Baifanyu and Chu Xiangqian were stunned at the same time. They secretly asked: Is fur so valuable?
One of them cursed himself secretly: Hong Kong Island has a warm climate and the fur market is indeed sluggish.
But Europeans and Americans like fur more than Asians, and even rich women’s attitude towards fur is hard to say crazy.
A fox skin that is extremely well-handled and in excellent condition may be sold for dozens of pounds, or even hundreds of pounds, if it is just made into a scarf.
Converted to Hong Kong dollars, it would be hundreds or thousands.
Of course, if people dare to sell it so expensively, most of them are still selling brand names.
In the future, Tianchao’s bags from Guangdong will be indistinguishable from professionals from luxury goods companies. However, bags from Guangdong can cost hundreds, while other luxury companies’ bags can cost tens of thousands.
Maybe even those luxury bags were produced by China.
Baifanyu didn't dare to be perfunctory about this matter, so he quickly asked, "How many pounds is it?"
Daguang hesitated for a few seconds, then said with the same incomprehensible expression on his face, "Lao Zhang said that those 50 fox skins were the best batch he had ever seen.
No matter what, I can sell it for 50 pounds a piece. "
Calculated based on the exchange rate of 1:16, it is 800 Hong Kong dollars per ticket.
Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but pay attention to the three foxes that were refreshed every day in Novice Village.
2,400 a day, 72,000 a month, 864,000 a year.
That’s a lot of money these days.
Baifanyu made a mental calculation, sent Daguang to a table nearby to have breakfast, and whispered, "Achu, let's calculate it based on the total price of 240,000, how about it?"
Chu Xiangqian naturally had no objection, "Okay, I'll take advantage of uncle."
Baifanyu waved his hand, "It's just a small amount of money. Do we still need to worry about this little money?"
Chu Qianqian laughed, "Uncle, I think it's hard for you not to want the banner."
Seeing Bai Fanyu's expression change slightly, Chu Xiangqian also put aside his teasing thoughts and said, "Okay, okay, it's just a joke. I'll try to ask for your family's acquiescence that you can do some small business with Guangdong.
It's just that you need to know how to get through the relationship on Hong Kong Island. Maybe by then, our two companies will be able to capture a large share of the mainland's agricultural exports. "
Only then did Baifanyu laugh.
He rolled his eyes and said, "How about we set up another import and export company?"
Chu Xiangqian is naturally willing to transport grain and meat to the mainland in the future, and exchange it for items from the mainland and transport them to Hong Kong Island for sale.
A business cycle is formed, which is good for everyone.
However, this matter is not urgent for the time being. This batch of grain must be transported back first before the superiors will seriously consider this matter.
"There is no problem in opening a new company in partnership, but this matter cannot be rushed. After all, the mainland itself is not doing very well right now."
After breakfast, Baifanyu took Chu Qianqian to Kwai Chung Pier.
In just one morning, Chu Xiangqian realized that this old guy's reputation and connections in Hong Kong Island far exceeded his expectations.
After borrowing the grain, Chu Xiangqian learned that the price of rice in Hong Kong Island was only 34 yuan and 60 cents.
However, the measurement units here on Hong Kong Island are different from those in the Mainland.
One pound is equal to 605 grams. In other words, Hong Kong Island still uses the unit of measurement of one pound and sixteen taels.
In other words, 1 pound here on Hong Kong Island is equal to 121 pounds in the mainland, which is equivalent to 2 yuan, 8 cents and 6 cents per pound.
This price is only 5 cents and 6 cents higher than the price of rice in the mainland last year. And that’s without taking into account food stamps.
Of course, if it is a normal year and there is no shortage of food in the mainland, you can go to the grain station with your household registration book and grain book and buy everyone's rations at a price of 2.3 cents.
In this way, food stamps can only be regarded as vouchers for purchasing food, rather than valuable instruments.
However, in the future, the mainland will cancel the rule of purchasing grain directly from the grain book, and instead, those with a ration of 33 kilograms will be given 33 kilograms of food stamps every month.
At that time, food stamps truly became valuable instruments.
