Chapter 410: Complementary Friends
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In a flash, it was March, and the days began to gradually return to a stable state, New York in February, it is still the cold season of spring, but because of the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, the cold wind has begun to gradually have some taste of spring.
On this day, Jin Muchen rarely got up early to open the store, and recently, the business in the store was still tepid, and he had long been accustomed to such a state.
It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as he opened the door today, he would usher in a distinguished guest, and this person was Wang Xueming, who he had met in Italy some time ago.
He informed Wang Xueming of the Italian auction, and he also organized a group of relatives and friends to participate in the auction, and he gained a lot in that auction.
But because he was the mastermind behind the auction, for the sake of safety, Jin Muchen did not show up to meet Wang Xueming.
For his shop, Wang Xueming is now familiar with the way, and the relationship between the two is quite unusual now, so when he entered the store, Jin Muchen welcomed Wang Xueming upstairs, and Uncle Fang knew that the two of them were close, so he didn't come over to participate, and watched the store downstairs alone.
Jin Muchen made tea for Wang Xueming, and then took some refreshments and brought them to him, Wang Xueming was not in a hurry to drink tea, but took the 7801 tea bowl, constantly playing with it, and obviously couldn't put it down for this set of porcelain.
"How? Brother Wang, the last trip to Italy, I gained a lot, right? ”
Jin Muchen sat next to him. asked Wang Xueming with a smile. As soon as I mention this. Wang Xueming's eyes lit up.
"Hey! Don't say it, you kid, I really got a lot of good things that time, just the best famous paintings, hehe, brother, I got no less than ten. Your kid's news is really accurate! ”
Speaking of those ancient paintings that were photographed, Wang Xueming was happy for a while, although those ancient paintings are not top-level works. But the key is the origin of these paintings!
These are all famous paintings that the Americans got from our China to abroad through illegal means, and they have been hanging in their museums to show off their might, and we Chinese usually want to take a look, but we have to take a plane, spend tickets, and can't see it closely.
Now it's okay, why don't I buy it back to my own home, I can look at it as much as I want, and I can show off it as much as I want?
How cool does that feel? What's more, when communicating with other Tibetan friends, there is more bragging capital, isn't it?
See. This is an ancient painting collected by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and now it can be hung on the wall of Lao Tzu's house?
And more critically. The number of paintings in this batch, although these paintings are not peerless paintings, but the key is that you want to get together, such ten paintings, you usually don't know how many auctions to collect, how much time and energy does it take?
But now, just one trip to Italy, all of them have been collected, where can such a good thing be found?
Although the price they spent on these paintings is not low, in Wang Xueming's opinion, this money is really worth it, after all, these paintings are also extraordinary, and they have the experience of the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the appreciation space of these paintings in the future will definitely not be small.
The most important thing is that if these paintings were to be auctioned in China through the official route, he would definitely have to spend much more money than he had spent in Italy that time.
So at this time, in his heart, how happy he was, and he also felt that he was really grateful to the little guy in front of him, it was really interesting, if he hadn't sent the news so timely, they would definitely not be so prepared.
The most important thing is that in the end, those thieves didn't know what to think, and they actually sold so many bronzes and Buddha carvings to the national team at a package price of 100 million US dollars.
Afterwards, Professor Yang told them that these Buddha carvings and bronzes are priceless treasures, and if they were really auctioned, they would not be able to take them without spending hundreds of millions of dollars, but they actually only painted 100 million US dollars and won them, which is a bargain deal.
And because they all helped out at that time, Professor Yang remembered them all, and they promised that this time they owed each of them a big favor, and if they needed it in the future, the Palace Museum could help them identify treasures for free.
And the most important thing is that after Professor Yang and the others went back, he also helped them to say a few kind words to the higher leadership above, which allowed them to get a lot of care in their later business.
So that time, don't look at the fact that they all paid money, but in exchange for fame and fortune, they made a lot of money on that trip to Italy.
How can Wang Xueming be unhappy?
"By the way, Brother Xiaojin, why didn't you go to that auction?"
Wang Xueming asked casually, and Jin Muchen smiled embarrassedly.
"My pockets are not as deep as yours, and I have no heart for such an auction!"
