Chapter 124: Tang Wenyuan
The person standing at the edge of Ye Tian's booth was an old man dressed in a Tang suit, full of white hair, and in a gravel spirit.
Although the old man's figure is not very tall, only one meter and seven years old, when he stands there, he has a kind of momentum that has been in the top position for a long time.
Looking at the old man from afar, Ye Tian's eyes narrowed slightly, this is the wealth and nobility mentioned in the face, it seems that this person must belong to the rich family, far from being comparable to these rich people in the field.
The two people who followed the old man, one in his early forties, had an elegant face, wearing an old-fashioned cardigan robe, dressed a little unusually, standing next to the old man, it was also very eye-catching.
As for the other person, it was a burly man, and he didn't seem to have any interest in the objects in the booth, and from time to time a pair of attentive eyes looked at the people passing by, and saw that he should be a bodyguard.
After the incident in the morning, these collectors or bosses in the venue all knew that the jade gourd in Ye Tianna's booth was only for sale, and the carving was clumsy, so no one stopped here, and the three of them stood there quite conspicuously.
Seeing Ye Tian and the others walking straight to the edge of the booth, the old man and the middle-aged man who were originally talking stopped and looked at Wei Hongjun with inquiring eyes, in their opinion, Wei Hongjun should be the owner of this jade gourd.
"How many, this thing ......, yours?" The old man's voice was very loud, but with a Cantonese accent.
Wei Hongjun's eyesight was not bad, and he recognized at a glance that among these people, it was mainly the old man, and he immediately said, "Old man, are you interested in this thing?" ”
"It's kind of a rise....
The old man nodded, pointed to the jade gourd in the booth and said, "I wonder if you can take it out and show me first?" ”
"This ......".
Wei Hongjun looked at Ye Tian when he heard this, the thing was not his, and he had no right to call the shots.
"Of course, please look at the ...... old man."
Ye Tian smiled, took out the key and opened the glass cabinet, but when he took out the jade gourd, he didn't hand it to the old man, but directly handed it to the middle-aged man next to the old man.
"Huh?"
Ye Tian's actions made the old man and the middle-aged man show a trace of surprise in their eyes at the same time, and then the old man nodded slightly, and the middle-aged man reached out and took the jade gourd.
"Mr. Tang? Why are you here? Let me find ...... for a while. ”
Just as the middle-aged man was about to look at the objects in his hand, a group of people suddenly walked towards them, led by a foreigner with white sideburns, but he spoke fluent Chinese.
"George, thank you for the invitation, I'm late, so I'll go around ...... myself."
Seeing the foreigner in his fifties, the old man's face also showed a smile, but the body standing there did not move at all, and he stretched out a hand and shook it with the other party.
George's arrogant attitude towards the old man was taken for granted, and he was a little flattered by the old man's action of reaching out first, so he hurriedly held the old man's right hand with both hands and said, "Mr. Tang, you can come, it really makes this place shine" ,...
George knew in his heart that he was just the head of the auction agency's Asian affairs, and this old man was a super predator who could directly talk to the boss, and the identities of the two were not on the same level at all.
Although George had long known that the old man in front of him would be in Beijing in the next few days, and the post was also sent over, he didn't expect the other party to come, but specifically told the people at the door to notify him immediately if they saw someone coming with this post.
It's just that George and some staff members also went to eat just now, and when they received the news, the old man had already entered the scene, so he took a few staff members to look for him all over the venue.
"Who is that old man? Ignore this foreigner? ”
"Yes, that foreigner is the president of AX Auction Asia, why does he look like he is stammering that old man?"
"I haven't seen this old man, it shouldn't be in our Beijing circle, I'm afraid it's a river dragon, right?"
Because the old man and the middle-aged people around him were dressed in old-fashioned Chinese clothes, which was quite eye-catching, George and others came over, and attracted the attention of many people in the exhibition hall, and some people who liked to watch the excitement came over one after another.
"Young man, shall we talk somewhere else?"
Seeing everyone surrounding, the old man known as Mr. Tang frowned slightly, looked at Ye Tian and said, from Wei Hongjun's actions just now, the old man could naturally see who the owner of this piece of jade was.
"Okay......." Ye Tian nodded, his piece of jade is not an antique, and it has nothing to do with the people here in the exhibition hall, otherwise it would not have been unattended all morning.
Hearing Ye Tian agree, the old man turned his face to George and said, "George, help me find a room, be quiet......." ”
"Okay, Mr. Tang, the ant auction house will take care of all your needs......." After hearing the old man's words, George hurriedly agreed, and took the first step to lead the way in front.
