Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 243

Baifanyu and Chu Xiangqian were taken aback at the same time, wondering if a fur is so valuable?
One scolded himself secretly, Hong Kong Island's climate is warm, and the fur market is indeed sluggish.

But Europe and the United States like fur more than Asians, and even the attitude of rich women towards fur is not an exaggeration.

A fox fur that is well treated and in good condition may be sold for tens of pounds, or even hundreds of pounds, if it is just made into a neckerchief.

Converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is hundreds or thousands.

Of course, people dare to sell so expensive, more are still selling brands.

In the future, the bags from Tianzhao and Guangdong can be indistinguishable from the professionals of luxury companies, but the bags from Guangdong can be hundreds of bags, while the bags from other luxury companies can be tens of thousands.

Maybe even those luxury bags were produced by the Celestial Dynasty.

Baifanyu didn't dare to be perfunctory in this matter, and hurriedly asked, "How much is a pound?"

Da Guang hesitated for a few seconds, and said with an incomprehensible expression on his face, "Old Zhang said that those 50 fox skins were the best batch he had ever seen.

They can sell for £50 a piece anyway. "

According to the exchange rate of 1:16, it is 800 Hong Kong dollars.

Chu Xiangqian couldn't help paying attention to the three foxes that were refreshed every day in Xinshou Village.

一天2400，一个月就是7万2，一年86万4。

That's a lot of money these days.

Baifanyu made a calculation in his mind, sent Daguang to a table beside him for breakfast, and said in a low voice, "Ah Chu, how about calculating it at the total price of 24?"

Chu Xiangqian naturally had no objection, "Okay, I'll take advantage of Uncle."

Baifanyu waved his hand, "It's just a small amount of money, what do we need to worry about?"

Chu Xiangqian laughed, "Uncle, I think it will be difficult for you not to want the pennant."

Seeing that Baifanyu's face changed slightly, Chu Xiangqian put down his teasing thoughts, "Okay, okay, I'm just kidding, I'll try to ask my family to allow you to do some small business with Guangdong.

It's just the relationship on Hong Kong Island, you still need to know how to get through.Maybe at that time, our two families will be able to take a big chunk of the mainland's agricultural export share. "

Only then did Baifanyu laugh.

He rolled his eyes and said, "How about we set up another import and export company?"

Chu Xiangqian was naturally willing to transport food and meat to the mainland by himself in the future, and replace them with mainland products and transport them to Hong Kong Island for sale.

A business cycle is formed, which is good for everyone.

But this matter is not urgent for the time being, this batch of grain has to be transported back first, and then the higher-ups will seriously consider this matter.

"It's okay to start a new company with a partner, but this matter should not be rushed. After all, the mainland itself is not doing very well right now."

After breakfast, Baifanyu took Chu Xiangqian to Kwai Chung Pier.

In just one morning, Chu Xiangqian realized that the face and relationship of this old guy on Hong Kong Island far exceeded his expectations.

After borrowing grain, Chu Xiangqian learned that the price of rice on Hong Kong Island was only 34 yuan and 6 cents.

However, the unit of measurement on Hong Kong Island is different from that in the Mainland.

A catty is equal to 605 grams, that is to say, Hong Kong Island still uses a unit of measurement of 16 taels per catty.

In other words, 1 Dan on Hong Kong Island is equal to 121 catties in the Mainland, which is equivalent to 2 yuan, 8 cents and 6 cents per catty.

This price is only 5 cents higher than the price of rice in the Mainland last year.And that's without food stamps.

Of course, if it is a normal year and there is no shortage of food in the Mainland, you can go to the food station with your household registration book and food book, and buy rationed rations for each person at a price of 2 cents.

In this way, food stamps can only be regarded as food purchase vouchers, not valuable notes.

However, in the future, the mainland will abolish the rule of directly buying food from the grain book, and change it to a ration of 33 catties, and will give you 33 catties of food stamps every month.

At that time, food stamps really became valuable notes.

24 Hong Kong dollars to buy grain, the price is 6 cents cheaper, but I bought it from a grain merchant, which is 291 tons in the mainland unit of measurement.

