Hardy Empire 1945

Chapter 212 The establishment of 'Hadi Group'

After two days,

late at night,

A truck drove into the backyard of HARDY Auction Company. The middle-aged man got out of the car and ordered him to carry four wooden boxes upstairs.

The wooden box looks small but it is unusually heavy. Both of them feel very difficult to move a box, and the wooden box makes a heavy sound when it is placed on the ground.

The middle-aged man opened the wooden box, revealing the golden bricks inside.

Mr. Victor, here are 240 kilograms of gold, which are standard treasury gold bricks. You can count them. These golds can be worth 300,000 US dollars.

The current US dollar and gold price is 35 US dollars an ounce, which is 35 US dollars 28 grams, one gram of gold is equivalent to 1.25 US dollars, and the current US dollar is the real US dollar.

Victor asked people to come forward to count them, and it was quickly clear that Victor asked people to move them to the vault, and the middle-aged people felt a lot of pain as they watched those Americans move the gold.

For the remaining 300,000 yuan, I brought 100,000 US dollars in cash and 40,000 pounds. As for the rest, I brought a few boxes of antiques in the car. You can ask the appraiser to appraise the price. The middle-aged person said.

Victor immediately asked people to go downstairs to the truck to move the antiques, and removed the large wooden boxes from the truck. After opening, there were boxes of different sizes containing antiques.

Several appraisers began to get busy.

Qing Dynasty, Palace, carved ivory cloud dragon ball, available for $350.

Wen Zhengming of the Ming Dynasty, a volume of thousand-character script in small script, can be sold for 800 US dollars.

Tang Yin's Ladies Picture, available for $1,260.

The suet jade vase, $1,680.

Superb Jadeite Bracelet, $2,400.

A small glazed bowl in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the price is 185 US dollars.

A picture of Qi Baishi's group of shrimps, the price is $600.

Qi Baishi chrysanthemum, $320.

Qi Baishi Insect Bird Picture, price $380.

Qi Baishi Landscape Painting, $310.

Victor looked at the middle-aged man in confusion, When was this Qi Baishi a painter, and why does he have so many paintings.

The middle-aged man smiled: This old Mr. Qi Baishi is the most well-known painter in our country. He has very high artistic attainments. One of his paintings can easily be exchanged for a house in a big city in China.

Middle-aged people are also very artistic in speaking.

He was afraid that this foreigner would not be able to give such a high price if he knew that Qi Baishi was still alive.

In order to raise money, he bought dozens of Qi Baishi's paintings in one go. His idea is very simple. Mr. Qi is still alive anyway. The big deal is to paint another batch. These paintings can be sold for high prices, and they are all for the country. make a contribution.

After counting,

The middle-aged man brought a total of 465 antiques, and the price reached 316,000, which was much higher than he expected.

The middle-aged people said that this Victor is very kind in business. When he came, he asked someone to estimate the price. The gold, cash and antiques he brought were almost exactly $600,000. I didn’t expect Victor’s auction house. The price was much more than I expected.

Mr. Victor, can I take the cash back and use all the antiques to offset it? the middle-aged man asked.

Of course. Victor said.

Middle-aged people are very happy. Now dollars and pounds are hard currencies, and you can buy anything. This is not the case with antiques. If you go to buy other materials, people will never ask for antiques.

What about the extra ten thousand dollars? the middle-aged man asked.

Give you cash or you can take back a few antiques. Victor said nonchalantly.

I want cash. The middle-aged man said quickly.

You can’t sell such high prices in other places. Now during the war, the value of antiques has plummeted. Many people want to exchange antiques for banknotes. This Hardy Auction House is the fairest and highest price company he has ever seen. .

Middle-aged people have ideas.

Mr. Victor, my friend also has antiques, can they also sell them at the same price? the middle-aged man asked.

The same, as long as things are good. Victor said.

Thirty boxes of pannicillin were loaded into the truck, and the middle-aged man left with a smile. Victor smiled after he left.

Do you really think you don't understand?

He's just putting a long line to catch big fish.

When word of mouth is released, those people will flock to him to sell antiques, and he can buy more and better antiques.

He doesn't know why Boss Hardy likes these things, maybe he wants to please the wife of Han Yezhen, after all, Miss Han is Chinese.

But no matter what, as long as the boss likes it, that's what motivates him to work. The boss is so rich and saves him tens of thousands of dollars. I guess he doesn't care at all, but if the boss sees so many beautiful antiques, he must know that I am working hard. .

This guy Victor has thoroughly studied human nature.

Two days later,

A middle-aged man in his thirties walked into the HARDY auction house.

Sir, do you want to sell antiques? the shopkeeper asked.

I want to see Mr. Victor, please help to inform me, the man said.

The shopkeeper looked at this man, who was dressed in a gray robe and had a top hat on his head. He spoke well-mannered and his accent was a pure local Hong Kong accent.

Okay, sir, wait here, I'll inform the boss.

The shopkeeper's notification to Victor didn't take long, Sir, our boss asks you to go to the second floor.

