Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 273 Four National Treasures
"I understand, boss," He Guanchang said hurriedly. "Film companies want to make money, and theater chains also want to make money. And relatively speaking, theater chains make money more steadily and for a longer period of time."

Chu Qianqian and Wrinkle Huai nodded at the same time.

"Then Ah Chang will still be responsible for the production of subsequent movies." After saying that, Chu Qianqian looked at Wrinkle Huai, "How hard it is for you, Ah Huai, to introduce the movie."

Wrinkle Huai shook his head hurriedly, "This is what I should do, otherwise I wouldn't be able to live up to the salary given by the boss. Moreover, it also gave Achang and I a platform to display our ambitions."

It is we who should thank our boss. "

Chu Qianqian laughed, while He Guanchang looked at Wrinkle Huai in surprise, secretly wondering when did this guy become so good at flattering.

After Chu Xiangqian smiled, he warned, "Introduced movies must be strictly censored. I have a neutral attitude towards the mainland. So don't have plots in the movie that would make the ghost uncomfortable."

From now on, the movies we shoot, as well as the movies played in theaters, should not contain plots that would make the mainland unhappy.

Mr. Bai will support me in this matter. He is still thinking about importing agricultural products from the mainland to Hong Kong Island when the drought in the mainland passes.

Just by importing grain and live pigs, Boss Bai and I will be doing a business with a net profit of several million in the next year at least.

Moreover, the transportation costs for grain imported from the mainland are lower.

This means that the cost of eating for ordinary people in Hong Kong will be lower in the future, and the Hong Kong government will definitely be happy to see this happen. Do you understand? "

Wrinkle Huai and He Guanchang looked at each other and secretly said that the business between the boss and Boss Bai was really wild.

He actually focused his attention on the mainland.

But if you think about it carefully, what the boss said is indeed true.

From Southeast Asia, rice will have to be transported by sea. This alone will increase the cost by [-] to [-]%.

As for pigs, the wear and tear during sea transportation is not small, and the cost will be higher.

That's why there is obviously only one port between us. Pork in the mainland only costs a few cents, but here in Hong Kong it costs one or two yuan a pound.

In the future, there may even be an example where coriander arrives on Hong Kong Island and costs 400 yuan per pound.

Of course, this is also because stall fees on Hong Kong Island are too expensive and the cost of living is too high.

Wrinkle Huai hurriedly promised, "Don't worry, boss, Achang and I will strictly control this issue."

He Guanchang also nodded.

Chu Xiangqian felt relieved and thought that he didn't have to step forward to introduce the movie.

In the Mainland, if you ask which film company introduced the movie and which theater it was released in, you will immediately understand that it must have been him, Chu Xiangqian, who made the decision.

Finally, Chu Qianqian said with a smile, "When you two have time, go to Oriental Daily and talk to the editor-in-chief He Yisheng.

The newspaper publishes the news for you, and you also help the newspaper get some celebrity gossip news for them. "

After speaking, Chu Xiangqian revealed that he owned 70% of the shares of Oriental Daily.

Wrinkle Huai and He Guanchang were overjoyed. This meant that the company had its own publicity channel and mouthpiece. If other companies wanted to cause trouble for the company, the company would have a channel to fight back.

"Boss, there's nothing else. Let's go do something now. The movie will be released the day after tomorrow, so time is tight."

Chu waved his hand forward, and the two immediately stood up and went out to do things.

After leaving the small screening room, Wrinkle took He Guanchang to the side and whispered, "Achang, this is the opportunity for both of us to become prosperous, do you understand?"

He Guanchang nodded, "Brother Huai, don't worry. Whether you want to make a good movie and secure your current position. Or you want to make more money, you are right to follow the boss."

Wrinkle nodded with relief and said with a smile, "In the future, even if we just open a grain store and a little oil leaks from the boss's fingers, it will be enough for us to make a fortune."

After hearing this, He Guanchang chuckled, "Now it seems that the boss's only disadvantage compared with Shaw Brothers is that he is younger and developed a little later.

But the future is definitely greater than Shaw Brothers.Not to mention the relationship between the boss and the princess, which seems to be quite serious. "

Wrinkle Huai knew that he was talking about Margaret, and the two of them laughed tacitly, and then went their separate ways to do things.

In the screening room, Margaret saw that Chu Xiangqian had finished talking about business, and then she rested her head on Chu Xiangqian's shoulder and said with a smile, "My dear, how about you give me this movie too? How about taking it back to England and releasing it?"

Chu Xiangqian was stunned. His first thought was that this girl wanted to help him, "Okay, being a movie distributor is actually quite profitable."

