coobybook Chapter 349: Disguised as a Nouveau Riche Selling Antiques
Chapter 349: Disguised as a Nouveau Riche Selling Antiques
The fighter jet drew a silver trail across the sky. Qi Tongwei sat in the cockpit, already thinking about how to cooperate with Longshi and successfully infiltrate the smuggler gang.
That afternoon, Qi Tongwei successfully arrived at the area where the dragon and lion were located.
After skillfully parking the fighter plane steadily at the military airport, he did not stop for a moment and immediately began to camouflage.
He walked into a secret base prepared in advance, where he quickly changed into a carefully prepared camouflage outfit.
After Qi Tongwei came out of the stronghold, he walked straight to a hotel.
After entering the hotel room, he began to give himself a more detailed makeover in front of the mirror.
He first put on a specially made wig, the hair of which looked sleek and shiny, like the way those nouveau riche deliberately showed off.
Then he put on a pair of exaggerated gold-framed glasses, and his eyes behind the lenses revealed arrogance and disdain.
He put on an expensive but tacky suit. The color of the suit was an extremely eye-catching bright gold, and it was embroidered with some patterns that looked high-end but were actually tacky.
The whole person instantly revealed a typical nouveau riche temperament, as if "I am rich, but I have no taste" was written all over his body.
After everything was ready, Qi Tongwei swaggered out of the hotel with a bag that looked bulging.
He walked with a swagger, like a rooster showing off its feathers.
He first visited several well-known antique gardens.
As soon as he entered the antique garden, he started to be picky, looking like he was looking for trouble.
He pointed at an exquisite blue-and-white porcelain vase and said with a pout, "This vase doesn't look very authentic. What's wrong with the glaze? It must be a fake. How dare you sell it?"
The antique dealers around him frowned when they heard what he said, but they couldn't get angry because of his nouveau riche attire.
Qi Tongwei became more and more excited as he spoke. He walked over to an ancient painting and said loudly, "This painting has such crude brushstrokes. It must have been copied by some novice painter. How dare they pretend it's the work of a master? It's hilarious."
As he spoke, he deliberately made a disdainful expression and shook his head.
He walked around the antique garden like this, complaining about a lot of problems, and kept saying that he had good stuff and looked down on these things.
His voice was loud and his attitude was very arrogant, which successfully angered many people.
The antique dealers looked at his arrogant look and felt angry.
Some people couldn't help it and chased him just to see what he had in his hands. They wanted to let him know what the real good stuff was so that he would shut up.
But Qi Tongwei deliberately refused to give it to him. He was like a naughty child who dangled his favorite toy in front of others but didn't let anyone touch it, keeping the person in suspense.
Time passed slowly, and by night, there were fewer and fewer people in the antique garden.
At this time, a man with a decent appearance and a good attitude came over.
He smiled and said to Qi Tongwei, "Sir, I've heard you say all day that you have some good stuff. I'm really interested. Can you let me see it?"
Qi Tongwei looked the man up and down, as if judging whether he was worthy of showing off his treasure.
After a while, he slowly opened the bag and carefully took out the ancient Buddha statue with mysterious characters painted on it.
When the other party saw this ancient Buddha statue, he was stunned on the spot.
His eyes widened instantly and his mouth opened wide, unable to close for a long time.
His breathing became rapid and his eyes were fixed on the ancient Buddha statue.
His face was full of surprise and disbelief, mixed with an uncontrollable excitement.
His voice trembled with excitement: "This... this... this is simply a rare treasure!"
His hand unconsciously stretched out, wanting to touch the ancient Buddha statue, but stopped in mid-air as if afraid of desecrating it.
When Qi Tongwei saw his reaction, he was secretly proud of himself, but on the surface he pretended to be indifferent.
He said casually: "I have a lot of things like this at home."
After hearing what Qi Tongwei said, the other party was so shocked that he was speechless.
His eyes were gleaming with greed and curiosity. He knew that this seemingly vulgar upstart must have an extraordinary background.
He was secretly thinking in his mind that he must find a way to get more information about these treasures from this person.
As soon as the other party saw the ancient Buddha statue in Qi Tongwei's hand, he was so excited that he could hardly control himself.
There was a fiery light flashing in his eyes, which was filled with greed and desire for the ancient Buddha statue.
His voice was a little distorted with excitement, and he spoke very quickly, "Sir, this thing is simply a rare treasure! I must buy it. Just name a price, I'm willing to pay any amount."
As he spoke, he stared at the ancient Buddha statue without blinking, as if he was afraid that it would disappear in the next second.
Qi Tongwei shook his head calmly. He deliberately put on an arrogant and disdainful expression, curled his lips and said, "You people don't understand the true value of this thing at all."
"The price you offer is too low. I don't want to sell it so easily. In my eyes, this is like selling a treasure as a stone. I'm not that stupid."
When the other party heard what Qi Tongwei said, he became even more anxious.
Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and his eyes were full of anxiety.
He knew that if he could get this ancient Buddha statue and resell it, he could make a lot of money.
Moreover, he felt that Qi Tongwei must have other similar good things in his hands. If he could buy them all, it would be a windfall.
So he hurriedly said, "Sir, please don't be so quick to refuse. I can raise the price. Just tell me the price. As long as it's within my ability, I won't bargain."
"Also, I want to ask you, do you have anything else? I'd like to buy more. You see, I'm really interested in doing business with you."
As he spoke, he looked at Qi Tongwei with anticipation, his body unconsciously leaning forward slightly.
Qi Tongwei was secretly happy, because he knew that his plan had successfully attracted the other party's attention.
But he pretended to be very embarrassed. He frowned and thought for a while before slowly saying, "This is not a problem that can be solved by raising the price. The things I have are all carefully selected, and each one is not much different from this ancient Buddha statue. If you are truly sincere, you have to offer a price that will attract me."