It cost 240,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy grain. The price was 60 cents cheaper. I bought it from a grain dealer, which was 291 tons in mainland measurement units.
It took Chu Xiangqian only half an hour to collect 582,000 kilograms of grain, or 291,000 kilograms, into the warehouse in Xinshou Village.
Of course, he must have avoided everyone when collecting grain, and when he left the warehouse at the dock, it was not only locked, but also allowed to watch without saying anything. Da Zhuang and Hong Niu were still guarding the warehouse.
Bai Fanyu, Da Guang and others never thought that Chu Xiangqian just went in to check and took away half of the food.
Moreover, what Chu Qianqian collected was also the part of the grain bags against the wall. Even if someone came in and didn't climb on top of the stacks of grain bags, there would be no problem.
If someone steals food, the dog will bark and the person will run away immediately.
The staff at the dock will not force the lock to enter.
After leaving the dock in the car, Baifanyu wanted to ask Chu Qianqian if he needed help with transporting food.
But as he spoke, he remembered that Da Guang, who was driving, didn't know that this batch of food was sent to the mainland, so he immediately changed the subject and said, "When will the plane arrive?"
Chu Xiang looked at his watch and said, "That ghost guy Charles said it would be about four o'clock in the afternoon."
After hearing this, Baifanyu said to Daguang, "When you see the phone booth, call Jiziwen and ask them to drive the truck and wait outside the airport."
More than an hour later, the car arrived outside Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, met the truck driven by Ji Zaiwen, and drove all the way to the runway where the private jet was parked.
Not long after, not only Charles arrived, but Lan Gang also came ahead with his men.
With Charles around, the truck passed the checkpoint smoothly.
However, outside the hangar next to the apron, a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud 2 and two Mercedes Benz cars were parked.
Chu Xiangqian only thought it was a car coming to pick up Norton, so he didn't take it to heart.
At 4:20 p.m., the plane Chu Qianqian saw last time landed smoothly on the runway and slowly taxied outside the hangar.
As soon as the cabin door opened, Norton walked out impatiently. He saw Chu Qianqian standing not far away, hurriedly waving at him and walking down the gangway quickly.
He opened his hand and wanted to hug Chu Qianqian.
Unfortunately, Chu reached forward and pressed it on his forehead.
Charles, Lan Gang and Bai Fanyu, who were watching on the sidelines, were stunned.
Norton reacted quickly and said in a hurried tone, "Sorry, Master, I forgot that you are not used to Western etiquette."
Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at Norton and looked at a woman standing outside the cabin door.
Secretly wondering, is this guy so unreliable? He actually brought a woman here with him.
He frowned and asked Norton, "Are you here for business, or are you here to take a woman on vacation?"
Norton shook his head hurriedly, "Master, that's my aunt. She was in a bad mood for some reasons. She heard that I was coming to Hong Kong Island, so she insisted on coming with me.
I didn't agree at first, but I didn't expect that she would board the plane before it took off. I could only bring her here to relax. "
After hearing this, Chu Qianqian frowned even deeper.
I already knew everything about the Norton family's interpersonal relationships from Charles.
Moreover, Mountbatten is considered an old friend to the Chinese people. Although he may not necessarily agree with it, in fact, if it were not for him, Lao Ba would not have founded the country.
At the same time, it was also because of his persuasion that the 565 feudal states on Asan's side would join Indo. Otherwise, they might become hundreds of small states.
What made Chu Xiangqiang admire Mountbatten the most was that during World War II, the old man was probably beaten too badly by the islanders on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, so he had always been extremely disgusted and hostile to the islanders, and even wanted to completely split the island country.
Therefore, Chu Xiangqian had a certain understanding of this family and knew that Norton only had one aunt, but his age did not match the woman standing outside the cabin door and walking downstairs.
When he was thinking about who this woman was, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Charles, the ghost guy, first rubbed his eyes, and then his hands began to tremble with excitement, and he walked forward quickly, his attitude as respectful as possible.
No matter how stupid Chu Xiangqian was, he realized that there was something wrong with this woman's identity.
Staring at Norton and asking, "Who is this lady?"
Norton shook his head again, "Master, just leave her alone. She will take the car and leave in a while, so we don't need to worry about her."