After that, he told the story about guys like Charles and Blair, who made 10 pounds for one movie in Asan.

Margaret immediately covered her mouth, "God, how is this possible?"

Chu Qianqian laughed and thought that the movie was a bit colorful, and there were tens of thousands of "female sex" cases in Ah San's case every year, and this was still a reported case.

The number of people who endured not reporting the crime would definitely be 10 or 20 times more likely to be reported.

Margaret was immediately shocked, and at the same time she understood why Fengyue Movies could sell so well with Ah San.

"My dear, if you make a movie like this and someone exposes it, it will affect your reputation."

"Don't worry," Chu Xiangqian explained, "That movie was made by a business collaborator of mine. At most, I just gave him some ideas.

So on the surface, it has nothing to do with me.And I didn’t make any money from that movie. "

Margaret felt relieved now. If it was reported that Chu Xiangqian was involved in amorous business, it would be even more difficult to maintain the relationship between the two of them in the future.

When the movie was about to end, Margaret saw that in the movie, Chu Xiangqian was teasing the protagonist like a cat catching a mouse. She couldn't help but smile and said to Chu Xiangqian, "Dear, seeing this, I feel sorry for the protagonist in the movie." That gentleman.

But with this fight alone and the fight at the beginning of the movie, I am confident that this movie will do well at the box office. "

Chu Xiangqian vaguely felt that the movie would be a box office hit, and the fighting plot alone would be ten years ahead of this era.

And this is different from the director's preaching in the movie. If the fighting is just more exciting, there is no reason why the audience can't accept it.

After the movie was played, Chu Qianqian personally stared at the people in Sanjiangshui and took the film back.

Then he told them to take them back to the company and lock them up.

Then Margaret and I got in the car and looked at the time. It was already 4 p.m.I came across a phone booth, asked someone to park the car, and made a call to the airport to inquire.

Sure enough, the plane from London would land in half an hour.

The motorcade turned around and headed towards the airport.

When we arrived at the airport, the plane had just stopped by the hangar.

As expected, it was Norton's other bodyguard Langdon who escorted the antiques this time.

After taking Margaret on the plane, Chu Qianqian saw more than a dozen large wooden boxes again.

As if presenting a treasure, Langdon took out a locked suitcase, placed it in front of Chu Qianqian and Margaret, and opened it.

I saw two ancient books, a scripture and a picture scroll inside.

Chu Qianqian looked at the ancient book and read the words Yongle Dadian, and his breathing became heavy.

He put on his white gloves and checked carefully.

The other volume of scripture is the Tang manuscript version of the Diamond Sutra, but unfortunately it is not the printed version of the Dunhuang relic.Otherwise, it would be a national treasure among national treasures. At the same time, Chu Xiangqian also knew that it was impossible for Gui Lao to give that pair to him.

The picture scroll is a picture of Arhat that monks used to rest in the late Tang Dynasty.

After Chu Xiangqian read it, although with his current appraisal level, he could not be 100% sure whether it was true or false, as long as he put it into the game, everything would be clear.

Once they are all genuine, they are indeed national treasure-level antiques.

An An endured the excitement in his heart, closed the suitcase, and carried it in his hands.

In fact, he was silently chanting to put it into the warehouse, and instantly his ears heard four consecutive boosting sounds of +100 gold coupons.

Chu Xiangqian's heartbeat suddenly jumped wildly. This was the first time he encountered a treasure that gave him +100 gold coupons for one item.

Taking a deep breath, my emotions slowly calmed down.

Then Langdon pointed to a dozen boxes and said, "SIR, there are a total of 150 pieces of porcelain, 16 calligraphy and paintings, and 9 bronzes. Our quotation is 7 pounds.

The remaining £3 was offset by these two oil paintings. "

After speaking, Langdon untied the two wooden frames of the oil painting that were fixed and protected from a box.

Use tools to dismantle the wooden frames. One of them is Matisse's portrait of a woman, and the other is Dali's memory of time.

Chu Xiangqian had naturally heard of the names of these two people, and also knew that both of them were still alive and, like Picasso, already famous, but their paintings could not be sold at high prices.

But a few decades later, paintings worth millions or tens of millions of dollars would be worth at least.

Chu nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Langdon, "Tell Sir Mountbatten for me that I also like the paintings of Dali and Matisse.

If you can't buy Picasso's oil paintings for the time being, you can pay more attention to the paintings of these two painters. "

Langdon couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Chu Xiangqian was so obsessed with Picasso's oil paintings that the Mountbatten family felt that Picasso's oil paintings were becoming more and more difficult to collect. At the same time, they also wanted to hide a few of them themselves.

