The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

On the 13th, Boss Guan came back refreshed. This guy not only went to London, but even went home.

Oh, that Gulfstream IV took three women to play around in Europe, and finally took a group of family members of the bodyguards who had gone on vacation in the UK to return to New York first, but Mr. Guan himself took an ordinary commercial flight back to China. .

Those three who are still studying in London continue to immerse themselves in the directing department and study hard like Saburo. In half a year, they will almost be able to graduate from undergraduates, and can apply for postgraduates in the second half of this year.

As for Zhang Nan, Zhang Li and Chen Xiaoxu, who are in London, didn't mention it at Guan Xingquan—how to mention it?

Their three schools are one of the best film schools in the world. They are half a catty to the School of Film and Art at the University of Southern California. If this is the case, I still don’t know who the new boss behind Columbia Pictures is and what background that person has. ...

That's pretty good!

Apart from others, many film and entertainment magazines in London have long dug about Zhang Nan’s current family situation. Although there is no definite evidence, it can be guessed that Zhang Nan has a wife and children in the United States, and there is even The relationship with Isabel Adjani is almost an open secret.

It's okay not to say more, no one talks about the subject that is in the way when you have time to call, so let's just spend it like this first.

Boss Guan hurriedly returned to China for a few days and met his mother. This was because Xiang Weirong and a group of Chinese bodyguards would basically return to China for the New Year.

Zhang Nan wanted Guan Xingquan to come back after spending the new year at home. After he returned to the manor, he still babbled: "...I asked you to stay a few more days earlier, and be anxious!"

Guan Xingquan didn't care at all, and said, "I can't stay. My mother lives with my sister-in-law and Jianan at the Peak Manor. This time I went back and asked me when to get married, which caused a headache.

Besides, my mother has a happy life. She is almost a grandmother next to Lafayette Cixi. She doesn’t need to cook any food. She takes children at most. She is in good health and has a driver when she goes out. It’s good..."

Two new villas have been built on the Peak Manor. My sister and Aunt Liu have moved, but they only live in one, otherwise it will be too deserted.

There is a son who knows whether he makes tens of millions or hundreds of millions a year, Aunt Liu has a happy life. She won’t feel lonely with Zhang Hui’s family. One child and one child are enough for her to be happy—not tired, and Zhang Hui’s distant relatives are the nanny.

As for the son’s marital problems, although there are some headaches, the daughter-in-law has basically booked it, so there is no need to worry too much.

As for who is Lafayette?

Zhang Hui chant.

Not to mention the county or the region, you can close your eyes and say that you are the richest man, even in the province, you should not live too comfortably in the life of Aunt Liu.

After listening to Boss Guan, Zhang Nan was a little gossip: "I said Brother Guan, when are you going to get married?"

"Morning, wait until Le Yun finishes graduate school."

"Graduate students can get married."

"I said Anan, you let the other two hang over there, I'm going to marry Le Yun, right?"

Zhang Nan was speechless for a while.

"Forget it, you will run to London more in the future, and the newly bought second and third Gulfstreams are almost ready for use. So in addition to the two commonly used by Lisa and Charlie, one Gulfstream and one 767 are enough. Yes, you can adjust the first Gulfstream at will."

Gulfstream is now looking at Zhang Nan's company, don't be too close, four!

"I don't use it. Apart from the convenience of a private jet during holidays, it is not as good as a passenger plane to go to London. There are many flights anyway.

By the way, I said Anan, you also have to run around London and Beijing. The martial law was lifted yesterday. I estimate that soon you will be able to go back home with confidence.

Don’t say anything else, it’s always necessary to go back one or two times a year, right? ..."

Guan Xingquan also went to the capital, visited Aunt Li's family, and met the two brothers of Jiang's family. The two parties concluded in one sentence: Weng Qianhui is looking forward to Zhang Nan!

In response, Zhang Nan nodded, did not say much, knowing it well.

On the 15th, the Oscar nomination was announced, and Ajani appeared on the list without surprise.

Even if Star Columbia voluntarily gave up a large part of the site, there are still many films nominated for multiple awards.

