Chapter 176: I bought an oil painting
ZHENG XUDONG FINALLY YOU CAN'T RESIST THIS ANDREYA, THE GOBLIN, TO USE A KILLING MOVE (DEEP THROAT), AND HE FINALLY SURRENDERS HIS GUN.
The two were lying in the large bathtub, and Andrea grabbed his brother with some reluctance and said, "Honey, when are you coming to the United States?"
Zheng Xudong wrapped his arms around her, "Maybe soon, it's July, wait until September school starts, military training, and then we will have a winter vacation after three months of classes, and then there will be nearly three months of vacation, and then I will come to the United States to find you." ”
"But I can't wait so long, it's too slow, half a year. Andrea said.
"Then you can come to Huaxia to see me, I will take you to Huaxia to have a good time, we have many places of interest there, as well as snacks that have been passed down for many years. After you've finished eating, keep it so that you don't want to go back to your United States. He said as he grabbed the two snow peaks.
"Alas, my job is not something that can be said to be gone!" she said helplessly.
"So, you let me think about it, then I will find you a job that suits you, let you set up your own company, build your own empire, you have to be ready, this will be very soon. ”
"You men know how to make us women happy, and although I know that this is very rare, I am very happy to hear you say that. My dear, I won't send you tomorrow, and when you get back home, I'll want to give me a call. Remember that there is an American woman thinking about you ... After saying that, he got up from the bathtub, rinsed himself in the bath, dried himself, put on his own clothes, kissed him on the face, opened the door and left.
"Alas, before I came, the domestic media advertised that European and American women were very casual, and they were pulled down when they played, basically ONE NIGHT STAND, and when they got up in the morning, they went their own ways, and they really waved their sleeves and did not take away the chic of a cloud, why did I meet such a woman with deep affection!" He thought about the feelings he left in the United States!
I didn't go out to eat in the evening, but I ate a buffet of 299 US dollars in the hotel, and because I was in a good mood, I ate a lot of things, and the waiters were dumbfounded, "Is this still a normal person's meal? If it's all this amount, they don't need to open a restaurant." ”
In the evening, Xiao Qiang arranged some subjects to study, because he went to bed early, so the music course that Xiao Qiang arranged to study has been completed, and he also learned to play the guitar for a short time.
After getting up at six o'clock in the morning, he went to New York's Central Park for a run, he ran around the park twice, even if he ran for more than an hour, he didn't sweat, so he had no choice but to go back to the hotel for breakfast, and began to put his big things into the space, in fact, the rest had been bought and collected, and only the ten suits that Andrea bought yesterday were left.
He pulled out a Burberry khaki suit and wore it with a black skinny T-shirt.
After seeing that there were no belongings left in the room, I went to the lobby on the first floor of the hotel to check out.
In the lobby, he met Sean, Sean said to see him off, Zheng Xudong did not refuse, got into Sean's Mercedes-Benz and drove towards the airport.
Sitting in the car, Zheng Xudong said to Sean: "I forgot to tell Vivian just now, tell her when you go back, there is a Mercedes-Benz S600 car in the garage of Harrah Ranch, let her drive away, otherwise a president will not even have a good car, and it will also reduce the company's external image, what do you say?"
Sean said while driving: "You are right, I also agree with what you said, this little girl has really worked very hard over the years, and her ability is also very good, otherwise Ivanka would not have reused and cultivated her, your new company has just been established, and a good image is conducive to giving outsiders a good image at the beginning of the business." I'll tell him when I get back, don't worry. ”
New York is the world's largest city with three airports: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), La guardia Airport (LGA) and Newark Airport.
The plane Zheng Xudong took when he returned to China this time was to board the plane at JFK International Airport. It is located in the southeast of Queens, New York City, 24 km from Manhattan. It is the largest airport in New York City and New Jersey, and the most important international airport on the East Coast of the United States. More than a decade ago, 98.5% of international travelers disembarked and disembarked at JFK Airport. At present, the majority of aircraft (76.6%) taking off and landing at the airport are also international flights, and a few are domestic flights. Domestic flights are usually boarded at another airport, LaGuardia.
JFK Airport is large and state-of-the-art. At the busiest times, an average of one plane takes off and lands every half a minute. The buildings of the major airlines are located in the area around the airport, and cars can be driven to the departure halls of each airline. JFK Airport handles more than 30 percent of the nation's international passenger traffic and more than 50 percent of its import and export freight.
Laguaty Airport is located 13 kilometers east of Manhattan, in Queens, north of Long Island, and is a small airport that mainly takes off and lands domestic routes, mainly for domestic business passengers.
Newark Airport is located in New Jersey, 26 kilometers southwest of Manhattan, and is the second largest international airport in New York. The airport is divided into three zones: A, B, and C, with international flights landing in Zone B and the other two zones for domestic flights. Newark Airport has expanded its business in recent years, pulling a lot of business away from JFK. The proportion of international passengers picked up and dropped off at the three airports has now increased to 17.5 per cent.
