Probably because the days are getting better, Freya looks much better and looks more and more beautiful.
In the past, Zhu Yu felt that it was difficult for black girls to fit into his aesthetic range.
But then I watched Hollywood movies and found that some of them were pretty good.
Now it seems that Freya is no worse than several actresses working hard in Hollywood, and her temperament is even better - the temperament of the girl next door.
"Hello, Mr. Zhu!" Seeing Zhu Yu get out of the car, Freya said hello shyly, nodded to Cao Dalong, and hurried in to cook.
Like a shy deer.
"Boss," Cao Dalong was very hurt, "I'm not bad in appearance, how come my treatment is so different?"
"We have known each other for a long time." Zhu Yu smiled and walked over to the lake.
After entering the room, Jason called his two younger brothers over to greet Zhu Yu.
Zhu Yu still remembered these two little blacks. They were taller now, but they were still a little shy in front of Zhu Yu. After saying hello, they went to the back.
"I originally planned to let them continue schooling, but they couldn't study. Then I thought about letting them help in the goods yard."
"Okay." Zhu Yu didn't mind this, after all, Jason's two younger brothers were not too young. They didn't develop the habit of studying when they were young. Now if they go to school, they may not be able to learn anything.
"Have you found a girlfriend?" Sitting on the sofa, Zhu Yu asked with a smile, "You can be considered to have entered the middle class now. Your monthly income is better than most American natives. Is it time to start a family?"
"I haven't found one yet." Jason was a little shy and shook his head and said, "I want to find someone from our hometown, but there is no suitable one yet."
Zhu Yu felt that there was something in Jason's words, but he couldn't ask more questions, so he talked about the goods yard again.
“Except for the original few who participated in the container auction, most of them stayed for a while and left.
Not everyone is lucky enough to get their money back or even make a lot of money from their bets. Many people are running to open warehouses, which require less investment and less risk. "
Jason now has a deeper understanding of this industry and continued:
"So I plan to see if I can get involved in this area in the future. Nowadays, many people are doing live broadcasts on YouTube while opening containers. They can have double income, which is also very good."
During the chat, Freya came in and whispered:
"Food is ready."
Several people stood up and went to the restaurant.
Looking at the food on the table, Zhu Yu even thought that he had returned to China!
"Large plate of chicken, spicy lamb trotters, beef stew with potatoes, shredded potatoes..."
Cao Dalong looked at these dishes and couldn't help but said:
"Some chefs in this country may not be able to cook it!"
"Come, come, sit down and eat."
When the meal is ready, everyone is welcome and sits down to eat.
The table at Jason's house was very large and the portions of the food were generous. Zhu Yu took a few bites and praised:
“It tastes really good, better than the ones in some restaurants!”
Freya listened, her eyes were bright and she looked very happy.
After eating, Zhu Yu took out a few small gold ingots from his backpack and gave one to Freya and Jason's two younger brothers.
"This is a gift for you." Zhu Yu said with a smile, "Keep it for fun, but this thing is quite expensive, don't throw it away."
After sitting here for a while, Zhu Yu took Cao Dalong and left.
Freya stood at the door and watched Zhu Yu's car drive away.
Jason said from the side:
"He... doesn't belong here. You need to reconsider."
Freya shook her head stubbornly and walked back to the yard.
Jason sighed and looked at the car driving away. He didn't know what to do about this matter.
Zhu Yu took Cao Dalong to see Cathy.
"Mr. Zhu, if you are okay recently, I suggest you go to the farm to have a look. The people in charge haven't seen you for a long time and have been asking me if the farm has changed its owner."
"OK."
Zhu Yu just thought that it would be fine while waiting for the plane, so he simply looked over all the farms he had purchased that had not yet been sold.
On this day, while Zhu Yu was still hunting on the hillside of the farm, he received a call from Robert.
"Zhu, there is one thing I want to tell you. Recently, there was a private auction in New York. There will be some Chinese antiques at this auction. Do you want to participate?"
Zhu Yu was a little curious and asked:
"Do you have a list? What antiques are there?"
"It is said that there are porcelains, bronzes, and paintings."
