197 Buy European and American oil paintings and collect them
Yi Xian Tian is very happy to be able to live in the same courtyard as Gong Er, even if one lives in the front courtyard and the other lives in the middle courtyard.
He hurriedly urged Chu Qianqian to get this done now.
Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at him and said, "Uncle Master, you go back to the mainland for some fun first. It will take at least three months before you can return to Beijing. In such a long time, I will definitely not only finish the house, but also have it repaired and organized.
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Xiantiantian felt relieved and shouted to the door.
The eight apprentices walked in one after another, but their expressions were all different.
It seems that they know that Yixiantian will eventually leave.
"I have sold this house to Xiang Xiang, and he has promised to rent it to you. If anyone wants to work with Xiang Xiang like Sanjiang Shui, he has also promised to give you a decent job.
It's unrealistic to be rich and powerful, but with my relationship, whether you can live a good life depends on your own efforts."
The seven of them looked at me, and I looked at you, and after a while of eye contact, the senior brother, who was the first to become a disciple, said, "Master, the second and third brothers, I and I will guard your barber shop and wait for you to come back." p>
The second and third children nodded, while the other four hesitated.
With the master here, you don’t have to think so much and just do your work with peace of mind. The master will not treat you badly.
But among fellow apprentices, not all of them love each other.
Seeing their hesitation, Chu Xiangqian took the initiative and said, "I bought a factory next to the fire station and plan to renovate it. At that time, for 100 yuan a month, I can rent one of your stores as a barber shop."
After saying that, he looked at the three people who wanted to stay in White Rose and said, "It's 80 yuan a month here, what do you think?"
The three of them nodded without thinking. In the era when the per capita salary was 100 yuan, this store with an area of more than 100 square meters would only charge two or three thousand yuan in rent in the third ring road of Beijing forty or fifty years later.
In an instant, 7 people were captured.
Chu Xiangqian doesn’t need these seven people to sacrifice their lives for him. That’s unrealistic.
But as long as you are willing to stand up for yourself, or even just stand aside and wave the flag, that is also a good thing.
Of course, more people are still interested in Yixiantian.
Since the house sold to him as a master uncle is cheaper than the market price, then the house rented to his apprentice will naturally be cheaper.
After settling the matter here, Chu Xiangqian agreed with Yixiantian that he would go through the ownership transfer before leaving and take 15,000 yuan, which he wanted to exchange for mainland banknotes.
Chu Xiangqian directly advised him to bring Hong Kong dollars with him and exchange them with the accompanying foreign affairs personnel if necessary.
After thinking about it, Xiantiantian laughed, secretly thinking that she had become a lot stupider as she got older.
The next day, Chu Xiangqian and Yixian Tian finished settling the account and gave him 15,000. Then he called Qian Guotai. He heard that he wanted to add someone to go back to the mainland and play together. Qian Guotai agreed without even thinking about it.<
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After listening to Chu Xiangqian's description of Yixiantian, he hurriedly said, "Let me check and then talk."
In the afternoon, I called and from Qian Guotai's tone, it seemed that the superiors welcomed Yixian Tian.
The reason is very simple. When this guy was a kid, he never gave up and he did a few big things.
Chu Xiangqian also confirmed that there is indeed no blood feud between Yixiantian and Nana.
In this case, the superiors may be eager to run back more like Yixiantian.
As for Gong Er, Chu Xiangqian is not worried at all. Just by getting rid of Ma San, who has gone to live a small life, the superiors will treat her very well.
The next day, Chu Xiangqian wanted to take a taxi to Happy Valley Racecourse, but he didn't expect that a Rolls-Royce parked outside the dry goods shop very early.
When he came out in a suit, the young foreigner whom he had seen outside the tournament hall hurriedly opened the car door, bowed slightly to Chu Qianqian, and stepped forward with a shy smile.
"Hello, Master Chu. My name is Norton, and my grandfather is Lord Mountbatten."
Chu Xiangqian immediately remembered why he felt familiar when he saw this kid before.
As for Chu Xiangqian's impression of Mountbatten, in addition to the fact that all the battles he experienced in his life were failures, he was always promoted step by step. After the war, it was probably because he was too embarrassed in his childhood in Southeast Asia.
On the issue of dealing with Xiaotian, he advocated the complete destruction of the island country, punishing Tianhuang of Xiaotian, and completely eradicating the militaristic forces of Xiaotian.
It can be said that his hatred for the island country is real.
What makes Chu Xiangqian admire him the most is that it was also because of him that when Asan left England, he divided the country into three parts.
