Su He smiled and said: "It's okay, I've already finished eating. Just eat on the way."
Chen Kun nodded: "Then let's go. Let's set off together."
When the two came out, Lu Yuan and Yu Tu naturally followed.
Chen Kun came directly here without bringing anyone with him.
The Chen family was in decline after all. Although they still had some connections, they could not compare to Su He who had earned such a large fortune.
Of course, the Chen family may still have some wealth.
But those are some real estate, and the liquidity cannot compare with Su He.
On the way, Su He also asked: "Is there still no auction catalog for this auction?"
Generally speaking, there should be some catalogs on the eve of the auction, or a few days in advance. At least, give a partial auction listing. "
These are used to attract people who plan to auction items.
Even some people with connections will get all the lists in advance.
Some relatively good things, even valued by some people, may be bought in advance.
The Chen family is obviously such a person.
Chen Kun said: "Actually, this is not the first time such an auction has been held. The auction items are all similar, and this time it is similar. At the beginning, there were some ordinary calligraphy, paintings, cultural objects, etc. There were also some ancient money, oh, by the way, this Once there was a set of Qianlong imperial blessing gold coins. It is said to be the final auction item."
Qianlong’s imperial blessing gold coin?
Su He remembered this thing.
In later generations, he saw a lot of information.
I usually don’t remember or think of it.
But when someone mentions it, some information that later generations have seen will pop up from the depths of his mind.
He remembered hearing about this gold prayer coin made by Emperor Qianlong.
There are 12 "Qianlong Imperial Blessing Gold Coins" in a box. The whole body is decorated with auspicious patterns of the Eight Immortals, the edges are decorated with cloud patterns, and the bottom is wrapped with flowers.
Twelve pieces of money are paired with six kinds of money covers, two of each type. The money covers are decorated with bats, swastikas, peonies and other auspicious patterns. Each piece is exquisite, complicated and luxurious.
The twelve gold coins are respectively engraved with the twelve earthly branches in Manchu and Chinese: "Peace in the world, long-lasting peace and long-term governance, political harmony and harmony, peace and sweet rain, national peace and prosperity, openness and uprightness, blessings from heaven, long blessings, long life, prosperity and peace, good luck and well-being, purple energy in the east" Come and live forever", which means praying for the country, the country and the country.
In 2017, at the Jiade Spring Auction "Knowing the Small Things - Gold and Silver Curios", a box of 12 pieces was sold for 41.975 million yuan including commission.
This high-price transaction was 14 times higher than the estimated value at the time, breaking the auction record of ancient coins and creating the highest price in the history of domestic coin auctions.
Chen Kun looked at Su He's face: "It seems like you know this?"
Su He nodded: "There have been coins in all dynasties. The collection of ancient coins has great potential for appreciation. As a collection, it is loved by many collectors. A small silver dollar can be easily sold at an auction house. It’s a few…hundreds of dollars.”
He originally wanted to say tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, or millions of yuan.
But that is the hereafter, not now.
In this day and age, a set of coins worth a few hundred dollars is still fine.
A few thousand dollars is not impossible.
But tens of thousands of dollars seems a little impossible.
Chen Kun did not expect this, nor did he expect that someone from later generations would actually know that a set of Qianlong imperial blessing gold coins would be auctioned for a high price of 40 million in later generations.
Of course, this is the only one in the world and there is no other one.
This is why this set of coins is so valuable.
Of course, the auction at that time was indeed a bit exaggerated, and this is also true.
"It seems that you are very interested in this set of Qianlong imperial blessing gold coins?" Chen Kun asked.
Su He nodded: "This set of Qianlong imperial blessing gold coins is indeed of great collection value. With this set of twelve coins, there will be a lot of room for appreciation in the future. I am interested in buying it."
This set of Qianlong imperial blessing gold coins has a great potential for appreciation.
Get it now, if you don’t have to spend too much, it’s really worth it.
If it is too expensive, it is better to buy an extra courtyard house.
Talking and laughing, the two of them had arrived at the place where the auction was being held.
Su He and Chen Kun got out of the car. Lu Yuan followed Su He and stopped the car on the way.
"Where is this?" Su He asked.
