Chapter 203: The Xu Family's Methods

"The Xu family?"

"Well, they've been starting lately." Liu Liu agreed, but didn't say anything more.

This kind of thing is not very suitable for talking on the phone, many things have to be sat down and said slowly, especially the longer Liu Liu does intelligence, the more cautious he becomes. Zhao Long also greeted Su Zibing, and asked Su Zibing to find someone around him to secretly teach Liu Liu some more professional things. They were all professional spies, and after learning from them, Liu Liu hardly said anything too important on the phone.

Back to Haicheng Cultural Antique Street, there is a sudden feeling of loneliness, because the surrounding desertion is uncomfortable, occasionally a few pedestrians walk around this kind of street, and it is also the kind of ordinary tourists who go wrong to come and shop. At this moment, the situation of the whole street, just like before Zhao Long rented the main store of Tianyan Antique Point, is about to be closed.

When Zhao Long returned to the backyard, Liu Liu, Fat Man, Hu Lao, and Xu Lao were already waiting there.

"It's only been a few days, why are your expressions so solemn." Zhao Long came in with a smile and casually threw some special snacks brought back from Hangzhou to the fat man, which was bought at a special food store on the side of the road when he came back.

"Let's eat later, boss, you think of a way first, the situation is a little difficult now, and the Xu family's strategy of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle is too ruthless." The fat man took the food, but it was rare that he didn't open it immediately to eat, but sighed and looked at Zhao Long for help.

"Don't worry, tell me what's going on." Zhao Long asked everyone to sit down, and looked at Liu Liu first.

Liu Liudao: "At the beginning, everything was quite normal, their prices were a little lower than ours, this kind of price battle is effective in antique shops, but not as big as other places." If you look like some things that are more abundant, some coins, antiques, stamps, and other things that are cheaper, we can not sell them for the first time. After all, the real big ones are some rare things, unique things, but in the auctions we have in succession, the things that are sold at a high price will be followed by the same things, and the prices are much cheaper than ours. ”

"And...... The things that have been handed down are also genuine, like porcelain from the Qing Dynasty, some things from the official kilns of the Song Dynasty, or some ancient jade and the like. Hu Lao added on the side.

"Such a quiet situation has made many big collectors resist and wary of our Sky Eye, and we rarely go to auctions again, and even many people will not buy them. Not only that, but some antique dealers in other cities also temporarily cut off contact with us for various reasons, and then many true and false rumors spread in the industry, making the business of our Tianyan antique shop plummet, and the image was greatly affected. Although the matter is very serious, Liu Liu is also very good now, and calmly tells the matter to Zhao Long.

"Boss, the Xu family has sinister intentions, this is the signboard that wants to destroy our Tianyan antique shop." The fat man said angrily on the side, unconsciously exerting force in his hands, and the food that Zhao Long brought him suddenly made him crush a lot. The fat man has not stopped cultivating now, he is already at the level of an intermediate martial artist, and his body is still so fat, but he is more energetic, more energetic, more flexible in his movements, and more energetic when he speaks.

"At first, I suspected that we had internal ghosts, otherwise how could they get almost the same things, except for some calligraphy and paintings, which are not available for the time being, almost everything else can get the same, and even better than the ones we sell here. And it's all true, there are many big collectors who will come to us to return things later, and even some people who have bought them before have also returned, and the funds of our Tianyan antique shop have been occupied a lot, and some later development plans have to be temporarily shelved. Because you have been absent during this time, we have been trying to solve it, but ............" Liu Liu smiled helplessly at the end, obviously they couldn't solve this problem.

Hu Lao was very puzzled on the side and said: "I can't figure it out, how did they do it, how could there be such a coincidence." Could it be that their family is a treasure trove in the palace, hiding the world's treasures, otherwise it would be difficult for this industry to hurt people with this, but they really did it, and they really did it. Now we have a large backlog of antiques in our hands, but no one dares to buy them, and we can't sell them at all. ”

"I've been playing with antiques all my life, and now I realize that what I know is not like that at all." Xu Lao also sighed slightly and said.

If Zhao Long knew about this matter before going to Hangzhou, he would also be confused and couldn't figure it out, just like Hu Lao said, could it be that his Xu family has a treasure house in the palace, otherwise how could he have so many things that are almost the same, or even better quality, and then take them out to fight the Tianyan antique shop.

But now it's different, Zhao Long has been with Pang Yunlong and Tie Zhi recently. Although the Baguazhang sect has only been inherited for more than a hundred years, they also know some of these major sects and families that have been passed down for a long time. Their strength and heritage are not what ordinary people can imagine, a big family that has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, especially this kind of martial arts family, the treasures in their family are probably not much worse than the treasures in the palace.

