Chapter 470 - Tour of Macao
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Now it's really developed, and the blue penny of the Bafang Company in his hand, if it's really like what Belinda said, it can definitely be listed as a priceless treasure.
This stamp was issued at the same time as the famous Penny Black, and the number of surviving copies is much rarer than that of Penny Black, and so far, it has not been auctioned at all, so its value can really only be described as incalculable.
I used to think that Australia was the wrong to come this time, but now it seems that this trip to Australia is too worthwhile.
A jewelry box used by the first governor of Australia already made Jin Muchen feel very satisfied, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he found a set of blue penny stamps of Bafanglian.
This Australia seems to be a treasure land, such a vast area, more than 20 million people, distributed in the meantime, maybe other places, there are still treasures hidden.
As soon as he thought of this, Jin Muchen decided that he was not in a hurry to leave, he wanted to take a good turn in Australia.
The identification is basically completed, and Belinda can't put it down even more with the blue penny of the Bafang Company, but while playing with that set of stamps, she will also look up from time to time and look at Jin Muchen a few times.
When she used to talk to Jesse on the phone, Jesse would also mention this guy to her, although she didn't say it explicitly, but she could hear the ambiguous tone when Jesse mentioned this guy.
To be honest, she has been very curious about this guy since then, you must know that when Jesse was in school, he was a famous iceberg beauty.
At that time, in the school, there were many rich sons and talented people. It's a queue to pursue her, but I've never seen her really touch a man.
It's just that the man in front of him makes Jesse seem to be a little different.
"Belinda, thank you so much, by the way, I'll ask the hotel to bring something to eat. Or in the evening, let's eat here! After eating, find a place to relax. ”
"No problem."
Belinda was really bold, and she agreed without thinking much about it.
Soon the hotel sent room service, and the two of them enjoyed an Australian lobster package while enjoying the beautiful view downstairs in this luxurious suite.
After eating, Jin Muchen rewarded the waiter with a consumption of fifty yuan, and the waiter happily pushed the dining cart out, and then the two of them simply sorted it out. Just out of the hotel.
Although it was only six o'clock at this time, it was already dark here in Melbourne.
Belinda is a landlord, and she is certainly more familiar with the environment here than Jin Muchen, so she took him through the streets and alleys and entered a bar.
Although Australia has been separated from the colonial status for nearly 100 years, after all, it is the British race, so most of the people here still retain the same living habits as their ancestors.
After work, most people like to gather at the bar for a few drinks.
So there are quite a few taverns here. Belinda brought Jin Muchen to this place, which is different from that kind of ordinary bar. Most of the people who come here are the elite and upper-class people in the city, so the environment is relatively elegant.
There is no noise in a typical bar, and the music played in the bar is more soothing.
The two ordered two beers, sat down, and began to talk.
Although it was only the first contact. But Belinda has also seen the magic of this Jin Muchen, you must know that she has been learning about antiques since she was a child.
There is no antique market in almost all major cities in Australia that she has not been to, but if you talk about the record, she has achieved it in the past 20 years. No one has Jin Muchen made a big score yesterday morning.
So of course she's more like to hear more about this guy's story.
And Jin Muchen has been staying with these foreign girls for a long time, and he has also mastered a set of very reliable bragging techniques, and many of the things he said are not dry bragging, they are made up, many of them are his own experience.
After a little polishing and processing, Belinda was stunned.
"It's better to be in the United States! Where there is a larger population, a larger market, a more developed economy, and more people who play antique collecting, of course, there are more opportunities to encounter fine antiques. If only I hadn't listened to my family and stayed in the United States. ”
Belinda interjected suddenly, but when she said this, she tasted a little sad.
Jin Muchen was also stunned when he heard this, he felt it earlier, this Belinda didn't seem to be very satisfied with the current state of life, but at that time, because the contact between the two was not deep, he didn't dare to ask too much.
But now, the two of them are friends anyway, and it's nothing to ask.
