Chen Qiang found a jewelry store based on the address.

The manager of this jewelry store was a middle-aged white man, and when he saw Chen Qiang walking in, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Sir, are you here to pick up jewelry?" Please wait a moment, I will arrange for someone to pick it up immediately, and I need to see your pickup list. ”

"Pick up the jewelry?" Chen Qiang was slightly stunned.

Only then did the manager of the jewelry store know that he had made a mistake, so he hurriedly apologized: "Sir, I'm very sorry, I made a mistake, I saw that you are Chinese, I thought you were sent by Mrs. Jiang to take the jewelry she ordered." ”

Chen Qiang instantly understood what was going on, that Mrs. Jiang was now in New York, he must have bought some jewelry at this jewelry store, and for some reason he hadn't taken it yet. When the manager of the jewelry store saw that Chen Qiang was Chinese, he mistakenly thought that Mrs. Chiang had sent him to pick up the jewelry.

"I'm here to find someone, is there a Mr. Wu working for you?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Are you looking for Wu? Okay, he's in there, you wait a minute, I'll call him out. The manager of the jewelry store spoke.

Although the manager of the jewelry store didn't know Chen Qiang, he saw that Chen Qiang was dressed decently and came by car, so he should be a person with status and status, so he didn't embarrass Chen Qiang.

Soon, Mr. Wu walked out.

Mr. Wu is nearly sixty years old, and in this era when the average life expectancy of Chinese is only in his thirties, he can already be regarded as a long-lived person. However, in the United States, the average life expectancy of ordinary people is much higher, and the American social security system in the forties is not as good as that of later generations, and Americans in their sixties still have to work to support their families. And a skilled person like Mr. Wu will be welcomed by employers. Chinese salaries are not high in the first place, and if you hire Mr. Wu, the owner of the jewelry store can save some money.

"Mr. Wu, hello, my name is Chen Qiang." Chen Qiang was the first to introduce himself.

"I know, I've seen you in the newspapers!" As a Chinese, Mr. Wu still knew Chen Qiang, and he hurriedly said, "Mr. Chen, do you have anything to do with me?" Do you want to repair jewelry? ”

"I heard that when Mr. Wu was in China, he worked as a shopkeeper in a pawnshop?" Chen Qiang asked.

"Indeed, when I was thirteen years old, I worked as an apprentice in a pawnshop in Peking and worked as a shopkeeper for ten years. However, in this world, the world is chaotic, and the pawnshop is not easy to do, so I spent a few hundred silver dollars to come to this Citigroup country to make a living, just to live a few days of peace. Mr. Wu replied.

"Then Mr. Wu must have some research on antiques, right?" Chen Qiang asked again.

"Our Chinese antiques, whether it is gold and silver jewelry, or porcelain calligraphy and painting, I know a little, at least the truth can still be seen, after all, when I was in the pawnshop, I often received this kind of thing, even if it was from the palace, I have seen a lot. As for this foreign antique, I don't know about it. Mr. Wu replied.

"Mr. Wu, I just wanted to ask you to help me see some of our Chinese antiques." Chen Qiang told Mr. Wu about his plan to buy the lost cultural relics.

After listening to this, Mr. Wu nodded his head in agreement without hesitation.

"Mr. Chen's righteous deeds, I Wu admire them very much, if it is useful to me, I will not shirk it!" Mr. Wu paused, then sighed, and then said: "Compared with Mr. Chen, some people should really be ashamed of themselves, in a high position, regardless of the suffering of the people, using the people's fat and ointment scavenged from the Chinese people, but they went to the United States to spend a lot of money, buying jewelry is like buying cabbage, diamonds are too small and disgusted, they have to buy the biggest, hey......"

Chen Qiang also laughed a little helplessly, he had already guessed that the person who disliked the diamond being too small in Mr. Wu's mouth was the Madame Jiang nine times out of ten.

Chen Qiang and Mr. Wu chatted first, and someone outside approached the jewelry store, who was also Chinese.

"Is the manager here? I fetched jewelry for Madame Chiang. The person who came said directly.

The manager immediately greeted him, then took the receipt from the other party's hand, and immediately beckoned his men to go down to the safe to pick up the jewelry.

At this time, the Chinese also saw Chen Qiang.

"Chen Qiang! You are Chen Qiang! This person obviously knew Chen Qiang, and immediately came to Chen Qiang, and then continued: "Chen Qiang, I have heard that you came to the United States a long time ago, but I didn't expect to meet you here, compared with a few years ago, you have not changed much!" ”

Listening to the other party's tone, this person seemed to know himself, but Chen Qiang thought about it for a long time, but he never remembered that he had seen this person there.

