"Okay, let it go here, tap it!"
Back at Huashang Bank, Xia Yu took out the antiques one by one from the box and placed or hung them in a suitable position.
After the placement, Xia Yu walked around the office casually, observed it several times, and smiled satisfied.
"Xia Yu, with this arrangement of yours, the grade of the office is up immediately."
Wu Hongyi also turned around and said with a smile.
"Haha!"
"Come, try the taste of the tea made from this Ming Dynasty blue and white porcelain teapot."
As Xia Yu said, he first ironed the teapot and teacup with boiling water several times, then took out a pot of Tieguanyin that Bao Yugang brought from Xiangjiang, scooped a small spoonful of the wooden teaspoon, poured it into the teapot, and started Make tea.
Soon, the four tea cups were filled with crystal clear hot tea, and Xia Yu greeted Wu Hongyi, Li Qian and Li Wuming to drink tea together.
For this kind of teacup, Li Qian used it for the first time. She picked it up carefully and gently blown out the heat, as she did in the costume TV series. She scratched the cup with the teacup lid and took a sip.
"Xia Yu, drinking tea like this feels so interesting!"
Li Qian blinked Shui Lingling's big eyes and said in surprise.
Seeing Li Qian's unpretentious joy, Xia Yu was happy, and also picked up a cup of tea.
"Good tea!"
"Xia Yu, your tea is good. I didn't expect you to have such a good tea! It tastes better than my grandfather's hidden baby tea, not to mention my tea, it's completely rotten water!"
Wu Hongyi is also a person who understands tea. He took a sip before drinking, then sipped his mouth lightly, and said in admiration.
Xia Yu smiled and said: "This tea was given to me by someone else. It was picked from the Tieguanyin tea tree of the generation of China. I heard that it was drunk by the leader of China. A friend of mine brought it back after visiting China last year. , He gave me two small cans, this can is for you!"
With that, Xia Yu put the tea can in front of Wu Hongyi.
"Really? The tea that the leader of the country drank? Tsk tsk!"
Wu Hongyi widened his eyes, took another sip, and seemed to have more different flavors.
"Really, I still have a can in my manor, so don't be polite."
Seeing that Xia Yu didn't look like a lie, Wu Hongyi smiled, carefully picked up the tea can, and said happily, "Then I won't be polite to you."
"What are you polite with me."
After a few sips of tea, Xia Yu asked, "Hongyi, what's the matter with Zhenbao Pavilion? You have to tell me well."
Wu Hongyi gently put down the tea cup and exhaled a breath of heat. He looked a little dazed, and said with emotion: "There are indeed some stories in this, let me tell you a lot."
"At the beginning of this century, the Qing Dynasty was in turmoil. At that time, Hua’s family was well-off. For special reasons, Hua’s parents came to the UK to settle down with his parents. Hua’s parents opened the Jumbo Pavilion by virtue of their craftsmanship. The craftsmanship is pure and beautiful, the porcelain made is beautiful, and is sought after by the British."
"Hua Lao started his parents' craftsmanship in elementary school. If there is no accident, he will carry forward the crafts industry, but accidents have occurred."
"You also know that from the Tang and Song dynasties to the present, I don’t know how many antiques have been distributed abroad, most of which are in Europe. When Hua was a child, he went to the British Museum in the UK and saw my Chinese cultural relics displayed in the UK. The museum feels that it has suffered a great humiliation. When I was young, I was determined to exhaust my life in this life to retrieve cultural relics from foreigners."
"Hua Lao's parents also supported his ambition very much, so he invited several masters to teach Hua Lao. Hua Lao is a quick learner, and very talented. He has studied all kinds of antique literary games, and then began to practice Taobao. "
"Many aristocrats and rich people in the UK have antique collections in their homes, and many of them are from China. Some aristocrats will always buy them from poor families, or pick them up from some families in the country."
"Although China’s antiques are not valuable in the UK, the vintage is there, so it will not be a shabby price. The antiques from the homes of common people in the countryside can be purchased at extremely low prices, but the British aristocrats are not fools. They want to buy them from the nobles. It’s impossible for the price of antiques to be the price of cabbage, which requires a lot of capital.
"The crafts income from Jumbo Pavilion alone could not support Hua Lao’s dream. Then he changed his mind and sold some of the antiques he bought to raise funds and then bought antiques from the British. But if the antiques sold return In the hands of the British, it would be contrary to his ambition, so he has a rule to sell antiques, not to foreigners, only to Chinese, and also requires buyers not to sell to foreigners!"
"Of course, at the beginning, there must be someone who did not keep their promises. After Hualao found out, he summed up his experience. He cannot guarantee that everyone will keep their promises, but he can sell antiques as much as possible to Chinese who are more likely to keep their promises. Generally speaking, The more powerful the rich and the Chinese families will not sell their antiques unless they do so when the family is about to die. Therefore, Hua Lao welcomes every rich man and big family who really buys antiques and collects them. Good contact. Our Wu family bought hundreds of antiques from Hualao. My grandfather and Hualao are also old friends."
