Chapter 549: Running around
Robert was literally at the computer almost all the time, and when he received this message, he immediately reported it to Clarkson, and then hurried out with the other two experts to Rick's farm on the outskirts of the city.
And Clarkson, before leaving, reported the news to the boss. Mark immediately contacted the mysterious people and told them to rush to Rick's Farm as well.
However, the Fasco company didn't know from top to bottom, just when the two groups of people hurriedly rushed to Rick's farm, Jiang Ping returned to bed and fell asleep with Lan Ke'er, who had not woken up yet.
Rick's farm is on the outskirts of Budapest, and it took Robert and the others an hour and a half to arrive. What they didn't know was that a group of people had arrived ten minutes earlier than them, and had already occupied the vantage point with a better view of the surroundings, vigilantly watching the situation around them.
However, Robert and the others waited for nearly half an hour, but they didn't even see a single figure. Even Clarkson was a little out of breath, and couldn't help but whisper to Robert, "You're not in the wrong place, are you?"
"No way. Robert was also confused and said: "Could it be that he is playing with us, impossible, this is a message sent through the black market, so a high-level account, it won't be so boring, right?"
Clarkson also thinks that people who have premium accounts on the black market should not do such things. However, it is also true that I haven't seen the transaction partner at the moment, so I said with a calm face: "Ask on the Internet again, if it doesn't work, call the contact number he left!"
Rob nodded, turned on his laptop, logged on to the black market network, and immediately saw a message from Jiang Ping: The trading location has been changed, see you at the door of the Rose Cafe in the city center at eleven o'clock. Note. Outdated does not wait!
"Hell!" Robert's temper is no matter how good. couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.
It's just over an hour until eleven o'clock. There was a very urgent time to get back to the city center. He didn't bother to explain to Clarkson, and insisted that the others hurry up and get in the car, and then rush to the Rose Cafe in the center of the city.
Because Robert was in a hurry, Clarkson learned that the place and time of the trade had changed after getting in the car. He hurriedly reported the situation to his boss, and when Mark called the mysterious people again, they had been watching Robert and the others' car drive away for several minutes.
In this way, the progress of these mysterious characters lags behind Robert and the others. Coupled with Robert, they are also desperately rushing, and the possibility that they will chase the road forward is even less and less.
However, the Rose Café is not really a place to trade either. After Robert and the others arrived there, they changed places several times in a row, and only then did they contact each other directly by phone, and finally came to the real trading place that Jiang Ping had chosen—a factory on the outskirts of Budapest.
And after running all the way, not only Robert and the others are exhausted, but the mysterious people who maintain one-line contact with Mark are even more embarrassed. They always get the news one step late, plus Jiang Ping is stuck in a tight schedule, and Robert and they are always on the road, so it is impossible to chase the front.
And this is when these mysterious people rushed to the place of trading. There was no time to check if there were any people from the other side nearby, so they could only hurriedly guard the exits everywhere. lest Jiang Ping escape.
When Robert and the others came to Jiang Ping's designated place out of breath, they finally met the trading partner, Jiang Ping, who had undergone makeup.
Jiang Ping's makeup skills are extremely exquisite, not only has his appearance changed significantly, but even his height and temperament are different from usual. At this time, he appeared to be a man with distinctly Eastern European characteristics, and even his English had an Eastern European accent. If people who don't know Jiang Ping see him like this, they must think that the other party is an Eastern European man.
In fact, when Jiang Ping saw Lan Ke'er and the others after putting on makeup, even they were taken aback. No one thought that Jiang Ping's makeup skills were so exquisite.
"Everyone, you're two minutes late!" Seeing Robert and the others striding over, Jiang Ping said in English with an obvious accent: "It's not a good habit to be late!"
Clarkson was already holding back the fire in his belly, and he couldn't help complaining: "We can't be blamed for this, we have almost run all over the city of Budapest in half a day, and it is good to be able to rush here!"
"Hey, this gentleman has an opinion about my approach?" Jiang Ping deliberately said coldly: "If that's the case, then the transaction will be canceled." ”
"Don't, don't. Seeing this, Robert hurriedly came out to play a round: "This gentleman, don't blame him, he has been running for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will have some emotions, hehe......"
"Well, what you say is quite good, so I won't bother with you. Jiang Ping said as a matter of course: "I also do this for self-preservation, it's not easy to mix alone, and I hope you understand!"
When he arrived outside the closed factory, Clarkson had secretly turned on the hands-free mode of his mobile phone at the request of his boss and kept talking to Mark.
