Seeing that Wu Laosan looked unhappy, Xiaoyu asked him what was wrong, but he refused to say more. He just waved his hand and said it was okay, but his expression turned away.
Chen Ran and Xiaoyu were both a little strange, but they couldn't say anything unless he said it, so they could only pull him to look at the house together.
Wu Laosan didn't drive his own car and got directly into Chen Ran's car.
As the Mercedes-Benz drove into the alley, we saw a series of neatly arranged courtyards. However, most of these peripheral courtyards have been converted into hotels, guesthouses, restaurants, clubs, and some specialty shops.
These things were gone after passing the metal gate with the security booth.
And when you get here, you enter the folk custom protection zone in the capital.
There are alleys and alleys everywhere, with blue bricks and yellow tiles, the horse-mounted stones at the entrances of the houses, and the bright green moss in the cracks in the alleys. They all reveal a sense of vicissitudes of time, but they also appear to be full of the charm of the capital.
At the security office, Chen Ran asked for the location of his courtyard house, so after entering the protected area, he drove into an alley in the direction directed by the security guard.
Once you enter this place, it is considered a non-tourist area. Obviously, those who can live here are either rich or noble.
The courtyard house given to Chen Ran by the second son is not the largest here, but no matter how big it is, it belongs to the state. Although many of them are lent to others, the property still belongs to the state.
The real estate deed of Chen Ran's courtyard house had his name on it when his second son gave it to him. As for this courtyard house, there seems to be a story in how the second son's family got it.
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Speaking of which, I have to talk about the gifts his brothers gave him.
First of all, He Zhenhua gave him a villa in the Dianshan Lake Villa District. As the eldest brother of several people, He Zhenhua naturally made an extraordinary move.
This villa only covers an area of more than 5,000 square meters. Obviously, this can no longer be said to be a villa, but should be said to be a manor.
The villa he owned in Tianzhong City was large enough, but not half as big as this villa. Needless to say, there was a huge gap in housing prices between the two places.
Although Chen Ran didn't know the price of the villa in Dianshan Lake, he could guess from the environment and the renderings of the house construction that the price here was absolutely sky-high.
And such a villa that can almost be regarded as a manor must cost at least 200 million yuan.
Then there is the courtyard house given to him by the second son. This courtyard house is not the largest among the courtyard houses in the capital, but it is definitely not small either. It covers an area of more than a thousand square meters.
Chen Ran doesn't know much about courtyard houses in Beijing, but he also knows that real courtyard houses in Beijing are now unavailable even if he wants to buy them. Even the smallest one of 200 square meters costs almost tens of millions.
Then this set of more than 1,000 square meters must cost tens of millions. The key point is that you can't buy it even if you want to.
Then there was the yacht given by Rong Mingyang, the third child, and the private jet given by the seventh child. Chen Ran didn't know much about the prices of these two things, but he knew that those who could afford them were famously rich.
Even though similar yachts and private jets cost tens of millions, how could it be that what the third and seventh children gave him were just about the same amount?
Then there were Lao Wu and Lao Liu. Each of them presented a calligraphy and painting and the other a vase.
If you think that the gifts given by the two of them are not of high value, you are obviously wrong.
First of all, the painting and calligraphy given by Lao Wu is a painting called "Fishing Boats in the Willow Pond" by Qiu Ying. Few people may have heard of this painting, and even Qiu Ying, the author outside the circle, doesn't know much about it, but few people within the circle know about it. People don't know.
Qiu Ying is one of the representative painters of the Ming Dynasty. Together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Tang Yin, they are collectively known as the "Four Masters of Ming Dynasty", "Four Schools of Wumen", and "Four Masters of Tianmen".
Qiu Ying was the leader of the Wumen School of Painting in the mid-Ming Dynasty of China. Currently, there are no more than 50 pieces of Qiu Ying’s works in domestic museum collections, and even fewer works among the people are scattered among the people. Most of Qiu Ying’s works that are passed down today are models for later generations and fake works commissioned by the public. , therefore, all authentic works handed down are priceless.
For example, Beijing Hanhai held a spring auction at the Kerry Center Hotel in Beijing in 2010, and Qiu Ying's "Floating Mountains and Warm Green Pictures" was sold for 72.8 million yuan.
As a treasure of Qiu Ying's green landscape, this piece was circulated in an orderly manner and clearly documented. It was collected from overseas and returned to China. Once it appeared, it attracted the attention of the Tibetan community.
At the auction site, the bidding for Qiu Ying's "Warm Green Floating Mountains" started at 25 million yuan. After several rounds of high price increases of one million yuan, the price quickly rose to 50 million yuan. At this time, the competition was mainly concentrated on two or three collectors in the venue. The bids were tight and there was no give-in. The audience's attention also moved back and forth as the collector raised his placard. Finally, after dozens of rounds of bidding, Qiu Ying's "Warm Green Pictures of Floating Mountains" settled on 72.8 million yuan.