Chu Qianqian felt a little relieved and stood still, watching the woman say a few words to Charles in a very perfunctory manner, and then went straight to Yinyun and left.
However, when the car turned a corner, Chu Qianqian still saw the woman looking towards him and Norton.
Fortunately, the car drove away quickly, and Chu Xiangqian and Norton got on the plane.
He first said hello to Norton's bodyguard Ward and another bodyguard named Langdon, and then entered the warehouse.
In addition to some suitcases, there were ten wooden boxes half as tall as a person and one and a half meters wide.
Norton said with a smile, "There are 120 pieces of porcelain, 24 pieces of calligraphy and painting, 6 pieces of bronze, and 15 oil paintings in the ten boxes."
When Chu Xiangqian heard this, his heart started to beat faster. The last time Norton's bodyguard Ward sent 10 Picasso paintings, he said that the total value of this batch of antiques would reach 80,000 pounds.
But from the looks of it, it should be more than 80,000.
The worst thing about buying Chinese antiques from Europeans and Americans is that antiques that only cost 100 yuan in the mainland cost hundreds, or even one or two thousand yuan abroad.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people secretly stealing antiques from the mainland and selling them abroad.
Norton nodded to Ward, and Chu Xiangqian quickly took the list handed over by Ward and looked at it.
Don’t look at the porcelain, calligraphy, paintings and bronzes yet, they are all here, don’t be afraid of them escaping.
After looking at the 15 oil paintings, 3 by Picasso, 3 by Malevich, 5 by Kandinsky, and 4 by Harder Richter, Chu Xiangqian couldn't help but his heart beat faster.
Except for Picasso, although the other three painters will not be famous in China in the future, anyone who has paid attention to the oil painting market basically knows that these three are actually very famous.
A painting can cost anywhere from a few million dollars to as much as ten to twenty million dollars.
Just like Malevich's painting, which was sold for a sky-high price of US$85 million in 2018.
Chu Xiangqian was willing to buy just three paintings by Malevich for 80,000 pounds.
Not to mention there are 3 oil paintings by Picasso and 9 other oil paintings by two other painters who are as famous as Malevich.
Of course, these days, these people are just like Picasso. They are famous, but the prices of their paintings have not yet risen.
I've made a big mistake myself.
Chu Qianqian was happy in his heart, but his face showed dissatisfaction, and he frowned and looked at Norton and Ward.
Norton shrugged, "Master, even though Malevich and Kandinsky are from Tsarist Russia, they are actually quite famous.
Just because of the position, the price is not high and it is not very popular in the market.
As for Harder Richter, although he is still very young and an East German, my personal consultant told me that this young painter will definitely be very famous in the future. "
Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at Norton angrily, but felt happy in his heart.
Hearing this, it would be easy for me to get a few more pictures.
And if it weren’t for these reasons, these 15 oil paintings would not have been in my hands.
Seeing that Chu Xiangqian didn't say anything, Norton felt relieved and hurriedly said, "Master, these cultural relics total 100,000 pounds. If you want to exchange the remaining 200,000 pounds into Hong Kong dollars, we can go to the bank tomorrow.
Or give you cash in pounds sterling directly. "
After speaking, Norton nodded to the bodyguard named Langdon, and soon a box containing 200,000 pounds was placed on a wooden box.
Chu Xiangqian originally didn't want to accept the pound.
Compared with the US dollar, the pound's exchange rate will fall faster in the future.
But then I thought about it, no matter whether the pound falls or not, the exchange rate of the pound against the Hong Kong dollar will be fixed for more than ten years.
And with pounds, it is easy to go to banks in Europe, the United States or Hong Kong Island to exchange for gold.
In addition, the mainland definitely prefers to accept British pounds instead of Hong Kong dollars.
Chu Xiangqian didn't say anything and nodded to Norton, "I will find someone to appraise and do a valuation on these antiques."
After saying that, he opened the suitcase and confirmed that there was 200,000 pounds, and then continued to say to Norton, "Let's go, I will take you to see the white tiger."
Norton nodded quickly, and Ward and Langdon also became excited.
