The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

　　 The sun was shining on the lawn near noon. Although it was on the top of the mountain, it was still in the huge valley. The wind was not strong, at least the coldness of the previous time on the airport platform was gone.

　　 Zhang Nan likes the feeling of looking at the snow-capped mountains from a distance and bathing in the sun. If there is a comfortable sofa chair at this time, plus a coffee table and a cup of hot tea, it would be even better.

　　 Top rich people almost always have a good housekeeper, and there are several housekeepers at this level in Zhang Nan's family. The most competent Tom is usually brought with him, and this time is no exception.

　　 Checking his words, knowing his employer's habits and preferences, after seeing Zhang Nan standing there for a short while, he asked several waiters to carry a small table and two sofa chairs to the lawn.

　　 As for Tom himself, the British butler, holding a "Serving the People" teacup with a lid in one hand, and a bamboo-woven jacket thermos bottle with the local characteristics of Huaxia Yanxian in the other, it just appeared beside Zhang Nan.

　　Harmony?

　　 Ha, here in Zhang Nan, this is harmony.

　　 At this time, he has no plans to enter the hotel room at all. He is not an ordinary tourist himself, he needs to be busy with the check-in procedures and there is no need to pack his luggage.

　　 The butlers and waiters who arrived a day earlier had brought the items he was accustomed to using, and even the bedding had been replaced by his own.

　　 The layout of the room is different, but all the things that Zhang Nan may use are placed 100% around the room where he habitually holds it the most comfortable.

　　 I'll sit down for a while, I was a little dizzy about the time I took the car just now.

　　 It's not dizziness, but when the team didn't drive in a straight line. Now that it calms down, and the scenery is so special, let's be quiet first.

　　 I listened a lot before coming. Rest and drink more water. The easiest way to deal with altitude sickness.

　　 Don’t look at this, if you don’t pay attention to it during the day, you will suffer at night!

　　 Sit down on the chair, and the butler naturally poured boiling water into the cup, which was filled with Huibai tea from Zhang Nan’s hometown.

　　 After drinking Rhodiola for two days, I didn't insist on it anymore. I still think the tea is reliable.

　　 Brother-in-law is not there, Guan Ge went to England, and Andre sat on the other sofa chair.

　　 A waiter resisted to top the boss's sun umbrella. Zhang Nan looked up at the position of the sun and waved his hand not to use it.

　　 Regarding the style and style of this period of effort, let the ordinary officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bolivia who enter the hotel to coordinate together, and then leave after the meeting, are speechless!

　　 It’s not the first time to receive foreign guests. I have never seen such a thing. Even the waiters and chefs are brought by themselves. The original staff of the hotel just cooperated with them.

　　 This is not the President of the United States, but the rules seem to be more and more detailed than those of the President of the United States!

　　 Zhang Nan didn't care about the opinions of outsiders. He drank a sip of hot tea and took out a bag of Zhonghua from his pocket.

　　 The altitude is too high, it is better to smoke less.

　　 Without turning his head, he said: "Don't stand up with the golden knife, this will be fine again. I won't go out before two o'clock in the afternoon."

　　 This is talking to Alyosha and Lin Ming, these two like to stand behind him when he is looking at the scenery.

　　 You said that this is good when running outside. This meeting has already reached its end. Although the door of the room is not protected as in accordance with the security regulations, it is obviously impossible to continue to do so.

　　 When encountering a similar situation, every time Zhang Nan speaks, the bodyguard who is on his turn will leave and perform his duties.

　　 These two did not leave in the end, but changed from standing to sitting on other chairs brought by the waiters.

　　 The two of them are the boss's most personal bodyguards. The room is arranged in the same villa. They don't need to worry about the luggage at all. The waiters brought in from Long Island have already taken it in.

　　 A waiter puts on a black tea set for Andre. As for the last two, just like the boss, each one has a cup of green tea, and Tom asked them to get a table for them.

　　 did not speak, Zhang Nan just sat so stupidly, feeling very good!

　　 In his last life, he could sit alone at the Qing Dynasty Corridor Cafe in Qingcheng Mountain for one afternoon. In this life, he can also sit foolishly on the shore of King Berchtesgaden for a few hours. He is actually a quiet person in his bones.

　　 No one disturbs these few, other security personnel are far away, everything is quiet and peaceful, and safe.

　　 This can last more than half an hour. After drinking too much tea and wanting to go to the bathroom, Zhang Nan got up and walked to the villa.