In addition, at Hong Kong Changfeng's 2009 spring auction, Qiu Ying's "Wen Ji Returns to the Han Dynasty" was sold for 112 million. This work was collected by Mr. Wang Jiqian, a famous collector in the United States, and is a rare work by Qiu Ying in private collections today. It was a huge piece at first sight. After fierce bidding, it was finally acquired by a powerful collector in Hong Kong.
The "Red Cliff" exhibited by China Guardian in 2007 was even called a national treasure. Before the auction, it was estimated to be only 10 million yuan, but before the auction started, someone bid 50 million yuan. In the end, the painting was sold to a mysterious buyer for nearly 10 million yuan. It was auctioned for 80 million.
According to industry insiders, if Qiu Ying's "Red Cliff" volume were put up for auction again today, the estimated value would exceed 1 billion, and the final transaction price may reach 1.5 billion yuan.
This shows how valuable Qiu Ying's authentic works are.
The vase that Lao Liu gave to Chen Ran was a piece of Ru porcelain. Needless to say, the value of Ru porcelain was worth mentioning. Chen Ran also had a few pieces of Ru porcelain in his collection.
China has been famous for its ceramic crafts since ancient times. The original meaning in English is porcelain. Therefore, foreign countries and even the whole world understand China as porcelain. The porcelain in our country is headed by Ru porcelain from the Song Dynasty, and Ruguan porcelain is also It only lasted for a short period of twenty years. Because it was an imperial item, it was not allowed to be spread among the people. Also, because it used agate as the glaze color, and because it was colorful and bright like stars under certain light, it was considered to be too masculine and emperor. Officials did not dare to use it for burial, so there are very few of it in the excavated ancient tombs, making it a rare treasure.
Up to now, there are less than 70 pieces of Ru porcelain in the world. Even a fragment can be worth an unimaginable amount of wealth. Therefore, there is a saying that "even if you have a huge fortune, it is better to have a piece of Ru porcelain." !”
The calligraphy and painting given by Lao Wu and the vase given by Lao Liu have not been auctioned, so it is difficult to estimate, but if you imagine it, you will know that if they are auctioned, they will definitely fetch sky-high prices, and the price of such treasured objects is second to none. The key is It is something that can be met but cannot be sought.
In the past, due to various reasons, these things were lost to the public, and then many people took them out and auctioned them off. Most of the buyers who bought them were wealthy people. As long as there was no economic crisis in their hands, they would obviously not be able to buy them.
They will be taken out and sold. As a result, these valuable treasures will be circulated in the market less and less in the future, and the opportunities for collection will naturally become less and less.
Regardless of its collection value or his relationship with Lao Wu Lao Liu, Chen Ran will definitely collect these two treasures.
Let’s not talk about the gifts given by the fourth brother for the moment, just say that the total gifts given by these brothers are obviously hundreds of millions.
The gift given by the fourth child was beyond Chen Ran's imagination, because the gift given by the fourth child was a mine, to be precise, a diamond mine.
During the subsequent drinking, Chen Ran also learned about the situation of the fourth brother from his brothers. The fourth brother seemed to have committed a crime in his early years, and then escaped abroad with the help of his brothers. Later, the brothers simply went to Africa to hang out.
I went there and it was said that I was doing well. Just think about it and you will know. How can you not be doing well if you just gave me a diamond mine?
As for why Chen Ran was given a diamond mine, it was because the other party heard from He Zhenhua that Chen Ran was going to open a jewelry store, so he thought of giving Chen Ran a diamond mine.
After understanding the value of the gifts given by his brothers, although Chen Ran had agreed to accept them, he still felt a little embarrassed. After all, these gifts were too expensive.
But He Zhenhua soon dispelled his doubts.
First of all, He Zhenhua told him that the gifts given to him were actually not paid out of his own pockets. First of all, the villa was jointly developed by He Zhenhua and another real estate developer.
Of course, He Zhenhua mainly has a reputation.
The villa areas in Beijing are all well-planned. Needless to say, those who want to eat this piece of cake, let alone those without an identity background, can get a bloody blow even if they enter with an identity background.
The tree is big enough to enjoy the shade. Naturally, many people came to ask for He Zhenhua's big tree. The real estate agent was a junior of one of Grandpa He Zhenhua's old subordinates. When requests came to his door, He Zhenhua helped.
Real estate developers like them usually keep a part of it after developing a place, or sell or give it to some related households.
And that villa was given to He Zhenhua so that He Zhenhua could give it away.
As for the courtyard given by the second child, according to He Zhenhua, there is not much in the second child's home, only the courtyard.
It is said that he is an elder of the second brother, he seems to be an uncle. He was a cultural businessman in the early years. Because at that time, many celebrities' former residences were demolished by developers. His uncle felt very sad when he saw it. At that time, he called on many people to stop this
However, no one listened to them at all. In the end, he, the uncle, got angry and took out all his family property to buy a courtyard house.
At that time, his uncle bought at least 20 or 30 courtyard houses of various sizes. However, most of the former residences of celebrities were returned to the state after the establishment of the Folklore Conservation Area, while others were given to relatives, friends or others.
It was lent to some units for use, but these lent courtyards were still the property of the second son’s family.