"What do bronze wares look like?" Zhu Yu became even more interested when he heard that there were bronze wares. "Do you know?"
"It seems like tigers cannibalize people or something. I don't quite understand those Chinese things..."
"Tiger eats man...can't be like this, right?" Zhu Yu was still in the car at the time and stood up abruptly, but he hit the roof of the car and only then did he react.
"I don't know, but there is a list. If you participate, I can get the list... By the way, you can also put some of your collection up for auction. There are more than a dozen people participating in the auction. Someone may also like the antique precious metals in your hand.
However, the values of the items sent for auction this time are not low. If you want to choose, at least choose something worth more than 10 million. "
Zhu Yu thought of the things in his space, which were worth more than 10 million, which was quite a lot!
He immediately said to Robert:
"I want to participate, please sign up for me."
"Okay, okay, I happen to have a spot in my hand, so I'll apply for you."
Hearing the joy in Robert's voice, Zhu Yu asked with a smile:
"Is there any benefit from introducing me to it?"
"Of course." Robert said bluntly:
"Introduce you in, and if you successfully auction the item, I will give the auctioneer 5-10% of the commission."
"Okay, I think if there are good things, I'll take more pictures." Zhu Yu also joked.
"Okay, okay." Robert smiled and hung up the phone.
Cao Dalong who was driving rarely saw Zhu Yu so happy, so he asked while driving:
"Boss, what makes you so happy? What is that tiger-eating man-eater?"
"It's our country's bronze, a national treasure. It's made of an image of a person holding a head and intending to eat it." Zhu Yu said:
"There were two pieces of this thing unearthed in China at that time, but they were both abroad, one in Japan and one in France. Now if this thing is real, it must be photographed!"
"Yeah, yeah, it's a national treasure!" Cao Dalong was also very excited.
After all, this is a national treasure!
Back in the city, Zhu Yu received another call from Robert.
"I have already signed up for you, but you have to pay a deposit of 10 million US dollars first - not now, but when you enter the venue. This is to prevent someone from taking pictures and not paying. Of course, no If you shoot it, it will be returned in the end.”
Ten million was not much for Zhu Yu, but he did not want to be taken advantage of, so he asked:
"Is it insurance?"
"You can rest assured about this. The person in charge of the auction is a local tycoon in New York, the second-in-line heir of the Donald family. He has organized this auction for six times, once every year. It is impossible for ordinary things to go to this auction. "
Zhu Yu believed the information given by Robert.
But believe it or not, he still needs to inquire again.
Cao Dalong was sent to collect information about the Donald family, and Zhu Yu himself was also inquiring about the information through his own connections.
What he found this time was Smith.
If John's connections are basically in the market, then Smith's connections are relatively high-end.
Smith was also very happy to see Zhu Yu. At this time, he was helping a woman at the counter appraise a gemstone ring given to her by her husband.
"I'm sorry, madam. Your husband may have been deceived. The ring is not set with a real emerald, but with a piece of plexiglass."
After the woman left cursing, Smith let Zhu Yu into the inner room and poured him tea.
"You mean the private auction organized by Mac Donald? It's true."
After hearing Zhu Yu's purpose of coming, Smith confirmed the truth of the matter in one glance.
"Did you receive the invitation?" he asked Zhu Yu.
"Yes." Zhu Yu nodded and took a sip of tea, "Your tea is good."
"I know the habits of you Chinese people, but I just take it as a compliment." Smith poured himself a glass, took a sip, nodded, and said in an exaggerated way:
“Cow—break it off!”
Zhu Yu successfully spit out the tea in his mouth.
Fortunately, he reacted when he came out and turned his head to avoid spraying Smith's face.
"What? What I said is not standard?" Smith was confused. "I asked my friends to teach me this and practiced pronunciation for several days before I learned it!"
"Very standard!" Zhu Yu wiped his mouth and suppressed a smile, "Who are you telling this to?"
"A friend of mine. He made a movie with an actor from China. He learned this sentence from that actor from China. By the way, that friend of mine also gave me this tea."
Well, Zhu Yu didn't realize that the "invasion" of Chinese culture was first carried out in this way here.
