The person standing at the head of Ye Tian's booth was an old man wearing a Tang costume, full of white hair, and in high spirits.
Although the old man's stature is not tall, only in his early 1.7 meters, when he stands there, he has an aura of being in a position for a long time.
Looking at the old man from a distance, Ye Tian's eyes narrowed slightly, this is the wealth and nobility mentioned in the face, it seems that this person must belong to the rich and rich, far from being comparable to these rich people in the field.
The two people following the old man, one in his early forties, had an elegant face, wore an old-fashioned robe, and were dressed a bit unconventionally.
As for the other person, it was a burly man, he didn't seem to have any interest in the objects in the booth, and a pair of godly eyes looked at the people passing by around him from time to time, seeing that his identity should be a bodyguard.
After what happened in the morning, these collectors or bosses in the venue all knew that the jade gourds in Ye Tianna's booth were only on display and not for sale, and the carving was poorly crafted, so no one stopped here, and the three of them stood there quite conspicuously.
Seeing Ye Tian and the others walking straight to the edge of the booth, the old man and middle-aged man who were talking stopped and looked at Wei Hongjun with inquiring eyes.
"Everyone, this thing...... Is it yours?" The old man's voice was very loud, but with a bit of a Cantonese accent.
Wei Hongjun's eyesight was not bad, and he recognized at a glance that among these people, it was mainly the old man, and he immediately said: "Old sir, are you interested in this thing?"
"I'm a little interested......"
The old man nodded, pointed to the jade gourd in the booth and said, "I wonder if you can take it out and show me it first?"
"This ......"
Wei Hongjun looked at Ye Tian when he heard this, the thing was not his, he had no right to make the decision.
"Of course, old man, please feel free to look at ......."
Ye Tian smiled, took out the key and opened the glass cabinet, but when he took out the jade gourd, he did not hand it to the old man, but directly handed it to the middle-aged man next to the old man.
"Huh?"
Ye Tian's actions made the old man and the middle-aged man show a hint of surprise in their eyes at the same time, and then the old man nodded slightly, and the middle-aged man stretched out his hand to take the jade gourd.
"Mr. Tang? Why are you here? Let me find ...... for a while."
Just as the middle-aged man was about to examine the objects in his hand, a group of people suddenly walked towards them, led by a foreigner with gray sideburns, but he spoke fluent Chinese.
"George, thank you for the invitation, I'm late, I'll go around by myself first......"
Seeing the foreigner in his fifties, the old man's unsmiling face also showed a smile, but his body standing there did not move at all, and he stretched out a hand and shook each other.
George's arrogant attitude towards the old man was taken for granted, and he was a little flattered by the old man's move to stretch out his hand first, so he quickly held the old man's right hand with both hands and said, "Mr. Tang, you can come, it really makes this place flourishing......"
George knew in his heart that he was just the head of Asian affairs of this auction house, but this old man was a super predator who could talk directly to the boss, and the identities of the two were not on the same level at all.
Although George had long known that the old man in front of him would be BJ in the next few days, and the post was also sent over, he didn't expect the other party to come, but specifically told the person at the door to notify him immediately if he saw someone coming with this post.
It's just that George and some staff members also went to dinner just now, and when they received the news, the old man had already entered the venue, so he led a few staff members to look for him in the room.
"Who is the old man? Ignore this foreigner?"
"Yes, that foreigner is the president of XX Auction House Asia, why does he look like he is currying favor with that old man?"
"I haven't seen this old man, he shouldn't be from our BJ circle, I'm afraid he's a dragon, right?"
As soon as George and others came, they attracted the attention of many people in the exhibition hall, and some people who liked to watch the excitement gathered around.
"Young man, let's talk somewhere else?"
Seeing everyone gathered around, the old man called Mr. Tang frowned slightly, looked at Ye Tian and said, from Wei Hongjun's actions just now, the old man could naturally see who the owner of this piece of jade was.
"Okay......" Ye Tian nodded, his piece of jade is not an antique, and it has nothing to do with the people here in the exhibition hall, otherwise it would not have been ignored all morning.
Hearing Ye Tian's agreement, the old man turned his face to George and said, "George, help me find a room, be quiet......"
"Okay, Mr. Tang, XX Auction House will meet all your needs......" After hearing the old man's words, George quickly agreed, and took a step first, leading the way.
