Chapter 341
Cathy recovered quickly, and quickly took over Zhu Yu's newly acquired fixed assets for integration.
She also discussed with Zhu Yu.In view of Bondi's matter, during this integration, Cathy planned to sort out the assets under Zhu Yu's name to avoid similar things from happening again.
Zhu Yu agreed, but his mind had been taken away by another matter.
"Silicon Valley Bank is bankrupt?" When Robert sent the news to Zhu Yu, Zhu Yu didn't feel anything special, "What does it have to do with me? My money is not with them."
When Zhu Yu said this, Robert was stunned for a moment, and then he realized:
"I'm not reminding you to withdraw money, even if you withdraw it, you won't have it. I just want to tell you that there are a few people from China who deposited their money in Silicon Valley Bank, and now it's gone.
When these people came from Huaxia, they brought not only money, but also some things.Now that the money is gone, they want to sell things for some money..."
Zhu Yu understood instantly.
At that time, many people came out of the country, some legal and some illegal.Of course, some escaped without being captured.Too much money was taken away and stored in the wrong place. After that, it will not be easy to continue to live a life of debauchery.
Some people, like those treasures that were opened out of the container by themselves before, were obtained secretly from Huaxia by using their power for personal gain.
They'll keep these things as bottom of the box, and then sell them if necessary, or—donate.
Some people have done this before, and tens of millions of people in the country scolded them, but they didn't care at all.
They are already selfish to this point, so how can they care about the abuse of those irrelevant people?
"Oh? What do they want to sell?" Zhu Yu asked.
"Antiques are mainly Chinese Wenwan."
"This can... I can take a look." Zhu Yu said nothing, "If it's really good, I can buy it."
"Okay then, I'll send your phone number to the other party." Robert said, and Zhu Yu agreed.
Zhu Yu was really interested. After all, his money was relatively easy to come by, and what he earned was foreigners' money.Being able to exchange the money back for domestic cultural relics can be regarded as earning money and spending it where it should be spent.
It's just that he didn't expect that some people are just cheap, and if they don't do good business, they insist on doing something disgusting.
This is a later story.
After agreeing with Robert, Zhu Yu told Cathy about this matter, intending to ask Cathy to make an appointment with the other party first to see the possibility of doing business.
Cathy was delighted to have the opportunity, and she got in touch.
"The other party said that this batch of cultural relics is relatively large and the grade is relatively high, so I hope to meet and talk with you in person." After chatting with the other party, Cathy reported to Zhu Yu, "I told the other party that you are also from China, and the other party His expression is a bit weird..."
Zhu Yu faintly had a bad feeling.
Many of the people who come here just want to enjoy an undisturbed and unfettered life.
But some of them are used to kneeling and licking. I heard that the partner they are cooperating with is from Huaxia, and I am afraid that the other party may not be able to say that there has been any change in their mind.
Zhu Yu's guess was somewhat correct - when Cathy reported to him, in another villa in New York, a Chinese man was arranging matters with his female assistant:
"Tomorrow, I will keep the batch of things I originally brought to see, and take ten things from the No. 2 warehouse."
While coping with the man's intruding hands, the female assistant panted and asked:
"Boss, isn't there something in Warehouse No. 2 that experts have said is of doubtful authenticity? Take it there, what if it is discovered?"
"I've inquired about it." The boss's hand didn't seem to stop at all, and continued to dig deeper, "The buyer is a bumpkin, who somehow got lucky, found the treasure, and made a fortune.
This time, he wanted to buy some cultural relics from Huaxia to go back - with his young eyesight, what can he see?Do not worry! "
The assistant no longer cared about worrying about rest assured, and after a while, he fell.
The two parties met at a hotel.This is also normal-the two parties meet for the first time, and no one trusts the other, so let's go to a place where both parties trust each other more.
The hotel has a meeting room specially for people to negotiate. The place booked by Robert’s side has a meeting room and a meeting room where things can be displayed.
When Zhu Yu arrived with Ran Jie, the other party hadn't arrived yet.
Originally, he planned to call Cathy over, but hearing that the other party was originally from Huaxia, Zhu Yu simply asked Ran Jie to come along.
