"The Empire State Building?"

She has more than one office, there is one in the manor: Zhang Nan only has a study, and Nicole not only has a study, but also a well-equipped office room, which Zhang Nan calls an office.

The offices in the manor are light-colored, modern, and obviously out of tune with this small desk, which is closer to the décor of the "old" Empire State Building.

Nicole nodded, "It is said that the Wall Street guys, if there are not a few pieces of furniture in this office, they are embarrassed to say hello to people." ”

It's rare to learn the alternative funny things that Zhang Nan sometimes says, usually she doesn't do this, Queen Fan is normal.

Obviously, what she said was that those people were old-school Wall Street figures, and that not many of the younger generation liked it.

Nicole loves old furniture, needless to say, and is also influenced by her own men.

As Nicole spoke, she touched the wooden surface of the signed round table, and it felt very smooth.

Turned his head to look at Zhang Nan, and said, "I also have a set in my study?"

One set, not one.

Zhang Nan shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever." ”

are all old husbands and wives, and they are polite to each other.

After speaking, Zhang Nan watched the bodyguards bring down a very good long table.

It is still a Louis XV style writing desk, but it is not the work of Link, it is the work of the famous French furniture master Joseph Zviner in the late 19th century, or the design of a famous designer named Léon Mercedes.

The materials are made of expensive and rare rosewood and tulip wood, with floral mosaic patterns on the surface, and the most typical gilt copper fittings of the Louis XV style.

The front of the desk is furnished with three parquet storage drawers with gilded bronze accents in the shape of a leaf, and four three-legged lion's claw feet.

What is remarkable is that the table has an original gilded leather upholstery in good condition with gilt copper trim and original keys – according to two experts, the table would not be a big problem if it were sold on its own, between $60,000 and $80,000.

The price of a piece of furniture is already very expensive, even if it will be doubled or doubled at most in a few decades, and it is impossible to skyrocket tenfold.

The market for old furniture in the West has long been mature, and the predecessors have long been speculated and speculated, and then speculated, and now there is no room and soil for speculation.

Frying furniture, Huaxia furniture has not yet begun to officially start.

Guys who do manual work don't work and chat casually: this little physical work is trivial, there are many big guys, even if a large cabinet weighing four or five hundred pounds in 16th century, four strong men can easily protect the upper hand truck.

This will make Randy and Jin Wenbo say that there is a big difference between the Eastern and Western views on old furniture: "...... We buy used goods for our own use, and we generally don't buy what we don't need ourselves, but what we need doesn't matter if it's second-hand or not......"

Just now Jin Wenbo talked about old Chinese furniture: on a trip back to China the previous time, a group of bodyguards also went to see the thrift market in Shanghai, and saw a lot of antique furniture.

But there is a problem: this will be the emerging Chinese old furniture business is for trading, re-trading, not for use, but for hiding.

Americans are different, just for their own use.

Will the market mature for collections, or will pragmatism mature?

The bodyguards have been in contact with antiques for a long time, and they have a good understanding of this industry, and they will unconsciously compare.

The second-hand market in the United States has a developed culture, and the old furniture will not appear inconceivably sky-high, because this is out of pragmatism......

It was supposed to be a daily necessities, but in the end it became a "sacred object" that could only be seen and enshrined, and by the way, it met people's needs for money, and I don't know if it was luck or their sorrow.

After the things were moved, Zhang Nan was also talking to Nicole and Alice about the interior decoration of the castle in the future.

It's okay to fill some rooms with old furniture, but you use all old furniture?

Not to mention that Zhang Nan will feel weird, and the women will not be unified: there will always be some new furniture.

"Of course, if you want new furniture, where can I go to find enough and old furniture in the right style?

It's also unreliable to move from someone else's castle, the division is different, and it has to be customized. ”

Zhang Nan knew it in his mind.

This will Nicole said: "Made from Italy, there are many traditional furniture custom brands in Europe, such as Italy and France, there are several good ......."

These were a few years later, and it would be too early, but the main body of the castle was almost built, and before the decoration of the north began, a furniture manufacturer had to be decided.

That is to be matched with the overall decoration, and the custom design of the furniture should be synchronized with the interior of each room.

......

