The two Cessnas returned to Las Vegas, and this contact did not arouse any suspicion from the residents of the town, but Principal John also went to the airport to see off Zhang Nan and the others.

A simple goodbye and a welcome to New York in a few days, Mr. Principal readily agreed. After getting on the plane and starting to slide, Zhang Nan said to Jacques Cortez, a gold mining expert sitting on the side: "Luck is not bad, who would have thought that there would be a group of students wandering around the mountains looking for ores, these students have not found a large-scale gold mine so far, otherwise it would be a big trouble..."

A group of geology and ore enthusiasts, or students with teachers, if they find a good amount of gold mines, this will naturally have their own way to report.

Schools and students are a very interesting group, and if an individual discovers gold in the United States, a fool will go back and tell the government. But students are different from schools, and if you have a lot of people, it will be difficult to keep secrets.

Even if the news is not reported to the county or state government, everyone has nothing to do to pan for gold and earn some pocket money, the news will spread quickly, and it won't be long before the idlers in the whole town will become miners working for themselves.

After listening to Zhang Nan, Cortez said: "Boss, I'll rush back to the head office immediately after Las Vegas and try to speed up the mine development project." ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Nan was stunned in his heart, and suddenly reacted to why Cortez said this, obviously inferring from one another and misunderstanding his previous approach.

Smiled, didn't explain.

Inviting those students to study in New York seems to have become a "delaying plan to divert the tiger from the mountain" in the eyes of others - the conscience of heaven and earth, I really didn't think about it so much before, I should have been infected by the campus atmosphere, and my ideas became simple in a short time.

But since everyone will think about it, let them think about it, as a boss, it is better to maintain this cunning image in front of his subordinates.

All went well, flew back to Las Vegas for another night and headed back to New York.

Calling Joshua to the manor, because Zhang Nan has some ideas for jewelry, and it can also be said that he got some inspiration from the fire opal he bought this time.

This has not changed much in the fashion trend of high-end jewelry, and it is still dominated by classic colored gemstones such as emeralds, rubies, and sapphires.

However, it seems that from the mid-to-late 90s, these traditional gemstones in the relatively low-end market gave way to dazzling and bright colored stones.

Traditional jewelry is too expensive for one reason, but also because sapphires, rubies, emeralds, and other jewelry, which are the main body of jewelry, until now basically used a circle of diamonds around the gemstone as a foil, such a style is stable, but there is a lack of novelty.

“... Catering to the market, we are not only facing the high-end market, but also relying on the four major gems to dominate the world. In the past two years, I've started to feel that people's hearts are fluctuating, the world has become complicated, and we have to get something fancy out of it.

Even if you don't do this, other companies will slowly discover this trend, and since we can be at the forefront, then we Xingchen Group should be at the forefront. ”

Joshua understood what the boss meant, so she naturally asked the people of the jewelry group to study this problem, and she didn't have to worry about taking too big a step to pull the egg.

This jewelry design is just a matter of a little thought, not a few new press conferences, and a bunch of Hollywood actresses as spokespersons to promote, and then make it public after the design comes out, a process is often a year or two.

If the effect is good, then pave it, and if the effect is not good, retract it, and under normal circumstances, the effect will be good, and the trend will be led out.

I don't worry about affecting the company's high-end market, the gemstone itself determines everything, this habit is very stubborn, and Zhang Nan also told Joshua: The fashion trend is unreliable and will change. It is clear to this Joshua who makes him the top gem designer, and he feels the most sympathetic to this.

The Olympics are bustling with activity, and people on this planet who have a decent life can enjoy the joy of sporting events for a while, which is the side of the sun.

Where ordinary people can't see, or don't want to see, where the trade of people in Europe continues, and where the war in Africa continues day long, what is the Olympics for people who don't even know what electricity is and who don't know what a television set is?

Similarly, in places that ordinary people can't see, the negotiations between Zhang Nan's friends in Washington and the Colombians and Spaniards have not stopped, and the information fed back is that the latter two sides intend to use legal means to seek "justice".

One brushes up on the sense of existence, and the other wants to regain the face that has been lost to his grandmother's house, and the allies hope that Zhang Nan, a buddy who has always liked to use a hammer to solve problems, will ease up recently and stop adding fuel to the fire of the situation that has eased slightly.

