This time, the group of people who went out didn't have a single one who was tight-fisted, even Gu Miao also quietly spent some small money, and they lived a comfortable life without showing off or seeking to be noticed, so there's no need for everyone to suffer on transportation.

  The car went straight to the airport. The plane ticket was already prepared. Everyone waited in the waiting room for a short time before boarding the plane.

  The transaction will start tomorrow, today they go there first and after a night's rest, they will go when their spirit is fully nourished.

  Three hours by plane, if she drove herself, it's unknown how long it would take. After getting on the plane, Gu Mei closed her eyes and started catching up on sleep. When she woke up again, they had already arrived at their destination.

  After getting off the plane, there was already a car waiting outside, and the group of people were taken directly to the hotel.

  The hotel is not big, but the environment is quite good. Gu Mei is not used to living with strangers in one room. When she went to Taiyuan, there was no way out, now that she has the conditions, she wants a single room for herself, and the woman who accompanied her also wants a single room.

  On the way, she quietly inquired and learned that the woman's name was Cheng Yu. She was known for her speed and accuracy when appraising things, but her temper wasn't very good. Although she was beautiful, she was a bit reclusive and didn't have many people who were familiar with her.

  Professor Wang and Cheng Yu had contact with each other several times, but they didn't know much about each other. This time they formed a group together was also introduced by others.

  It just so happened that after the rooms were divided, Cheng Yu lived in the room opposite Gu Mian's. However, from start to finish, Cheng Yu didn't show any attention-grabbing behavior, as if it was really his first time seeing Gu Mian. This actually made Gu Mian feel like he should learn more about being calm from him.

  This annual one-time internal trading fair is not like the outdoor street stalls or ghost markets. Just find a place to set up a stall and pick whatever you want at random.

  Gu Meng had thought about what it would be like before he came, but when he arrived, he was still surprised to find that the transaction was actually taking place in a villa.

  It is said that these villas are rented every time before the transaction starts. Before the organizer releases the news, no one knows where it will start.

  The villa where the trading meeting was held had a large area and strict guards. After Gu Xiang followed Professor Wang and others in, he took a rough look around and found that there were many people guarding the entrance and exit, and there were also many people standing in the corners inside, obviously responsible for maintaining order.

  Gu Meng carefully remembered what Professor Wang had entrusted her with the night before. She closely followed behind everyone, and didn't casually open her mouth to speak.

  The villa has a total of three floors. The first and second floors can be traded, while the third floor is for rest and large transactions. Small transactions are generally settled on the spot.

  Professor Wang and others did not wander around on the first floor, but went directly to the second floor.

  The rooms on the second floor have been rearranged, with no furniture inside, only some tables. On top of them are things waiting to be traded, their owners either sitting or standing, and people who come forward to look at them neither greet nor block them, but only move when the other party has a desire to buy.

  If they don't want to trade in cash and only want to barter, they will put a small stone turtle in front of their belongings.

  Starting from the first room, Gu Mei never made a move. Instead, she carefully observed the situation around her and found that the things in these rooms actually had rules: one room for books and paintings, one piece of gold and stone jade, one room for porcelain and so on, and another room for wood carvings.

  There weren't many people inside, but they were very orderly, without a single loud noise. However, for some reason, this atmosphere made Gu Mian feel somewhat stifled.

  During this time, Professor Wang let her look around freely. She walked to a table with many small porcelain pieces on it and casually reached out to touch one, feeling a faint warmth in her hand. The crisp and pleasant sound of the porcelain colliding was very pleasing, undoubtedly a genuine piece.

  She looked up and saw a small stone turtle placed in front of the table, indicating that these things only accepted bartering and did not accept cash transactions.

  Out of curiosity, Gu Mei reached out and touched each item on the table one by one. Soon she discovered that although there were not many items on the table, they were all genuine, but the heat transmitted from her hand showed different qualities.

  Generally speaking, the value of these genuine porcelain pieces should not be too high, after all, porcelain is not just about age, but also about craftsmanship and artistic value.

  Next to it was a table with many porcelain pieces, and in front of the table there were no small stone turtles, cash transactions were accepted. Gu Mian thought for a moment before reaching out with a tentative attitude to touch, only to find that this table was different again, she touched each one, but there wasn't a single piece of hot porcelain among them.

  Just as she was touching the porcelain, two pieces of porcelain were quickly sold on the table. The speed was so fast that it made Gu Mian tongue-tied and couldn't figure out what was going on.

  Few people look at the table with real things on it, while the table with fake things in front of it is bustling with people coming and going.

  "What are you looking at?" Professor Wang asked aloud as he saw Gu Mian staring blankly at the porcelain nearby.

