want to steal the day before the auction and get his hands on it, you have been in Mingzhu for so long, do you know a master of counterfeiting? It is best to be a person who is proficient in the imitation of ancient weapons." ”
"Second brother, why bother so much? I will arrange for my subordinates to directly auction that revenge knife back, and give it to the second brother when the time comes? I must be able to do it without knowing it!" Luo Badao was a little puzzled why Lin Xiaotian didn't take the safest method, but wanted to steal the sky and take the risk.
Lin Xiaotian paused, and sighed: "Fat Tiger, you think simply, this revenge knife has a great reputation, and there are already many foreign forces eyeing it, if you are asked to buy it, it may give you a lot of trouble!"
When Luo Badao heard this, a warm current suddenly surged in his heart, the second brother still protected his second brother when he was a child, and he always thought about himself.
He pondered for a moment, and then tried to recall: "I know a lot of counterfeiters, but if I can become a master, there are not many ......."
Speaking of this, Luo Badao raised his voice sharply and said: "I remember, our pearl really has such a strange person, he is an absolute grandmaster-level figure in the counterfeiting industry. The high-quality antiques he made can even be fake, and he has once fetched sky-high prices at auctions! If it were him, he would definitely be able to meet your requirements for the second brother. ”
"Okay, then I'll go over later, and you can take me to him. After Lin Xiaotian finished speaking, he hung up the phone and couldn't wait to drive to Luo Badao's residence.
The reason why he was so anxious was because the magical ancient weapon of the revenge knife was very attractive to Lin Xiaotian, and on the other hand, because the matter of stealing the sky should be sooner rather than later, facing an enemy of Situ Yu's level, Lin Xiaotian didn't want to lose Jingzhou carelessly.
On the way to the counterfeiting master's house, Luo Badao gave a brief introduction to the situation of this grandmaster-level counterfeiting master.
This master of counterfeiting was born before the liberation and studied with a famous master of antique restoration during the Republic of China.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the master antique restorer went to Treasure Island, and he stayed in the country.
Because of the special environment after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he could not continue to engage in the antique restoration industry.
But he is the kind of person who likes to study with all his heart, and he can't find a way to repair antiques, which makes him restless, and one day he has a whimsical idea of imitating antiques.
He started with his favorite antique calligraphy and paintings, and then gradually involved porcelain, ancient jade and so on.
From the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to the reform and opening up in the past 50 years, he imitated antiques at home to entertain himself, and he even changed his name to a highly personalized imitation.
He was able to make a name for himself in the counterfeiting business because of an accident.
In two thousand and three years, his grandson was seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was addicted to Internet cafes every day, and the family did not give money, so he stole some of his grandfather's antiques and sold them.
He didn't know that the antiques at home were all high-imitation fakes imitated by his grandfather, so they were all sold as real antiques.
Just two or three years have passed, and by the time he is twenty years old, he has already made a name for himself in the antique world of Mingzhu.
Until one day, he stole a blue and white porcelain plate from his grandfather's house, which was auctioned at the largest auction house of Mingzhu at that time, and fetched a sky-high price of more than 30 million.
You know, at that time, the auction house was second to none in the pearl, this kind of sky-high Yuan blue and white was born, and the auction house invited seven or eight of the country's top antique appraisal masters to identify the authenticity, but even so, it was not possible to identify this Yuan blue and white plate as an imitation.
It wasn't until Gao Fang sorted out his works at home that he found that the blue and white porcelain plate was missing, and this matter broke out.
At that time, the consequence was that the top auction house of the pearl closed down directly because of this scandal, and the fame of Gao Fang also spread all over the country.
Many people came to him in the hope that he would help with the imitation of antiques, but he had a rule that he only imitated the antiques he was interested in.
From 05 to the present, he has only made less than 100 shots piecemeal, but the more reserved and cautious he is, the louder his reputation becomes, and he has gradually become a grandmaster-level figure in the Huaxia counterfeiting industry.
After Lin Xiaotian listened to Luo Badao's narration, he was speechless for a while.
This is that people have to die more than people, goods have to be thrown away, and others work hard to make money, but this grandmaster Gao Fang can earn tens of millions of dollars if he takes out an imitation at will.
When Lin Xiaotian and Luo Badao came to the door of Gao Fang's house, they found that there was a sign on the door of the courtyard where he lived that read the word 'closed'.
