That damned fool Wang Shengtai! He had collected so many antiques, yet he had no discernment at all!
He had dragged others down with him!
The president didn't shield his nephew Ma Yuan. Instead, he sent him to prison on the charge of smuggling cultural relics.
The president's act of putting his nephew in prison for justice won everyone's admiration. He even made a special trip to Wang Shengtai's house to apologize to him again.
Wang Shengtai was still as arrogant as last time. He swirled the cup full of coffee, his attitude haughty and overbearing.
The president apologized to him respectfully, "Boss Wang, I've made my nephew receive due punishment. I hope you'll be magnanimous and stop being angry with him."
Wang Shengtai was still angry with the president because he had hinted at asking for antiques last time but was refused.
"Selling fakes is selling fakes. No matter what you say, I won't forgive him. And we'd better stop our cooperation from now on."
It was just the right opportunity to cut off the donation to the Cultural Relics Protection Association while still maintaining his own reputation.
Hearing this, the president chuckled, "Boss Wang, you made a wrong appraisal. Those ancient copper coins are genuine."
"The Greek characters on them are because Zhang Qian once traveled through ancient Greece on his mission to the Western Regions and brought back their writing."
Hearing this, the smug look on Wang Shengtai's face quickly faded. He stared at the president in disbelief.
"What did you say? Those ancient copper coins are real!"
"Yes." The president nodded matter - of - factly. He had actually caught Wang Shengtai's fault.
"I'd like to ask Boss Wang, since you knew my nephew was smuggling ancient copper coins, why didn't you report it immediately but instead took them for appraisal? What's your intention, Boss Wang?"
Wang Shengtai's face turned various colors, an extremely interesting sight.
He was heart - broken that he had made a wrong appraisal!
If he hadn't made the wrong appraisal, he would not only have a set of rare ancient copper coins but also be able to smuggle them out.
He had just lost a fortune!
Seeing Wang Shengtai's face getting uglier, the president said casually, "Boss Wang, you haven't answered my question yet. Why didn't you tell me immediately?"
He knew Wang Shengtai couldn't be clean - handed. He and Ma Yuan were just birds of a feather, both trying to gain benefits for themselves.
Wang Shengtai's thoughts were exposed in the sunlight. He couldn't come up with a counter - argument and finally mumbled an explanation.
"I heard you say your nephew was up to no good, so I deliberately tested his character. Let's just forget about this."
Wang Shengtai's voice got smaller and smaller. He made an excuse that he had a headache and sent the president away.
The president finally had a chance to turn the tables. Naturally, he wanted to finalize the investment.
"What about our cooperation in the future..."
Wang Shengtai waved his hand, doing the president a favor.
"Let's continue the cooperation. Anyway, the misunderstanding has been cleared up."
"I have a bit of a headache, so I won't see you off."
After saying that, Wang Shengtai hunched his back and slowly climbed the stairs. He was extremely regretful for missing the rare treasures and vowed to fire the appraiser who had lied to him.
After the president returned to the Cultural Relics Protection Association, he immediately asked the accountant to pay back the money that Xu Qingqing had advanced before.
Xu Qingqing took Mr. Smith on a three - day tour in Dongchuan Province to experience the local customs. On the fourth day, they decided to go back.
Since there was a photographer recording the whole trip, the program crew didn't prepare air tickets for the photographer to come to Dongchuan Province. Xu Qingqing had covered their food, accommodation and transportation for these days.
The day before they decided to go back, Xu Qingqing booked air tickets for the two photographers and went to their hotel rooms to tell them to pack their luggage quickly.
After knocking on their room door for a long time, Xu Qingqing finally heard a flurry of hasty sounds before the door opened.
"Coming!"
The taller photographer, wearing slippers and with a messy head of hair, opened the door.
Seeing Xu Qingqing standing outside, he coughed a few times.
"May I ask what you want?"
Of course. We've booked tickets for you two for tomorrow and I'm here to remind you not to forget to pack your luggage.
Hearing this, the taller photographer covered his stomach in pain and waved to Xu Qingqing, "Sorry, I need to go to the toilet first."
Then the taller photographer dashed in.
The shorter photographer who had been standing behind the taller one walked out and looked at Xu Qingqing apologetically.
"We can't leave tomorrow. He ate something bad last night and has been having diarrhea all day. I have to stay and take care of him."
"Is he okay? Was it because of the big - pot stew?"
A look of worry appeared on Xu Qingqing's face.
"Do you want to go to the hospital?"
"No, you can go first. Leave the air tickets here. We'll change the flights." The shorter photographer waved his hand.
"Okay then." Seeing the resistance on his face, Xu Qingqing didn't say more.
Xu Qingqing lowered her eyes and caught a glimpse of the muddy shoes in the room. She felt a bit suspicious.
They had only walked on flat asphalt roads yesterday. Where did these two photographers step on the mud?
She had treated everyone to the big - pot stew last night, but only the taller photographer had a stomachache.
Xu Qingqing also remembered that these two photographers had rushed out after the shooting and didn't go shopping with them.
Her doubts grew bigger. Turning around, she saw that the photographers' door had been closed. She quietly walked back and looked at the mud prints on the tiles under the door.
Xu Qingqing bit her lips. She remembered that on the first day they came to Dongchuan Province, the two photographers had mentioned that they wanted to shoot Yang Tianfu.
After she clearly refused, their expressions had not been good.
The more she thought about it, the more suspicious she felt. She decided not to leave and stay to observe the situation.
On the way back, Xu Qingqing happened to meet Lu Chuanbai who was taking the two children downstairs to pick up food.
Each of the two children was holding a bucket of KFC family meal and bouncing along cheerfully.
Seeing Xu Qingqing walking towards them, Xu An'an even carefully hid the KFC bucket behind her back, looking so cute like a guilty little girl.
Xu Yiyi showed it generously and ran up to Xu Qingqing, reasoning with her seriously.
"Mom, we haven't had KFC even once this month. Now we can have it once."
"You always have so many reasons."
Xu Qingqing lovingly rubbed the eldest child's head, "There are so many local cuisines in Dongchuan Province. Why do you eat KFC? You have no taste."
When they lived abroad, there were all kinds of fast - food, fried food and candies.
Xu Qingqing was worried that the two children would get fat and it would be unhealthy for them, so she had set a rule for the two children.
They could only eat KFC three times a month. For the rest of the time, they had to eat the food she cooked seriously.
Lu Chuanbai raised his eyebrows and stood beside Xu Qingqing. He pretended to be angry and looked at the two children.
"Didn't you tell me mom agreed for you to eat?"