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Chapter 360: Still dare to be arrogant!

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Although Xu Tian had secret guards with high martial arts strength like Eleven and Su Jinchen by his side, they were in Y Country after all, and they knew very little about the situation and various forces here. Therefore, a slight carelessness could lead to trouble. With Lu Qian here, at least he would avoid unnecessary trouble for Xu Tian and others.

"Mr. Xu, you don't have to be polite. You are a member of the Tang family, and it is my honor to entertain you. Moreover, A Wei repeatedly urged me to take good care of Mr. Xu before. He has a grace of meeting and saving my life, so for public or private reasons, I will do my best to ensure that Mr. Xu's trip to Pawa this time has no mistakes."

Lu Qian was also a person who repaid kindness. When he received A Wei's call a few days ago, he immediately made deployments, and today he personally came to the airport to greet Xu Tian and others.

Xu Tian saw Lu Qian being so polite and didn't say anything more. The few people exchanged pleasantries and took the SUV prepared by Lu Qian to leave the airport and head to the hotel.

In the car, Xu Tian took the opportunity to ask about the general situation of Pawa City. Lu Qian answered one by one without any hesitation or concealment. As the two talked, they turned the topic to the antique trade.

"Mr. Xu, I don't know if you have any understanding of this line when you were in Huaxia. In recent years, a large number of businessmen have squeezed into the antique circle, trying to resell antiques to make a fortune..."

Speaking of this, Lu Qian paused slightly and continued.

"However, those who can really find genuine antiques to make a fortune are in the minority. More people have misjudged, bought fakes that can be fake and real, and in the end, lost everything and went bankrupt."

"Previously, an overseas wealthy businessman came to our place to attend an auction organized by an auction association, spent a high price of 100 million to collect a set of Tang Sancai, seven sets of colored people and colored horses in total. The antique experts he brought said it was genuine and no problem. As a result, when he went back and had it appraised by an official institution, guess what..."

Lu Qian deliberately sold a pass. Seeing that Xu Tian had no reaction, he continued sullenly: "The inspection found that only the base was genuine, and the other parts were spliced from fragments."

"You tell me, the forgery technology now can be considered perfect. The archaeological experts brought by that wealthy businessman were all famous people in the circle. This time they hit the eye, feeling that their face was dull."

"As for that wealthy businessman, because of this set of Tang Sancai, the company's capital chain broke, and now he has announced bankruptcy and liquidation. It is really impermanent." Lu Qian sighed somewhat.

However, Xu Tian's performance was very calm, because he had heard about this incident when he came to Y Country in his past life, and he also heard that after the wealthy businessman went bankrupt, he was hiding from debts everywhere.

Fortunately, he had a deposit in a Swiss bank in his early years, so the whole family planned to go abroad to hide from debts. However, the flight they took to escape to the Western Alliance encountered an air crash, and no one on the plane, including passengers and crew, survived.

In his past life, Xu Tian didn't have much understanding of the antique industry, so he only felt a little sigh after hearing this news. And it wasn't until now, after his cramming for half a month, that he realized the water in the antique circle was really too deep.

Of course, people who can get involved in the antique circle are almost all rich or expensive, and without a family fortune of hundreds of millions, they naturally wouldn't dare to burn money to toss about antiques.

Some people collect antiques everywhere just as a hobby and won't lose their family fortune, but those who make a living from antiques are different.

As long as it is a big boss with a little fame in this line, no one dares to say that they have never received fakes. If they really misjudge and spend huge sums to photograph fakes, they can only admit that they are unlucky.

Looking at the entire antique circle, the encounter of that businessman is definitely not an isolated case, it happens every day. Take Gu Beicheng as an example, he was influenced by his family background since he was a child and originally had some understanding of antique porcelain. However, even so, he still hit the eye in his past life and lost nearly 300 million.

Although this 300 million wouldn't cause the Tang Group's capital chain to break and lead to a series of chain reactions, such a huge loss ultimately left a stain on Gu Beicheng's career.

Along the way, Lu Qian kept telling him about the news of the antique circle in Pawa City, and soon they arrived at the only five-star hotel in the city center.

Everyone showed their passports and other relevant documents to check in, and after that, Lu Qian took the initiative to say goodbye and let Xu Tian and others rest first.

After arriving at the room, Xu Tian changed his clothes and immediately picked up the documents in the briefcase at hand again.

He was definitely a layman in the antique trade and had no experience, so he had to be diligent to make up for his clumsiness. Therefore, he had to frantically cram all knowledge about antiques before the auction started.

Of course, he wasn't memorizing aimlessly, but mainly collected a large amount of information targeting the blue and white porcelain of the Song and Yuan dynasties, which was their goal this time.

Compared with the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, the Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain discovered in Huaxia is even rarer, but the auction catalog sent to the Tang family by the organizer in advance this time included a set of Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain bottles.

Because this set of porcelain bottles was specifically named by Huaxia's high-level officials, as long as it was genuine, he must bring the porcelain bottles back this time and absolutely couldn't let them fall into the hands of Y Country people.

Just when Xu Tian was browsing the information about Song Dynasty blue and white porcelain in his hand with concentration, a rush of footsteps suddenly came from outside the corridor.

Xu Tian's brows furrowed slightly, and before he could react, the door of the hotel room was knocked loudly. This wasn't the rhythm of a normal knock at all.

By the time Xu Tian got up and walked to the living room, the door had been forcibly broken open by the people outside with brute force.

Instantly, more than a dozen flashy little punks broke in, each holding long knives and short sticks, and walking in front of them were the middle-aged couple he met on the plane before.

The middle-aged woman pointed at Xu Tian fiercely and told the little punks next to her: "It's this bastard, he was extremely arrogant on the plane before, give him a lesson!"

The middle-aged woman rushed toward Xu Tian while speaking, relying on their large number, and raised her arm very arrogantly to hit someone. However, before her slap could land, her wrist was grabbed by Xu Tian and pushed back fiercely.

"You... you actually dare to push me?" The middle-aged woman staggered from the push and stared at Xu Tian in disbelief, "You're at death's door and you still dare to be arrogant!"

After Xu Tian pushed the middle-aged woman away, he scanned everyone present coldly and said in a calm tone: "If you weren't a woman, I wouldn't just push you that simply."

"Presumptuous! Who allowed you to talk to my wife like that?"

The middle-aged man saw his wife being bullied by Xu Tian and immediately rushed up with a protective look, waving his fist at Xu Tian's face.

However, at the moment he waved his fist, Xu Tian also made a move at the same time, tightly clamping his arm.

"Bastard!"

The middle-aged man didn't seem to expect Xu Tian to dare to resist. After struggling desperately for two times, he found that the hand clamped on his arm didn't move at all. ===== CHAPTER 361 =====

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