Zhan Huafeng sent someone to pick up Xue Chen, and after the two met, they took a car and set off for Carl Smith's residence.

Glancing sideways at Xue Chen, who was sitting on the side, Zhan Huafeng thought for a moment, he had a good conversation with Xue Chen yesterday, and invited Xue Chen to check when he was trading with Carl Smith, so as not to fall into the trap of the old fox Carl Smith.

After Xue Chen left, his henchman Zong Yu said that he trusted Xue Chen too much, saying that after all, he was too young to really have such good eyesight.

He also thought about it afterwards, Xue Chen is indeed young and easy to make people unable to completely develop a sense of trust, but since it has been negotiated, it is impossible to regret it, so he can only take one step at a time.

The car drove all the way out of the city, stopped in front of an iron gate, through the iron gate and fence, you can see that this is a large manor, surrounded by trees, paved with flat grass in the middle, a three-storey tan classical villa stands in the depths of the manor.

Someone came to open the gate, and the Mercedes-Benz drove all the way to the open space dozens of meters in front of the villa, and when he saw someone coming out of the villa to greet him, Xue Chen also got out of the car with Zhan Huafeng.

The person who came was a bearded white man, who looked to be about fifty years old, full of energy, with a ruddy face and a loud voice, greeting Zhan Huafeng in English.

Since Xue Chen can even learn French by himself, English is naturally not a problem.

"Mr. Smith, it's a pleasure to see you again."

"Me too, distinguished guests, please come in, I've got your servants ready for hot coffee."

Carl Smith led Xue Chen, Zhan Huafeng, and Zong Yu towards the villa together.

When I walked to the door, a black security guard standing at the door opened the door, and when several people walked in one after another, suddenly there was a sound of dripping next to the door.

The black security guard looked at Zong Yu vigilantly and said, "Sir, if you have a gun, please take it out, the rule of the villa is that it is forbidden for anyone to have a gun." ”

Just when Zong Yu frowned, Zhan Huafeng said, "Zong Yu, give him the gun for safekeeping." ”

Zong Yu looked a little unhappy and took out a black pistol from the inner pocket of his coat and handed it to the black security guard.

And during this process, Carl Smith always smiled and did not say anything.

Seeing this situation, Xue Chen was also a little surprised in his heart, and only then did he realize more deeply that he was in the United States, which was very different from China, where guns were very rampant.

This time, several people walked smoothly into the villa, stepping on the wool carpet decorated with a brig of warships, and sitting on the palatial living room sofa chairs.

The maid brought the freshly brewed hot coffee in time and poured everyone a full cup.

Carl Smith leaned lazily on the sofa chair, as if he wanted to sink his whole body in it, squinted his eyes and took a sip of coffee, glanced at Xue Chen, and said, "Mr. Zhan, who is this?" ”

Zhan Huafeng thought for a moment and said, "This is a friend of mine from China, and I heard that Mr. Smith has many treasures, so I want to appreciate it." ”

Smith smiled and said unabashedly: "Yes, I have many, many treasures, half of which are from your Huaxia Kingdom, and they are the spoils of my ancestors. ”

Hearing Carl Smith's words with a hint of arrogance, Zhan Huafeng was unmoved, but was worried that Xue Chen would be stimulated, and glanced at it with his spare eyes but saw Xue Chen drinking coffee as if he hadn't heard anything.

Although Xue Chen was also very resentful of that period of history, he was not angry because of a few words from this person, and his heart was not so immature.

He casually glanced at the living room, and saw that there were some works of art everywhere, statues, porcelain, and several paintings hanging on the walls, both Chinese and Western, because of the distance, he could not be completely sure of the authenticity, it was certain that this Carl Smith did have a collection that was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

After drinking a cup of coffee, Zhan Huafeng proposed the agreed deal, Carl Smith shrugged his shoulders, stood up and said: "Mary's coffee made today is so delicious, I thought I would have another cup, since Mr. Zhan wants to trade as soon as possible, then okay, come with me." ”

Carl Smith was the first to go upstairs, and Xue Chen and the three followed.

When he walked to the corner of the second floor, Xue Chen noticed that there was a pottery statue on the windowsill, a boy who was striking, and he could see at a glance that it should be an old object from the Tang Dynasty, and he couldn't help but shake his head.

A few people went all the way up to the third floor and came to a study with a large square table in the middle of the study, on which were placed some things.

Carl Smith walked to the square table and said to Zhan Huafeng with a kind smile: "Mr. Zhan, this is the five antiques I have prepared for you, you can choose, these are all my treasures, I will not show him a glance in ordinary people, and only a distinguished guest like Mr. Zhan will agree to make a transaction." ”

Zhan Huafeng politely said thank you, and snorted lightly in his heart, he knows too well what Carl Smith is like, what he likes is money, as long as there are buyers and are willing to offer the right price, he will be willing to sell, in these years, I am afraid that there are dozens of antiques that have been sold.

