Chapter 1154: Napoleon VII
After Zhang Tianyuan came to the first floor alone, he began his Taobao journey.
In the West, it is generally not called antiques or antiques, but is divided into ancient art and modern art, of course, there are more detailed classifications, but it is too complicated, Zhang Tianyuan feels a headache, and he is too lazy to remember, after all, in his mind, modern art is not to taste.
This is not because he is rich in the past and the present, but because modern art does not have that heavy sense of history, which greatly reduces his interest.
Of course, if it is a very good modern art, he is willing to collect it in an eclectic way.
He noticed that there were a lot of old antique jewelry in these first-floor exhibition halls, but when he looked closely, he shook his head and sighed helplessly.
Sure enough, not enough grade is not enough grade, there are too many fakes and inferior products on this floor, although some antique jewelry is real, but the workmanship is really not good, let Zhang Tianyuan go to collect, he really feels bad.
Zhang Tianyuan has heard before that in order to sell jewelry at a high price, some people in China specially use some techniques to make jewelry old, because the technology is mature, coupled with exquisite craftsmanship, so it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.
But here's the problem, these fakes are even better than the real antique jewelry, which has to be suspicious, and later after the detection of science and technology, it was determined that they were fake.
This not only made Zhang Tianyuan feel a little emotional, he could obviously rely on jewelry to eat, but he had to play with antiques, which was really missing a string in his brain.
Later, these people who made antique jewelry disappeared inexplicably, as if they had evaporated from the world. However, no one called the police, indicating that they were very mysterious. But he didn't do anything illegal, but left normally.
There is a time when a person travels abroad. I met these people in a small town in France, dozens of people, and it was almost a migrant village, and this village is also called "Chinese Village" or "Jewelry Village".
Although the people of the village have obtained legal French residency over the years, and some have married French girls, most of them do not speak French and speak in dialects.
Rumor has it that these people are actually part of the Hidden King. Because many of the fakes and antique jewelry on the market are made by these people, and their level is only higher than that of the domestic time.
Of course, this is just a rumor, after all, no one knows whether the Hidden Heavenly King is an organization, a person, or a few people.
The only thing that is certain is that these antique jewelry made zuò entered the market through some special channels and were bought by many Westerners. He also earned them a lot of francs, which later became euros, dollars, and pounds.
Of course, there are RMB, and these people don't have the idea of not pheating their own people. As long as they can make money, any of them dare to sell.
Zhang Tianyuan saw that most of the antique jewelry here flowed out of this village, and his interest immediately decreased. Although he saw others buying, he was not interested in being this good person. After all, he's not a hero, as long as he takes care of himself. He's in a lot of trouble now.
"Well, it's better to go back to sleep, it's boring. Zhang Tianyuan sighed, he didn't want to go out to travel, because without Liu Mengxun by his side, traveling felt boring.
Thinking of this, he turned around and prepared to go back, and went to the room to rest with his girlfriend, so that the blue phoenix could relax.
But as soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by a voice.
"Excuse me, is this Mr. Zhang Tianyuan Zhang?"
Zhang Tianyuan looked at the person who stopped him suspiciously, to be honest, he didn't know this person, and he hadn't seen it before, but when he saw that the other party's eyes were on him, he must be shouting himself.
"Do we know each other?" asked Zhang Tianyuan, puzzled.
"You don't know me, but I know you. "The person who came was a handsome son, probably less than thirty years old, a noble temperament emanating from the body, a little surprising, at first glance, he had received a good education since childhood, but this education was more like a distorted aristocratic education, a bit like the princes and nobles of feudal society.
"Oh. Zhang Tianyuan was still very puzzled, such a stranger, he didn't remember knowing him at all.
"Let me introduce myself, I am Jean Christophe Louis Ferdinand Alberic Napoleon! The world calls me Napoleon VII, but you can call me Jean or Louis. The young man said with a smile.
"Napoleon? is that Napoleon the Great?" Zhang Tianyuan was a little surprised, speaking of the rulers of Europe, he still admired Napoleon, this is a very courageous person, if he hadn't been dizzy to attack Russia, he was afraid that his French Empire would be even more brilliant.
Napoleon was crowned emperor on November 6, 1804, turning the republic into an empire. During his reign, he was called "Emperor of the French", and he was also the second French emperor in history to enjoy this title after Charles the Fat. Internally, he repeatedly suppressed the rebellions of reactionary forces, promulgated the Napoleonic Code, perfected the world legal system, and laid the foundation for the social order of Western capitalist countries.
