Treasure Hunt America

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Helen stood aside and looked at Jin Muchen looking at the house, and couldn't help but feel a little smug in her heart. At this time, Jin Muchen turned her head with doubts on her face.

"How do you know I'm going to buy a house and what kind of house I'm going to buy?"

"Haha, didn't I tell you long ago? This is Manhattan, and there are no secrets here."

When Helen said this, Jin Muchen could only be completely speechless. It seemed that this was the case. It was really hard for him to hide any secrets in front of this girl.

However, the house looks really good. It is a single-family house, and the location is excellent. You can see that the lighting is very good just by looking at the location. Moreover, the location is just right.

"Come on, I'll show you inside."

Helen knew what Jin Muchen was thinking just by looking at the house, and Jin Muchen was stunned again.

"Didn't you say that this house belongs to that certain Barton? Do you have the key here?"

Helen didn't answer directly, but just stretched out her hand and took it out of her pocket, then took out a bunch of keys and shook it in her hand, Jin Muchen could only follow obediently.

Helen brought him to the front of the building, and Jin Muchen took a rough look. The red brick factory-style building, with all five-zero walls, looked very solid. Just looking at the thickness of the wall and the red solid bricks, it was a Knowing that this must be a decades-old building.

If this is a building of nearly 50 years, because of the improvement of thermal insulation materials, who would have built such a thick wall for you?

Helen opened the door, and Jin Muchen followed in. The house was empty and there was nothing in it.

The ground is covered with dust, although the light is good at this time, but since no one has been here for a long time, the windows are covered with dust, and the light is not particularly bright.

Although a little dim. But the empty space makes people feel quite good. The area of ​​a single floor is about 200 square meters, and the height of a single floor of the house can be six meters. A total of two floors.

There is even a basement of the same size. Just looking at the area, Jin Muchen feels very satisfied.

"How is it? It's very good, right? The house hasn't been moved yet. If you're willing to take over, you can just invite some designers. If you can design it for you, it will definitely be very stylish."

Helen touched the red brick wall inside the room and said, everything here is pure and the smell of the original factory, it looks very rough and primitive, but the architectural style of the soho district is exactly this kind of taste.

Jin Muchen also felt very satisfied after reading it. Indeed, when the time comes, he only needs to find a designer to design and renovate the place well. It will be very good for sure.

Especially if you can change it to your favorite loft style, you must hate it.

"This is the intersection of Canal Street and Chambers Street, with Lincoln Park in front, and the Hudson River in the distance from the top of the building. Although it is the edge of Soho, it is also the quietest and brightest. It's a good area. And in the middle of Canal Street not far away, there are many antique shops there. If you open your shop here, it's just right. You don't have to worry about lack of customers. This Canal Street will have one It is connected to the place where the wealthy people live in the upper@dong@ district. Now every morning, there will be a group of wealthy people who like to run in the morning. They run along Canal Street to this place... In addition, it is also very close to William Street. That street is the most renovated street in the Soho district. Many luxury apartments have been built. I heard that there are many rich Asians and Europeans who have bought houses there. It is only a dozen or so away from here. Minutes away, so you don't have to worry about your customer source at all..."

An introduction to Helen. After listening to Jin Muchen, he stared blankly at Helen. Helen felt his gaze after a while.

"Why are you looking at me like this? No flowers on my face?"

"No, I think it's a pity that you don't become a real estate agent..."

"You guy, it's very impolite to judge a lady like that."

"Okay! Miss Helen, your introduction moved me, and I decided to accept your job as an appraisal consultant, but only once! And I have to sign a disclaimer..."

"No problem, I trust your vision."

In this way, Jin Muchen and Helen reached a deal, not because he was willing to be entangled with Helen, but because of Helen's bid this time, it was difficult for him to refuse.

He has been looking for a house for more than ten days. He knows how difficult it is to find a house that is always on his mind. Now that Helen has delivered this house to him, he feels that he really cannot miss this opportunity.

What's more, Helen also told him that as long as he helps her this time, there is no need to worry about the price. She will help him to negotiate with Mr. Barton, and she will definitely help him get the best price.

Regarding this point, Jin Muchen has no doubts at all, the Hearst family's energy and reputation cannot be rejected by anyone, not to mention that Mr. Barton is still in a predicament?

