Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 736 Taking the bait
Chu Qianqian was the first to look at the five paintings of Mr. Shiraishi. After admiring them for a while, he touched the frames and found that they were basically 5 or 40 gold coupons.

Chu Xiangqian knew that the buyer Qin Huairu said was not lying.

These paintings are really the paintings of Shiraishi in his later years.

However, when he thought about the fact that in the early days of the reform, someone spent 20 to buy 5 paintings and the museum packaged them for sale, Chu Xiangqian felt that there were only paintings, which seemed nothing to be excited about.

Fortunately, when I think about it, I know that those nine thousand paintings are 100% selected by the museum over and over again to select the remaining paintings.

At that time, many paintings by unknown painters were indeed worthless.

But it can’t be stored for decades. Many painters who paid a few cents a painting at the beginning have gradually become famous.

And the longer they are kept, the more valuable many of the 9 paintings will be.

Of course, maybe the five white stone paintings in front of me will be more valuable than the 5 paintings in the future.

After seeing all the antiques, Chu Xiangqian breathed a sigh of relief and silently calculated in his mind that he actually had to give Qin Huairu a full 4 yuan this time.

Combined with what Qin Huairu said just now, he spent all his savings and a gold bar and borrowed 400 yuan from Lou Xiao'e to buy 5 paintings.

Chu Xiangqian could roughly guess that Qin Huairu bought these hundreds of antiques for less than 2.

And most of the two thousand miles was used to purchase these five paintings by Mr. Shiraishi.

It can be seen that this woman is quite courageous.

Once you have figured it out, dare to stud.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian could also guess that Qin Huairu felt that with him as his backer, even if he sold fake paintings, he would still have a chance to make a comeback with Chu Xiangqiang.

No, after all the antiques were handed over to Chu Qianqian, Qin Huairu made double the profit after reselling them. No wonder in the future, antiques can make people rich overnight, and can also make people jump off buildings.

When Qin Huairu saw four 10-yuan denominations, a total of 4 yuan, placed in front of him, he felt so excited.

If he hadn't just played a game and ran two long-distance runs in the morning, and his legs were weak, he would definitely have dragged Chu Qianqian to play a game of poker again.

But this woman was also excited all afternoon. When Chu Xiangqian stayed for the night, she kept chattering until Chu Xiangqian felt sleepy. He hugged her and told her to go to bed quickly. Qin Huairu said Maybe it will take a long time.

But after the excitement, fatigue came quickly.

The next day, the two women prepared breakfast for him and went to work with some reluctance. Only then did Chu Xiangqian get up and collect all the antiques into the Novice Village warehouse.

Then I rode a bicycle out of the city, tied two bamboo baskets to the back rack of the car, and returned to the city directly to the courtyard house in Luoguxiang.

Qin Jingru, who was raising a baby at home, almost jumped with joy when she saw that her eldest brother Chu Xiangqian had actually brought a silly roe deer, 5 pheasants, 5 hares, and 10 big fish.

Although there were not many people invited to the wedding banquet.

There are only neighbors in the courtyard and close relatives of the Chu family and Qin family, but there are four or five tables in total.

According to the standard of urban weddings in recent years, three to five dishes, at least one meat dish, these meat dishes are ready and served on the table.

Not only are the neighbors in the courtyard praised by everyone, but the relatives from Qinjiazhuang must also praise themselves for marrying into a good family.

The aunts and little children in the courtyard who were not at work were also attracted by the two baskets of prepared meat, and they kept drooling.

But Chu Xiangqian can get meat, and everyone has long been used to it.

During the most difficult period of the past two years, Chu Xiangqian helped everyone buy chestnuts and go fishing in the river outside the city. Although Chu Xiangqian also wanted money and tickets, everyone knew that the price of chestnuts and fish would definitely be high if they were taken to the pigeon market. Double it several times.

Now that the food shortage has been greatly alleviated, it is not surprising that Chu Xiangqian has obtained so much meat and fish.
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After leaving everything to Qin Jingru, Chu Xiangqian was not worried that the meat would go bad. After all, it was winter and the temperature at night was minus seven or eight degrees Celsius.

Freeze overnight and it will keep for many days.

I was about to go home to see my good son, but before I left the courtyard, I was stopped by the third aunt.

After thinking about it for a moment, Chu Xiangqian understood that the third uncle must have collected a lot of antiques in the past few months and was thinking of selling them all to himself to have a good year.

Chu Qianqian thought for a while and whispered to the third aunt that on the day of Aimin and Jingru's wedding banquet, he would come over early to take a look at the antiques collected by the third uncle.

The third aunt felt relieved and sent him out enthusiastically.

After Chu Qianqian left Luoguxiang, he did not go home directly. Instead, he passed by the Qianmen Bistro, locked his bicycle and entered the tavern.

