Chapter 237
“Alas…”
With a sigh, Lin Xiao suddenly lost interest in continuing to stroll.
He didn’t look at it anymore, turned around and walked out.
Leaving the preview center, Lin Xiao received a call from Ma Weidu.
“Teacher Ma has arrived?”
“Arrived.” Ma Weidu said, “There are a few friends on Hong Kong Island who want to invite you to dinner, do you have time?” ”
“Yes.”
Normally, he might not have been in contact, but now he wants to meet more people.
“Then I’ll call them.”
Hung up the phone, and after a while, a call came in.
The other party simply said politely, and directly explained his intentions: “Mr. Lin, come out for dinner together in the evening?” ”
The man’s name is Zhang Zongxian, he is a well-known private collector on Hong Kong Island and has great energy.
Sotheby’s and Christie’s were able to establish themselves on Hong Kong Island in the early days, and he promoted it.
“Okay, I’ll be there.”
Zhang Zongxian sent him the address, so that he could call in person, which can be said to be quite a face for Lin Xiao.
Ordinary people really don’t have this treatment.
Lin Xiao still had a little regret because Zhang Zongxian’s status was too high.
Such figures, in the early days, would also go to the antique street, and now the focus has long been on auctions.
No matter how large the ghost market on Hong Kong Island is, it will not necessarily arouse their interest.
If it is replaced by Lin Xiao, it will be the same.
If he has so much money that he doesn’t even need to worry about money, he won’t go to the ghost market.
It doesn’t make sense.
Anyway, it’s not bad money, and the auction house has more good things, so just buy it directly from the auction house.
As for the extra money, what is it for them?
In fact, Ma Weidu has not appeared much in the antique street and ghost market for a long time, mainly because Lin Xiao came out, which made him regain his interest.
Otherwise, with his identity and wealth, he really wouldn’t be able to run the antique street.
Like several auctions on Hong Kong Island this time, Ma Wei did not meet the interest, so he stayed for two days and left.
As I was walking on the road, my phone rang again, it was an unfamiliar number.
When he heard it, Lin Xiao was a little surprised, it was Liu Rose.
He looked back at the preview center and asked, “Is something wrong with Miss Liu?” ”
“Mr. Lin, there is a dinner in the evening, all the people in the circle, are you interested?”
Lin Xiao’s eyes were a little strange: “Is it Mr. Zhang Zongxian’s dinner?” ”
Liu Qiangwei was surprised: “Mr. Zhang invited you?” ”
“Yes.”
“Then we’ll see you in the evening.”
When Liu Qiangwei received the call, her first reaction was to call Lin Xiao together.
She didn’t know why she came up with such an idea, maybe just like Gu Lin said, take the initiative to create opportunities?
Lin Xiao felt quite strange, Zhang Zongxian called himself over, he could understand.
Liu Rose, as the invited party, why did she also call herself over?
Is this a deep relationship with yourself?
He thought it should be.
After all, Zhuo Yi has a museum under her name, which can be regarded as having interests involved, probably to pave the way for her niece.
At five o’clock in the evening, Lin Xiao arrived at the restaurant.
He had just arrived outside the restaurant and met Liu Rose.
Liu Rose changed into a dress, a black skirt, an off-the-shoulder small dress, large wavy long hair draped over her left shoulder, revealing most of her shoulder collarbone is clearly visible, and her whole body exudes the unique charm of a mature woman.
He didn’t know how old Liu Rose was, she wouldn’t be more than 30 years old, and her figure remained excellent.
“Mr. Lin.” Liu Rose saw that Lin Xiao was a little surprised, smiled and stepped forward, and a faint fragrance followed.
Xu Ye walked a little fast, and the high heels under his feet suddenly twisted, and fell on Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao quickly held her arm, looked down, this perspective is perfect.
“At least D…” Lin Xiao thought in his heart.
Then he felt his chest being pinched.
Lin Xiao: …
How many times?
Zhuo Yi once, Gu Lin once, this time again!
Are women like this?
Lin Xiao was a little confused.
