The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

"Empire State Building?"

She has more than one office. There is one in the manor: Zhang Nan only has a study room, and Nicole not only has a study room, but also a well-equipped office room, which is called an office by Zhang Nan.

The office in the manor is decorated in light colors and modern. Obviously, this small table doesn't match the tune. It is closer to the decoration in the "old" Empire State Building.

Nicole nodded, "It is said that the Wall Street guys, if there are not a few old-fashioned furniture in this office, they are embarrassed to say hello."

It's rare to learn the alternative jokes that Zhang Nan sometimes said, but she usually doesn't do that. Queen Fan is normal.

Obviously, she was talking about those people who were old-school figures on Wall Street, and not many of the younger generation liked it.

Nicole likes old furniture. Needless to say, it is also influenced by her own man.

While talking, Nicole touched the wooden surface of the signature round table smoothly.

Turning his head and looking at Zhang Nan, he said, "I also got a set in my study?"

Want a set, not one.

Zhang Nan shrugged, "Whatever."

They're almost old husbands and wives, and they're polite to each other.

After speaking, Zhang Nan watched the bodyguards lift down a nice long table.

It is still Zhang Huagui's Louis XV style writing desk, but it is not Link's work. It is the craftsmanship of the famous French furniture master Joseph Zwinger in the late 19th century. It is also designed by a famous designer named Leon Message.

The materials used are expensive and rare rosewood and tulip wood, with floral patterns on the surface, and gilt bronze accessories that are the most typical of Louis XV style.

The front of the desk is equipped with three parquet storage drawers, inlaid with gilt-bronze decorations in the shape of vetch leaves, and four lion claw feet with three curved legs.

What is commendable is that this table has the original gilded leather and gilt copper trim in good condition, and the original keys. According to the opinions of two experts, if this table is sold separately, it will not be a big problem for 60,000 to 80,000 dollars.

The price of a piece of furniture is already very expensive, even if it will be doubled or doubled in a few decades, it is impossible to soar tenfold.

The market for antique furniture in the West has long been mature. People used to speculate and speculate again, and speculate again after falling. Until now, there is no room and soil for speculation.

Frying furniture, Huaxia Furniture has not yet officially started.

Guys who do physical work, don’t talk casually while doing work: this little physical work is trivial, it’s too big, even a 16th-century Spanish cabinet weighing four to five hundred catties, four strong men can easily protect and push it. Forklift.

Randy will say that there is a big difference between the East and West’s views on old furniture from Jin Wenbo: "...We buy second-hand goods for our own use. Generally, we don’t buy what we don’t need, but what we need is It doesn't matter if it's not second-hand..."

Just now Jin Wenbo mentioned about China's old furniture: the previous trip back to China, a group of bodyguards also deliberately went to look at the second-hand market in Shanghai, and they saw a lot of antique furniture.

But there is a problem: the Huaxia used furniture business that has emerged is for buying and selling, not for use, but for possession.

Americans are different, just for their own use.

Will the market mature for collections, or mature pragmatism?

The bodyguards have been in contact with antiques for a long time, and they also have a good understanding of this industry, and they will unconsciously compare them.

The second-hand market culture in the United States is well-developed, and this old furniture will not have an incredible sky-high price, because this is out of pragmatism. In the future, the price of some antique furniture in China will be fired up, especially the Ming Dynasty Huanghuali furniture...

It should be a daily necessities, but in the end it becomes a "sacred object" that can only be seen and enshrined. By the way, it satisfies people's need for money. I don't know if it is luck or their sorrow.

After the things were moved, Zhang Nan was also talking to Nicole and Alice about the interior decoration of the castle in the future.

It’s okay to get some rooms filled with old furniture, but you all use old furniture?

Not to mention that Zhang Nan will feel weird, and the women will not be unified: there will always be some new furniture.

"Of course there must be new furniture. Where can I find enough and old furniture with the right style?

It is not reliable to move from someone else’s castle, the division is different, and it has to be customized. "

Zhang Nan's mind is clear.

This will Nicole said: "Customized from Italy, there are many traditional custom furniture brands in Europe, like Italy and France, there are several good ones..."

These are things a few years from now, it will be early, but once the main body of the castle is almost built, before the northern decoration begins, a furniture manufacturer has to be decided.

