Meng Zitao smiled at Xun Ziqing and said: "Actually, the reason why I don't want to do business with Boss Tian is because I felt that he was not very sincere at that time, and wanted to do business with me, honesty should be put in the first place, and it is not a problem to look at anything, if you deceive me, you will have to pay the corresponding price!"

Xun Ziqing smiled and said: "Mr. Jiang, I can understand your thoughts, and I do the same in business, I hate others to deceive me the most, it seems that we should be able to cooperate happily." ”

Meng Zitao said with a smile: "That's the best, in fact, the supply problem does not need me to solve it personally, I just happened to participate in the meeting, I didn't expect that there were a lot of twists and turns, it seems that the people below are really not easy." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head with some emotion.

"It's really hard to do this business, sometimes for a piece of goods, we have to suffer from wind and rain and hunger, but who told us to choose this business?"

"That's for sure, after all, no one can guarantee that he won't be eye-catching, let alone me. Meng Zitao said.

"Oh, I don't know which experts Mr. Jiang invited to appraisal?" Xun Ziqing hurriedly said: "I don't mean anything else, mainly thinking about whether I will have the opportunity to communicate with experts in the future." ”

"There's definitely a chance. ”

Meng Zitao casually said the names of several experts, pointed to the Jiajing Wucai and said, "I don't know if this porcelain can be transferred to me?"

Xun Ziqing said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Jiang, I also said just now, these porcelains are actually not owned by me personally, if you want, I can only notify you on your behalf, if the other party is willing, I will contact you again, how about it?"

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about the rest." As I told you this morning, I won't pay the full amount, so that's fine. ”

Xun Ziqing said: "There is indeed no problem with this, but if it is too little, the owner may not be reluctant." ”

Meng Zitao smiled faintly and said: "Then have you made it clear to the owner that this kind of transaction will increase profits." ”

Xun Ziqing nodded and said, "I also said this, but they haven't cooperated with you after all, and they don't trust you very much." Of course, if you can clear the funds within a month, then there is no problem. ”

"It's definitely not going to work in a month, at least once every two months. Meng Zitao said: "Mr. Ji, there will always be difficulties in doing business, and money does not fall from the sky." Also, don't worry about me running away, I also have a property in New York that I can mortgage. ”

Xun Ziqing smiled and said: "I definitely believe you, but in order to get these porcelain, I also advanced funds, you see if you can give a third first, I can also turn around." ”

Meng Zitao shook his head: "You make it difficult for me to do this, after all, I also have to consider my cost, right?" ”

"Then how much can you give me?" asked Xun Ziqing directly.

"This number. ”

"That's too little, add more. ”

After some bargaining, the two sides negotiated the deposit, and Meng Zitao was quite satisfied with the amount of the deposit, because even if the other party ran away, he would not lose money.

It was agreed that a lawyer was hired to sign the agreement yesterday, and Meng Zitao left with Cao Gang.

On the way back to the hotel, Meng Zitao received a call from Tian Youqi.

"Boss Tian, I don't know what's going on?" Meng Zitao's tone was relatively cold.

Tian Youqi first solemnly apologized to Meng Zitao, and then said, "Mr. Jiang, I heard that you are doing business with Ji Xi?"

Meng Zitao said: "I think Boss Ji is more reliable, so I tried to get in touch, is there any problem?"

Tian Youqi said: "Mr. Jiang may not know much, in fact, Ji Xi's character is not good, he is good at casting a long line to catch big fish, so far, at least five or six buyers have suffered big losses in his hands." I suggest that Mr. Jiang should be careful. ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "I really don't know much about Ji Xi, as for his character, I will send someone to investigate later, thank you Boss Tian for the reminder." ”

Seeing that Meng Zitao didn't seem to care very much, Tian Youqi was a little anxious and said, "Mr. Jiang, you don't know, Ji Xi is actually using a fake name now, and his real name is Xun Ziqing. ”

"Oh. Meng Zitao said, "You said it is true?"

