Treasure Hunt all over the World

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"Excuse me, what is the price of this sculpture? Can you tell me about it?"

In the market, Ye Tian stood in front of an antique stall, pointed at a bronze sculpture and asked.

This is a human-shaped sculpture, not big in size, with rust stains on it, and the figure is exaggerated and eye-catching.

Following his words, the stall owner suddenly became a little nervous.

He did not respond immediately, but carefully looked at the rusty bronze sculpture, reassessing the value of that thing in his mind.

Unfortunately, he didn't make any new discoveries. The bronze sculpture sat quietly on the stall without any changes.

Others at the scene looked at the sculpture curiously.

The people who were watching the excitement nearby were also staring at the bronze sculpture, but they didn't know the origin of that thing or its high value.

There were some guys in the crowd who were ready to take action at any time, trying to cut off Ye Tian's attack.

This has happened before, more than once.

In the past few times, Ye Tian did not get angry because someone had his beard cut off, nor did he protest or anything.

He just smiled, then turned and left.

This made the guys who intercepted him feel uneasy, and they couldn't help but wonder if they had been deceived and spent a lot of money, but ended up buying a piece of garbage.

As a result, when such an opportunity arises next time, they will often be more cautious and not dare to take action easily again!

However, there were too many people staring at Ye Tian, ​​and there were always guys who were not afraid of death, rushing up one after another.

These guys all have the same purpose.

That is to buy a top-quality antique cultural relic or work of art, thereby becoming rich overnight and completely changing your life.

But how do they know how much the things they bought are really worth!

After thinking for a moment, the stall owner gave the price.

"Hello, Mr. Steven, the price of this bronze sculpture is $40,000. If you can accept the price, it belongs to you!

I don’t know much about this bronze sculpture, but judging from the degree of rust on its surface, it must have a certain history. I believe you can tell more.”

Before he finished speaking, everyone on the scene looked at Ye Tian.

Even the stall owners and customers in the surrounding stalls stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to look this way.

This has become a scene in the market, with everyone staring closely at one person's movements.

Moreover, everyone is accustomed to such scenes, and there is nothing wrong with it.

In fact, this scene has appeared since Ye Tian and the others entered this antique flea market just now.

Ye Tian shook his head and said with a smile.

"Forty thousand dollars. This price is too high. I can't accept it. For this bronze sculpture, I can offer up to fifteen hundred dollars. If you can accept it, we will make a deal."

The stall owner's eyes immediately flashed with regret and some doubts.

After hesitating for a moment, he made a new offer.

"Thirty thousand dollars, Mr. Steven, that's the lowest price. What do you think?"

"Forget it, I still can't accept this price. I hope you can sell it at an ideal price. Goodbye."

Ye Tian shook his head and said, then turned around and left the stall and continued walking forward.

Just as he turned to leave, his eyes quickly glanced at another thing on the stall, and no one noticed it at all.

As soon as he left, several guys came to the stall.

"Man, I want this bronze sculpture. The price is three thousand dollars, which is double what Steven paid."

"I'll give you five thousand dollars, man, to sell me this bronze sculpture!"

"Six thousand dollars, this thing is mine."

Several guys competed directly, trying to get the rusty bronze.

The other side.

Yahya hurriedly took a few steps to come to Ye Tian, ​​and then asked in a low voice:

"Steven, can you tell me about the bronze artifact just now? Is it an antique relic? Is it valuable? And how much is it worth?"

Ye Tian looked at this old friend, then smiled and said:

"It is indeed an antique cultural relic. To be more precise, it is an antique bronze made between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. After more than a hundred years, it has become an antique cultural relic.

People probably made that thing to deceive European explorers and archaeologists who came to Africa to visit or explore treasures. Its shape has typical characteristics of North African bronzes.

The rust marks on the bronze vessel were also artificially made, and the technique was very clumsy. However, after being buried underground for more than a hundred years, they have become very realistic, with almost no flaws visible! "

"ah!"

