Ge Bai and others wanted the industrial land in Chai Wan, but they saw that Chu Xiangqian was interested in Donglongzhou for no reason, and then thought about his ability to make money, so they decided to take a gamble.
Not far to the east of Chai Wan is Tung Lung Chau.
In addition, although there are many industrial buildings in Chai Wan now, the land prices are very cheap.
Six people can jointly raise some money, at most 13.4 million, to acquire these 15 acres of industrial land.
In this way, Chu Xiangqian got what he wanted easily, and it didn't cost a dime.
Even if Nelson wanted some sweat horses, he had to spend money to buy them himself.
After making an appointment to go to the District Office to get the contract and approval documents tomorrow, Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Gentlemen, I won't accompany you tonight. I have to meet with Norton.
By the way, tell him that the hunting team funded by you not only found a black tiger, but that tiger is also on its way. "
Hader and others laughed after hearing this.
Chu Xiangqian added, "Maybe when Norton and I talk about this, he will call you and invite you to dinner. Don't let it slip then.
Moreover, the money from selling the black tiger belongs to me, no problem, right? "
"Of course," Hader said hurriedly, "We will explain to Sir Norton that you will hold the money first and then distribute it to us.
If you are worried, we can sign a contract that only requires you to pay us 1 pound each.
At the same time, after the black tiger returns to London, we will discuss matters involving publicity with Lord Mountbatten. "
Chu Xiangqian's eyes lit up after hearing this. When dealing with these ghosts, he was careful not to make any big mistakes.
"Then let's go to Attorney Huang's law firm again?"
Naturally, everyone had no objection, and they were even more worried that after Chu Qianqian took the money, he would spread the word around London that he had actually found someone to capture the tiger.
Now that we have a contract, it is a guarantee for everyone.
When I came out of the law firm, it was already past 4 p.m.
Chu Qianqian said goodbye to Ge Bai and the others, and then made an appointment with Nelson again to go to the District Office to handle the land use in Donglong Prefecture early tomorrow morning.
Then he drove to the Peninsula Hotel, and a phone call called Norton over from the mountaintop villa.
When he accompanied Margaret to eat in the hotel restaurant, he discussed the thoughts of Black Tiger, Nelson and others. Norton directly stated that as long as the tiger was in the hands of the Mountbatten family.
Other things don't matter.
Margaret pouted and looked at Chu Qianqian with a wink.
Chu Qianqian knew from the look on this girl's face that she definitely wanted to give the black tiger to her sister in person.
"I asked people to search various tribes in Central Asia, but I didn't expect to find a porcelain-white sweat-blooded horse. It's just that the price of these horses was 800,000 US dollars.
I have no choice but to buy this tiger so that I can have the money to buy you that bloody horse. "
Hearing this, Margaret had an expression of disbelief on her face.
Then he grabbed Chu Qianqian's hand with love in his heart and said affectionately, "My dear, you are so good to me."
Chu Qianqian sighed helplessly in his heart. It seemed that women were all the same. Only when they were rich could their love last.
However, there seems to be nothing controversial about men making money to spend on their women.
Norton secretly rolled his eyes. A BMW worth 800,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to 200,000 pounds, is given to you. There is probably no woman in the world who can resist this temptation.
Look at the ruby earrings hanging on Margaret's ears and the ruby brooch on her chest.
Norton began to regret not introducing his cousin to his master earlier.
And Chu Xiangqian's contribution, to put it bluntly, is a costless, blood-earning horse produced by the game.
And the quoted price is 80 US dollars, which is equivalent to 200,000 pounds. If there is really a villain willing to pay this price.
Selling two horses would be equivalent to making back the money given to Margaret.
After all, at the beginning, Norton valued the golden sweat blood at only 100,000 pounds, and the porcelain white sweat blood at only 150,000 pounds.
This can be regarded as taking advantage of the advertising effect of the royal family. For Chu Xiangqian, giving it away for free is not a disadvantage at all.
Of course, when a champion knight runs a championship, the price of the horse he provides will also increase a lot.
Coupled with the hard work of exchanging antiques and national treasures with Norton at the beginning, the results are not bad.
There is a good chance of winning the second level event in London.
Chu Qianqian held Margaret's hand with his backhand and said with a smile, "When the blood of the porcelain white sweat comes here, I will test its performance with you.
Maybe you will become a champion horse owner earlier than your sister. "
Margaret and Norton were stunned at the same time, and then the girl was ecstatic.