Tian Youqi said: "Why should I lie to you about this, and I believe that Mr. Jiang can investigate." ”

Meng Zitao was silent for a moment: "However, the person was introduced by Boss Chen. ”

Tian Youqi explained: "Lao Chen didn't know about this, and he was relatively hidden, and I only learned about it by chance. ”

"Well, thanks for the reminder, I'll take notice. Meng Zitao said: "Boss Tian, I don't know what else you have to do?"

Tian Youqi said: "Yesterday's incident was indeed my fault, so I also got a batch of goods, I wonder if Mr. Jiang has time?"

Meng Zitao asked, "Where to go?"

"Just come to my shop. Tian Youqi said the address of his antique shop.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute. ”

A moment later, Meng Zitao and Cao Gang came to Tian Youqi's antique shop, and Tian Youqi greeted them at the door and apologized for yesterday's incident.

Meng Zitao waved his hand: "The matter is over, let's look forward." ”

Tian Youqi said yes with a smile, and then welcomed the two into the store.

Meng Zitao looked around, the furnishings in the store looked relatively ordinary, and they were basically porcelain-based, and there were also some knick-knacks, and a stone was placed on the right.

The shape of this stone is somewhat abstract, it looks a little like a hand, and from another angle, it looks like an eagle in the sky, which looks quite peculiar.

After a closer look, Meng Zitao found that this stone was actually a crystal rough stone.

Tian Youqi saw Meng Zitao looking at the crystal rough, and said with a smile: "This crystal rough is actually a customer of mine, who owes me money and mortgaged it, I think it's good, so I put it here as an ornamental stone." There were also some customers who thought it was good and wanted to buy it, but they just wanted to buy it at the price of gambling stones, and I didn't agree. ”

You may think it is strange, do crystals also have gambling stones?

In fact, for any jewelry and jade, there is more or less "gambling" in the whole process from the mining, acquisition, trading of the rough stone, to the sale after production and processing. Crystal is no exception, in the past, people did not use the word "bet" on the crystal, but in recent years, the popularity of jade gambling stones, there is a "bet crystal" saying.

Because the rough stone is covered with a layer of skin, it is impossible for people to see through the texture and color of the inside at a glance, so whether the inside is good or not depends on luck to a certain extent, which has a "betting" nature.

Normally, after seeing a piece of rough crystal (many rough crystal sellers will open a small window on the rough stone, through which the buyer can observe), the buyer judges the appearance of the inside based on experience, and cuts it after buying, if the purity, transparency, color are very good, or there are unique inclusions, it may be worth a lot of money, and if the color is not good, then the money may be wasted.

Meng Zitao walked over and saw a window open in a place on the rough stone: "This is actually a gambling stone, right?"

Tian Youqi nodded and said: "It is indeed a gambling stone, but the gambling nature of the crystal is not high, unlike the jade gambling stone, it is purely a new gambling stone, which is nothing to practitioners." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, compared to jade, crystal is indeed nothing to bet on.

First of all, jadeite rough can be gambled on, that is because of its internal texture, water, and color are unpredictable. Even experienced people tend to miss, and the luck component is too great, so there is a joking name of "one knife is poor, one knife is rich, and one knife wears sackcloth".

For crystal, the rough stone is mostly transparent or translucent, and the difference between inside and outside is not particularly large, and in most cases its texture can be seen at a glance. It is not particularly difficult for those with professional knowledge and experience to determine the internal texture of the rough crystal, but it may seem a bit mysterious to the beginner collector.

The so-called "betting" must mean that this matter should have a great deal of unpredictability, whether it is for experienced people or beginners, jadeite has this characteristic, you can "bet", crystal is not yet "betting".

Of course, there are also cases of gambling on crystals for hundreds of thousands, but that situation is much less than jadeite.

But Meng Zitao used his ability to find that he had hit good luck again today, and the crystal in this rough stone was very pure, and it could be regarded as the best crystal.

Meng Zitao circled around the crystal and said, "Boss Tian, can you give me this crystal rough stone?"