　　 "What did Danny prepare for noon? Don't tell me what South American food is, this continent is just fucking-not delicious!"

　　 asked Tom, who got up at the same time, the big housekeeper also got himself a chair: The employer has said many times, don’t always stand beside him like a wooden stake!

　　 If the butler follows the rules, Tom is tired, Zhang Nan doesn’t know, he’s tired looking at him anyway!

　　I'm worried about bad food. In South America, especially in the nearby countries, it is always said that it is a barren mountain and Lingxi language area. In Zhang Nan's eyes, there is no local food that can be considered delicious.

　　 is slightly better than the scary Indian meal!

　　 Tom kept up with his employer and said, "Sir, the main course of lunch is alpaca, grilled neck meat and braised leg meat.

　　 You, Mr. Colonel, Alyosha and Mr. Lin's dishes are all prepared by Danny himself.

　　 The alpaca meat is very fresh. Our logistics staff and the hotel procurement staff directly bought two pieces from the market and came alive just before dawn in the morning.

　　 The delivery company here only has slaughtered goods, and Danny is not worried about hygiene.

　　 Fish is a pollution-free, naturally grown rainbow trout from Lake Titicaca in the north. It is simply charcoal grilled and sprinkled with salt. Danny thinks this is the most flavorful.

　　 There are also special fried potatoes and corn, with salt and pepper. You also know that there are many varieties of potatoes and corn here.

　　 Fortunately, we brought broccoli and your favorite cabbage. There are very few local vegetables here. The altitude is too high and the temperature is too cold.

　　 Some local vegetables are basically shipped from Sucre and Santa Cruz, that is, some green peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, zucchini, onions and carrots..."

　　 Zhang Nan will never dislike others saying too much to eat. In life, in my own eyes, eating is a very important thing!

　　 Mr. Butler knows this preference of employers: In New York City, there are not many people who have more rules than employers in eating, and some are basically in Chinatown.

　　 Listening to the housekeeper's introduction, Zhang Nan felt a little strange, and said: "You bought alive alpacas and slaughtered them yourself?"

"Yes, sir.

　　I am mainly worried about the meat supply chain of the hotel itself, but this time I only bought the most common and cheapest meat castration ram, which is naturally grazing, and it is very cheap.

　　 The more expensive llama market has no alive for these two days, so you need to book in advance, the logistics has been contacted, and it will be delivered tomorrow. "

　　 "Forty dollars?"

　　 When I came to South America last time, I only ate alpaca meat once in Peru, but I didn't leave any deep images.

　　 And this will be in the United States. The price of a live alpaca is about ten thousand dollars, and here is forty yuan!

　　 What are you doing!

　　 Hearing Zhang Nan’s question, Tom, who is good at thinking about employers, knew why, and said: "Sir, alpaca is a luxury-class viewing animal in the United States, because Peru launched a hunger marketing more than ten years ago.

　　 A deliberate monopoly export requires approval for every alpaca's situation.

　　Although the number of alpacas is not very large, there are only about 3 million alpacas in Peru alone, and the number is still growing rapidly. The total number of alpacas in South America should exceed 3.5 million.

　　The Peruvian family accounts for about 85% of the total. Together, Bolivia and Chile have almost introduced similar policies.

　　 Before 1984, the Western world didn't think the alpaca was so strange, but as soon as the hunger marketing was launched, the alpaca became a treasure.

The United States only started to introduce alpaca breeding ten years ago as zoo watch animals and family luxury pets. However, due to the limitations of breeding technology, breeding alpaca prices and population size, the unit price in the last two years has been tens of thousands of dollars, and the appearance is better. Of at least four to fifty thousand.

　　 And sir, alpaca is just a general term for these animals by foreigners in non-Andean countries. This kind of animals can actually be divided into several types. "

　　 At this time, everyone has walked into the large living room on the first floor of the villa, and the decoration in front of them is very modern, with a breath of American and Western world.

　　 Bolivia has received huge economic and military assistance from the United States for decades, and many aspects have been affected by the United States. For example, the hotels and the luxury houses on the nearby hills look like the villas around Los Angeles.

　　The wealthy people here yearn for modern life in the western style.

Other villas are decorated in Indian style, and it was Tom’s choice that he didn’t arrange for Zhang Nan: he knew that the employer didn’t have much curiosity about any ethnic residences other than Huaxia, and he was even good at some that were too characteristic. Sensitivity is lacking.

　　 After the field visit yesterday, I think that the modern style is more in line with employers’ preferences.

　　 Besides, what has Mr. Allen never seen before?

　　 As long as it is clean and tidy, just like Zhang Nan who will walk into the hall, he is too lazy to take a look at the indoor environment, but is led by the waiter upstairs along the wide circular staircase.

