The area outside Director Jiang's office really wasn't a good place for conversation, so Gu Mian and Qin Sheng went to the auction house's rest room together.
Because an auction is being held right now, the rest room is empty.
"Mr. Qin, thank you so much this time." After inviting Qin Sheng to sit down, Gu Mei thought for a while and finally only said these few words.
On the way to lead Qin Sheng to the rest room, Gu Ming had listed many things he wanted to say and ask in his mind, but when they were really alone, he felt that at this moment, thousands of words were not as good as a heartfelt thank you.
Although she was very puzzled why Qin Sheng was not present at the auction site to bid on the items he liked, but instead appeared in Jiang's office with two videos that could confirm the true suspect, this did not affect her gratitude towards Qin Sheng's actions.
To be honest, when I saw Tian Tian enter the room and change the jade bowl in the video, she really let out a sigh of relief.
When Zhu Kai said she had nothing to do with the matter, the grievances that had been buried in her heart due to being misunderstood and wronged suddenly surged up. If she hadn't controlled her emotions so hard, not wanting to lose her composure in front of so many people, she might have burst into tears.
"No need to be polite, after all we are friends. Seeing you in trouble, I should naturally lend a hand. Besides, I didn't do much anyway, just made a phone call." Qin Sheng said nonchalantly to Gu Mian.
"Phone?" Gu Mian looked at Qin Sheng in confusion.
What is the relationship between this phone call and those two videos?
Qin Sheng smiled slightly at Gu Mian: "I have some connection with the chairman of Hai Yun, and the pinhole camera in the room was actually introduced by me from a foreign friend. It's currently the smallest type of pinhole camera. Fang Zhou heard that something happened at Haiyun Auction House, and after asking around, he found out that you were also involved. I've met Miss Gu a few times, and my intuition tells me that she's absolutely not the kind of person who would switch auction items. So I... But this is nothing, even if I didn't make that call, the video would still be found in the end."
Gu Mei hadn't thought that there would be such a factor, and she couldn't help but secretly feel lucky that her luck was good. Although the matter would eventually prove her innocence due to that video, it was better for her to clear her suspicions as soon as possible. After all, who would want to receive special attention from the police when they hadn't done anything wrong?
"Anyway, thank you. If there's anything I can help with in the future, I'll definitely do my best." Gu Mian said to Qin Sheng.
She and Qin Sheng were not particularly familiar with each other, but he reached out to help her when she needed it most because he believed in her character.
The chairman of the shipping auction house had a deep relationship with Qin Sheng, but she didn't know how deep it was. However, she owed him this favor.
She was just a student who had not yet graduated, and her ability was really limited. Even if she wanted to express her gratitude, she didn't know what to do, and the only thing she was good at was probably appraising things.
Her left hand's special ability gave her an unparalleled advantage in identifying antiques, and Qin Sheng worked at an antique shop. Perhaps one day she would need to use this ability.
"Since Miss Gu has said so, then I won't be polite." Qin Sheng saw the persistence in Gu Mei's eyes and didn't decline again, graciously accepting her thanks.
He knew that if he didn't agree with Gu Mian's words, the other party would feel uneasy because they owed him a favor for nothing.
Moreover, one of the reasons he would lend a helping hand to Gu Mian was that he had taken a liking to Gu Mian's talent for appraising antiques.
Although Gu Mian didn't show any particularly outstanding excellence in identifying antiques at that time, he was still much better than most people. However, after meeting Gu Mian, several things happened, especially the incident in Jingdezhen, which left a deep impression on him. His intuition told him that Gu Mian was absolutely a person with potential and worth befriending.
There are many appraisers in the antique industry, and since the antique industry began to recover, major universities have had specialized appraisal majors, and there are even more appraisers.
The quality of these appraisers is mostly uneven, and excellent ones are even more rare.
Doing antiques business. Nothing else is feared, just afraid of not finding excellent appraisers, and at critical moments, making unpredictable mistakes. [Cotton Candy]
One careless move, all is lost. Valuable cultural relics and antiques are worth hundreds of millions or even billions. Without an excellent appraiser to supervise, it's easy for people to go bankrupt due to the numerous high-quality counterfeits that keep emerging.
"Since that's the case, let's drop the formalities of addressing each other as Mr. Qin and Miss Gu. It sounds awkward to my ears. How about this, from now on, you can just call me by my name, and I'll do the same for you." In Gu Mian's heart, due to today's events, her good impression of Qin Sheng had increased significantly, so when she heard him still addressing her as Miss Gu, it felt somewhat unnatural.
"It was my oversight." Qin Sheng stretched out one hand to Gu Mian, and solemnly said: "Gu Mian, please take care of me from now on."
