The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

There are so many precious cultural relics that Zhang Nan has already collected countless. Two cultural relic experts come to work at the manor five days a week.

There are too many cultural relics and artworks in the inventory. If you just do a simple appraisal, it will be very fast, but the two have to systematically classify the owner’s collection. Some have to be verified, let alone some have to find a place to restore ——The remaining ones in the warehouse are enough for two experts to study slowly for another ten years.

Anyway, the salary of the two experts is not bad, and I have been raising it.

Thomas participated in the previous World War II treasure hunting activities in Germany, Austria, and the Philippines. Of course, he knew that the most important thing his boss lacked was a large collection of precious artworks and cultural relics. This call would use the word "precious". Obviously There must be something special about that thing.

If Thomas could say that, this Nan would of course be interested, and asked: "What is it?"

"For a religious icon, our head in Chicago has taken the company's jewellery appraiser there to see it. The gems inlaid on it alone are estimated to be worth several million dollars, but I haven't figured out the source.

The seller did not dare to take the auction, because the thing was shed from the Soviet Union during World War II, but it is certain that the icon is not on the list of looted cultural relics during World War II.

The seller wants to sell for 10 million US dollars, but we also need to keep it confidential. "

The appraisers of the company, who have signed confidentiality agreements, have very strict mouths.

When Zhang Nan heard this, he said to the phone: "It's interesting, the buyer didn't say that the icon is famous?"

"Very vague, I didn't say it carefully, I can basically be sure that it belongs to the category of easygoing.

The father who died ten years ago was a professional priest, who was considered a local celebrity at the time. Things are not looted cultural relics, but there is definitely something wrong with the origin of the things, and the seller probably doesn't want to ruin the reputation of the family.

That person was more familiar with the company's director in Chicago, had a clear roots, and was still a friend for many years, so he came to us. "

Pastors, doctors, and lawyers generally have high social status in the United States, especially those with advanced qualifications and older age.

If this kind of people are connected with precious art and cultural relics whose origins cannot be clearly stated, it is an out-and-out scandal, especially for a pastor's family with a good social status.

Zhang Nan was able to understand the mystery of this. After talking about it, he said, "That's good, I guess the stuff is really good. I will ask Jerry to go to Chicago as soon as possible. Also, I am a little interested in the warehouse thing you mentioned.

Find out who owns it and what's in it. "

Jerry Gooden Cowan, one of Zhang Nan's career experts in hiring and buying out. Having been chasing with the boss for these years, Gooden Cowan has seen more things than the average expert has seen in his eight lifetimes.

Especially in the appreciation and research of cultural relics and artworks in various periods in Europe, Jerry is already an expert among experts and a super fighter among experts!

The boss spoke, Thomas on the other end of the phone immediately said: "Understood, boss, I know how to do it."

Refers to the warehouse.

"That's it, come over for dinner when you have time."

Zhang Nan is always in the Chinese habit. He likes to invite people to dinner. Even before going to the many famous hotels, restaurants, and restaurants in New York, he likes to treat guests at home.

In fact, it’s not a treat. Friends can always come and have food, just what to eat, it’s not bad anyway. If you can eat the fish caught by the boss himself, it is good luck. Although those fish are basically ordinary goods in supermarkets and seafood markets, it means that being close is not.

I hung up the phone and asked the attendant to call Jerry Gooden Cowan. As soon as the matter was said, the latter immediately said: "I will leave for Chicago immediately, boss."

Jerry recently sorted out the gold coins for several weeks, and was about to go out and change his mind. There was nothing wrong at home anyway. The boss asked him to go on a business trip, not to mention the attraction of unknown cultural relics and artworks.

"Let the security department send two people to accompany you. You are more accurate than I can estimate for this kind of unsightly art. Call me when you see something."

Jerry is now ready to set off. The two-and-a-half-hour flight from New York to Chicago is not too far, and there are many daily flights. It's only one o'clock in the afternoon, and Jerry can eat dinner after arriving in Chicago.

The manor has its own security department, and there are staff on duty who can mobilize to go out at any time. Important outing tasks like Jerry with instructions from the boss can be equipped with bodyguards.

At ten o'clock the next morning, Zhang Nan received a call from Jerry Gooden Cowan.

"Boss, I just looked at things here. Renaissance items have been maintained and decorated many times in the later period. The latest accessories should be added in the mid-19th century.

I suspect it is the icon of Turkvin Church. I have to come back and check the information before I can finally judge it. "

"Very precious?"

"If it is, then it is a Russian national treasure, an absolute top national treasure level cultural relic level for Russia." Jerry's tone was very affirmative.

Zhang Nan will be busy here. Today, the two older children in the family don’t have to go to kindergarten and school~www.readwn.com~ I promised them to go out to the east of Long Island on the "Sunshine Star" yacht. Dad hurry up. .

This is about to start. After listening to Jerry's words, Zhang Nan didn't have the time to say more, and asked: "Can the price be lowered?"

"It should be able to reduce to about 8 million dollars."

"As long as it's good, buy it. I'm busy, that's it."

With a beep, the phone was disconnected. He was calling in the garden of a single residential house in Chicago, Jerry smiled bitterly, and put away the Nokia flip phone in his hand.

It's really no one to run into such a boss.

There are still a lot of things to report to him, and as a result, a business of nearly ten million dollars is so settled...

This amount of business is your own boss, other super-rich absolutely can't come up with such a casual one, right?

He heard the noisy sounds of children on the other end of the phone. It is estimated that the boss is being pestered by the two young ladies in the family-well, in the eyes of the boss, millions of dollars are the same as those two beautiful homes. Compared to the guy, it's really nothing!

But this is also a kind of trust, otherwise, how could the boss let himself buy something in a few words?

Return to the house and start bargaining.

...

That night Zhang Nan spent the night with the children on the yacht. Lily was almost 9 years old and knew that she ran to sleep alone. As long as the children of Yuchen, who was almost 5 years old, they had to get together with their father when they went out.

The next morning, Zhang Nan got up when the little guy next to him was still sleeping like a piggy. He didn’t think that when he just finished washing and was planning to wake up the two sleeping gods after breakfast, Jerry’s The call came.

"Boss, we have returned to the manor and brought back things."

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