"Hehe, Brother Guo, if I haven't seen you this day, I won't recognize my brother and me." The man who walked out of the door said loudly to Guo Yi, who was surprised

"Brother Liu, are you scolding me, am I not surprised that you actually came out to open the door in person?" Guo Yi put away his surprise and said with a smile

After putting away and entering Luzhuang, he was surprised to see the luxury inside, and was surprised to see Liu Jun personally open the door to greet him, although he was born in a flat family, but because of his mother's education since childhood, he has always been neither humble nor arrogant to people, maybe this society is divided into classes, but this is absolutely not reflected in Guo Yi.

"Why did you Brother Liu and I come out to greet you in person, do you lose your identity?" Liu Jun joked

"Brother Liu, you really scolded the two of us, and it is our blessing to greet the two of us in person as you." Zhao Chao interjected

"You bastard" Liu Jun scolded Zhao Chao with a smile and didn't say anything else, walked over and put his arm around Guo Yi's shoulder, and was about to go inside. The doorman who sent Guo Yi and Zhao Chao saw that they were so familiar, so he drove away in a battery car.

"Brother Liu, where is your car? This time, you must let me drive it," Zhao Chao shouted from behind

"You stinky boy, it's a big fart, a good car can't let you see it, for this matter and I have been inking for more than a month, you won't let go of me in the capital, okay, today for the sake of Brother Guo's face, the car is for you, MD, this car has been transported back to Lao Tzu hasn't driven it a few times, you kid don't give me a whole shelf, it seems that this time I brought two more personnel, by the way, let them drive me back to the capital, you kid in the province is worried all day long"

Liu Jun turned his head to Zhao Chao and said viciously, but looking at the smile in the corner of his eyes, he knew that he was not angry, but just made a joke. In the yard, seeing Liu Jun's captive three Tibetan mastiffs, one large and two small, were playing by the pond, and there were two big wolf dogs in the cage in the corner, Guo Yi had to sigh that the rich man was the luxury of TMD, and the caretaker actually used a Tibetan mastiff worth hundreds of thousands or even millions. This is the real enjoyment of life.

It's easy to understand if you don't give it, on the way just now, I saw that there were several villas in the yard, all tethered to a fierce wolf dog, when I saw the living people walking in, the look of the cracked teeth was very daunting, presumably those thieves would be far away from it. In fact, Guo Yi didn't know that in this kind of well-guarded villa area, raising these things is not entirely for anti-theft, but more to reflect a status symbol, in some private luxury villas in big cities, especially in the south of these cities far away from the center of political power, some people even raise some large carnivores such as black panthers and crocodiles.

After entering the villa, Guo Yi's eyes couldn't help but light up, not how luxurious the decoration inside is, but very distinctive, facing the door, there is a huge yellow rosewood screen about two meters high, divided into twelve fans, carved dragons and phoenixes, the room is well isolated from the outside world. Bypassing the screen, Guo Yi found that the area of the hall was about one hundred and twenty or thirty square meters, and the surrounding walls were all inlaid with a kind of purple wood, and it emitted a light fragrance, which made people feel quiet unconsciously. As soon as Guo Yi smelled it, he knew that this was a specially customized incense, which had the effect of refreshing and calming the mind.

The furnishings in the hall are also very simple, they are some old-fashioned antique furniture, so it is said to be antique, because these furniture seem to lack the breath of time precipitation, look carefully, you can see that it is newly made, there is no trace of modern electrical appliances in the whole hall, how to come in, Guo Yi actually has a feeling of time and space change, it seems to have returned to the residence of the ancients hundreds of years ago.

The mysterious aura in Guo Yi's eyes looked at a red sandalwood square table beside him, and sure enough, there was no use in it, which also proved that although the materials used in these furniture are very precious, they are made in modern times. "Corrupt loser" Guo Yi made up his mind in his heart, but he didn't expect that the place where he lived one day soon would be even more corrupt and corrupt than here, so Liu Jun shouted out directly.

"Brother, how am I here, is it more ancient than the box in the tea room, I have spent a lot of thought for these rosewood furniture."

Liu Jun's tone revealed a hint of pride, when he bought this villa, he probably spent more than 10 million RMB, but he only spent money on decoration, and now it is as high as 20 million RMB, and most of the money is spent on these rosewood, which is he personally went to the Philippines, Indonesia and India to buy the high-grade large-leaf rosewood, these rosewood has been extinct in many places, Liu Jun has spent a lot of time, The hoarding goods bought from some people at a high price were even exchanged for grain with the local primitive tribes, and then they were made by skilled carpenters.