He hadn’t been in a relationship, and he didn’t know if this was a normal woman’s move.
Or is it that after every woman falls, she subconsciously grabs everything she can grasp?
Like a drowning man scratching for straw?
“Thank you.”
Liu Rose smiled slightly apologetically, not embarrassed.
Although she is a little white with feelings, she seems to be as pure as a little white flower in front of Gu Lin.
Whoever had a meat game with her, she could run the car over someone’s face in minutes.
Just hit the foot is really not intentional, or the walk is a little fast, not stable.
After being held by Lin Xiao, she thought of the feel that Zhuo Yi and Gu Lin said, and just had another chance, so she tried it lightly.
They didn’t lie, they felt really good.
Liu Rose said, “Let’s go in.” ”
Lin Xiao walked very slowly, looking at Liu Rose’s feet from time to time, for fear that Liu Rose would hit her feet again.
Sensing Lin Xiao’s gaze, Liu Rose blushed rarely.
The two walked into the restaurant and entered a large private room under the guidance of the waiter.
The private rooms are large and have a dining area, a seating area, and an entertainment area.
They actually came quite early, but there were already several people in the box by this time.
After Liu Qiangwei entered the door, she briefly introduced him: “That is Zhang Zongxian, that is Liu Luanxiong, and over there is Xu Jianmin…”
Liu Luanxiong was also there, and Lin Xiao was a little surprised.
Sure enough, rich people only play with rich people.
If you can’t meet this standard, it will be difficult to squeeze into it for a lifetime.
“Mr. Lin is here.”
Zhang Zongxian came over and took the initiative to greet him, after all, it was the family he invited over.
“Mr. Zhang.” Lin Xiao shook hands with him, Zhang Zongxian clapped his hands, and introduced to several others: “Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Lin Xiaolin.” ”
Liu Luanxiong came over and said with a smile: “Mr. Lin, meet again.” ”
The two met at the charity banquet and were no strangers.
Then, Lin Xiao greeted several other people one by one.
Most people smile politely, but Lin Xiao can feel that a few people are just polite on the surface, there is a faint contempt in their eyes, and there is an extremely obvious sense of superiority on their bodies.
Lin Xiao didn’t know where these people’s superiority came from.
They sat on the sofa in the lounge area as the waiter brought tea.
Most of the time, Zhang Zongxian chatted with several people, and most of the topics they talked about were related to antiques.
But it’s not about how to pick up leaks or where to buy something good.
They went up to a level and talked about what was hot in the collecting market lately, or which city they were planning to go to to stir up antiques.
They have risen from the leaky side to the management side.
Lin Xiao also probably guessed the purpose of Zhang Zongxian’s invitation to come over, probably to invite himself to join one of the links.
Lin Xiao did not reject it, but if it took up too much time, he could only resign.
“I heard that Mr. Lin’s eyes are very poisonous and he has missed many treasures in the interior.”
Xu Jianmin held a teacup, sat on the sofa next to Lin Xiao, and asked in Cantonese with a smile.
Just after asking, he self-examined: “Sorry, I said that I got used to it, and I forgot that Mr. Lin is a landlocker.” ”
Immediately, he said it again in Mandarin.
Lin Xiao could feel the ubiquitous sense of superiority when he said this.
Lin Xiao said lightly: “I can’t see the truth or fake, what else to talk about?” ”
Xu Jianmin was stunned, he thought that Lin Xiao would be modest, but the result was not modest at all.
Xu Jianmin smiled and said, “That’s right.” ”
“Mr. Lam came to Hong Kong Island this time, did he go to Hollywood Road?”
“Hmm.” Lin Xiao responded very perfunctory, the kind of perfunctory that blind people can feel.
Hui Jianmin said: “Hong Kong Island is not the same as the mainland, and sometimes it is not just by eyesight. ”
Lin Xiao snorted and said curiously, “Mr. Xu also understands this?” ”
Immediately looked at Liu Rose on the side: “What does this Mr. Xu do?” (Read violent novels, go on Feilu Fiction Network!) )
Liu Qiangwei sensed that there seemed to be a bit of gunpowder between the two, and she felt Xu Jianmin’s superiority from the beginning, probably because this superiority made Lin Xiao unhappy.