Other Zhang Nan didn’t have any interest. Just watched "Speed ​​of Life and Death", which caught up with this year’s Oscars, with three nominations for best sound, best sound effects, and best film editing, as a tight-paced action film. The results are very good.

If nothing else, this action movie can win back two figurines.

On the 16th, except for Guan Xingquan, Alyosha, Xia Milli and Karimi, the other bodyguards from China returned to China with Xiang Weirong. When they come to the United States again, it is estimated that a few more people will come out - Guan Xingquan has also found a few old men and old comrades-in-arms, and this time they have met in Shanghai.

The few brothers who will report to Yanxian in the next year are all brothers who have just changed jobs and been demobilized this year. Most of them are 27 or 28 years old. They are a little younger than Alyosha. They start with an annual salary of $100,000. The eldest buddy who is 35 years old this year as a deputy regiment transfer job, even the deputy director of the public security bureau in his hometown, Xiaoxian, is no longer needed, and his mother wants to come to the United States.

What can a deputy director with no power do? After he arrives in the United States, he will be trained and adapted for half a year. If he stays in the "joint force", he can really command mercenary operations!

That buddy was uncomfortable after leaving the gun, and he could be injured in the domestic situation!

Why are you running to the capital?

I opened the back door--some of them came from the confidential unit. If there is no Jiang family to say hello, this person will not want to go abroad in 20 or 30 years!

On the afternoon of January 26, after a 4,000-kilometer voyage, the city of Tucson, located in a semi-arid desert environment, appeared far beyond the porthole on the right side of the 767.

Randy will give Zhang Nan a telescope, "Boss, it's at two o'clock."

what?

Nothing in the air, on the ground. There is the Davis-Monson Air Force Base covering an area of ​​2,600 acres, with more than 5,000 planes parked on the ground-the world's famous "aircraft cemetery" for the US military!

The geographical climate here in Tucson is suitable for storing airplanes. The air is dry, the annual rainfall is low, and the altitude is relatively high. In addition, the surface soil is hard and strong because of the high alkali content, and it is also suitable for towing airplanes.

Through the binoculars, Zhang Nan saw the densely lined planes on the ground in the distance. The most noticeable was the terrifying number of hundreds of B52 bombers!

In the past few years, those strategic bombers basically did not reach the retirement age when they flew to this cemetery. It is said that a total of 300 B-52 heavy strategic bombers were scrapped because of the strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. ——In order to let the Soviet spy satellites flying in the sky see clearly, all the wings and tails of all B-52s that flew here were cut off.

Very exaggerated scene!

My own plane will soon land at Tucson International Airport, 8 kilometers away, and the runways of the two airports are actually parallel, so even if the civil aviation pilots take off and land in accordance with the regulations, the passengers can still see clearly in the sky. The situation at Davis-Monson Air Force Base.

There are mountains a few kilometers nearby, and people are not prohibited from climbing. Take a large-magnification telescope over there to see more clearly, not to mention that the airbase is separated from the wasteland area by barbed wire, so you can see clearly when you pass by.

Americans are not afraid of being seen by others-they are all in the cemetery, basically it is the life of dismantling parts, not much to keep secret.

As for whether there are mine arrays or sirens behind the barbed wire...

Zhang Nan is not interested in trying.

After getting off the plane, the "United Forces" personnel who arrived earlier were already waiting at the VIP exit. This time the boss even came with his wife and children, and the security level of the security company has been raised to the highest!

There are many people, Zhang Nan, Adjani and Nicole are in a car, and they are also holding two children. Alice, Jenny, Charlize Theron and Little Lily went to another bulletproof SUV.

Zhang Nan has been frowning since getting off the plane-the children are still young, and the weather here

New York now happens to be the coldest time of the year, and Tucson is already in the warmth of spring. The weather forecast says that in the last ten days, every day has been the lowest ten degrees Celsius and the highest two hundred and thirty-four degrees Celsius.

The temperature is comfortable, but the air here is so dry that it is very different from the humidity of Long Island facing the sea.

Zhang Nan felt that his nose was a little uncomfortable and dry. I wonder if the children can adapt.

