Chapter 96: Medicine (2)

Before dinner time, Zhang Xinyi's car drove into the house, and Huang Xuan saw it on the balcony and immediately ran down. Things in the company are not easy, looking at her mother's tired appearance, Huang Xuan felt distressed for a while, and helped her "rub" her shoulders all the way and said: "Recently, the Foundation has found fault again?" ”

"It's quite 'messy' anyway." Zhang Xinyi shook her head and said, "Don't worry about this, why did you go to Shanghai again?" Don't say hello to me, what if there is a security problem. ”

Huang Xuan smiled wryly, didn't dare to speak, held his mother's arm and sent her to the sofa, serving tea and massage, doing his best to please her.

Zhang Xinyi tapped his forehead with her hand and said, "Don't pretend to me garlic, I just told Isaac that from tomorrow, he will follow you, where are you going, where is he going?" "Isaac is the captain of IZO's bodyguards, a mercenary who is 2 meters tall.

"Oh." Huang Xuan said weakly.

Zhang Xinyi took a sip of tea, moistened her throat and continued: "I also told your father, since you are all back, and your grandfather's health is not very good, just stay in China, what about you, let me continue to go to school." ”

"Nope." Huang Xuan jumped up all of a sudden, saw his mother's eyes, sat on the sofa softly, and said, "I, I just wanted to say that I am going to the United States in the next two days." ”

"What are you going for?"

"I heard that the level of Pfizer's medical 'medicine' is very good, and Citi also knows several medical research institutions, so I want to ask them if anyone can help my grandfather's condition." Huang Xuan's half-truth.

Zhang Xinyi couldn't help sighing, and the cup she was holding was also put back on the table, she thought about it: "Huang Xuan, you know, when people are old, they will always get sick, and there will be other problems, do you remember what grandpa told you?" Be brave ......, brave is not to charge into battle, to move forward, to be brave, brave people are to face reality, face life people, you are still young, you may not understand ......"

"I understand." Huang Xuan interrupted his mother's words, hugged her arm, and said: "I'll go to the United States first, and then come back, how long can I delay, you see my current English, I don't need a translator to talk to Aubrey, what are I going to do at school." ”

Zhang Xinyi looked at her son's appearance, and she couldn't say anything, so she couldn't help but "touch" and "touch" his head, and said: "If you dabble widely, your life will be wider......"

Huang Xuan listened quietly, when he went to junior high school, his mother gradually became busy, and even the time to talk together became less.

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Li Qing rented a suite for Huang Xuan in Gloria, four or five hundred square meters, and the next morning, Jeffrey from Southby, Sabina and Aubrey from Citi, lawyer Annabelle and other assistants all arrived here on time.

The living room of the room is a transparent floor-to-ceiling window partition, a highly refined straight line, and the black and white "color" boldly appears in a large area of blank wall. The delicate European-style furniture is scattered in between, the overall color is bright yellow and light red, with the lighting to decorate the space, making the sense of space more intense, connecting the cloakroom is a steamer filled with water, and the transparent body is a group of tropical fish stretching and abundant, with a fat belly swinging, tempting the appetite.

However, no matter how beautiful the decoration is, in front of the Tsar's Easter eggs sitting on the coffee table, they have become "discolored". Sabina covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes widened, and she couldn't help asking, "Is that a Fabergé egg?" Three pieces lost? ”

Of the more than 50 Tsar eggs made by Fabergé, 8 are missing, and their whereabouts have always given countless people room for imagination. Every time one more appears, there will be a long list of stories.

Huang Xuan smiled slightly, made a gesture of welcome, and said, "Everyone, please sit down first, as for whether they are Fabergé Easter eggs, it is up to you to judge." ”

When it comes to professional issues, Jeffrey and Sabina are both in the same place. Aubrey is inevitably nervous, with a valuation of $800 million, although Jeffrey and Sabina are capable of giving such a judgment, but a little heartbeat is still inevitable.

Compared with the serious auction appraiser Jeffrey, Citi's valuation experts are much more relaxed, and Sabina, who is wearing a short skirt, even circles around the Tsar's Easter eggs, attracting many eyes, but her mouth is always chanting: "It's here, it's here." ”

Who knows where the real Tsar eggs are, maybe they're damaged, maybe they're moldy in which chest, or they're hidden in the house by some gentleman. Huang Xuan smiled in his heart and said, "Everyone drink saliva first, and then start appraising." ”

Jeffrey and the others nodded silently, and Wilson, the Sotheby appraiser who came with him, first put on his glasses and said, "Mr. Huang, I will appraise the oil painting part, because there are relatively many of them." He looked at the paintings rolled up on the table and said, "I will first simply confirm the authenticity, and then I need to bring the paintings back to the center for further identification. "At this time, most of the handicrafts that were requested to be identified were purchased from Hammer, and there were a small number of inventories from other art dealers, and the later they were, the higher the purchase price, but the jewelry and so on had not yet been taken out.

