Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Hammer first showed Huang Xuan's masterpiece Hednieper by Aivazovsky, which is also a Russian painter that Americans prefer, but for Russians, this famous Marine painters are known to almost every woman and child. Unfortunately, this painting already has an owner. In other words, if Huang Xuan brought it home, there would be two Dnieper Glacier on his plane.

Seeing Huang Xuan shaking his head slightly, Hamer took out another oil painting without changing his expression. Enatalia Goncharova's Picking Apples created in 1909 is also an owner's item. At this time, Huang Xuan simply called out his name: Mr. Hammer, do you have a painting by Oleg Vassiliev?

Yes, let me look for it. The name Huang Xuan mentioned surprised Hamer a little, it was not a name well-known to non-Russians.

How about this Before Sunset? It's a contemporary oil painting, Huang Xuan nodded in satisfaction. According to Lorraine's estimate, this little guy weighing no more than 500 grams can be sold for 500,000 pounds, and shipping it The energy consumed will not exceed $5,000.

Help me put it away. Huang Xuan didn't even want to ask the price, so he said to Hans.

The veteran directly mentioned the oil painting, and Hammer hurriedly stopped him distressedly, beckoned a waiter to let him hold it, and said, Mr. Huang Xuan, the price of this painting is 3,800 US dollars, of course...

Do you need me to pay the bill now? Huang Xuan interrupted him.

Of course not. Hamer had the small eyes of a businessman, he only glanced at Huang Xuan, and said, You can continue to choose.

Huang Xuan laughed twice. Said: I heard that you brought some Tsarist eggs? Among the Russian works of art that Hammer brought to the United States, the most valuable is the Faberge eggs. Since 1886, Faberge, the royal jeweler of Russia, Every year, an Easter egg is made for the queen. This unique egg inlaid with various precious jewels has been sought after by countless people in later generations. However, at the beginning of the auction house, each Faberge egg can only be sold for 400 or 500 US dollars, but after 70 years, its lowest estimate is more than 3 million US dollars

Hamer quickly took out 10 eggs from the room. While the 1900 World's Fair brought these classic Easter eggs to life, Americans in the Great Depression. A skeptical interest in these works of art, which don't necessarily hold their value, will be years away. Only then will someone discover the value of these easter eggs.

To Huang Xuan's disappointment, only three of these eggs disappeared from people's sight, and only these three could be taken home. Of course, the disappointment is only temporary, and you only need 14 US dollar bills printed by yourself to get at least 10 million US dollars. And the energy consumed by transportation will not exceed 5 million kilowatt-hours. Is there a better deal than this?

With Lorraine's help, Huang Xuan reported each name by name. Soon, the number of waiters around him changed from 1 to 2, and then 4 again...

When it got dark, Huang Xuan had already selected more than 400 oil paintings and more than 70 pieces of jewelry. The principle of his choice is simple. First of all, on p112, that is, his own plane is not repeated. At least there is no record of collecting it, and secondly, the price to ship it is much lower than its selling price. Especially the latter, because many jewels were inlaid with gold and silver ornaments, Huang Xuan had to reluctantly give them up - the consumption of gold and silver between planes was too great, and most of the time it was not worth the candle.

However, a small amount of gemstones and pearls will not increase the burden in this area. Huang Xuan likes Faberge's works very much. A large amount of ceramics, gemstones and other materials are used, which greatly reduces the energy consumption.

As for some valuable duplicate works of art, Huang Xuan was also tempted to take them home for his own collection, but considering the possible energy consumption of the buffer zone - although it may be very few, Huang Xuan gave up, instead of looking at these for himself If you don't understand something at all, it's better to expect it to be safer.

After taking away the last item from the department store, Huang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief with a smile on his face, and said to Hamer, whose complexion was a little dark, Settling the score. His tone was as if he had eaten a bowl of beef noodles at a noodle shop.

The total is 7,800,680 U.S. dollars. The accountant next to him directly quoted the price, and the higher price was jewelry. Compared with the products processed by unknown people, the name of the Russian royal collection will give them more potential for appreciation . Hamer looked at Huang Xuan with twinkling eyes and thought to himself: If this guy can't pay...

So much! Huang Xuan really couldn't pay the money. His deposit in the bank is currently only 3 million U.S. dollars, and the cash in the plane channel is not convenient to withdraw immediately. He looked at Hamer, whose face was already dark, and said: On my body It’s true that I didn’t bring enough money, but how about paying the deposit first?”

The company's rule is a 40 deposit. The little accountant next to him bit the word 40 clearly.

Huang Xuan smiled awkwardly, took out the deposit certificate issued by Chase from his jacket, and said, I only have 2.6 million, not enough...

Enough. Seeing this copper certificate of deposit, Hammer breathed a sigh of relief, and said impatiently, A deposit of 2 million dollars is enough, when does Mr. Huang want to pick up these works of art?

Hearing what Hamer said, Huang Xuan couldn't help but laugh. What he said meant that he couldn't take it now. It didn't matter to him, he threw the deposit certificate to Hamer and said, Let's go through the formalities together, and the things will be left with you first.

Okay. Hammer agreed, and then he relaxed. It is now 1931, with a daily turnover of 7.8 million, that is, art and arms transactions.

Chase National Bank.

After Joseph completed the transfer procedures for Hamer, and the latter said goodbye to Huang Xuan, the real banknote wholesaler Huang turned around and walked in with three travel bags, each stuffed with 30 kilograms of green notes.

Chase Bank is known as a bank with wholesale capital, but Joseph has never seen so much cash. Using a more familiar exchange rate, before the US Silver Purchase Act in 1934, China's one-dollar silver coin was only worth 26 cents, while 100 kilograms The 100-dollar bill is equivalent to 38.46 million silver dollars, which is equivalent to 34% of China's international surplus that year. Since the developed countries in the economic crisis are all on the gold standard, China, which was on the silver standard, was included in the super.

Hans was already somewhat immune to US dollar bills, but the 2,000 US dollars that Huang Xuan paid him made him excited for a long time. On the contrary, these bundles of green bills gave people a completely different feeling.

Several bank MMs were exhausted lighting banknotes that could kill people, while Rockefeller hurried downstairs. He held Huang Xuan's hand affectionately and said, Mr. Huang, I was just about to find you ...

Oh? Of course Huang Xuan knew what was going on, he beckoned to Hans, and said, Go and get the blueprint from the car.

Rockefeller narrowed his eyes with a smile, but there are tens of thousands of aircraft blueprints, which cannot fit in a car. He coughed lightly and said, Mr. Huang, what is the price of this blueprint?

Of course it won't be very high. Huang Xuan smiled and said, I have prepared 200 drawings. You can find someone to look at them first. If you are interested, we will discuss the price. By then, I also went home. Thinking so in his heart, Huang Xuan picked up his coffee and drank it.

Rockefeller politely left the room, and Joseph handed the new certificate of deposit to Huang Xuandao: The total is 9.8074 million US dollars, Mr. Huang.

Trouble.