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"Mr. Paul is an architectural designer, and collecting porcelain is his hobby."

On the way, Yu Wei introduced: "Speaking of this, he has been collecting porcelain for more than ten years and is free in normal times, so everyone recommends him as a contact person. Generally speaking, he should know the basic information of the association members clearly."

"It's best." Fang Mingsheng smiled and said, "If that person has not left London and is still in contact with members of the association, it would be better."

"I hope so." Wang Guan agreed very much, but he didn't have much hope in his heart.

During the chat, everyone also came to the vicinity of Mr. Paul's house. After getting off the bus, several people walked past a narrow alley and saw a three-story building.

"It's here." Yu Wei smiled, then rang the doorbell.

Time was not long, and the door of the house opened. A middle-aged woman with a plump figure came out. When she saw Wang Guan and others, her face was full of surprise, but she still greeted her friendly.

Wang Guan could still understand the usual greeting words, and naturally showed a polite smile on his face. Well, he just smiled. As for the specific negotiations, Yu Wei must have done it.

At this time, after chatting with the middle-aged woman, Yu Wei frowned and immediately turned around and said, "Mr. Paul has something urgent to go out and may not come back until noon. She asked us to go in and wait. What do you think?"

"Well……"

Wang Guan didn't even think about it and immediately refused, "Forget it, let's come over at noon." This is the sadness of not understanding foreign languages. What else can I do when I go in as a guest?

"Yeah, that's fine."

Yu Wei smiled, then turned around to communicate with the middle-aged woman. Or the other party tried to keep her. Yu Wei refused again. Anyway, after talking back and forth for a while, the middle-aged woman immediately smiled and waved her hand to say goodbye.

"Let's go." At this time, Yu Wei greeted: "I told her that we will go to the nearby flea market first and wait until noon before visiting."

“This is a good idea.”

Hearing this, Fang Mingsheng's eyes lit up and said intriguedly: "Actually, if you don't say it, I plan to go there too. The flea market in London is comparable to Panjiayuan and Liulichang. I heard that many people make a fortune here every year. Especially not long ago, someone spent a few dollars to buy a bowl, but found that it was one of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty..."

"Mr. Fang, since you know that this place is the same as Pan Jiayuan, you should also be clear that the so-called picking up bargains must be true and false, nine false and one true." Yu Wei kindly reminded: "Anyway, as far as I know, many of the Chinese antiques here are actually shipped directly from the mainland. They are not as beautiful as you imagined."

"That's right."

Wang Guan agreed: "Old Qian also told me about this kind of thing. When some experts travel abroad, they saw some Chinese antiques and subconsciously thought it was real. They bought it immediately."

"When I went back, I found it was a fake. After careful investigation, I realized that the thing was sold from Panjiayuan. For a moment, he sighed at the consequences of being in line with the international community. It was his own people cheating on his own people."

Wang Guan sighed lightly: "And foreign experts are not fools. When they find that Chinese people are rushing to Taobao here, they naturally realize the value of this kind of thing. There will definitely be fewer and fewer opportunities to pick up bargains."

"This is really right." Yu Weishen agreed: "Half Kong said that he looked down on the same thing ten years ago, but now he suddenly likes it a little. When he looks at the price, it has increased by at least twenty or thirty times."

"Twenty or thirty times is considered a small amount, and there are still several hundred times in China." Wang Guan shook his head and said, "The current collection market is hot, but it lacks a bit of rationality. It will take at least ten years to stabilize and form order."

While speaking, everyone slowly came to the flea market that Yu Wei mentioned.

After arriving at the place, Wang Guan found Yu Wei was right. It was indeed very lively, as lively as Panjiayuan. A street passed by, with all kinds of people, people of all kinds of skin colors moved shoulder to shoulder, slowly, stopping next to each stall from time to time to bargain with the stall owner.

Speaking of which, the term flea market actually originated in the West. Early British people often sold their old clothes and old things on the streets, and those old things often included fleas, lice and other small insects. Although they had a special phrase, the Chinese were more troublesome and vividly translated into flea markets.

To put it bluntly, this is a fresh market, composed of street stalls, with different market sizes. The goods sold are mostly frivolous goods, excess items and unused but outdated clothes, etc. From small decorations on clothes to complete video recorders, TVs, and washing machines, everything is available.

