Meng Zitao briefly explained to Lao Yang, and Lao Yang smiled: "This is a good idea, in fact, I have always felt that our current antique market is too old, there are too many problems, and the shops that really have good things in the antique street, except for you and the shopkeeper Wang, are all petty fights." ”

"Let's just say that I visited a few jade shops last Sunday, and I saw two small white jade cigarette holder fragments from the Qing Dynasty and a dragon and phoenix bracelet that imitated Qing Dynasty. ”

"The shops that sell jadeite are mostly jadeite from southern Yunnan, and it is rare to see pit species in Myanmar. And the boss doesn't understand jade at all, and he opens his mouth and closes his mouth This is Khotan and that is also Khotantian, at first glance, all of them are low-imitation old three generations and Ming and Qing jade, the craftsmanship is extremely shoddy, and he dares to ask for 100,000 or hundreds of thousands, which is really speechless. ”

"If it goes on like this, I think the antique market in our Ling City will decline sooner or later, which should be the consensus of people of insight in our circle. ”

Meng Zitao nodded and said: "This also has a certain relationship with the atmosphere of our Ling City, and we can only start from the general environment to change, and it is precisely because of this, coupled with the opportunity that the association wants to cooperate with the tourism department, I thought of this idea, and I don't know what the effect will be." ”

Lao Yang laughed and said: "Teacher Meng, you are worrying about it for nothing, just by virtue of your reputation in China, as long as the things on the cultural street are not bad and have their own characteristics, they will definitely be in the market." ”

"It's a joint effort, and I can't do it alone. ”

Meng Zitao smiled, if Cultural Street wants to succeed, it must need to work hard, and it can't be achieved overnight.

This was put aside in advance, and he asked Zhu Muwei: "Boss Zhu, I don't know which aspect you want to consult?"

Zhu Muwei said with a smile: "As far as I know, you will set up a personal museum, and some of the booths in the museum can be rented, I wonder if I have this opportunity?"

Meng Zitao smiled, Zhu Muwei had a good calculation, and used his museum as a platform to promote business, which was contrary to his original intention, but he thought about it and felt that this matter was not inflexible.

He said: "Boss Zhu, let me put it this way, if you want to exhibit raw materials, it will definitely not work, but if you make raw materials into finished products and reach a certain artistic level, I can still promise you." ”

"What standard does the artistic level have to meet?" Zhu Muwei felt acceptable to Meng Zitao's request, after all, Meng Zitao opened a museum, and it must always be related to artistry.

Meng Zitao replied: "It must be a master-level work. ”

"Do you want to be at the master level?"

"One thing is fine, but other works should also have a quasi-master-level level, I hope Boss Zhu can understand. ”

"Of course, I also agree with Mr. Meng's attitude of striving for excellence, and I hope that we can cooperate happily by then!" Zhu Muwei got up and gave Meng Zitao a glass of wine.

"Happy cooperation!" Meng Zitao drank it all.

Meng Zitao was in a good mood, originally he thought that he would have to pay to invite collectors to bring the collection to his museum for exhibition, but now it seems that as his fame grows louder, it is very likely that someone will rush to ask for the collection to be exhibited.

This is a phenomenon that Meng Zitao is happy to see, but he wants to build his museum into a domestic or even internationally renowned private museum, so he must adhere to the attitude of preferring lack to excess, select suitable collections, and some works with low artistic and cultural value can only be pushed away.

After all, the purpose of Meng Zitao's personal museum, in addition to creating a cultural boutique project for the local area, is mainly to contribute to the spread of Chinese civilization.

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Two days later, Meng Zitao, who had taken care of his work and family chores, flew to Wenling with the army.

Walking out of the airport, Meng Zitao contacted Zhu Muwei's friend by phone, but the other party did not promise to meet Meng Zitao immediately on the grounds that there was something wrong, and the meeting was scheduled for the night after tomorrow, and he would call again at that time.

This kind of person who does partial business is generally very vigilant, and Meng Zitao did not feel strange about this, but he still has to be prepared, especially his current identity, which is easy to cause misunderstanding.

Since it was already evening when they arrived at Wenling, Meng Zitao and Dajun took a car to the reserved hotel to check in, and then rested.

The next morning, as soon as Meng Zitao finished breakfast, someone came to look for him, and the person who came was Qian Xinghang, the person in charge of investigating Ren Dongsheng.

Qian Xinghang, a middle-aged man in his early forties and a very capable appearance, shook hands with Meng Zitao and handed him the investigation report so far.

After a while, Meng Zitao finished reading the report and asked, "Team Qian, according to the report, this Ye Dalu who came into contact with Ren Dongsheng also died, and he died a few days after Ren Dongsheng went back?"

