Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 848 846 Make up for the loss and exchange horses for antiques
The advantage of having a good physique is that as long as he rests for a few minutes, he can recover quickly even if he has just run 10 kilometers.

Not to mention that Chu Xiangqian is only 24, which is the age when desires are the strongest in life.

With a competitive spirit, he naturally wanted to pull Qin Huairu and Lou Xiaoe into another friendly match.

Now Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e finally vented all the anger that had been pent up in their hearts for more than two months.

After being completely beaten by Chu Xiangqian and losing their temper, the two women became extremely gentle towards Chu Xiangqian.

But he definitely couldn't stay on Shatan Street tonight. When Chu Xiangqian returned to Jin's house in the evening, it was already past 7 o'clock.

And if he hadn't agreed to come to Shatan Street tomorrow during the day, it would have been difficult for him to go out.

Of course, although Qin Huairu wanted Chu Xiangqian to accompany her all night, she was also happy to spend time together during the day.

When I return to the courtyard at night, I can hear less gossip.

As for Lou Xiao'e, she didn't care. In the past year, except when Chu Xiangqian was in the capital, she usually lived with her parents.

Moreover, her parents probably knew a little bit that their daughter already had a man, and they even vaguely knew that this man had a very high status.

Otherwise, it would not have been easy for the Lou family to buy enough and good quality donkey glue in the past two years.

I have advised Lou Xiao'e several times that she should consider the issue of her other half, but unfortunately Lou Xiao'e is not moved at all.

In her mind, she was divorced and was not suitable to marry Chu Xiangqian.

Then as long as Chu Xiangqian comes to find me when he comes back, it would be nice to live like this.

And Chu Xiangqian never shortchanged himself of money.

The pocket money I was given every month was five or six times my salary, and I had no shortage of bills and food. I lived a comfortable life.

Seeing that their daughter continued to do as she pleased, Lou's father and mother simply stopped saying anything more, so that she would not even go back to her parents' home on a regular basis.

In this way, Chu Xiangqian stayed in the capital for 5 days. In addition to visiting his father's grave, he went to the Xue family to visit his father-in-law and his family, and had two meals with his second and third uncles.

The rest of the time he basically spends time fooling around with the four women.

Before he returned to Hong Kong Island, the sisters Jinzhi and Jinxiu felt that if Chu Xiangqian didn't go on business trips again, they would be exhausted.

He loved and feared Chu Xiangqian, and wished that this guy would go out for a while so that he could have a good rest.

As for Qin Huairu and Lou Xiao'e, although they also felt tired, they went home and slept at night, which did not affect their work during the day.

However, when they both said they were at work, they were actually just reporting in in the morning and using the excuse of collecting old things.

Accompany Chu Xiangqian during the day, and go back at four or five in the afternoon to report with some of the pig bristles and cow bones that Chu Xiangqian brought.

Pig bristles were a major export item in those days, so the people at the second-hand goods purchasing station didn't care where the two of them went.

I even hope they can go out for a few more days so that they can exceed their tasks, which will be good for everyone.

When Chu Xiangqian returned, Morgan Jr. and McDonald had been waiting for him for three days.

Fortunately, these two guys have been focusing their attention on the 40 purebred horses used to trade for 60 victory wheels at the Kowloon Racecourse these days.

Not only did the two of them each bring a professional horse training team, but they also oversaw the two teams in the past few days to carefully conduct comprehensive inspections and assessments of the 40 horses.

The result was not surprising. People from both teams praised these 40 horses highly.

Although no one can be sure whether these 40 horses can win the championship, various evaluations also tell them that the value of these 40 horses will definitely not be worse than the batch of purebred horses that Chu Xiangqian had just auctioned off.

Several horse trainers even felt that these 40 thoroughbred horses were better than any they had seen in their many years of working in the industry.

I was so envious and admired Chu Xiangqian for being able to get so many good horses.

Now Morgan Jr. and McDonald were both relieved and expectant.

Unfortunately, the next day after Chu Xiangqian returned to Hong Kong Island, when he saw the two of them, the first thing he said was that the auction in the second half of this year had to be suspended because of these 40 horses.

That is, they complained that it cost them a huge price to fulfill the contract.

Also tell these two guys that good horses are not so easy to buy.

Moreover, the average price of purebred horses sold at auction this year has been $107 million. If Chu Xiangqian exchanges 40 horses for 60 victory wheels, he will suffer a loss.

It's not Chu Xiangqian's style not to get back some benefits.