Of course, there are definitely no fleas in these things now, so the meaning of the flea market has gradually evolved into a small and small meaning like a flea. Anyway, the scale of a market has grown, not only is it limited to old goods, but many new commodities have also poured into the market, and the prices are relatively low, which is very popular with everyone.

However, this market is more inclined to old objects and real and fake antiques. Don’t think that Westerners will not make fakes. In fact, their methods may not be very bad. However, the target of their fraud is not Chinese porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, but high-end artistic treasures such as diamonds and oil paintings that are more in line with Western tastes.

For example, recently Wang Guan heard a news from the United States that a century-old gallery has quietly forged a group of oil paintings sold by art masters over the past decade, and its total sales have exceeded 80 million US dollars.

Not to mention the huge amount of this amount, you can know from this matter alone that the world is as dark as crows, and the foreign moon may not be brighter and innocent than China.

However, compared with those big galleries, auction companies, and big art investors, the items in this flea market are a little quarrel. They are relatively more popular and satisfy the interest of ordinary people in Taobao. However, from this we can also know that the possibility of treasures appearing here is very small.

After walking through at least a dozen stalls, Wang Guan and others did not find anything that interests them.

I have to say that compared with Panjiayuan, the items in this flea market are more inclined to be lifelike. They are exquisite and compact things such as pins and buttons, as well as some music boxes. Perhaps due to the differences between cultures, Wang Guan didn't think these things were good, but there were many people watching them before the stall, and the chance of transactions was relatively high.

Seeing that everyone was not interested, Yu Wei immediately smiled and said, "Continue to walk forward. After passing the corner, there is a store that runs antiques. I remember that there are many stores that also operate Chinese antiques, so you can go and have a look."

Wang Guan and Fang Mingsheng must have no objection, and immediately rushed up the crowd, and soon afterwards came to an antique street. It was just a street across, and compared with the bustling stalls, it seemed a bit deserted. In fact, it is understandable that if the stalls are more popular, then the people in the antique shop must be targeted at middle- and high-income people.

However, no matter what country it is, low-income people will always account for the vast majority, and the total social wealth is inevitably concentrated in the hands of a small group of people. This is a stable pyramid structure. Anyway, as far as the current situation is concerned, the so-called common prosperity, the world is harmonious, and everyone is like a dragon, which is definitely an ideal country and a utopia.

Of course, the different levels of development of countries also doom the low-income people between countries to not be directly compared. Once you compare, you will find that developed countries are simply paradise. The income of ordinary civilians is dozens of times that of civilians in developing countries. However, they ignore the most critical price issue. The price basis of the country is the foothold for distinguishing high, middle and low-income people.

In fact, this world is not a paradise for the common people. But for rich people, even in poor tribes in Africa, they can create a paradise-like environment.

"Huh."

Just as Wang Guan's thoughts were flying, Fang Mingsheng suddenly laughed and said, "Is that stone lion placed in Fengshui in the outside of the store, or is it the guise of attracting business?"

"What?"

At this time, Wang Guan looked at it and saw that there was indeed a stone lion with fangs and claws placed in front of an antique shop. The thing was not very big, but it was full of Chinese carving style, which made him feel very intimate.

“It’s both.”

At this time, Yu Wei smiled and said, "If you like it, you can buy it directly. Otherwise, people will regard it as a Fengshui object or a noticeable signboard advertisement."

"I have to admit that the owner's goal has been achieved." Fang Mingsheng smiled and said, "Let's go in and take a look."

The other two nodded one after another and followed Fang Mingsheng into the store.

After entering the door, Wang Guan looked around and found that the store was quite spacious, but the things inside were messy. There were not only British local things, but also Egyptian and Arabic style objects.

Unlike the situation in domestic stores, the owner of this store also saw several people coming in, but he just looked up and looked at it, but did not mean to come to entertain him, but continued to be busy with his work.

This is also good. Everyone prefers to watch objects quietly rather than being disturbed by the boss's recommendation. However, almost in an instant, a few people saw the porcelain placed in a prominent position in the store.

"This is Guangcai!"

At first glance, Wang Guan is very sure of the origin of porcelain. After all, the characteristics of these things are too distinct. Not only are they closely conceived and colorful, but they also exude a magnificent texture everywhere. In addition to enamel porcelain, they are the famous Guangcai.
Chapter completed!