Huang Xuan nodded, looked around and smiled, got up and left the sofa, but it was the big men of IZO who stared at the vicinity of the coffee table, for fear that "Lu" would take a little something, and the bodyguards behind the monitor were also tense, worried that something would go wrong.

Generally speaking, the identification of calligraphy and painting is judged from the paper, ink, calligraphy, printing and the painter's painting style and habits, and the artworks brought back by Huang Xuan, especially Russian artworks, basically do not appear fakes, and the only question of the time of the paper that may arouse suspicion is also very simple after Lorraine's processing - in fact, with current technology, it is impossible to give a convincing figure whether a piece of paper has been stored for 100 years or two hundred years, depending on the storage environment. If it is hidden deep in the tomb, it is impossible to judge the storage status of the artwork that has been collected for a long time, whether it changes hands or not. For example, paper yellowing, for a paper product 100 years ago, assuming that it can cause an average of 1 in 36,000 yellowing per day, and a rainy day can cause 10 in 36,000 yellowing, but who knows the difference between the yellowing caused by heavy rain and continuous drizzle? Who can calculate what the average humidity has been over the past 100 years? What's the difference? If this piece of paper is always left in a region, or it is easy to keep warm and moisturize, but if it is taken around by the owner, no one can tell the degree of yellowing, and the thermal insulation and moisturizing environment 100 years ago can only be imagined.

As for what C14 is talking about, it is simply nonsense in antique identification, and today's most advanced C14 detection, with an error of more than 50 years, does not matter if it is used in anthropological research, whether it is 12000 or 12050, everyone does not care, but if you want to figure out whether it was brought back in 1931 or preserved to this day, no one can say clearly.

Of course, in line with the principle of safety, Huang Xuan still asked Lorraine to make all the antiques he brought back old, but it didn't take much effort, and the gentlemen from the era of the Great Plane were professional in mastering time.

For Huang Xuan, the real problem was the duplication of the collection, and Lorraine searched as much as she could, documenting all the items that were currently on file, and bringing back only the artworks that had been missing and damaged for a long time — but there was a problem here, maybe a certain artwork was just secretly collected, but not missing. This has to rely on the judgment of the appraisal experts, whether it is identified as genuine, fake, or even thinks that a certain painter with a bad taste painted two paintings, it will not have much impact on Huang Xuan - now there are twenty or thirty copies of the documented "Lanting Collection Preface", and it is just a saliva lawsuit.

Sabina stared intently at the three Tsar Easter eggs, her white-gloved fingers dangling over them, and the assistant next to her was even more imposing.

"Do you really want to mortgage these three easter eggs?" Just when Huang Xuan was looking out the window and sipping coffee, Sabina suddenly said.

Huang Xuan glanced at her in surprise and said with a smile: "Of course." There was a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

Sabina tugged at her long chestnut hair and said, "It's a shame, you know, if you mortgage them, these eggs will be locked in Citi's safe, and you won't be able to see them, let alone touch them." ”

Huang Xuanguaner, it seems that the American beauty in front of her is still immersed in her profession. In fact, for him, the Tsar's Easter egg is nothing more than a plaything. When he bought it back from Hamer, the price of each egg was only more than $400, and now that it has appreciated, people think it is beautiful and beautiful. If it weren't for the prosperity of the Russians in recent years, Russian art would not have been left in the dust.

It was the Americans in the Great Depression, and that hesitant state of mind gave him some kind of inspiration, but now he can't read that feeling.

Aubrey coughed lightly, Sabina probably knew that she was speechless, lowered her head to work, and Huang Xuan turned his head out of the window again, and life alone gave him a lot of changes, such as patience.

Annabelle held a small notebook and recorded that there were two lawyers present, both of whom were busy. It is also not known what the bank valuation has to do with these lawyers. However, Annabelle opened her mouth from time to time, and was startled by the number said by the person next to her, and her eyes looking at Huang Xuan were also very different. In just one hour, the valuation exceeded $100 million, and even Aubrey's heart was put to the test.

