The price of a work of art is directly related to the auction house, and the bigger and more qualified the auction house, the more attractive it is to have a wealthy clientele.

Qin Shiou believed that if the statue of Perseus and Medusa was handed over to Sotheby's or Sotheby's, he would eventually get at least 10% more money than Ritchie's Auction House.

However, he still decided to hand over the auction rights of this statue to Ritchie Auction House, first, Xiaobu felt very good to him; Second, Ritchie is willing to cut auction fees by 7%; The third is that Ritchie is willing to pay him a deposit of 10 million in advance, which is the most important thing.

The current Qin Shiou is so short of money that he can't even pay the testament tax.

After Qin Shiou agreed, Xiaobu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he unbuttoned his suit and asked, "Man, then let's go to the bank now to transfer money and sign the contract by the way, how about it?" ”

Ritchie Auction House valued the bronze statue, and now that they are entering the art auction world, they need a vanguard to attract clients, and there is no doubt that the statues of Perseus and Medusa are up to the task.

After the two sides negotiated, Little Black directly took out the auction contract, and invited Qin Shiou to sit on his Mercedes-Benz S600 and go to the town bank to transfer money.

Qin Shiou shook his hand and took a look at the contract, and said: "Robert, this is not good, my boss is Chinese, so our contract not only has to be in English, but also needs a Chinese version." ”

Canada is a country of immigrants, with a globally renowned multiculturalism, the population of Chinese, Indian, European, Asian and African Americans is very sizable, so the language used is also a bit confusing, among which English is the largest number of speakers, so English is the official language of the country.

Little Blake was annoyed: "Damn, it's our omission, don't worry, I'll call the head of our legal department, believing that when we arrive at the bank, the Chinese version of the contract is already waiting for us there." ”

Qin Shiou gave Auerbach a thumbs up, and the latter smiled indifferently and said, "Boss, what you need to choose now is a storage bank, which bank do you plan to deposit your money in?" ”

Although Farewell Town is not big, there are many banks, and there are four branches, namely Royal Bank of Canada, Bank of Nova Scotiabank, Bank of Montreal, and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Qin Shiou, on Auerbach's recommendation, chose the Bank of Montreal.

This is the oldest bank in Canada, which has a history of nearly 200 years, and it issued the first banknote in Canada, and this bank is also one of the top 10 banks in North America, which is very reliable.

When applying for a bank card, Qin Shiou took out his Chinese ID card and passport, and seeing this, the bank manager Tyrun asked, "What, don't you immigrate?" ”

Little Blake also looked suspicious and said, "Qin, my buddy, I thought you had already gone through the immigration procedures, so it would be more troublesome." ”

Qin Shiou asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Auerbach explained: "There is a tax on the auction item, and if you auction this statue as a Chinese, you will end up paying taxes to the Newfoundland government, the Canadian government and your national government, and you may get less than half of the money." ”

"I suggest that you immigrate to Newfoundland, child, that will help you save a lot of money, not only will you not have to pay taxes to your national government, but the taxes that the Canadian government can collect will also be sharply reduced." Tylen built yì road.

Changing nationality is a big deal, but Qin Shiou doesn't dislike this very much, he is not a party member or a civil servant, just a common person at the bottom of society, where to live a good life is normal.

After hesitating for a while, Qin Shiou instructed Auerbach to help him go through the procedures for transferring his nationality, he was still a little worried, and asked: "I heard that Canada is now very strict in immigration management, and almost only accepts the introduction of skilled talents, can I meet the conditions?" ”

Auerbach smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, farewell to the town government is eager to beg you to immigrate over, there are too few people willing to take over these fishing grounds, if you take over the Daqin fishing grounds, this can not only bring taxes to the government but also provide jobs, of course the government welcomes your immigration." ”

Qin Shiou asked about the procedures required for immigration, and Auerbach said: "You don't need to worry about these, I have them ready for you, and you can sign a few documents in the afternoon." ”

Hearing this, Qin Shiou was confused, when did he prepare for the immigration procedures?

Auerbach took out a stack of papers from his briefcase, smiled like an old fox, and said, "I knew that you would eventually emigrate, so when I helped you apply for a passport before, these procedures were also handled easily." ”

Qin Shiou was speechless: Uncle, do you know how to tell fortunes?

After staying for about half an hour, the temporary bank card was issued, which was a golden Montreal Bank savings gold card, and after his nationality transfer procedures were completed, he needed to come back to change the card and replace it with a dual-purpose credit card.

After getting the card, Qin Shiou went to the ATM machine to check it, and a series of '0' on the screen almost blinded his eyes.

It seems that one second ago he was still struggling with a thousand dollars a month in a rented house in Island City, but this second he has a large fishing farm and a bank card of 10 million Canadian dollars.

"Life is like a dream, this is the unknown of life." Qin Shiou couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the gold card in his hand.

He transferred 100,000 yuan to his parents first, but he didn't dare to transfer too much, for fear of scaring the two of them, and he said that the 100,000 yuan was the company's settling-in fee, and he might have to work abroad in the future.