And although the altitude of more than 700 meters and 800 meters is not particularly high, coupled with the semi-desert climate here, it is enough to make people uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the hotel I stayed in felt pretty good. It is a three-story manor-style hotel on the gentle **** of the Giant's Pillar National Park on the northwest side of the city, surrounded by high walls and a high-end villa area nearby.

Unlike the villas on Long Island, the high-end villas in Tucson are about fifty to sixty meters apart, and they can be separated by hundreds of meters. They are surrounded by the unique Arizona wilderness. , There are tall saguaro cacti everywhere.

This is a suburb, and the urban area is basically a two-story detached house. As a result, the urban area of ​​a city with a population of less than 400,000 is spread out to the top!

Seventy to eighty rooms, large and small, are all occupied in the hotel. There are no outsiders except the hotel staff. Many of the "Star International" personnel participating in this jewelry exhibition also live here.

Brown and Joshua came two days ago. This trip to "Star International" is an all-out attack, hoping to seize more market share through the exhibition.

After flying for almost 5 hours, and ran more than 20 kilometers in the city, Nicole and Adjani were too lazy to move for a while; this afternoon, the temperature was 24 degrees and the sun was big, and Jenny and Alice wanted to jump into the swimming pool. Swim.

"It's only 30 degrees under the sun, right? You are not afraid of catching a cold?"

It's hard to understand women's thoughts, so Zhang Nan doesn't bother to pay attention to it. Druckers never understand the hearts of swimmers.

Call up Charlie and Little Lili, disperse a group of people in advance, and go outside the hotel to see the cactus by themselves-the weather this afternoon is just right to wear short sleeves under the sun, and you have to add a coat in the evening.

It takes a day to adapt to a completely different climate, not because of the jet lag that has almost no effect.

One night passed

Feel relieved, the two babies are very adaptable, and the dry climate here hasn't affected them at all.

As for Lily...this is a sturdy existence who has been to Southern Africa, Arizona.

After breakfast, we set off and started visiting the world's largest mineral jewellery exhibition.

Brown and Joshua are the best tour guides, because they come back here once a year, and each of them has been here at least ten or twenty times, and they are very familiar with them.

Out of the hotel, along the road in the wasteland, you can see sparse high-end villas and small manors on both sides. When you drive six to seven hundred meters, you will pass a public golf course, and then you will see the nearest exhibition area.

Brown and Zhang Nan squeezed into one car, and Joshua had turned Charlie and the others as narrators in the other car.

"Within more than a month of the exhibition period, there will be at least forty exhibitions of various scales here, and at least 30 venues will be exhibited at the same time during peak hours.

This is only a part. There are open-air, semi-open-air, and small exhibition areas everywhere in the city, too many to count.

Just like the place in front of me, Joshua and I stopped by to see it the day before yesterday. It is a fossil-producing area for private enthusiasts to communicate..."

This time Lily Greene was sitting on Zhang Nan's lap, and the little guy was sticking to Dad. Upon hearing the fossil, Lily immediately said: "Our teacher said about fossils, dad, can we go and see it?"

It doesn’t matter. I originally wanted to go to the exhibition area of ​​my company in the largest gem exhibition hall: it will be open to the public tomorrow, but today the exhibition has already been set up. It is reserved for high-end professionals and exhibitors who have invitations to communicate with each other. Special time for communication.

Anyway, if you are not in a hurry, the little guy here is interested, and Zhang Nan feels that he can go later.

"Randy, let me know."

After saying something, Lily smiled and slapped Zhang Nan's face.

It is a good thing for children to learn popular science knowledge. When they arrive near the exhibition area, they will drive away all the women who want to see jewelry, let them go to see gems first, and take their stepdaughter to see fossils.

Alice originally wanted to stay, but Zhang Nan said: "Walk around, I will take my daughter to see the dinosaurs, what are you guys doing for fun!"

The bodyguards split into two teams and parted ways temporarily.

This is a semi-outdoor exhibition area. There are many fossil enthusiasts and researchers who come to visit, and there is also Zhang Nan who purely joins in the fun. The exhibition booths and areas are at least tens of thousands of square meters, which can be dazzling.