This time, I actually bought two Picasso paintings, but they were not shipped to Chu Xiangqian.

Thinking that Picasso had praised Dali so much, I simply set my sights on Dali's paintings.

As for Matisse, although he has long been famous, not every painting by a famous painter is worth a lot of money.

Just like Picasso's current oil painting transaction record is 5 US dollars, but many of his other paintings are only worth a few thousand, or even a few hundred.

This can be regarded as bullying Chu Xiangqian, who does not know the true prices of European and American oil paintings.

Of course, for the sake of long-term transactions, the Mountbatten family did not go too far. Chu Xiangqian could only pay the Mountbatten family to help him acquire these antiques and oil paintings.

This was what Chu Xiangqian had prepared in his mind when he first traded white tiger skins with the Mountbatten family.

It didn't take long for the fourteen boxes to be delivered to the truck.

Chu Qianqian got in the car and the motorcade headed all the way to Yau Ma Tei.

Once at home, the boxes were carried into a large room converted into a warehouse on the first floor.

After the others went out, Chu Xiangqian put them all into the Novice Village warehouse, and the sound of +5800 gold coupons instantly came to mind.

The aperture also quickly expanded by 58 meters. Adding the 400 meters of the 4 gold coupon just now, it equals a total expansion of 62 meters.

Not only the stables in the south of the village are all revealed.

The island in the center of the river to the east of the village also reveals at least two-thirds of its landforms.The fish in the river also increased by 200 pounds.

From now on, we can get a full 1 kilograms from the river every day.

The forest to the north naturally reveals more trees and fruit trees.Chu Xiangqian just scanned around casually and found 10 bayberry and 10 lychee trees.

If Margaret hadn't been waiting for him outside, Chu Xiangqian would have definitely entered Novice Village and collected and tasted all the lychees from the 10 lychee trees.

Then I saw wild boars in the woods, and 2 new refresh points were added.

From now on, the number of wild boars refreshed every day will change from 1 to 3.
The hilly landscape to the west also reveals several complete mountain tops.

The number of bears also increased to 2, and on the mountainside of a hill in the southwest, a total of 10 Silly Spores were spawned.

Without even thinking about it, Chu Xiangqian ordered Da Zhuang and Hong Niu to kill 10 stupid spores.

After he closed the door and got in the car and approached the Guangqi Restaurant, all 10 Silly Spores were spawned and he gained 300 experience points.

Including the two new wild boars and a bear, it equals a total increase of 800 experience points every day.

The amount of experience points that can be obtained every day has also skyrocketed from 1900 points to 2700 points.

The upgrade speed has also been accelerated by almost a third.

Let Da Zhuang and Hong Niu drag 10 silly roe deer back to the warehouse in Xinshou Village.

Then it was time to kill the seven silly spores raised in the village.

When he arrived at the restaurant, Duan Hongchun saw the motorcade appearing and walked out quickly. He wanted to open the door in person, but he was stopped by several bodyguards before he walked in.

Chu pushed the car door forward and got out of the car first, then reached out to help Margaret out, looked at Duan Hongchun who looked embarrassed and asked, "Have Chief Superintendent Charles, Assistant Director Blair and others arrived?"

Duan Hongchun shook his head hurriedly, "The appointed time is 7 p.m."

Chu Qianqian glanced at his watch. It was just before 6 o'clock, which was indeed a bit early.

She looked at Margaret, who was following her and holding her arm, and said, "Paige, would you like some dessert first?"

Margaret, who had been driving around in a car all afternoon, was actually already hungry. Instead, she would have been in London or a hotel, having afternoon tea at three or four o'clock.

Then we have dinner around 8 o'clock.

Nodding hurriedly, Chu Qianqian took her up to the second floor without further ado.

All the previous round tables on the second floor were moved away, leaving only a long table three meters long and 1.2 meters wide, placed in the middle.

The tableware on the table has all been replaced with Western-style ones, and even two Western-style candle holders are placed on the table.

Chu Xiangqian actually only had a partial understanding of these Western-style dining tableware, and asked Margaret what was wrong with them.

The girl smiled at the corner of her mouth, and under the eyes of Chu Qianqian and Duan Hongchun, who looked at her with a cold sweat, she talked for a full four to five minutes before stopping.

Chu Xiangqian didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he knew very well that even the English rarely maintained strict dining rules for Western food.

Probably only the royal family and the great nobles will always adhere to these rules and regulations.

But to Duan Hongchun's ears, it was disrespectful and a mistake.

Fortunately, when I secretly looked at Chu Qianqian's expression, I didn't see that he was angry, so I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then while I was in the kitchen serving desserts, I took out a small notebook and kept recording.

(End of this chapter)