"Brother Liu is really generous, a room like yours, it must not be easy to find a second house in China that loves red sandalwood like you."

Guo Yi's compliment came from the heart, he estimated that only these rosewood furniture were worth millions, but he didn't know that he still underestimated the value of these objects. Rosewood, a species that is about to become extinct, is now almost impossible to find in India, the main production area, except for some large merchants hoarding goods, of course, the roots left behind after hundreds of years of cutting down buried in the ground do not count. Although some people hit the roots of the tree, it was only very difficult to find, and the cost was too high to outweigh the losses, and finally had to give up.

Pterocarpus indicus (Latin name: Pterocarpus indicus), aliases: red sandalwood, green dragon wood, yellow cedar wood, rose wood, palmetto wood, feather leaf sandalwood. Leguminaceae and red sandalwood are one of the world's precious timbers, mainly produced in the tropical areas of the South Sea Islands, followed by Cochin. India's small-leaved red sandalwood, also known as chicken blood red sandalwood, is the most precious wood known and is the highest grade of red sandalwood. As the saying goes, there are ten sandalwood and nine emptiness, and the diameter of the largest rosewood is only about 20 centimeters, and its precious Cheng dù can be imagined. It takes eight or nine hundred or even thousands of years for red sandalwood to grow into wood. The largest red sandalwood log in Dongyang City Rosewood Museum, Dongyang City Rosewood Museum displays two large-sized small-leaved red sandalwood logs, which are the treasures of the museum, with a height of 3.8 meters and a diameter of 38 centimeters and 40 centimeters, which is a well-deserved "King of Rosewood", which can be called a priceless treasure. Narra (P. Echinatus) from the Philippines, Padauk (P. Dalbergoides) from the Andaman Islands, Bloodwood P. Angolensis from Africa, Dragon's Blood (P. Draco) from Latin America, and Rosewood (P. Indicus) from Indochina all belong to Rosewood. Due to the origin, growth and other reasons, the price of red sandalwood has risen year by year.

In the collectibles market, the king of rosewood is also untouchable. A rosewood table made in the 18th century during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was sold for more than $35 million at an auction at Southby's auction house in the United States in 1994. Therefore, the status of red sandalwood makes the world dare not underestimate and be in awe. No matter how the times change, rosewood furniture stands in the land of China with a solid posture, becoming a culture and civilization, identity and status, and the first choice for collection and investment! It is not an exaggeration to say that "every inch of sandalwood is gold", its value is far beyond Guo Yi's imagination, even if it is not an old antique in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the price is extremely expensive, and it is not something that ordinary people can use.

The wood of red sandalwood is hard and heavy, sinking when entering the water, and the utensils made of zuò do not need to be painted to show a natural dark brown color, coupled with the remoteness of the production area, it is extremely difficult to make wood, so it is known as the "king of wood" in the past dynasties, China in those dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, even if it is royal, there are only a few small chess games, painting axes, song boards, small frames, etc.

In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is described that red sandalwood has the effects of calming the heart, calming the nerves, relaxing the muscles and invigorating the blood, reducing inflammation and relieving pain, etc., and is a good product for balancing yin and yang; It has also been mentioned in medical books that after rubbing, the substance called wood oxygen emitted by red sandalwood chips has a good effect of calming the nerves and awakening the mind, and long-term contact can also promote the regeneration of cells, which can play a role in removing wrinkles and nourishing the skin. In addition, in Buddhist culture, red sandalwood has the divine meaning of offering Buddha spirituality, therefore, it has the saying of avoiding evil and keeping peace, eliminating disasters and relieving misfortunes, and eliminating evil and gathering wealth.

Until Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne, in order to promote the national prestige of our Celestial Empire, sent the eunuch Zheng He to lead the fleet to the Western Ocean, and loaded a ship full of tea, silk and other gifts, along the way to the country to be presented, and when the return trip, due to the cargo emptying, the hull is much lighter, for fear of not being able to withstand the wind and waves at sea, it is necessary to have a ballast cabinet. After returning to China, some royal nobles began to use these "ballast wood" to make furniture, and later people found that this wood was strong and hard, not afraid of water and insect resistance, so it became more and more popular, and then large-scale logging began.

