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Happy Tycoon - Chapter 265

Published at 29th of September 2021 01:50:56 PM


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"When I first went to Yanjing last year, I took a Chinese American named Peter Wu with me. This Peter Wu is 35 years old. His family is in Chinatown, lower city, New York. He used to work under an old friend of mine. This Peter Wu is a second-generation immigrant. He speaks fluent Chinese, and he is also proficient in antique art Yes, that's why I found him through my friend. Now Peter Wu lives in Yanjing and buys some antique works of art for you. In the past year, he has really collected a lot of good things. Last time I went to Yanjing, the antique furniture, calligraphy, painting, porcelain and other things he bought have been piled up in five large rooms These things cost less than five million dollars. He presided over the work there and did a good job. "

Yang Jing asked, "how about this man's human nature?"

"It's no big problem. The most important thing is that every transaction of Peter Wu has relevant procedures, and I have arranged three people to accompany him there. Don't worry about capital. I may not be proficient in other things, but I think I'm proficient in capital monitoring."

Hearing these words, Yang Jing was relieved.

Originally, Yang Jing wanted to use his Limited space-time shuttle skills to go back to Yanjing in the 1980s to buy those old objects. Later, he thought it was a little unsafe, so he made such a plan.

If you go back to buy it, although there is a reminder of the holy ring, you can try to avoid the occurrence of time-space paradox, but it's better to let foreigners buy it quickly and safely.

The most important thing is to go back to the 1980s and buy old things, which requires exchanging a large number of old national currencies in the original time and space. These problems do not exist by using old foreign acquisitions.

At that time, when China was short of foreign exchange, allowing foreigners to buy those old objects in Yanjing with us dollars not only did not have the restrictions of the old national currency, but also increased some foreign exchange reserves for the motherland. Why not?

At a certain time point, you can send these foreigners back, and then you can quietly wait for a person in charge of the Dragon Fund to give yourself the Dragon Fund

"Mike, you will continue to do what I told you in the past two years. You can buy as much as you can. Money is not a problem, as long as you can buy as many high-quality works of art as possible."

"Hehe, boss, I like this job very much, so you don't have to worry about it. After new year's day, I will quit my current job and return to my hometown Louisiana. At that time, I will have more time and freedom to serve you."

"Well, I'll trouble you a lot in the next few years. By the way, there's another thing you should pay attention to. I need Cesar to do another trading for me in about 85."

"Is there another good investment project?" Mike aller asked pleasantly.

Yang Jing nodded and said, "it's hard to say now. I just have such a judgment. The specific situation will be observed for a few years."

"Well, as long as you need it, you can call my home phone directly." Mike aller took out his business card, wrote a string of numbers on the back of the business card and handed it to Yang Jing. "This is my home phone. If you need to find me, just call this phone. If I'm not at home, my family can also contact me."

Yang Jing took the card and carefully put it in his wallet.

"Mike, please contact that Peter Wu and say that I may go to Yanjing and tell him my name. Well, it's Michael Lynch's name, not my real name."

Mike aller made a "rest assured" expression and said, "I know what to do. Rest assured, boss. No one will know your real name except Cesar and me."

At noon, Yang Jing and Mike aller had a meal. After a long discussion, Yang Jing left the door and walked away along an alley.

When he came to a corner, after observing that there was no one around, Yang Jing decisively launched the Limited space-time shuttle skill. The next moment, he returned to the room of the hotel in Jinling.

Because of the time and flow rate, Yang Jing went to the Cayman Islands and stayed there for about ten hours, but in the original time and space, less than two hours have passed, and it is still late at night.

Mike aller did an excellent job, some of which were beyond Yang Jing's expectation.

Originally, Yang Jing thought that during the period when he left, Mike aller would make some mistakes in some places. As a result, he didn't expect that the calm old guy did everything without omission and took all the things that should be considered into account.

The most important thing is that the quantity and quality of the works of art he bought really surprised Yang Jing.

Yang Jing thought that it would be very good for Mike aller to buy about five famous oil paintings a year. As a result, in less than two years, Mike aller directly bought 16 oil paintings, including the works of great masters such as Picasso, Henry Matisse and Simon UE.

In particular, Picasso's "Avignon girl" is a surprise among surprises.

When this painting finally becomes the collection of its own private museum, it will definitely cause a considerable sensation.

For this painting, Yang Jing has to praise Mike aller.