Externally, he broke the invasion of the anti-French alliance, fought back against the feudal system of European countries, and defended the achievements of the French Revolution. During his reign in France, he expanded abroad many times, launched Napoleon's all-out war, and concurrently served as the king of Italy, the protector of the Rhine Confederation, the arbiter of the Swiss Confederation, and the colonial lord of the French Empire (colonies included French colonies, Dutch colonies, Spanish colonies, etc.), and all European countries except Britain submitted to Napoleon. He also appointed his brothers Joseph, Louis, and Jérôme as kings of Naples, the Netherlands, and Westphalia, forming a vast Napoleonic empire and creating a series of military and political miracles and short-lived brilliant achievements.
This person is really awesome, but it's a pity that Zhang Tianyuan will never be able to see his real person, but it's not bad to be able to meet Napoleon's descendants.
"That's right, it's that Napoleon. The young man said with a smile.
"Then it's okay for me to call you Napoleon, right?" Zhang Tianyuan felt that this title was great, as if he had traveled through history and had a direct dialogue with the big man who was awesome at the beginning.
"Absolutely. Napoleon VII said with a smile.
"Then Monsieur Napoleon, you are also here to see the jewels? I think you should go to the second floor, where the jewels are noticeably more classy. Zhang Tianyuan said.
Zhang Tianyuan was a little puzzled, although the Napoleonic family was no longer the ruler of France, but until now, the men of the Napoleonic family would still be called princes, and they also had their own property and capital, and they were not poor.
"You're right, Mr. Zhang, but I came to the first floor to look for you. Napoleon VII said with some embarrassment: "I don't hide it from you, the reason why I came to you is that I want to buy that Nanke dream, I don't know if you can cut your love?"
"Of course, if it is not sold, I will not put it in our exhibition hall, if Mr. Napoleon wants to buy Nanke Yimeng, you can go and communicate with the responsible personnel in our exhibition hall, they should not sell it to you, right?" This Napoleon VII's words made Zhang Tianyuan more and more confused.
Napoleon VII scratched his head a little embarrassed and said: "That's the case, Mr. Zhang, for me, that jewelry is still too expensive, I can't take out so much money at once, but I heard that Mr. Zhang likes Chinese antiques, and I also have some at home, I don't know if it's true or not, but you can ask Mr. Zhang to take a look, if you think it can be used to offset the money, of course I'm very happy." ”
This kid is also quite cunning, he knows that the things in his home are real, and he can see from his eyes that he should have invited an expert to appraise it, otherwise he would not have come to Zhang Tianyuan recklessly. Now I say this, I just want to bring Zhang Tianyuan a little mystery to increase Zhang Tianyuan's interest.
Not to mention, his method really worked.
The ancestral heirloom of the Napoleonic family, you must know that there are several people in this family who have been emperors or presidents, and if they want to get some good things, they can definitely get them, and they are definitely high-quality.
When Napoleon went on a campaign, he almost unified the entire European continent, although he eventually withdrew from history because of the defeat of the Battle of Waterloo, but it is normal for such a bullish person to hide something for future generations, besides, Napoleon II, Napoleon III, etc. also have a certain amount of influence and wealth, for them, let the descendants of the Napoleonic family live a little better, it is also natural, there will definitely be a lot of good things left.
He doesn't care if Napoleon VII is a loser or not, it's not his family who loses anyway, he just needs to get these good things.
"Well, Monsieur Napoleon's mention is not bad, you like jewelry, I like antiques, we can exchange, this is a good thing to take what you need. Zhang Tianyuan nodded and said.
"Great, if Mr. Zhang is free today, why don't you come to my house as a guest, we French people are also very welcoming. After Napoleon VII heard Zhang Tianyuan's words, his face showed excitement, he probably didn't expect things to be so easy.
This is thanks to Zhang Tianyuan for being Napoleon's brainless fan, otherwise, Zhang Tianyuan is afraid that he will have to think about such a thing.
"Available, of course, I would love to see where Monsieur Napoleon lived. "After Zhang Tianyuan came to Paris, he always wanted to go to Napoleon's tomb, but he didn't have the opportunity, and now he went to Napoleon VII's house to see it, which is much better than the cold cemetery. (To be continued......)