Yahya exclaimed in a low voice, obviously shocked by the answer.

Immediately afterwards, this guy said in surprise:

"Then since it is a fake and its value must not be high, why are you asking about the price of that thing again? Is it possible that you are digging a trap to set up a trap?"

While saying this, Yahya was actually very sure of his judgment.

There is no doubt that this guy Steven is digging a trap to trap those guys who are staring at him and trying to intercept them.

Not only this counterfeit bronze, but also the so-called antique cultural relics and works of art that have been intercepted by others before are definitely traps.

The guys who bought those so-called antiques were all tricked by this cunning guy Steven.

By the time those guys react, they will probably be pissed to death and want to cry without tears!

But they can't blame Steven, let alone cause trouble. Everything is caused by greed, they brought it on themselves, and they can only bear the consequences themselves!

David, as well as several Intrepid Exploration Company employees and security personnel standing aside, all had gloating smiles on their faces!

Seeing their performance, Yahya suddenly understood.

It turns out that these guys have known for a long time that this bastard Steven is constantly digging for evil people, and only people like him are still in the dark!

Regarding Yahya's question, Ye Tian denied it.

“Didn’t I say that although that bronze has a very short history, it can still be considered an antique relic, and it has the characteristics of typical North African bronzes.

Because of this, I wanted to buy it. It would be nice to take it back to the company as a decoration, but the value of that thing is only $1,800 at most! "

Upon hearing this, Yahya immediately rolled his eyes angrily.

You bastard, go ahead and lie to the ghosts. I guess the ghosts won't believe what you say!

While they were talking, Ye Tian and the others had arrived at the door of another antique store, then opened the door and walked in.

As soon as they entered the door, a Moroccan official who stayed outside immediately took out his mobile phone and walked aside to make a call.

It can be seen that this guy's eyes are full of anxiety and regret.

A moment later, an angry curse with gritted teeth suddenly came from not far behind.

"Damn it, this cunning bastard, so damn abominable!"

Hearing the curse, several employees and security personnel of the Brave and Intrepid Exploration Company standing outside the antique store couldn't help but chuckle.

Of course they knew who the angry guy behind was scolding!

Who else could it be besides Ye Tian?

In an antique store.

Ye Tian was visiting and appreciating the things displayed here and didn't know what was happening outside.

This was all within his expectations, and he wouldn't care if he knew it.

He had known for a long time that someone among the Moroccan officials following him was constantly passing information to the outside world, but he did not point it out or stop it.

Instead, he used his own methods to dig traps for those guys and tricked those guys.

This antique store is not large, but there are many things in the store, which are piled high.

There are sculptures, pottery, bronzes, oil paintings and other so-called antique cultural relics and works of art.

The origins and styles of these goods vary, ranging from Europe and the United States to the Middle East and Asia. Most of them are local goods.

While talking, Ye Tian and the others had arrived in front of a display wall.

This display wall occupies an entire wall of the antique store, with more than a dozen landscape oil paintings of various sizes hanging on it.

The main ones are Moroccan landscapes, including those depicting the sea, countryside and fields, and desert landscapes, to name a few!

In addition to this, there are four paintings depicting landscapes in Andalusia, Spain.

Moreover, these four oil paintings are a series, depicting the same place, from spring to winter, with four distinct seasons.

The architecture and scenery in these oil paintings are different from those of Moroccan landscape oil paintings, but they also have many similarities, so it is not difficult to identify them.

When he came to this display wall, Ye Tian stopped and admired it.

The owner of this antique shop was standing by, with a bit of worry and anxiety in his eyes.

Yahya and David were standing nearby, admiring the landscape paintings hanging on the display wall.

Professor Paul and others went to study a stone tablet placed on the ground.

There are many words and patterns engraved on that stone tablet, describing some things. It is what they like to see the most, so naturally they will not miss it.

