Chapter 1059: The Castle Villa
Most of the gemstones that dare to do the antique business are familiar, not to mention diamonds, which are considered to be the most outstanding gemstones in the world today, if they don't know them, they really can't talk about it. So after seeing the diamond ring on Liu Mengxun's finger, the boss thought that Zhang Tianyuan and these people must be local tyrants from China.
This idea changed, and he naturally became respectful, and because of this, he personally moved the seat for Liu Mengxun and the others, but he didn't mean it at all before.
Seeing Zhang Tianyuan enter the warehouse inside to see the tatters, the boss didn't care too much, and even thought in his heart that if Zhang Tianyuan fancied something, he could simply treat it as a gift, as long as Zhang Tianyuan was willing to buy something worth more than 100,000 pounds from him.
Nowadays, most of the world is in a peaceful era, so the art market is heating up very quickly, but most of the people who play Western antiques are more tricky, if they can't do it, they will also ask a professional antique appraiser, but these people from China are different, they seem to be very self-righteous, easy to cheat, there are already a lot of wronged people who have bought things from him.
Although the things he has here are all genuine, but the prices he asks for are all inflated, and these Chinese guests are not distressed at all after spending a lot of money, but also praise him that there are no fakes here, and almost every time he comes to London, he has to come and have a look.
He believes that Zhang Tianyuan must be such a person, and he can't figure out that he is really going to send it this time.
I don't know if this guy would be so happy if he learned that Zhang Tianyuan actually really slammed the door. If you want Zhang Tianyuan to be the wronged leader, this difficulty is not low.
Of course, Zhang Tianyuan didn't know that the shopkeeper had such an idea. As soon as he entered the warehouse, he began to take a closer look at the so-called junk goods. Because there were too many things, he didn't look too closely, so he just used the word search trick to find it.
There are about a thousand pieces of this pile of things, of which five or six hundred are worth more than two hundred pounds in absolute terms, and the remaining five hundred are real garbage, and even if they are given away, no one will want them.
And Zhang Tianyuan just likes this worthless garbage.
There were a few pieces of paper that had been crumpled into shape, and after he saw it, he was simply distressed and excited. These pieces of paper are actually the paper that fell from the "Yongle Canon", and it is actually a hand-copied version of the Ming Dynasty, not a printed version, which is precious, although the person who copied this hand-copy may not be everyone, but such a version is absolutely precious.
The 370 million words of the Yongle Grand Dictionary were all copied by calligraphers in the regular script used by officials in the Ming Dynasty: the pavilion style. The mountains and rivers painted in the canon are also all painted in white, which is exquisite and exquisite. These more than 300 million words should have been copied at least once when compiling. More than 2,000 people took five years to complete the compilation and copying, and after the final draft, it took less than two years to complete the copying, with an average of 500,000 words copied every day.
Many of the scribes were well-known calligraphers from all over the world.
Don't talk about the content, just these words. It was enough for Zhang Tianyuan to be excited.
He hurriedly flipped out the sheets of paper, then carefully laid them out and put them together, looking at the crumpled paper. His heart was cut by a knife, such a good thing. It's so chilling to be thrown in the garbage like this.
Is this what some people call the protection of cultural relics abroad?
Appalling. It's terrible!
Alas, Zhang Tianyuan sighed secretly, although he was very sad and angry in his heart, but what could he do, he had no choice but to pick up the papers, and then walked out of the warehouse, and saw that the customers in the store had basically left, so he took out the papers and said: "Boss, just these few pieces of paper, here is a hundred pounds, you take it." ”
told the shopkeeper that these pieces of paper may not even be worth a pound, but for Zhang Tianyuan, this thing is priceless and valuable!
So he would never feel distressed for a hundred pounds, and others might think that he was crazy to spend a hundred pounds on a few pieces of paper, but he knew very well in his heart that what he was doing was a very normal thing, and he was definitely not crazy.
"Guest, guest, this thing doesn't need money, no money!" The shopkeeper hurriedly said as soon as he saw Zhang Tianyuan take a few pieces of paper.
It's not that he's embarrassed to ask for money, but he wants to curry favor with Zhang Tianyuan through guò, hoping that Zhang Tianyuan can buy more expensive things from him, so that he can make more money.
"It's not good not to take money, we all agreed before. Zhang Tianyuan glanced at the shopkeeper in confusion, thinking that this person didn't count if he wanted to speak.
"Guest, don't get me wrong, what about things, you can take them, I will issue a formal invoice, but you look at my store, every piece is genuine, although it may not be priceless, but there are a lot of good things, you can't think about it anymore?"
"Boss, let's not make it difficult for others, okay, I see something I like, I will naturally buy it, you said it, the things here only account for 10%, and the real good things have not been taken out, are you afraid that I won't be able to see it?" Zhang Tianyuan asked.
In fact, the owner of this shop didn't mean this, he was mainly afraid that Zhang Tianyuan and these people were some kind of flying thieves, in case he was deceived into opening the vault, but robbed everything inside, who would he cry to.
