HCB Chapter 352: Making fake antiques to confuse the other party
Chapter 352: Making fake antiques to confuse the other party
On the way back to the room, Qi Tongwei seemed to be suddenly cast under a spell and immediately returned to his normal expression.
His eyes became clear and sharp, and his previous drunken look disappeared without a trace.
He whispered to Mountain Lion, "The plan went perfectly. It seems they've fallen into our trap. These people were blinded by those so-called antiques and were completely unaware of our true purpose."
The mountain lion smiled slightly after hearing this. He replied softly, "Yes, Sparrow, but we can't let our guard down. We need to be even more careful next time."
On the first floor, the special forces soldier serving as the doorman was also busy.
He stood at the door of the hotel, his eyes seemingly scanning everything around him casually, but in fact he was paying close attention to every detail.
When the antique dealer dropped Qi Tongwei off at the hotel and was about to leave the car, the doorman keenly heard him say, "We have to get the stuff he has."
This news was like a bombshell. The doorman special forces soldier knew that it meant that Qi Tongwei had successfully attracted the other party's high attention and was listed as a target.
He passed on the news calmly.
In the next few days, Qi Tongwei had more and more contact with the people he met at the dinner party.
He skillfully maneuvered among these people, continuing to play the role of the greedy and somewhat stupid upstart.
From time to time, he would take out some small collections to whet the appetites of these people, making them even more salivating over the "treasures" in his hands.
On the surface, Qi Tongwei and Longshi no longer had any connection, and they were like two strangers, each moving on his own track.
At the same time, Mr. Zhao, who contacted Longshi at that time, began to have close contacts with Longshi.
Mr. Zhao seemed to be very interested in the collections in Longshi's hands and extended an olive branch to Longshi several times.
He would invite Longshi to some private antique appreciation meetings, or discuss the market conditions and transactions of antiques with Longshi over the phone.
Long Shi also took advantage of the situation. During his interactions with Mr. Zhao, he carefully collected information about the smuggling group.
He would deliberately show his desire for money and eagerness to trade antiques in front of Mr. Zhao, making Mr. Zhao feel that he was someone who could be exploited.
Qi Tongwei and Long Shi just threw themselves into the game, like two sharp daggers, quietly and deeply into the criminal group.
Qi Tongwei relied on his high emotional intelligence to feel at ease when interacting with members of the smuggling group.
He figured out the other party's routine in a very short time.
He was well aware of the profit-seeking nature of these people, so he cleverly took advantage of this and always revealed some seemingly inadvertent flaws to the other party from time to time.
For example, at a party with several members of a smuggling group, Qi Tongwei pretended to be drunk and began to brag about his "story of making a fortune."
He said that he made his money through luck and chance, and he had no idea how business operated.
He also said that his ability to identify antiques was entirely based on his own feelings and he had no professional knowledge at all.
When the members of the smuggling group heard this, they were secretly delighted.
One of them whispered to his companions, "Look at this Qi Tongwei. He's just a brainless local tycoon. If we use a little trickery, we'll definitely be able to make a fortune from him."
Another person chimed in, "Yeah, he thinks he's so smart, but in our eyes, he's just a lamb to be slaughtered."
Qi Tongwei looked at their expressions and laughed in his heart, but on the surface he pretended to be completely unaware.
He continued to deal with these people, deliberately showing his ignorance and eagerness on the topic of antique trading.
He would ask some very naive questions, such as why some antiques looked so tattered but were so valuable, which made the members of the smuggling group more convinced that he was a person who was easy to fool.
During this process, Qi Tongwei and Long Shi were like two sharp swords, quietly obtaining a lot of information about the smuggling group from two different channels.
They learned about the smuggling group's organizational structure, trading methods and some hidden dens.
However, they also knew that if they wanted to continue to get deeper into the core of this smuggling group, they would need to actually engage in antique trading.
This made the higher authorities and Longshi very worried.
After all, if you want to catch the big fish of the smuggling group, you have to be willing to use bait, but this bait is an antique from our country.
If you really take the antiques out as bait, if anything goes wrong, the loss will be too great, which is simply not worth it.
In the conference room, everyone sat together and the atmosphere was very solemn.
Longshi frowned and said, "What should we do? If we don't show them the real antiques, they won't believe us. But if we do, the risk is too high."
A senior official sighed helplessly: "Yes, we must carefully consider this issue. This concerns the safety of national cultural relics, and we must not be careless in the slightest."
Just when everyone was in a dilemma, Qi Tongwei stood up.
His eyes showed confidence, and he said in a steady voice, "I have a way."
When everyone heard Qi Tongwei's words, they all showed shocked expressions.
The water lion widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "Qi Tongwei, what can you do? This is not a trivial matter, don't joke with me."
Jin Shi also looked at him in confusion: "Yes, we have been thinking about this problem for so long and have no idea. What can you do?"
Qi Tongwei smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Let me explain it slowly. We can make some replicas that are so realistic that they look almost indistinguishable from the real antiques."
"Then, we add some special marks on the replicas that only we can identify. In this way, we can convince the smuggling groups that we are dealing in genuine antiques while ensuring the safety of national cultural relics."
After hearing what Qi Tongwei said, everyone was stunned at first, and then a thoughtful look appeared in their eyes.
Tushi said with some concern, "But these smuggling gangs are experts. Can they be fooled by our imitations?"
Qi Tongwei confidently replied, "Don't worry, I've already done some in-depth research on these smuggling gang members. While they may have some knowledge of antiques, they're only interested in making money from us and are blinded by the prospect of profit. As long as our replicas are realistic enough, coupled with our acting skills, they won't be suspicious."
After hearing what Qi Tongwei said, Long Shi's eyes lit up and he thought this method was feasible.