After arriving at the parking lot of the airport, Zheng Xudong saw that Sean was about to get out of the car, so he hurriedly said: "Don't get out of the car, go directly, I'll go in and board the plane by myself, you finish the work here as soon as possible and go to Huaxia to find me, I'll wait for you there." ”
Sean said, "But what about your salute, can I hold it for you?"
Zheng Xudong smiled when he heard this, took off the shoulder bag on his shoulder and showed it to him, "This is all my salute, I have already packed the other things I bought here in the hotel and asked them to help me take the international logistics and send them back to China, don't worry, I can do it myself, the two big men send each other off, it feels a little weird to me." ”
Sean didn't say anything more when he saw him insisting, "You have to be careful! With that, he got in the car and drove away.
The parking lot of Kennedy International Airport is much larger than the parking lot of the international exhibition centers in China, and it took Zheng Xudong nearly five minutes to walk to the airport gate in a hurry.
It's a little past nine o'clock in the morning, but the airport is already full of people, and the doors of each of the three induction gates are full of people, some have to leave, just like him, and some have just arrived. As soon as he was about to enter the door, he saw a middle-aged man wearing an orange tracksuit next to him come to him, block his way, and say, "Sir, do you want a world-famous oil painting here?"
"Oh, what painting?" he asked, curious.
The man said excitedly: "The name of the painting is Salvator Mundi, and it is the last painting of the great artist Leonardo da Vinci. After speaking, he took out a protective cylinder specially for oil paintings, and took out a small painting in it.
Zheng Xudong visually measured the length and width of this painting is about 50 centimeters, this person introduced to him that this painting disappeared for nearly 400 years, it is a famous oil painting of the Renaissance art master Leonardo da Vinci, the main performance is the pious image of Jesus praying for the blessing of the world, you see Jesus he made a blessing gesture with his right hand, and his left hand held an object that resembled a crystal ball, staring at the world calmly.
Zheng Xudong didn't know why he looked at this painting with a sense of intimacy, but he believed that it was Leonardo da Vinci's work, and he still had some drums in his heart.
At this time, a Chinese cleaner next to him stuck next to him and said, "Look at you, you are also a Chinese American to remind you that he has been selling this painting here for more than a month, and everyone regards him as a liar." And this person is a gambler, and I don't know where this came from?"
Zheng Xudong asked the man, "How much are you going to sell this painting for?"
"Five hundred thousand dollars. This was given to me by Prince Philip himself when I was a waiter at Buckingham Palace, seeing that I was doing a good job. I've had some bad luck over the years, so I'm going to sell it, or you wouldn't even be able to see it. The man said with some haughtiness.
"500,000 is impossible, it's because I like it that I look at him twice, I want to buy it back and hang it at home to enjoy myself, so I give you a price, if you can sell it, I'll buy it, if not, you can find someone else, okay?" Zheng Xudong said to him. He definitely can't give him the price of half a million, and even if he has money, he doesn't spend it like this. The reason why he was willing to waste some words with him was because he liked the painting at first sight.
"How much? The man asked nervously, at least for how long he had met someone who was willing to offer a price.
"Two hundred thousand dollars. If it doesn't work, we'll go our separate ways. Zheng Xudong said.
After hearing this price, this person was obviously very entangled, it seemed that this price had been infinitely close to the bottom line of his heart, and after a full two minutes, this person stomped his foot and said: "Sir, I see that you are a person who likes oil paintings, so I sold it to you." Let's pay with one hand and deliver with the other. ”
Zheng Xudong said: "Wait, we have to write an agreement, otherwise I can't tell the origin of this painting, so you come with me." ”
Saying that, Zheng Xudong followed him to the service center of the airport, found a law firm, and asked them to draft a sales agreement about this oil painting, and attached the identity documents of the two people, the firm as a third-party witness, and charged a thousand dollars, and looked at this Chinese young man like a fool, obviously they all knew that this person was selling this painting here, but they didn't expect to finally meet a "stunned young man" today.
After getting the agreement, Zheng Xudong took out $200,000 from his satchel, and saw that the person in the law firm and the person were stupid, who put the money on him? The person who sold the painting knew that this person was called David Grant through the copy of the certificate attached to the agreement, and this person disappeared as soon as he got the money.
Zheng Xudong didn't care, and then the little lawyer next to him said: "Sir, you may have been fooled, everyone here knows that this person is a gambler, how can he have a painting of Leonardo da Vinci?"
Zheng Xudong smiled and said: "I actually like this painting a lot, and I plan to look at it as a real work, otherwise wouldn't 200,000 yuan slap Da Vinci's face, do you say yes!"
As soon as the little lawyer heard that he was right, he said, "You are right, what is the name of that sentence, I am happy to buy it if there is money, so let's say so." ”
Zheng Xudong ignored him and walked towards the Emirates office area.