It took only half an hour for Chu Xiangqian to collect half of the 58.2 catties of grain, which was 29.1 catties, into the warehouse in Xinshou Village.

Of course, collecting food must have avoided everyone, and when he got out of the warehouse in the dock, he not only locked it, but also let the tits stare at him, Da Zhuang and Hong Niu were still guarding the warehouse.

Baifanyu, Daguang and others didn't even think about it, Chu Xiangqian just went in to check, and took away half of the food.

Moreover, what Chu Xiangqian collected was the part of the grain bags against the wall. Even if someone came in and didn't climb on top of the stacks of grain bags, there would be no problem.

In case someone steals food, as soon as the dog barks, the other party has to run away immediately.

The staff in the dock will not forcefully break the lock to get in.

Leaving the pier in the car, Baifanyu wanted to ask Chu Xiangqian if he needed help transporting grain.

But when the words came to his mouth, he remembered that Da Guang who was driving did not know that the batch of food was sent to the mainland, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "What time does the plane arrive?"

Chu Xiangqian looked at his watch and said, "Charles said, it's about four o'clock in the afternoon."

After hearing this, Baifanyu said to Daguang, "When you see the phone booth, call Jizaiwen and ask them to drive a truck and wait outside the airport."

More than an hour later, the car arrived outside Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, joined the truck driven by Ji Zaiwen, and drove all the way outside the runway where the private jet was parked.

Not long after, not only did Charles arrive, but Lan Gang also brought his men over ahead of time.

With Charles present, the truck passed the checkpoint smoothly.

However, outside the hangar next to the tarmac, a Rolls-Royce 2nd generation Silver Cloud and two Mercedes-Benz have already parked.

Chu Xiangqian thought he was here to pick up Norton's car, so he didn't take it to heart.

At 4:20 p.m., the plane that Chu Xiangqian had seen last time landed smoothly on the runway and slowly taxied to the outside of the hangar.

As soon as the cabin door was opened, Norton came out impatiently. Seeing Chu Xiangqian standing not far away, he waved his hands and quickly walked down the gangway.

Opening his hand, he wanted to hug Chu Qianqian.

Unfortunately, as soon as Chu Xiangqian stretched out his hand, he pressed it on his forehead.

Charles, Lan Gang and Baifanyu who were watching were stunned.

Norton reacted quickly and said, "Sorry, master, I forgot that you are not used to western etiquette."

Chu Xiangqian gave Norton a white look, and then looked at a woman standing outside the cabin door.

Secretly wondered if this kid was so unreliable in doing things, he actually brought a woman here.

He frowned and asked Norton, "Are you here for business, or are you here with a woman for vacation?"

Norton shook his head hurriedly, "Master, that's my aunt. She is in a bad mood for some reason. She heard that I was going to come to Hong Kong Island, so she insisted on coming.

I didn't agree at first, but I didn't expect her to board the plane before the plane took off, so I could only take her here to relax. "

After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian frowned even deeper.

I already knew everything about the Norton family's relationship from Charles.

Moreover, Mountbatten is considered an old friend to the Celestial Dynasty people. Although he himself may not recognize it, in fact, if it weren't for him, Lao Ba would not have established the country.

At the same time, it was also because of his persuasion that the 565 states on Ah San's side would join India. Otherwise, they might become hundreds of small states.

What made Chu Xiangqian admire Mountbatten the most was that during World War II, the old man was probably beaten badly by the islanders on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, so he had always been extremely disgusted and hostile to the islanders, and even wished to completely split the island.

Therefore, Chu Xiangqian already knew a certain amount about this family, and knew that Norton had only one aunt, but calculating her age, she didn't match the woman standing outside the cabin door and going down at all.

Just as he was thinking about who this woman was, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Charles rubbing his eyes first, then his excited hands began to tremble, and he walked forward quickly, his attitude was as respectful as he wanted.

No matter how stupid Chu Xiangqian was, he also realized that there was something wrong with this woman's identity.

Staring at Norton, he asked, "Who the hell is this lady?"

Norton shook his head again, "Master, just leave it alone, she will leave in the car later, we don't need to worry about her."