“Mr. Hui has an industry on Hong Kong Island and has opened several antique shops and jewellery shops. ”
Lin Xiao snorted: “So, Mr. Xu also often picks up leaks?” ”
This made Xu Jianmin a little uncomfortable, you don’t even know who I am?
“I understand a little.”
“Mr. Xu just said that to pick up leaks on Hong Kong Island, eyesight alone is not enough, can you talk about what else is there besides eyesight?”
He was really curious, he had missed it until now, and he really hadn’t heard of anything comparable to his eyesight.
Xu Jianmin regained his sense of superiority: “Picking up leaks, just have eyesight, can only say that you are more professional in identification.” But you can see it, and you can’t necessarily buy it. It’s like you’re picking up leaks in the outback, you fancy it, do you want to bargain with the boss? ”
Lin Xiao shook his head: “I generally don’t bargain, and I buy it directly as much as the boss offers.” ”
“……”
This blocked Xu Jianmin a little speechless.
He took a sip of tea and said, “The price is not high, you can do this.” But Hollywood things, the price is generally not low. And, your biggest problem is that you speak Mandarin. When people hear that you are from the hinterland, they will definitely slaughter you. ”
Lin Xiao suddenly said: “It turned out to be so, taught.” ”
Hui Jianmin said: “Mr. Lin can learn Cantonese if he has nothing to do, and in Hong Kong Island, Cantonese is the lingua franca. ”
“Oh, good.”
Lin Xiao finally understood where the other party’s superiority came from, this is to think that he came from the inland and is a dirt bun?
Xu Jianmin was a little unhappy, he heard that Zhang Zongxian invited Lin Xiao today, in fact, he and several other people were not interested in Lin Xiao.
They roughly understood that Lin Xiao was from an ordinary family, and he was just lucky enough to buy a few antiques to make a fortune.
It doesn’t matter how much money he earns, he comes from an ordinary background.
And look at the clothes he came here today, the clothes he wore were ordinary, and they didn’t fit in.
In his eyes, Lin Xiao is an upstart.
I wanted to press him, but I always had a feeling of powerlessness when I punched the cotton, which made him very unhappy.
“Tomorrow’s Bonhams auction, will Mr. Lin go over?”
Another man diverted from the subject and asked.
Lin Xiao nodded: “Go over and take a look.” ”
The man said, “Mr. Lin has something to fancy?” ”
Xu Jianmin said: “Probably fancy the Song edition book, if this is the case, Mr. Lin don’t go, that book, there are already several fancy, you can’t take it.” ”
Lin Xiao hehe, “I think those porcelains are quite good.” ”
“Porcelain?” Xu Jianmin almost laughed out loud: “More than ninety percent of the porcelain auctioned by Bonhams this time is a fake, I’m curious, which one did Mr. Lin fancy?” ”
Others also shook their heads: “It’s not just Bonhams, the three auctions in a few days will be the same, and the fakes will fly into the sky.” ”
Xu Jianmin stretched his legs and looked like a big guy pointing at Jiangshan: “In the auction these days, someone should change hands.” ”
The so-called change of hands is money laundering.
They have encountered this kind of thing rarely, and what ordinary people do not know is not a secret in this circle at all.
Saying that, he was also a little curious, Xu Jianmin looked at Zhang Zongxian, who was talking over there: “‘Mr. Zhang, is anyone changing hands at these auctions of Bonhams?’ ”
Zhang Zongxian shook his head: “I don’t know. ”
Liu Luanxiong said, “Don’t ask about this kind of thing.” ”
Even people of their level don’t know that the person who did this thing is a little scary in the end.
Not everything can be discussed behind the scenes.
What’s more, the relationship between these people is not so bad that they can’t talk about everything.
Xu Jianmin snorted and said, “Don’t continue to talk about this.” ”
Liu Rose rolled her eyes, didn’t you take the initiative to talk about it yourself.