Five minutes after the agreed time, the other party arrived late.
A middle-aged Chinese man, dressed as a successful person—that is, in a suit and leather shoes, with his hair combed meticulously.
He was followed by three people, a beautiful female assistant, two bodyguards, and two suitcases.
Seeing that Zhu Yu had already sat down, the other party smiled politely:
"I'm really sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road, I'm sorry...it's you?"
Zhu Yu has already noticed that this item is actually No.18 in the auction!
This is awkward!
Zhu Yu looked at NO.18 with a half-smile, but didn't speak.
In fact, he was already a little angry before - logically speaking, the other party was short of money and begged him to buy something!
The other party will come late?What is this concept?
Look down on yourself!
No. 18 looked at Zhu Yu's eyes, and Zhu Yu keenly captured the expression of looking at the bumpkin.
"Mr. Zhu, right? Hello, hello." NO.18's reaction was quick, "My dear Zhong Yan, I am very glad to be able to cooperate with our compatriots. It was a misunderstanding at the auction earlier, it was really a misunderstanding."
Zhong Yan sat down and waved his hands. His two bodyguards put two boxes on the conference table, opened them, and turned to face Zhu Yu.
Zhong Yan pointed to the two boxes and said:
"Mr. Zhu, this is a very rare item. Let's take a look. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is invaluable...not only has a high appreciation value, but also has a high research value."
When he made this call, he didn't give Zhu Yu any time to react.
Zhu Yu thought to himself that this guy is indeed a master at diverting attention. With such a flip operation, if he is facing ordinary people, after seeing the things in the box, the original thoughts of asking the teacher for guilt have been diluted and diverted.
Unfortunately, he was facing Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu glanced at the contents of the box.
The contents of the two boxes are different.In the box on the left, there are tall ancient jade, jade cong, jade huang, and jade wall, which look very simple and elegant.
In the box on the right are two bronze wares, one is a bronze plate, and the other is a bronze sword engraved with bird seal inscriptions.
The bronze plate has obvious copper rust, but the bronze sword body is very clean, no rust can be seen.
"Mr. Zhu, how is it? Am I sincere enough?" Zhong Yan said with a proud smile:
"If these things are placed in China, they can be used as treasures in any local museum, and I like them very much.
If it weren't for the problems around the funds now, I would definitely not be able to take these things out..."
"Is it just these broken things that are the treasures of the town hall? Do you have any misunderstanding about the treasures of the town hall, or do you think I am young and my eyesight is not good?" Zhu Yu suddenly slapped the table and said angrily:
"I came here to make a deal with you sincerely. Do you think that I can't cure you by using such crap to fool me?"
"What do you mean?" Zhong Yan's face changed when Zhu Yu said this, "What kind of crap? This is something that has an expert's certificate of authenticity, and it has been properly opened and replaced. Don't talk nonsense!"
As he said that, Zhong Yan pulled out a few authentication certificates from the box, and patted them in front of Zhu Yu angrily.
Zhu Yu didn't even look at it, and said with a sneer:
"Do you need me to explain to you the virtues of a considerable part of domestic treasure appraisal experts? If this thing works, then the jade in the domestic market is really worth the old nose's money!"
"The surname is Zhu, what do you mean?" Zhong Yan didn't expect Zhu Yu to see the problem at a glance, but he knew that at this time the momentum could not be lost:
"Although I'm short of money now, I'm not being humiliated! These things are all brought from China, and they are really good things!
If you want to lower the price, then we can discuss it, but if you want to tell lies, then I will not agree! "
"Hehe!" Zhu Yu stood up, pointed at Zhong Yan and said, "Your surname Zhong, don't pretend to be ignorant! Since you dare to fool me like this, then I will let you know what will happen to you if you offend me.
In fact, I also understand, don't you just think that I am a Chinese, you are Gao Hua, you are taller than me, so you can handle me?If you think so, you really made a wrong calculation!
Although I haven't seen many people like you, I can see the virtue in your bones! "
Zhu Yu took out his mobile phone and dialed a number to Robert:
"Robert, the guy you introduced is not authentic, he deceived me with fake products, I think you can spread the news in the circle, I don't want anyone to be fooled, and I don't want such a person to appear to corrupt us Chinese people reputation."