"Fat Tiger, he opened a shop at home?" Lin Xiaotian said in surprise.
"I haven't heard of it. Luo Badao was also a little confused.
At this moment, the door opened, and an old man with white hair and good spirits walked out of it with a vegetable basket, as if he was going to buy vegetables.
Catching a glimpse of Lin Xiaotian and Luo Badao at the door, the old man seemed to have not seen it, humming an unknown song to himself, and walked towards the market step by step.
Seeing this, Luo Badao hurriedly stepped forward a few steps to stop the old man, and said in a deep voice: "The old gentleman is a master of the sect, we came to the door to ask for something, and I want to ask you to help......
Before Luo Badao's words were finished, he was unceremoniously interrupted by the old man.
He pointed to the sign on the door of the courtyard, and said in a cold tone: "I didn't see the sign that it says, it's closed!
The old man Gao Fang obviously regarded Lin Xiaotian and Luo Badao as unscrupulous businessmen looking for him to imitate antiques.
"Old gentleman, the two of us don't just want the old gentleman to imitate antiques......" Lin Xiaotian had a smile on his face, slightly respectful.
Being able to be at the top of any industry is a person worthy of respect.
He didn't want to have a weird temper but didn't eat this set, he sneered disdainfully: "I won't do it if I ask me to imitate it, not to mention it's not just a simple imitation!
After speaking, he pushed the vegetable basket in his hand, directly pushed Luo Badao away, and walked away with a sway.
Luo Badao's face was furious, and he was pushed away by an old man with a vegetable basket, which was a shame.
He just wanted to get angry and curse, but was stopped by Lin Xiaotian.
Lin Xiaotian looked at Gao Fang's back, and suddenly chuckled: "Fat Tiger, forget it, let's find someone else, it seems that this so-called grandmaster is just a false name." ”
When Gao Fang heard this, he sneered and turned his head: "Boy, old man, I have eaten more food than you have ever eaten, so don't play with me, I don't eat this!"
"Hehe, if the old gentleman can really let go of the imitation business, I don't think you will look back now. People love a certain cause, where is it so easy to let go! I think the old gentleman's love for imitation has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and it will be difficult to give up in this life, right?" Lin Xiaotian said with a smile on his face.
Gao Fangyan's whole body trembled when he heard this, and he looked at Lin Xiaotian in surprise, but he didn't expect this young man who looked at Sven to be tired and could see through his heart at a glance.
If it was before, based on Lin Xiaotian's words alone, maybe he would have agreed to make a move, but it's a pity......
"Young man, you are very thoughtful, I advise you to put your wisdom on the right path, and do not think of getting rich overnight by imitating antiques. Gao Fang's tone was obviously softened a lot.
Seeing the change in Gao Fang's attitude, Lin Xiaotian's tone became more and more gentle: "Old man, I don't want to make money by imitating antiques, but there are other uses, if the old man agrees, I can tell the old man the ins and outs of the matter in detail." ”
"No need! I said it, I've washed my hands and won't imitate any more antiques! You better leave!" Although Gao Fang's attitude was relaxed, he did not compromise in the slightest on the issue of imitation.
Lin Xiaotian wanted to persuade a few more words, but Luo Badao on the side couldn't hold back the anger in his heart.
"Old immortal! Don't be ashamed of your face, right? If you don't wash your hands in the morning, you don't wash your hands in the evening, and when Lao Tzu has something to do with you, you will directly pick on it! I think you are deliberately pouting my face, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will wrap your old thing in zongzi and sink into the yellow pu river to feed the fish!"
Luo Badao revered Lin Xiaotian, and couldn't see that others didn't give Lin Xiaotian face, so he pushed three and four to make him angry.
"Hehe!" Gao Fang sneered sneeringly: "I believe it! You can throw it! Old man, I lived to be seventy-three years old, and half of it was buried in the ground, and I am still afraid of your threat?"
"Damn, I'm going to kill you!" Luo Badao glared and strode towards Gao Fang.
Lin Xiaotian hurriedly scolded: "Okay, fat tiger! Don't mess around! The old gentleman is a senior, you have to maintain a minimum of respect!"
"Second brother, it's not that I don't respect the elderly, it's that this old thing is stubborn and doesn't know how to lift, you have said all the good things, he still pushes back like this, and doesn't give him a good taste, he really because of what kind of character he is!"