Morgan Jr. and McDonald naturally did not believe Chu Xiangqian's words, but they also had normal thinking and guessed that even if Chu Xiangqian was talking nonsense, the truthfulness of his words should be about 60 to 70 percent.

It's normal to think about it. From a normal person's perspective, 80 high-quality thoroughbred horses must be selected from thousands or even tens of thousands of thoroughbred horses.

But no one knew that all of Chu Xiangqian's horses were refreshed by the cheating device in the Novice Village.

So Chu Xiangqian said that the auction in the second half of the year could not be held. In the opinion of Morgan and his companions, it was probably impossible to produce purebred horses of the same quality.

As for the Arabian horses and the Ferghana horses, the two believed that Chu Xiangqian had the supply and should be able to provide him with some.

But Arabian horses are actually not that valuable, and the population of Arabian horses is small. It is better to wait for a year. Not only will the quality of the ones produced be better, but it will also avoid over-selection that affects the breeding of the horse herd.

But in this case, it would be difficult for Morgan Jr. and McDonald to get involved in Chu Xiangqian's horse business.

What if Chu Xiangqian makes the excuse next year that it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise enough horses and changes the auction from twice a year to once a year?

Then we two have no excuse to get involved in this business.

You can't forcefully acquire shares in someone else's already established business; that's not cooperation but rather arousing jealousy.

For a moment, little Morgan really felt that Chu Xiangqian was a little slippery and he didn't know where to start to bite off a piece of meat from him.

McDonald was equally smart, and even more cautious than Morgan Jr.

If it was an open robbery, not to mention the military and financial resources in Chu Xiangqian's hands, he was destined to be no weakling.

Using threats and inducements would be tantamount to making enemies with Margaret, and even Philip and Elizabeth.

Although the royal family no longer has much power, its influence in England is still huge.

There are forces in England that have always wanted to abolish the royal family.

But just the fact that major newspapers can increase their newspaper sales every year by relying on news about the royal family means that the media and the forces behind them will stand on the side of protecting the monarchy.

The support of the media also makes many people dare not offend the royal family too much. Not to mention that there are quite a few people among the ordinary people who support and defend the royal family, otherwise they would have been driven out long ago.

So although McDonald was envious of Chu Xiangqian and the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue he had just made, he actually preferred to follow Morgan Jr. and reap the benefits.

Moreover, it is indeed a huge sum of money for one person to enjoy 2% to 3% of the profits of hundreds of millions of dollars.

But if it was divided among three people, Chu Xiangqian would definitely get the biggest share. McDonald was naturally unwilling to take the lead and offend Chu Xiangqian for the sake of millions of dollars.

Seeing that little Morgan was scared, McDonald first cursed little Morgan as a waste in his heart, then immediately changed his attitude, pulled Chu forward and said.

"Stark, I know you are very good at horse selection. When you are free in London, please come to my house and take a look at the quality of the horses in my ranch. How about that?"

McDonald knew that asking someone for help once or twice was fine, but if it happened too many times, why would someone help you watch the horses for free?
After that, he hurriedly added, "I won't let you go for nothing. I know you like antiques from the Celestial Empire. Every time you help me, I'll give you a treasure."

Before Chu Xiangqian could say anything, little Morgan's heart moved.

The team of horse trainers invited to look after these 40 thoroughbred horses cost $5.

But these people look powerful, but in fact they are just copying others. If they were really capable, they would have made a fortune and become famous by relying on their horse-selection skills.

If he asked Chu Xiangqian to go to his ranch to look at the horses, and if he happened to choose a horse of the same quality as the one at the auction, that would be a profit of at least millions of dollars.

Not to mention a $5 kickback, even if Chu Xiangqian was given $20 or $30, Morgan Jr. would still think the deal was worth doing.

Not to mention Chinese antiques. Except for national treasures, even those rare treasures are not very valuable in Europe and the United States.

To put it bluntly, even among the Chinese, the prices for buying and selling antiques are several times, or even dozens of times, lower than the international prices.

Therefore, apart from those Europeans and Americans who like Chinese culture, there are actually very few people who buy and sell Chinese antiques, so naturally there is no market for them.

For Chu Xiangqian, this condition is indeed possible, but if he only gets one treasure each time he looks at it, then his ability to identify horses would be too cheap.

So Chu Xiangqian just thought about it and said with a smile, "A horse is a treasure. If a horse that is qualified to participate in the championship competition appears, you have to give me an antique of national treasure level.

As for the Triple Crown level horses.”