Starting in 1956, my sister began to reform the royal horse farm. A lot of money was spent, and some foals with excellent pedigrees were purchased.
But even the offspring of champion horses are mostly mediocre.
Even if both parents are champion horses, it is difficult for their offspring to produce a champion.
On the contrary, after three or four generations, the probability of a champion horse becoming even greater.
What if my sister knew that she didn't spend a penny and got a championship horse for nothing, and it was rare and extremely rare porcelain white blood.
Maybe you will go crazy with envy and jealousy.
Thinking of this, Margaret still had the time to have dinner. Her feet under the table slowly lifted up and stretched towards Chu Qianqian.
Chu Qianqian was startled, and glanced at the charming Margaret with surprise.
Seeing her eyes welling up with tears, I immediately knew what this girl was thinking.
Busy took a deep breath, looked at Norton and said, "How much can you offer for that black tiger? Also, what is the total value of the Chinese antiques and Picasso paintings that you can offer?"
Norton couldn't help but put down his knife and fork, holding the wine glass and thinking deeply.
To be honest, although the Mountbatten family is rich and powerful, it is still difficult for the family to come up with hundreds of thousands or even millions of pounds in cash at once.
But antiques and paintings worth 1 million pounds are not so easy to raise.
These days, there is no Chinese antique worth more than 10,000 pounds that is not a treasure, or even a national treasure.
Ordinary collectible antiques may only cost a few hundred or dozens of pounds.
In fact, there are too few people in the market who buy this kind of antiques.
Except for a few Chinese from Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and Han cultural enthusiasts from island countries, the only types of collections by white people are bronzes, Tang Sancai, heavy-color porcelain, and Buddhist statues.
Thinking of this, Norton couldn't help scratching his head, "Master, how about half of it in cash this time and half of it offset by antiques and oil paintings.
As for the price? "
Norton had another headache.
The last time I bought the white tiger, I only spent half of it for 300,000, and there was still 100,000 pounds of it offset by antiques and oil paintings.
But just over a month later, I heard that there were 70,000 to 80,000 tourists going to the London Zoo to see the white tigers alone.
Moreover, the ticket price for the White Tiger Pavilion alone is 12 shillings, and one pound is equal to 20 shillings.
From these 70,000 to 80,000 visitors alone, the Tiger Pavilion earned 48,000 pounds.
This is not yet the peak period for visitors. It is estimated that it will not be difficult to earn 800,000 to 900,000 pounds from one tiger in a year.
In other words, the price of that white tiger definitely exceeds one million pounds.
Now there is another black and blue tiger that is more precious than the white tiger. Norton really doesn't know how much he should value it.
But what is certain is that this tiger will never be less than one million.
And once other countries, even British cities outside London, know about it, they will definitely join the bidding.
If it were handed over to an auction house and put up for public sale, maybe 2 million pounds would be fine.
Seeing that Norton was hesitant about the quotation, Margaret curled her lips and said to Chu Qianqian with a smile, "My dear, actually, this black tiger can be introduced to the Duke of Devonshire.
I believe Uncle Andrew will definitely give you a price that satisfies you. "
Norton immediately became anxious. To put it bluntly, his maternal grandfather's title was only the first Earl of Burma.
But as Myanmar separated from the British Commonwealth, the so-called Earl of Myanmar was just a title.
Devonshire, who received the title of earl in 1618, was indeed much different from the Duke whose title had been passed down for eleven generations.
Moreover, Devonshire has been operating in Devon County for generations. Not only does he have extraordinary financial resources, but the amount of family property and land owned is even comparable to that of the royal family.
As long as the old Duke is really interested, two million pounds is impossible. But 1.2 million or 1.5 million is absolutely no problem.
Even the zoo in Devon is far inferior to the London Zoo.
Buying a black tiger can take at most two years to pay back the investment, and there are many people who are willing to buy it.
In the next ten or twenty years, it will be pure profit.
Norton still has this bit of computing power.
He hurriedly said to Chu Xiangqian, "Master, that black tiger costs 1 million pounds. I can help you get one or two more. How about oil paintings by Monet or Cézanne?"
Chu Xiangqian was secretly happy. One million pounds was his bottom line, and oil paintings by Monet and Cézanne were sought after by collectors in this era.
Any oil painting by the two of them should be worth 100,000 to 200,000 pounds.
But then I thought about it, decades later, the prices of oil paintings of these two big men were really not as high as Picasso’s.