The allies also have some truth, Zhang Nan doesn't care about the Spaniards who have nothing to do, and what he is afraid of is only the two submarines in Colombia, but this will make the Colombians actually retreat under the pressure and temptation of Washington, and they are not embarrassed to make another big explosion immediately.

André was informed that he had withdrawn most of his men in Colombia, leaving a few guys who seemed to like to stay in the tropics to see what was going on, just in case.

As for the bomb truck, after dismantling a few of the key electronics that had been added, it would be stored in a warehouse first.

......

It's not August here, and I received a call from the capital of Huaxia, it was Weng Yeming.

“... Everything is fine at home, that's the one... Brother-in-law, I disgraced you two days ago. ”

This will Zhang Nan is answering the phone in the study, the landline is clearer than the mobile phone, this call does not seem to need to be kept secret, otherwise the brother-in-law will call his satellite phone.

Hearing this, Zhang Nan asked curiously: "What is the shame, will you still be embarrassed in the capital?"

I can hear that Weng Yeming is a little awkward on the other end of the phone, and Zhang Nan is a little confused about the situation - the capital has always been a lot of predators, but Weng Yeming's current social relations are very iron, and he is not a character who likes to provoke right and wrong, what kind of face can he lose?

As a result, the brother-in-law on the phone said: "I was scolded by the teacher, and last week, the Beijing Advertising Company, the Foreign Cultural Relics Exchange Center and the Dutch International Trade Consulting Company jointly held the first international auction in Beijing.

There are a lot of things on the auction, porcelain, gold, silver and bronze, jewelry, jade, wood, clocks, calligraphy and paintings, which are divided into 8 categories, with more than 2,000 pieces and sets.

The main mallet is said to be the first hammer in Xiangjiang, and the people who came from this bend said before that foreigners were not allowed to buy a precious cultural relic in China, and they were not like buying things, but it became a battle to defend Chinese cultural relics.

That guy Aihua also dragged me to join in the fun, and the first thing in the auction made a big joke between the two of us... By the way, brother-in-law, there should be hundreds of people in the venue who accompanied the two of us to become 250..."

Auction, before Huaxia has not played this for more than 30 years, this international auction is denominated in US dollars, the Beijing collection industry knows that Weng Ye, Jiang Ye has US dollars in their hands, of course they will, and they must also go to join in this excitement.

These two masters are the faces of the Beijing collection industry today!

The Eight-Nation Alliance has come to the door, and there is no shortage of people with eyesight in the capital, but there are not many people in the circle who have this kind of financial resources, Jiang Aihua and Weng Yeming are not on anyone?

As soon as he said it, it was 250, and Zhang Nan's words Weng Yeming also learned to go, which would listen to him continue a little depressedly: "The first lot is the main event, it seems to have been lost in the early years, a Warring States hub pattern wall."

Aihua and I didn't think much about it at that meeting, just thinking that the first heavy weapon we have to leave in the capital, no matter who he fights with us, let's talk about it if it is killed!

No matter how much others give, let's add a thousand!"

Here Zhang Nan smiled when he heard it and asked, "It's done?"

"The mallet was struck, and there were only more than ten rounds, and eleven thousand five. It would be lively, the audience applauded, and Jiang Aihua pulled me to stand up and hug my fists with everyone.

As a result..."

"Didn't the buyer take it back for the bottom price?"

"What did Aihua tell you?"

"He won't say anything ugly like this, I listen, you say it's a good thing that flowed out in the early years, and people will sell it for more than 10,000 dollars.

By the way, don't you even know that international auctions often have a guaranteed reserve price?"

"That's right, brother-in-law, we've never heard of this rule at all, isn't this a joke!"

"Did you disclose the reserve price after the unsuccessful auction?"

"Grass fuck - grandma, $110 million, that bastard dares to open it!"

Hearing this, Zhang Nan stopped and didn't speak, and Weng Yeming on the other end of the phone didn't dare to speak: it seemed that his brother-in-law was angry.

Zhang Nan seems to have heard of this auction in his previous life, because it is the first international auction held after the liberation of China, and the joke of more than 10,000 US dollars at the jade wall seems to be a little impressive.

When I heard about this in my previous life, it was already the 21st century, but I felt that the Huaxia Continent didn't know much about the auction at that time, so it would make such a joke - the audience applauded, that is, the people who participated in the auction congratulated the two of them on being left in Huaxia and Weng Yeming, and at the same time, they also praised the big hands of the gentlemen in the capital.

