Seeing his friend standing there with a frown, silent and brooding, Wang Mingcai patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Old Wu, I'll introduce you to a few people next time. Otherwise, since you don't have any familiar contacts, you'd better make fewer trips to the countryside to buy things. Also, it would be best to go with someone else. You might find less that way, but with two people looking, the chances of being fooled will definitely be lower."
Wang Mingcai preferred to handle things cautiously. In his view, taking huge risks for money was definitely not worth it. His cautious nature might cost him some opportunities, but correspondingly, he would not suffer heavy losses because of unexpected accidents.
Wu Renmin's personality was the exact opposite of Wang Mingcai's. Otherwise, he could never have stockpiled more than a hundred pieces of famille rose porcelain at once, waiting for their value to rise.
Besides, Chu Chen felt that Wu Renmin was rather stubborn. Just like now, although Chu Chen and Wang Mingcai had explained everything so clearly, Wu Renmin had only outwardly expressed his agreement and gratitude toward Wang Mingcai. Deep down, he was still somewhat unconvinced.
Wu Renmin's kind of personality was quite common in the world of antique collecting. As mentioned earlier, most collectors were smart people, but smart people made mistakes too. Moreover, things in this world were sometimes truly strange—the smarter the person, the bigger the mistake they made, and the more serious the consequences.
For example, in the antique trade, quite a few collectors suffered from the same faults as Wu Renmin: self-righteousness and stubborn refusal to change.
Generally speaking, collectors had very strong self-confidence. Most of them were successful people who had achieved success in other fields before gaining the spare money, time, and