Bring the farm's administrative director, Jill, this guy is an Englishman, according to Al, he has also been exposed to some antique dealings, and he can't let his talent go to waste.

"Boss, I actually worked in an antique shop, and I don't know anything about antiques." Waiting for Guo Yu to ask on the boat, Jill said.

Guo Yu scratched his head and said, "It's okay, let's find a way after we get to New York, slowly find someone, if you have money, you are not afraid that no one will give us a job." ”

"Of course, boss."

This time, Guo Yu set off with only Jill as a subordinate, after all, his subordinates now have their own affairs, and they are just playing with the intention of playing.

It's been a long time since I've been away from New York, and friends have to move around a lot to get close, so I asked Jill to send a message to visit the Rockefeller family, and John Jr. gave him a warm welcome.

Guo Yu asked about Old John's physical condition again, and Little John said that his father was in very good health, and there was no discomfort this winter, and they had a comfortable Christmas, and thanked Guo Yu again.

Guo Yu took the opportunity to say that he came to New York for the purpose of acquiring some European art and seeing if John Jr. had any friends to introduce.

Little John thought for a while and said: "Guo, I don't know if you know the people of the Colt family, they have recently encountered trouble in the family business and need a large amount of money, it seems that they are preparing to sell the antique art in the family's collection, you can go and see, maybe there will be some gains." ”

It's really good news, after saying goodbye to Little John, Guo Yu asked Jill to investigate some of the Colt family.

Recently, the Colt family has been more unlucky, the family's business in France was implicated in World War I and is in a state of shutdown, and in the United States, a futures investment on Wall Street failed, which affected the normal operation of the family business, so the Colt family is ready to take out the art for capital return to tide over the difficulties.

After paying a farewell to the Colt family, Guo Yu waited for a reply.

The next day was a good day, and Guo Yu led Jill to go around several large antique art dealers in New York, hoping to gain something.

"'Mr. Pestet's Art Museum' is a literary name, but he is a seller, and the name of a literary point is to raise his taste." Jill said to Guo Yu that this is the antique shop where Jill used to work.

Walking into the old-fashioned heavy wooden door, Guo Yu felt like a grocery store, with everything, an old guy in his 60s was looking at something with a single glass, and looked up to see Guo Yu and Jill coming in, the old guy was stunned for a moment: "Roar, is it Mr. Jill, you have never been here since you left." ”

"Pestet, I don't want to think back to my sad youth, I really don't like to see you old fellow." Jill retorted, then reflexively said to Guo Yu, "Pestet is a stingy and stubborn old fellow. "The loud voices can be heard by all three people.

After saying hello, Jill introduced his boss Guo Yu, saying that the boss was ready to invest in the art and antique market and came here to have a look.

Pisette immediately became enthusiastic, picked up a nautical instrument and telescope and said that it was used by Columbus, picked up a cane and said that it was Napoleon's scepter, and pointed to a table that said that it was the table used by Franklin and his men to sign and draft the "Declaration of Independence".

Guo Yu didn't listen to Peste's chatter, and turned around the room at will, although he didn't understand the appreciation of antiques and artworks, but he would buy things, some things that were not possible to study, even if they were bought back, it was not easy to deal with, and words were the best evidence, so Guo Yu came out this time, and the main force to buy was textual things, such as notes, calligraphy and paintings, etc.

Seeing a large number of booklets piled up in a corner, Guo Yu walked up and picked up the top one, gently blew off the dust on it, opened the cover, and looked through the contents.

It's all some practice sketches, and I picked up a few copies from below, and basically they are all practice drawings and sketches, and the signatures are in English, and there are also in French and Italian, etc.

Guo Yu only knows English, and he really doesn't understand other foreign languages, so he can't understand who the name on it is.

"Mr. Pestet, can you tell me where these sketches come from?" Guo Yu is curious about so many sketches.

