Old Theo, with the bag of documents in his hand, did not go out immediately, but continued, "Sir, I would like to report to you about the acquisition of antiques. ”

"Antique?" Chen Dahe happened to walk to the wine cabinet, put down the wine glass, and glanced back at him, "Is there something wrong?"

"Not now, but soon," said Old Theo, as he sat on the couch, his back straight, and his face with a standard aristocratic smile, respectfully. So far, the number of antiques stored in the bank vault has exceeded 160,000, and the total cost of these things is more than 60 million dollars of net investment, and if we continue at this pace, the vault will be insufficient by about the end of this year, so I wonder if we need to build a new vault, after all, the bank needs to use it there too. ”

The net investment he said was after deducting the sale of some low-priced antiques, which would have cost more than $100 million in total if that part was also included.

"Is there so many?" Chen Dahe was a little surprised, although old Theo would submit to him the income and expenditure details of the estate every month, but he had never calculated the total, he thought that after Sophie opened the art company, the business of buying antiques would be reduced, but he didn't expect that the progress seemed to be faster than before, and he didn't expect that even the large underground vault at the headquarters of the Third International Bank was not enough, you must know that with the space capacity there, it can put a lot of things.

"Yes," said Old Theo with a smile, "because in addition to Madame Sophie's side, I am also buying from countries such as Desi and Italy through my own channels, and the combined number of the two sides will naturally come up." ”

So that's the case, Chen Dahe nodded, looked at him and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, let's build one." ”

It's nothing more than a vault, it doesn't cost a few dollars, millions of dollars are up to the sky, not to mention anything else, with the profitability of a computer company alone, it won't take a day to earn it back, and as many of them can be repaired.

"Yes sir," said old Theo, after a slight pause, "my idea, sir, is that we can build a private museum?"

Chen Dahe was stunned for a moment, and looked at him in surprise, "Why do you have this idea?" ”

To be honest, although this kind of thing like a private museum sounds very elevated, he really never thought about it, just thinking about recovering as many antiques as possible from his country, and making a few small bucks by the way.

"Because of fame, harmony!" explained with a smile, "In Europe, many old aristocratic families and new business consortia have their own unique private collections, which are basically semi-open to the public in the form of private museums, and those who can establish such museums are almost all very powerful and prestigious families, if we can also build such a large private museum, it will greatly enhance the recognition of the family in Europe,"

What he means is that either you have money or status will go to a private museum, and also, who will play large-scale collection if you don't have the strength.

Is it just to get the approval of the local forces in Europe? Chen Dahe frowned slightly, if this was the case, he was not willing to toss like this, or even if he wanted to build a museum, it would be for the convenience of his own collection, not for the sake of pleasing others.

"In addition to fame, there are also no small benefits in terms of practical benefits," continued Theo, "The top collectors in Europe will always be those royalty and nobles who have been handed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, and with our current acquisition channels, although we can also break into this circle, we can only wander around the periphery, buy things from those big nobles that they don't care about, or that have been eliminated, and they will not be open to us for the really good things." ”

Hearing this, Chen Dahe began to be a little moved, "You mean, if we have a decent private museum, they will be willing to communicate with us and open up more and more precious things?"

You must know that in the early years, those Europeans did not steal good things from China, and the best ones, in addition to a few top museums, were collected by top families such as royalty and old aristocrats.

"Yes," said old Theo, nodding affirmatively, "although it is only a condition of entry, we are also qualified to communicate with them, we only need to expand the scope of our collection, in addition to Chinese antiques, but also buy a large number of European and other things that are of interest to those nobles, and we will definitely be able to exchange more things that cannot be bought with money, and at the same time, they will also acquiesce in our market behavior." ”

What does default market behavior mean?

Chen Dahe blinked and said he didn't quite understand.

"Raise the price," Old Theo raised his forehead slightly, and his eyes shone strangely, "Sir, we have acquired so many antiques in the past two years, and we have already invisibly raised the market price of Chinese antiques in Europe, otherwise, even if there is such a large quantity, it will not cost hundreds of millions of dollars, of course, the value of the collection we have now is even higher!" However, in Europe, the relationship in the collectibles market is complicated, if someone is not willing to see us profit, not only will we encounter some difficulties in the acquisition, but it may also make the price of this type of collection turn down, if we can get their approval, the probability of this kind of artificial trouble will be reduced exponentially, in addition, there are many possibilities for commercial cooperation!"

Hearing this, Chen Dahe couldn't help grinning his teeth, what kind of world is this, even if he forced himself to open up the equity of a lucrative computer company before, he didn't even buy something to make a living, is this a democratic Europe, or a special Middle Ages!

As for business cooperation, who is rare!

Touching his head and thinking about it, Chen Dahe asked, "It's okay to build a museum, but in this case, will my existence be exposed in their eyes?"

Hearing this, Old Theo couldn't help but smile, " Sir, even if there is no museum, your existence is not a secret, the difference is, how deep they know about you, if you don't want your career to appear in front of the world, there is no problem with this, in fact, many things they will not come forward in person, but handed over to the housekeeper to take care of, not to mention that the vast majority of nobles are very low-key, when they gather with outsiders, in addition to the topics of interest, they will never deliberately inquire into other people's family background, for those who are open, they will know, for those who intentionally hide, they will not deliberately investigate, in fact, who has not the habit of hiding wealth！”

Like, that's the truth, just like those celebrities on the rich list, who knows if their wealth is only the ones that are announced?!

Chen Dahe shook his head with a smile, and then pointed to the document bag in Old Theo's hand, "In this case, then this company can be put on the bright side, and it can't be built without a little family background." ”

"That may not be enough," Theoyang said, raising his pouch, "you can't overfill it, a company worth fifty million dollars can't afford to support an antique museum worth more than $100 million, or else, plus a shareholder in a computer company?"

This suggestion is pertinent, but the status of a shareholder in a computer company is nothing, and perhaps, it can also hide his frequent contact with Jerome.

Chen Dahe nodded in agreement without much thought, and old Theo was suddenly shaken, and after more than two years of dormancy, it seems that the master is finally ready to step on the stage of European high society!

If he knew Lao Theo's thoughts, Chen Dahe would definitely scoff at it, who is rare and what the hell is in the upper class, this young master is going to return to China, and getting a museum is just to facilitate the acquisition of antiques, as for those so-called nobles who are well-dressed and beastly, who they love!