The four of them got off the plane. Chu Xiangqian shouted to Jiziwen, and then began to introduce Lan Gang and Baifanyu.
As for Charles, he was already laughing and joking with Norton.
Norton was very considerate to Chu Xiangqian. After shaking hands with Lan Gang and Baifanyu, he said a lot of polite words without any impatience.
Baifanyu doesn't understand English, but this guy Langang not only knows English, but also Belgian and Spanish.
This can be said to be very rare among Chinese policemen in that era.
When Lan Gang presented a steel fan, Chu Qianqian took it first, played with it for a while, and then put it in Norton's hand.
This boy had long been surprised by Chu Qianqian's fancy fan-waving technique just now, and he was quite satisfied with the gift.
My favorable impression of Blue Steel suddenly surged.
Not only did he say thank you several times, he also spread out his fan and asked Chu Qianqian to teach him how to look cool.
Naturally, Chu Xiangqian would not refuse. Norton was a young man with a good temperament. The second one tells Lan Gang to buy an iron bone fan and make friends with Norton, but he just did it to show Charles.
After chatting for a while, the truck slowly drove over.
Chu pulled Norton forward, who was about to climb into the truck, and said to Ward and Langdon, "Gentlemen, when you lift the curtain, be gentle, so as not to disturb the white tiger.
Then a tiger roar attracted the staff and police at the airport. "
Ward and Langdon looked at each other, feeling fear in their hearts for no reason.
Human beings' fear of fierce beasts such as tigers, lions, and bears has long been deeply engraved in our genes.
Hearing something moving behind the curtain, and even bumping against the iron cage a few times, Ward and Langdon hesitated for a while before they had the courage to climb into the truck.
After opening the curtain a little, Ward immediately looked at the white tiger who was looking over.
A sudden chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his forehead, and Ward was so frightened that he quickly lowered the curtain.
He stuttered and said to Langdon, "No, yes, it's a living, living white tiger."
When Langdon saw this, he couldn't help but laugh at Ward in his heart.
But when he lifted the curtain and looked in, the white tiger stretched out its claws, rushed over and hit the iron railing.
Terrified, Langdon backed away subconsciously and sat down on the truck.
Not only did Chu Qianqian laugh at this time, but Lan Gang, Baifanyu, Charles, Jiziwen and others also couldn't help but raise the corners of their mouths and laughed silently.
Chu stepped forward and patted Norton, who had a fearful expression on his face, but was secretly eager to try, "I suggest that this tiger be flown back to England immediately, to avoid being discovered by Hong Kong Island, who may not let this white tiger leave."
Norton knew that Chu Xiangqian was right. The recorded white tiger did not appear in the zoo until 1951. If there was news that a white tiger appeared in Hong Kong Island, the Hong Kong government would definitely fight for it.
He hurriedly said to Chu Qianqian, "Master, since there is no problem with this white tiger, then you can find someone to help carry it onto the plane."
Chu Xiangqian nodded to the white rice fish, and soon a dozen people who had lifted the white tiger and the iron cage from the fishing boat and onto the truck last night were let in.
I had an experience and spent another day with this tiger. Not only were these dozen people not afraid, but they also acted reliably.
It didn't take long to lift the iron cage off the truck and onto the plane through the plane's open cargo passage.
Then according to Chu Qianqian's instructions, ten boxes containing antiques were carefully loaded onto the truck one by one.
Lan Gang and Charles were very curious about what was in these boxes. Unfortunately, Chu Xiangqian couldn't tell, let alone Norton, Ward and Langdon.
Only Baifanyu asked Chu Qianqian in a surprised voice, "How many of our antiques are here?"
Chu shrugged forward and said in the same low voice, "No matter how many pieces there are, they won't be in my hands for a few days before they will be shipped back to the mainland."
Baifanyu then extinguished his curiosity and secretly thought that Achu was really smart. With this batch of antiques given to the mainland, he would be a person of special interest in the mainland from now on.
As long as they are not messing around, if the British want to cause trouble for him, they have to ask the mainland first if they will agree.
Moreover, Chu Xiangqian also hooked up with an English nobleman. The ghost guys on Hong Kong Island would definitely be more unwilling to cause trouble for him at will.