"Oh, it was a failed investment, I paid a lot of money to buy them back from France, but no one here appreciates them, they've been piling up there for years. If you're interested, I'll sell it to you cheaply, how about two dollars a piece of paper. "Pestet is there to sell.

"Pether, this is a pile of useless drawing paper, no art collection value, you bought it back for the price of waste paper, two dollars each, you have 20,000 pieces of paper here, do you know what paintings you can buy for 40,000 dollars, at least François. A painting by Cruet. After listening to the old Pestet's offer, Jill immediately retorted excitedly.

"You know, Jill, it's because I have friends in France who are engaged in painting sales that I can accumulate so many sketch exercises, and who knows which great painter will appear among them, and then these things will be worth a lot of money."

"That will be decades later." Jill said.

"Mr. Pestet, I'm willing to pay $2,000 for these practice sketches, and I have a deal to negotiate with you, do you think it's okay?" Guo Yu thought for a while and said.

After thinking about it, Pestet agreed to Guo Yu's price, after all, he only paid $200 for these things at that time, and he was really not sure that these things would have more room for appreciation.

"I agree with your price, what business do you want to negotiate with me?" Pestet asked.

"Although I don't know how to paint myself, I like painting very much, and I am willing to invest in these young painters or less famous painters, so I want you to help me acquire their paintings and practice works, and I will give you a reasonable price."

"I have a few names that I would like you to pay attention to collecting their works, Vincent. William. Van Gogh; Pablo. Ruiz. Picasso; Winslow. Homer; Henry. Matisse ......: "Guo Yu said a lot of famous painters in later generations that he knew in one breath. There are all kinds of countries in every country, and these need to be worried about by Pest.

After negotiating the deal, Guo Yu hired someone to pack up a large number of sketches and send them to the hotel, and then moved on to the next art shop.

Although the second and third families have a small harvest, but the harvest is not big, Guo Yu only fancy a few things, and they are all oriental antiques, there are Indian gilded Buddha statues, ivory carvings and other objects, and he can't understand the rest.

In the fourth place, Guo Yu finally satisfied his desire to buy. As soon as he entered the store, Guo Yu saw that Linglang's dazzling gemstone items, easter eggs, and oil paintings were all in Russian style.

After asking the boss Jack, I found out that Jack had received a large number of Russian-style items not long ago, so he directly rearranged the store and changed it to the current style, as for the origin of these antique artworks, the boss did not say clearly.

Guo Yu wondered in his heart, now that Russia is fine, why is it prescient for someone to ship out a large number of Russian artworks?

Regardless of him, Guo Yu likes these exquisite works of art, and he himself looks like the real thing, after all, there are not many fake antiques now, and Russian antique art is not very popular in Europe, and there is no need to forge them.

Fabergé Easter eggs, made of zuò beautiful, inlaid with jade jewelry and other objects, and here is a set of eight eggs.

Enamel silverware coffee pots, Konstantin Somov's oil paintings, etc., as long as Guo Yu looks at what he likes, he will buy it directly, and the boss Jack finally led Guo Yu directly to the warehouse and let him choose, and finally Guo Yu counted and bought nearly 100 pieces of antique art.

The boss Jack is also very happy, although the value of antique artworks in Russia is not high, but the source is also sufficient, and finally Guo Yu and Jack also reached an agreement, and in the future, there are fine antique artworks in Russia to contact him, Guo Yu will buy them at a high price.

Guo Yu is making a lot of money, such as the current Fabergé Easter eggs, one is only four or five hundred dollars, and in modern times, one is worth four or five million dollars, and a set of eight is even more high-quality, which is very rare.

After a few more days of wandering around the antique market in New York and buying some things, Guo Yu finally waited for a letter from the Colt family, inviting Guo Yu to visit the Colt family's collection of antique art. You said that you would sell it, and you had to find a fig leaf for yourself, and invited you to appreciate it, but Guo Yu gladly accepted it.