Pang Yunlong once said that even now they have begun to make some reserves. The so-called reserve is to buy the paintings of some famous or potential contemporary painters, and to collect rare and special handicrafts in modern times, which are also varied, and then have a special person to keep them secretly. Of course, there are also some modern antiques or other things that will gradually increase in value over time.

Just like what Tie Zhi said when they were chatting at the time, the things they used in their lives in the past, such as some modern scarce wood, were just things that they could buy very cheaply in the past, but now they can be sold for a higher price. This is also the benefit of living a long time, if the peak martial arts master who can live to be one hundred and fifty years old wants to make money, it is very easy, as long as he keeps some things from decades ago, he will continue to appreciate in value, not to mention that people like them are generally not short of money, and will save a large amount.

This is just a sect that has been established for more than a hundred years, and if it is a sect that has been around for thousands of years, how terrifying it will be. So when they heard that Zhao Long was doing antiques, Pang Yunlong and they had mentioned that they must have a good relationship with those big families that have been inherited for thousands of years, and they all have things in their hands that are enough to greatly depreciate the goods in the entire antique world. They usually ship slowly, but once they go crazy and sell things, then the so-called antiques worth thousands of dollars are now worthless. Even the Xu family's way has caused the price of antiques to plummet.

"Boss, you're going to have something to say." Seeing that Zhao Long didn't say anything immediately after listening to it, the fat man was a little anxious. These days, he is very anxious and angry, and he loses his temper with people all day long. Because in the past month, they have thought of countless countermeasures, but they are useless, so it's no wonder if they are not in a hurry. Tianyan had just grown up and suffered this blow.

"What's the use of being anxious, have you forgotten the painting that let you hang in your room some time ago, every time you encounter a major event, there is calm, and you can't solve the problem in a hurry." Zhao Long got up as he spoke, patted the fat man and said, "Have you tried to find someone to cooperate with and get them." ”

"Tried." The fat man said in despair: "We found someone to cooperate, and announced that they would sell things at a price that was a few percent lower than the normal price, but they would still sell the same things at a lower price, and we also collected some of them." But they seem to have an endless supply of goods, and after we received tens of millions of dollars in goods one after another, we found that they were obviously not afraid at all, even if they sold us at one-tenth of the original price, they dared to sell. Only to find that we simply couldn't afford to buy much more with the money we had on hand. If all these goods are pressed in their hands, once they ship them in large quantities, the price of these things will be smashed to a lower price, then we will all rot in our hands, and they will get their wish. ”

"Typical of hurting people." Liu Liu said coldly: "But their roots are too big, and if they are injured, we can't." ”

What they can think of, Liu Liu, the fat man, Hu Lao, and Xu Lao can also think of it, after all, they are not ordinary people, and they have been trying to find a way for more than a month, but they lack something. lacks that domineering, the courage to break the boat, and even more lacks the ability to make decisions. Zhao Long was absolutely relieved that they were carrying out the order, but they were always lacking in being the masters alone.

"Receive." Zhao Long said firmly: "As long as they dare to ship at a price more than 30% lower than the market, we will collect as much as he has, and if the money is not enough, I will borrow it." ”

"Boss, don't be impulsive............" When Hu Lao heard this, he thought that Zhao Long was angry and wanted to fight with the other party.

Xu Lao also hurriedly said: "Don't worry, think of a way slowly, this impulse can't solve the problem." ”

The fat man clenched his fists, and Liu Liu continued to listen calmly.

"Don't worry, I don't have any impulses, don't worry, they don't dare to ship so indiscriminately and completely destroy the antiques and antique market, because not only they have these things, but there are actually many people who have goods in the market. If he dares to ruin this business, someone will settle accounts with them. "They don't understand that although the Xu family is not weak, there are many families like them or even stronger than them.

"Boss, another problem is that we don't directly use force or deal with it, but the people who help us do things keep having accidents. Especially the one who helped us buy their stuff like that, has been ...... Two of them died and three were injured, and if it is a large-scale acquisition, I am afraid that it will ............" Liu Liu said worriedly.

The temperature in the room suddenly rose ............ "boom", and everyone felt that the air was heavy, as if they were about to suffocate. Zhao Long's feet exploded instantly, and then with him as the center, the floor of the entire room was broken inch by inch, and Zhao Long's eyes when he looked at Liu Liu became cold as they had never been: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

(To be continued)