After walking for a while, Lily pulled Zhang Nan's hand and said, "Dad, this is different from the museum. Why didn't we see the big dinosaur?"

Zhang Nan, Brown, and Guan Xingquan all laughed-there are dinosaur fossils here, there are not many, but there is no possibility of a "complete dragon", if it is a large dinosaur fossil, it would be nice to have a skull!

I explained it to the child and taught her to recognize various fossils: ammonites, fish, seaweed, insects

Then, under a large ton of stone slab under a ventilated shed, there was finally a fossil of a small raptor, which Xiao Lili was able to distinguish-as for fossils, Zhang Nan’s knowledge is also common to adults. Visit the nature museum a few more times and watch the BBC feature film on the level.

As for being able to be a teacher for children, it is because most fossils have labels on them. Even if they are not written in detail, they can be obscured.

There are a few "stone balls" on the side, Lily said: "These are so cute, dad, look at the broken ones, they are like crystals inside, so beautiful!"

The owner of this small piece of fossil, a 40-year-old white man who heard Lily's words, looked surprised and politely pours on the side: "Hello, respectable Mr. Allen! This is Murray- Immaz, a fossil dealer and collector, is happy to help you and your daughter. This is my business card."

Zhang Nan would not pick it up, but the giant Mark took it. Zhang Nan nodded and said: "It's nice to meet you!"

The meaning is clear: buddy, don't bother me and my daughter.

But after all, this is the place of others, and Zhang Nan still has the necessary courtesy.

This Imaz was also very witty, so he stood on the side politely without entanglement.

"Dad, is this a dinosaur egg?"

"how do you know?"

Zhang Nan smiled and asked: She still doesn't know much.

Lily smiled slyly, "I've seen it on TV. This egg is very beautiful, but it's expensive!"

"Do you like it?"

Lily nodded sharply.

Immaz on the side felt that the opportunity had come, and said, "Mr. Allen, I can make a half-fold for this little angel..."

Then, he saw the suffocating look in Boss Guan's eyes, and immediately stopped the car, not daring to speak.

Zhang Nan ignored that guy, but wentssiping with Lily, "...Let's count a few zeros, 1234, oh, a crystal dinosaur egg is 160,000 dollars, which is a bit expensive.

Lily, let's not buy it here, okay, dad will get you some in Africa, okay? "

At this time, the Imaz wanted to say: Africa does not have many crystal dinosaur eggs, they are all from China.

Then, he thought of a very serious problem: Mr. Allen is Chinese!

Are there crystal dinosaur eggs in Africa?

Zhang Nan really doesn't know, but there are dinosaur eggs, and the folks in Africa have seen them, so it's trivial to get a few.

As for China...

He is not a dinosaur egg smuggler. Although he had it in his previous life and heard that this thing is very profitable, it is more risky-he never touched the dinosaur egg business in his previous life!

Lily is very good. Dad said he wouldn't buy it if he didn't buy it, although those round guys looked pretty cute.

Then he left, Zhang Nan nodded to the Imaz, too lazy to talk to a dealer who smuggled ancient creature fossils.

While walking and talking to Lily about the exhibits on the side~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Brown asked: "These crystal dinosaur eggs are so expensive in the United States?"

"It has always been expensive. The discount given by that person is very good. Maybe you want to get some relationship with the boss?"

"Oh, how expensive is it?"

Brown thought about it and said: "I remember that the crystal dinosaur egg fossils first appeared in the United States at the China Collection Exhibition in New York in 1865, but they did not appear again for a long time.

Later, in 1915, the crystal dinosaur eggs appeared twice in auctions in New York, USA. In one of them, I forgot how much the final price of one was. It should be almost equivalent to the current US$250,000 to US$300,000 transaction. sensation.

Although I am not familiar with the field of paleontological fossil collection, I have also heard that the price of smuggled crystal dinosaur eggs is not much lower than tens of thousands of dollars, and there are also hundreds of thousands.

If it is conjoined, it has been sold for more than one million yuan..."

Okay, so expensive!