Hearing this, Morgan and McDonald's faces tightened, but Chu Xiangqian smiled and said, "Don't worry, if a Triple Crown-level horse really appears, I promise that even if I see it, I will tell you that this horse is very ordinary."

Little Morgan and McDonald, who were originally full of expectations, almost burst into swearing when they heard this.

But after calming down and thinking carefully, if such a horse really existed, there was actually no need for Chu Xiangqian to go and see it.

Unless the horse is under 2 years old, it is basically impossible for a horse over 2 years old to escape the eyes of a professional horse trainer on a daily basis.

Moreover, they both knew that the probability of encountering a Triple Crown horse was one in a million and was extremely small.

Otherwise, horse racing would have long been a boring sport where only those with money could win, and it would have been impossible for it to attract the attention of so many ordinary people.

In fact, at least 6% to 7% of the horses that won the Triple Crown in history all came from small horse farms and small businessmen before they achieved their results.

There are so many uncertainties and the possibility of getting rich overnight that this event attracts so many rich people and ordinary people.

So after rolling their eyes, Morgan Jr. and McDonald quickly agreed to Chu Xiangqian's conditions.

But Chu Xiangqian was not willing to become a professional horse trainer, not to mention that he knew very well that the horses that appeared in front of him must have been carefully selected by Morgan Jr. and McDonald.

Otherwise, if I had to look at dozens or hundreds of horses every time, I would really become their laborer.

Without much hesitation, McDonald invited Chu Xiangqian to his house first, and Chu Xiangqian was originally going to London in March to accompany Margaret.

The baby girl's due date is early May, and if she doesn't go to London, Margaret will definitely become more and more irritable.

It would be bad if it affects the children.

So Chu Xiangqian simply agreed directly, but the place to see the horses had to be in London, in case Margaret was interested in it and took advantage of her pregnancy to insist on going to MacDonald's estate with him.

Little Morgan opened his mouth and wanted to make an appointment with Chu Xiangqian to go to Magnesium, but then he changed his mind and realized that a horse is a treasure, so he must choose carefully. After all, no matter how unpopular the antiques of China are in the market, a treasure can cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.

So he soon stopped being anxious.

In the next few days, Chu Xiangqian was busy dealing with 40 thoroughbred horses and exchanging and handing over 60 modified Victory wheels with Morgan Jr. and McDonald.

It was easy to transport the horses, but Chu Xiangqian had been hinting overtly and covertly over the past few days that he had suffered a great loss this time.

Last year, the average auction price for a thoroughbred horse was only 78 yuan, while a modified Victory Wheel had a market value of around 50 yuan.

Morgan Jr. and McDonnell both had shipyards and dock companies, so when they purchased the Victory, they were able to reduce the price to around $40.

Chu Xiangqian didn't care whether it was 40 or 50. 40 thoroughbred horses in exchange for 60 victory wheels was indeed an equal exchange last year.

But this year, he had a thoroughbred horse that could be exchanged for two boats, so he was naturally at a disadvantage.

After suffering a loss, Chu Xiangqian wanted to get back his losses without a second thought.

It is definitely not okay to openly say that there is a breach of contract.

So he hinted in succession that Morgan Jr. and MacDonald were also worried that he would deliberately reduce the quality of 40 thoroughbred horses next year.

Or they could auction off the best ones and trade the second-best ones between the two of them.

As long as the price is not less than 78 US dollars, the two of them really have no way to blame Chu Xiangqian.

And both of them knew that 60 winning rounds were only worth 3000 million US dollars.

But these 40 purebred horses were worth at least 4 million US dollars. A loss of 1 million would make me feel as unwilling as Chu Xiangqian.

There are at least hundreds or thousands of Victory ships around the world that are constantly depreciating and being eliminated.

Exchanging this kind of boat for a good horse is a good deal no matter how you look at it.

So Chu Xiangqian was actually the seller in this business. The two of them only discussed it overnight. When he met Chu Xiangqian the next day, he proposed to give part of the import business to Chu Xiangqian to make up for his losses in the transaction of exchanging horses for ships.

This is no loss at all for Morgan Jr. and McDonald, after all, the import purchases will be made to anyone.

It would be better to take out a portion of the share to appease Chu Xiangqian.

Chu Xiangqian agreed without even thinking twice.
However, although the profits of import and export business are good in this era, some things only cost 1 yuan in China, but when shipped to Magnesium, they may be sold for 5 yuan, or even or yuan.

But in order to make up for the loss of 1 million US dollars, the amount of import and export business must be increased to 5 million or even hundreds of millions of US dollars.

(End of this chapter)