Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 198 Buy European and American oil paintings and come back for collection
Yixiantian is very happy to be able to live in the same yard with Gong Er, even if only one lives in the front yard and the other lives in the middle yard.

He hurriedly urged Chu Xiangqian to get this done now.

Chu Xiangqian rolled his eyes at him, "Uncle, you go to the mainland to play first, and it will take at least three months to return to Beijing. After such a long time, I will not only fix the house, but also let people repair and tidy it up." .”

Only then did Yixiantian feel relieved, and shouted outside the door.

Eight apprentices walked in one after another, but each had a different expression.

It seems that the few of them know that Yixiantian will eventually leave.

"I've sold this house to Xiangqian, and he promised to rent it out to you. If someone wants to work with Qianqian like Sanjiangshui, he also promised to give you a decent job.

It's unrealistic to be very rich, but with my relationship, whether you can live a good life depends on your own hard work. "

The seven people looked at me and I looked at you. They made eye contact for a while, and as the elder brother who was the first apprentice, he said, "Master, my second and third brothers and I will guard your barber shop and wait for you to come back."

The second child and the third child nodded, while the other four hesitated.

With the master here, you don't have to think so much, just do things with peace of mind.The master will not treat everyone badly.

But among the brothers and sisters, not all of them love each other.

Seeing their hesitation, Chu Xiangqian took the initiative to say, "I bought a factory at the fire station, and I plan to renovate it. At that time, it will cost 100 yuan a month to rent a store of yours as a barber shop."

After finishing speaking, he looked at the three people who wanted to stay in White Rose and said, "It's 80 yuan a month here, what do you think?"

The three of them nodded without thinking about it. In the era when the per capita salary was 100 yuan, it was equivalent to this store of a hundred square meters. In the third ring road of Beijing four or fifty years later, the rent would only be two to three thousand yuan.

In an instant, 7 people were captured.

Chu Xiangqian doesn't need these seven people to work for him, that's unrealistic.

But as long as you are willing to stand up for yourself, or even just stand aside and wave the flag, that is a good thing.

Of course, more people still look at the sky.

Since the house he sold to himself as an uncle was cheaper than the market price, the house rented to his apprentice would naturally be cheaper.

After finishing the matter here, Chu Xiangqian agreed with Yixiantian that before leaving, he would go to transfer the account and take 1 yuan, which he wanted to exchange for mainland banknotes.

Chu Xiangqian directly advised him to take Hong Kong dollars with him, and exchange them with the accompanying foreign affairs staff when necessary.

Yi Yitian thought about it and then laughed, thinking to himself that this is a person who is getting old and has become a lot more stupid.

The next day after Chu Xiangqian and Yixiantian settled their accounts, and after giving him [-], he called Qian Guotai and heard that he would go back to the mainland with him and play together. Qian Guotai agreed without even thinking about it.

After listening to Chu Xiangqian's description of Yixiantian, he hurriedly said, "I'll look it up later."

In the afternoon, the phone call came, and from Qian Guotai's tone, it seemed that the top management was quite welcoming.

The reason is very simple. When this guy was a child, he never coaxed him, and he really did a few big things.

Chu Xiangqian also confirmed that Yixiantian really has no blood feud with that side.

In this case, the higher-ups may wish to run back more like Yi Yitian.

As for Gong Er, Chu Xiangqian is not worried at all, just abolishing Ma San, who has taken refuge in a small life, will treat her very well.

The next day, Chu Xiangqian wanted to take a taxi to the Happy Valley racecourse, but unexpectedly a Rolls Royce parked outside the dry goods store very early.

When he came out in a suit, the young foreigner whom he had seen outside the martial arts competition hall last time hurriedly pushed open the car door, saluted Chu Xiangqian, and walked forward with a shy smile.

"Master Chu, my name is Norton, and my grandfather is Lord Mountbatten."

Chu Xiangqian immediately remembered why he felt familiar when he saw this kid before.

As for Chu Xiangqian's impression of Mountbatten, except that all the battles he experienced in his life were all failures, but he was always able to advance step by step.After the war, it was probably because in Southeast Asia, I was too embarrassed by the little days.

On the issue of dealing with the small days, I advocate the complete destruction of the island country, the punishment of the small days' Tianhuang, and the complete eradication of the forces of military heroism in the small days.

It can be said that his hatred for the island country is real.

What made Chu Xiangqian admire him the most was that when Ah San left England, he divided the country into three parts.

In the future, the old bus will also become the ironclad of the Celestial Dynasty.