Lin Xiao secretly shook his head, this is the colleague of Hong Kong Island?
Oh, no, it’s not a peer.
The real profession picked up the leaks, and there seemed to be few at this dinner.
Otherwise, you won’t even be able to tell the authenticity of the items auctioned in these days.
He didn’t bother to say, after all, he himself planned to buy it.
One less person to bid, less money.
Fortunately, these auctions are not as live as Guardian has done before.
He participates on his own and will not attract much attention.
And it’s not cheap in itself, you need to take money and smash it, and there is no need to call dad and they come over.
Of course, the most important point is that few people on Hong Kong Island know themselves.
The few who are here today will not necessarily go to tomorrow’s auction.
Soon, the dishes were served, and they were seated.
During the dinner, there was a lot of conversation.
Zhang Zongxian and the others did not mention any cooperation and other topics with Lin Xiao, as if they really just had a simple meal.
After eating a meal and chatting for more than half an hour, Zhang Zongxian said: “Then come here today, Mr. Lin can appreciate his face, I am very grateful.” ”
After some courtesy, everyone dispersed.
When leaving, Xu Jianmin and Liu Rose walked out of the restaurant in parallel, Xu Jianmin said: “Rose, do you want to have a drink?” ”
“Nope.” Liu Qiangwei said, “It’s a twilight time. ”
Xu Jianmin said, “I’ll send you.” ”
“No need, I came by car myself.”
“Okay, then slow down on your way and talk to me when you get home.”
“Hmm.”
Liu Rose was disgusted in her heart, do I know you, and tell you, which green onion are you?
She turned to look at Lin Xiao and asked, “Where do you live?” ”
“Hotel.”
“Let’s go, I’ll send you.”
“Good.” Lin Xiao did not refuse.
The two got into the car, and Liu Rose asked for the address of the hotel and drove towards the hotel.
On the way, Liu Rose asked, “Do you hate Xu Jianmin very much?” ”
Lin Xiao looked at her, and Liu Rose said: “I also hate this kind of person, and I don’t know where the superiority comes from, and I still want to soak me, and send him a mirror next time we meet so that he can take a good look.” ”
Lin Xiao smiled: “It’s quite annoying.” ”
Liu Qiangwei said, “Are you going to Bonhams’ auction tomorrow?” ”
“Go over and take a look.”
“By the way, do you want to go to the ghost market on Hong Kong Island?”
Lin Xiao became interested: “I heard that the ghost market here is very large, but it seems that there are not several times a year.” ”
Liu Rose said: “It’s quite rare, if you want to go, next time the ghost market opens, I’ll talk to you.” ”
“Good.”
“Lin Xiao, did you learn to pick up leaks yourself?”
“Yes.”
“Did you go to college?”
“Sort of.”
“People are busy falling in love in college, and you study and pick up leaks in college, but you are so handsome, there must be no shortage of girlfriends in college, right?”
Lin Xiao shook his head: “The mother and fetus are single.” ”
“Wouldn’t you?” Liu Qiangwei was surprised: “Until now they are single? ”
“Yes.”
Liu Qiangwei was really surprised, in her opinion, with Lin Xiao’s appearance, even if she was from an ordinary background, she could not be single all the time.
There will definitely be no fewer girls chasing him, and it turns out that the mother and fetus are single.
The point is, how can he endure it?
I heard that inexperienced boys are particularly fierce.
Liu Qiangwei’s mind was in turmoil, and when the car stopped at the hotel, she suddenly asked: “Have you ever seen a cat that can backflip?” ”
“???” Lin Xiao had a question mark, and the topic of this woman jumped so fast: “No.” ”
Liu Rose said: “I have a cat, I am teaching it backflips, and when I learn to shoot it for you.” ”
“Okay.”
“I don’t seem to be your friend yet, you add me up.”
Rose Liu opened her QR code and handed it over.
Watching Lin Xiao scan his QR code and add his friends, Liu Qiangwei’s face was a little feverish, but she couldn’t see clearly in the evening.
Inexplicably, she felt that she really looked like a scumbag, and she wanted to trick him into going home.