As soon as the phone call was made, Zhong Yan panicked!
He really felt that Zhu Yu was a native of China, young and easy to handle, and his eyesight must be bad. As soon as he put the things on the table and the expert's testimonial, the other party would naturally read it.
It's just that he didn't expect that the other party had an insight into his thoughts, and directly disclosed his thoughts to the public with lightning speed, and let that Robert spread the news in the circle!
Then will he still hang out in the future?
He stood up abruptly:
"You surnamed Zhu, don't push yourself too hard! Buy it if you buy it, and don't buy it if you don't buy it. Are you ruining my reputation? Let me tell you, I'm not scared too much! My reputation can't be ruined by just a word of yours!
But what you did broke the rules!Let me tell you, if you buy these things now, then I will be fine, otherwise, I will make it impossible for you to survive in this circle!Don't be crazy, young man! "
Zhu Yu glanced at him contemptuously, then dialed another number, and when the phone connected, he said:
"Mr. Smith, I have something to tell you. The number 18 we met at the auction earlier, a Chinese man named Zhong Yan, oh, should be a beautiful countryman now.
He sold me fake antiques - I think you can talk about this in your circle of friends, I don't want such a person to ruin the reputation of Huaxia people. "
As soon as these words were said, Zhong Yan's expression changed immediately!
Robert is not well-known, and Zhong Yan found him as an intermediary, and he himself did not want to publicize this matter.
So even if he really publicized it, the scope of influence is not large.
But that Smith is different - that is a very famous appraiser in the New York antique circle!
Zhu Yu was about to leave, he looked at Zhong Yan, and said another sentence:
"It's none of my business that you come out and want to be a dog to others. But since you came out, you want to be a dog to them and also want to appear superior to me, it's really disgusting——"
After speaking, Zhu Yu left.
This incident just disgusted Zhu Yu, and he didn't care about it at first.
After getting into the car, Ran Jie didn't start the car. After thinking for a while, he told Zhu Yu:
"This guy is a corrupt criminal—originally Zhong Wuqiang fled overseas after embezzling [-] million yuan, and he hasn't been caught until now..."
Zhu Yu didn't expect Ran Jie to know this, he only realized now that when he was talking to that Zhong Yan earlier, Ran Jie seemed to be thinking about something.
I finally understand.
"Corrupted hundreds of millions?" Zhu Yu now felt that it seemed that this guy's money should be more than that.
In other words, there are so many found out, but there are actually more than that!
Moreover, there must be real antiques in this guy's hand, Zhu Yu immediately moved his mind!
For these guys' money, Zhu Yu really felt at ease when he moved!
Ran Jie sensed Zhu Yu's thoughts, and he immediately said:
"Boss, do you want to move?"
"Don't worry, let Dalong look up the details of this person." Zhu Yu was more cautious, "Maybe we can use better methods to pry out his things and money!"
Zhu Yu believed that the surname Zhong was in such a hurry to sell things that he must be short of money.
Then spread the news by yourself, this guy will come back to find him sooner or later-if his reputation is bad, others may not necessarily do business with him.
Next, it is best to be able to cut flesh with a blunt knife-to deal with such a person, taking away his things at once will not cause him too much pain.
But the feeling of cutting off his flesh with a knife was the most painful feeling for him.
And Zhu Yu felt that such a person deserved such treatment.
Zhu Yu's guess was correct.
After Zhong Yan went back, he also said to his female assistant:
"This kid is really crazy, but he only talks about it. Our things are good, and we can definitely sell them. As long as we persevere through this period of time, we can return to our original good life. "
The words were for the female assistant, but they were actually soothing my heart.
However, what happened next made him realize the power of Zhu Yu's two phone calls.
In order to get the money back as soon as possible, Zhong Yan called the two businessmen who had expressed interest in his stuff after returning home.
However, the other party said that he was not interested in his things for the time being.
Zhong Yan was a little dumbfounded.
Could it be that the boy's words are really so useful?