In fact, there was also red sandalwood in the Liangguang region of our country, but because of the scarcity of quantity, it was quickly lightened, and then the emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent people to Nanyang to procure, according to the data: "As of the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the vast majority of the world's red sandalwood will be collected in China, stored in Guangzhou and BJ." The Ming Dynasty had excessive logging, and the Qing Dynasty had not yet recovered, and the source was exhausted. In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong also sent people to Nanyang to purchase sandalwood, but most of the rosewood trees were not thick and had not yet become mature, so they had to give up. Therefore, the red sandalwood used in the Qing Dynasty royal furniture, are the inventory of the Ming Dynasty royal family, later, the sandalwood was in short supply to the point that it must be purchased at a high price from private traders, according to the unwritten rules at that time, no matter what level of officials, as long as they see the red sandalwood, they must not let go, all of them are bought, handed over to the royal weaving institutions, since then the private collection of wood has also been scavenged, to Cixi's 60th birthday and after the marriage of Emperor Guangxu, the wood reserves in the inner have been left, and finally Yuan Shikai who restored the throne all used up.

Before the Qing Dynasty, people in Europe and the United States have always believed that the red sandalwood has no big material, can only be made of small utensils, and even in the early Qing Dynasty, a large number of Western missionaries came to China, after seeing many red sandalwood vessels, they were all amazed, and they knew that the red sandalwood elite was all in BJ, so they bought it in many ways, transported back to China, due to the inconvenience of communication, the whole piece was difficult to transport, so only buy cabinet doors, box surfaces and other components with patterns, and install wooden frames of other materials to decorate, and now in the hands of some foreign collectors, there are some red sandalwood items at that time.

And the red sandalwood furniture is quite time-consuming, if you want to make the red sandalwood handicrafts that are exceptionally high, each piece of utensils must be handmade, and a large piece of furniture often takes more than a dozen craftsmen to spend seven or eight years to complete, but the objects in this hall are not large, and the process of making the furniture is not particularly complicated. The technique of making red sandalwood is said to be "one chisel, two carvings, and seven polishing", and the polishing alone occupies seven-tenths of the time of the entire zuò making process, and the tools used for polishing are also quite peculiar, first coated with wax, and then rubbed repeatedly with knotweed and fine gauze, until it is polished as bright as brocade. (Now the best zuò rosewood is Yuan Henry)

Guo Yi didn't know much about red sandalwood because of Uncle Hai, and when he first entered the door, he judged the age of these red sandalwood by the old and new, but he didn't know that the well-maintained green sandalwood furniture was not much better than the newly built red sandalwood. "Hahaha...... Brother, what you said is to lift me up, compared to the King of Rosewood, I can't handle these things. ”

Liu Jun was very happy to hear this, but he waved his hand again and again, not daring to be Guo Yi so praised, if these words spread out, it would make connoisseurs laugh, what he said "King of Rosewood", that is the director of the China Rosewood Museum, the Chinese richest woman Ms. Chen Lihua, who is worth more than 33 billion, Liu Jun once had the honor to enter the rosewood warehouse collected by Chen Lihua, and saw with his own eyes the thousands of exquisite rosewood tables, beds, cases, and few, and also knew that only with his own objects, compared with Chen Lihua, it was far from the same. Liu Jun also saw Ms. Chen Lihua's collection of those red sandalwood, only then did he think about his living room into such a shape, because red sandalwood also has a kind of magical effect of nourishing people, contact for a long time, it is very beneficial to the body, like Chen Lihua when she built red sandalwood furniture, the yellow teeth of some craftsmen she invited became particularly white, and an old craftsman in his 70s actually turned black with white hair, and for a time the red sandalwood was rendered with a hint of mystery.

In 1999, Chen Lihua invested 200 million yuan to build the China Rosewood Museum, in addition to her collection of more than 300 pieces of Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, the other more than 2,000 pieces are rare rosewood products produced in her own factory for more than 20 years.

In May 1999, the Savannah College of Art and Design, the largest private art college in the United States, awarded Chen Lihua an honorary doctorate of humanities for her extraordinary achievements in the art of rosewood carving. The mayor of Savara, Savara, also awarded her a golden key, declared her an honorary citizen, and designated May 25 as "Chen Lihua Day" every year. Chen Lihua also has another identity, which is the wife of Chi Chongrui, the actor of Tang Zeng in "Journey to the West".