Of course, as far as he knows, at least sixty percent of these buyers have been fooled and bought fakes, so he will not be deceived by Carl Smith's smile.

Xue Chen accompanied Zhan Huafeng to the square table, only to see five antique artifacts placed on it, a rough sweep, two calligraphy and painting works, a porcelain, a jade, and an inkstone.

Carl Smith put his hands together on his chest and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhan, please choose at will, rest assured, we are old friends, I will definitely give you a very low price." ”

After smiling and nodding at Carl, Zhan Huafeng also admired the five antique artifacts placed on the table, he noticed the porcelain at first glance and carefully held it in his hand.

Carl Smith praised: "Oh, Mr. Zhan, you really have good eyesight, this is the fine porcelain of the Qing Dynasty in your country, blue and white porcelain." ”

"Blue and white porcelain......" Zhan Huafeng nodded, looking at the blue plum blossom pattern depicted on the porcelain, he naturally knew that the blue and white porcelain, and it felt really beautiful.

Xue Chen only glanced at the blue and white porcelain celestial ball bottle, then shook his head slightly, indicating that Zhan Huafeng's piece was a fake.

Zhan Huafeng saw that Xue Chen thought that this was a fake, and was stunned for a moment, and then put down the blue and white porcelain in his hand.

"Mr. Zhan?" Carl Smith saw Zhan Huafeng put down the bottle with a displeased expression, a little surprised, and glanced at Xue Chen again, he also noticed that Xue Chen shook his head just now, and realized in his heart that Xue Chen was found by Zhan Huafeng for identification.

Although Zhan Huafeng is not an antique, he also has some understanding of this industry, and he did not directly say that it was a fake, but said that he didn't like it very much.

Carl Smith pursed his lips and said with a sincere and serious expression: "Mr. Zhan, I think you should think about it carefully, look, how beautiful this bottle is, should you think it is fake?" ”

Zhan Huafeng was indifferent.

"Sir, do you think it's fake?" Carl Smith pointed the finger at Xue Chen, looking a little unhappy, "I think you are wrong to think so, misled Mr. Zhan and made him miss a good thing, you know!" ”

Seeing that this white bearded man took out a fake to fool people, and now he even beat a rake, saying that he was blind, Xue Chen couldn't help but glance back coldly, and said fluently in English unceremoniously: "The counterfeiting technology of this Tianqiu bottle is not very clever, it uses a very popular counterfeiting technology, that is, decals, all the plum blossoms on the bottle are exactly the same, if you don't believe it, you can use a ruler to measure, although it looks very regular and beautiful at first glance, but after looking at it for a long time, you will feel its rigidity, No artistry. ”

When Zhan Huafeng heard this, he looked at the Tianqiu bottle again, and sure enough, the bottle that felt quite beautiful just now felt average, and the famous plum blossoms on it were like a pool of stagnant water, very sluggish, and there was a lot less beauty.

Thinking that the first thing he picked up was a fake, Zhan Huafeng said with some displeasure: "Mr. Smith, please give me an explanation, how can there be a fake in this?!" ”

Zhan Huafeng's questioning did not make this Carl Smith panic, on the contrary, his face also showed a sad look, and he said with a sad look: "Mr. Zhan, please don't be angry, it's not my fault, because this porcelain was acquired by me half a year ago, speaking of which, I am also a victim, and I also lost a lot of Franklin!" ”

Looking at the white beard who was eager to shed two tears, Xue Chen also admired this person's acting skills and rhetoric, but when he thought that this person had sold fakes countless times, he understood, it was estimated that it was not the first time he had faced this situation, and he was already familiar with it.

Zhan Huafeng was angry, but he had already been prepared in his heart, knowing that Carl Smith, an old fox, would definitely come up with a fake, and when he heard his words, he didn't say anything more.

He also felt in his heart that he was right to invite Xue Chen, and he could see so easily that this blue and white porcelain was a fake, not simple.

After putting down the counterfeit blue and white porcelain celestial globe bottle, Zhan Huafeng fell in love with the slightly orange-yellow inkstone again, held it in his hand, felt that this inkstone was very heavy, and then looked closely, and saw that the edge of the inkstone was carved with an oriental dragon with its head up, and even every scale was clearly visible, and he thought in his heart:

"Uncle Chai is a scholar, I have seen writing calligraphy many times on weekdays, if you send an inkstone, it seems to be good, and even better, Uncle Chai's physiognomy is a dragon, you should like it very much......" But Xue Chen's words on the side interrupted his thinking.

"Put it down, the Republic of China, the imitation of the Chengni inkstone, is not a very precious thing." Xue Chen glanced at it lightly and judged the value of this inkstone.

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