Chapter 1166: The Battle of Kings
Weng Xueyan finally left, although Liu Yuhao repeatedly emphasized that Weng Xueyan's departure was only temporary, but he knew in his heart that even if he had a hundred and a thousand unwilling Weng Xueyan to leave, it was indeed a very unwise move to leave the Weng family in the country now.
"The plane has already taken off, what else is there to see."
Teng Yi glanced at Liu Yuhao very unceremoniously, obviously he was very dissatisfied with Liu Yuhao's explanation that Weng Xueyan's departure was "a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall".
Liu Yuhao smiled helplessly, but did not defend himself.
Well, this is the last time that classmate Liu will carry the black pot for Second Brother He, and he has finally ended the help that the old He family gave to Liu Yuhao at the beginning.
Isn't there a sentence that says: Come out and mix, you will have to pay it back one day!
Liu Yuhao had thought in his heart countless times before about how to repay the He family's previous support and help to him, but he didn't expect that in order to repay that love, he almost put himself into it this time.
"It's not worth it, and I won't owe favors in the future."
There was still the unique quiet fragrance of Weng Xueyan in the car, Liu Yuhao shook his head, threw himself into the comfortable leather sofa seat, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said in an urn voice: "Let's go home and retreat, and we won't go out for this month." ”
Liu Yuhao still agrees with the decision to open Weng Xueyan and let the He family unite with several other wealthy families to deal with Wu Han, which is not only out of the need to protect the Weng family's brothers and sisters, but also in the interests of He Xudong and Yu Meng.
You must know that the struggle between the red families has never been gentle, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the cruelty in the middle of it with bloody bites, and without Weng Xueyan in China, Liu Yuhao is also less involved, and He Xudong and they have also reduced some of the dangers of being discovered by others their true intentions.
Liu Yuhao really counts his words, and he hasn't taken half a step out of the house for three months. Until late one night, He Xudong's relaxed and slightly tired voice came from the phone: "It's over." After that, Liu Yuhao really breathed a sigh of relief.
Three months is not a short time, during this time, although Liu Yuhao stayed at home, but this does not mean that he really does nothing, now the communication technology is very developed, in three months, from Liu Yuhao's villa study issued a variety of decisions no less than dozens.
In the first month, the good news came from Australia that rough diamonds had begun to be mined in large quantities and that the purity of the rough diamonds was comparable to that of the best diamonds produced in Africa.
Another month later, Guo Meili excitedly told Liu Yuhao on the phone that the integration of Baolong Auction had all ended, and at the autumn auction the day before, the total sales of Baolong Auction reached a record 6 billion euros, an increase of 19%.
Guo Meili told Liu Yuhao that he is confident that the company will be able to maintain its current competitive advantage in the future. According to Guo's explanation, "Liu Yuhao's good relationship with European royalty laid the foundation for the company, and the rapid growth of interest in art has made Baolong Auctions a success in its market positioning. ”
Liu Yuhao smiled faintly, and did not make any comments on Guo Fatzi's promise, but just instructed: "Beauty let it go, but one thing to note is that it is best to barter." ”
"Barter?" Guo Fatzi was stunned on the other end of the phone.
Liu Yuhao smiled and said, "You can take some time to meet Sister Lumei tomorrow, I have helped you store a large number of old European objects in her, and you must use those antiques to help me exchange them for old objects that are scattered abroad." ”
Guo Meili didn't know what the value of European antiques Liu Yuhao said, but after a little silence, she immediately agreed to Liu Yuhao's request.
"Well, so be it!"
Liu Yuhao didn't speak anymore, and put down the phone gently, these years of hard work made him slowly understand how to be a good decision-maker, that is, only look at the result, not the process, only in this way can the people under him try to give full play to their abilities.
After putting down the phone, Liu Yuhao squinted his eyes and gently stroked the jade dzi on his left wrist, he knew that from now on, the battle for the king between Baolong and Christie's and Sotheby's really began.
Christie's and Sotheby's have long enjoyed a near-duopoly position in the world of art auctions.
Both have shown an unusual ability to bounce back in recent years, recovering from the severe price limit scandal of the millennium and achieving sales growth in the midst of the global financial crisis.
But Liu Yuhao never thought that he would lose in this battle of kings, Liu Yuhao's self-confidence is not only due to his own unique ability, but also from the batch of undersea treasures stored in Li Lumei's place.
According to Liu Yuhao's estimates, if you want to sell that batch of Haitian treasures with the current pattern of Baolong Auction, even if you conduct an antique auction of different categories every week, it will take three years to reincarnate a cycle.
And in the past three years, Liu Yuhao can make a lot of money without taking out a penny, and he is sure that with Guo Meimei's ability, it won't be long before his Treasure Pavilion needs to be expanded again.