"Mr. Tang? Who is this?
"I know all the well-known collectors surnamed Tang in China, but it seems that there is no one?"
As soon as Ye Tian and the others left, the onlookers became a sensation, and they guessed the identity of the old man one by one.
You know, as the president of this internationally renowned auction house in Asia, George only said a few words at the beginning of the event, and he has not seen anyone in person, and the person who can make him so respectful is definitely not small.
"Does it have to be domestic? I heard the man speak with a Cantonese accent, maybe it's from Hong Kong," a voice rang out in the room, but it suddenly quieted the noisy exhibition hall.
"Hong Kong, surnamed Tang? Mo..., could it be Tang Wenyuan? ”
"It's him, it's definitely him, I've seen his picture in a magazine ......".
"Good boy, it's him? No wonder George looks stammering, yes, he didn't come to ",..." in vain today.
The name Tang Wenyuan seemed to have a magical power, which made those people in the field who could also be famous in Sijiu City talk about it one by one.
"Who is Tang Wenyuan? Why haven't I heard this name? ”
The people in today's occasion are not only businessmen, but also some antique dealers or collectors, and there are many people who have not heard of Tang Wenyuan's name.
"Brother, Tang Wenyuan has never heard of it, let me tell you, he is a legendary ",..."
There are not a few good teachers in the field, and they are talking about it at the moment, it seems that they know Tang Wenyuan's deeds, and they are all very face-revealing things.
Tang Wenyuan was born in Guangdong in the 20s, his family was very poor, and when he was just full of strength in the 40s, he went to Hong Kong with his newlywed wife.
At that time, Hong Kong was not as prosperous as it is now, and it had just experienced the period of the Anti-Japanese War, but it seemed a little depressed, and there were many unemployed people.
However, Tang Wenyuan is a special person who can endure hardships, starting as a salesman for some small household commodities, running from street to house, and secretly learning a lot of sales experience.
Two years after coming to Hong Kong, Tang Wenyuan used the tens of thousands of yuan he had saved to build a small workshop-style factory at home, specializing in the production of some plastic daily necessities.
Due to the low price and good quality, and Tang Wenyuan has accumulated a lot of customers in sales in the past few years, the scale of his small workshop has also expanded step by step.
In the sixties and seventies, when Hong Kong's real estate was in recession, Tang Wenyuan, who had become the king of department stores, entered the real estate industry in one fell swoop, thus becoming one of the super-rich people on Hong Kong Island.
Up to now, the Tang Group's industries have spread throughout various industries such as real estate, clothing, shipping, department stores, etc., and Tang Wenyuan has also been awarded the title of Sir by the Queen of England and a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong, and has firmly occupied the old position in the Chinese rich circle.
Not only that, Tang Wenyuan is also extremely patriotic, a member of the preparatory committee for Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and has gradually developed his business to the mainland over the years, and belongs to the kind of people who are also influential in China.
It can be said that with Tang Wenyuan's current status, he is definitely a figure who can directly talk to the leaders of a country, and it is reasonable that his appearance here caused a sensation.
"Strange, is there really something mysterious about that jade gourd? No, although the jade quality is good, it is a new workman, and the craftsmanship is still very clumsy......".
After hearing the identity of the old man Tang, Long Fei in the crowd frowned, and he could see that the old man Tang seemed to be very interested in the jade gourd.
Long Fei is an expert in playing jade, Gang always has an indescribable feeling when he sees the gourd, if it weren't for Ye Tian's refusal to sell, he would have bought it even if he spent five or six thousand.
"Forget it, go back and ask Lao Wei to see what the hell is going on...... "Everyone has already left, and it is in vain to stay here, Long Fei shook his head and continued to wander around the exhibition hall.
Under the leadership of George, Ye Tian and his entourage entered the lounge in the corner of the exhibition hall, and in this process, George has always been very respectful, and even has a lot of smiles on Ye Tian and the others.
You must know that Tang Wenyuan is not only a businessman, but also a collector, and he is especially concerned about the ancient Chinese art lost abroad, and has spent at least hundreds of millions of yuan in their auction house in recent years.
So after the tea was served, George did not leave, with the level of a guest like Tang Wenyuan, he, the host, must accompany him throughout the process.
Tang Wenyuan didn't say much about George's stay, and when the waiter who served the tea and water went out, he said to the middle-aged man who had been holding the jade gourd in the palm of his hand: "Jin Ming, there are no outsiders, take a look,...。 ”
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