The area of the ranch is large, to develop a vegetable garden is still very simple, mainly to plant some vegetables and fruits for their own food, parents are also idle people, at home is the same, this time to the grizzly bear ranch, about a year and a half to live, mainly because I am afraid that Yi Hui alone can not solve it, so I came to help take the baby, and Claire said: "It's okay, by the way, I have discussed it with the TV station, and I will go to work tomorrow." ”

"Okay, no problem, but don't force yourself, dangerous interview projects can be handed over to others, so don't do it." Li Cheng is worried that Claire wants to go wherever there is danger again, and the journalist industry is still relatively hard, especially expatriate reporters, who run around everywhere.

"Don't worry, I'm going to be a TV anchor this time, so there's no danger......"

"That's good, you can keep the TV on New Year's Day in the future, because his mother is in the TV, haluha." Li Cheng is also happy to be Claire's TV anchor, so that he won't be running around, probably because he has a family, so Claire is also worried.

After chatting with Claire for a while, Li Cheng still had some things to do, went upstairs, and saw Yi Hui in the bedroom coaxing Xiao New Year's Day to sleep singing nursery rhymes from his hometown, and after a while, Kung Fu Xiao New Year's Day fell asleep.

Li Cheng couldn't help nodding secretly, tiptoed into the study, turned on the computer to receive email feedback from various aspects, such as the email from Grizzly Bear Dairy Company, and the news from Bruncaster Ranch.

After learning about this, Li Cheng contacted Forbes magazine and some of the more famous international magazines again. spent some advertising money to publish a recruitment advertisement that occupied a relatively large space, how to plan the specific advertising content, Li sold it to a professional advertising company, but put forward his own requirements.

Of course, the magazine has invested a certain amount of money to release the news of recruiting the CEO of the island, but the intensity is not big enough, Li Cheng also attacked from the Internet, TV media, radio and other aspects, and must be able to recruit the most elite personnel, of course, there is only one island CEO, and there are also a few deputies to assist the island CEO.

But there are the right people. Li Cheng will still recruit. In terms of audition, Li Cheng asked the personnel department of the Canadian head office to jointly conduct it with the personnel department of the Chinese company.

This should also be communicated to them, not just to find a person in charge for the island. These companies also need a certain amount of fresh blood.

With the scale increases. The importance of talent has gradually become prominent.

After that's done. It was already 2-3 hours later, Li Cheng stood up and stretched. After dinner, Li Cheng, who went online again, received a website from Perkins, clicked in and took a look, it turned out to be an online auction platform.

"Cheng, there is a group of treasures in the collection that is now auctioned in the United Kingdom, and you must be very interested." Li Cheng browsed it, among these collections ready for real-time auction, there is a group of relatively rare collections, that is, Xuande furnace, there are three in total, the smallest Xuande furnace has a diameter of 8 centimeters, the second should be medium, 18 centimeters in diameter, and the largest has reached a diameter of 35 centimeters.

It is quite rare for three models of Xuande furnace to be auctioned together, and in China, Xuande furnace has gradually begun to receive attention, and the price has risen, which is also after the hundreds of Xuande furnaces collected by Xuande furnace have flowed into the market, activating the audience of this category of collections.

In fact, the real Xuande furnace is very rare, most of them are imitations, and most of them are from the Qing Dynasty.

These Qing Dynasty imitation of the Ming Dynasty Xuande furnace, the real and false are difficult to distinguish, coupled with the modern imitation technology and the Ming Dynasty Xuande to the Republic of China period of a large number of imitations, the Xuande furnace in the international auction price is not high, because there are too many losses.

Therefore, these three groups of Xuande furnaces, the starting price is not high, but it is not to prove that these three Xuande furnaces are fakes, even if they are imitations, it depends on the period, not Xuande this year, the Qing Dynasty period, combined with the history of Xuande furnace, it is not difficult to see how rare the real Xuande furnace is.

Xuande furnace is a copper incense burner designed and manufactured during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, referred to as "Xuanlu furnace". It is the first bronze ware made of brass in Chinese history. In order to make a high-quality copper furnace, under the personal supervision of Emperor Xuande, the entire production process, including copper smelting, modeling must be from the "Xuanhe Bogutu", "Archaeological Map" and other classics and hundreds of Song and Yuan Dynasty kilns hidden in the Inner Palace, select the shape that meets the applicable object and the elegant system, draw it into a pattern, present it to the emperor for personal viewing, and explain the source of the drawing and the source of the allusion.

The exquisite production process, coupled with the cost of many refining, has made the Xuande furnace always a favorite thing for ancient literati and ink writers.