Before dinner, Jeffrey and the others began to pack their things, and the two lawyers recorded the number and photo at the same time, and affixed the seal, Aubrey walked up to the distracted Huang Xuan and whispered: "Mr. Huang? ”

"Oh?"

"The first step has been confirmed, and if there is no problem, we will take these things away." At the door, several Citigroup-hired security guards were waiting there.

“OK。” Huang Xuan signaled to Isaac that there was no problem, and then asked, "What is the total value of the valuation?" ”

"The initial estimate is $940 million, of which Rene Magritte's "Wonderful Nature" is estimated at $10 million to $14 million, the Easter egg is estimated at between $12 million and $18 million, and the three paintings of Monet's "Water Lilies", "Argenteuil's Railway Bridge" and Léger's "Study of the Woman in Blue" are estimated to be more than $20 million or even higher if they are auctioned by Sotheby. Speaking of this, Aubrey swallowed his saliva, looked at the PDA in his hand, and said: "The Norwegian expressionist master Eduard Munchyu's "The Girls on the Bridge" is also estimated to be worth more than $10 million, and there is also Léger's "Card Player", which is estimated to be an early study and is worth more than $8 million. ”

Huang Xuan had already prepared for this, and Lorraine's valuation level was only strong and not weak, and the estimated value was a little higher than this.

At this time, Wilson and Annabelle came over, and the latter handed a contract to Huang Xuan to sign, and Wilson said: "Mr. Huang has collected a lot of famous Russian paintings, and now the rich Russians are buying them on a large scale, if you are willing to wait a little longer, our bank will run the auction, and the price of many paintings will be several percent higher than the estimated price." ”

Huang Xuan raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid I can't wait that long, by the way, in the valuation I heard from Aubrey just now, it seems that there are no Russian oil paintings that cost tens of millions?" ”

Wilson explained: "The price of Russian art has risen recently, in the end, Russia has money, so they are willing to pay more for the art they like, but the reserve price is too low, just like a few paintings by Surikov, in the 90s it was only 100,000 US dollars at most, and now the estimate is around 4 million, an increase of 100 times, but compared to European masters, it is still not a top price." He said and pointed to a picture that had already been packaged, and said: "That Repin's "Actress Streptova Performs the Corner of Yelizaveta" has the highest estimate, which should be more than 10 million dollars. ”

He said and persuaded: "Mr. Huang, there are so many masterpieces, and most of them are paintings that have not appeared for a long time, if you give us 2 months to promote them, we will definitely be able to get a price that you are satisfied with." ”

Huang Xuan still shook his head, Sosby's ability is certainly enough to be trusted, but their prices are more trusting, generally speaking, the world's largest auction house always asks for more than 16% commission, and if the price is high, 20% is also a common thing. Of course, the most important thing is that there is no time.

Jeffrey also finished his work, came over and patted Wilson on the shoulder, put away his serious expression, and chuckled and said to Huang: "Mr. Huang is going to shake up the collecting world this time!" ”

Huang Xuanhan nodded with a wry smile, he didn't want to shake anyone, but with such a large valuation, it was too difficult to hide it, not to mention, there was no need to hide it. The Huang family has always been extremely rich, and no matter how rich they are, no one can say anything, but they are poor and appear rich, and there will be some trouble.

When the last Fabergé wooden table clock was packed into the box, Aubrey walked over with his head down and said, "Mr. Huang, you can go." ”

"I'm sorry everyone." Huang Xuan made a small circle around with his hand, such a simple etiquette is convenient abroad, and sent several appraisal experts out of the door, and Aubrey handed him the list and said: "Although further appraisal is needed, the change in valuation should not be too big, if all the appraisals are genuine, the total should be able to borrow more than 800 million US dollars." ”

Huang Xuan put the cup on the cabinet casually and said, "Has Pfizer contacted us?" ”

"It's been notified." Aubrey took out a document from his briefcase and said, "This is my plan, if you want to borrow from Citi and buy Pfizer bonds, can you consider having Citi manage your bonds directly, you know, although this bond can't be sold, it's okay to remortgage it." ”

"I'll leave it to you." Huang Xuan asked again, "How much more do I need?" ”

"At least 150 million." Aubrey smiled apologetically, referring to the pledge of Huang Xuan's assets in Brazil.

