After being ridiculous in the hotel for nearly half an afternoon, seeing that the time was almost up, Zheng Zheng and Bai Xiaoxue cleaned up and went to retrieve Zheng Zheng's suit.

Old Jon's asking price is not cheap, but the craftsmanship is really good. After the suit was cut by old Jon, the effect was better after wearing it on Zheng Zheng, and even Bai Xiaoxue, who was used to seeing Zheng Zheng dressed casually, lit up, and shouted that Zheng Zheng would often wear a suit and hang out in front of her a few more times in the future.

Back at the hotel, Zheng Zheng took the bronze scale. The rest of the luggage was checked in, only the bronze balance and the silver Sinan were brought over together in Zheng Zheng's suitcase. Without him, just because these two things are so important. Bai Yin Sinan is good to say, Zheng Zheng can't use it now, but the bronze balance is different, with Zheng Zheng's own ability to identify European artworks, there will be something wrong if he can't keep it even, and Zheng Zheng is really not very down-to-earth without a bronze balance at the bottom.

Bai Xiaoxue is not surprised that Zheng Zheng likes to carry a bronze balance with her, in her opinion, this is Zheng Zheng's portable ashtray. Although Bai Xiaoxue is a little curious about Zheng Zheng's portable ashtray being so "portable", but because Zheng Zheng is a person in the antique industry, it is understandable that he likes things with a bit of antique flavor.

Loading the bronze balance with a briefcase, Zheng Zheng was ready. He called Roland, confirmed the specific time and place of meeting Nikolai Anna, settled Bai Xiaoxue, and Zheng Zheng set off.

The place Roland is talking about, according to him, is the winery owned by Nicolas Anne, which belongs to the home of Nicolas Anne. However, Zheng Zheng has also seen a lot of storms, although the place he is going to is Anna's home field, Zheng Zheng will definitely not have stage fright.

After communicating with the doorman at the door and explaining that he had an appointment with Anna, Zheng Zheng entered the winery smoothly and was led all the way to the winery's cigar room.

In the cigar room sat a middle-aged man, who looked to be in his forties and less than fifty. Zheng Zheng is really unstable at the age of foreigners, and with the good maintenance of this middle-aged man, this age is even more difficult to determine.

As Roland said, this middle-aged man is not bad from head to toe, with a suit and leather shoes, a neat hairstyle, and a style from the inside out. But Zheng Zheng won't be bluffed by his style, so what's the matter with another style? Isn't he still pitted by a bronze balance? Isn't he still a fat sheep? Although this is his home field, but in terms of antiques, it is Zheng Zheng's home field, and Zheng Zheng can still be frightened by his fan who supports him?

Seeing Zheng Zheng walk in, the middle-aged man put down the wine glass in his hand, stood up and took two steps forward, and smiled as he stretched out his hand: "You are Mr. Zheng Zheng? I'm Nikolai Anna, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Hello, Mr. Anna. Zheng Zheng walked up to him at the right time, shook his hand, and smiled, "Thank you for taking the time to meet me." ”

Nikolai Anna smiles: "I love art and I prefer to talk to people who are knowledgeable. You may be seated, Mr. Cheng. ”

As the two sat down, Nikolai Anna asked, "Mr. Zheng, would you like some red wine or some brandy?" I have a few good vintages to share with Mr. Zheng. ”

Zheng Zheng shook his head slightly and smiled, and said, "I'm not good at wine tasting, just give me a cup of tea." ”

Nikolai Anna nodded and asked, "Is Mr. Zheng used to smoke cigars or cigarettes?"

"Cigarettes," Zheng Zheng smiled, "It's better to get used to cigarettes." ”

"Okay, wait a minute. Nikolai Anna nodded at Zheng Zheng, stood up and walked to the side, and went to pour tea for Zheng Zheng.

After he stood up and turned to walk away, the corners of Zheng Zheng's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile that was not a smile at all.

Zheng Zheng is not professional in wine tasting or something, but he knows Wang Di, who is good at it. When Wang Di complained to him about some pretending to be a criminal, he also brought Zheng Shanpao to popularize these knowledge, adding up bits and pieces, Zheng Zheng also heard a lot of knowledge about tasting red wine from Wang Di. It can be said that if Zheng Zheng wants to, he can shake a glass of red wine with an impeccable approach, and then say a large list of professional words for tasting red wine.

But Zheng Zheng didn't do it, for the simple reason that Zheng Zheng wanted to show weakness to Nikolai Anna.

It is foreseeable that after talking about antiques, which is a topic of Zheng Zheng's expertise, Zheng Zheng will achieve an overwhelming victory over Nicolas Anna in all aspects. Even if Zheng Zheng didn't want to, after Nikolai Anna made a simple comparison between the two, he himself could realize that he was far inferior to the young man's knowledge of antiques. After all, Zheng Zheng was taught by those professors by cramming, although the specific identification is a bit problematic, but if you talk about theory, ordinary people can't talk about Zheng Zheng at all.