Seeing Chen Qiang's confused face, this person took the initiative to introduce himself: "My name is Du Yutao, I am from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I accompanied Mrs. Jiang to the United States this time." A few years ago in Nanjing, you came to our Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give a speech, and I met you at that time! ”

Chen Qiang nodded suddenly in realization.

After Chen Qiang won the Olympic championship, there was a period of time when Chen Qiang was invited by various ministries and commissions in Nanjing to give speeches, and Chen Qiang basically ran all over the conference rooms of various ministries and commissions in Nanjing. At that time, this Du Yutao was probably one of the people in the audience, so Du Yutao had seen Chen Qiang, and Chen Qiang had no impression of Du Yutao at all.

"It turned out to be Mr. Du, I really didn't expect to meet an old friend in another country!" Chen Qiang replied politely, and then asked, "Mr. Du is here to buy some gold and silver jewelry?" ”

Du Yutao did not hide it, but explained directly: "I am an attaché of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, how can I have so much money to buy gold and silver jewelry!" I'm here to get jewelry for Madame Chiang. Yesterday, Mrs. Jiang picked out some jewelry here, and a few of them were not suitable to bring, so they had to be modified, and after the modification was done today, I was specially ordered to take them back. ”

Du Yutao was explaining, and the manager of the jewelry store walked out with two large boxes, followed by two security guards.

Chen Qiang glanced at the two large boxes, it seemed that it was not as simple as just a few pieces of jewelry.

Sure enough, the manager invited Du Yutao over, and then said: "There are a total of thirty-six pieces of jewelry, please count them, this is a statement." ”

Chen Qiang frowned slightly, the number of thirty-six pieces is not small, according to the calculation of one person with two earrings, two bracelets, a necklace and a ring, this is enough for six ladies to dress up, no wonder they have to pack two large boxes.

Du Yutao took the statement and began to count, while the two security guards stood by and did not let people approach.

Although separated by a distance, Chen Qiang could still see that these jewels were not ordinary gold and silver jewelry.

If it is just ordinary gold and silver jewelry, Madame Chiang does not use it to buy in the United States, although the country is in the midst of war, gold is a scarce strategic material, but with Madame Chiang's identity, it is not easy to get gold! And there is no shortage of skilled craftsmen in China, even if Mrs. Jiang has special requirements for the style of jewelry, I believe that those skilled craftsmen in China can also do it.

Therefore, the jewelry that Madame Chiang bought in the United States was not available in China.

Chen Qiang just glanced at it slightly, and saw a string of exquisite diamond necklaces, and under the light, this diamond necklace flashed directly Chen Qiang wanted to close his eyes.

In addition to the diamond necklace, there are also diamond rings, and they are serious pigeon egg diamond rings, the so-called pigeon egg diamond rings brought by those female stars in later generations when they got married, compared with Mrs. Jiang, she is simply a stinky brother.

In addition, there is a pair of sapphire earrings, this sapphire has no variegated color, and the size of the sapphire is also very large, Chen Qiang even doubted that this thing would strain the earlobe if it was carried on the ear.

A beautiful brooch that is also studded with diamonds, and the shape of the brooch is very exquisite, this workmanship is definitely from the hands of top masters.

There are also a lot of other precious jewelry, and even some things, Chen Qiang can't figure out where to wear them.

When Chen Qiang and Esther got married, he once took Esther to choose jewelry, and he spent a lot of money at that time, but the jewelry he bought for Esther was very different from the one he bought for Mrs. Jiang. Chen Qiang estimated that the jewelry that Mrs. Jiang bought was worth six figures.

Mrs. Jiang must be richer than Chen Qiang, she is not short of US dollars, but the US dollars in Madame Jiang's hands are certainly not like Chen Qiang, which is earned from the hands of the Americans. Nowadays, there is an urgent shortage of foreign exchange in China, but Mrs. Jiang has brought out a large amount of US dollars from China, and she has spent so much money.

"When the country is in danger, I don't know how many soldiers are on the front line, lacking food and clothing, but still fighting with the invaders! And Mrs. Jiang was able to buy these two large boxes of jewelry with peace of mind! This kind of style really deserves to be abandoned by the people! Chen Qiang said secretly in his heart.

Chen Qiang did not know the history of Madame Chiang's visit to the United States, and later generations only hearsay, believing that Madame Chiang was very popular in the United States, and that helping China required a lot of American aid, and that it was a successful diplomatic trip on the cover of Time magazine.