For a moment, Bai Fanyu regretted that her daughter got married too early.
It's a pity that this idea can only be thought about.
After all the antiques were in the car, Norton couldn't help but drag Chu Qianqian onto the plane to see the white tiger with his own eyes.
Fortunately, once the plane door is closed, even if the tiger roars, the sound will be greatly weakened by the plane.
When Chu Qianqian saw that Ward and Langdon were hesitant to lift the curtain, he sneered in his heart, stretched out his hand and pulled down the entire curtain.
Norton suddenly became excited, but when he saw the tiger looking at him and frowning, revealing two long fangs and roaring at him, Norton instantly felt his scalp numb, and a chill went straight to the top of his head.
His face turned pale within a few seconds, and he subconsciously hid behind Chu Qianqian.
Chu Qianqian laughed, took the initiative to step forward, stretched out his hand and slapped the iron cage fiercely.
What was shocking was that the white tiger that had been showing its teeth and claws just now actually showed fear and leaned backward against the other end of the iron cage.
Since catching this white tiger, Chu Xiangqian has fed it more than once in Xinshou Village, and released it more than once to be used as a sandbag to practice the tiger-crane double shape in Hongquan.
Moreover, Chu Xiangqian's physical strength was extraordinary, and the beating lasted for several hours, which had already made the white tiger fearful of him.
When Norton saw this, he looked at Chu's forward gaze, which was called admiration.
Ward and Langdon on the side also had expressions of disbelief.
Fortunately, the three of them quickly realized that since Chu Qianqian got the tiger, they heard that he had returned to heaven.
Considering that Chu Xiangqian himself is a real kung fu master, it makes sense that the tiger would be afraid of him.
Chu looked forward and looked back at Norton and asked, "Have you seen enough?"
Norton came back to his senses, nodded, and said regretfully, "It would be great if I could see it hunting."
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian put the curtain back up and tied it carefully with a rope. At the same time, he checked the iron cage again and again, and then he walked off the plane with confidence.
Norton didn't want to go back to England right now, and besides, there was a big troublesome aunt coming with him.
If you don't take the person back, you will definitely be scolded or even grounded.
He hurriedly said to Langdon, "Langdon, you and the plane escort this white tiger back, and then tell my grandfather to send someone over as soon as possible to take Her Royal Highness Margaret back."
Langdon was actually unwilling to return to England so soon, but he had to listen to Norton's words.
I could only look at Ward with envy before agreeing.
I refueled the plane, did a simple inspection, and finally took off an hour later and took to the sky.
Chu Xiangqian took his car keys from Daguang and took Norton into the car. This kid got into the passenger seat first, which made Ward feel embarrassed to sit in the back seat and had to take Charles' car.
When the motorcade arrived at Nathan Road, Chu Qianqian originally wanted Lan Gang and others to go to the seafood restaurant on the beach first, while he took the truck home.
It’s just that Lan Gang and Bai Fanyu were worried that there would be problems if there were too many boxes, so in the end they had no choice but to go back to the dry goods store together.
There were more than a dozen strong laborers, so it didn’t take long for ten boxes to be moved into the house.
Chu Qianqian, who was the last one to come out, also put away all the boxes.
In an instant, the voice of adding 4850 gold coupons sounded in my mind.
Immediately, the aperture outside Xinshou Village expanded rapidly, and it expanded until it reached 108.57 meters before stopping.
Before Chu Xiangqian had time to take a closer look, a horn sounded from behind him.
Looking back, Lan Gang pointed at his watch, signaling to hurry up.
In desperation, Chu Xiangqian could only close the door first, get in the car and leave behind Lan Gang's car.
Crossing the sea to Wan Chai Pier, we visited a large seafood restaurant in Central.
Chu Xiangqian had just gotten out of the car and when he subconsciously looked around, he suddenly saw a guy with a familiar face standing outside the Western restaurant on the left side of the street opposite the hotel and looking towards him.
Damn it, this guy seems to be the big guy who plays the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Then I thought of it again, like the reading vendor in the movie Zhang Tianzhi.
(End of chapter)