(End of this chapter)
Cathy recovered quickly, and quickly took over Zhu Yu's newly acquired fixed assets for integration.
She also discussed with Zhu Yu.In view of Bondi's matter, during this integration, Cathy planned to sort out the assets under Zhu Yu's name to avoid similar things from happening again.
Zhu Yu agreed, but his mind had been taken away by another matter.
"Silicon Valley Bank is bankrupt?" When Robert sent the news to Zhu Yu, Zhu Yu didn't feel anything special, "What does it have to do with me? My money is not with them."
When Zhu Yu said this, Robert was stunned for a moment, and then he realized:
"I'm not reminding you to withdraw money, even if you withdraw it, you won't have it. I just want to tell you that there are a few people from China who deposited their money in Silicon Valley Bank, and now it's gone.
When these people came from Huaxia, they brought not only money, but also some things.Now that the money is gone, they want to sell things for some money..."
Zhu Yu understood instantly.
At that time, many people came out of the country, some legal and some illegal.Of course, some escaped without being captured.Too much money was taken away and stored in the wrong place. After that, it will not be easy to continue to live a life of debauchery.
Some people, like those treasures that were opened out of the container by themselves before, were obtained secretly from Huaxia by using their power for personal gain.
They'll keep these things as bottom of the box, and then sell them if necessary, or—donate.
Some people have done this before, and tens of millions of people in the country scolded them, but they didn't care at all.
They are already selfish to this point, so how can they care about the abuse of those irrelevant people?
"Oh? What do they want to sell?" Zhu Yu asked.
"Antiques are mainly Chinese Wenwan."
"This can... I can take a look." Zhu Yu said nothing, "If it's really good, I can buy it."
"Okay then, I'll send your phone number to the other party." Robert said, and Zhu Yu agreed.
Zhu Yu was really interested. After all, his money was relatively easy to come by, and what he earned was foreigners' money.Being able to exchange the money back for domestic cultural relics can be regarded as earning money and spending it where it should be spent.
It's just that he didn't expect that some people are just cheap, and if they don't do good business, they insist on doing something disgusting.
This is a later story.
After agreeing with Robert, Zhu Yu told Cathy about this matter, intending to ask Cathy to make an appointment with the other party first to see the possibility of doing business.
Cathy was delighted to have the opportunity, and she got in touch.
"The other party said that this batch of cultural relics is relatively large and the grade is relatively high, so I hope to meet and talk with you in person." After chatting with the other party, Cathy reported to Zhu Yu, "I told the other party that you are also from China, and the other party His expression is a bit weird..."
Zhu Yu faintly had a bad feeling.
Many of the people who come here just want to enjoy an undisturbed and unfettered life.
But some of them are used to kneeling and licking. I heard that the partner they are cooperating with is from Huaxia, and I am afraid that the other party may not be able to say that there has been any change in their mind.
Zhu Yu's guess was somewhat correct - when Cathy reported to him, in another villa in New York, a Chinese man was arranging matters with his female assistant:
"Tomorrow, I will keep the batch of things I originally brought to see, and take ten things from the No. 2 warehouse."
While coping with the man's intruding hands, the female assistant panted and asked:
"Boss, isn't there something in Warehouse No. 2 that experts have said is of doubtful authenticity? Take it there, what if it is discovered?"
"I've inquired about it." The boss's hand didn't seem to stop at all, and continued to dig deeper, "The buyer is a bumpkin, who somehow got lucky, found the treasure, and made a fortune.
This time, he wanted to buy some cultural relics from Huaxia to go back - with his young eyesight, what can he see?Do not worry! "
The assistant no longer cared about worrying about rest assured, and after a while, he fell.
The two parties met at a hotel.This is also normal-the two parties meet for the first time, and no one trusts the other, so let's go to a place where both parties trust each other more.
The hotel has a meeting room specially for people to negotiate. The place booked by Robert’s side has a meeting room and a meeting room where things can be displayed.
When Zhu Yu arrived with Ran Jie, the other party hadn't arrived yet.
Originally, he planned to call Cathy over, but hearing that the other party was originally from Huaxia, Zhu Yu simply asked Ran Jie to come along.