"Ah" After learning about Chen Lihua's experience, Guo Yi was directly stunned, he didn't expect that there were such people who loved red sandalwood, Chen Lihua He knew, just because he was the wife of actor Chi Chongrui, and her real estate company in Zhonghai, he didn't expect it

"Hehe, Brother Guo, don't be surprised, Chen Lihua's low-key is something that many people, especially the mainland, don't know, you just entered the industry and don't know it's a big deal, slowly you will know that there will be a lot of inconspicuous rich people in this industry, and their collections are quite rich."

Liu Jun, who has never seen Guo Yi's gaffe since he met Guo Yi, was very excited to see Guo Yi's surprised look, who made Guo Yi always look indifferent to everything, even after the bank incident the day before yesterday, he just changed his face and didn't show anything else.

Liu Jun pulled Guo Yi to introduce the rosewood furniture in the room

Hong Kong Victoria Shan Villas Residential Area is an independent but much smaller villa than those villas on the top of the mountain, in the second floor of the study.

"You said Siyi didn't know where to go?" An old man in his seventies asked

"Yes, father, the bodyguard who arranged for her sent a message saying that Siyi didn't let her follow, and she went to the airport alone with her luggage, and he checked that it was to SD." A middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties replied respectfully

"Do you know why?" The old man continued to ask, it must be very important to let his granddaughter, who has always been career-oriented, abandon the work she is doing and say goodbye, which is very clear to the old man who has always taken Zhang Siyi by his side since he was a child.

"It is said that after meeting a former college classmate of Zhonghai University, Siyi often does not give up, and left after meeting the eldest lady of Zhonghai Zhuang at noon yesterday." The middle-aged man returned

"Is Siyi's classmate a man?" The old man continued

"Yes, his name is Guo Yi is from a small county town in sdzibo, Siyi had a good relationship in college, and he has been working in an auction house in Zhonghai since graduation, and he has just left his job, and now he has returned to his hometown" The middle-aged man's intelligence work is better, and Guo Yi's foundation is almost the same.

"I didn't expect them to meet, when Siyi went abroad before she finished going to him, she let her forget about him, but I didn't expect it," the old man sighed and said

The middle-aged man stood aside and did not speak, she was very supportive of her daughter to find her own happiness, but other people in the family would not choose like this, they would only take care of their own interests, especially now that the family has developed to the extreme in the first-class family, if you want to go to the next level, you must marry the top family, there are many people in the family who have begun to open up, although the company has been decided by him, but as long as the old man is in one day he is not so convincing, fortunately the old man has not spoken.

"That's it, don't say it yet, I'll ask her when Siyi comes back. Go get busy," said the old man after half a ring

"Yes, father." The middle-aged man turned around and walked out.

After the middle-aged man withdrew, the old man stood up and walked to the window, looking at the flowers and plants in the yard, not knowing what he was thinking

And Zhang Siyi, who they were talking about, was at Guo Yi's house at this time, struggling to deal with Guo Yi's second mother and sister-in-law.

"I'm back, and I heard that there's a guest at home." At this time, a voice that sounded like a natural voice in Zhang Siyi's ears saved her.

"Yuanyuan is back, where's your brother?" Guo Yuanyuan's second uncle's second mother asked

"My brother hasn't come back, he and Brother Xiaochao still have to go to Quancheng." Guo Yuanyuan replied, and when she turned around, she saw Zhang Siyi, who was sitting on the sofa surrounded by relatives: "Who are you?" Are you looking for my brother? ”

"Hello, my name is Zhang Siyi, I am from Hong Kong, and I am Guo Yi's college classmate." Zhang Siyi said softly

"Oh, wait a minute." Guo Yuanyuan took out the phone in her pocket, found Guo Yi's number and dialed it. Although Guo Yuanyuan is nervous a lot of the time, but this is not the time to be big, looking at the appearance of this woman may be chasing her brother to the house, this is what he heard from the second brother who helped when he just came back and got off the car, in his mind, he likes the elder brother, of course, she inadvertently guessed right. After seeing people, Zhang Siyi's beautiful and refined temperament made him ashamed of his generosity, and he notified his brother. Although my mother watched from the side, she didn't call my brother to inform him

At this time, Guo Yi was visiting Liu Jun's garage after visiting Liu Jun's rosewood furniture.