In the future, Lao Ba will become a hardcore supporter of China.
Therefore, the more Chu Qianqian looked at Norton, the more he liked him.
Smiling and nodding to him, "Want to learn Kung Fu?"
Norton was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed and nodded quickly, "Ever since I watched your match with Tornado, I couldn't help but fall in love with Chinese Kung Fu.
In the past few days, I have found several literature and language teachers from China, and I have fallen deeply in love with China’s culture.”
Chu Qianqian nodded indifferently. Many foreigners are obsessed with China, but it is just a curiosity.
Some of them will indeed become more and more obsessed with everything about China, but after most of the curiosity passes, they will become dull.
"Let's go and watch the horse racing first. When I come back, I'll teach you some self-defense fighting skills. Once you've practiced it, you can beat up your peers as you like."
Norton nodded quickly, walked quickly to the car, opened the door, and asked Chu Qianqian to sit in.
He closed the door and went around to the other end to sit on it.
Along the way, whether he was chatting about literature and geography, or about entertainment and fashion, Chu Xiangqian always made Norton's eyes light up.
I couldn't help but admire Chu Xiangqian even more.
The driver and the escort and bodyguard sitting in the passenger seat were also surprised.
When we arrived at the racecourse, with Norton's connections, we easily booked the best private room.
Chu Qianqian walked out of the private room and stood on the open-air balcony. Seeing that the racecourse, which could already seat 20,000 to 30,000 people, was already bustling with people, he couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many people who want to get rich overnight."<
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Norton and his bodyguard were stunned, but looking at the dense crowd in the stands, they wanted to retort that these people just love the sport of horse racing.
But think about every horse racing season in London, countless people go to pubs to bet on local gangsters, and they don’t know how to refute.
Although gambling is illegal in England these days, in fact, London is definitely the city with the most popular gambling industry in the world.
"Master, are you opposed to the gambling industry?"
Chu Qianqian shook his head and said to Norton with a smile, "First, I am not your master. Second, legal spinach is more formal than underground casinos.
Besides, it’s useless for me to object.”
Norton nodded and asked with some embarrassment, "Then what should I call you, and how do I need to express my sincerity and determination before you will accept me as your apprentice?"
"Call me Chu, or sir," Chu Qianqian said with a smile. "As for whether I will accept you as my apprentice, there is actually no need at all. Because I will not teach you kung fu.
But if you want to learn how to protect yourself and how to defeat your opponent, you don’t have to learn Kung Fu.
It can even be said that boxing is actually very suitable for beginners like you who know nothing to learn."
Norton couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard Chu Qianqian say that he couldn't teach him Kung Fu.
But he didn't give up so easily, thinking that since Chu Xiangqian taught him how to protect himself and how to knock down his opponent.
Then learn first, and then rely on your own efforts and sincerity, and you will be able to impress Chu Xiangqian one day.
But Chu Xiangqian actually didn’t talk nonsense. If he were to learn boxing, he would definitely become an existence that no one can surpass in the history of boxing.
He has super physical strength, is stronger than a heavyweight boxer, and is faster than a lightweight boxer.
Moreover, his defensive power and ability to fight against punches are much, much better than those of heavyweight boxers.
This is a bug-level existence in the boxing ring.
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Before the first horse race started, Chu Xiangqian refused Norton's invitation to bet. Chu Xiangqian always stayed away from bets that he could not control.
Seeing that he refused to place a bet, Norton had no choice but to give up the idea of playing a few games.
Chu Qianqian smiled and said, "Don't worry about me, you can play with yourself."
Norton hurriedly shook his head, "In fact, I rarely engage in gambling-related entertainment. I just heard that in today's first race, there was an Arabian horse with a very high winning rate, so I wanted to make some pocket money."
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian became interested. He picked up the binoculars and looked at the track, and asked, "What's the number?"
Norton hurriedly said, "Horse No. 4."
Chu Xiangqian quickly found Horse No. 4, who was jogging on the track to warm up.
The appearance is indeed good, but the Arabian horse is much shorter than the English purebred and does not look majestic enough.
However, in Hong Kong Island, where the prize money is not high and the international attention is not high, many non-thoroughbred horses can actually finish first.
Chu Qianqian thought, horse racing is actually very easy to be disturbed, and no one will suspect it if the tits are allowed to cause trouble.
It's just not that easy to bet on who can finish second or third among other horses.
If you bet on the last horse predicted before the race to become the first, it would be difficult to explain to others why you bought the least favored horse.
