Chapter 78 Accompanying the Group

  The next day, Qu Wen called Chen Qifu in the afternoon, hoping that he could help get a booth at the exhibition on behalf of the company. However, Chen Qifu replied that Dianchang's scale and business type were different and could not apply.

  Under the hopeless situation, Wen suddenly remembered Chen Tuan, the owner of the strange stone shop in Qishi City. Since he was doing strange stone business, maybe he would have friends who were doing jewelry business.

  Thinking of this, Qu Wen immediately picked up the phone, and soon Chen Tuanzhong's energetic voice came from the phone: "Is it Ah Wen? How is the Southwest trip going? Why did you suddenly think of calling Brother Chen, are you missing Brother Chen?"

  Qiu Wen couldn't help but blush a little when she heard this. If it weren't for something important, she wouldn't have thought of him at all. She smiled awkwardly on the phone: "I do miss Brother Chen, but I also want to ask you for a favor, don't know if it's convenient for you."

  Chen Tuan laughed on the other end of the phone: "Just say what's on your mind, we don't need to be so polite with each other."

  Qu Jianwen immediately told Chen Tuan about the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show and hoped that he could think of a solution.

  Chen Tuan laughed again after hearing this: "I thought it was something, as it happens I have a brother who runs a jewelry store in the provincial city, and his company is also going to participate in the exhibition this time. I'll give him a call and ask him to bring you along, or else I'll go to the provincial city myself and strip his skin off."

  He hung up the phone for a while and called back after more than ten minutes.

  "Alright, the kid said adding three more people is no problem. He reported it to his sales manager, but you'll have to cover the travel expenses. Also, he hopes that when you arrive at the venue, you can help with some authentication work. If possible, meet him at the provincial city airport a week later and then fly directly to Hong Kong."

  He was thrilled to receive the message and jumped up, but the other party asked him to appraise jewelry, which made him a bit hesitant. After thinking for a moment, he finally agreed.

  "Alright then, thanks Chen Ge, I'll treat you to a big meal when we get back to Long City."

  Good voice thanked and hung up the phone again, Qu Wen happily told Zhao Haifeng the news. As for the appraisal of jewelry, he didn't understand it himself, but it was okay if Zhao Haifeng did. Everyone said that Master Gu was a connoisseur, and in his opinion, Zhao Haifeng wasn't much worse. As long as it was a collectible, this kid understood a bit about it.

  After deciding to go to Hong Kong, Qu Wen immediately called Zhao Mengzhi again, saying that he had an urgent matter and had to leave first. He didn't have time to bid farewell in person, so he hastily bought three air tickets and flew back to Longcheng.

  Back to Long City, Qu Wen stayed with Su Yaxin for a week, who was daydreaming about him. He then reluctantly went to the provincial city, but after giving her the silver accessories and honey wax chain beads he received in Guizhou, this girl was thrilled for seven days, until she saw Qu Wen off at the train station, still grinning foolishly. Of course, Su Yaxin's happiness wasn't because these things were particularly valuable, but because it was the first time Qu Wen had given her a gift.

  Arrived at the provincial capital, Lin Shang got on a plane and met Shen Jianhai, the boss of Rui Lin Jewelry Store, for the first time. He was just over 40 years old, but his beer belly protruded so much that if you didn't look closely at his face, you'd think he was a pregnant woman who had been carrying a fetus for ten months.

  "Are you Qu Wen, Master Gu's closed-door disciple?" Shen Jianhai asked with a smile as soon as they met. After learning from Chen Tuan that Qu Wen was Master Gu's closed-door disciple, he became extremely polite. But in fact, the three of them were just nominal employees of his company, and even their travel expenses were paid out of their own pockets. They could also help with free gemstone identification - where else would you find such a good deal?

  "You can just call me Wen, this is my brother Zhao Haifeng. He studied antique appraisal with my senior fellow Bao Guoqiang for five years and has a deep understanding of jewelry as well. And this one's name is Duandan, he's mainly in charge of our security work, you can think of him as a bodyguard if you like."

  The article roughly introduced the three people on their side, which made Shen Jianhai particularly satisfied. Immediately afterwards, Shen Jianhai also introduced the entourage he brought along. Among them, two were named Liu Baoliang and Zhang Qi, both around thirty years old, who were the jewelry appraisers and salesmen for this Rui Lin Jewelry Store exhibition. There was also a beautiful young woman named Xu An'an, who had become one of Rui Lin Jewelry Store's top salespeople in just two years after joining the company. In order to allow the three people from Quwen to attend, Shen Jianhai had no choice but to strike one person off the original list of attendees.

  On the plane, Qu Wen roughly understood the main content of this exhibition from Shen Jianhai. Among them, in addition to jewelry display, what interested Qu Wen the most was gemstone auction.

  "Mr. Shen asked me something, I don't know if there will be a jade rough auction at that time?"

  Shen Jianhai nodded and smiled in response: "Of course, it's a big auction for rough stones, but the gamble on rough stones is too strong. In my opinion, it's better to buy polished jade and semi-rough stones directly. I heard that you bought a piece of ice-type jadeite rough stone from Chen Tuan last time, and this kid regretted it for a whole week afterwards."

  As soon as Shen Jianhai mentioned that Qu Wen had bought a piece of ice jade rough stone from Chen Tuan, he couldn't help but burst out laughing loudly, attracting the attention of other passengers on the plane. These days, international hijacking incidents occasionally occur, although they have never been heard of in China, who dares to guarantee that they won't sit together with a terrorist?

  Ever since he accidentally won a piece of ice seed jade in Qishi City last time, Quwen has developed a strong interest in it, because the original stone of jade may have spiritual energy condensed. Whatever is related to spiritual energy, Quwen is particularly interested, which is also why he wants to participate in the exhibition.

  "I just want to know if there's anything we can help with when we arrive at the venue?"

  "There's nothing special to help with, the valuables have already been sent ahead of time through a security company, when we arrive at the venue, if it gets busy, would you mind helping out with the gemstone appraisal?"

  Gu Quanzhong's nickname in the industry is Gu Quan Neng. Although he has never met him, Shen Jianhai has admired him for a long time and believes that his apprentice Min won't be too bad at just a small jewelry appraisal, which should be manageable.

  "Go ahead, no problem!"

  Qu Wen readily agreed, if it weren't for Shen Jianhai's help, they wouldn't have had the opportunity to participate in this exhibition. If it can be done, naturally some will be done. After answering, he turned his head to Zhao Haifeng beside him: "Then I'll trouble you at that time."

  The two of them have been together for so long, Zhao Haifeng must know what Qu Wen means. 100% is again selling himself out. However, he also has a great interest in gemstone appreciation and rarely returns a white eye to Qu Wen.

  From Longgang to Hong Kong is just two hours, and when they arrived in Hong Kong, Shen Jianhai let Qu Wen and the others act freely for the first time, because the first two days were only setting up the booth and placing exhibits, which did not require Qu Wen's help.

  Hong Kong has been hailed as the "Pearl of the Orient" and is known for its prosperity and bustle. Since arriving in Hong Kong, Qu Wen didn't feel like running to any antique markets, so he lazily strolled along the streets with Zhao Haifeng.