That is to be matched with the overall decoration, and the custom furniture design should be synchronized with the interior decoration of each room.

...

On March 12th, I left New York and crossed a small half of the earth, and the destination was Pontianak, Borneo.

Borneo is called western style, or traditional western style. Now the more popular name is Kalimantan, which belongs to the largest archipelago in the world and is located in the center of the archipelago. , Is also the third largest island in the world.

It is Sumatra in the west, Java in the south, Sulawesi in the east, the Java Sea in the south and the South China Sea in the north.

The island is surrounded by mountains in the middle, and surrounded by plains. The south is low and becomes a large wetland forest. "Civilized people" generally would not go. Because of this, it is still the home of some primitive tribes until now.

Borneo's virgin forest coverage rate is extremely high. Except for the tropical rain forests of the Amazon River Basin in South America, Borneo has the largest tropical forest on this earth.

Because it happens to be on the equator, Borneo is hot and humid, and this March happens to be on the tail of the monsoon season, so it won’t make people feel like they want to peel them off!

It is also because at the end of the monsoon season, the average annual rainfall of 3800 mm will not let Zhang Nan be soothed by heavy rain every day.

Generally speaking, choosing this time point is the result of comprehensive consideration.

I hate tropical rain forests, I would rather go to the Sahara than enter this **** rain forest!

This is the unified view of everyone on the plane!

Thomas was talking about his bad memories in Vietnam, "...Except for the more comfortable days in Saigon, other places are **** green hell!

God knows where there will be Viet Cong members shooting at you, those mines...

This is not the most annoying. After a long time, the brothers are numb and indifferent.

What is even more annoying is the weather and bugs, which can make people crazy! "

In this regard, the Huaxia guys headed by Xiang Weirong deeply agree!

Whether it is a buddy who has gone deep into Vietnam or a brother who has lived in a cat's ear hole in the two mountain rounds, he shook his head when he thought of the weather there.

The natural environment of the Indochina Peninsula and the transition area between China and Vietnam is primitive enough, and we can understand how much American soldiers hated Vietnam.

Although it is that China and the United States are enemies, yes, they are enemies: what is US imperialism, not an enemy?

But since 10 years ago, the enemy’s enemy is a friend. It’s not wrong to say that Xiang Weirong initially put a radio in the car and listened to US radio reports three times a day on the movements of the Vietnamese army.

It's fun, the Yankee will broadcast the situation discovered by the spy satellite on the radio in Mandarin three times a day.

Although the actual use is not great, the resolution of the satellites at that meeting is not particularly high, but it is also a pleasure for Xiang Weirong and others.

When Thomas finished bragging, it was Xiang Weirong and others' turn to brag. Randy, Paul and others all heard it with gusto, let alone a young man like Jacob.

This group of people have said at least several times about these things, but every time they go to Southeast Asia, they still talk about it unconsciously.

The deepest memory in a lifetime, no one can forget.

I fry the cold rice for a round. This is nothing to say. Looking at the boss while studying a chart that is only available on the ship, everyone turned their attention to the business.

Here, Zhang Nan watched some of the leaders stop talking, and then said: "How many times have the guys on the boat dived?"

It was Thomas. This time he was not here to join in the fun, but for the new plan of the boss.

Set up an office in Pontianak?

So there is no need for Thomas to go out. He sent someone there last month, and he even got rid of the quarrels.

It is not to buy land, but to hand in some money and draw a big circle on the map. You can mine diamonds anywhere within this range. The validity period is ten years.

Only diamonds are allowed to be mined, logging is not allowed.

The local government is not worried that the Americans and the representatives of Gambia will do it on a large scale like the diamond mania in other countries, because this is Borneo, and diamonds are secondary mines. The best job is to make a small mess.

The Indonesian monkeys confidently believe that these outsiders come to Borneo to mine diamonds as a gimmick, buying diamonds is true, and the latter will make enough profits.

But whether you can grab food from the nasty Lin family depends on the abilities of the Yankees and Africans.

Zhang Nan didn't even plan to tell Indonesian monkeys about the cooperation with the Lin family; the same goes for Lin Jianghe's family, feeling that there is no need for the Indonesian government to know about this kind of business.

