Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 828 A Little Hobby
Chu Xiangqian stepped forward, held Xue Jinglan's tender hand, and kissed his wife on the face.

This made Xue Jinglan feel both embarrassed and angry, but also secretly delighted.

When your man behaves so affectionately in public, it is naturally a manifestation of his love for you.

He reached out and patted Chu Xiangqian, then heard Chu Xiangqian ask with a smile, "The watches you bought me in the past few years are worth at least 10 or 20 yuan. There's really no need to buy more."

After hearing this, Xue Jinglan's good mood instantly disappeared.

She rolled her beautiful eyes at Chu Xiangqian. There were indeed many watches at home, but most of them were ordered by Margaret from several major watch headquarters for him every year.

Moreover, although Margaret kept her promise, she never set foot on Hong Kong Island again after leaving Hong Kong Island in 60, so as to avoid making Xue Jinglan feel that she was protesting.

But every year, as long as Chu Xiangqian is not in London, the luxury watches he orders or buys while shopping will be airlifted to Hong Kong Island.

Knowing that Chu Xiangqian liked antique watches, Margaret bought as many as six antique watches for him at the auction house in one year.

When Xue Jinglan found out that her husband was a collector of famous watches, she was reluctant to go to the auction house, but when she was shopping, if she saw a nice watch, she would buy one for him.

We have even ordered unique pieces from several major watch manufacturers in the mainland.

As for the wealthy businessmen in Hong Kong, they are willing to order watches from their mainland factories and they don’t seem to be afraid of spending money at all. Several large factories are very active.

At least dozens of design drawings are sent to Xue Jinglan every year. As long as Xue Jinglan likes one, it will be hand-made by a special team of five people.

In order to be worthy of the Hong Kong dollars given by Xue Jinglan, she would occasionally have people mail them back as a thank you in the form of rice, flour and small equipment. Every watch made for Chu Xiangqian was extremely luxurious.

There was a watch strap inlaid with red coral and gold, and even the knowledgeable Chu Xiangqian loved it very much.

Over the years, the two women bought him watches. It would be an exaggeration to say that he changed them every day.

But if you change it every week, there's absolutely no problem.

Aiyuan, who was standing by, saw her elder brother and sister-in-law showing off their love. She was happy for them, but at the same time, she pouted and wondered if she should find a man too.
As for having a boyfriend, in Ehime's mind, of course the purpose of dating is to get married.

Of course, there are basically no promiscuous women in wealthy families in this era. The richer the family in Hong Kong, the more they care about their reputation, and naturally the more conservative they tend to be.

Moreover, sexual liberation in the United States did not appear until the late 60s and early 70s.

If it wanted to be introduced to Hong Kong Island, it must have been in the mid-to-late 70s at the latest.

However, there will always be no shortage of Phoenix Men in any era.

In the past two years, there has been no shortage of rich young men or young talents around Ehime who have all kinds of ulterior motives.

Fortunately, Ehime herself knows that 10 out of 9 men who appear in front of her have ulterior motives.

As for the remaining half, whenever Aiyuan compared the other party with her older brother, she immediately felt that the other party was too childish.

Chu Xiangqian and Xue Jinglan had no time to care what Aiyuan was thinking at the moment. Accompanied by Zheng Yutong, they came to the counter and saw a Rolex with a black dial.

Chu Xiangqian immediately recognized that this was a Submariner that was released last year.

It is said that only more than 1 pieces of this watch were produced, and the price in London was 70 pounds, but it was discontinued after being sold for less than three months.

Just think about it and you will know that this watch is not popular among customers at the moment.

Even decades later, many people still cannot appreciate the all-black dial.

In this day and age, even fewer people can accept it.

Margaret had also seen this watch at first, but when she heard the price was 70 pounds, she immediately lost interest.

In Margaret's mind, a watch that costs less than 1 pounds should not appear in front of her at all.

It's even more impossible to wear it on her man's wrist.

Most importantly, if Xue Jinglan and other women like Chu Xiangqian knew that she, a princess, bought a watch for Chu Xiangqian for only 70 pounds, she would definitely be laughed at by them.

This is what Margaret can't accept the most.

But for Xue Jinglan, a watch that costs HK$1280 is not cheap.

70 pounds converts to 1120 Hong Kong dollars, but Zhou Dafu must have purchased the goods directly from the watch headquarters, and with tax, the retail price of 1280 Hong Kong dollars is already considered mid-to-high-end.

After all, there are very few people who are willing to spend a whole year or half a year's income to buy a watch.

It was not until 61, when Chu Xiangqian hired Zheng Yutong as the manager of Bald Eagle Watches, that Zhou Dafu decided to become an agent for famous watches.

However, compared with gold and jewelry, luxury watches are just a sideline business.

Not to mention advertising, the only reason the head store has a counter for luxury watches is because of its large area.

Since the boss himself doesn't take it seriously, the watches sold by Zhou Dafu are naturally not well-known.

Many people don’t even know that Chow Tai Fook also sells watches.

Chu Xiangqian directly took off the antique watch that Margaret bought for him last year for 4 pounds, and handed it to Ehime beside him for safekeeping.

Then he let Xue Jinglan put the Submariner on him personally.

After looking around, Chu Xiangqian suddenly felt that it seemed not bad.

He smiled and asked his wife, "How is it?"

Xue Jinglan immediately nodded repeatedly, feeling very proud.

If Xue Jinglan was asked to buy an antique watch worth hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars for Chu Xiangqian, she would naturally be willing to do so.

But if she were asked to buy ten or eight watches like this every year, Xue Jinglan felt it was a waste of money.

The huge difference in consumption concepts between the two women is naturally related to their living environment since childhood.

Chu Xiangqian had long passed the stage in his heart where he couldn't take his eyes off the famous and antique watches that he couldn't afford in his previous life.

But he is not stupid. The smaller the production quantity of a watch produced by a famous brand, the higher its collection value will definitely be.

Who knows, this Submariner might be worth tens or even millions in the future.

Of course, Chu Xiangqian was more concerned about making his wife happy.

Moreover, with my status, even if I wear a Sea-Gull or Magic Watch, people will not look down on me.

Xue Jinglan was happy, but then she saw Aiyuan actually wearing her elder brother's watch on her hand.

He immediately glared at Aiyuan, then signaled with his eyes to take it off. After taking it back, he immediately put it in his handbag.

Aiyuan couldn't help but secretly curl her lips. She had just thought of not returning it.

After all, she knew that the watch belonged to her sister-in-law in London, who bought it for 4 pounds as a gift to her eldest brother.

This watch alone is worth more than my savings. It would be strange if Ehime didn't like it.

As for whether he really likes it, it is not an ordinary person to have no thoughts when a watch worth hundreds of thousands of dollars is placed on his hand.

Unfortunately, my eldest brother is very generous to me when it comes to money. When he is happy, he gives me thousands or even tens of thousands of pocket money.

But my sister-in-law is not so generous.

Chu Xiangqian received a watch, so he naturally expressed his gratitude and took Xue Jinglan to Zhu Bao's counter.

(End of this chapter)