Riding the wind of rebirth

The first semester of college ended in this way. Zhou Zhi sent his brothers and sisters to the station and came back to prepare the things he needed to take to the capital.

The rhinoceros needlework box and the "Six Albums of Baiyang Ivy" were designated by the two elders to bring. After carefully packing them, they considered what collection to take to the charity sale hosted by Lin Wanqiu.

Lin Wanqiu's charity sale was to raise funds for the Three Gorges Cultural Preservation Fund, and received positive responses from philanthropists from all walks of life. Collectors such as Qi Lao, Wang Lao, and Ma Ye all took part in the charity sale with their collections, and the proceeds from the auction were All will be donated to the Three Gorges Cultural Preservation Fund.

Zhou Zhi now has a very large collection, but it is still difficult to part with good money. He can’t part with this one and can’t part with that one.

Moreover, Lin Wanqiu's face could not be underestimated. With Zhou Zhi's relationship with her, the thing she came up with should at least be the last resort.

In the end, Zhou Zhi gritted his teeth, but he was still unwilling to give up the ancient art. He chose Xu Beihong's "Auspicious Crane Picture" from the works of modern painters.

This picture was collected from Gongmei the year before last. It is not Xu Beihong's most famous subject - galloping horses, but it very highlights Xu Beihong's skill and style.

The painting was painted by Xu Beihong in the new capital of Sichuan. The background is green and light-colored distant mountains. In the middle of the painting, there is a pine and a cypress, a crane on the ground, a crane on a cypress tree, the cranes on the tree flap their wings and call each other, and the cranes under the tree return to the Prime Minister. see.

The color of this painting is very good, the pines and cypresses are evergreen, and the two cranes are soaring. It is especially suitable for elderly couples.

Originally this was a gift prepared by Zhou Zhi for Wang Shixiang and Yuan Quanyou, but Mr. Yuan clearly refused.

Later, Zhou Zhi vaguely learned that Mr. Yuan was quite disdainful of Xu Beihong's views on love. This kind of work depicting couples was written by Xu Beihong. To her, it was a kind of hypocrisy, and it was indeed her own lack of consideration.

Later, Zhou Zhi found a "Pine Owl Picture" by Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty as an apology.

Yuan Mei is famous for his books, but not for his paintings. The painting "Pine Owl" shows two pine trees, one standing and one lying down. On the lying pine tree is a naive owl.

Night owls are inherently unlucky, but the two elders like them quite a lot.Firstly, Mr. Wang had played with an eagle and thought that Yuan Mei's owl was very impressive in his painting; secondly, the old couple thought that they had escaped the worst of luck and it would be much more harmful than having a night owl enter the house, so they had no taboo at all.

The study room of the old couple is called "Lisongju", and the ancient painting with the theme of two pine trees is more appropriate than Xu Beihong's painting of pines and cypresses.

So Xu Beihong kept this painting in his hands, so he might as well contribute it to Lin Wanqiu this time to enrich the auction.

Of course, it’s a loss if you shoot it now. Even Xu Beihong’s heavyweight masterpiece "Kiuzhou Nothing and Happy Farming", Zhou Zhi estimates that it can only fetch a little less than 200 million at most, and "Pine and Cypress Two Rui Tu" is estimated to be around 50. .

Of course he felt it was a loss, but in the eyes of others, it was already very expensive.

In addition to heavyweight paintings such as "Double Auspicious Pines and Cypresses", other small items also need to be prepared.

Looking through the collection again, Zhou Zhi found that either his collection was extremely precious, or the price had not risen yet, so it was a pity to sell it now.

In the end, I decided to focus on Mao porcelain and Jianguo porcelain that were still in Demiantang, the capital. After all, there were more than 1000 pieces of Mao porcelain and Jianguo porcelain, and there were still [-] small pieces of Jianguo porcelain.

The reputation of Mao porcelain has already been established at the auction in Hong Kong. Antique dealers went to Jiangxi to raid. As a result, the inventory was far lower than everyone expected, causing a starvation effect and the price soared.

Even Jianguo porcelain with the prefix "五" has begun to rise in price, and the first one to bear the brunt is Zhushan Eight Friends.

Except for one or two of the Eight Friends of Zhushan, all the others have grown up to be the backbone of Jingde Porcelain in New China and have participated in many national-level porcelain research projects.

