Ge Bai and the others wanted the industrial land in Chai Wan, but they saw that Chu Xiangqian had taken a fancy to Donglongzhou for no reason, and then thought about his ability to make money, so they planned to gamble.

And not far to the east of Chai Wan is Dong Long Chau.

In addition, although there are many industrial buildings in Chai Wan, the land price is very cheap.

Six people can raise some money in partnership, at most 1.3 or 4 million yuan, and they can win the 15 acres of industrial land.

In this way, what Chu Xiangqian wanted was easily done, and it didn't cost a dime yet.

Even Nelson wanted a few sweaty horses, and he had to pay for them himself.

Agreeing to go to the local government office tomorrow to get the contract and approval, Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Gentlemen, I won't accompany you at night." I've got to rent Norton.

By the way, tell him that the hunting party funded by you has not only found a black tiger, but the tiger is also on its way to be transported. ”

Hader and the others laughed when they heard this.

Chu Xiangqian said again, "Maybe when I talk to Norton about this, he will call you and invite you to dinner." Don't say anything about it when the time comes.

Moreover, the money from selling the Black Tiger belongs to me, no problem, right? ”

"Of course," said Hadr, "we will explain to Sir Norton that you will take the money first, and then distribute it to us."

If you're not feeling comfortable, we can sign a contract that only requires you to pay us £1 each.

At the same time, when the black tiger returned to London, we will discuss the matter of propaganda with Lord Mountbatten. ”

Chu Xiangqian's eyes lit up after hearing this, and there was nothing wrong with being careful when dealing with these ghosts.

"Then go to Mr. Wong's lawyer's office again?"

Everyone naturally had no opinion, and they were even more worried that after Chu Xiangqian took the money, he spread the word around London that the tiger was actually caught by him.

Now that there is a contract, it is a guarantee for everyone.

When I came out of the law firm, it was already past 4 p.m.

Chu Xiangqian said goodbye to Ge Bai, and then made an appointment with Nelson again to go to the local government office early tomorrow morning to handle the land use in Donglongzhou.

I drove to the Peninsula Hotel, where a phone call called Norton from the hilltop villa.

When accompanying Margaret to eat in the hotel restaurant, she told the thoughts of Black Tiger and Nelson and others, and Norton directly said that as long as the tiger was in the hands of the Mountbatten family.

The rest doesn't matter.

Margaret pursed her lips and looked at Chu Qianqian and winked.

Chu Qianqian saw the expression of this chick and knew that she definitely wanted to give the black tiger to her sister in person.

"I asked someone to go to various tribes in Central Asia to look for it, but I didn't expect to find a porcelain white sweat blood horse. It's just that the other party asked for $800,000 for this batch of horses.

I have no choice but to buy this tiger before I can afford to buy you that sweaty horse. ”

Hearing this, Margaret had an expression of disbelief on her face.

Then he grabbed Chu Xiangqian's hand with love in his heart, and said affectionately, "My dear, you are too good to me." ”

Chu Xiangqian sighed helplessly in his heart, it seems that women are the same, with money, love can last for a long time.

However, there seems to be nothing controversial about men making money to spend on their own women.

Norton secretly rolled his eyes, worth 800,000 US dollars, equivalent to 200,000 pounds of BMW to you, probably no woman in the world can resist this temptation.

Then look at the ruby drop earrings on Margaret's ears and the ruby brooch pinned to her chest dress.

Norton began to regret that he hadn't introduced his cousin to his master sooner.

And Chu Xiangqian's dedication, to put it bluntly, is a blood-soaked horse with no cost and a game.

And the price is 80 US dollars, which is equal to 200,000 pounds, if there is really a big wrongdoer, he is willing to pay this price.

Selling two of them is a return to the money given to Margaret.

After all, at the beginning, Norton's estimate of golden sweat blood was only 100,000 pounds, and porcelain white sweat blood was only 150,000 pounds.

This can also be regarded as taking advantage of the advertising effect of the royal family, and giving it away for nothing is not a loss to Chu Xiangqian.

Of course, the champion knight ran a championship, and the price of the horse he provided was also quite improved.

Coupled with the two sweats and blood of exchanging antiques and national treasures with Norton at the beginning, the results are not bad.

There is a good chance of a place in the second division in London.

Chu Xiangqian held Margaret's hand with his backhand and said with a smile, "When that porcelain white sweat blood is transported, I will test its results with you."

Maybe you'll become a champion sooner than your sister. ”

Margaret and Norton were stunned at the same time, and then the chick was ecstatic.