In fact, what he wanted to say was that I organized the auction, so is it necessary for me to participate in the auction?
"Haha, that's a pity, next time you have the opportunity, you must go, if you are short of money, just say hello to my brother."
Wang Xueming was also a little embarrassed, he knew that this kid was definitely not bad for money, and he must have other things if he didn't go, but if people didn't say it, he wouldn't be able to ask more.
"By the way, how is the port construction project in Naples going?"
"Hey! Speaking of this, brother, I really have to thank you, how did you get on the line with the people in Naples? In fact, I have been to that city several times, and my friend has already discussed it with the government in Rome, but in the end it was stuck with the local government and has not been able to start construction. Now well, the original mayor of the stage, the new mayor and so cooperative, the progress of the project can be said to be a thousand miles a day, now we have reached a cooperation intention in several aspects, almost signed, our domestic port construction group, have been in the local engineering personnel with the cooperation, in the inspection site selection, it is estimated that as soon as this summer, the funds in place can start to start, it is estimated that five years later, the new logistics port can be completed ......"
When it comes to the plan for the construction of the logistics port in Naples, Wang Xueming is bright-eyed, although this logistics port, China is still dominated by large companies with state-owned backgrounds, but he is the earliest pioneer, and an important person in dredging relations, this time also reaped enough benefits.
Once the project starts, some supporting engineering projects, and material distribution will be handed over to his company to do, it is estimated that after the project is completed, he can at least earn more than one billion from it.
And the long-term benefits after the completion of the port, I don't know how much I can earn.
Speaking of which, Wang Xueming couldn't help but glance at this Jin Muchen, when he went to Italy to dredge up relations before, he took care of the cabinet in Rome, but in the end, he was stuck on the bald-headed mayor of Naples, that guy's appetite was really too big.
If it was in China, Wang Xueming would have 10,000 ways to kill him, but in Italy, even the cabinet has no way to take that guy, what can he do, he can only stare dryly!
That guy has always been a stumbling block he hated the most, but just two months ago, that guy was suddenly taken down in the general election, and then came to power with a new mayor who thought he was extremely cooperative.
This made Wang Xueming overjoyed, and more importantly, it was the young amazing guy in front of him who helped him get through the last joint and kick away the stumbling block.
How the hell did he do it? Originally, Wang Xueming felt very mysterious about this Jin Muchen, but now in his opinion, he can't see through this kid, and he is even more powerful.
I used to befriend him just because he had a specialty in antique treasure hunting, and later I valued him because I felt that he was very energetic in the United States, and now it seems that my evaluation of him is still not enough.
This kid's ability has been extended to Europe, which is not something that ordinary antique dealers can do, so he is even more curious about Jin Muchen now.
"Hehe, it's actually nothing, it's just that I'm a friend over there."
The more Jin Muchen understated it like this, the more Wang Xueming felt that this kid was unfathomable, but no matter what, everyone has secrets, if you have to get to the bottom of it, then maybe your friends won't have to do it.
What's more, being good friends with Jin Muchen is very conducive to everyone's future development of getting along, after all, the relationship between the two sides is now a mutually beneficial stage, and it is also complementary, which is the key in Wang Xueming's view.
"By the way, Brother Wang, you didn't come to me this time specifically for the Italian side, right?"
Jin Muchen didn't want to talk too much to Wang Xueming about Capote, so he changed the topic and asked, Wang Xueming nodded at this time.
"It's really not, it's like this, I came to you this time because I was entrusted by someone. As you know, I had a great harvest in Italy some time ago, and I collected a lot of old paintings, and many people came to see my paintings during this time, so I also met a lot of new friends. One of my friends, who is in charge of culture, also likes antiques, but he is more concerned about the protection of antiques in China. Recently, several major cases of smuggling cultural relics have been cracked in China, and several criminal gangs that specialize in stealing and digging ancient tombs and then smuggling them overseas have been smashed. But it was also found above that these happened all over the country, and there seems to be a looming connection between seemingly unrelated tomb robbers, so the above suspects that they have a special mastermind group overseas, aren't you Lu Ziye here? So my friend entrusted me to come over to you to see if I could find some useful information, after all, you also know that some time ago, our people were ...... by that in the United States" (to be continued......