"Last year, when I went to Yanjing, I brought a Chinese-American named Pitt Wu with him. This Pitt Wu is 35 years old and is from Chinatown, Lower City, New York. He used to work under an old friend of mine. This Pitt Wu is a second-generation immigrant and speaks fluent Chinese. He is also quite proficient in antique art, so I found him through my friend. Now Pitt Wu lives in Yanjing and specializes in buying some antique art for you. And over the past year, he has really collected a lot of good things. Last time I went to Yanjing, the antique furniture, calligraphy, porcelain and some other things he bought were piled up with five large rooms, and it cost less than five million dollars to buy these things. He was in charge of this work there and did a great job."

Yang Jing asked, "How is this person's human nature?"

"No big problem. The most important thing is that every transaction of Pitt Wu has relevant procedures, and I have arranged three people to accompany him there. Don't worry about the financial matters. I may not be proficient in other matters, but I think I am quite proficient in fund monitoring."

After hearing these words, Yang Jing felt relieved.

Originally, Yang Jing wanted to use his restricted-level time and space shuttle skills to return to Yanjing in the 1980s to acquire those old objects. Later, he thought it was a bit unsafe, so he made such a plan.

If you go back to acquire it yourself, although there is a reminder of the holy ring that you can try to avoid the occurrence of the time and space paradox, it is still better to make the acquisition faster and safer for foreigners.

The most important thing is that when I returned to the 1980s, I had to exchange a large amount of old versions of national currency in the original time and space. And if I use foreigners to acquire them, these problems will not exist.

That era was when China was short of foreign exchange. It was asked foreigners to buy old items in Yanjing with US dollars. Not only did they not have the restrictions on the old version of the national currency, but they could also increase their foreign exchange reserves for the motherland. Why not do it?

When I waited for a certain time, I could send these foreigners back, and then I could quietly wait for a person in charge of the Dragon Fund to give the Dragon Fund to myself in my original time and space...

"Mike, you have continued to do what I have told you in the past two years. You can buy as much as you can. Funds are not a problem. As long as you can buy as many fine artworks as possible."

"Haha, boss, I like this job very much, so you don't have to worry about it. After New Year's Day, I will quit my current job and return to my hometown of Louisiana. By that time, I will have more time and freedom to serve you."

"Well, I'll have troubled you a lot in the next few years. By the way, there is another thing you need to pay attention to. By about 1985, I need Cesar and the others to do another trading for me."

"Is there a good investment project again?" Mike Aller asked in surprise.

Yang Jing nodded and said, "It's hard to say now. I just made such a judgment. I need to observe the specific situation for a few more years."

"Okay, as long as you need it, you can call my home directly." As he said that, Mike Aller took out one of his business cards, wrote a string of numbers on the back of the business cards, and handed them to Yang Jing, "This is my home phone number. If you need to find me, just call this. If I am not at home, my family will have a way to contact me."

Yang Jing took the business card and put it carefully in his wallet.

"Mike, please contact that Pete Wu and say I might have been to Yanjing for a look recently and tell him my name, well, it's the name of Michael Lynch, not my real name."

Mike Aller made a "rest assured" expression and said, "I know what to do, don't worry, boss, except for me and Cesar, outsiders will not know your real name."

At noon, Yang Jing and Mike Aller had a meal, and after a long discussion, Yang Jing said goodbye and left the door, and walked along a small alley to the distance.

After walking to a corner, after observing the surroundings, Yang Jing decisively activated the restricted-level space-time shuttle skill. The next moment, he returned to the room of the hotel in Jinling.

Due to the speed of time, Yang Jing went to the Cayman Islands this time and stayed there for about ten hours, but in the original time and space, it was only less than two hours, and it was still late at night.

Mike Aller did a great job, something beyond Yang Jing's expectations.

Originally, Yang Jing thought that Mike Aller would do some mistakes in some places during his departure, but he didn't expect that this calm old guy would do everything he should consider.

The most important thing is that the number of works of art he bought and the quality of the quality really did not expect Yang Jing.

Originally, Yang Jing thought that it would be great if Mike Aller could buy about five famous oil paintings a year. However, in less than two years, Mike Aller directly bought sixteen oil paintings, including works by masters such as Picasso, Henry Matisse, and Simon Ue.