After thinking about it, I decided to buy that Arabian horse and finish last.
The reason is easy to find. If the tits peck the knees of these horses, they will be injured and unable to run.
Then he said that he had observed before the race that the horse might have a knee problem.
It’s just that I have no grievances against the horse owner, so it’s unreasonable to harm someone else’s beloved horse.
"By the way, who is the owner of horse No. 4?"
How did Norton know this? Fortunately, his bodyguard was quite competent. Seeing Norton looking at him, he hurriedly said, "Looking at the introduction, it should be an Arabian horse that just came of age at Mr. He Wenli's own horse farm last month."
Chu Xiangqian said "thank you" and gave up his previous idea.
The He family can now be considered their own customers. They first bought a tiger skin for 10,000 yuan, and then bought a whole sika deer for 4,500 yuan.
There is no need to harm other people’s beloved horses
And if you think about it carefully, you can win by buying this horse, and then how many positions can you win by buying this horse.
Normally speaking, it is normal to win half and one position.
But if you win a few, 10 positions, the probability is even smaller than the probability of winning in a row.
It's just that Chu Xiangqian doesn't know if there is such a way to play.
Calling the butler in the VIP room, Chu Xiangqian told the story. The butler asked in surprise, "SIR, are you sure you want to beat the No. 4 horse to win alone, and beat the second place by more than three lengths?"
Chu nodded forward, "Tell me if you can play like this and what are the odds?"
The housekeeper nodded quickly, exited the balcony, picked up the phone and made a call.
Two minutes later, he came back and said, "SIR, because horse No. 4 is the favorite, we can accept this bet. The odds are 1 to 2. That is, if you win the bet, we will pay you 2 yuan with the profit." Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but curl his lips, thinking that if he wins 5 positions alone, but thinking about it, this is a bit too much, and it is really inconsistent with common sense.
He reached into his inner pocket of his suit, actually took out 10,000 yuan from his storage compartment, threw it to the butler, and said, "Horse No. 4 won three positions alone."
The butler took it in a panic and glanced at Norton, who immediately gave him a sharp look.
Then I honestly took the money and placed the order.
Norton then asked Chu Qianqian, "Master, did you see anything?"
Chu glanced at Norton forward and said with a smile, "If you have enough pocket money, buy some to play with. If you lose, I'll treat you to roast venison.
If we win, how about you treat me to steak and do me a small favor?"
Norton thought for a moment and took out a few 20-pound notes from his pocket.
After counting, he took out 100 pounds and gave it to his bodyguard to place bets.
100 pounds is equivalent to 1,600 Hong Kong dollars, which is indeed pocket money for Norton.
Ten minutes later, the first race was about to start. Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but look happy when he saw the pre-race predictions of second place and third place on track 8 and 9.
At the beginning of the race, 14 horses rushed out of the starting point, and the tits suddenly fell from the sky and crossed over the tracks 8, 9, and 10. The horses on the three tracks were immediately startled and subconsciously stopped their explosive power.
Suddenly he was half a beat slower than other racehorses.
When horse No. 4 crossed the finish line first, it was a full 4 positions ahead of the second horse.
The scene was filled with cheers.
Although most people's odds of winning if they buy No. 4 are only 1.3 to 1, so they don't make much money, but running 4 positions is really exciting.
Norton jumped up with the audience.
Then I saw Chu Qianqian’s calm look, and I couldn’t help but admire him even more.
After Chu Xiangqian waited for the Jockey Club to send him a check of 20,000, he said to Norton, who also received the money, "I like Chinese antiques. How about helping me purchase a batch of antiques from England and Europe?"
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After saying that, he placed the check of 20,000 Hong Kong dollars in front of Norton.
This kind of thing is actually very simple for Norton.
He took the check and promised, "Master, give me three days, and I promise to airlift a batch of Chinese antiques to you."
Chu Qianqian smiled and thanked him, but in his heart he thought that these treasures had been snatched away. A burst of anger suddenly emerged.
Fortunately, I calmed down again after a while. Something had already happened. While keeping the shame in mind, there was no point in making myself angry.
It is better to take advantage of the fact that Chinese antiques are still at low prices in Europe and the United States, and cannot even be sold at high prices, to get more of them and bring them back.
Then I thought that there were many works by European and American painters at this time, and the prices were also very low.
I keep buying them back and will hold a private museum exhibition of European and American oil paintings in China in the future. Just thinking about it makes me feel relieved.
The first choice is naturally Picasso's oil paintings.