Tian Youqi waved his hand, looking unconcerned: "Since Mr. Jiang likes it, this crystal rough stone will be given to you." ”

Meng Zitao smiled: "I'm embarrassed about this, as the old saying goes, no merit is not punished, eating people with short mouths, taking people softly, I don't want to be soft for a while, what price, please tell me." ”

Tian Youqi smiled and said, "Hey, this thing is really not worth much, but since Mr. Jiang has concerns, let's talk about the price later." ”

Meng Zitao nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

Tian Youqi closed the door, and then led Meng Zitao into the back room, because he had prepared in advance, all the porcelain had been neatly placed on the table.

Meng Zitao directly used the ability, and the result was a little better than that of Xun Ziqing, and the truth is half and half.

After Meng Zitao pretended to finish reading these porcelains, Tian Youqi asked with a smile: "Mr. Jiang, how do you think the porcelain I have here compares with the porcelain you just saw?"

Meng Zitao nodded and said, "It's slightly better than over there." ”

Tian Youqi said with a smile: "If I can always come up with porcelain of this quality in the future, I wonder if there is any possibility for us to continue to cooperate?"

"As long as there are no moths, of course there is no problem. ”

Meng Zitao said: "However, don't let me push away from that side, I am a businessman, and I won't get along with money." ”

"Understandable. Tian Youqi said: "But I still recommend that you try to be careful." ”

"I will. Meng Zitao nodded, and then discussed with Tian Youqi the current cooperation model, which is still similar to Xun Ziqing, but the deposit needs to be more, anyway, Meng Zitao will not suffer. And that piece of crystal rough is equivalent to half buying and half giving it to him.

still made an appointment to sign an agreement the next day, and Meng Zitao took his leave.

The next day, Meng Zitao signed an agreement with Xun Ziqing and Tian Youqi one after another, and after that, information came one after another

For example, Tian Youqi and Xun Ziqing met secretly, and after a series of spying, they should be relieved of the characters played by Meng Zitao, and then they will inevitably ship in large quantities through Meng Zitao. After some secret conversations, they went their separate ways, and if they didn't know, they wouldn't have been connected at all.

In addition, during this period, some museums have found high-imitation porcelain, and a detailed investigation of the origin has yielded some key clues.

If the high imitation porcelain had no effect on themselves, the Americans would definitely not care about this matter, but now the impact is very large, and it has also brought a lot of economic losses to the museum, and it is impossible to talk about it.

As a result, the two sides hit it off and sent capable forces to investigate, and the progress of the investigation was quite rapid.

In the evening, after summarizing the information, it can be basically confirmed that the nest of the high imitation group should be in a deep mountain that is inaccessible, where there is a research center and production center of high imitation porcelain, and all the high imitation porcelain made of special green materials is made and aged from there, and scattered all over the world.

At this point, the investigation is basically nearing the end, and the next step is to make an arrest.

It was another day of preparation, and the various teams in charge of the arrest carried out a surprise attack on the research and production center deep in the mountains in the early hours of the morning, and at the same time, the police also began to arrest accomplices in various places.

The operation went very smoothly, and except for some who were very lucky and escaped, most of the people involved were arrested.

"Huh?" Meng Zitao looked at the report, a little surprised: "Why did you let Xun Ziqing run away?"

Cao Gang smiled bitterly: "It's also his luck, he happened to be playing in a nightclub, and I don't know what's going on, he noticed it, and then there was no one." ”

"There's no clue at all now?" Meng Zitao asked.

Cao Gang nodded: "Yes, there is no clue, and I don't know where he went." ”

Meng Zitao frowned slightly: "This guy can carefully arrange a trap for his brother, and he can also make others not suspect him, which proves that he is extremely capable, this kind of person cannot be let go, and he must be arrested as soon as possible." ”

Cao Gang said: "But now he seems to have evaporated from the world, without any clues." ”

Meng Zitao pondered for a moment, then got up and said, "I think it is possible that he is secretly observing me, so you and I should go to the antique shop surnamed Chen and see if there will be any clues over there." ”

"Well, wouldn't it be too dangerous for you to go out now. ”

"Don't worry, I know it in my heart, let's go......"