Especially Picasso's painting "Avenon Girl", it is even more of a surprise.

When this painting eventually becomes the collection of its own private museum, it will definitely cause a considerable sensation.

Just for this painting, Yang Jing has to give a thumbs up to Mike Aller.

As for how the Yanjing operation was going, Yang Jing still needs to find some time to shuttle back and take a look.

And Mike Aller complained that he could not spend all the money, so Yang Jing was of course happy to see it.

In fact, in the early 1980s, artworks of tens of millions of dollars were very rare. Except for those unshakable treasures of the museum, most of the artworks that could be auctioned were priced at hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, and artworks of over tens of millions of dollars were really rare in that era.

It was not until the 1990s that artworks of tens of millions of dollars gradually increased. One was that the US dollar was not as valuable as in the 1980s, and the other was that the total global economy increased, which led to a lot of price of artworks.

In other words, those works of art that were often tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in later generations were actually not that expensive in the early 1980s. Therefore, this period was also a good time to acquire some fine European and American art.

After looking at the watch, she found that it was less than one o'clock in the morning, and Yang Jing was not sleepy at this time. So after thinking about it, he simply activated the restricted-level time and space shuttle skill and arrived directly at Yanjing on January 5, 1982.

Of course, Yang Jing placed his shuttle place in Xiangshan Park. At five in the morning in winter, there were basically no people in Xiangshan Park.

After leaving the park and waiting for a long time, Yang Jing took the first bus from Xiangshan to the city. After returning another bus, he arrived at Deshengmen.

Deshengmen is not far from Houhai, and Yang Jing is too lazy to take a bus anymore, so he walked along Gulou West Street and walked to the northern edge of Houhai.

The courtyard house bought by Mike Aller is not called Hai Siheyuan. It will take until the area is renovated in 2002. This courtyard house is located in the "Hai" area, so it is called "Hai Siheyuan".

In February 2002, after many years of preparation, the Yanjing Municipal Government finally promulgated the "Protection Plan for the 25 Historical and Cultural Reserves of Yanjing Old City". For the first time, 25 Historical and Cultural Reserves appeared within the Second Ring Road of Yangjing. However, with the acceleration of urban modernization, more and more areas needing protection. By 2007, there were 40 historical and cultural reserves mainly targeting traditional courtyard buildings in Yanjing. Outside these 40 protected areas, the courtyards, which are traditional buildings in Yanjing, are rapidly disappearing, and the total number of courtyards in the protected area will hardly change greatly due to regional restrictions. Especially as more and more people realize the preciousness of courtyards, the price of courtyards in Yanjing is becoming more and more expensive.

The courtyard houses along the northern part of Houhai are the first courtyard houses to be included in the historical and cultural protection zone. When they began to undergo special protective transformation, the courtyard houses in this area were codenamed based on their locations. The courtyard houses bought by Russian oil tycoons in their previous life are just in the "Hai" area.

Of course, the Siheyuan was bought by the Russian tycoon in 2007. After the purchase, the Russian tycoon began to reconstruct the Siheyuan. In the end, the cost of the Siheyuan when delivered to the homeowner will reach about 40 million US dollars. According to the exchange rate in 2007, it is nearly 300 million national currency.

The final price of this yard is so expensive, in addition to the unique geographical location, special architectural form and huge area, another important reason is the luxury of building materials.

When the yard was rebuilt, there were as many as 24 supporting wooden columns in the main house in the courtyard, all of which were half a meter-sized logs. The wood used in the house was native wood produced in the tropical rainforest in Thailand. With the related taxes and transportation costs, the price was as high as 25,000 yuan/cubic meter. This was just a wood for construction. Most of the other related materials were almost all top-level configurations imported from original foreign countries, and the huge basement area, so it is not surprising that the overall cost eventually became so high.

However, the Russian tycoon bought the yard and rebuilt it in 2007. Yang Jing commissioned Mike Aller to buy the yard in 1981, and the difference between the two was 26 years.

Don’t underestimate these 26 years. It is the time difference between these 26 years that the value of many things has changed drastically.

For example, in 1981, a small courtyard with an area of ​​about 140 square meters near Houhai could be bought for 2,000 yuan in national currency, but in 2007, the starting price of this courtyard with 20 million yuan was!
Chapter completed!