Only then did Chu Xiangqian feel relieved, stood still, looked at the woman and said a few words to Charles perfunctorily, then went straight to Yinyun and left.

But when the car turned a corner, Chu Xiangqian still saw the woman looking towards him and Norton.

Fortunately, the car drove away quickly, and Chu Xiangqian got on the plane with Norton.

After greeting Norton's bodyguard, Ward, and another bodyguard named Langdon, he entered the warehouse.

I saw that besides some suitcases, there were ten wooden boxes half a person high and 1.5 meters wide.

Norton said with a smile, "There are 120 pieces of porcelain, 24 calligraphy and paintings, 6 bronzes and 15 oil paintings in the ten boxes."

Chu Xiangqian's heartbeat started to speed up as soon as he heard it. The last time Norton's bodyguard, Ward, sent over 10 oil paintings by Picasso, he said that the total value of this batch of antiques would reach 8 pounds.

It can be seen that it should be more than 8.

The worst thing about buying Chinese antiques from Europeans and Americans is that the antiques in the mainland only cost 100 yuan, while abroad they cost hundreds, or even one or two thousand.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people secretly selling antiques from the mainland to foreign countries.

Norton nodded to Ward, and Chu Xiangqian quickly took the list that Ward handed over and looked at it.

Porcelain, calligraphy and painting and bronze wares are not to be looked at first, the things are here, and they are not afraid of running away.

After looking at the 15 oil paintings, 3 were by Picasso, 3 were by Malevich, 5 were by Kandinsky, and 4 were by Harder Richter, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but his heart beat faster.

Except for Picasso, although the other three painters are not well-known in China in the future, anyone who has paid attention to the oil painting market basically knows that these three painters are actually very famous.

A painting can cost anywhere from a few million dollars to as much as 2000 million.

Just like Malevich's paintings, they sold for a sky-high price of 18 million US dollars in 8500.

Chu Xiangqian was willing to buy only three paintings by Malevich for 3 pounds.

Not to mention that there are 3 oil paintings by Picasso and 9 other painters who are no less famous than Malevich.

Of course, these days, just like Picasso, these people are famous, but the prices of their paintings have not been copied yet.

I am tantamount to picking up a big leak.

Chu Xiangqian was happy in his heart, but his face showed dissatisfaction, and he frowned at Norton and Ward.

Norton shrugged, "Master, even though Malevich and Kandinsky are Tsarist Russians, they are actually quite famous.

Just because of the position, the price is not high, and it is not very popular in the market.

As for Harder Richter, although he is still very young and is also from East Germany, my personal advisor told me that in the future this young painter will definitely be very famous. "

Chu Xiangqian gave Norton an angry look, but his heart was filled with joy.

Listening to this, it would be easy for me to ask for more pictures.

And if it were not for these reasons, these 15 oil paintings would not have reached my own hands.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian didn't say anything, Norton felt relieved, and hurriedly said, "Master, these cultural relics total 10 pounds, and if you want to exchange the remaining 20 into Hong Kong dollars, we can go to the bank tomorrow.

Or directly to you in cash in GBP. "

After speaking, Norton nodded to the bodyguard named Langdon, and soon a box containing 20 pounds was placed on a wooden box.

Chu Xiangqian didn't want to accept pounds.

Compared with the US dollar, the exchange rate of the British pound will fall faster in the future.

But on second thought, no matter whether the pound falls or not, the exchange rate between the pound and the Hong Kong dollar will be fixed for the next decade or so.

And holding pounds, it is easy to go to banks in Europe, America or Hong Kong Island to exchange for gold.

In addition, the mainland definitely prefers to accept British pounds rather than Hong Kong dollars.

Chu Xiangqian didn't say anything, and nodded to Norton, "I will find someone to identify and value these antiques."

After finishing speaking, he opened the suitcase and confirmed that there were 20 pounds, and continued to say to Norton, "Let's go, I'll take you to see that white tiger."

Norton nodded quickly, and Ward and Langdon became excited.

When the four of them got off the plane, Chu Xiangqian yelled at Ji Zaiwen, and then began to introduce Lan Gang and Baifanyu.