The man thanked him and went up to the second floor.

Victor looked at the person who came and asked, I don't know what you have to do with me?

The man took off his hat and said politely, Hello Mr. Victor, my surname is Xu, and I want to buy a batch of penicillin from you.

Victor is a very shrewd person, and immediately saw that this person is probably similar to the middle-aged man from the previous wave, but the two are definitely not in the same wave.

Penicillin, it's sold out, Victor said.

Mr. Xu was stunned for a moment, with an anxious look on his face, It's sold out, can you still get it, Mr. Victor?

I'm afraid we have to wait for next month, how much do you want to buy? Victor said.

Mr. Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it, and said that it would be good to have the goods, and it would be fine to wait a few days, I don't know what the price is?

$15 each.

Can it be cheaper, I plan to buy 20,000? Mr. Xu said.

At $13, it can't be cheaper. Victor said.

Mr. Xu knew that another wave of people also bought at this price, and he knew that he might not be able to bargain down, so he nodded and said yes.

Don't know how to pay?

You don't need fiat currency. You can use U.S. dollars, British pounds, or gold. Jewelry, jade, and antiques can also be used. I'm an auction house here, and I can make appraisals and prices. Victor told Mr. Xu what he said to the last middle-aged man. again.

Okay, Mr. Victor, I'm going to raise money now and come back in half a month. Mr. Xu got up and said goodbye.

After the man left,

Victor had already guessed 80% of his identity.

It is relatively poor at first glance, otherwise it is impossible to only need 20,000 pieces, and another wave will come to open their mouths to ask for as many. Victor muttered to himself.

After 10 days, the second batch of goods arrived in Hong Kong. Victor sent someone to bring penicillin back to the auction. The next day, the middle-aged man surnamed Xu came to the door.

Mr. Victor, I'll pick up the goods.

The middle-aged man said and took out a check, Mr. Victor, this is a Citibank cashier's check, a total of 260,000 US dollars.

Said and pushed the check in front of Victor.

Victor was a little surprised. He originally thought that the other party would also bring a pile of gold and antiques over, and it was difficult to collect the money for the medicine. He never expected that the other party would directly take out the cashier's check. He picked up the cashier's check and looked at it.

I need to go to Citibank to verify.

He had played with fake checks before, and he was afraid that the check brought by the other party was forged. If that happened, the loss would be huge.

No problem, please.

Victor drove to Citibank and went directly to Carlson, the bank manager. The two had a good conversation at the last reception, and they seemed to have become friends.

Carlson, help me see if there's anything wrong with this check.

After Carlson and the two salesmen checked it, they said that the check was fine, it was real, and the account number was correct.

Carlson, where did this check come from? Victor asked.

The bank needs to keep its customers confidential, which was not allowed to be said at first, but now this cheque is from Victor, and Carlson can assume that Victor is the owner.

This promissory note was issued by the San Francisco branch. Carlson said.

Victor thanked the other party and returned to the auction with the check. The Mr. Xu was still drinking tea in the guest seat. Victor had been out for more than an hour. The other party seemed to have not moved the place at all. .

Mr. Victor, is there a problem with the check? Mr. Xu asked.

Victor smiled, It's totally fine. You can take the medicines whenever you want. You can take them away at any time.

Since the check is fine, we'll get the goods in a while, thank you Mr. Victor. Mr. Xu stood up.

It's business. Victor smiled.

Hardy is also very busy during the New Year.

Fast forward to 1948.

Hardy has been in this world for three years.

On January 8, Hardy formally applied to the Las Vegas City Government to establish the Hardy Group in Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas government warmly welcomes the Hardy Group's establishment in Las Vegas. Any place wants to develop, not only tax, but sometimes a large company can drive the economy of a region.

a few days later.

Hardy Group held a grand group company establishment event at the Hardy Hotel, and ABC TV and Las Vegas TV broadcasted the whole event live.

Almost all city officials were present.

A congressman from Nevada also came to congratulate him. The congressman is a friend of the mayor. He brought his family to Las Vegas last year. The Hardy Hotel provided free accommodation. Hardy also became friends with the congressman. .

At the event site, the mayor made a speech, saying that Hardy Group's presence in Las Vegas will definitely inject more vitality into Las Vegas, and the city's development will take a higher level.

Hardy said that in the near future, Hardy Group will invest in the construction of two large hotels in Las Vegas, with an investment scale of 200 million US dollars. After completion, Las Vegas will become a real tourist capital and entertainment center. All.

One of the two complexes is called Caesar Palace Hotel and the other is called Venetian Hotel. Both are complexes integrating shopping, entertainment, gambling, accommodation, tourism, and holding international exhibitions.

Construction is expected to be 2 years.

At the same time, the Hardy Group will invest in the construction of the Hardy Group Building, which is expected to have 69 floors and a height of about 230 meters.

At the same time, it will build a hospital covering dozens of acres for Las Vegas to improve the overall treatment level of the city. It will also build the first university in Las Vegas. It has already negotiated with Nevada State University. The University of Sri Lanka will become a branch of Nevada State University.