Wall Street Legend

Boss Niu's father made his fortune in coal mining, and he had no worries about food and drink since he was a child.

As a result, after people reach middle age, they usually like to be elegant, collect and buy jade. They have so much money that they will never spend it all in a lifetime. It feels uncomfortable to keep it in their accounts every day without using it, and they don’t want to imitate the people around them who gamble. He is looking for excitement, and his personality is quite stable.

The collecting circle is so big. He learned that he, a rich second generation, likes antiques, and people selling "antiques" come to his door one after another. He doesn't understand this. When he listens to other people's lies, he dares to spend money to buy them as long as he thinks it is like that. After I came down, I paid a lot of tuition. Finally, I found someone to appraise the crafts in the room. Only two of them were actually played with by the ancestors. I was so angry that I gave up the idea of ​​continuing to play with them. I haven't done anything with them for three months.

I happened to be traveling to the UK, and I went to the antique market in London with itchy hands. I thought there were many scammers at home, and the outside should be cleaner. I really found a good thing when I sold it. The auction house said it could fetch about 200,000 pounds. , the money is not much, the key is to finally make money after paying so much tuition.

Similar to Ye Dongqing, today he was lured by the owner of an antique shop and came to the Seymour family to look at things. This time, the unscrupulous descendant of the Seymour family was willing to spend money and released news early on who brought the most customers to buy things. In addition to the commission, they will also receive a large apartment in Edinburgh, which is worth at least more than one million pounds. Therefore, these antique practitioners have recently been recruiting people everywhere, hoping that pie in the sky will fall on them.

The middleman had already figured out Boss Niu's background and knew that there was a lot of money, so he made a special trip to bring him here.

When he met a few compatriots in a group of foreigners, Ye Dongqing did not act like he was aloof from thousands of miles away. He could hear that the other party was testing him, so he calmly said: "Chinese-Americans, it's better to have bodyguards to help you when you go out." "

Hearing the Chinese with a slight accent, Boss Niu showed a surprised expression and said with a smile: "Overseas Chinese, welcome, do you know who this guy belongs to? I have been tricked and slaughtered as a pig many times at home, and now I am a little scared. When I look at something that costs millions or even tens of millions, I would feel distressed for at least a few weeks if I get a puncture in my eye!

Oh, by the way, I mean RMB. To convert into US dollars, you need to divide by eight? I saw a jar a few days ago and thought it was worth 100,000 RMB. I swiped the card and found out it was pounds, but I still made a small profit, haha! "

He was familiar with Ye Dongqing and didn't regard Ye Dongqing as an outsider at all. He mumbled a lot of words like a machine gun.

Ye Dongqing had never heard of the word "eye punching", but he could probably guess the words before and after the connection. While looking at the hanging paintings, he smiled in Chinese and said: "I don't understand it either, so I asked a few experts to help me look at it. If you buy fake ones, come to them. The Seymour family’s manor can’t be run away anyway, and I heard they still have thousands of antiques hidden away.”

"How many thousands? All these high-end goods? Oh dear, the British guys are really rich!"

Boss Niu looked around, his eyes almost popped out of his head, and said that the three-color horses often found in Tang Dynasty tombs could not be obtained for more than 20 million each. The price of high-quality Chinese antiques in 2004 It is already not low, and the highest auction price has been refreshed again and again.

Ye Dongqing didn't answer this sentence because he didn't know clearly. He turned around to look around and found Laura sitting on the sofa wearing Zhao Liuli and drinking tea, so he simply didn't ask them to come over and watch with him.

"I said, big brother, I also asked the owner of the antique shop to help me with the spying. He also brought a friend over and charged me 20,000 pounds for a day's viewing. The key is that I don't even know their details, otherwise Do you want the person you invited to help me take a look at it? They are all compatriots, so help me, and I will definitely pay you a penny, and I will take you to have a meal in the evening!"

He is really familiar with it. Boss Niu looks rough, but in fact he is also shrewd. He doesn’t care at all about the small amount of money he spends playing antiques, otherwise he would not be stupid enough to buy it himself. At this moment, he is thinking about getting to know this young man who seems to be very rich. Chinese Americans, when the time comes to visit the United States, someone will greet them.

Reciprocity is a courtesy, and there is no harm in getting to know him anyway. As long as he doesn't borrow money, guarantee, or seduce his sister-in-law, Ye Dongqing is good friends in Boss Niu's eyes.

"You don't have to eat. I have some things to deal with in the afternoon, but I can ask the appraiser to help you look at whatever you like. The chief appraiser of the British Museum and the experts from Sotheby's auction house should be fine. , but I can’t guarantee this, just don’t have anything to do with me then.”

It's not even an acquaintance. Ye Dongqing draws the line very clearly. It's not God. God knows whether he is a good person or a bad person. Boss Niu is afraid that others will blackmail him, and Ye Dongqing is afraid that Boss Niu will blackmail him.

"The British Museum?"

Blinking his eyes, he looked at the young Chinese-American wearing a suit in front of him again. Boss Niu had a broad vision. He just visited the museum yesterday. The chief appraiser was invited by ordinary people. He suddenly looked at Ye Dongqing again. After a few glances, he said with a smile: "Thank you first, brother! I'll look elsewhere first, and I'll call you when I find someone suitable..."

It's good to say the market is good, but it's bad to say it's bad.

Old Neil, the appraiser, has a rather discerning eye. In addition to the previous two pieces, he turned around and found an additional plate in his hand. It had an ordinary appearance, with some cyan color and cracks on it.

He told Ye Dongqing: "Damon is very sure this is a Ru kiln, one of the five most precious porcelains in China. We have one similar to it in the museum. It can help with carbon 14 identification. It is best to buy it first." It’s better to get it down, it’s a more valuable type of porcelain.”

Afraid that the layman employer would not understand, but to distinguish good from bad based on appearance, the old man emphasized the word "value".

If you have never eaten pork, how can you not see pigs running around? Ye Dongqing has been to almost all the large museums in New York. He is somewhat impressed by the porcelain with this name. He waved his hand and said: "You discuss among yourselves. You think it has investment value and is very rare." That’s it, I feel like the calligraphy and paintings in front of me are real, can anyone help me identify them?”

"Well... I'm sorry, I only know a little bit of Chinese, but I think they look very beautiful." Just after the appraiser Old Neil finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and asked: "Tomorrow, a team from the Chinese Palace Museum will We will communicate with our British Museum. They have arrived in advance and I met them last night. There should be experts in identifying these among them. I can call you and ask."

"Forbidden City? That's great. I'm willing to pay them and arrange a vehicle to pick them up. All the expenses will be borne by me!"

It was just in time. When Ye Dongqing saw Old Neil on the phone, he waved over Mr. Beckenbauer and told him about the matter.

The visitor was a visitor. Beckenbauer told him happily that there was absolutely no problem. It was the buyer's freedom to hire an appraiser. He asked sideways how he was doing. The main reason was that when he was just paying attention, he found that Ye Dongqing paid too little attention. , afraid that he is not interested...