As for how the Yanjing operation is going, Yang Jing still needs to find a time to shuttle back and have a look.

And Mike altucao make complaints about the fact that money is not spent at all. Yang Jing is also happy to see it.

In fact, in the Western European and American countries in the early 1980s, tens of millions of dollars of works of art were very rare. Except for the unshakable treasures of the town hall, most of the other works of art that could be auctioned were priced at hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Works of art over tens of millions of dollars were really rare in that era.

It was not until the 1990s that there were more and more works of art at the level of tens of millions of dollars. One was that in the 1990s, the dollar was not as valuable as in the 1980s. The other was that the increase in the total global economy increased the price of works of art.

In other words, the price of works of art that often cost tens of millions of dollars or even hundreds of millions of dollars in future generations was not that expensive at all in the early 1980s. Therefore, this period is also a good time to acquire some fine European and American works of art.

After looking at her watch, she found that Yang Jing was not sleepy before 1 a.m., so she thought about it and simply launched the restricted space-time shuttle skill, directly reaching Yanjing on January 5, 1982.

Of course, Yang Jing put her shuttle place in Xiangshan Park. At 5 a.m. in winter, there are basically no people in Xiangshan Park.

After waiting for a long time from the park, Yang Jing took the first bus from Xiangshan to the urban area. After another bus, she arrived at Deshengmen.

Deshengmen is not far from Houhai. Yang Jing is too lazy to take a bus again. He strolls along Gulou West Street and comes to the north edge of Houhai.

The siheyuan bought by Mike aller is not called Hai Siheyuan now. It has to wait until after the transformation of this area in 2002. Because it is in the "Hai" area, it is called "Hai Siheyuan".

In February 2002, after years of brewing, Yanjing municipal government finally promulgated the protection plan for 25 historical and cultural reserves in the old city of Yanjing. 25 historical and cultural reserves appeared for the first time in the second ring road of Yangjing. However, with the acceleration of urban modernization, more and more areas need to be protected. By 2007, Yanjing had 40 historical and cultural reserves mainly for traditional courtyard buildings. Outside these 40 protected areas, quadrangles, as traditional buildings in Yanjing, are rapidly disappearing, and the total number of quadrangles in the protected areas will hardly change due to regional restrictions. Especially as more and more people realize the value of quadrangles, the price of quadrangles in Yanjing is becoming more and more expensive.

The siheyuan along the north of Houhai is the first batch of siheyuan designated as a historical and cultural reserve. When it began to accept special protective transformation, the siheyuan in this area was coded with tiangan dizhi according to different locations. The siheyuan, which was bought by Russian oil tycoons in previous lives, is just in the "Hai" area.

Of course, the haisiheyuan was bought by the Russian tycoon in 2007. After buying it, the Russian tycoon began to rebuild and repair the siheyuan. Finally, the cost of the whole haisiheyuan delivered to the homeowner will reach about US $40 million, which is nearly US $300 million at the exchange rate in 2007.

The final price of this courtyard will be so expensive. In addition to the unique geographical location, special architectural form and huge area of the courtyard itself, another important reason is the luxury of building materials.

At that time, when the courtyard was rebuilt, there were as many as 24 supporting wooden columns for the main house in the courtyard, all of which were logs with a diameter of half a meter. The wood used in the house was native wood produced in the tropical rain forest of Thailand. Coupled with relevant taxes and transportation costs, the price was as high as 25000 yuan cubic meters. This is only the wood for construction. Most other related materials are almost the top configuration imported from foreign countries. Coupled with the huge basement, it is not surprising that the overall cost finally becomes so high.

However, the Russian tycoon bought the yard and rebuilt it in 2007. Yang Jing entrusted Mike aller to buy the yard in 1981. There is a full 26 years difference between the two.

Don't underestimate the 26 years. It is the time difference between these 26 years that has made earth shaking changes in the value of many things.

For example, in 1981, a small quadrangle near Houhai with an area of about 140 square meters could be bought for 2000 yuan, but in 2007, 20 million yuan was the starting price!

The courtyard bought by Mike aller only cost 500000 US dollars in 1981. According to the official exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 1.7 national currency at that time, the best quadrangle of more than 3000 square meters is only 800000 national currency. Even if it is calculated according to the exchange rate of 1 US dollar to 2.8 National currency at the internal trade settlement exchange rate, the courtyard is only 1.4 million national currency!





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