And after Nikolai Anna realized the gap between the two, no matter how big his heart was, he would have a little sense of loss and unhappiness in his heart. If Nicolas Anna's mind is not small to a certain extent, then his emotions are unlikely to affect the cooperation between the two, but it is always a good thing to have emotions, and it is best to eliminate them in advance, right?

Therefore, Zheng Zheng wants to show weakness to Nicolas Anna in the area that he is good at, so that he will have a sense of superiority that "this young man can't compare with me after all, and has less knowledge". In this way, after Zheng Zheng's overwhelming victory over him in antiques, Nicolas Anna had this sense of superiority at the bottom in his heart, and he was more or less comfortable.

He said he didn't know how to taste wine, and that's it. In the same way, the choice of cigarettes among cigars and cigarettes is also for this.

Zheng Zheng's idea is to put it bluntly, it is the eight words "show people to be weak, and then take them". This is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do, Zheng Zheng is young and vigorous and competitive, and it is not easy to do this well.

A short time later, Nikolai Anna returned with a tray containing a glass of red wine, a cup of tea, a cigar and a box of cigarettes.

Zheng Zheng wanted this effect, otherwise how could he make Nikolai Anna's heart feel as comfortable as possible after a while, didn't he? He smiled and took a sip of tea from the teacup, and took out a cigarette, but instead of lighting it, he picked up the briefcase and took out the bronze balance placed inside.

When Nikolai Anna saw him tonight, he had to think a little about his skills as an "archaeologist", so it was most appropriate for the bronze scales to come out now. It would be abrupt to say that Nikolai asked him to take it out when he wanted to appraise the antique.

However, when Zheng Zheng took out the bronze scale, Nikolai Anna's face on the side changed, and he looked a little embarrassed. This expression flashed on his face, but it was still noticed by Zheng Zheng.

Putting the bronze balance on the table, Zheng Zheng smiled at Nikolai Anna and said, "This is my portable ashtray, I have used it for a long time, I am used to it, I hope you don't mind, Mr. Anna." ”

Zheng Zheng and Roland were angry, knowing what Roland said to Nicolas Anna and didn't say anything. Among them, Zheng Zheng bought the bronze balance that Roland handled for Nikolai, and Roland didn't talk to Nikolai. As for how the two met, Roland just told Nikolai that Zheng Zheng was a sharp-eyed archaeologist he met at the flea market. Roland felt that Nicolas might use him, and Zheng Zheng himself had the intention of developing in Europe, so he introduced Zheng Zheng to Nicolas Anna.

Therefore, Zheng Zheng revealed a meaning in and out of his words, that is: "This is not the bronze balance that pits you, don't worry, I don't know about your troubles." ”

Sure enough, Nikolai Anna listened to Zheng Zheng's words, and for a moment, he felt a little relieved. Zheng Zheng saw it in his eyes and didn't say anything.

"May I look at the scale?" asked Nikolai Anna, looking at the bronze scales.

He had just been pitted by the same bronze balance before, and now that he saw an identical one, he was a little curious, which was also a normal thing. Zheng Zheng understood this feeling in Nicolas Anna's heart, but did not reject him. Anyway, apart from himself, no matter how anyone else looks at this bronze scale, they can't see the foundation of the bronze balance: "Please." ”

Nikolai Anna took the bronze balance in both hands and looked at it over and over for a while, frowning from time to time, as if he was pondering something. Others may not know, but his actions fell in Zheng Zheng's eyes, but Zheng Zheng saw clearly what he was thinking about. Nothing else, this Anna is now looking at this bronze scale, trying to find out the difference between it and the bronze balance that cheated him.

Of course, he couldn't find the difference between the two bronze scales. Zheng Zheng compared the two bronze balances, and from the appearance point of view, the two bronze balances are completely identical, except that Zheng Zheng's bronze balance has some more rust marks, while the imitation bronze balance does not have so many rust marks.

After looking at it for a while, Nikolai Anna didn't see anything wrong. He put the bronze balance down and asked Zheng Zheng, "This ashtray of Mr. Zheng is really a work of art...... Can you tell me how this scale, which is comparable to a work of art, came into Mr. Zheng's hands?"

"I bought this from an antique shop when I was in China. ”

Zheng Zheng casually flicked the cigarette ash into the weighing pan of the scale, and said: "This is not a work of art, but a handicraft with a strange statue." Speaking of which, this is a bit of a difficult story to talk about, but Mr. Anna, you ask, and I'll tell you about it. ”