Therefore, the more Chu Xiang looked at Norton, the more pleasing he was.

Smiling and nodding to him, "Want to learn Kung Fu?"

Norton was taken aback for a moment, then he was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly, "I have fallen in love with Celestial Kungfu irresistibly since I watched the match between you and Tornado.

In the past few days, I have found several Chinese literature and language teachers, and fell in love with the Chinese culture deeply. "

Chu Xiangqian nodded indifferently. Many foreigners are fascinated by Tianchao because of curiosity.

Some of them will indeed become more and more obsessed with everything about the Celestial Dynasty, but after most of the curiosity passes, it becomes flat.

"Let's go, go to the horse race first, and when you come back, I'll teach you some self-defense fighting skills. After training, you can hit your peers casually."

Norton nodded hurriedly, walked quickly to the side of the car and opened the door, asking Chu Qianqian to sit on it.

He closed the door by himself, went around and sat on the other side.

Along the way, whether it was chatting about culture and geography, or entertainment and fashion, Chu Xiangqian always made Norton's eyes shine.

He couldn't help but admire Chu Xiangqian even more.

The driver and the escort and bodyguard sitting in the co-pilot seat were also very surprised.

When we arrived at the racecourse, with Norton's relationship, it was easy to book the best private room.

Chu Xiangqian walked out of the private room, stood on the open-air balcony, and saw that the racecourse was already crowded with 3 to [-] people. He couldn't help sighing, "There are so many people who want to get rich overnight."

Norton and his bodyguard were taken aback for a moment, but looking at the dense crowd in the stands, they wanted to refute that these people just love horse racing.

But think about every horse racing season in London, countless people go to the pub to bet on the local gangsters, and they don't know how to refute.

Even though gambling is illegal in England these days, in fact, London is definitely the city with the most popular gambling industry in the world.

"Master, are you against the spinach industry?"

Chu Xiangqian shook his head, smiled and said to Norton, "First, I'm not your master. Second, legal spinach is more formal than underground casinos.

Moreover, it is useless for me to object. "

Norton nodded, and asked with some embarrassment, "Then what should I call you, and how do I express my sincerity and determination before you accept me as an apprentice?"

"Call me Chu, or sir." Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "As for whether I will accept you as an apprentice, it is actually completely unnecessary. Because I will not teach you Kung Fu.

But if you want to learn how to protect yourself and how to knock down opponents, you don't have to learn kung fu.

It can even be said that boxing is actually very suitable for beginners like you who don't know anything to learn. "

Norton couldn't help feeling disappointed when he heard Chu Xiangqian say that he would not teach him Kung Fu.

But he didn't give up so easily, thinking that since Chu Xiangqian taught him how to protect himself and how to knock down opponents.

Then learn first, and then rely on your own hard work and sincerity, and one day you will be able to impress Chu Xiangqian.

But Chu Xiangqian is not talking nonsense, let him learn boxing, 100% will become an existence that no one can surpass in the history of boxing.

The physical strength is super strong, the strength is greater than that of a heavyweight boxer, and the speed is faster than that of a lightweight boxer.

And the defense and fighting ability are much, much stronger than heavyweight boxers.

This is the existence of BUG level in the boxing ring.
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Before the start of the first horse race, Chu Xiangqian rejected Norton's invitation to place a bet. Chu Xiangqian has always kept his distance from betting games that he cannot control.

Seeing that he was unwilling to bet, Norton could only give up the idea of ​​playing a few games.

Chu Xiangqian smiled and said, "Don't worry about me, you play with yourself."

Norton shook his head hurriedly, "Actually, I seldom engage in gambling-related entertainment. I just heard that there was an Arabian horse with a very high winning rate in the first race today, so I wanted to earn some pocket money."

Chu Xiangqian became interested after listening to it, picked up the binoculars to look at the track, and asked, "What's the number?"

Norton said hurriedly, "horse number four."

Chu Xiangqian quickly found the No. 4 horse who was jogging and warming up on the track.

The appearance is indeed good, but the Arabian horse is much shorter than the English purebred, and it does not look majestic enough.

But in Hong Kong Island, where the prize money is not high and the international attention is not high, many non-thoroughbred horses can run first.

Chu Xiangqian's heart moved, the horse racing was actually very easy to be disturbed, no one would doubt it if the tits made trouble.

It's just that it's not so easy to bet on who can run second or third among other racehorses.

If you bet on the racehorse that was predicted to be the worst before the race, it would be difficult to explain why you bought the most unfavorable horses.

After thinking about it, I just bought that Arabian horse and ran last.