Five minutes after the agreed time, the other party arrived late.
A middle-aged Chinese man, dressed as a successful person—that is, in a suit and leather shoes, with his hair combed meticulously.
He was followed by three people, a beautiful female assistant, two bodyguards, and two suitcases.
Seeing that Zhu Yu had already sat down, the other party smiled politely:
"I'm really sorry, there's a traffic jam on the road, I'm sorry...it's you?"
Zhu Yu has already noticed that this item is actually No.18 in the auction!
This is awkward!
Zhu Yu looked at NO.18 with a half-smile, but didn't speak.
In fact, he was already a little angry before - logically speaking, the other party was short of money and begged him to buy something!
The other party will come late?What is this concept?
Look down on yourself!
No. 18 looked at Zhu Yu's eyes, and Zhu Yu keenly captured the expression of looking at the bumpkin.
"Mr. Zhu, right? Hello, hello." NO.18's reaction was quick, "My dear Zhong Yan, I am very glad to be able to cooperate with our compatriots. It was a misunderstanding at the auction earlier, it was really a misunderstanding."
Zhong Yan sat down and waved his hands. His two bodyguards put two boxes on the conference table, opened them, and turned to face Zhu Yu.
Zhong Yan pointed to the two boxes and said:
"Mr. Zhu, this is a very rare item. Let's take a look. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is invaluable...not only has a high appreciation value, but also has a high research value."
When he made this call, he didn't give Zhu Yu any time to react.
Zhu Yu thought to himself that this guy is indeed a master at diverting attention. With such a flip operation, if he is facing ordinary people, after seeing the things in the box, the original thoughts of asking the teacher for guilt have been diluted and diverted.
Unfortunately, he was facing Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu glanced at the contents of the box.
The contents of the two boxes are different.In the box on the left, there are tall ancient jade, jade cong, jade huang, and jade wall, which look very simple and elegant.
In the box on the right are two bronze wares, one is a bronze plate, and the other is a bronze sword engraved with bird seal inscriptions.
The bronze plate has obvious copper rust, but the bronze sword body is very clean, no rust can be seen.
"Mr. Zhu, how is it? Am I sincere enough?" Zhong Yan said with a proud smile:
"If these things are placed in China, they can be used as treasures in any local museum, and I like them very much.
If it weren't for the problems around the funds now, I would definitely not be able to take these things out..."
"Is it just these broken things that are the treasures of the town hall? Do you have any misunderstanding about the treasures of the town hall, or do you think I am young and my eyesight is not good?" Zhu Yu suddenly slapped the table and said angrily:
"I came here to make a deal with you sincerely. Do you think that I can't cure you by using such crap to fool me?"
"What do you mean?" Zhong Yan's face changed when Zhu Yu said this, "What kind of crap? This is something that has an expert's certificate of authenticity, and it has been properly opened and replaced. Don't talk nonsense!"
As he said that, Zhong Yan pulled out a few authentication certificates from the box, and patted them in front of Zhu Yu angrily.
Zhu Yu didn't even look at it, and said with a sneer:
"Do you need me to explain to you the virtues of a considerable part of domestic treasure appraisal experts? If this thing works, then the jade in the domestic market is really worth the old nose's money!"
"The surname is Zhu, what do you mean?" Zhong Yan didn't expect Zhu Yu to see the problem at a glance, but he knew that at this time the momentum could not be lost:
"Although I'm short of money now, I'm not being humiliated! These things are all brought from China, and they are really good things!
If you want to lower the price, then we can discuss it, but if you want to tell lies, then I will not agree! "
"Hehe!" Zhu Yu stood up, pointed at Zhong Yan and said, "Your surname Zhong, don't pretend to be ignorant! Since you dare to fool me like this, then I will let you know what will happen to you if you offend me.
In fact, I also understand, don't you just think that I am a Chinese, you are Gao Hua, you are taller than me, so you can handle me?If you think so, you really made a wrong calculation!
Although I haven't seen many people like you, I can see the virtue in your bones! "
Zhu Yu took out his mobile phone and dialed a number to Robert:
"Robert, the guy you introduced is not authentic, he deceived me with fake products, I think you can spread the news in the circle, I don't want anyone to be fooled, and I don't want such a person to appear to corrupt us Chinese people reputation."
