Chapter 93 Great Depression (12)

Chapter 93 the great depression (12) Hammer first showed Huang Xuan his masterpiece ice on the dnieper, which was also a favorite russian painter for the americans, but for the russians, The famous marine painter was known to almost everyone, but unfortunately, the painting already had its owner

In other words, if Huang Xuan brought it home, he would have two pieces of dniebo ice river

Seeing Huang Xuan shaking his head gently, the color of his face remained unchanged as he took out another oil painting, "Picking apples," which was also created by enatalya gonzarov in 1909

Huang Xuan simply called out," Mr

Hammer, you have brother ollie

A painting by oleg vassiliev

"" Yes, let me see

" The name that Huang Xuan mentioned surprised Hammer a little

It was not a name that was not familiar to russians

" How about this before sunset

" This is a contemporary oil painting

Huang Xuan nodded with satisfaction

According to Lorraine's estimate, the little guy weighing less than 500 grams could sell for 500 thousand pounds, while the energy used to transport it would not exceed 5000 dollars

" Help me keep it

" Huang Xuan didn't even want to ask the price, so he said to Hans

The veteran brought up the oil painting directly, and Hammer stopped him in a heartbroken hurry

He waved for a waiter to let him hold it, and then said," Mr

Huang Xuan, the price of this painting is $ 3800, of course

"" Do you need me to pay now

" Huang Xuan interrupted him

" Of course not

" Hammer had the small eyes of a businessman

He only looked at Huang Xuan and said," you can continue to choose

" He chuckled and said," I heard you brought some tsar eggs

" Among the russian works of art that Hammer brought to the united states, the most valuable one was the faberge egg

From 1886, the royal jeweler faberge of russia made an easter egg for the empress every year

This unique egg, which was inlaid with all kinds of precious jewelry, was popular in the later generations

At first, however, at the auction house, each faber egg could only be sold for $ 400 or $ 500, but after 70 years, its lowest estimate was more than $ 3 million

Hammer quickly took out 10 eggs from his room

Although World Expo in 1900 allowed people to see these classic easter eggs, the americans in the great depression were skeptical about the value of these undetectable works of art, and it would be a few years before anyone discovered the value of these eggs

To Huang Xuan's disappointment, only three of these eggs disappeared from sight, and only these three eggs could be brought home

Of course, disappointment is only temporary

It only takes 14 bills to produce at least 10 million us dollars, and the energy consumed by transportation will not exceed 5 million kilowatt-hours

Is there a better deal

With Lorraine's help, Huang Xuan announced the names one by one

Soon, the waiter around him changed from one to two, and then four

When the" color" darkened that day, Huang Xuan had already chosen more than 400 oil paintings and more than 70 pieces of jewelry

The principle of his selection was simple

First, there was no repetition in the plane, or at least no record of his collection

Second, the price of transporting it was far lower than its price

Especially the latter, because many of the jewels were inlaid with gold and silver and other accessories, Huang Xuan had to bear the pain to give them up - the consumption of gold and silver in the plane was too great, most of the time it was not worth the loss

However, a small amount of gems and pearls would not increase this burden

Huang Xuan liked faberger's works very much

He used a lot of materials such as ceramics and gemstones, which greatly reduced the energy consumption

As for some valuable repetitive works of art, Huang Xuan was once tempted to take them home for his own collection, but considering the potential energy consumption of the buffer zone - although it may be very little, Huang Xuan still gave up

Instead of looking at these things that he did not understand, it was safer to look forward to them

After taking away the last item from the department store, Huang Xuan smiled and breathed a sigh of relief

The" color" opposite him said in a somewhat dark tone," settle the bill

" It sounded like eating a bowl of beef noodles at a noodle restaurant

" That's 7

8 million and 680 dollars

" The accountant next to him directly quoted the price, which was higher in the price of jewelry

Compared to the products processed by those unknown people, the title of the russian royal collection would give it more potential to appreciate

Huang Xuan looked at him with twinkling eyes and thought, if this man can't pay

" So many

" Huang Xuan really couldn't pay

He only had three million dollars in his bank account, but the cash in the plane passage was not convenient to withdraw immediately

He looked at the already dark face of" color" and said," I don't have enough money on me, but how about paying the deposit first

"" The company's rule is 40 % down payment

" The accountant next to him bit the word 40 % very clearly

He smiled awkwardly, took out the Chase deposit certificate from his jacket, and said," I think I only have 2

6 million, not enough

"" Enough

" Seeing this copper deposit certificate, Hammer was relieved and couldn't wait to say," a deposit of two million dollars is enough

When does Mr

Huang want to collect these works of art

" Huang Xuan laughed when he heard Hammer's words, which meant that he couldn't take it now

He didn't care

He threw the deposit certificate to him and said," let's go through the formalities with the Chase

We'll leave the things here with you

"" Okay

" It was only then that Hammer agreed, and it was now 1931, with 7

8 million a day in sales, the art and arms trade

Chase national bank

After Joseph completed the transfer procedure for hammer, who said goodbye to Huang Xuan, the real money wholesaler huang turned around and walked in with three more travel bags, each containing 30 kilograms of green money

Datong bank was known as a wholesale capital bank, but Joseph had never seen so much cash - before the silver acquisition act of 1934, at a relatively familiar exchange rate, china's one-yuan silver coin was only worth 26 cents

The 100 kilograms of us dollar bills were equivalent to 38460,000 silver yuan, which was equivalent to 3 / 4 of china's international surplus that year - because the developed countries in the economic crisis were all gold standard, the silver-based china was overtaken that year

Hans was a little immune to the dollar bills, but the 2000 dollars that Huang Xuan paid him made him excited for a long time

Instead, the bundles of green bills gave him a completely different feeling

A few bank mms were burning the banknotes that could kill people, while Rockefeller hurried downstairs

He took Huang Xuan's hand affectionately and said," Mr

Huang, I was just going to find you

"" Oh

" Of course Huang Xuan knew what was going on

He waved to Hans and said," go get the blueprints from the car

" Rockefeller narrowed his eyes with a smile, but there were so many blueprints on the plane that one car couldn't fit

He coughed and said," Mr

Huang, what's the price of this blueprints

"" Of course not very high

" Huang Xuan smiled and said," I've prepared 200 blueprints

You can find someone to look at them first

If you're interested, we'll talk about the price

" When that time came, I went home too

Huang Xuan thought so and picked up the coffee to drink

Rockefeller politely left the room, and Joseph handed the new deposit certificate to huang xuan

" The total is $ 9

874 million, Mr

Huang

"" Trouble