However, in this case, the annual interest will be 100 million. Huang Xuan shook his head and said, "Since you are not willing to take over that batch of diamonds, then I still have some jewelry, and you will not have a problem with gemstones, right?" ”

"Of course." Aubrey smiled a little embarrassed and said, "You know, there are many problems with diamonds, and the international community is very tight, especially in the United States. At this point, he looked around and whispered, "Actually, the European side doesn't seem to be so tight in this regard. ”

"Alright, I understand." Huang Xuan didn't have any scruples at this time, after all, Aubrey couldn't be as careless as him, it was good to be able to say this, he patted the Yankee on the shoulder, and said: "I'll get on the plane tomorrow, I'll be here early tomorrow morning, you find someone to evaluate the jewelry, it's best to settle the loan and Pfizer issues before I arrive in the United States." ”

Aubrey assured: "Don't worry. "Getting rid of UBS and becoming Huang Xuan's largest asset management bank again, he has basically determined his current position.

Putting away the documents, Aubrey suddenly remembered again, and said: "BOSS, I forgot to tell you, because I can't find you in the past two days, Mr. Yu, it is Yu Liye who asked me to tell you that Xinye Company is ready to go public." "Reading Yu Liye's name is like reciting a tongue twister on a trampoline.

"Going public?" Huang Xuan shrugged his shoulders, 70 million yuan wants to go public?

"That's right." Aubrey didn't feel anything, took out a document from his bag, handed it to Huang Xuan, and said: "You have 24% of the equity in Xinye, which will be diluted to 13% after listing, but the market value should more than double. ”

Huang Xuan picked up the document and fanned the wind with a smile, and said: "How can I have the money to inject capital now, but it is more practical to sell the equity." ”

As soon as he said this, Aubrey dissuaded: "BOSS, the value-added potential of the faith industry is still very good, in fact, the value of keeping it is much greater than selling it, not to mention that it is only 20 million US dollars to sell it, and it will not help." ”

"How much do you think this equity is worth?" Huang Xuan was a little interested.

"At least $45 million." Aubrey looked at it carefully and said with certainty: "Xinye's asset structure is very healthy, the business volume has risen rapidly, and it has not yet crossed the growth period, if the listing goes smoothly, there is no problem in increasing the value by 4 times." ”

"Then fatten it up and kill it." Huang Xuan regretfully handed the document back to Aubrey and said, "Find someone to see the gem early tomorrow morning, and I will fly to the United States in the afternoon." ”

Beyond the word count: Dolphin originally liked to gradually infiltrate the setting in the text, rather than a boring narrative, but many readers asked, let's answer a few questions:

The first type of question: if Lorraine can open a plane channel at will, why can't it just bring in the oil and use it?

The dolphin seems to have said it twice, but since it was still asked, the question was a lie: Lorraine opened the plane passage conditionally, that is, there were people with authority nearby. Currently, P112 has only one semi-authorized person: Huang Xuan and Lorraine. Therefore, the plane passage can only be opened near the base or near Huang Xuan, which is limited by energy, and it is also to avoid the buffer zone losing too much energy - the regulations of the Great Plane Era, Lorraine still have to abide by it. Therefore, whether it is in P112 or other planes, it is not feasible to open a random plane passage.

The second type of question: why not put the base in the oil field, or simply sit in the crater, or somewhere else?

Very good idea, this lie is rounded like this: the first sequence is the security of the base, and then the acquisition of energy, so it is not safe to put it in the oil field, and it is inconvenient to put it in the deep sea and so on. If you put it in the crater, you can't make ends meet, and the protection measures of the base are energy protection, not iron teeth and copper teeth. As for the use of geothermal, solar energy, etc., although cheap energy can be obtained, in fact, Lorraine used to do this, but the amount is not enough, and if you want to get more energy, the location is more convenient now.

The third type of question: why use electricity when the base can use oil, or why not just throw the energy chain into the well?

This is very similar to the first type of lie, the circle method: set the first step, in fact, it was described very early on, the energy chain can only transmit energy, not energy, that is to say, it transmits heat, electricity, and light energy, so it is useless to throw it into the oil well. Second, the only thing that can burn energy is the base itself, that is, the oil must be sent to the base.

Finally: there is a limit to the use of the Dimensional Passage, it is first and foremost a Passage, that is, if Huang Xuan only has a Dimensional Base and a Traveler, he can do so. Now it is equivalent to using the airport runway as a warehouse, moving it when you fly, and using it casually after flying, but in the era of the big plane, or the advanced plane that is still alive, this will not work.