As soon as the phone call was made, Zhong Yan panicked!
He really felt that Zhu Yu was a native of China, young and easy to handle, and his eyesight must be bad. As soon as he put the things on the table and the expert's testimonial, the other party would naturally read it.
It's just that he didn't expect that the other party had an insight into his thoughts, and directly disclosed his thoughts to the public with lightning speed, and let that Robert spread the news in the circle!
Then will he still hang out in the future?
He stood up abruptly:
"You surnamed Zhu, don't push yourself too hard! Buy it if you buy it, and don't buy it if you don't buy it. Are you ruining my reputation? Let me tell you, I'm not scared too much! My reputation can't be ruined by just a word of yours!
But what you did broke the rules!Let me tell you, if you buy these things now, then I will be fine, otherwise, I will make it impossible for you to survive in this circle!Don't be crazy, young man! "
Zhu Yu glanced at him contemptuously, then dialed another number, and when the phone connected, he said:
"Mr. Smith, I have something to tell you. The number 18 we met at the auction earlier, a Chinese man named Zhong Yan, oh, should be a beautiful countryman now.
He sold me fake antiques - I think you can talk about this in your circle of friends, I don't want such a person to ruin the reputation of Huaxia people. "
As soon as these words were said, Zhong Yan's expression changed immediately!
Robert is not well-known, and Zhong Yan found him as an intermediary, and he himself did not want to publicize this matter.
So even if he really publicized it, the scope of influence is not large.
But that Smith is different - that is a very famous appraiser in the New York antique circle!
Zhu Yu was about to leave, he looked at Zhong Yan, and said another sentence:
"It's none of my business that you come out and want to be a dog to others. But since you came out, you want to be a dog to them and also want to appear superior to me, it's really disgusting——"
After speaking, Zhu Yu left.
This incident just disgusted Zhu Yu, and he didn't care about it at first.
After getting into the car, Ran Jie didn't start the car. After thinking for a while, he told Zhu Yu:
"This guy is a corrupt criminal—originally Zhong Wuqiang fled overseas after embezzling [-] million yuan, and he hasn't been caught until now..."
Zhu Yu didn't expect Ran Jie to know this, he only realized now that when he was talking to that Zhong Yan earlier, Ran Jie seemed to be thinking about something.
I finally understand.
"Corrupted hundreds of millions?" Zhu Yu now felt that it seemed that this guy's money should be more than that.
In other words, there are so many found out, but there are actually more than that!
Moreover, there must be real antiques in this guy's hand, Zhu Yu immediately moved his mind!
For these guys' money, Zhu Yu really felt at ease when he moved!
Ran Jie sensed Zhu Yu's thoughts, and he immediately said:
"Boss, do you want to move?"
"Don't worry, let Dalong look up the details of this person." Zhu Yu was more cautious, "Maybe we can use better methods to pry out his things and money!"
Zhu Yu believed that the surname Zhong was in such a hurry to sell things that he must be short of money.
Then spread the news by yourself, this guy will come back to find him sooner or later-if his reputation is bad, others may not necessarily do business with him.
Next, it is best to be able to cut flesh with a blunt knife-to deal with such a person, taking away his things at once will not cause him too much pain.
But the feeling of cutting off his flesh with a knife was the most painful feeling for him.
And Zhu Yu felt that such a person deserved such treatment.
Zhu Yu's guess was correct.
After Zhong Yan went back, he also said to his female assistant:
"This kid is really crazy, but he only talks about it. Our things are good, and we can definitely sell them. As long as we persevere through this period of time, we can return to our original good life. "
The words were for the female assistant, but they were actually soothing my heart.
However, what happened next made him realize the power of Zhu Yu's two phone calls.
In order to get the money back as soon as possible, Zhong Yan called the two businessmen who had expressed interest in his stuff after returning home.
However, the other party said that he was not interested in his things for the time being.
Zhong Yan was a little dumbfounded.
Could it be that the boy's words are really so useful?
(End of this chapter)
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