1108. Show off
Nie Wei was not the subject of this exhibition, and he was also on a shooting mission, so he looked very casual in his dress, similar to the photographers on the side, a hoodie, jeans, basketball shoes.
But when he came over with the film crew, he still attracted Huang Jiazhu's attention for the first time.
He didn't know Nie Wei, but he was still attracted by Nie Wei's temperament and appearance for the first time, and he felt that this young man should not be a simple character from the bottom of his heart.
The staff who brought him over also discovered Nie Wei and the others, but he recognized Nie Wei as soon as possible, and hurriedly greeted him warmly.
"Mr. Nie, ...... are you?"
"I came to shoot a documentary for the Bauhinia Museum, and I came with Mr. Wang. Nie Wei explained with a smile, and at the same time did not forget to show the pass that the exhibition had prepared for the film crew.
"It's an honor for you to come to our watch exhibition and exchange meeting, we have a dinner party in a while, I want to invite you to participate, not only are you honored or not?" The staff member didn't care about Nie Wei's pass at all, just stared at Nie Wei with hot eyes, and asked sincerely.
He couldn't be clearer about Nie Wei's influence, such a big man appeared at this watch exhibition and exchange meeting, which is a thing worth writing about, what he has to do now is to keep Nie Wei as much as possible, and then go to inform the media to release the news of Nie Wei's participation in this watch exhibition and exchange meeting.
Nie Wei was about to refuse directly, when he saw Huang Jiazhu on the side walking over.
"Xiaoma, this gentleman is ......" Huang Jiazhu looked at Nie Wei and asked curiously.
"This is Mr. Nie Wei, he is engaged in the entertainment and Internet industries, our partner Fanxing Weibo this time is his company, and he is also the most famous actor and director in our mainland, I don't know if you have seen the recent "Inception", it was filmed by Mr. Nie. ”
"Ah, I'm glad I will. Huang Jiazhu showed an expression of sudden realization, and then enthusiastically stretched out his hand and shook Nie Wei.
Huang Jiazhu is not clear about Nie Wei's identity as an actor and director, and he hasn't actually seen "Inception", but Nie Wei's name is like thunder.
After all, this is the man who stands at the top of the world's wealth, and there are tens of billionaires in Asia, and even if he is lonely and socially disconnected, he will not even know the name of such a super-rich person.
Just looking at Nie Wei, he couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes.
In his era, how could there be a rich man like Nie Wei, wearing a casual suit that added up to a few hundred yuan, hiding aside and shooting silently without making a sound, if it weren't for his appearance and temperament, he might not have noticed Nie Wei.
On the contrary, the rich of his generation hoped that they would be the protagonist there, accept the compliments of everyone, and become the center of the whole occasion, no matter what they did or what occasion they appeared.
"This is Mr. Huang Jiazhu, who is the top collector of clocks and watches in our Chinese circle. Seeing that Huang Jiazhu was very interested in Nie Wei, the staff on the side hurriedly introduced.
"Hello Mr. Huang. Nie Wei politely said hello to Huang Jiazhu and stepped aside, continuing his shooting task, and did not want to continue to chat with Huang Jiazhu.
Huang Jiazhu, who has been used to being praised by everyone on both sides of the strait over the years, was a little embarrassed for a while when he saw that Nie Wei, a young man, was not interested in him at all.
The staff who accompanied Huang Jiazhu was very discerning, and immediately interjected when he saw this: "Mr. Huang, don't you bring your collection and want to give it to Mr. Wang?"
"Yes, Mr. Wang, come and see my collection, Mr. Nie, if you are interested, you can also come and shoot. Huang Jiazhu also sent an invitation to Nie Wei.
Nie Wei didn't refuse, and was trying to see what kind of collection this collector could come up with.
A group of people quickly sat down at a round table, Huang Jiazhu's assistant also opened the safe that he had been carrying, Nie Wei asked the photographer's lens to take a look, and found that most of it was dominated by pocket watches and watches, especially pocket watches, which occupied more than half of the entire safe.
Huang Jiazhu did not take out all the clocks in the box, but picked out a small brass pocket watch from it and held it in his hand.
"Mr. Wang, and Mr. Nie, look at this pocket watch of mine. ”
As he spoke, Huang Jiazhu had begun to wind the pocket watch, and soon, a pocket watch that had been suspended for many years came to life again.