Chen Kun said: "This was the home of a recalcitrant owner before, but it was later confiscated. Later, it was returned to the recalcitrant owner and used as an auction venue. Over the past year, the auctions held here have , at least six. They were all held here."
While joking, Chen Kun brought Su He in.
Su He was a little surprised: "You don't need any invitations or anything? You just came in like this?"
Chen Kun smiled and said: "You think it's that simple? I also like to come to this auction house before. So I'm familiar with it. They know who I am when they look at me. That's why they let us go straight in. Next time, you If you come here again, they should know you."
Su He raised his eyebrows: "So casual? Moreover, I only came once, and they remembered me? And they asked me to come directly?"
Chen Kun said: "Do you think they are very casual? In fact, there are talented people here who have the ability to remember things with photographs. Anyone who has been here once will be remembered."
Su He recalled that when he came in just now, there was a gatekeeper with strange and protruding eyes. When he looked at people, he was particularly bright.
But when people see it, they are a little scared.
At that time, this person randomly scanned everyone who came in here.
Su He said, "Oh? Is he the one with protruding eyes?"
Chen Kun nodded: "You are observing carefully. Yes, it is him. Every time he is the gatekeeper here, he will never make a mistake."
The two of them said that they had already entered.
There are quite a lot of people here.
Chen Kun introduced: "This courtyard is not small, and the courtyard next to it has been opened up. The place is even larger. People who come here can take a rest in the room next to it before the auction starts. This There are people guarding outside every house. You can tell them what you want to eat. Some pastries, drinks and the like are free."
Su He suddenly realized that this person's auction was quite thoughtful.
Chen Kun saw that Su He was not surprised at all, but still a little confused: "If you don't doubt it, why does he give everything for free?"
Su He said with a smile: "This person can hold this auction on such a large scale, not to mention the people who come to the auction. I'm afraid he also has to draw a commission from it. Compared with the income, this little cake, drink, etc. is not worth it." It’s nothing. Besides, the pastries here are probably not that good.”
Chen Kun is speechless and wants to say something. This is the only thing you can say.
For another person, he would always spray.
The organizer of this auction purchased Hutchison Pastries, which is very famous in the imperial capital. This is a time-honored brand that has been around for hundreds of years.
His grandma, as well as many big families in the imperial capital, all like to buy pastries from Hutchison.
This is a high-end pastry in the imperial capital.
Before he could speak, he heard someone laugh.
Chen Kun's whole body was shaken, and Su He was a little weird. He looked up and saw a young man coming out.
This man is probably older than Chen Kun, about two or three years old.
He should still be Chen Kun's same age.
They are all in the same circle, and their performance just now...
Su He felt that there was a high probability that this person would not be able to deal with Chen Kun.
The words may sound a little ugly.
Sure enough, the man spoke sarcastically: "Who am I talking about? Isn't this the fourth son of the Chen family who has fallen into decline? What happened? Now you can't even appreciate Hutchison's pastries? Don't you Chen family want to eat Hutchison now? Do you still have to queue up for the pastries?"
Chen Kun didn't look very good.
Hutchison pastries are naturally very good.
But for people like them, in the past, as long as someone went to Hutchison and told him, they could get pastries and leave on the spot.
Even if it is sold out, Hutchison can ask the pastry chef to come back and make it fresh.
The pastries they got were all the freshest.
But after all, the Chen family has declined a bit.
In the previous years, the Chen family did not retain all their wealth, and some people died because of it.
Although starting last year, the Chen family also got back some things and a lot of their property.
But it is precisely for this reason that the brothers of the Chen family, especially Chen Kun's eldest and second brothers, take the family's wealth too seriously.
He even went so far as to exclude his brothers for the sake of wealth.
Chen Kun was also a little disappointed with his eldest and second brothers because of this.
"Hu Sheng, what do you want to say?" Chen Kun looked bad. He turned around and explained to Su He in a low voice: "This man is my enemy and he never has a good face. You are implicated by me."
Su He actually guessed this, but he was friends with Chen Kun and Chen Qian, so even if he was implicated, there was nothing he could do.
Su He will not retreat either.
Hu Sheng stared at Chen Kun for a moment, then at Su He, frowned, and said, "I'm blind, but I didn't notice it. Where are you, little brother?"