Since 56, her sister has begun to reform the royal family's horse farm. A lot of money was spent, and foals with excellent pedigrees were bought.

But even the descendants of champion horses are mostly mediocre.

Even if both parents are champion horses, it is difficult for offspring to produce a champion.

On the contrary, after three or four generations, the probability of a champion horse is even higher.

If his sister learned that he hadn't spent a penny, he would have a champion horse for nothing, and it was a scarce and extremely rare porcelain white sweat and blood.

Maybe you will be crazy with envy and jealousy.

Thinking of this, Margaret didn't have the heart to eat dinner, and her feet under the table slowly lifted up and stretched out towards Chu Qianqian.

Chu Qianqian was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Margaret, who looked coquettish, in surprise.

Seeing that her eyes were tee-eyed, she immediately knew what this chick was thinking.

Busy took a deep breath, looked at Norton and said, "That black tiger, how much can you pay?" Also, how much of the total value of the Celestial Empire antiques and Picasso's paintings can be offered? ”

Norton couldn't help but put down his knife and fork and pondered with his wine glass.

To be honest, although the Mountbatten family has money and power, it is still a little difficult for the family to come up with hundreds of thousands, or even millions of pounds in cash, at once.

Antiques and paintings, worth £1 million, are not so easy to raise.

In these years, there is not a single antique of the Celestial Empire worth more than 10,000 pounds that is not a treasure, or even a national treasure.

Ordinary collectible antiques may only cost a few hundred or tens of pounds.

In fact, there are too few people in the market who buy such antiques.

Except for a small number of lovers of Chinese culture on Hong Kong Island and Southeast Asia, and Han culture lovers in island countries, the types of white collections are only bronze, Tang Sancai, heavy color porcelain and Buddha statues.

Thinking of this, Norton couldn't help but scratch his head, "Master, or, this time half of the cash, half of the antiques and oil paintings to offset."

As for the price? ”

Norton had another headache.

The last time the White Tiger was only bought for 300,000 and a half, and there was still 100,000 pounds offset with antiques and oil paintings.

But just over a month later, I heard that there were 70,000 or 80,000 tourists who went to the London Zoo to see the white tigers.

And the White Tiger Pavilion alone costs 12 shillings, while one pound equals 20 shillings.

These 70,000 or 80,000 visitors alone made the Tiger House earn 48,000 pounds.

This is not the peak of the visit, and it is expected that in a year, it should not be difficult to earn eight or nine million pounds from a tiger.

In other words, the price of that white tiger is definitely more than a million pounds.

Now there was a black and blue tiger that was more precious than the white tiger, and Norton really didn't know how much he should value.

But one thing is for sure, this tiger will never fall below a million.

And once it is known to other countries, even British cities outside London, it will definitely join the auction.

If it is handed over to the auction house and auctioned publicly, it may be no problem for 2 million pounds.

Seeing that Norton was hesitant about the offer, Margaret couldn't help but pout, and said to Chu Xiangqian with a smile, "My dear, in fact, this black tiger can be introduced to Duke Devonhill."

I believe that Uncle Andrew will definitely give a price that satisfies you. ”

Norton was immediately anxious, his grandfather's title was only the first Burmese earl, to put it bluntly.

But with the secession of Burma from the British Commonwealth, the so-called Burmese Earl is just a name.

Compared with the dukedom, which has been passed down for eleven generations, Devon Hill, who received the earl title in 1618, is indeed much worse.

Moreover, Devon Hill has been operating in Devon County for generations, not only with extraordinary financial resources, but also with the amount of family property and land owned by the royal family.

As long as the old duke is really interested, two million pounds is impossible. But 1.2 million, 1.5 million is no problem.

Even the zoos in Devon are far inferior to the London Zoos.

Buying a black tiger will take two years at most to return to the business, and some people are willing to buy it.

In the next ten years, twenty years will be pure earning.

This bit of computing power, Norton still has.

Busy said to Chu Xiangqian, "Master, that black tiger is 1 million pounds, I'll help you get one or two, how about Monet's or Cézanne's oil paintings?" ”

Chu Qianqian secretly music, 1 million pounds is his bottom line, and the oil paintings of Monet and Cézanne are the objects sought after by the collecting world in this era.

Any of the two of them's paintings should be worth between £10 and £200,000.

But after thinking about it, decades later, the price of these two bigwigs' oil paintings is really not as high as Picasso's.