"It is with this model that Hualao has been operating as a day for decades. After traveling all over the UK, he went to other European countries and tried every means to purchase antiques. This has accumulated the treasures of the treasures you and I have seen. ."
"In the Chinese community, almost everyone has heard of Hualao's reputation and admired his ambition. When some spare money wants to buy antiques, he will find Hualao. Anyway, until now, I have never heard of Hualao selling a fake. The goods are delivered to Chinese, and the selling price will not be too high."
"On the contrary, it is for foreigners. Hualao sells handicrafts at high prices and never sells antiques. Foreigners do not understand my extensive and profound culture of China. Naturally, they only look at the surface superficially, but prefer bright and beautiful handicrafts."
Wu Hongyi finished speaking in one breath, showing a complex color, and took a deep sip from his teacup.
After listening to Wu Hongyi's narration, the three of Xia Yu were shocked, shocked by Hua Lao's great ambition and noble national integrity. This is a lovely and respectable old man.
At this moment, Xia Yu had a sense of shame, ashamed of the idea of picking up bargain hunting that popped up in the afternoon.
At this moment, Wu Hongyi sighed suddenly and said: "It's a pity that Hua Lao has no successor, and his only son died unexpectedly. When he chatted with my grandfather last time, he was sad that he had no ambition to inherit after he left. ."
Xia Yu was silent, suddenly he thought of Uncle De he saw this afternoon, frowning and asked: "Isn't Uncle De in the shop this afternoon's apprentice Hua Lao?"
Wu Hongyi nodded and explained: "Uncle De is Hua Lao's apprentice, but Hua Lao said that Uncle De has not learned his skills, and with Uncle De's connections, he cannot inherit his career. He is not at ease."
"We Chinese are also helping Hua Lao as much as possible, buying antiques when we have spare money, so that Hua Lao has more funds to buy antiques from the British."
"But you also know that although antiques are valuable for collecting, they are more important now. My own business is not well managed. Where can I have enough spare money to collect antiques?"
"If I have enough capital, I am absolutely willing to buy as much of Hua Lao's collection as possible, but unfortunately I don't have one!"
Wu Hongyi sighed, and suddenly said to Xia Yu: "However, Xia Yu, we are not strong enough. If you have enough spare money, you can buy all of Hualao's collection. He will never mind, but will appreciate you. "
Based on Xia Yu's performance this afternoon, Wu Hongyi also guessed a trace of Xia Yu's thoughts, so he said this to Xia Yu.
Wu Hongyi's views shocked Xia Yu.
But after thinking about it carefully, it also makes sense. After all, Hua Lao’s ambition is to buy as many antiques as possible from the British. If Xia Yu buys all of them and guarantees not to sell to foreigners, it will be in line with Hua Lao’s. rule.
At this moment, the shame in Xia Yu's heart was wiped out, and even more thoughts emerged.
After all, he knows what the future strength of Huaxia will be, even though it is now looked down upon by European and American countries because of Huaxia, he even thinks that Huaxia cultural relics have no investment value.
I believe that not only capitalists in European and American countries, but also Chinese people have similar views. No one would have imagined that in just a few decades, China would grow from the world’s 70 or 80 economies to the world’s second largest economy. worldwide.
In later generations, I don’t know how many European and American families put out Chinese cultural relics for auction one by one, and many of them sold for sky-high prices!
Therefore, it is not a problem to collect antiques now, a hundredfold in value after a few decades!
Definitely an excellent investment direction!
It's just that people in this era can't think of it.
If they knew that Huaxia's antiques could appreciate dozens or hundreds of times, they would still say they had no money? Maybe you don't need the foundation, and they all fall into the antique.
Saying that there is no money, after all, it means that you don’t realize the value of collecting antiques But others don’t realize the value of antiques. Would Xia Yu who came from later generations know?
After listening to Wu Hongyi's account of Hua Lao's deeds, Xia Yu's heart was shaken, and a wave of pride emerged in his chest.
As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. Since he has this strength, and investing in antiques is a project that he has considered for a long time without losing money, there is no reason not to find a way to buy back more antique cultural relics from European and American countries.
Moreover, China's cultural logistics fell to Europe and the United States. In addition to the trade reasons between the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, a big reason is that European and American robbers robbed China from the hands of China in the late Qing Dynasty and placed them in museums for viewing. It is the shame of every Huaxia people!
It is difficult to retrieve the antique cultural relics in the museum, but the Chinese cultural relics that have been lost in Europe and the United States must be retrieved as much as possible. Now is the best time. Otherwise, after the rise of China, the price of Chinese cultural relics will be increased. Unlimited heightening!
So Mr. Hua’s favor, he helped!
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