Zhou Zhi didn't pay much attention to it before. As he paid more attention to the Eight Friends of Zhushan, Zhou Zhi felt that many of the paintings on Jianguo porcelain must have been painted by the Eight Friends of Zhushan.Therefore, there is another important task in the capital this time, which is to identify the porcelain painted by the Eight Friends of Zhushan from the founding porcelain.

If there is a lot of inventory, it would not hurt to take out one or two pieces and give them to Lin Wanqiu for auction.

He has the bulk of these two things in his hands, and he can only lead the hype, otherwise others will not be able to find the source of the goods if they want to speculate.

The literature and entertainment industry is very popular, and speculative themes are also one of them. The most powerful one is naturally Mr. Wang, the cheap master of Zhou Zhi, who started the furniture trend of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was a world-class typhoon.

Having said that, the last thing left was to bring his checkbook. This time he went to the auction, hoping to receive some good stuff.

The checkbook itself is useless; it is the asset of the holder of the checkbook that is useful.

With the release of WINNT, it announced the official arrival of the Internet era, and related stocks skyrocketed. Nasdaq rose by 30.00% one month after stabilizing, and Microsoft even matched its previous increase within two months. Three years of decline have brought it back to its all-time high.

Zhou Zhi's overseas assets have ushered in a new wave of expansion. The 40.00% increase in Nasdaq's blue chip stocks has increased his previous assets of US$8000 million by more than 3000 million US dollars, and finally exceeded the US$[-] million mark.

However, this money cannot be moved arbitrarily. These stocks will still have crazy prices. Zhou Zhi must hold them until the Internet bubble bursts.

Fortunately, now is the honeymoon period between China and the West. Ten years after China opened up, foreigners who are curious about this mysterious country have reached a critical mass.

As if overnight, many foreigners came to visit China, and books introducing China began to become popular abroad.

Among them, "Sichuan Fun Talk", created by Zhou Zhi and re-edited by Fu Xia, shows foreigners the unique oriental subculture-cooking from a perspective that is novel and even eye-opening. Charm.

There is a popular joke in China today that foreigners don’t understand how the fluid in glutinous rice balls and soup dumplings is filled.Although this is a bit distorted and insulting to Westerners, it is enough to show that Chinese people are naturally confident in their food.

This set of books has been completed by Cambridge Press, and sales have reached a peak period. The amazing thing is that the English version of "Sichuan Flavors" has sold more in Hong Kong and Macao than the traditional Chinese version.

After hearing the news, Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be a little confused. In the end, he had to secretly curse in his heart: Huh, colony!
Of course, this does not prevent Zhou Zhi from sending a set of messages to Jiang Shuyi, firstly to show off, and secondly, to help him learn English a little bit.

This set of books has made the translator, Ms. Fu Xia, a little rich woman, not to mention the direct beneficiary Zhou Zhi.

In addition to this generous income, there is also a huge sum of money, which is the royalties from the Hanwen Library patent paid by domestic Hanka and printer manufacturers.

Zhouzhi accounts for one-fifth of the revenue here, because Hanka and printer font modules are now "sky-high" in price, easily costing one or two thousand. So many machines across the country are facing upgrading, and the patent fees that have been collected will be transferred to Zhouzhi The amount on the account is as high as 600 million.

This is one-fifth of 3000 million. The pig standing at the forefront is talking about this concept.

Because Clover Network Technology Co., Ltd. is still a start-up, there are not many places to use money. Apart from renting equipment and receiving subsidies, most of the rest is still in Zhouzhi's account.

The rest is the dividends given to him by Jin'an Group and Saturday Niang Food Co., Ltd., which are also increasing year by year. Now Jin'an can get millions a year, and Sister Xiaojuan'er can also give him six million a year. 70.

However, Cousin An An was able to get his hands on what Sister Xiaojuaner gave Zhouzhi directly to Sister Xiaoliu. Until the share reform plan of Laojiao Winery was completed, he had been taking in the original shares and not much was left.

The rest is all kinds of small things, from car roofs to shops to Haitong consultants to laser movie studios to daily appraisals and scattered antiques with Zhang Chengfei Guan... Even in a messy month, I can now earn [-] to [-] yuan. (End of chapter)