As for Charles, he had already started laughing and joking with Norton.

Norton was very kind to Chu Xiangqian, and after shaking hands with Lan Gang and Bai Fanyu, he said a lot of polite words without the slightest bit of impatience.

Baifanyu doesn't understand English, but Lan Gang can not only understand English, but also Belgian and Spanish.

This can be said to be very rare among the Chinese policemen of the era.

When Lan Gang sent a pair of steel frame fans, Chu Xiangqian took it first, played with it in his hand for a while, and then put it in Norton's hand.

This kid has long been surprised by Chu Xiangqian's flamboyant way of swinging the fan just now, and he is very satisfied with this gift.

His favor towards Blue Steel suddenly soared.

Not only did he say thank you several times, but he also spread out his fan and begged Chu Xiangqian to teach him how to be handsome.

Naturally, Chu Xiangqian would not refuse, Norton was a young man with a good heart.The second explained that Lan Gang bought the iron bone fan to make friends with Norton, but it was just for Charles to see.

After chatting for a while, the truck slowly drove over.

Chu moved forward and pulled Norton who was about to climb into the truck, and said to Ward and Langdon, "Gentlemen, when you lift the curtain, move a little less, so as not to disturb the white tiger.

Then a roar of a tiger drew the airport staff and police over. "

Ward and Langdon looked at each other, feeling fear for no reason.

Human beings' fear of fierce beasts such as tigers, lions, and big bears has long been deeply engraved in their genes.

Hearing that there was something moving in the mantle, and even bumped into the iron cage a few times, Ward and Langdon hesitated for a while before they bravely climbed into the truck.

Lifting the veil a little bit, Ward immediately looked at the white tiger who was looking over.

In an instant, a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead, and Ward was so frightened that he quickly put down the curtain.

He stammered and said to Langdon, "No, that's right, it's a live, live white tiger."

Seeing this, Langdon couldn't help laughing at Ward.

But when he lifted the curtain to look in, the white tiger stretched out its claws fiercely, and rushed over to hit the iron railing.

Terrified, Langdon backed away subconsciously and sat down on the truck.

Now not only Chu Xiangqian laughed, but Lan Gang, Baifanyu, Charles, Jizaiwen and others couldn't help but smile silently.

Chu Xiangqian patted Norton, who showed a fearful expression on his face, but was eager to try in his heart, "I suggest airlifting this tiger back to England immediately, lest Hong Kong Island may not let this white tiger leave after being discovered by Hong Kong Island."

Norton knew that what Chu Xiangqian said was correct. The recorded white tiger did not appear in the zoo until 51. If it was reported that a white tiger appeared on Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong government would 100% fight for it.

He hurriedly said to Chu Xiangqian, "Master, since this white tiger is fine, you can ask someone to help you carry it onto the plane."

Chu Xiangqian nodded to Baifanyu, and soon a dozen or so people who had lifted the white tiger and its iron cage from the fishing boat and onto the truck last night were let in.

Having had an experience once, and spending another day with this tiger, these dozen or so people are not only not afraid, but also reliable in doing things.

It didn't take long before the iron cage was lifted off the truck and onto the plane through the open cargo aisle of the plane.

Then according to Chu Xiangqian's instructions, he carefully lifted ten boxes containing antiques onto the truck one by one.

Lan Gang and Charles were very curious about what was in these boxes, but it was a pity that Chu Xiangqian couldn't tell, let alone Norton, Ward, and Langdon.

Only Baifanyu asked Chu Xiangqian in a low voice in surprise, "How many pieces of our antiques are there?"

Chu shrugged his shoulders forward, and also whispered, "It doesn't matter how many pieces he has, anyway, I won't keep them in my hands for a few days, and they will be shipped back to the mainland."

Only then did Baifanyu extinguish his curiosity, secretly thinking that Ah Chu is really smart, with this batch of antiques given to the mainland, he will be regarded as a person who will be the focus of attention in the mainland from now on.

As long as it's not messing around, if the British guy wants to trouble him, he has to ask the mainland if he agrees.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian also hooked up with the English nobles, and the ghosts on Hong Kong Island must be even more unwilling to trouble him casually.

