Chapter 1778: Tragic fate
Botsay Gate Open Market, Rome’s largest, oldest and most famous open-air market, is known for its huge scale and complete variety. It is a world-famous antique and second-hand market.
This antique second-hand market occupies several streets. Looking around, every street is filled with various stalls, and a white tent creates a very spectacular scenery.
It is said that there are 4,000 large and small stalls in this antique junk market, and the number even far exceeds the antique junk market in Saint-Tuan in Paris.
In addition to the numerous antique and second-hand goods stalls, the streets where this open-air market is located are lined with antique shops and galleries of various sizes and styles. It is also a good place for Taobao.
Here, there are everything from small needles and brains to large solid wood furniture, from ancient Greek and Roman sculptures, to top antique works of the Renaissance, to masterpieces of modern art masters.
Of course, it depends on your vision, luck, and whether God will take care of you.
Only those guys with both strength and luck can find real valuable antique art here. Others just wait to pay the tuition. It is a blessing not to be scammed!
It was a sunny Sunday, and the Botsay Gate open-air market was open again.
Just after nine o'clock in the morning, this open-air market was already full of people and it was very lively.
Tourists from all over the world, as well as many Roman locals, flocked from all over Rome to this open-air antique second-hand market one after another, ready to shop for treasures, taste food, visit and play here.
Of course, thieves from some cities in and around Rome have also heard the news, ready to steal here and make a fortune. This is their weekly carnival!
For such a world-famous antique junk market, Ye Tian will naturally not miss it.
He has wiped out the antique market in Florence and the antique art market in Milan before. If you let Rome go, wouldn't it be a bit of a suspicion of favoritism, that's not good!
Therefore, as soon as the Botsaymen open-air market opened, Ye Tian and his party showed up on time, walked into this antique junk market with a smile and talked, and prepared to sweep the place.
As before, Kerr and many security personnel dispersed, and a line of defense was set up around Ye Tian and the others, separating all the suspicious-looking pedestrians and tourists.
Several security personnel pretended to be tourists, mixing in the crowd, observing the movement of the crowd, and secretly protecting Ye Tian and the others.
In addition, Cole also arranged two sniper teams, rushed here in advance, hidden on the two tallest buildings nearby, condescendingly control the entire Botsay Gate open-air market.
And as Ye Tian and the others keep moving in the market, the two sniper teams will also change their positions in due course to ensure that Ye Tian and them are always within their field of vision.
Not far behind Ye Tian and them, there were a group of Roman policemen and Italian cultural relics gendarmerie in plain clothes, following like a shadow, always on high alert.
But where did these guys know, someone followed them.
A little further behind, the guys from the Blackwater Company and their agents, as well as the agent from the Israeli IZO Mercenary Company, followed suit.
Half an hour before leaving the Vatican in the morning, Cole notified these guys and asked them to follow to the Botsaymen open-air bazaar to receive rewards for hunting down several gangs.
As for the way to receive the reward, each of them is very clear. Just stare at Ye Tian's finger to see when he gives hints and type Morse code!
After Ye Tian gave a hint, they could move.
Take down the antique artworks designated by Ye Tian at a low price, and then take them out of Italy, and then auction them through major auction houses, making a big profit!
For this unconventional payment method, these mercenaries who have been licking blood all the year round are very welcome, and at the same time they are very curious. They are all excited, and can't get the corresponding Morse code immediately!
As long as everything goes well, this will be the most lucrative reward they have earned, and they can see the sun. No one can grasp any handles, and they can use it at will. Is it welcome?
At the same time, Bowie, dressed as a tourist, was mixing in the crowd at the moment, walking towards the entrance of the Botsay Gate open-air market.
As he marched, his eyes hidden behind the sunglasses kept shining with excitement.
As early as two days ago, Bowie arrived in Rome, and he had been visiting everywhere before, just like ordinary tourists, without any surprises!
He didn't appear here until the Botsay Gate open-air market opened today.
As for the purpose of his coming here, do you still need to ask? Of course it is the same as before.
Secretly cooperated with Ye Tian, and according to the information received, swept the entire Botsaymen open-air market, frantically sweeping the neglected antique artworks and sweeping wealth!
As soon as they entered the Botsay Gate open-air bazaar, Ye Tian and the others attracted countless attentions and caused quite a stir.
Especially the stall owners who set up stalls in this open-air market, as well as antique dealers and gallery owners of all sizes, everyone's expression has changed drastically, and there is a sense of imminent disaster.
"What the hell! The greedy **** Steven actually came here, so there is no doubt that there will be a lot of bad luck guys today who will be ransacked by this bastard!"