I found Xu Huizhen, who looked quite charming, and said that I wanted to order a batch of good wine for the wedding banquet.

After paying a deposit of 50 kilograms of liquor, Chu Xiangqian asked in a low voice, "Can I buy foreign liquor?"

Xu Huizhen was moved. There was indeed no foreign wine in the tavern, but Vladimir and Elena were engaged in foreign trade, so they must have Lao Maozi's wine.

Isn’t this just real foreign wine!

You can resell it yourself, or introduce the business to Elena and the two. If the business is completed, Elena will definitely give you an introduction fee.

When Chu Qianqian saw Xu Huizhen and hinted that if he wanted foreign wine, he had to pay a deposit first, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

As long as Elena sells polar bear spirits to herself, she can slowly expand the amount of business, corrupting and wooing her and Vladimir little by little.

Anyway, I have a lot of money, so I don't believe that I can't corrupt these two old fools.

After Chu Qianqian left the tavern, Xu Huizhen hurried to call a public phone and asked Vladimir and Elena to come to the tavern for a drink in the evening.

Let’s talk about a business deal.

Vladimir and Elena were still worried about the task of approaching Chu Xiangqian. When they heard that the business was coming, they wanted to agree.

But there was no clue about the mission, and both of them lacked interest in making money.

And in their opinion, Xu Huizhen's business is definitely not big. After all, Xu Huizhen is just a tavern owner.

Even if he uses wine, it is still the liquor Xu Huizhen brews himself.

But when they heard that it was the family from the Qianmen mansion who were holding a wedding banquet for their younger brother and needed foreign wine, the first person Vladimir and his friend thought of was Chu Xiangqian.

He immediately agreed to go there that evening.

It was around 8pm, and some customers in the pub who just wanted to have a few drinks to enjoy themselves without thinking about getting drunk were basically full, so the pub was not considered busy at this time.

Seeing Vladimir and Elena coming to the door, Xu Huizhen hurriedly brought out the prepared food and wine to entertain them.

After eating and drinking for more than ten minutes, there were no customers in the tavern, so they started talking about foreign wine.

When they heard that it was indeed Chu Xiangqian who ordered the wine, but it must be 10 boxes of 60 bottles of vodka, Vladimir and Elena couldn't help but look at each other.

I subconsciously wanted to ask, can Chu Xiangqian afford it?

But as soon as this idea came up, the two of them remembered that Chu Xiangqian had already bought a private jet. Strictly speaking, he was the first person to buy a private jet.

Not to mention buying 10 boxes of vodka, even the best vintage Tsar Gold Bottle vodka only costs a few hundred dollars a bottle.

Of course, the biggest reason why it can’t afford to sell it at a high price is that basically only polar bears drink this wine.

Otherwise, if 80-year-old vodka is replaced with whiskey, a bottle of it can be sold for several thousand dollars in Europe and the United States. Vladimir nodded without hesitation, "No problem, Elena and I will drive over tomorrow to deliver 10 boxes of Beluga Vodka. The price of a bottle is at least 5 US dollars. I wonder if the customer can accept it?"

Xu Huizhen quit immediately. A bottle costs US$5, which is equivalent to 12.3 Tianchao coins.

Moutai and Wuliangye only cost four or five yuan, so he shook his head and said, "It's too expensive."

Elena answered, "But Beluga is already a high-end vodka in our country, and we are friends, so we don't want to make money from you.

To put it bluntly, Vladimir and I made at most 10% profit.

If it's any lower, this business won't be possible at all. "

After saying that, Irina looked at Xu Huizhen very seriously, “Huizhen, if you don’t believe it, you can ask someone to inquire.

There is no need for us to tell lies that are so easy to spot.

Also, since the other party said that the wine must be good, Beluga Vodka is the most suitable in our opinion.

It’s high-end and the price is affordable. If I were you, I would tell customers about it as soon as possible.

If the other party really can't accept it, he can make preparations in advance so as not to delay his brother's wedding banquet. "

Xu Huizhen didn't realize at all that her two old friends just wanted to get to know Chu Xiangqian.

Otherwise, Beluga vodka imported to China would sell for more than just $5.

Shipping costs alone can push up the cost of a certain product by at least 30% these days, or even double it.

And Beluga Vodka is indeed a high-end wine on the polar bear side.

If Xu Hui had really broadened her horizons, she would have quoted Vladimir in US dollars and realized that there was something wrong with it.

Since Vladimir and Elena knew that Chu Xiangqian was a rich man and had many foreign industries, they subconsciously wanted to accept US dollars.

Because although the foreign exchange reserves of polar bears are far greater than those of China, in general, polar bears in this era are also short of foreign exchange.

In the fields of diplomacy and espionage, the shortage is even greater.

