"By the way, where are your assistants and experts?" Xiao Qi changed the topic at the right time, avoiding Yang Xue's embarrassment.
"They were resting in the hotel. This morning we just bought a few flower-and-bird paintings by Mr. Li Kuchan, a few donkey paintings by Mr. Huang Zhou, and also purchased a fine piece of "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" by Mr. Li Keran. It was really a worthwhile trip.
Ah!" Yang Xue was excited when he mentioned this, "It was not easy for us to find this relationship. We got in touch a few days ago when we were in Guangdong. We crossed the border and came to Hong Kong early this morning, and went to the collector's store early in the morning.
After confirming the authenticity at home, I bought it at a high price, which made the hesitant people next to me regret it, haha!"
Because Hong Kong has gathered many wealthy people, businessmen, scholars, etc. from the mainland, many cultural relics have also come here. The annual Christie's auction, Sotheby's auction, Poly Auction, etc. are not inferior in momentum and scale.
For the mainland, it even ranked first in the mainland before 2010.
The three people Yang Xue mentioned just now are all very famous painters in modern times. Except for Huang Zhou who only loved painting donkeys in his life, the rest Li Kuchan and Li Keran are all absolute super masters, no worse than the hotly-hyped Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi.
How much - of course, both Li Keran and Li Kuchan once worshiped Qi Baishi as their teachers, so they dare not compare in terms of seniority.
However, their artistic attainments are absolutely superb.
Take Li Keran's "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red" as an example. He painted six large and small paintings of this theme in one go. One of them is 131x84 in size, which is really scary!
Li Kuchan's current price is not that high, but if you take out his two huge treasures "Ink Bamboo Picture" and "Midsummer Picture", 100 million for one piece is still a safe bet.
Moreover, both of them are painters with very unique skills. In the future, the price of their works will only increase, not decrease.
Of course Yang Xue was very proud to be able to buy such a good and promising painting.
When Xiao Qi heard that it was "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red", he got excited and asked, "What is the size of "Ten Thousand Mountains Are Red"? What's the price?"
"The size is 131x84. The collector bought the 1964 version at Christie's spring auction last year for 35 million Hong Kong dollars. We gave him a price of 50 million yuan, and he immediately agreed." Yang Xuedao, "You don't know, in addition,
Several Hong Kong collectors who went with us looked drooling, obviously they didn't expect that I would bid so generously and win the first prize in one fell swoop!"
Xiao Qi was very happy.
It is indeed the one in my memory!
Although it was bought for 50 million, although the subsequent taxes and commissions have little to do with the actual price. But the price of close to 300 million is still the highest benchmark - among modern painters, only Qi Baishi's 400 million-priced painting can exceed
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"Not bad, not bad." Xiao Qi said: "You have really good taste."
The proprietress over there just happened to bring a few bottles of beer. Feng Kexin and Li Shaozhi helped open and pour them. Xiao Qi raised the cup and touched it with Yang Xue, "Have you been working hard during this time?"
Yang Xue drank up the cold beer in one gulp, took a breath and said: "It's hard to say. I stayed in five-star hotels along the way, ate the best, and had cars to go in and out. It's just like being exclusive... But you
The money given is almost used up. Our next step is to go north along the southern and southern Fujian routes. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region are among the key acquisition areas, and we need additional funds."
"No problem, I'll have someone pay it to your account." Xiao Qi put down the beer glass he took a sip from. He pondered for a moment and said, "Will another five billion be enough?"
"Almost." Yang Xue nodded and said, "No matter how expensive jade and jade are, they still have a specific price. Antiques are very abstract, and sometimes they are a little more expensive... Oh. Thank you!"
“You’re welcome~~”
Li Shaozhi, who had already taken off his sunglasses and hat like Feng Kexin, poured Yang Xue another glass of beer and agreed with a smile.
It's not that Yang Xue has never seen beauties. In fact, it's almost impossible to have a girl more beautiful than Huangfu Cai. But Li Shaozhi is a big star who grew up with Xiao Qi and the young people of his generation. Now he can see the beauty up close.
She was so beautiful that Yang Xue couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
After so many years of experience in doing business outside, Yang Xue's temperament has been cultivated, but compared to these rich people in Hong Kong, he still looks very young.
But Feng Kexin and Li Shaozhi didn't mean to look down on him at all. The mere fact that Xiao Qi was willing to drink a beer with him proved that his relationship with Xiao Qi was absolutely hardcore.
The two beauties knew that even when dining with Li Chaoren and the others, Xiao Qi would only take one sip of champagne at most. He was allergic to alcohol and would not touch beer at all.
Only if he is a true best friend, Xiao Qi will consider his good friend's feelings and drink some wine with him. Although it is impossible to drink too much, this is already a very obvious signal.
