NFBE Chapter 593 Cunning Believer
Chapter 593 Cunning Believer
Jiang Ning was not surprised by this.
Quinn was the same in his previous life, kind but stubborn.
In their hearts, they have their own beliefs in morality, and outsiders cannot gain their trust by lowering prices or giving some benefits.
Jiang Ning also made preparations for this early on.
During the period of water conservancy construction, Jiang Ning found out a lot of information.
He knew that the spiritual stones of Yuyin Village were all sold to Bach in Mayi City at the foot of the mountain.
Bach is a well-known local antique dealer with extremely high prestige in his generation. He also claims to be a devout Tibetan Buddhist, so many partners trust him very much.
Yuyin Village has been cooperating with Bach for ten years, since Bach was just a small businessman.
This cooperation is deeply rooted, so it is understandable that Quinn will not easily change merchants.
But it is not difficult to see from the price Jiang Ning paid Bach for the jade that Bach was a big profiteer.
He looks like the people from Yuyin Village rarely go outside, and the two sides have cooperated for many years and trust each other. The price he offers to Yuyin Village for the spiritual jade is simply the price for garbage.
If he was truly a devout Buddhist, he would not be so dismissive of the gifts of nature.
To put it bluntly, they use the name of Buddhists as a cover to deceive the trust of these simple villagers in the Tibetan area.
Therefore, during the period of water conservancy construction, Jiang Ning sent Leng Yu and Xiao Ye Xiao Xiaozi to secretly investigate Bach, and they actually found the problem.
Bach was an antique jade merchant on the surface, but in fact he had his own private armed forces.
Those armed teams usually like to go into the mountains to hunt, kill endangered animals, and sell their fur.
And if Bach encountered a conflict in business, those people would return from the mountains and secretly help Bach solve his business problems.
This is not the approach a Tibetan Buddhist should take.
And what is most infuriating is that Bach is an antique smuggler who specializes in reselling antiques abroad and earning high fees.
Especially as a Tibetan Buddhist, he collected many Tibetan antiques, which had far-reaching significance to Tibetan Buddhist culture. However, when they came into his hands, they were sold to foreigners at a fixed price.
This is a blasphemy against Tibetan Buddhism and a betrayal of culture.
That night, Leng Yu and Xiao Ye Xiao Xiaozi returned to Yuyin Village and handed over the useful clues they had collected to Jiang Ning.
The next morning, Jiang Ning found Quinn and handed the information to him.
"Brother Quinn, the partner you trust is actually an out-and-out profiteer and traitor!" Jiang Ning said, "This is only part of his information. I have no way of counting how many antiques he has resold over the years, and how many cultural treasures have flowed abroad from his hands!"
Seeing this scene, Quinn's eyes widened in disbelief.
"This..." He gritted his teeth: "Come with me!"
Quinn took the information and took Jiang Ning to find the village chief.
"Village Chief, these are some things Mr. Jiang collected about Bach!" Quinn said, "We have been working with Bach for so long, and we didn't know anything about him!"
The village chief was also very surprised, "Isn't he a devout Buddhist? How could he do such a thing?"
Seeing that the village chief was a little unconvinced, Jiang Ning took a deep breath and said, "He is a fake Buddhist. His purpose is to deceive you who truly have faith. The dirty things he did are all shameful and ordinary people can't find out. I got this information through some secret means."
The village chief gritted his teeth and said, "I will verify this matter. If he is really this kind of person, we may have to reconsider our jade cooperation."
Quinn nodded as well.
Although Quinn is very prestigious in this generation, the old village chief still has the title and the old village chief still needs to make decisions on everything.
In the following week, the villagers who went up the mountain collected another batch of ice-type raw stones. According to normal procedures, they had to send several representatives down the mountain to Bach in Mayi City.
This time, the old village chief Uncle Ugan and Quinn went to deliver the raw stones in person.
He also brought two young and strong men.
When they arrived in Mayi City, Bach warmly welcomed the people of Yuyin Village as usual.
"Uncle Wugan, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why did you come down the mountain in person this time?"
Bach asked his men to pour tea for the representatives of Yuyin Village, and then handed a cigarette to Wugan.
"Don't smoke!"
Uncle Ugan seemed a little angry.
"Quit it?" Bach smiled, not noticing anything unusual. He turned to Quinn and said, "It's a good thing that you're here. I have a treasure that I want you to take a look at!"
After saying that, he clapped his hands, and his men brought up a treasure chest. When he opened it, inside was an exquisite Tibetan Buddhist thangka.
Thangka is a religious scroll painting that is framed with colorful satin and hung for worship. It has extremely high collection and appreciation value.
It is obvious that this thangka is not an ordinary piece. It uses expensive minerals such as gold, silver and turquoise as painting materials.
And it looks very old.
If Quinn saw such a treasure on ordinary days, his eyes would light up and he would be very excited.
But this time, Quinn's eyes flashed with anger and heartache.
Because according to the information provided by Jiang Ning, the thangkas that Bach sold abroad were at least dozens, if not hundreds, and all of them were rare treasures with a long history and certain cultural significance.
Quinn's teeth were grinding as he imagined their proud culture being destroyed in this way.
"I can't help you with the appraisal, find someone else!"
"Quinn? What's wrong with you?" Bach finally noticed something unusual.
"What's wrong with me? You did such a good thing!!"
Quinn is a simple person who likes to speak his mind directly, but he finally couldn't hold back his emotions.
The old village chief, Ugan, pulled Quinn's sleeve, signaling him not to be impulsive.
Then, he stepped forward and said, "I'm here to trade in rough stones this time, and I also want to ask you something, Bach, have you smuggled many of our Tibetan antiques abroad?"
Bach narrowed his eyes slightly, gritted his teeth viciously, and then smiled harmlessly, "Uncle Wugan, who told you that?"
"Did you smuggle any cultural relics?" Wu Gan asked again with gritted teeth.
Bach took a deep breath: "This is slander."
"What about this?"
Wu Gan threw some evidence provided to him by Jiang Ning on the table.
Bach looked down, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
The next second, he waved his hand to tell his men to close the door, sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and said, "Who told you these things?"
"Don't worry about it!" said the old village chief Wugan. "Your behavior is a blasphemy against faith. You need to repent for it and stop doing it forever!"
"Uncle Wugan, what era is this?" Bach frowned and said, "When we do business, we pursue profits. Are we going to leave the money there and not make it? How can I support so many people under me? Will you support them for me?"
Bach finally showed his true colors.