London is only a few hundred kilometers away from Paris in a straight line, and the plane flew for about an hour before landing at the London airport. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although the distance is very close, after getting off the plane, Xi Qing obviously felt that the temperature in London was a few degrees lower than in Paris, and the air did not seem to be as good as Paris.

Before coming to London, Tao Xiaoman informed his father's friends in the London company and his family's power, but Tao Xiaoman did not tell Xi Qing about this.

The Tao family has a company in London, specializing in jewelry, and the Tao family has been helping the British royal family design jewelry, which is considered the jewelry designer of the British royal family, so this friend is also quite preferential in the United Kingdom, and he can drive the car directly into the airport.

There are more old buildings in London than in Paris, cars driving on the old and damp streets, and Xi Qing's mind also has a description of the city of London in the book.

London is the capital, largest city and largest port in the United Kingdom, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in Europe and one of the world's four world-class cities, along with New York in the United States, Paris in France and Tokyo in Japan.

Since the beginning of the century, as the capital of the British Empire, a world empire, London has become the largest city in the world because of its outstanding achievements in the fields of politics, economy, humanities and culture, science and technology.

London is also a very diverse metropolis, with residents from all over the world, diverse races, religions and cultures, more than 3oo languages spoken in the city, and London is also a world-famous tourist destination, with a large number of attractions and museums.

It's just that after the Second World War, Britain's influence on the world pattern was much worse than that of Queen Victoria, and during Victoria's reign, Britain was undoubtedly the most powerful country in the world, not one of them.

However, as the capital of the old empire, London is still very deep, the ancient Tower Bridge on the Thames, the Palace of Westminster, which is listed as one of the world cultural heritage, and St. Paul's Cathedral, the representative of Baroque architecture, all interpret the historical and cultural heritage of the city.

Xi Qing's impression of the United Kingdom, including London, is more to stay in the English League, in recent years, the development of British football has been extremely rapid, and it has passed the Italian League, which is known as the small World Cup, and has become one of the top five leagues in Europe.

The hotel where Xi Qing and his crew members stayed was arranged by Tao Xiaoman's father's staff in London, and it is an internationally renowned five-star hotel, and the venue of the International Jewelry Fair is also held in this hotel, which can be said to be very convenient.

Xi Qing was very excited today, plus he took a plane just now, and the whole person felt a little tired mentally, and after entering the hotel, he lay down and went to sleep directly, but Xi Qing felt that he didn't sleep for long, and his mobile phone rang.

"Who?" Tao Xiaoman's voice sounded beside him.

"It's Brother Bai, you go to sleep first, I'll go out and answer the phone......"

Xi Qing stepped out of bed, came to the living room, and pressed the answer button.

"Hey, Xi Qing, okay, your museum matter, it's not a big problem......"

Director Bai said quickly, and before Xi Qing could hear what was going on, he hung up the phone and looked at the wall clock hanging in the living room, Xi Qing suddenly hated the itchy root of his teeth, I'm easy, it's three o'clock at night, why are you tossing me.

Early the next morning, Xi Qing slept for a few hours, and was pulled up by Tao Xiaoman, because the opening ceremony of the London International Jewelry Fair was about to be held today, Tao Xiaoman's father's company participated in the London International Jewelry Fair, Tao Xiaoman is also the boss in theory, as the spokesperson of Dad, Dad is the gold medal winner of the last fair, and they must participate in the opening ceremony.

Xi Qing didn't know what to do, and after Tao Xiaoman said it briefly, Xi Qing said to accompany.

After cleaning up, Xi Qing put on a black suit, a white bow tie, and Tao Xiaoman, who was wearing a cheongsam, left the room and came to the expo venue on the third floor of the hotel.

Founded in 1956, the London International Jewellery Fair has attracted buyers and suppliers from various countries in the jewellery, gift and related industries, and over the years, the London International Jewellery Fair has provided a large number of high-quality jewellery products to international buyers.

Jewelers from all over the world are proud that their jewelry can win awards at the London Jewelry Fair, and winning awards means that they can get more attention.

For example, after Tao Xiaoman's father won the gold medal last year, he received orders from jewelry buyers in many countries.

"Sir, Madam, please show your invitations......"

The entire third floor is the venue of the exhibition, covering an area of thousands of square meters, which is full of jewelry booths from various countries and private countries, but when they entered the door, Xi Qing and Tao Xiaoman were stopped by the guards at the door.

"What? Not just a casual visit? ”

After Tao Xiaoman took out two invitations from his handbag and entered the venue, Xi Qing asked in surprise.

"Of course not, at an fair like this, all the jewellery in it can be sold, and if you want to come in and visit or buy jewellery, you have to pay £5o for ......"

Tao Xiaoman's words made Xi Qing speechless, 5o pounds is six or seven hundred RMB, the price of this ticket is much more expensive than in China, like the Hi-Tech Fair, Canton Fair or something, a ticket is only a few dozen yuan.

Not only that, after entering the venue, Xi Qing knew that these booths like the venue are charged, and the price is extremely high, the general booth is about 4oo pounds per square meter, if you add the cost of decoration and lighting, the cost of almost a booth will be more than one million RMB.

However, according to Tao Xiaoman's words, these costs are worth it, Dow Jewelry spent more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars on the exhibition last year, but the orders received are as much as 300 million Hong Kong dollars, and the pros and cons of this are naturally not difficult to judge.

Along the aisles in the middle of the exhibition halls, Xi Qing and Tao Xiaoman walked inside, and they could see that although it was called a jewelry fair, some of the things on display in these exhibition halls had gone out of the category of jewelry.

In addition to the branded jewelry of some well-known companies, there are also showrooms specializing in second-hand jewelry, children's jewelry, costume jewelry, fashion jewelry, and luxury jewelry.