The design of the pocket watch is very clever, the hour and minute hands are not the theme of the entire dial like a normal pocket watch, but at the bottom of the dial, a small territory is demarcated, but the second hand spans half of the dial from the center.
Interestingly, with the rotation of the second hand, there are also birds flying in the hollow directly above the dial, and the craftsman also skillfully drew a soldier carrying and grabbing on the dial, and the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the bird flying over the hollow of the dial.
"Interestingly, this pocket watch was handed down by a French viscount, and I bought it at Christie's auction six years ago for $220,000. ”
Speaking of this, Huang Jiazhu looked around proudly, and then asked Wang Jindao with a smile: "Mr. Wang, does the Bauhinia Museum have such a pocket watch?"
As soon as these words were asked, not only Wang Jin, who was holding the pocket watch, was stunned, but even Nie Wei, who was shooting on the side, couldn't help but show a slightly surprised expression.
In the next second, Nie Wei couldn't help but be happy in his heart, this Huang Jiazhu, where was he looking for Teacher Wang Jin to look at his watch, he came over with the intention of showing off.
Should Yoro be used to describe him as arrogant?
Following Wang Jin's photography these days, Nie Wei also has a lot of understanding of the Bauhinia Museum's collection of clocks and watches, and it has more than the 123 works on display in the Watch Museum.
In fact, there are more than 1,500 existing clocks and watches in the entire Bauhinia Museum.
Many of these collections were not even found in the large museums in Europe when clocks and watches were in their heyday, and Nie Wei could casually cite countless examples to crush the collection of Mr. Huang Jiazhu.
Just like the pocket watch in his hand now, but the clockmaker used a little careful thought when designing, and the bird in the hollow is not a superb technique, and in the Bauhinia Museum, there is a writer's clock, this clock is ingenious in that in its design, there is a kneeling foreigner at the bottom, holding a movable pen, as long as it is stained with ink, plus a specially designed copybook, he can work on the clock, and at the same time write on the copybook independently. Eight directions, nine earth to the king's eight square Chinese characters.
And it's better written than most people write by hand.
There is also the water law clock that Mr. Wang Jin is repairing now, these ingenious works, where can Huang Jiazhu's collection be compared?
Maybe Huang Jiazhu's collection is very good for ordinary people, after all, he has watches worth millions, but for the Bauhinia Museum, it is really not enough to see the important weapons of the country.
"We have some similar ones, but we don't fix them much. Wang Jin replied with a faint smile, and then handed the pocket watch back to Huang Jiazhu.
This made Huang Jiazhu uncomfortable, and Zong felt that he didn't feel better than the other party, and he was very unhappy.
After thinking about it, he took out another box from the safe, opened the box, and inside was a golden pocket watch.
"This is amazing, this watch is a birthday gift from Queen Victoria to her daughter, it is the current Queen Victoria, the point is here. Huang Jiazhu showed the back of the dial to everyone, and proudly introduced: "It is written on it, to my beloved daughter, Victoria." ”
"How about it, does the Bauhinia Museum have this?" Huang Jiazhu finally asked the same question as just now.
This time, Wang Jin shook his head, still with a faint smile, and replied no.
"Hahaha. Huang Jiazhu laughed proudly, and while showing the pocket watch to the people around him and letting them take pictures, he smiled happily: "As long as there is a part of my collection that the Forbidden City does not have, then I will be very happy." ”
Hearing this, Nie Wei, who had been standing silently on the side, couldn't help but be happy.
"Mr. Nie, what are you laughing at?" Huang Jiazhu, who was happy, suddenly felt a little harsh when he heard Nie Wei's laughter, so he frowned and asked rhetorically.
"I just think your collection of watches is pretty good. Nie Wei replied with a smile.
"Well, it's not bad. Wang Jin glanced at Nie Wei with a smile, and then gave the same evaluation.
Just when Huang Jiazhu's mind was full of inexplicability, Nie Wei suddenly rolled up his sleeves, took off his watch and handed it to Wang Jin.
"Mr. Wang, please come and see my watch. ”
"Oh?" Wang Jin took the watch in Nie Wei's hand with great interest, Huang Jiazhu also looked at it curiously, it didn't matter, when he saw the watch in Wang Jin's hand, his eyes suddenly widened.
He felt that if he was not mistaken, this should be Patek Philippe's most classic world time watch in white gold.