There are almost no men who don't like cars, Guo Yi is no exception, after getting his driver's license in college, he has imagined having a car of his own more than once, but at that time, he took that little salary every month, even if he didn't eat, drink or sleep on the street, after a year, he could only buy a miniature car like Charlie Alto, not to mention the money it costs to maintain the car every year, so at that time he could only think about it in his heart. In this garage of forty or fifty square meters, three cars are parked side by side, but the impact of these three cars on Guo Yi is no less than that of him as if he was in a grand auto show.

A silver-white somewhat dazzling convertible Bugatti Veyron sports car, with beautiful lines that make people dizzy, one is a generous and stable black Mercedes-Benz S500 imported car, and what shocked Guo Yi the most was the Hummer car that occupied almost one-third of the garage and had the word HUMMER on the front, Guo Yi's eyes never moved again after seeing the car. Although Bugatti Veyron and Mercedes-Benz have made Guo Yi obsessed, but in front of this powerful and domineering Hummer, they seem so petite, maybe in terms of price, these cars are almost the same, but in terms of visual experience, Bugatti Veyron and Mercedes-Benz are far inferior to this six-wheeled Hummer. On the front face of the Humvee, there is a row of small arm thick protective bars, at both ends of the protective bars, equipped with six huge lights, making the whole car look full of a wild, even a bit of barbaric taste, and located in the middle of the car 6.5 liters turbocharged diesel engine, also makes the weight distribution of the vehicle very even, there are four exhaust pipes like missile launchers in the back, and although this Humvee looks large, but it gives people a sense of agility, not bulky.

Although the car had a great impact on him, these cars did not conform to Guo Yi's low-key nature, Guo Yi just sighed and quickly returned to normal, but Zhao Chao, the kid, was chattering endlessly while touching the body of the Humvee over there. The angry Liu Jun didn't say a word, just looked at him.

Zhao Chao stretched out his hand and gently stroked the body, his eyes almost made Guo Yi vomit out his breakfast, and the expression of this product was too **. "Okay, I've seen the car too, let's go back, I'll tell you about the maintenance of this car, damn, why did I promise to lend it to you." Liu Jun pretended to be remorseful, turned his head and left, Zhao Chao stuck out his tongue, and pulled Guo Yi, who was looking in through the car window, and walked back to the room. "Brother Liu, this car is about two million, you won't regret it." Sitting back on the hard chair with a sass, Zhao Chao looked at Liu Jun's face and said cautiously. "You know a fart, this car is more than 2 million, but I spent more than 2 million on modification, and now this car has off-road performance, the enjoyment of an RV, you think I'm like those nouveau riche, I bought it just to show off." Liu Jun is telling the truth, after buying this car, he decorated its interior as luxuriously as possible, and the money spent was indeed enough to buy a few more cars. "Brother Liu, to be honest, let's go to Quancheng together this time, this car is also dusty, why don't you let me drive it on the road?" Zhao Chao said

"You bastard, how far and how far you roll, it's two hours away from Quancheng, and you're driving to attract the wind." Liu Jun scolded angrily

"If you don't drive this car, I'm not worth it for you, if you don't drive it, what do you buy it for, put it as an ornament." Zhao Chao said with a huff

"You're right, you bought it back as an ornament, and you won't be allowed to open it, you can drive your Buick." Liu Jun said this, Zhao Chao panicked

"Brother Liu, don't, aren't you my own brother? Such a good car doesn't go out, just puts it away, it's a whole pearl and dust," Zhao Chao lobbied Liu Jun with a three-inch tongue

"Okay" Liu Jun was annoyed by Zhao Chao and finally agreed. In fact, Zhao Chao knew that Liu Jun was just embarrassing him, he just had to look at the right eye, and he didn't want to come in if he didn't like it.

"Ding Ding Ding" The phone rang out, Guo Yi took out the phone and saw that it was Guo Yuanyuan calling, thinking that this might be a safe report after arriving home.

"Yuanyuan. It's home," Guo Yi picked up the phone and said directly

"Brother, I'm home, and now I have something to tell you." Guo Yuanyuan said

"What's the matter?"

"You have a classmate named Zhang Siyi who came to look for you at home"

"What, Zhang Siyi went home," Guo Yi heard Zhang Siyi stand up suddenly, and said

PS: The 7,000-word chapter is presented, brothers, I need your support, and your support is the driving force for me to move forward.

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