Strictly speaking, this 10 million is a loan from Ritchie Auction House, because the art has not yet been auctioned, so he does not need to pay taxes now.

After the transfer, Qin Shiou happily signed the contract, and at noon he invited Little Black and others to eat at Hickson's Daddy's Restaurant.

Auerbach introduced Little Black and others: "This is the oldest restaurant in Farewell Town, and the owner and chef have been passed down from generation to generation, representing the purest seafood flavor of our farewell island." ”

Apparently the old fellows knew each other well, and when he saw Auerbach, Hickson came up and gave him a bear hug, and then happily asked, "What are you doing today?" Hi dear Xiao Qin, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

After saying hello, Daddy Hickson began to show off his best skills, and appetizers such as gravy cheese fries, coffee crumbs, jelly, and cheese salad were served first.

Although it is only an appetizer, each dish is made with a unique ingenuity, and the fries are golden and juicy, and the aroma of this dish comes to your nose before you eat it.

As for the coffee jelly, Daddy Hickson will cut the coffee jelly into pieces, put it in a glass, and decorate the jelly with mint leaves, which looks very good, and naturally tastes even better.

Little Blake drank coffee jelly and ate fries and salad and exclaimed, "It tastes great, boys, I must say, it's a God-given delicacy!" ”

At this time, the wine was also delivered, and Auerbach held up the red wine and said to Father Hickson: "To God who gives us food, to Hickson who helps God cook the kitchen, and to Qin, who is bold and generous!" ”

The group raised their glasses one after another, and the pigtailed old man smiled from ear to ear.

After eating appetizers, you can enjoy the main meal, such as geoduck sashimi, Canadian plate fried chicken, smoked salmon with secret sauce, Bromehu duck, blueberry balls and other delicacies are served like water, and everyone is very happy.

Qin Shiou's favorite is Father Hickson's own ice wine made by Zuò, which can be called Canada's national wine, while Newfoundland is closer to the north, so this kind of wine made by Zuò is more popular.

Seeing Qin Shiou raising his glass frequently, Hickson's father was very happy, so he introduced his baby: "This is the secret wine that the Hickson family has passed down from generation to generation, and the grapes should be left on the vine to let it mature, and then wait until the cold snap arrives and the temperature drops to minus eight degrees before picking." At this time, the moisture in the fruit is frozen, and the proportion of sugar is the highest. ”

Ice wine has a low alcohol concentration and is not as strong as the common liquor in the cold zone, but because it is also produced from liquor, it has a floral aroma unique to baijiu. In addition, the main ingredient of this wine is grape juice, which has the smell of ripe fruit, and the aroma of wine and fruit is intertwined, which is naturally beautiful.

Qin Shiou drank quite a lot, and Auerbach was very happy to see him drinking, and said: "You are the same as Lao Qin, he also likes to drink Hickson's ice wine the most, and he likes to serve desserts, blue cheese, Chinese suckling pig roast meat, siu mei, money chicken This candied barbecue, next time let Hickson, this old guy make a taste for you." ”

Father Hickson scratched his head, he was not in a good situation in the restaurant right now, and there was no stock of suckling pigs, money chickens, which were not usually eaten by people.

After eating, Little Black will go back to Toronto to prepare for the auction in the near future, while Qin Shiou will go back to sleep.

After sleeping and waking up to drink, Qin Shiou began to build a fishing farm with ambition, and now he has 10 million Canadian dollars in his hand, and his waist suddenly hardened.

However, the top priority is to connect the fishing grounds, and for young people in the 21st century, it is too much of a pain to have without the Internet.

Qin Shiou learned that the most famous telecommunications companies in Canada are Roger, TTC, Telus, Fido and Koodo.

Among them, Rogers is equivalent to China's mobile, with the strongest company, the most users, and the most extensive resources, but also the highest fees; Telus is the same as China Unicom, the signal is a little worse, but the service price is relatively low, aimed at ordinary people; Fido and Koodo are relatively the worst, but they often do activities, so they also win a lot of customers.

Qin Shiou is not short of money now, so he went directly to the Rogers business hall in the town to work on optical fiber for a year, and bought an Apple all-in-one machine by the way.

He bought an Apple IMAC-MF886CH/A computer, which sold for nearly 20,000 yuan in China, but it was only less than 2,500 Canadian dollars in Farewell Town, which is converted into more than 10,000 yuan, which is still the reason for paying state taxes to Newfoundland, otherwise it is lower.

It has to be said that in capitalist countries, as long as there is money, it is easy to do things, and after Qin Shiou paid the money in the Rogers business hall, an engineer immediately took the workers to his fishing ground to lay optical fiber lines.

The price of this fiber optic line is not low, 500 yuan more expensive than Apple computers, because the fishing ground has been abandoned for more than ten years, there are only ordinary broadband network lines, no fiber optic lines, and the line transformation in the town has not extended to the fishing grounds so far away.