"Well, here are some materials. After you go back, prepare well. I'll pick you up in two days."

Helen drove Jin Muchen back to his parking lot in the cafe, and then handed him a kraft paper envelope, and Jin Muchen took the materials.

"Forget it, you can tell me the address, and I'll go there myself."

"Why, are you so afraid of Candace finding out? To be honest, we have nothing to hide, what are you afraid of?"

Helen looked at Jin Muchen with a smile and said that her smile was full of ridicule. To be honest, she liked seeing Jin Muchen embarrassed.

Jin Muchen scratched his head: "I... Forget it, then you can send me the address!"

The girl Helen obviously wanted to tease the young master, and Jin Muchen didn't want to give her too many opportunities.

After driving back to the antique shop, Fang Bo greeted him before he could start researching the materials.

"Where have you been, I didn't answer the phone call, someone from Sotheby's is here."

Jin Muchen took out the phone and saw that the battery just ran out, so he didn't care to explain to Fang Bo, so he went upstairs with Fang Bo.

After waiting for days, the guys at Sotheby's finally showed up and thought they could hold their breath!

When Jin Muchen and Fang Bo came upstairs, they happened to see Vince and three guys standing in front of his wooden box.

Seeing him coming up, Vince hurriedly came up to greet him enthusiastically.

"Hello Mr. Kim, how was your day?"

"Hello Vince, not bad, how about you!"

"I'm fine too, by the way, I took the liberty to bring someone here today, but I couldn't get through when I called you before..."

"It doesn't matter, I'm not here, so is Uncle Fang here."

The two politely said a few words, and then Jin Muchen turned his attention to the experts, three experts, two of whom had gray hair and beards, and one had a Mediterranean style.

At this time, no one came to greet him, but concentrated on the black lacquered gold wooden box.

Jin Muchen didn't say anything, just watched where these people were carefully examining, their movements were much more professional than what Vince looked at that day.

One of them is holding a photo album in his hand, and the photo album is full of pictures of some black lacquer-painted wooden boxes. He is comparing the painting style of this wooden box and the paintings of the wooden box in the album in his hand in detail. Gold paint depiction.

The painter in the Mediterranean is staring at the signature inside the box cover, while another old man with a white beard is constantly walking around the box, observing the material and production process of the wooden box.

"These three are our company's experts on Japanese cultural relics or antique furniture, Ben, Smith, and Kevin..."

Vince pointed to the three experts to introduce Jin Muchen. When the three experts heard the voices from here, they all turned their heads and raised their hands at Jin Muchen. After saying hello, Jin Muchen also pointed at them. nod.

"Some time ago, our company held an event in Miami, and these three experts have been busy there. They just came back and were pulled over by me."

Vince seemed to be chatting with Jin Muchen, but in fact, there were some explanations in it.

Jin Muchen just smiled and nodded, but did not respond. He knew that things must not be as simple as Vince said. Sotheby's is not a small company, and there must be more than three experts who can identify antique furniture and Japanese cultural relics. indivual.

But why they haven't sent people over before, there must be an idea of ​​wanting to hang themselves for a few days. Seeing that they are really not in a hurry, they sent people over.

And there are three people in one faction, which is enough to show that they attach great importance to this box.

After watching it for a while, the three experts finished the inspection, and then the three gathered together to discuss in a low voice for a while, and soon came to a conclusion.

After that, the guy with the Mediterranean look came over: "Hello~www.wuxiaspot.com~ You should be the owner of this box! I am one of the people in charge of antique furniture appraisal at Sotheby's. I My name is Ben, Kentley."

"You also, Ben, nice to meet you."

Jin Muchen exchanged a few simple words with this book, and then went straight to the topic.

"Mr. Jin, we have just checked your box. From the appearance, material, and the painting on the box, as well as the signature on the box lid, this box should be the one that was lost in the UK. But I hope Could you let us take this case back and do a simple carbon-14 identification..."

"If it's free, it's definitely fine."

Jin Muchen made a little joke, and Ben laughed.

"Of course it's free. When the results come out, Mr. Jin, I think we can discuss the auction. Don't worry, if your box is real, we will try our best to arrange it to be auctioned in London. As for the commission ratio It's easy to discuss all aspects..." (To be continued.) xh118