Without waiting for Su He to answer, Hu Sheng continued: "I'm telling you, you have to keep your eyes open if you want to worship the dock. Some people talk a lot, but their actual abilities are not much."
Because of what happened before, Chen Kun's family took power and other things lightly.
In other words, I was a little worried.
At this time, I was still worried about a recurrence.
Therefore, there are almost no people in the Chen family in important positions.
The old man of the Chen family doesn't care about anything.
This can be regarded as the weak point of the Chen family.
Su He said with a smile: "Perhaps you remembered it wrong just now? The one who said that Hutchison's pastries were not that interesting was me. As for paying homage to the dock, could it be said that you can represent the imperial capital and the Beijing area?"
Hu Sheng's family may have some influence, but if they say they represent the Beijing circle, that would be an exaggeration.
He may have some face, but he is definitely not top-notch.
That Hong Xia almost didn't mean it. They were definitely not the ones who could really call the shots in Beijing.
Su He has not yet come into contact with the top people in the Beijing circle.
Those people are not ordinary people, they are all people who are taking some public resources and putting them in their own pockets.
Of course, it is not ruled out that there will be some more capable people.
Such a family would not be too short-sighted.
There will also be no shortage of training for the next generation of the family.
At least the leader among them won't be a fool.
Hu Sheng frowned, and just when he was about to speak, he saw a middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic suit walking out.
The man came out and said to Hu Sheng: "Isn't this Mr. Hu? Are you meeting an old friend? Our auction is a grand event in Beijing. Please give Mr. Hu some face and come to the house to have some snacks. , Hutchison’s dim sum is very famous in our imperial capital.”
Chen Kun frowned, things were not easy to handle.
This middle-aged man is considered the manager of this auction. Although he is not from a famous family, everyone will give him some face.
But just now the two of them were chatting and said that Hutchison's dim sum was not top-notch.
But Hu Sheng listened again.
This person has been working against him, and he is probably going to cause trouble.
Sure enough, Chen Kun saw Hu Sheng smile at him, very sinisterly.
This is to file a complaint and make a small report.
This middle-aged man has some connection with Hutchison. It is also because of this that all Hutchison dim sums are used in the auction.
Of course, it’s also because Hutchison’s dim sum is really delicious.
But to say that He Ji Dian is the best in the imperial capital, that is impossible.
The imperial capital is so big and there are many time-honored brands.
Maybe the other companies are not better than Hutchison, but Hutchison is definitely not worse than those companies.
Su He guessed that there was something going on here. Judging from Hu Sheng's appearance, he originally didn't want to say anything to him.
But when this middle-aged man came out, Hu Sheng seemed to want to stir up trouble.
Su He took a step ahead and said first: "Well, this... this gentleman. I'm afraid this Mr. Hu just heard my joke and said that my own cooking skills are better than the dim sum made by the master chef at Hutchison. . I told Chen Kun that I just ate some Hutchison’s dim sum, which was indeed very good. But the heat was still a bit off. Today we are dealing with the processing of flour and the addition of ingredients..."
Su He talked about some flaws in the snacks. Although he didn't eat them, he saw the snacks placed in the room.
Although I can't be sure that this problem exists, I am very sure.
This is his confidence as a chef.
I have watched pigs run around a lot, and I still have some knowledge about pigs.
The middle-aged man was stunned, not expecting Su He to say such words.
Although he felt that Su He was talking nonsense.
But Su He talked a lot, and also explained how to make dim sum in detail.
Although he didn't know much about the process of making snacks, he had generally seen it.
What Su He said was absolutely correct.
Moreover, he had also suffered from the flaws Su He mentioned.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be somewhat interesting.
This is somewhat interesting.
Su He said: "I'm really sorry, because I also own a restaurant. The pastries in my store have always been loved by customers, and many of them were developed by me. So when I see the pastries, I like to taste them. Take a look, and then explore how this thing is made. Are there any flaws in it, and how can I improve it. I did taste something wrong with this pastry. There are ways to improve it, but I haven’t tried it yet, so I don’t know if it is feasible.”
Um?
The middle-aged man looked over, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.