However, Madame Chiang's diplomatic trip was also a shopping trip.

Every time Madame Chiang goes to a big city in the United States, she will inevitably go to the mall, and every time she visits the mall, she will clear the store, and she will buy countless things.

When Madame Chiang returned to China from her visit to the United States, due to the land blockade, she could only take the Hump route, and at that time, because Madame Chiang brought back too many things, one plane could not be pulled, so the U.S. military arranged a second plane to transport goods to Madame Chiang. When the pilots at that time inspected the transported goods, they saw not only clothes and jewelry, but also various snacks, enough for Madame Chiang to eat until the end of World War II.

This made those American pilots very angry, at that time flying over the Hump route was a very dangerous thing, a careless plane will be destroyed and people will die, so every flight will transport some important strategic materials, American pilots do not want to risk their lives to transport things are some clothes, jewelry, and even snacks.

We don't know exactly how much Madame Chiang bought, but we can speculate. Based on the C-47 transport aircraft, the main model of the Hump route at that time, the normal load capacity of this aircraft was 11.8 tons, and in order to fly over the Hump route, the load may be reduced, even if it is discounted, there is a load capacity of 8.26 tons. The carrying capacity of the old liberation truck was only 4 tons, so if you calculate it, Mrs. Chiang bought at least two truckloads of things in the United States.

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After such a thing as a jewelry store, Chen Qiang had a very bad impression of Madame Jiang, and he didn't even want to attend the ball held by Madame Jiang.

However, it is definitely not possible not to go, after all, Mrs. Jiang's identity is there, so Chen Qiang can only come to the dance scene with a feeling of resistance.

Most of the people at the dance were acquaintances, they were the bigwigs of the Chinese community in New York, as well as celebrities from all walks of life, and some people who didn't know each other probably came from China with Madame Chiang.

Chen Qiang didn't want to come, so he didn't bother to deal with the guests at the scene, so he found a corner and sat down, quietly waiting for the dance to end, and then left the venue as soon as possible.

However, Du Yutao, the diplomat he saw in the jewelry store before, saw Chen Qiang, and he also brought a young man with his back combed.

"Gongzi Kong, let me introduce you, this is Chen Qiang!"

Du Yutao said, and introduced Chen Qiang: "Mr. Chen, this is Gongzi Kong, Gongzi Kong is the nephew of Mrs. Jiang, and Gongzi Kong's Lingzun is Dean Kong!" ”

Chen Qiang instantly understood the identity of this young man with his back combed, he was the eldest son of the Kong family!

The Kong family among the four major families of the Republic of China will definitely be familiar to you, and the relationship between the Kong family and the Jiang and Song families does not need to be introduced too much. The old man of the Confucian family used to be the executive director of the Republic of China, so Du Yutao called him "Dean Kong".

The eldest son of the Confucian family is a famous second ancestor during the Republic of China, the Confucian family was originally a famous family, it is said that Dean Kong is still the seventy-fifth generation grandson of Confucius, and the mother of the young master of Confucius is the eldest lady of the Song family, so the young master of Kong can be said to have been born with a golden key.

When he was in China, Master Kong relied on his special status, and he was also rampant and domineering on weekdays, and no one dared to take care of him, and he did a lot of ridiculous things, and Master Kong and Mrs. Kong wiped his ass a lot. Even when he later entered the national government, he caused all kinds of trouble, and even offended the British authorities in Hong Kong and was expelled from Hong Kong.

So Master Kong spent money to buy a place for this young master Kong at Harvard University, and sent Master Kong to Harvard University to be gilded.

However, Young Master Kong is not a reading material at all, and it is impossible for him to sit in the classroom and listen to the lectures and study honestly. So Young Master Kong found a stand-in and used his name to go to class, while Young Master Kong went to nightclubs every night and slept during the day.

The stand-in finally really helped Master Kong get a degree certificate from Harvard University, just like the protagonist Lancher in "Three Fools in Bollywood". When Young Master Kong sent the degree certificate back to China, Master Kong and Mrs. Kong thought that this son who did not grow up had finally changed his mind.

During Madame Chiang's visit to the United States, Mr. Kong served as Madame Chiang's secretary, so he also met many important people in the political and business circles, which laid the foundation for him to establish Yangzi Company and monopolize Sino-US trade in the future.

And now, this second ancestor who does not learn and has no skills has found Shang Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang's intuition told him that this Grand Prince Kong was probably going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

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