"This sentence seems like it should be said by me." Gu Mei smiled and grasped Qin Sheng's hand, in this brief handshake, she only felt that Qin Sheng's hand was exceptionally warm.
As a result, Gu Ming clearly felt that the atmosphere between them had improved a lot, and the previous sense of unfamiliarity had decreased significantly.
"Right, the auction seems to be ending soon, why don't you go take a look?" Gu Mian looked at the clock on the wall and asked Qin Sheng.
"The Ark will take care of it, and I've already taken a few shots before. You also know that I work at Gu Hongzhai, and coming to the auction to bid is secondary. The price is too high and not worth it." Qin Sheng shook his head.
Gu Xiang nodded. Antique shops buy and sell to make money, and most of the time, auction houses sell at prices much higher than usual.
"Gu Mian, there's something I need to remind you of." Qin Sheng suddenly said to Gu Mian.
"What's wrong?" Gu Meng looked at his opponent's face which had become somewhat serious and asked in confusion.
"The Hai Yun auction house has had this kind of thing happen before, and even if they wanted to cover it up, they couldn't. And today, some of the people who came to participate in the auction already knew about the jade bowl being switched. Although the jade bowl was eventually found, it still had a bad impact on Hai Yun's reputation. After all, one of the reasons why Hai Yun auction house has a good reputation in the industry is because of its credibility, and everything that is sold here can be guaranteed. Now that this kind of thing has happened, it's very likely that people who have bought things here before will cause some trouble." Qin Sheng said to Gu Xiang after careful consideration.
"You mean... I'll be implicated because of this?" Gu Mian stared at Qin Sheng in a daze.
"It should be, I guess you can't stay here anymore." Qin Sheng nodded.
Gu Mei lowered her head, pursed her lips and smiled slightly, looking steadily at Qin Sheng: "Thank you for reminding me, I actually thought of this a long time ago. Regardless of whether I was wrong or not, after something like this happened, the auction house wouldn't let me continue staying anyway. Although it's a bit disappointing, this is reality, and there will always be a place where I can stay."
"Hmm." Qin Sheng looked at Gu Mian with a smile in his eyes: "If you're interested, you're welcome to come to Gu Hong Zhai."
She blinked her eyes: "This probably won't work out. I previously promised someone else that if it didn't work out with Hai Yun, I would go help them instead. Next time if there's an opportunity, I will definitely go to Gu Hong Zhai."
"What a pity." Qin Sheng said with a hint of regret.
This regret is not pretended by him. Since that day when Fangzhou mentioned that Gu Mei could come to work at Gu Hongzhai, this idea has been emerging in his mind from time to time.
Especially today, seeing Gu Mian being involved in the switching of auction items at Hai Yun Auction House, I knew that the other party would probably not be able to stay here any longer. The idea of inviting Gu Mian to Gu Hong Zhai became even stronger.
"Although I promised someone else to help out in the past. But if you need me, I'll try my best to come." Gu Mei smiled and said.
"Definitely." Qin Sheng put away his own thoughts.
"Qin Sheng. Miss Gu, you're indeed here." At this time, Fang Zhou pushed open the door of the rest room and smiled at Gu Cang and Qin Sheng who were talking.
"Is the auction over?" Qin Sheng asked.
"It's just finished, you let me take a few things, I've taken them, and they're almost as expected." Fangzhou gave Qinsheng a thumbs up.
"I still have something on, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay here for long." Qin Sheng said apologetically to Gu Mian.
"It's okay, you have something to attend to first, I also have some things to deal with here." Gu Mian hastily said.
"If there's anything you need, just give me a call." As he said that, Qin Sheng reached out to hand over his business card.
"Ah, you're the one who gave me your business card last time! I've kept it well."
"Alright, see you next time." Qin Sheng nodded and turned around to leave with Fang Zhou who was standing at the door.
The ark was about to leave before curiously looking at Gu Mei several times, until Qin Sheng's back was almost out of sight. He then quickly chased after him.
Knowing that the auction had already ended, and hearing someone's voice coming from nearby, Gu Xiang knew that it was definitely people who came to attend the auction. To avoid running into Du Hao again, she didn't stay in the rest room for long and went straight to the appraisal room to wait for news, believing that the auction house staff wouldn't hesitate too long about her leaving or staying.
As expected, Gu Mei returned to the appraisal room not long after. The secretary next to Jiang Zong came over and tactfully told her that she had been frightened today, so she didn't need to come to work at the auction house for the next few days, and just stay home to rest well. As for when she would return to work, the other party did not mention a single word.
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