  Gu Meng returned to her senses and lowered her voice, saying: "For the time being, I haven't taken a liking to anything, but I do find it a bit strange. The ceramics stall at the bartering area has some pretty good stuff, yet nobody's going there, whereas the cash transaction area over there... has quite a few people."

  Professor Wang heard Gu Mian's slightly unnatural pause, and with a quick turn of his mind, he knew exactly what his student meant. He chuckled to himself, patted Gu Mian on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "This is where the fun of the trading fair lies. The requirements for bartering are generally high over there, so fewer people go, but there are also plenty of fat sheep who come here. Whether you can spot them or not depends on your own judgment. However, don't think that all those who engage in bartering are good people. Some folks specialize in taking advantage of loopholes and intentionally put on an act like this. Every year, some people get their eyes wide open and end up exchanging real goods for fake ones, but more often than not, it's just fake goods being exchanged for other fake goods."

  Gu Mian nodded, indicating that she understood.

  "You didn't come to buy something, did you? Look around and see what you like, there are rules here, whether business is successful or not, no one is allowed to make trouble. Maybe you can get a good deal." Professor Wang pointed to Mr. Qiao, who was not far away, and said with a smile: "Look at Old Qiao, his eyes have always been very poisonous, every time he comes, he returns with a full load, rarely does he lose out, I can tell you this, among us, he is the most cunning, and the second most cunning is Qin Sheng, who follows him."

  Qin Sheng is cunning?

  Gu Mei followed Professor Wang's line of sight and looked over, only to see Qin Sheng and Mr. Qiao standing in front of a table, the two people seemed to have taken a liking to something and were considering whether or not to buy it.

  "Alright, take a good look. If you don't like it, that's okay. I'll take you somewhere else later." Professor Wang sighed slightly in his heart. This student was intelligent and talented, but still a bit immature and needed more training.

  Professor Wang also said something to Gu Miao, and soon he was attracted by other things here. Gu Miao also followed his words and turned around, from time to time using his left hand, this super cheat device, to check if there were any good things everywhere.

  The situation with the other tables was indeed as Professor Wang had said, making it difficult for her to distinguish between what was real and what was fake. She also found something that made her left hand feel hot, but unfortunately, it wasn't what she liked.

  She wasn't a merchant who specialized in collecting antiques, and she had limited things and money on hand. Before seeing something that truly moved her heart, she didn't want to make a move.

  After all, this is not a bargain, no one is foolish enough to buy good things at a low price for her.

  Gu Xiang stood beside, thinking for a long time, and finally returned to the table where she first found all the genuine products, wanting to take another look to see if there was anything that moved her heart.

  It was just that at this time there was one more person in front of the table, and that was Cheng Yu who had always been cold as ice.

  Cheng Yu's level was something Gu Mian had already witnessed during her club days, so she didn't find it strange that she too had taken a liking to the things on this table.

  Gu Mei stood beside Cheng Yu, watching as he picked up a small pot and examined it carefully. This might be the reason for his lack of urgency, but she didn't show her "quick hands".

  Her gaze circled around the porcelain on the table and finally chose the one with the highest temperature that she had touched before.

  These ceramics, in terms of style, should all belong to the Qing dynasty, but they are all products of folk kilns, rich in a certain folk culture and spirituality, but lacking the exquisite grandeur of official kilns.

  The Qing dynasty left behind a relatively large number of porcelain pieces, so unless they are particularly famous or exquisitely crafted, their prices won't be too outrageous. Of course, imperial kilns and palace collections are excluded from this - those are worth tens of millions.

  This small vase with blue and white glaze is probably from the mid-Qing dynasty. It's not very big, but the color of the blue and white glaze is quite good, which makes people relatively satisfied. This small vase is well-preserved, there are no missing parts on it, but its shape is a bit ordinary, and the blue and white pattern on it is also very ordinary, with some simple farmhouses and scattered trees.

  Although this thing is well-preserved, the price won't be too high because of its ordinary style and not being from a famous kiln. If you really like blue and white porcelain, buying it back and putting it away is still acceptable.

  Gu Mei looked at it carefully, but she herself didn't have much feeling about it. She just picked it up to take a look when she was idle and bored, and she hadn't made up her mind to return this small blue-and-white porcelain vase. However, what others saw was that her careful attention meant that she really liked the small blue-and-white porcelain vase.

  Cheng Yu glanced at Gu Mian a few times, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if he was struggling with something.

  "Boss, how about I exchange this wooden carving for a small can?" Gu Ming's mind moved quickly, and she remembered Professor Wang's previous words encouraging her to be bold. She opened her bag and took out the wooden carving she had selected from Qin Sheng.

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