"What? Belinda, I feel like you're not very happy with your current state, can you tell me about it? ”
He asked tentatively, and Belinda glanced up at him, but opened her mouth to speak.
It turns out that her story is not very complicated, this numismatic workshop is quite famous in Melbourne and even in Australia, and it is a professional antique company specializing in the trade of ancient coins.
The company was founded by her grandfather, but a few years ago, his grandfather died, and the company passed to her father and her uncle.
But the relationship between her uncle and her father is not very good, the two have been fighting openly and secretly in the company, Belinda didn't want to get involved, but there is no way for her father to be a daughter like her, and it is not so easy for her to get out of the matter.
Last year, the battle between her father and her uncle finally came to an end, and her uncle won a big victory, and her father was simply swept out of the company.
And her uncle was not ruthless at all, but for the sake of the same line, let her stay in the company.
But of course, she will not be given any real power, although she is in the name of the managing director in the company, but in fact, she has no rights at all, she just goes to the company every day, and then sits for a day.
How can she be satisfied with such a life?
Hearing this, Jin Muchen also sighed, after all, this is a battle within the family, and he can't help if he wants to, but he suddenly remembered that incident, and then opened his mouth to Belinda.
"Forget Belinda, don't think about those unhappy things. So I happened to have a plan to travel around Australia recently, but it happened to be a local guide, and you also said that there are almost no places in Australia that you haven't been. Would you like to be my guide? Rest assured, room and board are all-inclusive, salary, you just mention it! ”
As soon as Jin Muchen's words fell, Belinda glanced up at him, her eyes were very strange, Jin Muchen was also a little embarrassed, he knew that his proposal, it seemed that he was a little impulsive.
But who made Belinda look so pitiful when she recounted her unhappiness before.
"Well, I haven't had much to do lately anyway? But to be clear, my standard of room and board is very high, and my salary is not low. ”
Unexpectedly, Belinda actually agreed, which made Jin Muchen very happy, people helped him identify a few treasures before, but there was no charge, and this time she was invited to travel for free, which can be regarded as a disguised return!
"Rest assured, you must be treated as a five-star hotel throughout the whole process, and you can mention it casually in terms of salary."
"Then it's settled!"
"That's it!"
Jin Muchen was also simple this time.
In this way, from the next day, this Belinda became a tour guide for Jin Muchen, and the two took a good turn in Melbourne.
Especially Belinda was very caring, and took Jin Muchen to Melbourne's antique market to have a look, but this time Jin Muchen didn't find anything.
Then the two of them went all the way north along the coastline, Canberra, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Cairns, Darwin, and visited the most elite east coast of Australia.
In big cities, go shopping for three or five more days, and in small cities, you can look at them for a day or two.
Although it was very hurried, the days were pleasant, and soon the two of them traveled along the north coast to Dampier in the northwest corner of Australia.
This is a small harbor city, but when driving to this small city, Belinda still gave Jin Muchen a general science popularization.
It turns out that although this Dampier is not a small town, it is a small city with relatively cultural heritage in the history of Australia.
The reason why I say this is entirely because of the origin of this small city, it turns out that it is actually the famous British captain, explorer, scientific observer, William. Where Dampier landed in Australia.
And the name of this small city comes from this great explorer.
This William. The reason why Dampier has such an important position in the history of Britain and even Australia is entirely because he was the first Englishman to draw a map of 'New Netherland', and this New Netherland is now Australia, because Australia was first discovered by the Dutch, so it was called New Netherland in the impression of Europeans at that time.
And this William. Dampier was the first navigator in the world to circumnavigate the globe twice and halfway through the third circumnavigation voyage.
Just because this guy actually sailed around the world twice in that era, and actually wanted to make a third move, Jin Muchen had to admit that this guy was indeed worthy of the title of great explorer.
Of course this William. Dampier does have a high status in the minds of the British and Australians, but in the eyes of the Dutch and the Spaniards, this guy is an unscrupulous villain......
Because in addition to the title of captain, explorer, and scientific observer, he also has a very important identity, that is, pirate!! (To be continued......)