The reason why he knows this watch so well is because this watch once created a sky-high price of four million US dollars at Christie's auction, but he doesn't know whether Nie Wei's watch belongs to the same batch and era as the sky-high price of four million.
"Patek Philippe, the world time watch, a nice watch. Wang Jin just looked at it a little, and then returned the watch to Nie Wei, and what made Huang Jiazhu's eyelids jump was that this watch, which might be worth more than four million, Nie Wei wore it on his wrist so aggressively.
"Mr. Nie, can you show me?" Huang Jiazhu couldn't help but ask with curiosity in his heart.
A watch collector like him is actually the most interested in a world-famous watch like Nie Wei's wrist, which has both collection value and rapid appreciation, which is the best collection for him.
"Absolutely. Nie Wei didn't bother, and took off the watch and handed it to Huang Jiazhu.
Compared with Nie Wei's casualness, Huang Jiazhu, who took the watch, seemed cautious, as if he was a treasure, he didn't dare to touch the watch hard, so he looked at it carefully for a long time before he reluctantly returned the watch to Nie Wei.
"Mr. Nie, is your watch the same as the one that was auctioned in the United States?"
"It's the same team. Nie Wei replied with a smile.
This is Shu Chang's birthday gift to him this year, how much money Shu Chang didn't say specifically, but he also said vaguely that most of her small treasury was used.
According to Nie Wei's calculations, Shu Chang should have spent more than six million dollars to buy this watch.
In fact, Nie Wei himself is not keen on famous watches, unless he attends some formal occasions, generally Nie Wei wears Casio G-SHOCK series sports watches on weekdays, and the reason is very simple, because of the durability, especially the solar ones, it eliminates the trouble of changing batteries.
On the day he received his birthday gift, Nie Wei took off his sports watch worth thousands of yuan and replaced it with a Patek Philippe worth tens of millions of Chinese coins.
However, although this watch is expensive, it looks very low-key, not inlaid with any precious gems, the most expensive is the white gold dial, but this dial is not obviously leaky, generally no one looks carefully, and the material of this dial cannot be seen at all.
And the case and strap are also very low-key, the overall look is still because of the age, there is a feeling of old, and if you don't know the goods, I'm afraid that you won't accept a hundred yuan.
Under Huang Jiazhu's surprised gaze, Nie Wei put on his watch and asked him with a smile: "Mr. Huang, I don't know if there is any watch of mine in your collection?"
Huang Jiazhu was surprised that Nie Wei would ask him this question, but when he opened his mouth, he still shook his head with a wry smile.
Patek Philippe's platinum model was produced in the world from 1930, and only four of the same batch are known to be intact, and the last one that appeared at auction was the one Nie Wei was wearing.
He is also very fond of this watch, but unfortunately even if he is rich, there are some things that cannot be bought, such as this watch.
Huang Jiazhu quickly offered his farewell, and he also felt that his complacency had caused Nie Wei and the others to be dissatisfied, otherwise Nie Wei, who had been silent on the sidelines, would not suddenly stand up and slap him in the face.
Wang Jin watched happily for a long time, and it wasn't until Huang Jiazhu left that he smiled and gave Nie Wei a thumbs up.
"I just think there is something wrong with his thinking, the famous watches collected by the Bauhinia Museum have a profound historical significance behind it, representing the whimsy of the watchmakers of that era and the top craftsmanship of the time, and each piece is an important weapon of the country. ”
"That Mr. Huang, simply divided by category, itself fell into the lower class, sometimes some watches, not that the Bauhinia Museum does not collect, but there is no need to collect, just like the one I wear in my hand, it is indeed very expensive, but I don't think it is qualified to be placed with those ingenious clocks in the watch museum. ”
Nie Wei's words made Teacher Wang Jin nod with a smile, and looked at Nie Wei with appreciation.
When he was showing off to Huang Jiazhu just now, he didn't say a word, but that was just because he was well-cultivated and didn't want to embarrass Huang Jiazhu in person, but from the bottom of his heart, Wang Jin still felt that Huang Jiazhu's collection could not be compared with the Forbidden City at all.
As Nie Wei said, many of the clocks and watches in the Forbidden City have profound historical significance and are important weapons of the country, each of which is the top clock at that time, containing the top ideas and craftsmanship of the clock craftsmen, which is a testimony of the top skills of the times.