Even when Zhang Nan went to Pontianak this time, Lin Jianghe's family would make it relatively low-key, which was still Zhang Nan's request.

There are some things that are better for the people below to do. Think of it yourself as a stranger, and then do other things of interest.

What is Zhang Nan most interested in?

Dig treasure!

But this time it is not digging in the soil, but fishing from the sea!

Thomas here immediately replied: "Through the phone in the morning, they once again determined the location of the sunken ship yesterday, and they conducted several probes and found some items belonging to the passengers, but they have not yet entered the cargo hold."

Last month, the "Big Shark" and the "Sunshine Star" went to the waters of Indonesia together. The cargo ship also brought a lot of diving equipment, including several outdoor container barracks where people lived.

Hearing Thomas' painting, Zhang Nan nodded and said: "Those relics are all put away, and I will bring them back to China when that time comes.

The goods found in the cargo hold will be left with some fine products at that time. At least 90% of the goods will be auctioned off. After removing the cost of searching and digging the sunken ship, all of them will be put into the account of United Forces.

This trip can be regarded as a corporate act. The security company made a cameo appearance at the Ocean Treasure Company, as long as the Indonesian monkeys don’t take it away. "

Zhang Nan hasn't said these words before, which makes it very strange for a few leaders: 90% of them are to be sold, what would it be? how many? Don’t the bosses want those things?

...

Five days later, Zhang Nan left Borneo and took his superyacht to the waters near Belitung Island, the southernmost point of the South China Sea and the northernmost point of the Java Sea.

Anchor, the water depth here is only five to six meters to ten meters, the yacht is parked side by side with the much larger "Big Shark", and Zhang Nan and his party are the freighter on the gondola lowered by the crane.

Thomas introduced the people on the ship. Zhang Nan has met many people, and there are many new faces, but they are all from his own company.

This time fishing for treasures in the sea can be done with integrity. Not far from Belitung Island, it is Indonesian territorial waters. At least Indonesian monkeys think so.

But the treasure hunt team has a search and excavation permit bought from the Indonesian government for $10,000, so they can do it with integrity.

Those raw faces are basically the original U.S. Navy divers. China has only one professional diving buddy: such talents usually go to various port authorities and shipyards in China.

As soon as I boarded the cargo ship, I casually said a few words to the employees, and then...

Sacrifice!

Yes, sacrifice!

The scented paper candles are all a sack and a sack. On the table, there is a cooked pig's head, a cooked goose, a cut of cooked pork, and nine major dishes. The rice and rice wine are genuinely produced in China~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I don’t believe in God. Guys, including Zhang Nan, had three incense sticks lit by hand.

"The one below is the Taixing, a giant Huaxia sailing ship with a length of more than 50 meters, a width of 15 meters, and a load of more than 1,000 tons. There were at least 2,000 people on board at that time.

In January 1822, the second year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, the "Taixing" sailed from Xiamen Port to Java.

In order to avoid the looting of the pirates, the original sailing route was suddenly changed halfway.

Unfortunately, when the ship sailed to the sea between Sumatra and Java, here, the hull struck a rock and sank quickly within an hour.

At that time, there was another small sailing boat with him. The small sailing boat immediately stepped forward to rescue, but only rescued 18 passengers on board.

Two days later, a British freighter "Indiana" full of opium led by former navy captain James Pearl sailed from India to Portvia and sailed to the sea where the "Taixing" was killed.

It's ridiculous, but also very brave. The captain and other crew members who sold the opium risked their lives and rescued another 180 survivors who were drifting at sea..."

In May 1999, British shipwreck salvage expert Mike Hatcher led a salvage team and the "Unquiet" salvage ship, when exploring a Chinese cargo ship that sank in the 16th century in the waters near Bellevue Reef, he accidentally discovered the "Taixing" . Mr. Cheng said that Mike Hatcher salvaged nearly 1 million pieces of Chinese porcelain from the sunken ship. This batch of porcelain came from kilns in southern Fujian, and about 80% of them came from Dehua. When Mike Hatcher and others discovered this huge batch of porcelain, in order to better hype and obtain more commercial benefits, they broke the remaining 650,000 pieces of ancient porcelain that were salvaged and pushed them into pieces. Nautical miles. Finally, at the auction, people can only see 356,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain. 8...