Chapter 153: Antiques
In the middle of the night, Zhou Nan woke up once, drank a little water, and then slept again, until noon the next day, when he really woke up.
Since getting the memory of the future, Zhou Nan has never been drunk, let alone has the amnesia of drinking like now.
His last impression was that he had completely lost his memory when he came out of his Kremlin room and had not even gotten into the car.
Lying on the bed, Zhou Nan could still feel the nervous throbbing pain after being drunk, his whole body was weak, his mouth was bitter, and his chest was stuffy.
This kind of taste is very uncomfortable, but Zhou Nan doesn't care about this, carefully thinks about everything yesterday afternoon, and wants to know if he has made a fool of himself and whether he has said anything that should not be said.
After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't remember any of the process, so he got up a little weakly, ready to go to Stolko to ask.
If you say something you shouldn't say because you're drunk, it's over. Memories from the afterlife are his biggest bargaining chip, and no matter how much these memories can bring him, the basic requirement is not to let others know.
As soon as he got out of bed, Feward heard the movement and pushed the door open and walked in. "Jonas, you're awake."
"What about Ludwig? Where is he now? ”
"He was also drunk yesterday, vomited heart-rending at night, drank a glass of milk in the morning, and is still resting."
Zhou Nan sighed, suppressed his excitement, and went to the bathroom to wash. "When we came back yesterday, we didn't make a fool of ourselves, did we?"
"Ludwig said you got into the car and got confused, he drank less than you and lasted longer than you, but he threw up and looked pitiful. We were worried about you vomiting last night, and Popler and Flegg kept watch over you all night before dawn to rest. ”
"That'...... Did Ludwig mention that I was rude? Zhou Nan thought about it but still didn't ask.
After washing, Zhou Nan came to Storko's room, the smell in the room was not good, and Storko slept on the bed as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.
Seeing Zhou Nan come in, he sat up and leaned against the head of the bed. "Jonas, you're the only person I've ever seen who drank with them to the end and didn't even vomit."
"But I'm still drunk after all......" Zhou Nan came to his bedside, looked into his eyes and asked, "I didn't say anything that shouldn't have been said yesterday, right?" ”
"You behaved very well, although you didn't lose the amount of alcohol in the end, you didn't lose face, but you were a little numb in the end, and you got in the car and fell asleep."
Zhou Nan's heart was then put down again, patted his arm outside the quilt and said, "Have a good rest, today should be a holiday." ”
Back in his room, he was still a little scared. Yesterday he may have been competitive and wanted to compete with the Russians for a drink, but he forgot that what he needed most was to be sober.
Thankfully, there was no mistake this time, and I will never drink so much again next time. If he leaks his memories of the afterlife, then he will definitely not end well.
In the afternoon, the delegation sent people to the hotel again, and they also learned the news of Zhou Nan's drunkenness, and also sent a wild formed ginseng to Zhou Nan to replenish his body.
Seeing this wild ginseng, Zhou Nan couldn't help but secretly scold himself for being stupid. Now there are very few such things in the West, but there are a lot of them in the Soviet Union, not to mention this kind of one or two hundred years, even a few hundred years old here, and the price is not high.
Zhou Nan now has more money on hand, why can't he think of buying a few more? In another twenty years, such wild ginseng will be hard to come by.
Zhou Nan also said what happened to see the iron man yesterday, told them that he would cooperate to supplement the content of the humanitarian, and invited the manuscript.
Although Zhou Nan's body was still not well, he didn't want to sleep anymore and decided to go out for a walk.
He has been in Moscow for so long, except for going to the Kremlin once and the delegation twice, he has not even left the door of the hotel.
Although Popler and Flegg felt that it was not safe to go out, they did not dissuade them, and they could not let Zhou Nan stay in the hotel like a prison every day.
Yesterday's heavy rain led to a cooling in Moscow, and although it didn't rain today, there were gusts of cold winds and the temperature outside was low.
Moscow's Red Square is the center of the country, and there are very few young people hanging out here, but many old people linger here every day. In addition to them, there are also people from all over Russia, people from member states and allied countries.
The area around the square is mostly occupied by soldiers on duty and photo studios, where people take pictures, leave their addresses, and the photographers will send the washed photos according to the address.
Zhou Nan was not exempt from vulgarity, and took a photo in front of Lenin's tomb, but of course he used his own camera.
Because the October Revolution is approaching, some workers are setting up stages and viewing platforms, and when the time comes, it will definitely become more lively.
The Russian State Department Store is one of the largest shopping malls in the world at this time, and this palace-like building has been the pride of all Russians since the day it was built.