"I'm going! The **** Steven is exactly the same as the legend. Everywhere he goes, he will ransack the local antique art market frantically, causing countless **** tragedies.
Today is the turn of the Botshamn Open-air Bazaar. It is completely conceivable. When today is over, the Botsaymen Open-air Bazaar will have many more unlucky people who have been ransacked and desperately wanted to live! "
Following people's discussions, the news of Ye Tian's arrival at the Botsay Gate Open-air Bazaar has quickly swept the entire market like a hurricane and reached almost everyone's ears.
Hearing this news, the many stall owners, antique dealers, and gallery owners who set up shops here can't help feeling a panic, lest they become the target of crazy looting.
Some of them have even made up their minds not to do Ye Tian's business life or death, so as not to be ransacked by him.
But how did these guys know that Ye Tian had already prepared a second hand to deal with this situation.
As long as they have valuable and neglected antique artworks in their stalls or shops, they will not escape the fate of being looted!
After entering the market, Ye Tian first took a look at the surroundings, then reached out to a stall on the street, smiled and said to everyone around him:
"Let's go and take a look over there, the things on that booth look a bit interesting, maybe there are surprises waiting for us there!"
As he said, he took Betty to the stall on the side of the street.
David and the others followed, and everyone looked excited.
As for the stall owner of the stall on the street, seeing Ye Tian walking towards him, he suddenly felt flustered, his eyelids jumped, and he felt that something was wrong.
But today's market has just opened, he hasn't opened yet, and he can't immediately close the stall and evacuate, he can only bite the bullet and stay where he is, waiting for the trial of fate!
Within a few steps, Ye Tian and Betty came to this booth first.
Ye Tian smiled and nodded to the stall owner, and then looked at the goods on the stall.
This is a very ordinary antique and second-hand goods stall, the stall is full of goods, and the variety is very diverse, it is a bit dizzying to look at!
From suspected head sculptures from ancient Greece and Rome, to tempera paintings from the Middle Ages, classical oil paintings and sculptures from the literary restoration period, to modern sculptures and paintings, you can see them here.
In addition to these, there are also rusty ancient swords, bronze candle holders, ceramics, table clocks, tableware, modern glass products and handicrafts, and some second-hand luxury accessories, etc.!
After quickly scanning the things on the stall, Ye Tian looked at the stall owner with a smile, and pointed to a tempera painting on the stall and said:
"Good morning, buddy, I'm Steven. I'm glad to meet you. Can I take a look at the tempera painting? That painting looks interesting!"
The forty-year-old stall owner took a deep look at Ye Tian, then turned his head and looked at the tempera painting suspiciously, then nodded and said:
"Good morning, Steven, I’m Philip, and I’m also very happy to meet you, welcome to Rome, welcome to the Botshamn souk, of course you can see that tempera"
Next, Ye Tian took the tempera painting in his hand, pretending to appreciate it seriously.
This is a tempera painting that looks quite historical. The size is not large, which is equivalent to the size of a magazine. The classic style frame looks quite old with some cracks on it.
In the painting is a half-length portrait of a medieval lady, dressed in a Chinese dress, sitting on a chair, staring out of the painting, the picture is bright in color and has a sense of luster, which is the characteristic of tempera painting.
Following Ye Tian's actions, many people around couldn't help but focus on the tempera painting. Everyone's eyes were full of curiosity and expectation.
Some of them even began to guess secretly, is the tempera painting a valuable work of art, and how valuable is it?
Not far from the rear, the guys from the Blackwater Company and IZO Company were even more excited.
Although they pretended to be nonchalant, they looked no different from ordinary tourists, but each of them stared at Ye Tian's fingers through sunglasses to see if he would type Morse code.
Unfortunately, they waited for a long time, and Ye Tian didn't move any fingers.
After reading the tempera painting in his hand over and over again, Ye Tian returned the painting to the booth and said with a smile:
"Philip, I don't quite understand this tempera painting, so I won't ask its price~www.wuxiaspot.com~Let’s go to the front booth again and see you later!"
After speaking, Ye Tian took Betty and walked out to the next stall a few meters away.
"call--!"
The stall owner Philip took a deep breath, and his tight nerves suddenly relaxed a lot.
God bless! I finally escaped, not being ransacked by the **** Steven, and turned into another tragic hapless one!
While secretly rejoicing, there was still some loss and regret deep in his heart.
Obviously, these things on his booth are like **** in the eyes of Steven, and they are of no value at all and not worth taking!
But how did he know that someone would patronize his stall later and buy the two most valuable treasures here and ignored by him at a very low price!
In fact, he still cannot escape the tragic fate of being ransacked by madness!
