Chu Chen could only smile wryly and shake his head at this. He then put the item away. However, he had no intention of returning it. After all, An Gongshi had already made his stance clear. If Chu Chen still insisted on doing so, it would seem rather lacking in human feeling.
The night passed uneventfully. Early the next morning, everyone first went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast before returning to their respective rooms. They took out the antiques they had brought for the treasure appraisal competition and prepared to attend that day's exchange meeting.
The exchange meeting was still being held at this hotel. After everyone took their items, they followed the waiter's directions to a small conference room.
The way there was unobstructed, but when they reached the conference room entrance, the group was politely stopped by security. Only after their invitations had been checked and verified did the guards let them in.
Don't assume this was the only security check here. In fact, Chu Chen and the others had already been identified because they had been staying at the hotel, which was why they were able to enter so easily. Participants from outside the hotel had to undergo careful verification before they could come in.
Moreover, it would not be easy for someone to pick up an invitation and impersonate its owner, because the invitations also carried the participants' photographs. For example, Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo had to have their pictures taken by the organizers before they could attend the exchange meeting. Otherwise, they definitely would not have passed security just now.
As he entered through the main doors, Chu Chen discovered that the nearly one-hundred-square-meter conference room had been decorated like a small exhibition hall. Apart from several display stands in the middle, calligraphy