The reason is also easy to find. Let the tits peck on the knees of these horses, and they will definitely not be able to run if they are injured.

Then he said that he had observed before the race that the horse might have problems with his knees.

It's just that I have no grievances with the owner of the horse, so it's unreasonable to harm someone's beloved horse so much.

"By the way, who is the owner of horse No. 4?"

How could Norton know this? Fortunately, his bodyguard was quite competent. Seeing Norton looking at him, he hurriedly said, "Look at the introduction, it should be an Arabian horse that Mr. He Wenli had just grown in his own racecourse last month."

Chu Xiangqian said 'thank you' and gave up his previous idea.

The He family is now their own customer. First, they bought a tiger skin for 1 yuan, and then bought a whole sika deer for 4500 yuan.

There's no need to hurt someone's beloved horse
And if you think about it carefully, you can buy this horse to win, and then buy this horse to win a few positions.

Normally, it is normal to win half and one position.

But if you win a few or 10 positions, the probability of winning is even smaller than winning in a row.

It's just that Chu Xiangqian didn't know if there was such a way to play.

Calling the butler from the VIP room, Chu Xiangqian said the same thing, and the butler asked in surprise, "Sir, are you sure you want to bet on No. 4 horse to win alone, and win No. 2 by more than three positions?"

Chu Xiangqian nodded, "Tell me if you can play like this, and what are the odds?"

The butler hurriedly nodded, exited the balcony, picked up the phone and made a call.

After 2 minutes, he came back and said, "SIR, because the No. 4 horse itself is the favorite, we can take this bet. The odds are 1 to 2, that is, if you win the bet, we will pay 2 yuan with the profit."

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help curling his lips, thinking that if he won 5 positions alone, but thinking about it, this would be a bit too much, and it is really unreasonable.

Reaching into the inner pocket of the suit, he actually took out 1 yuan from the storage compartment and threw it to the butler, saying, "The number 4 horse alone wins 3 positions."

The butler took it in a panic, glanced at Norton, and was immediately glared at by Norton.

Only then did I honestly take the money and place an order.

Norton then asked Chu Xiangqian, "Master, did you see something?"

Chu Xiangqian glanced at Norton, and said with a smile, "If you have enough pocket money, you can buy some to play with. If you lose, I'll treat you to roast venison.

If we win, how about you buy me a steak and do me a favor by the way? "

Norton thought for a while, and took out a few £20 notes from his pocket.

After counting, he took out 100 pounds and gave it to his bodyguard to bet.

100 pounds equals 1600 Hong Kong dollars, which is indeed pocket money for Norton.

Ten minutes later, the first race was about to start. Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but look happy when he saw that he had predicted that No.3 would be No. 8 in the 9th and [-]th tracks before the race.

At the beginning of the race, 14 racehorses rushed out of the starting point, and the tits fell from the sky violently and passed over the tracks 8, 9, and 10. The horses on these three tracks subconsciously withdrew their explosive power.

Suddenly, it was half a beat slower than other racehorses.

When the No. 4 horse crossed the finish line first, it was 4 positions ahead of the second horse.

The scene was full of cheers.

Although the odds of most people buying number 4 to win are only 1 to 1.3, they don’t make much money, but it is really exciting to run out of 4 positions.

Norton jumped straight up following the audience.

Then seeing Chu Xiangqian's calm face, he couldn't help admiring him even more.

After Chu Xiangqian waited for the Jockey Club to send a check of 2 yuan to himself, he said to Norton who also received the money, "I like antiques from the Celestial Dynasty, help me buy a batch of antiques in England and Europe, how about it?" ?”

After finishing speaking, he put the 2 Hong Kong dollar check in his hand in front of Norton.

For Norton, this kind of thing is actually very simple.

He took the check and promised, "Master, give me three days, and I promise to get a batch of antiques from the Celestial Dynasty airlifted to you."

Chu Xiangqian thanked him with a smile on his lips, but thought in his heart that these treasures were snatched away.A wave of anger burst out instantly.

Fortunately, he calmed down again after a while, some things had already happened, and while bearing in mind the shame, there was no point in getting mad at himself.

It's better to take advantage of the time when Chinese antiques are still at low prices in Europe and the United States, and they can't even sell at high prices, and get some more.

Then I thought that there were many works by European and American painters at this time, and the prices were also very low.

I keep buying it back, and in the future, I will hold a private museum exhibition of European and American oil paintings in Tianchao. I feel relieved when I think about it.

The first choice is naturally a Picasso oil painting.

(End of this chapter)