After admiring the oil paintings on the display wall for a while, Ye Tian suddenly asked in surprise:

"These Andalusian landscape oil paintings seem to be older, and the paintings are not well maintained. There are many cracks on the surface, and there are mold spots on the frames.

How is this going? If I'm not mistaken, these Andalusian landscape oil paintings were put here not long ago. They might have been placed in a relatively humid warehouse before."

The antique shop owner was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said:

"That's right, Steven, I just received these four Andalusian landscape oil paintings in December last year. Before I received these four oil paintings, they had been kept in the warehouse and were in really poor maintenance.

After receiving these four oil paintings, I rescued them and removed a lot of traces of mold. However, I am not a professional in this field. I can only do what I am doing now. There is nothing I can do anymore!

As for the age of these four oil paintings, I initially judge them to be in the mid-to-late 19th century, but I still don’t know the specific era and which painter they are from. There is no signature of the artist on the paintings."

"Fortunately, you discovered these four oil paintings and bought them. Otherwise, they would have been completely destroyed in just two or three years. It would be a pity!"

Ye Tian smiled and nodded.

Immediately afterwards, the antique shop owner asked expectantly:

"Mr. Steven, you are the top expert in appraising antiques, cultural relics and works of art, and you have an extremely sharp vision. This is known to everyone. What do you think of these landscape oil paintings?"

Ye Tian looked at the shop owner and did not answer immediately.

He stepped forward again, pretending to study the four landscape oil paintings seriously, and then fell into deep thought.

After a while, he said:

"I can't tell much about these four Andalusian landscape paintings, but I can confirm that they should be the works of a certain Spanish painter.

It would be difficult for a painter from other countries to stay in the same place in Spain for a whole year and paint four landscape oil paintings in different seasons.

You know, the center of painting art in the 19th century was France, not Andalusia, Spain. Most of the top painters gathered in Paris, France.

It is also certain that these four landscape oil paintings have shadows similar to expressionism, but they are specious. Expressionism was rising in the 19th century!

I have some speculations about these four landscape oil paintings, but it is not appropriate to say them here because I want to buy them and take them back to study!

Landscape oil paintings like this that were created multiple times in the same place, with distinct four seasons, are not very common, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to buy them! "

"ah!"

The antique shop owner exclaimed, and a look of ecstasy flashed across his eyes.

These are four landscape oil paintings that he collected as garbage, and the cost was almost negligible.

As long as you can sell it, you'll make a profit. It's just a matter of making more or less!

Now that he heard that Ye Tian was interested in acquiring these four landscape oil paintings, could he not be excited?

Before he could give a reaction, Ye Tian already continued:

"What's the price for these four Andalusian landscape oil paintings? If the price is right, I'm willing to buy them in a package and take them back for study!"

Hearing this, the antique shop owner suddenly fell silent.

He looked at the four oil paintings hanging on the wall again, his eyes full of doubts and confusion.

Why does this guy Steven fall in love with these four landscape oil paintings? Could it be that these are the works of a certain top art master, four priceless top works of art?

Thinking of this, he immediately started thinking and placed four landscape oil paintings against those top art masters to see if he could find anything!

But no matter how hard he racked his brains, he could not think of any top art master whose style matched these four landscape oil paintings.

More importantly, in the mid-to-late nineteenth century, there seemed to be no famous painters in Spain.

Several of the painters who are somewhat famous basically stay in Paris, and their artistic styles do not match them!

This puts antique shop owners in a difficult position, as they can’t find an excuse to charge sky-high prices!

After thinking for a moment, he tentatively made an offer.

"Mr. Steven, these four Andalusian landscape oil paintings cost US$20,000 each, totaling US$80,000. If you accept this price, you can take them away!"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Tian had already stretched out his right hand.

"Okay, four paintings sold for US$80,000. Just because they come from the 19th century and are landscapes of the four seasons, they should be worth this price!"

Looking at the antique shop owner again, he was frozen in place!