Money can only be a matter of numbers for Liu Yuhao today, and only by touching those old objects that have a long history and contain the 7,000-year-old cultural inheritance of his ancestors can Liu Yuhao feel satisfied.
Just a week ago, Liu Yuhao finally waited for Qi Kang's call, and the moment he connected the phone, Liu Yuhao knew that Qi Kang had succeeded from the heavy breathing sound coming from the phone.
Sure enough, Qi Kang told Liu Yuhao with a thick trill, "There may be jade veins in the mountain between Gaoligong Mountain and Bagaiban Mountain. ”
Liu Yuhao smiled and asked, "Brother Qi, how can you be so sure?" ”
"We found a lot of foam, a lot of foam!"
Qi Kang thought that Liu Yuhao doubted the truth of what he said, and immediately shouted excitedly on the other end of the phone, in order to convince Liu Yuhao that the truth really existed, he said that he would take the first flight to the capital as soon as it was dawn.
Foam jade, also known as foam, albite jade, albite jadeite and other names, it is produced in Myanmar, is the associated mineral of jadeite, the main component is albite. In Tengchong, Ruili and other raw material markets, it is mostly called water foam, and the origin of its name has not been verified.
"Shuowen" once said: "Jade, the beauty of stone", with the transparent and greasy nature of water foam, crystal clear characteristics, I think it is not an exaggeration to call it jade, and there is a water foam jade.
As the associated ore of jadeite, water foam and jadeite live next to each other, growing and metamorphosing together in hundreds of millions of years of crustal activities. When the ore with sodium aluminosilicate as the main body gradually grows into a slim, charming color jadeite and is competing to be collected by the world, the albite as the main body of the foam jade is still "raised in the deep boudoir people do not know".
But one day it will be certain that where there are jade veins, there may not be associated mineral water foam, but there will be a large amount of water foam albite around the jade ore vein, so Qi Kang will be excited and incoherent, and he has to let Liu Yuhao see it like a child.
Of course, water foam is not a real jadeite, so it has not been recognized by jade lovers for a long period of time, which is also an important reason why water foam as a jadeite associated mine has not been handed down.
However, with the jadeite market has been artificially pushed up again and again in recent years, it is difficult for the general public to consume high-end "good as water" old jadeite, which is clear and translucent, and the foam jade that is comparable to crystal has gradually blown a trend.
"Don't rush over, Brother Qi, don't I still believe what you said."
Liu Yuhao smiled, he was sure that Qi Kang must have called him impatiently after picking out the first piece of foam jade, and he could still imagine Qi Kang dancing now.
Qi Kang was stunned, maybe Liu Yuhao's tone was quite flat, he was sweating profusely, and said: "Brother, what I said is true, there are more than fifty tons of foam jade rough stones mined this time, and the skin is very thin, as long as you wipe it gently, you can see the foam inside."
"Ahem, cough, cough"
Liu Yuhao interrupted Qi Kang's chatter with a cough, and explained with a smile: "Brother Qi, in a while, it will be the Burmese Jade Grand Duke, and I will naturally go over in person when the time comes, and the current situation is a little inconvenient." ”
Qi Kang immediately showed a look of "I understand", first looking forward to the future prospects of that mountain land on the phone, and then laughing at the stupid behavior of the Aung San family guarding Baoshan to ask for food, and then touting Liu Yuhao as an omniscient immortal.
Liu Yuhao rubbed his swollen eardrums, put the phone aside, and didn't care whether Qi Kang's mouth was dry or not, and opened the charcoal of the red clay stove and began to enjoy a moment of tranquility.
He knew that as long as he dared to answer a sentence on the phone, what was waiting for him would be Qi Kang's endless nagging, and the smart thing to do was to hang up the phone after Qi Kang himself said that he was bored.
However, the news that Qi Kang brought for himself did make Liu Yuhao happy for a long time, after all, the battle between Baolong and the other two auction companies requires a lot of money, and the birth of a new jade vein just laid a solid foundation for this upcoming hegemony.
Late at night, Liu Yuhao sat alone in the study, his right hand rubbing on the cover of the Heart Sutra.
In his hand, the "Heart Sutra" copied by Xuanzang, Liu Yuhao has always been full of curiosity, whenever Liu Yuhao's hand touches the "Heart Sutra", he can feel that there is an aura on the cover and the fusion of heaven and earth energy.
What surprised Liu Yuhao even more was that after rubbing for a while, the "Heart Sutra" would gradually glow red, and even if Liu Yuhao did not release his ability, he could see the words in the "Heart Sutra" with the naked eye.
At this time, Liu Yuhao felt that the Lingtai was clear, even if he was irritable at the time, he would quickly calm down, and there was an urge to fold his hands and chant the Buddha aloud.
Yes, it was a feeling, a very, wonderful feeling.