Of course, the price must be extremely expensive, and even if it is not guaranteed, one day, the auction record of the two oil paintings will break the record of Picasso's oil paintings.

But in the 60s, the price of the oil paintings of the two was many times higher than that of Picasso.

According to Norton, the price of a painting must be 120,000 pounds, which is 40 or 800,000 in dollars.

Picasso's auction record at this time was only $50,000.

It is equivalent to buying a pair of oil paintings by Monet and Cézanne, and you can buy 8 or even 20 paintings.

Fools know how to choose.

Moreover, in the 60s, as long as you look for Picasso's paintings carefully, you can really find a lot.

As long as they are willing to pay 1.5 times or even double the price, maybe some small museums are willing to sell their collection of Picasso's paintings.

Of course, if he raises the price like this, the price of Picasso's oil paintings will definitely be speculated in the future.

But so what, buying one anyway is more valuable than exchanging cash for gold.

Chu Xiangqian had heard a joke in his previous life, in the early 90s, there was an aunt in the capital who inherited a $20,000 inheritance from a foreign relative.

At that time, it was exchanged for Celestial Empire coins, about 170,000.

This is a real huge amount of money in the era when the saying of 10,000 households has just emerged.

Some people persuaded her to buy more houses, but this aunt only spent 60,000 yuan to buy an 80-square-meter three-bedroom building in the central city.

The rest of the money is deposited in the bank for interest.

And relying on interest, the couple don't have to go to work at all, and they can live a very nourishing life.

But ten years later, in a few years, 110,000 yuan went from being able to buy 2 buildings in the capital to only buying a toilet.

Interest is no longer enough to cover daily expenses.

Since Chu Xiangqian had heard this story, he naturally knew that 1 million was indeed worth a lot at this time, but only by exchanging it for something more valuable could he maintain a rich life for a long time in the future.

Buying a house, buying land, and buying antiques is a better way to preserve value than buying gold.

Even from the perspective of more than ten or thirty years, buying stocks of some large companies is not as big as the return on investment of buying stores on Hong Kong Island.

Of course, the industry still has to be done, after all, the more taxes are paid, the more employees are hired, and the more money is earned, so that there is a social status.

Also safer than purely rich people.

To put it bluntly, the more people who rely on you for food, the more stable your position will be.

Thinking of this, Chu looked forward at Norton and said, "I still like Picasso's oil paintings, and the black tiger costs 1.5 million pounds, so I hope you can help me get at least 500,000 pounds worth of Picasso's oil paintings."

If the painting is really good, I'm willing to increase the price by 20%. ”

Norton shook his head after hearing this, and 500,000 pounds equals 2 million dollars.

Judging from the highest auction price of 50,000 yuan for a Picasso oil painting, unless it is really the best, the price of a normal oil painting is only between a few thousand and thirty or forty thousand.

2 million US dollars may be hundreds of paintings, not to mention the Mountbatten family, even relatives and friends will help collect them, don't think about raising them in a few years.

Norton gritted his teeth, "I know who has a lot of Celestial Empire bronzes in their hands, master, I'll help you come forward to buy it, no matter what the final price is, I will charge 20% of the intermediary fee."

Of course, you can also hire an expert to carry out the valuation, and I promise to help you keep the price lower than the market price.

And the total value will not be less than £500,000, leaving £1 million.

I will give you another £100,000 to £200,000 worth of Celestial Empire antiques and deliver the cash. ”

After speaking, while Chu Qianqian was thinking, Norton hesitated for a few seconds before looking at Chu Xiangqian and continued, "Master, can I be your champion knight after running a good result."

Sell my gold-soaked horse? Even as a last resort, can you sell that black tiger? ”

Chu Xiangqian and Margaret were stunned at the same time, and immediately understood in their hearts that the Mountbatten family seemed to be rich and powerful, but in fact, the economic situation was far less rich than imagined.

But this is also true, the wealth of the nobility is basically inherited from the wealth of the ancestors.

In the time that he inherited the title, there were really few people who made a lot of money in business.

Most of them are eating their old books, and their lives are not as good as the outside world imagines.

And although Mountbatten's status is high, his family has long since declined.

Otherwise, when he was young, he would not have married the granddaughter of a wealthy Jewish merchant.

It can be said that the English aristocracy looked down on the rich merchants of the United States on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to face the reality and marry the daughters of the rich merchants of the United States or Europe.

This situation is not only for the past few decades, but also for the next few decades.

(End of chapter)