For a moment, Bai Fanyu regretted that his daughter married early.

It's a pity that this idea can only be thought about.

After all the antiques got into the car, Norton couldn't help but dragged Chu forward to get on the plane and see the white tiger with his own eyes.

Fortunately, once the plane door was closed, even if the tiger roared, the sound would be much weakened by the plane.

Seeing Ward and Langdon's delay in lifting the curtain, Chu Xiangqian sneered in his heart, stretched out his hand and tore off the entire curtain.

Norton became excited immediately, but when he saw the tiger looking at him, wrinkled his forehead, exposing two long fangs and roaring at him continuously, Norton felt his scalp go numb instantly, and a chill rushed straight to his head.

In a few seconds, his face turned pale, and he subconsciously hid behind Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian laughed, stepped forward, and slapped the iron cage fiercely.

What is shocking is that the white tiger, which was still baring its teeth and claws just now, actually showed fear, and stepped back and stuck to the other end of the iron cage.

Since catching this white tiger, Chu Xiangqian has fed it more than once in Xinshou Village, and released it more than once to use it as a sandbag for practicing the double shape of a tiger and a crane in Hong Quan.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian's physical strength was extraordinary, and the beating lasted for several hours, which had already made the white tiger feel afraid of him.

Seeing this, Norton saw Chu Qianqian's gaze, which was called worship.

Ward and Langdon on the side also had expressions of disbelief.

Fortunately, the three of them soon realized that since Chu Xiangqian got the tiger, it is said that he even went back to the Celestial Dynasty.

Considering that Chu Xiangqian himself is a real kung fu master, then the tiger would be afraid of him, and it makes sense.

Chu Xiangqian looked back at Norton and asked, "Have you seen enough?"

Norton came back to his senses, and while nodding, he said regretfully, "It would be great if I could see it hunting."

After listening to Chu Xiangqian, he covered the curtain back again, tied it carefully with ropes, and checked the iron cage again and again, before he stepped off the plane with confidence.

Norton didn't want to go back to England now, besides, there was a troublesome aunt who came with him.

If you don't take people back, you will definitely be scolded and even grounded.

He hurriedly said to Langdon, "Langdon, escort the white tiger back with the plane, and then tell my grandfather to send someone over to bring Her Royal Highness Margaret back as soon as possible."

Langdon actually didn't want to return to England so soon, but he had to listen to Norton's words.

I could only look at Ward enviously, and then agreed.

After refueling the plane and doing simple checks, it finally took off an hour later and took to the sky.

Chu Xiangqian took his car keys from Daguang and took Norton into the car. The kid took the co-pilot seat first, which made Ward feel embarrassed to sit in the back seat, so he had to go to Charles' car.

When the convoy arrived at Nathan Road, Chu Xiangqian wanted Lan Gang and others to go to the seafood restaurant by the sea first, while he took the truck home.

It's just that Lan Gang and Baifanyu were worried that there would be problems if there were too many boxes, so they had to go back to the dry goods store together in the end.

There were a dozen strong laborers, and within a short time, ten boxes were moved into the house.

Chu Xiangqian, who was the last to come out, also put away all the boxes.

In an instant, the voice of adding 4850 gold coupons sounded in my mind.

Immediately, the circle of light outside Xinshou Village expanded rapidly, until it stopped at 108.57 meters.

Before Chu Xiangqian could take a closer look, a horn sounded from behind him.

Looking back, Lan Gang pointed to his watch, signaling to hurry up.

In desperation, Chu Xiangqian could only close the door first, get in the car and leave behind Lan Gang's car.

After crossing the sea to Wanchai pier, we took a large seafood restaurant in Central along the way.

Just as Chu Xiangqian got off the car, when he looked around subconsciously, he suddenly saw a guy with a familiar face standing outside the western restaurant on the left side of the street opposite the big hotel and looking towards him.

Damn, this guy seems to be the giant guy who played the 'Destroyer' in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Then it came to mind again, it seemed to be the 'reading' dealer in the movie Zhang Tianzhi.

(End of this chapter)