"Yes. Qian Xinghang nodded.

Meng Zitao pondered for a moment and felt that this matter was really strange enough.

According to the report, Ren Dongsheng stayed in Wenling for a while, basically visited every corner of Wenling, and finally found Ye Dalu mentioned in the report, and then they went to sea with several crew members.

As for what happened after going to sea, there is no way to know, because except for the two of them, the rest of the crew did not return, and must have sunk in the sea.

A few days after returning from the sea, Ren Dongsheng returned home and died within a few days, and Ye Dalu actually ended the same way, and inferred from the time, the time of death of the two was about the same, this must not be just a coincidence.

However, now that people are dead, there is no way to know what happened at sea, everything is an unsolved mystery, waiting to be solved, or become a mystery that can never be solved.

Meng Zitao asked again: "Qian team, isn't there anyone who knows, what about their children and family members?"

Qian Xinghang said: "Ren Dongsheng's family is easier to contact, through the investigation, it is unlikely that they know, and Ye Dalu's family is more troublesome, they have been talking about the demolition for five or six years, the family's temper is relatively short-tempered, it is difficult to contact, and it must take a little time." ”

Meng Zitao nodded: "This matter is slowly contacted, there is no hurry, but on the other hand, they may not know the details, otherwise they would have used it to make money a long time ago." ”

Qian Xinghang also thinks this is the truth, of course, all this is just speculation, what should be contacted is still contacted, and it can only be ended when a certain result is finally confirmed.

Meng Zitao then asked, "Also, what is the situation of this Mian Liang written in the report?"

Qian Xinghang replied: "This Mi An Liang is the person who Ren Dongsheng has been in contact with in Wenling for the longest time except for Ye Dalu, but he did not follow Ren Dongsheng to act together, and after Ye Dalu died, he disappeared without a trace, as if the world had evaporated." Because of the long time that has passed, it is difficult to find his current whereabouts and life and death now. ”

In other words, this Mi Anliang is likely to know Ren Dongsheng's purpose for going to sea, and in the case that Ren Dongsheng and the others have died, the importance of this person can be imagined. It's just that now people can't find it and can't do it, so I have to spend time looking for it slowly.

After that, Meng Zitao asked a few more questions, and Qian Xinghang also gave detailed answers.

"Team Qian, thank you for your explanation, thank you for your hard work. Meng Zitao got up and shook hands with Qian Xinghang politely.

Qian Xinghang had a smile on his face: "This is nothing, and I am also very interested in this matter now, and I hope to find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible." ”

Meng Zitao smiled, as long as there is some curiosity, as the investigation deepens, the curiosity will definitely become heavier and heavier.

Since there were still things to do, Qian Xinghang offered his farewell a moment later.

Meng Zitao sent Qian Xinghang to the door, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind: "Team Qian, can you give me a copy of Mi'anliang's information." ”

Qian Xinghang said: "No problem, it's just that we have very little information about the amount of Mi'an we have investigated now." ”

Meng Zitao waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just want to find out." ”

Qian Xinghang nodded: "Okay, then I'll have someone fax the information to you now." ”

"I'm sorry for you. ”

After a while, Mi Anliang's information came over, and then Qian Xinghang also left.

Meng Zitao checked the faxed information, the photo was quite clear, and it could be seen that Mi Anliang was a relatively gentle and elegant man, and he was also in the antique business.

However, before Mi Anliang disappeared, he was more mysterious, saying that he was in the antique business, but there were several business transactions throughout the year, however, Mi Anliang's quality of life was far higher than the living standard of ordinary people at that time, but he looked like a rich boss.

Coupled with other things, investigators speculate that Mi Anliang is likely to be engaged in illegal antique business, and the source of his goods may be dirty goods obtained from tomb robberies or illegal sea fishing cultural relics.

After reading the information of Mi'anliang, Mencius guessed that the source of Mi'anliang's goods could really be the cultural relics fished from the sea, so that Ren Dongsheng's reason for going to sea could be explained, and he must have gotten some news from Mi'anliang.

Even if this guess is not correct, there must be problems with Mi Anliang's business, as the old saying goes, if you don't do bad things, you are not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, if Mi Anliang didn't do bad things, why did he disappear?

It is believed that it is based on this that the investigators have made corresponding judgments and are investigating in this direction.

Meng Zitao thought about it for a while, and felt that he couldn't just wait for the results of the investigators, and he had to take the initiative to attack. So, he made several phone calls one after another, to Shu Ze, Feng Zhengsheng and others, asking them for help, hoping that there would be any channel to get the news of Mi Anliang as soon as possible, and all he could do next was to wait with peace of mind.