So the current conversations of the three of them can all be monitored by Mark in real time. Hearing Jiang Ping's words, Mark couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. As he expected, this seller really acted alone, which is why he did so many tricks to ensure safety.
This made Mark feel a sense of pleasure that everything was under control, and he couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "It's really a lone ranger, hmph, this time I'm going to eat you!"
In fact, Clarkson also lost his temper, and he really didn't want to offend the seller. Since Jiang Ping was already greeting in disguise, he didn't continue to dwell on this issue, but said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, have you brought something, we have to check the goods first." It's said in advance, no problem, right?"
"Of course!" Jiang Ping replied casually, reaching into his clothes to pick something out.
Jiang Ping's action immediately caused Robert and the others to be nervous, and Clarkson actually immediately took out a gun from his pocket, aimed it at Jiang Ping and said loudly: "Don't move!"
Just looking at Clarkson's posture with a gun, Jiang Ping knew that this was a layman. Maybe it's just a few dozen rounds at the range, and then you come out with a gun and it's scary.
Although Jiang Ping was ninety percent sure that he could suddenly move to avoid the bullets fired by the other party, he didn't mean to move, but slowly raised his hand and said with a smile: "Didn't you say a good deal, did you change your mind?"
Jiang Ping guessed correctly, Clarkson was indeed just carrying a gun to scare people. In the final analysis, he is just the management of Fasco, and he is not qualified to have access to the core inside story of the company, so naturally he does not have the courage to shoot and kill people for the sake of the company.
Jiang Ping's calm state also affected Clarkson, he turned the gun off a little and said in a deep voice: "We haven't changed our minds, this is just a precautionary measure, we have to make sure that you are not a threat to us!"
Jiang Ping shrugged indifferently and said, "You can shoot someone to come and check, I didn't bring any weapons." ”
"You go over and take a look!" Clarkson could only send Robert, but he didn't forget to encourage him: "Don't worry, I'm staring at this guy, you won't be in danger!"
In fact, in Jiang Ping's view, Clarkson, who holds the gun in this posture, is a greater threat to Robert. But of course he didn't talk much, just waited for Robert with a smile on his face.
Robert stepped forward tremblingly, searched Jiang Ping's whole body, and then said to Clarkson: "He didn't have a weapon. ”
These words also made Clarkson breathe a sigh of relief, and he hurriedly put away his pistol and said to Jiang Ping: "I just want to be careful, I'm sorry." ”
"It doesn't matter!" Jiang Ping shrugged his shoulders lightly, "Can we start trading now?"
"Of course!" Clarkson also returned to normal, nodding in agreement with Jiang Ping's suggestion.
Jiang Ping was not ambiguous, and directly handed a small shockproof box to Robert. The latter carefully returned to his colleague with the box in his hand, and gently opened it.
"Wow......" As Robert opened the box, the others involuntarily let out an exclamation. The Easter egg in the box is really exquisite, coupled with the effect of Jiang Ping's deliberate aging, which makes this Easter egg a little more historical while being jeweled.
Robert and the others couldn't help but exchange an excited look with each other when they saw this Easter egg for the first time. Several of them are well-deserved experts, and at a glance they feel that this easter egg is genuine. According to the domestic antique industry, this Easter egg is "a good thing to open the door".
Of course, this is a multi-million dollar deal, and Robert and the others dare not be careless. Even though they were fascinated by the Easter egg at first sight, several people got together and began to carefully identify the easter egg.
Jiang Ping has absolute confidence in his craft, and of course he is not afraid that these people will see the clues, so he just said lightly: "Don't worry, take your time." ”
At this time, Robert and the others couldn't care about being polite to Jiang Ping, and they didn't have time to talk to him at all, so all their attention was focused on that little easter egg.
Facts have proved that Jiang Ping's decision to spend a lot of time and energy on imitating this easter egg and to go to France to find the unique pigments of ancient times is very correct. At least three of the four people sent by Fasco today have a deep understanding of ancient pigments.
One of the main points of attention for several people is the paint used in this Easter egg. And they were very satisfied, in any way, the pigment characteristics of this egg are completely consistent with the characteristics of medieval pigments.
Combined with the other aspects of this easter egg, several people finally came to the conclusion after nearly an hour: this is definitely the real thing!
Clarkson exchanged glances with his colleagues, and after making sure that everyone had reached a unified conclusion, he said to Jiang Ping very seriously: "Very good, we are very satisfied with this easter egg!" (To be continued......)
PS: First update.
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