"Mr. Tang? Who is this?"
"I know all the well-known collectors surnamed Tang in China, but it seems that there is no such person?"
As soon as Ye Tian and the others left, the onlookers became a sensation, guessing the identity of the old man one by one.
You know, as the Asian president of this internationally renowned auction institution, George just said a few words at the beginning of the event, and he hasn't seen anyone he has personally received.
"Does it have to be domestic? I heard the man speak with a bit of a Cantonese accent, maybe it's from Hong Kong......" A voice sounded in the venue, but it suddenly quieted the noisy exhibition hall.
"Hong Kong, surnamed Tang? Do not...... Could it be Tang Wenyuan?"
"It's him, it must be him, I've seen his photos in magazines......"
"Good girl, so it's him? No wonder George looks flattering, well, it's not in vain today......"
The name Tang Wenyuan seemed to have a magical power, which made those people in the field who could also make a name for themselves in the Forty-Nine City start talking about it one by one.
"Who is Tang Wenyuan? Why haven't I heard of this name?"
On this occasion today, the people are not only businessmen, but also some antique dealers or collectors, and there are many people who have never heard of Tang Wenyuan's name.
"Brother, Tang Wenyuan has never heard of it, let me tell you, he is a legend......"
There were not a few people in the field who were good teachers, and they immediately explained it in a tongue-in-cheek manner, as if they knew Tang Wenyuan's deeds, which were all very embarrassing things.
Tang Wenyuan was born in Guangdong in the twenties, his family was very poor, and when he was just 20 years old in the forties, he went to Hong Kong with his newlywed wife.
At that time, Hong Kong was not as prosperous as it is now, and it had just experienced the Anti-Japanese War, but it seemed a little depressed, and there were many unemployed people.
However, Tang Wenyuan is particularly able to endure hardships, starting as a salesman for some household commodities, running around the streets, and secretly learning a lot of sales experience.
After coming to Hong Kong for two years, Tang Wenyuan used the tens of thousands of yuan he had saved to set up a small workshop-style factory at home, specializing in the production of some plastic daily necessities.
Due to the low price and good quality, and Tang Wenyuan's sales in the past few years, he has accumulated many customers, and the scale of his small workshop has also expanded step by step.
In the sixties and seventies, Hong Kong's real estate was in recession, and Tang Wenyuan, who had become a department store king, entered the real estate industry in one fell swoop and became one of the super-rich people on Hong Kong Island.
Tang Wenyuan has also been knighted by the Queen of England and a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong, firmly sitting in the top 10 in the Chinese rich circle.
Not only that, Tang Wenyuan is also extremely patriotic, a member of the preparatory committee for Hong Kong's handover-related affairs, and has gradually developed his business to the mainland over the years, belonging to the kind of person who is also very influential in China.
It can be said that with Tang Wenyuan's current status, he is definitely a person who can directly talk to the leaders of a country, so it is reasonable that his appearance here caused a sensation.
"Strange, is there really something mysterious about that jade gourd? No, although the jade quality is good, it is a new workman, and the craftsmanship is still very clumsy......"
After hearing the identity of the old man Tang, Long Fei in the crowd frowned, he could see that Mr. Tang seemed to be very concerned about the jade gourd.
Long Fei is an expert in playing with jade, and when he saw the gourd just now, he always had an indescribable feeling, if it weren't for Ye Tian's refusal to sell it, he would have bought it even if he spent five or six thousand.
"Forget it, go back and ask the old guard to see what's going on......" People have already left, staying here is in vain, Long Fei shook his head and continued to wander around the exhibition hall.
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Under the leadership of George, Ye Tian and his party entered the lounge in the corner of the exhibition hall, and in the process, George had always been very respectful, and even smiled a lot at Ye Tian and the others.
You must know that Tang Wenyuan is not only a businessman, but also a collector, and he is particularly concerned about ancient Chinese art lost abroad, and he has spent at least hundreds of millions in their auction house in recent years.
So after asking people to serve tea, George did not leave, with the level of a guest like Tang Wenyuan, his master must accompany him throughout the process.
Tang Wenyuan didn't say much about George's stay, and after the waiter who served the tea and poured water went out, he said to the middle-aged man who had been holding the jade gourd in his palm: "Jin Ming, there are no outsiders, take a look......"
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