In addition to these jewelry exhibits, there are also some antiques and gift exhibition halls, which makes Xi Qing very interested, which is a bit like a domestic temple fair, maybe you can also find some good objects.

At this time, most of the people in the exhibition hall are exhibitors from various countries, waiting for the opening of the expo, and some people are busy arranging their exhibition hall booths.

In the middle of the exhibition hall, there is a space of about a few hundred square meters, and there is only one jewelry display cabinet, which is displayed, and a jewelry in the glass cover of the display cabinet was sent by Tao Xiaoman's father in advance. This is also the practice of the conference, to hold an award ceremony for the previous gold medal jewelry at this fair.

After waiting for about ten minutes, all the exhibitors and buyers who participated in the expo gathered in this open space, and a gray-headed host stood in the center of the venue, in front of the purple-eyed jade necklace booth.

It seems that these opening ceremonies at home and abroad are all similar, and the host first introduced some of the dignitaries who came to attend the opening ceremony, including the mayor of the city of London.

Fortunately, these VIPs only came to cheer, and they did not make a speech like those leaders in China.

"Next, I would like to invite Miss Tao Xiaoman from China Mansey Jewelry Group to receive the gold medal certificate of the last expo......"

Mansey Jewelry, what the hell?

Xi Qing didn't know that this Manshi jewelry was Tao's jewelry, the vine was Tao Xiaoman's vine, and the poem was to obtain Tao Xiaoman's mother's poem.

The process of the opening ceremony went very quickly, and a few minutes later, the host mentioned Tao Xiaoman's name, and after the award ceremony, the expo was officially opened.

After the opening, Xi Qing and Tao Xiaoman, led by the staff of Bi's Jewelry, came to the exhibition hall belonging to Dow Jewelry.

In this jewelry exhibition, Xi Qing did not know Tao Xiaoman's identity, but the more Xi Qing felt, it seems that the Tao family is not simple, the power of Tao Xiaoman's family has extended to London, and it is really powerful, jewelry company, people here are mainly based on Tao Xiaoman's opinions, and Tao Xiaoman respects Xi Qing very much, so that the staff here are extremely respectful to Xi Qing.

"Do you have any comments on our jewelry?" A manager said.

"It's good, you guys go according to the plan, Tao Xiaoman and I have some other things to do......

Xi Qing took a general look, and most of the jewels in the glass cabinets of these booths were red jade jewelry that they had gambled on from Myanmar this year.

The jewelry made of this batch of materials, although in terms of grade, can only be regarded as A goods, but it is not up to the top jade jewelry, but for women, they have always preferred red, so this will be next to the booth, standing a lot of jewelry buyers, inquiring about the price of jewelry.

"Tao Xiaoman, our task is completed, right? Don't tell me your story. ”

Xi Qing and Tao Xiaoman sat on the leisure sand in their own exhibition hall, and asked a little boredly, his mind had already gone to several exhibition halls selling Chinese and foreign artworks, but Xi Qing was not interested in this business. As for Tao Xiaoman's identity, he was a little curious.

"Well, the company has arranged the rest of the matter, we don't have anything to do, but I don't have anything to say, my father has shares in this company, it's as simple as that......"

Tao Xiaoman nodded, she didn't like this kind of occasion very much, if it weren't for the family's business, she wouldn't have shown up at all.

"Well, since it's okay, you don't want to talk more about your family, I won't ask more, you go back to your room to change your clothes first, and then let's go around, tomorrow I have an appointment with Silberg, and we'll go back after talking about things......"

Xi Qing stood up when he heard this, he is not the kind of person who likes to inquire about others, but now the first thing he did was to let Tao Xiaoman go back to the room to change clothes, his woman was wearing such revealing clothes, and she was stared at by everyone, he couldn't sit idly by.

To be honest, Xi Qing couldn't wait to take a sheet and wrap Tao Xiaoman tightly.

Then again, the jade necklace worth hundreds of millions of dollars on Tao Xiaoman's neck, which is also what their family wants to wear, but it is not safe to wear it, in this world, there is a group of jewelry dadao, staring at those expensive ornaments, Tao Xiaoman looks good wearing a necklace, but it is also the source of trouble.

After listening to what Xi Qing said, after returning to the room, Tao Xiaoman asked the hotel's valuable items management center to keep the necklace.

After changing their clothes, the two came to an exhibition hall that sold handicrafts and gifts, in foreign countries, antiques are uniformly called works of art, and their market norms and grades are more detailed than the classification of Chinese antiques.

In this room, there are some antique jewelry with relatively dull colors, as well as some oil paintings, of course, the work of some new artists.

In addition, there are some rusty bronzes, the appearance of these things made Xi Qing interested, but when he walked to the glass booth and probed with the warm current in his hand, he was immediately disappointed, these things were all fake.

Xi Qing has long heard that in the Nanhe area, there is a village specializing in the production of bronze handicrafts, the craftsmanship is very high, and the old-fashioned technique is also very clever, almost fake.

There are many antique dealers with bad character who often go there to order bronzes, but although the people there will make objects according to the will of others, but every time they sell an object, they will leave a bill with a bill written on it, which must be modern handicrafts.

In this way, even if those antique dealers take these things to cheat and deceive, they will not be able to find the village, and even if someone comes to the door with fake objects, they can take out the photos of the bottom list, which can make the people who bought the fake goods speechless.

Another characteristic of the bronzes made in that village is that even if most of them are exported, the foreign exchange created by the village in a year accounts for more than half of the entire county.

Judging from the manufacturing process of these bronzes, Xi Qing can almost conclude that these objects must have been brought out of China, and they were made in that village.

Several salespeople are working hard to explain the value of these things to some buyers and tourists.

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