"Whether it's true or not, it's not a loss when auctioned, at least something that can enter the eyes of auctioneers and appraisers, no matter how fake it is, it's an antique, at least it's from the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, if the number of refinements is large, and the manufacturing process is excellent, it's not a loss, no matter how bad it is, it's not modern, it's nothing, when it's to buy a lesson." The most important thing is that Perkins introduced it, so the condition of this group of Xuande furnaces should be not bad, at least let Perkins personally send the link over, and it is estimated that he also wants Li Cheng to make a fortune.

There is still about half an hour before the auction, and it is still impossible to judge its true value from the pictures and data presented on the Internet, so Li Cheng asked Perkins and said: "This group of Xuande furnaces will not be fakes, right?" ”

"No, we all have professional appraisers to check at all levels, although the Xuande furnace is difficult to identify, but these experts have seen many real Xuande furnaces, so they are still relatively sure of these three groups."

"Then what are you telling me for?"

"We're friends, and I've heard you say you're interested in these antiques, so I thought that the auction in the UK happened to start today, and I saw you online, so I asked you to join in the fun." This auction can be conducted through a variety of means such as on-site auction, telephone auction or online bidding, so the competition may be relatively strong.

"The reserve price is not high, only 1,000 pounds for three groups?" Converted to the old man's head, it is only more than 10,000 yuan, which is not the price that the three Xuande furnaces should have at all.

Perkins explained through online chat: "This is also because this group of Xuande furnaces is put in the UK auction, if it is put in Hong Kong, it is different, in the UK auction, or Western antiques and famous paintings are more valuable, and this reserve price is not the final transaction price, mainly because the British local Xuande furnace market is not very optimistic." ”

"Well, it's the first time I've bid on the Internet, and I don't know if this group of Xuande furnaces is in demand." Li Cheng didn't care about spending more money, just listened to Perkins's tone, in fact, he didn't bite off that this is genuine, after all, the number of Xuande furnaces circulating in the market is still too small, and the historical records record that 3,000 pieces of Xuande furnaces were manufactured, and there is no way to know what the truth is, most of the Xuande furnaces in the hands of collectors are the products of the Xuande period in the Ming Dynasty.

In any case, Li Cheng participated in this auction with the intention of collecting, and it was in the form of the Internet, and he did not have to be affected by the atmosphere of the scene, which caused him to get carried away for a while during the auction process and did some radical behavior.

Moreover, Li Cheng still has five million US dollars to base up, and the money won back from the Atlantis casino is "ill-gotten gains", which is a good choice to invest in antiques.

Half an hour later, the auction began, and Li Cheng had to ensure that the network was unblocked, so as not to have unexpected situations during the bidding.

Li Cheng was not interested in looking at the other auction items, and went directly to this group of small, medium and large models of Xuande furnaces.

The price continues to rise, and the auction under a variety of channels gives more people the opportunity to bid in different places, that is to say, there are still a lot of Chinese who like Li Cheng who value the historical value of the Xuande furnace, and the price increases by a few hundred pounds every second, and as the frequency slows down, this group of Xuande furnaces is fixed at about 100,000 pounds.

"It seems that there are fewer competitors, and it is time for me to make a move." As soon as Li Cheng made a move, this group of Xuande furnaces soared from 100,000 pounds to 200,000 pounds, tripling.

"No one will raise the price again, will they?" At this moment, Li Cheng, who was bidding on the Internet, offered such a price, which surprised an old Chinese man who was bidding on the spot in London, England, and he was also determined to win this group of Xuande furnaces, but he didn't expect an accident.

"£250,000!" The old man held up a sign at the scene, and Li Cheng saw the latest auction price on the Internet, and couldn't help muttering: "It seems that there are still people who don't give up, it's interesting." ”

It has tripled directly, to the extent of 500,000 pounds, and when converted into dollars, it has reached about 840,000 US dollars!

"It's not time for me to make a lot of money with a stud, hahaha!" Li Cheng has only one bidding method, and the price is much more than the previous one, crushing the other party's self-confidence. Sure enough, Li Cheng's hand worked, and he won such a set of Xuande furnaces at a price of 50 pounds.

Of course, in order to ensure that the Xuande furnace would not be dropped during the express delivery, Li Cheng also wanted to get the Xuande furnace as soon as possible, so he stored it in the auction house and went to London in a few days.

Anyway, there is a ranch on the British side, and you can go and see how it is going over there.

Today is also more tired, Li Cheng spent a long time bidding for this group of Xuande furnaces, and after it was over, he left a message to Perkins, and then fell asleep deeply. (To be continued......)