It is precisely because of this that he recommends the things in his store, after all, the things in the store are also quite valuable, and there is a police station nearby, so it is easy to handle in case of robbery, but the vault is far away from the police station, so it is not easy to handle.
"The boss is afraid that we will rob you of your things, right? In that case, there is no way, Mengmeng, Snake Team, Lancelot, let's go. "When this kind of thing happens, Zhang Tianyuan can't help it, how can he prove that he is not a robber?
He couldn't have gone to the British government to prove that he had no history of theft, in that case. It is estimated that the British government will have to go to the Chinese government to prove it, back and forth. It's just buying something for yourself, but it's going to alarm the governments of both countries. This is too exaggerated, besides, this person may not have good things in his vault, so if you toss it, forget it.
"Don't, don't go, guest, that's a good thing, how can you turn around and leave, so be it." I'm looking for someone, don't you mind?" As soon as the shopkeeper saw that Zhang Tianyuan was leaving, he was a little anxious, and quickly stopped him and said.
"That's fine. "If there is a good solution, Zhang Tianyuan is also very good at talking.
The shopkeeper was also relieved when he heard that Zhang Tianyuan agreed, and hurriedly took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, and then after about five or six minutes, a tall policeman came. He also had a gun pinned to his waist.
"What's the matter, handsome old man, what's the matter with me in such a hurry, I'm talking to that girl. ”
"Officer David, I'm sorry for you. Come with me to the vault, these guys want to see what's inside. The shopkeeper said with a wry smile.
"Oh, that's right. No problem, but it's still the same old rules. The officer said, holding the brim of his hat.
"Rest assured. There are benefits for you. ”
When Zhang Tianyuan saw this police officer, he laughed disdainfully. Just this person, Snake Lin is estimated to be able to put down with one move, and the gun in this guy's hand will soon become the murder weapon in Snake Lin's hand, in fact, if the owner of this shop is really looking for someone, it is better to find more, just such a policeman, not only is it useless, but it may be more troublesome.
"Can you leave now?" said Zhang Tianyuan with some impatience.
"Of course, wait a minute, I'll lock the door and leave. After the shopkeeper locked the door of the antique store, he closed the security door, and then took Zhang Tianyuan and others along an old alley full of medieval colors, which was relatively narrow and could not be driven in, so everyone could only walk.
Zhang Tianyuan was not worried at all that the owner of the shop was in the trafficking business, because he had asked Lancelot, and Lancelot also said that the owner of the shop had been running a shop here for many years, and the shop was ancestral, and he had never heard of them being traffickers.
And even if you take 10,000 steps back, this guy is really a human trafficker, with himself and Shelin, nothing will happen, and in the end, the unlucky one can only be a human trafficker.
The shopkeeper walked quickly all the way and took Zhang Tianyuan and the others to a garden villa with a bit of medieval castle flavor.
Not only is the architecture medieval, but it's also a bit of a fantasy, making it feel like you've entered a vampire castle.
The most interesting thing is that Zhang Tianyuan has checked it with a word appreciation trick, and many of the materials here have a very ancient history, which is not inferior to Zhang Tianyuan's courtyard in the imperial capital.
Indifferently, the area is much worse than Zhang Tianyuan's villa, about 1,000 square meters.
"This is our ancestral mansion, when London was bombed by the Germans, but this house has been preserved rarely, which is a blessing in misfortune. While walking, the shopkeeper also introduced the history of this ancient castle villa to Zhang Tianyuan.
From the outside, it looks like a vampire castle, but inside, it still feels a bit like the vampire living place in the TV animation, with some yellowed oil paintings on the walls, as well as the old-looking fireplace, and the relief carvings on the roof, all of which give people the feeling of going back to the Middle Ages in an instant.
The decoration of the whole house is undoubtedly completely medieval characteristics, but some modern equipment has been added, which is similar to Zhang Tianyuan's courtyard.
In the corridor, Zhang Tianyuan also saw a few medieval armors, he curiously checked them with a word appreciation trick, and couldn't help sighing, this thing turned out to be real, not a modern product, to be able to put this thing outside, the family's financial resources are not low, it is estimated that they have made a fortune selling antiques.
"Guys, please ...... here."
The shopkeeper took Zhang Tianyuan, Liu Mengxun, Shelin, Lancelot, and the policeman named David to walk inside.
Lancelot looked at this house, and actually shed tears, Zhang Tianyuan asked him why he was crying, and he told the truth, it turned out that this place turned out to be their family's, and later because of the family's defeat, they sold it cheaply to the family of the owner of this shop.
"Don't be sad, follow me and work hard, and there will definitely be a chance to buy your family's things back in the future." "Zhang Tianyuantong's understanding of Lancelot during this time today found that this person knows a lot of things, and is willing to be his spokesperson in Europe, cultivate it well, maybe he really is a capable subordinate. (To be continued......)