Smith gave Zhu Yu a detailed account of Mac Donald's situation.
Although Mr. Mike is the second-in-line heir to the Donald family, it is actually basically impossible for him to inherit the family business.
After all, his brother is only two years older than him, is in good health, and has much higher business talents than him.
However, he had no intention of running the family business. In the past, he mainly focused on eating, drinking and having fun, and he was proficient in many entertainment things.
He started this private auction out of fun.
Due to family reasons, his circle of friends are basically relatively wealthy people. Although these people are not the controllers of a family or a company, the resources they control are not comparable to those of ordinary people.
In the beginning, this auction was just for these people to share their needs.
Unexpectedly, it became bigger and bigger, and many people in the industry wanted to join.
If you are interested, you can use this method to expand your circle, or even turn this into a career.
However, Mike obviously had no such idea. Instead of expanding, he restricted the number of people participating in the auction through various conditions.
But he doesn't introduce new people - in his own words, if the same people keep coming back and forth, there won't be anything new to see.
This is why Robert had the opportunity to introduce Zhu Yu to this auction.
This made Zhu Yu feel that it was worthwhile to participate in such an auction.
"In such an auction, except for a few regular participants, everyone else is new. Basically everyone can only participate once. If the items offered next time do not reach the corresponding level, they will not be invited in the future. Participated in the auction.”
Smith explained, then looked at Zhu Yu and said:
"With your abilities and the things you have mastered, you are definitely qualified to enter the auction."
When he said this, Zhu Yu also understood that although he usually looked low-key, if someone wanted to check, there was still a lot of information that could be found on the surface.
After getting the information he wanted from Smith, Zhu Yu originally planned to leave, but Smith did not let him go, but said somewhat mysteriously:
"Zhu, I have something to ask you for help!"
"Say it," Zhu Yu said, "As long as I can help."
"You must be able to help." Smith said with some embarrassment: "I am very interested in some of your Chinese culture. I asked someone to check it out. I am a horse."
Zhu Yu thought to himself, this is a coincidence, I am also a horse.
But Smith is obviously one round older than him - he is twenty-six, and Smith is at least thirty-eight, and maybe even fifty.
"I would like to ask you to help me get something from your temple that is consecrated and belongs to the year of the horse..."
Zhu Yu thought to himself, do foreigners believe this stuff?
However, he remembered that places like Famen Temple offered those consecrated gold cards, so he would ask about it next time he returned to China.
So he nodded and asked by the way:
"Then when is your birthday?"
"January 10th."
"January...the first month?"
"What is the first month? It's January. The tenth day after New Year's Day."
"Then you are not a horse, you are a snake." Zhu Yu couldn't laugh or cry:
"Chinese people follow the lunar calendar in their zodiac signs. Horses come after the Spring Festival. Your birthday has not yet reached the Spring Festival..."
"What? I'm a snake? I'm not a snake! I'm most afraid of snakes! This is impossible..."
Smith didn't believe Zhu Yu's words and found it hard to accept!
How could it possibly be a snake?
Snakes are such spooky things!
Zhu Yu looked at this authentic white man, wondering why he was not a horse but a snake. He suppressed a smile and consoled him:
"Actually, snakes are pretty good too. Over there, snakes are called little dragons, and they are much more powerful than horses..."
"Really? Little dragon? Long? Is it the dragon in the zodiac sign?"
"Yes, yes, it's Xiaolong!"
Zhu Yu did not use the evil dragon in English here - in Zhu Yu's opinion, that thing just describes a winged lizard and is not worthy of the Chinese dragon.
"Then...then I am a snake - no, a dragon! How about you get me a piece of that? I'll pay for it?"
"Okay." It's not a big deal. Although it is more troublesome, Smith has helped him a lot, so Zhu Yu doesn't mind the trouble.
"Then it's settled!" Smith was very happy, as if he had accomplished a big thing.
After leaving Smith's shopping mall, Zhu Yu still wanted to laugh in the car.
A foreigner who is obsessed with Chinese zodiac culture is really...
The influence of Chinese culture is so great without even realizing it!