As a result, the group was embarrassed.

But when I hear about it again, it feels a little different—not embarrassed, but tricked!

After a while, Weng Yeming heard Zhang Nan say: "Ye Ming, you and Aihua, it should be said that there is still the capital, and even the entire Huaxia collection world, these sons have been played as monkeys!"

The reserve price is 110 million, and the starting price is only a few thousand dollars, is this normal?

I'm telling you, there's not a single auction in the world that does that!

Let's not talk about whether the jade wall is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, the starting price is less than 10,000, then it will never reach 100 million, absolutely impossible.

If you want to make a deal for hundreds of millions of dollars, the starting price is at least 350 million, and the starting price is set at a few thousand, which is ready to cut your face.

Understood?"

Weng Yeming is no longer the hairy young man he was a few years ago, so he still doesn't understand!

"Brother-in-law, that bastard is here to find fault! Fuck, why didn't I think of this in the past two days...

No, it's not one, it's a bunch!"

"You guys... I didn't expect it in the past two days, this is because I don't understand the common sense and rules of international auctions. Others may have thought of it, but dare not say it, or say they don't want to say it.

By the way, I have something to do, I have to get busy first, you are late, so that you can call again in three hours, don't use the landline, call Aihua. ”

"Okay, brother-in-law, you get busy first, I'll go find him right away. ”

"I have something to ask you, so don't mess around. ”

"Understood, brother-in-law. Then I'll hang up first.

......

Zhang Nan is a little bit of a matter, please have a student of Battle Mountting, Principal John, and Mr. Williams who have studied in New York come to the house as a return guest, and by the way, in the name of the subordinate company, to fund the poor school, this kind of superficial thing American politicians and super-rich people are very fond of doing.

Sent away a group of guests of all sizes who entered the Grand View Garden, and the satellite phone in the capital came.

It was Jiang Aihua on the other end of the phone, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he said: "Brother Nan, what do you say we should do this trip?!"

The temper is not small, and it is obvious that he wants to find other people's unhappiness.

When Zhang Nan heard this, he "hehe" for a moment, and then said: "What should I do?"

It's been played as a monkey, of course you have to get the field back, what else can you do?"

Jiang Aihua on the other end of the phone was with Weng Yeming, and when the first lot of the auction, Warring States and Cons in the auction a few days ago, fell under the gavel for $11,500 after 11 rounds of bidding, most of the people in the auction house thought it was a deal.

As a result, he was told that the 728 Warring States period hub pattern wall was retracted by the seller because it did not reach the reserve price of 110 million US dollars, at this time he and most of the people in the venue didn't figure out what was going on for a long time, and they felt a little inexplicable, and a little embarrassed, but they had no place to go.

Whoever lets himself who doesn't understand the rules doesn't know who to blame.

But three hours ago, I received a call from Weng Yeming, and the matter was broken a little, and Jiang Aihua almost exploded his lungs! Growing so big, except for being played by his brothers as little monkeys when he was a child, Aihua has never suffered such a big loss!

said that it would be three hours later, and I didn't care that it was the second half of the night in the capital, if I didn't find the field, it would be okay!

This was provoked by Zhang Nan, Jiang Aihua said: "I didn't say it, Brother Nan, these grandsons are shaving our faces, we have to shave back tenfold, a hundred times!"

One of the people in that gang counts as one, and one doesn't want to run!"

"I said Aihua, don't worry, I guess there are people in this organization who know how to do it, and there will be people who don't understand, it's not strange for laymen to manage insiders, the capital hasn't held auctions for more than 30 years, and it's not for nothing that you offend people if you don't have any malice in your heart, you have to take it easy, don't knock down a boatload of people with a rod." ”

"I said Brother Nan, you can rest assured about this, I understand the twists and turns in that circle. If you don't want their lives, those who don't eat or do anything will be unlucky!

But Brother Nan, we still have some ability in this one-third of an acre of land in the capital, and it is not only me and Ye Ming who have lost face in this auction, and I can do it without me coming forward this time, and some of them are short-tempered.

It's the worst of those foreign devils from Europe in this matter, I really can't do anything over there, we can't reach it. ”

"You don't have to worry about this, does the Dutch international trade consulting company have any information, I hear the name of this kind of company is like a leather bag, if you don't have specific information, you can ask how to contact it, this point is clear, right?

As for the back, I'll come. ”