The fountain in the center of the mall is a favorite date spot, with more than 1,000 shops to keep you around for days.
With everyone, Zhou Nan went directly to the dealership of Far Eastern products, where there are all kinds of products from China and North Korea, and now the Northeast is almost still under their control, and all kinds of local products are available.
Now the price of ginseng is not high, although it is wild, but it is hardly sold for more than two hundred rubles. Only one ginseng, which is more than 500 years old, costs as much as 400 roubles.
But these things are not magical in the eyes of Russians, and although they know that it is a good tonic, they are reluctant to spend more than a year of income on such things.
Zhou Nan didn't even talk about the price, and rolled up the high-vintage ginseng, which made several salespeople in the store smile. What made them even happier was that Zhou Nan took out the Swiss franc, which was currently the most popular foreign exchange in the Soviet Union after the currencies of the allies.
It is not good for the currencies of the allies to go to the bank to exchange them, but the exchange rate of the Swiss franc is quite different from the official and black market rates.
Just buying ginseng has not satisfied Zhou Nan's desire to spend money, hopefully, he entered several shops next to him that specialized in selling silk and satin, ready to buy a batch of silk back.
In another life, he wore a robe for decades later, although in autumn and winter, the robe lost its flowing beauty because of the thick underwear, but in the summer, it was still very comfortable to wear a robe.
Moreover, he also wanted to hold an unforgettable wedding for Audrey, at the wedding, Zhou Nan wanted Audrey to wear the phoenix crown shawl he made, so that it would be more complete.
Although Zhou Nan's research on Fengguan Xiawei is not deep, that is, he has read several books on clothing and culture by Mr. Shen, but he has experienced the influence of later TV dramas and the rise of Hanfu culture, and he also has a few sets of clothing styles that he is sure to make.
Even if he can't do it, isn't there still Givenchy and them. Everyone researches and studies together, and it is no problem to make a few sets of clothes and come out.
He bought dozens of silk satins of various fabrics at once, and then he was content to leave. The silk would be sent directly from Moscow to Soviet-controlled East Berlin, where it would be more convenient for Zhou Nan to ship it back to Switzerland.
Just as he was about to leave, a Chinese clerk came up to Zhou Nan and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, do you need to go to the side to see our Chinese antiques?" ”
"Antiques here, too?"
He nodded and said, "Some of them were shipped from China, and some of them were consigned by the Soviets here, and they are all genuine." ”
Zhou Nan hesitated, he planned to build an oriental garden at home in the future, and he also had the idea of building two museums.
The arrival of peace will make the prices of antiques and works of art soar rapidly, and Zhou Nan still remembers that the end of his memory should be in 2017, when a male version of the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci was sold for three billion.
The print, which had been considered an imitation at first, sold for £45 when it was first auctioned in London in '58. Sixty years later, the price of the painting has risen nearly 10 million times, and this is the real profit.
Although Zhou Nan doesn't have much desire for more money, why not do it! What's more, the more he collects, the more famous he will be in the future.
However, his family's new house has not yet been built, and the underground warehouse has not been built. He didn't even have a place to store the 700 oriental antiques that Nuod gave him, and even if he bought them, he didn't have a place to put them.
According to the current development of the situation, he will definitely have more opportunities to come to the Soviet Union in the future, and when the family's warehouse is built and the funds in his hand are abundant, it will not be too late to buy some valuable antiques to go back for storage.
He thought for a moment and said, "I won't buy antiques this time, because I don't have a place to store antiques. However, I still have some interest in these antiques, and I hope you can leave a contact information, and I may come to buy them in the future. ”
He pointed to a nearby store and said, "That's our store, and we also raise some of our military expenses by opening a store, so if Mr. Zhou has enough funds, he hopes to support us." ”
As soon as he heard that this was the case, Zhou Nan immediately changed his mind. "Well, make a list of some antiques that are easy to keep, and send them to the National Hotel in the evening. If possible, I would buy more antiques. ”
Out of the mall, Zhou Nan kept frowning, thinking about the future development. It's only been 46 years, and Batumi is still a no-brainer, and now the technological blockade of the West against the East has not yet begun.
If you are in Western Europe, do you want to collect more technical information now and prepare for the future? After thinking about it, he felt that this thing could still be done.
Moreover, he can also use his current influence to interfere with the blockade of technology in Batumi as much as possible, at least, not to block almost all industries. Even with the USSR, they were not so strict.
(I will mention it, I won't mention it later, I can't write about it for good or bad, so I will downplay this aspect of the plot in the future.) )