According to He Zhenhua, the yacht given by the third child and the private jet given by the seventh child were both made by the factory affiliated with the seventh grandfather's family. According to He Zhenhua, it did not require the seventh child to pay for them out of his own pocket.
As for the third child, he bought the yacht from the seventh child in exchange for other things.
The two antiques given by Lao Wu and Lao Liu were also taken from home, so naturally they didn't have to pay for them, and Lao Si didn't even have to pay for them.
He Zhenhua also told Chen Ran that despite looking at so many gifts, the only ones he could get right away were the second man's courtyard house and the fifth and sixth man's calligraphy, paintings and porcelain vases.
The villa given by He Zhenhua himself has just been built, and it will take at least a few months to move in if he wants to move in. The yacht and private jet given by the third and seventh children have just been booked, and Chen Ran wants to take them.
It takes a while to get to nature.
Laosi's diamond mine is in Africa. If Chen Ran wants it, he can take it over himself.
Therefore, among so many gifts, only this courtyard house and two antiques are ready-made, and the others cannot be seen or touched.
This just made Chen Ran accept it with peace of mind. By the time he got the physical object, he and his brothers would be familiar with each other and there would be no mental barriers at all.
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Parking the car on the side of the road, Chen Ran, Xiaoyu and Wu Laosan got out of the car and stood in front of the gate of a courtyard.
The courtyard is a tall and large house with carved beams and painted pillars at the entrance. It is very majestic and majestic. The two stone lions at the entrance are even more powerful.
"Let's go in and have a look."
After looking at it, Chen Ran took out the key and said to Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu nodded, and then Chen Ran opened the door.
The gate of the courtyard is also made of solid wood, with vermilion paint on the door, which is simple and luxurious.
Entering the courtyard, you will see neatly renovated green-gray tiled houses with magnificent carved beams and painted columns. Then you turn around the imposing screen wall... and enter the front yard of the courtyard.
The quadrangle courtyards in this area are not far from the Imperial City and the Imperial College, so they used to be the residences of dignitaries. Almost every courtyard is a courtyard with several entrances and exits.
There are several peach trees planted in the front yard, flowers and plants are planted around it, and there are goldfish in the ponds on both sides.
It can be seen that the yard is often cleaned and kept neatly.
The second child told Chen Ran that the house was contracted to a professional housekeeping company, and that the other party would send professionals to clean and repair it every month.
Moreover, this courtyard house was renovated last year, but no major changes were made. We just hired a retro construction team to renovate it and install some modern facilities. These modern facilities were installed very discreetly and did not affect the house at all.
effect.
Chen Ran and Xiaoyu first looked at the front yard, and then looked at the middle yard. The middle yard was the largest and had a large garden. They didn't look at the backyard because it was full of miscellaneous rooms, and there were two more on the east and west sides.
A small courtyard house.
After seeing it, Chen Ran felt very good, especially the overall decoration effect of the courtyard was very suitable to his taste.
Ordinarily, such a luxurious courtyard decoration would be in line with its identity, but Chen Ran didn't like it very much, because it always made him feel like he was not at home.
The courtyard in front of me is decorated very simply. Of course, simplicity is not shabby. To be precise, it should be a little less luxurious and a little more crisp. It feels like standing in this courtyard and there is a kind of aboveboardness.
It feels like.
And the most important thing is that it has a strong home flavor.
After shopping around, Xiaoyu obviously fell in love with this place, especially when she and Chen Ran held hands and walked around together, she felt like she had settled here.
When Chen Ran and Xiaoyu were walking around, Wu Laosan was following behind, but he kept his head down and didn't speak.
After they came out from shopping, Chen Ran and Xiaoyu discovered that Wu Laosan's face had turned ugly again.
But this time Xiaoyu seemed to have guessed what was wrong with him, so she didn't ask him what was wrong.
But Chen Ran was very strange.
Naturally, he didn't know that Wu Laosan was stimulated.
He felt that his courtyard house was worth at least tens of millions. His estimate of the value was obviously wrong. Such a large courtyard house would naturally only be worth tens of millions if placed elsewhere, but his apartment
Where is the courtyard house?
He obviously did not consider the impact of the location of the courtyard on the value of the house.
And Wu Laosan undoubtedly knows it very well. In his opinion, Chen Ran's courtyard house is worth 100 million, which is very small.
Back in the capital, Wu Laosan just bought a villa with more than 20 million yuan to live in. Originally, it was okay for him to live in that villa, but people are just afraid of comparison. Take his villa with more than 20 million yuan and live in it.
Comparing Chen Ran to this courtyard house, there is no doubt that...especially when he was in a bad mood just now because he was troubled by money, it was not easy...
Chen Ran naturally didn't know the reason for this.
When Xiaoyu came out of the courtyard, he said that he would take him to eat Quanjude roast duck in Beijing. Naturally, he had no objection, and Wu Laosan also nodded.
After arriving in Quanjude and having a good meal and drink, Wu Laosan hesitated and hesitated before finally revealing his intention to find Chen Ran.