　　 This three-story villa actually has a concealed elevator, but even the waiter knows that the young boss would rather take the stairs in this case.

　　 Hearing the housekeeper’s words, Zhang Nan, who had just stepped up the stairs, said: “I know that, South American native alpaca can be roughly divided into three types, which should be called...

　　 I can’t pronounce it in Spanish. Just the alpaca you just mentioned, and what kind of alpaca is called. In a circle, there are wild llamas and some people call them guanacos. There seems to be a kind of small alpaca, right?

　　 is not very clear, it should be the three native species of alpacas. "

　　 I have seen a lot of Animal World and National Geographic, which is a good thing.

　　 did not think, "Sir, in fact, the alpaca is not the native species, it is artificial.

　　The offspring of the ancient Indians crossing the guanaco and the small alpaca, like mules and ligers, are fertile. The native species of domestic alpaca are only two major types of alpaca and small alpaca. "

　　 Tom naturally pointed out the mistakes in his employer's words, his tone and demeanor did not hesitate or worry. This is the duty and professional requirement of his big housekeeper. The employer will never be unhappy or embarrassed because of this.

　　 Sure enough, Zhang Nan didn't feel uncomfortable at all, but smiled and said: "Ha! I really don't know this. It turns out that this alpaca is a hybrid or a hybrid. It's no wonder that I've heard someone call him grass mud or horse.

　　 Haha, it’s interesting! "

　　 He can't remember why this strange animal was later called "sacred beast", "grass mud, horse", but he really didn't expect this kind of stupid and innocent guy to be a hybrid animal.

　　 Probably two native species of alpacas are genetically similar, otherwise this alpacas could become a **** for a lifetime!

The master suite is on the third floor, and when I walked to the second floor, Zhang Nan, who had finished laughing, thought of the huge price difference, and said: “It’s too cheap here. Bolivians don’t know what to think. Peruvians engage in hunger marketing, and their own farmers and herdsmen are suffering from poverty."

　　 Bolivia, which claims to be not very rich, is actually poor!

　　 When Tom heard this, he didn't dare to say: "Sir, in fact, I think alpaca here is cheap, but it is habitually compared with the price of ornamental alpaca on the American market.

　　 I have been to see the two delivered here, they are not very fat, and the weight after shearing looked only 50 kilograms.

　　 With reference to the market price of general beef and lamb in the United States, this price is estimated to be higher than the actual market price here.

　　 I think the direct selling price of farmers is two-thirds at most, or even half.

　　 Ordinary people here are very poor, and the country is actually very backward and poor. I can tell that the hotel purchasers who accompany us will get a bit of rebate. "

　　 "Haha..." Zhang Nan laughed again when he heard it: He also thought of the problem of thinking. It is really the rich people who are used to it, and everything is cheap.

　　Alpaca, here is a common animal with dual-purpose fur and meat. It is even more common than goats in my hometown of Yanxian~www.wuxiaspot.com~ not so refined.

　　 Thinking of this, my mind shifted to this point in time for China’s pork and beef prices.

　　 This is the best beef and pork in the Huaxia vegetable market. It seems to be five or six yuan per catty, which is still the retail price of the meat stall.

　　 Today, the official exchange rate of one U.S. dollar to the renminbi is eight yuan, six or seven, which is even more in the black market. In other words, a catty of retail pork and beef is estimated to be worth 0.5 to 0.6 US dollars in China.

　　 An alpaca counts it as 60 kilograms. What is the slaughter rate?

have no idea!

　　 In Zhang Nan's mind, the slaughter rate of cattle is more than 60%, and that of pigs is more than 70%, nearly 80%, but sheep is only 40% to 50%.

　　Alpaca doesn’t know, but looking at its size, it’s estimated that 60% will end!

　　 That is only 30 kilograms of meat, and a kilogram of meat is 1.33 US dollars. According to the official exchange rate, it costs more than five yuan and seven cents per catty of alpaca.

　　 If according to the actual exchange rate, the slaughtered is good, it has not been divided into retail status. At most, the wholesale price of alpaca is more than 6 yuan per catty.

　　 The two single heads that I bought are less than 60 kilograms, which is worth 7 yuan per catty.

　　 Today's China is still not very wealthy, but from what we have seen and heard today, the state of integrated buildings and citizens is like the capital of La Paz. You can imagine how poor Bolivia is.

　　 $40 for an alpaca is not cheap at all!

　　 My own butler is so sophisticated and judges that the purchasing staff here will get a rebate. That would not be nonsense and aimless.