Xu Huizhen frowned and thought for a moment, nodded helplessly, and couldn't help but regret accepting Chu Xiangqian's 50 yuan deposit.

If I had known that Lao Maozi's wine was so much more expensive than the wine in my own country, I should have advised Comrade Chu to buy Erguotou in the capital during the day.

If you need a ticket, it’s 56 cents per catty.

No tickets are required, and the price will not exceed one yuan or two.

A bottle of vodka can buy 10 pounds of the best Erguotou in Beijing. Thinking about it, Chu Xiangqian would definitely choose the latter.

It's fine now. I collected 50 yuan first and it was right to give the money back, but it didn't work out, which meant that I was ruining my own reputation.

But if Xu Huizhen was asked to trick Chu Xiangqian into buying that Beluga vodka, she couldn't do it.

This is the bottom line of being a human being. At the same time, everyone lives in the Qianmen area, neighbors, and some things cannot be hidden at all.

If you cheat your neighbors, you will be stabbed in the back when you go out in the future. Not to mention that she is still in the tavern business. If she deceives the guests, she will never come to the tavern to drink in the future.

Vladimir couldn't help but feel anxious when he saw that Xu Huizhen obviously wanted to back down.

He quickly interrupted and said, "How about I drive back now to pick up a box of Beluga Vodka, and open a bottle for the customer to try regardless of whether they buy it or not.

If the customer thinks it’s good, then it’s $4.5 a bottle, and we don’t make a dime from him.

If the other party thinks it's expensive, just think of it as knowing a potential customer, who might need it again someday in the future. "

Xu Hui really had no objection at this time, and felt that Vladimir's behavior was the reaction that a businessman should have.

Opening the market first is more important than making money.

Moreover, Vladimir has a car, and the trip back will take no more than half an hour.

Before 9:30 in the evening, Xu Huizhen, wrapped in thick cotton clothes and a headscarf, got into Vladimir's car with Elena and gave him directions.

Five or six minutes later, they appeared outside the yard of Chu Xiangqian's home, and Titmouse had already noticed them.

The tit's physique has probably reached 10.5. The temperature of more than ten degrees below zero in winter is no big deal to it now.

After Chu Qianqian received the warning from Ti Que, he felt relieved after seeing clearly who the visitor was.

But he still pretended not to know that someone came to the door, and continued to hold his precious son, teasing him, and chatting with Xue Jinglan, Hong Kong Sheng, and Feifei beside him.

Not long after, the three sisters, Sister Tao and Zhaodi, who lived in the front yard, heard a knock on the door and asked a few questions behind the door vigilantly.

When he heard that it was Xu Huizhen, he opened the door for her with confidence.

The three sisters, Sister Tao and Zhao Di, have been to the courtyard house in the capital four or five times, and the total number of days they have stayed here is several months.

I have long known the surrounding neighbors, residents, and some businesses in Dashilar. Even if you don't know each other, you can still look familiar.

After all, the four of them are from Hong Kong, and they deliberately put on clothes close to those worn in the capital. This is considered ordinary in Hong Kong Island, but they are already very respectable here in the capital.

Not only were there no patches, the clothes looked like new clothes that had not been worn for a long time.

Moreover, the owner of a time-honored shop who came from the old society can tell at a glance that the tone and behavior of the four of them are similar to the maids of the old society.

Fortunately, there were five elderly people living in Chu Xiangqian's yard before. Now, together with Chu Xiangqian's family, there are four families.

It makes sense for a household to hire a maid and a Gong Er who is in poor health.

Then no one had time to report their family.

Of course, Yi Yian Tian and Gong Er are from Hong Kong Island. When they first moved here, the neighborhood committee and the street had already known about them.

Now that the neighborhood committee knows about it, the surrounding residents also know about it.

Even in special times in Beijing, there are many foreigners living in the capital, and no one cares if they are treated differently from locals.

Not long after, when Zhao Di entered the middle courtyard to inform Chu Xiangqian, he was putting his precious son to sleep.

After hearing Zhao Di's words, Chu Xiangqian carefully placed Chu Jingrong in the crib to prevent the little one from being up all night after waking up.

Xue Jinglan also spoke much softer to Hong Kong Sheng and Feifei.

When the three sisters heard Zhao Di's words, Hong Kong Sheng and Feifei hurriedly got up and helped Chu Qianqian put on his coat and put on his cotton shoes.

Since Xue Jinglan's confinement, the main room of the courtyard has stopped receiving relatives and friends to prevent the cold wind from blowing in and affecting Xue Jinglan, the precious mother.

Chu Qianqian left the bedroom, carefully closed the door, and then left the hall. He followed Zhao Di to the front yard, which was specially cleared and temporarily used as a reception room.

(End of this chapter)