On March 12, he left New York and crossed half the world to Pontianak, Borneo.

Borneo is a Western-style name, or a Western-style traditional name, and now the more popular name is Kalimantan, which belongs to the world's largest archipelago - the Malay Archipelago within the Sunda Islands, and is located in the center of the archipelago, and is also the third largest island in the world.

It is bordered by Sumatra to the west, Java to the south, Sulawesi to the east, the Java Sea to the south, and the South China Sea to the north.

The middle of the island is mountainous, surrounded by plains, and the southern part is low, becoming a large wetland forest, which "civilized people" generally do not visit, and because of this, it is still home to some primitive tribes.

Borneo has a very high rate of primary forest coverage, with the largest tropical forest on the planet except for the rainforests of the Amazon basin in South America.

Because Borneo is hot and humid right on the equator, this March is just on the tail head of the monsoon season, and it doesn't make people feel like they want to peel off their skins!

It is also because at the tail of the monsoon season, the average annual rainfall of 3,800 mm will not make Zhang Nan be watered by heavy rain every day.

Generally speaking, the choice of this point in time is the result of comprehensive consideration.

I hate the rainforest, I'd rather go to the Sahara than go into this damn rainforest!

That's the unanimous view of everyone on the plane!

Thomas was in that big picture of the bad memories of his time in Vietnam," ...... Except for the comfortable days in Saigon, the rest of the place is fucking green hell!

God knows where the Viet Cong will shoot at you, those mines......

This is not the most annoying, and after a long time, the brothers have become numb and do not care.

What's even more annoying is the weather and bugs, it drives people crazy!"

In this regard, the Chinese guys led by Xiang Weirong deeply agreed!

Whether it is a guy who has gone deep into the territory of Vietnam, or a brother who has lived in a cat's ear hole in the battle of the two mountains, he shakes his head when he thinks of the climate there.

The natural environment of the Indochina Peninsula and the area where China and Vietnam are handed over is primitive enough, and we can understand how much the American GIs hated Vietnam at the beginning.

Although that is China and the United States are enemies, yes, they are enemies: what is American imperialism, not enemies?

However, since 10 years ago, it is impossible to mistake that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and at the beginning, Xiang Weirong put a radio on his car and listened to the general briefings of the Vietnamese army on the movements of the Vietnamese army on the US radio three times a day.

Fun, the Yankees will broadcast the discovery of the spy satellite on the radio in Mandarin three times a day.

Although the actual use is not much, the resolution of the satellite is not particularly high, but it is also a kind of fun for Xiang Weirong and others.

After Thomas finished bragging, it was Xiang Weirong and the others' turn to blow, and Randy, Paul and others listened to it with taste, not to mention a young man like Jacob.

These people have said these things at least a few times, but every time they go to Southeast Asia, they still talk about it unconsciously.

The deepest memory in a lifetime, no one can forget.

After a round of fried cold rice, there was nothing to say, and seeing that the boss was studying a chart that only existed on a ship, everyone turned their attention to business again.

Zhang Nan saw that a few leaders stopped talking, and then said, "How many times have the guys on the boat dived?"

It was Thomas who asked, and this time he didn't come to join in the fun, but for the boss's new plan.

Set up an office in Pontianak?

It didn't take Thomas to get out of the way, he sent someone there last month, and he even got the matter of a small fight and a mine to be done.

Instead of buying land, you pay some money and draw a big circle on the map, within which you can mine diamonds as much as you want, valid for ten years.

Only diamond mining is permitted, logging is not permitted.

The local government is not worried that the Americans and the Gambian representatives will do it on a large scale like diamond maniacs in other countries, because this is Borneo, and diamonds are secondary mines, and the best thing to do is to make a small fuss.

The Indonesian monkeys are confident that it is a gimmick for these outsiders to come to Borneo to mine diamonds, and that buying diamonds is the real thing, and that the latter will be profitable.

But whether or not you can snatch food from the mouth of the annoying Lin family depends on the ability of the Yankees and Africans.

Zhang Nan didn't plan to tell the Indonesian monkeys about cooperating with the Lin family, and Lin Jianghe's family felt that there was no need to let the Indonesian government know about this kind of business.