Of course, the price must be extremely expensive, and may even be difficult to guarantee. One day, the auction record of their oil paintings will break the record of Picasso's oil paintings.
But in the 1960s, the price of their oil paintings was many times higher than that of Picasso.
According to Norton, the price of a painting must be one or two hundred thousand pounds. If converted into US dollars, that would be 400,000 to 800,000 pounds.
The auction record for Picasso's oil paintings at this time was only $50,000.
It is equivalent to buying a pair of oil paintings by Monet and Cézanne, but you can buy 8 or even 20 paintings.
Any fool knows how to choose.
And during this period of the 1960s, if you look carefully for Picasso's paintings, you can really find a lot of them.
As long as they are willing to pay 1.5 times or even double the price, maybe some small museums will be willing to sell their collections of Picasso paintings.
Of course, if I raise the price like this, the price of Picasso's oil paintings will definitely go up in the future.
But so what, buying one anyway will preserve its value better than exchanging cash for gold.
Chu Xiangqian heard a joke in his previous life. In the early 1990s, there was an aunt in Beijing who inherited a US$20,000 inheritance from a relative abroad.
At that time, it was converted into Tianchao currency, which was about 170,000.
This was a real huge sum of money in an era when the idea of a household with ten thousand yuan was just emerging.
Some people advised her to buy more houses, but this aunt only spent 60,000 yuan to buy an 80-square-meter building with three bedrooms and one living room in the central city.
The remaining money is deposited in the bank and earns interest.
And relying on the interest, the couple can live a very comfortable life without having to work at all.
But a few years later, ten years later, 110,000 yuan went from being able to buy two buildings in Beijing to being able to buy only a toilet.
The interest is no longer enough to cover daily expenses.
Since Chu Xiangqian has heard this story, he naturally knows that 1 million is indeed valuable at this time, but only by replacing it with something more valuable can he maintain a wealthy life for a long time in the future.
Buying a house, land, or antiques will preserve their value better than buying gold.
Even over a period of more than ten or thirty years, the return on investment from buying stocks of some large companies is not as high as buying a store on Hong Kong Island.
Of course, you still have to do business. After all, you pay more taxes, hire more employees, and earn more money, which means you have social status.
It’s also safer than just being rich.
To put it bluntly, the more people who rely on you for food, the more stable your status will be.
Thinking of this, Chu looked forward to Norton and said, "I still like Picasso's oil paintings. The black tiger is priced at 1.5 million pounds, so I hope you can help me get a Picasso oil painting worth at least 500,000 pounds.
If the painting is really good, I am willing to increase the price by 20%. "
Norton shook his head after hearing this. 500,000 pounds is equal to 2 million US dollars.
Judging from the highest auction price of 50,000 yuan for a Picasso oil painting, unless it is really the best, the price of a normal oil painting is only between a few thousand to 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.
Two million US dollars might cost hundreds of paintings. Not to mention the Mountbatten family, even relatives and friends would help collect them. It would be impossible to raise them all within a few years.
Norton gritted his teeth and said, "I know someone who has a lot of bronzes from the Celestial Dynasty. Master, I will help you purchase them. No matter what the final price is, I will charge a 20% agency fee.
Of course, you can also hire an expert to do a valuation, and I guarantee that I will help you lower the price to a price lower than the market price.
And the total value will not be less than 500,000 pounds, leaving 1 million pounds.
I will give you another Chinese antique worth £100,000 to £200,000 and hand over the cash. "
After saying that, while Chu Xiangqian was thinking, Norton hesitated for a few seconds, then looked at Chu Xiangqian and continued, "Master, can I run after your champion knight achieves good results?
Sell my pure gold sweat horse? Even as a last resort, can you sell the black tiger? "
Chu Xiangqian and Margaret were stunned at the same time, and they immediately understood that the Mountbatten family seemed to be rich and powerful, but in fact, their financial situation was far less wealthy than imagined.
But this is correct. The wealth of nobles is basically inherited from their ancestors.
There are really not many people who can make a lot of money in business during the time they inherit the title.
Most of them are resting on their laurels, and their lives are not as good as outsiders imagine.
And although Mountbatten's status was high, his family had actually declined long ago.
Otherwise, when he was still young, he would not have married the granddaughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman.
It can be said that the English nobles looked down on wealthy American businessmen, but at the same time had to face reality and marry the daughters of wealthy American or European businessmen.
This situation will be the same not only in the past few decades, but also in the next few decades.
(End of chapter)