Since they are one of their husband's best friends, the two women certainly hope to make a good impression on him and gain more points in Xiao Qi's life circle in the future.
Since Li Shaozhi had ordered the dishes in advance, as soon as they arrived, the boss immediately started cooking the dishes for their table. Within ten minutes, three to five side dishes, two or three steamed dishes, and stir-fried dishes were served on the table first.
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"Cantonese cuisine is mostly light and steamed. It's a little simpler than the stir-fried and bean paste seasonings over there, but the real ingredients are good and the heat is done, so the taste is still very good." Xiao Qi raised his chopsticks, "
Let’s get started!”
"good!"
Yang Xue was not polite. He had been busy all morning, and he was indeed hungry, so he started snoring.
As he ate, he said: "My favorite Cantonese dishes are stewed vegetables and morning tea. I like the seafood from Qindao. It's strong and spicy."
"Actually, Hong Kong seafood also has this kind of taste. Ah Xue, if you have nothing to do tonight, let's go eat together!" Feng Kexin said with a soft laugh.
"No need at night. I have to treat those old experts and bodyguards to dinner. I agreed to let them eat at Fulinmen... It's also thanks to Aqi, otherwise I wouldn't be able to bear to eat at Fulinmen!" Yang
Xuexiao said, "We made a reservation in eastern Guangdong two days in advance. The three tables totaled 270,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is really expensive."
Fulinmen is a very famous authentic time-honored restaurant in Hong Kong.
Liu Datou usually likes to eat there the most, and there are countless other top wealthy people who often visit, which shows that its cooking is authentic.
If it's famous and tastes good, it's naturally very expensive and ordinary people won't be able to bear to eat it.
Yang Xue was willing to spend a lot of money just to reward the bodyguards who protected him all the way, as well as the experts and teachers who followed the appraisal all the way.
As for the best food, accommodation and daily necessities, it is also a practical need - what you buy costs hundreds of thousands or millions. If you stay in an ordinary hotel and eat street food, others can trust you.
? Even the safety of valuables is not guaranteed!
While a few people were chatting and laughing, the dishes were served one after another. The taste was just as the boss lady said, very authentic. The taste was a bit bland for Sichuan people, but it was still fresh and delicious.
Feng Kexin and Li Shaozhi, who had lost their sunglasses and hats, had already been recognized by the surrounding diners, but perhaps because there were so many celebrities here, they were just pointing and talking, but few people came to disturb them.
Xiao Qi's position was facing the ramp they came from. After eating a prawn, he suddenly noticed that seven or eight tough men turned around from the other end of the ramp.
These people didn't hold any weapons in their hands, but their fierce aura made it clear at first glance that they were not ordinary people.
Originally Xiao Qi didn't want to be troublesome, but after taking a second look, Xiao Qi realized that the direction they were traveling was towards him, and the leader, a bald man wearing earrings, had been staring at Yang Xue, who had his back turned to him.
It's a little strange.
Yang Xue was wearing a red T-shirt and jeans today, and it was difficult to admit his mistake.
Before Xiao Qi could say anything, the bodyguards over there who had already had dinner became alert and stood directly in front of Xiao Qi's table.
In the blink of an eye, he saw several men with the same tough aura blocking his sight. The bald man and his men were stunned for a moment, and then they showed a provocative look.
"Go away, Mr. Ming of Causeway Bay is doing something. If you don't want to die, just get out of the way." The bald man walked up to the bodyguards and pointed one of the bodyguards on the chest with his hand.
The bodyguard didn't understand Cantonese, but the bald man's behavior showed bad intentions.
Opening the bald man's hand, the bodyguard said in a deep voice in Mandarin: "Get out!"
He himself is an elite member of the military. This bald man looks like he can intimidate people, but the bodyguard can kill him in five different ways within three seconds. The two are not in the same realm at all.
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"Hahaha..." Mr. Ming looked up to the sky and laughed. He was laughing so hard that he almost burst into tears. He turned to his subordinates and said, "This street-level mainland boy told me to get out? Do you think he is crazy?"
"Yes! When mainlanders come to Hong Kong, they must follow Hong Kong's rules. If you don't want to lose your hands and feet, just kneel down for us, Mr. Ming!"
"Kneel down and admit your mistake!"
Several of his subordinates started shouting, and two of the more impulsive ones even took out folding knives and started playing with them.
The customers eating here looked over one after another, and the timid ones had already hid aside.
When encountering this kind of thing, the proprietresses and proprietresses of several stalls had no good solution. They could only do their own things and pretend they didn't see it.
"Quickly deal with them, don't bother Qi Shao and the others." Seeing how noisy they were, a bodyguard next to him whispered in his native dialect.
The bodyguard who spoke earlier nodded and opened his suit.
Ming Ye, who was laughing, saw the thing under his arm, his eyes widened, and his laughter suddenly stopped. (To be continued)