Even if Zhang Nan goes to Pontianak this time, Lin Jianghe's family will be relatively low-key, which is still Zhang Nan's request.

Some things are better for the people below to do, and they should be here to hunt for curiosity, and then go to other things that are of interest.

What is Zhang Nan most interested in?

Dig for treasure!

But this time it's not digging in the dirt, it's fishing from the sea!

Thomas here immediately replied: "In the morning, by phone, yesterday they determined the location of the wreck again, and made several explorations, and found some items of the original passengers, but they have not yet entered the cargo hold. ”

Last month, the "Big Shark" and the "Sunshine Star" went to Indonesian waters together, and the cargo ship also brought a lot of diving equipment, including several container barracks for people.

Hearing Thomas's painting, Zhang Nan nodded and said, "Put away those relics, and I will bring them back to Huaxia when the time comes."

The goods found in the cargo hold, when the time comes, leave some fine products, at least 9 into 9 more to be auctioned, after removing the cost of this search and excavation of the wreck, all put into the account of the United Forces.

This trip is considered a corporate act, and the security company makes a cameo appearance in the Ocean Treasure Exploration Company, as long as it is not prepared for the Indonesian monkeys to take it away. ”

Zhang Nan had never said these words before, which made several leaders very strange: 9 into 9 is going to be sold, what will it be? How many? Doesn't the boss want those things?

......

Five days later, Zhang Nan left Borneo and arrived on his own superyacht near Belitung Island, the southernmost tip of the South China Sea and the northernmost point of the Java Sea.

Under anchor, the water depth here is only five or six meters to ten meters, the yacht is moored side by side with the much larger "big shark", Zhang Nan and his party are sitting on the freighter on the gondola put down by the crane.

Thomas introduced the people on the ship, many of whom Zhang Nan had seen, and there were also many fresh faces, but they were all from his own company.

This time the treasure in the sea can be done in a bright light, this is not far from Belitung Island, it is the territorial waters of Indonesia, at least the Indonesian monkeys think so.

But the treasure hunting team had a $10,000 permit to buy from the Indonesian government, so they could do it openly.

Those fresh faces are basically divers from the original US Navy, and there is only one professional diving buddy in Huaxia: such talents generally go to various port authorities and shipyard enterprises in Huaxia.

As soon as I got on the cargo ship, I casually said a few words to the employees, and then it was ......

Sacrifice!

Yes, sacrifice!

The incense paper candles are all sacks and sacks, a cooked pig's head, a cooked goose, a knife of cooked pork on the table, and nine major wrist dishes, rice and rice wine are still genuine from China.

The guys who don't believe in God, including Zhang Nan, have three lit incense sticks in their hands.

"Below is the Taixing, a giant Chinese sailing ship more than 50 meters long, 15 meters wide and carrying more than 1,000 tons, with at least 2,000 people on board at that time.

In January 1822, in the second year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty, the "Taixing" set off from Xiamengang and sailed to Java.

On the way, in order to escape the robbery of pirates, the original sailing route was suddenly changed.

Unfortunately, when the ship reached the sea between Sumatra and Java, it was here that the hull hit the reef and sank quickly within an hour.

There was another small sailboat with him, and the small sailboat immediately came to the rescue, but only 18 passengers were rescued.

Two days later, the Indiana, a British freighter laden with opium led by former Navy Captain James Pearl, sailed from India to Portvia to the sea where the Taixing was shipwrecked.

Ridiculous, but also heroic, the opium trafficker captain and other crew members risked their lives to rescue 180 more survivors who were adrift at sea......"

In May 1999, British shipwreck salvage expert Mike Hatcher led a salvage team and the "Unrestful" salvage ship to explore a Chinese cargo ship that sank in the 16th century in the waters near Belwede Reef, and accidentally discovered the "Taixing". Mr. Cheng said that Mike Hatcher recovered nearly 1 million pieces of Chinese porcelain from the wreck. These porcelains are all from the kilns of southern Fujian, and about 80% of them come from Dehua. When Mike Hatcher and others discovered this huge batch of porcelain, in order to better hype and get more commercial benefits, they smashed the remaining 650,000 pieces of ancient porcelain of ordinary quality that were salvaged and pushed them into the sea. In the end, at the auction, only 356,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain were seen.