Chapter 504 I’m afraid your heart can’t take it
Chapter 504 I’m afraid your heart can’t take it
Before the business on Wall Street started, Fan Wumian had already prepared the money.
the next morning.
He made a phone call to the president of Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong and obtained a loan line of 5 million Hong Kong dollars in just a few minutes.
Pu Jiajing was stunned listening to this.
After Fan Wumian hung up the phone, she said with emotion:
"That white bank president named Quentin Nelson, is he crazy about performance? In order to lend you money, he is willing to even use your own contract as collateral?"
The increase in Penguin stocks was too small. Tudou.com, real estate, and Dayuwang jade raw materials had all been pledged and mortgaged long ago.
The cash in hand had other uses, so Fan Wumian had no choice but to resort to some cool moves.
He signed a five-year contract with Shinhwa Film Studio in his personal name, and then used this contract as collateral to try to apply for a HK$5 million loan from Standard Chartered Bank.
The white bank president who had sold a batch of old items, yachts and supercars to Fan Wumian just listened to the call and promised to do his best to help with the application. He also told me that with his cash flow, the possibility of being blocked by the risk control department is extremely small, so there should be no problem.
Fan Wumian also laughed and replied:
"Foreign banks are a little more lenient. Who wouldn't like a high-quality customer like me? The economic contract I signed with the film and television company is essentially an intangible asset, which can of course be used to apply for a loan from a financial institution."
"It seems unreasonable, but in fact it is pledging my income for the next few years. I personally make so much money a year, which is equivalent to skirting the law."
"It's much easier now. As long as I get the 5 million, plus the 3 million Hong Kong dollars I have on hand and some funds that will be returned soon, I can hold on for a while. Once the share price of Penguin Group rises sharply, there will be no problem."
Pu Jiajing reminded:
"You'd better take it easy. I saw on the Internet that people's luck is limited in life. It doesn't matter if you are unlucky at ordinary times. You should use your luck at critical moments. Boss, you are so lucky, but you need to be a little cautious to avoid sudden setbacks."
".Don't be such a pessimist. I am protected by my dragon energy and am immune to all poisons."
After hearing what he said, Pu Jiajing was speechless.
Others may not be aware of the tricks involved, but she certainly knows that the so-called Feng Shui and fortune are mostly just means for Fan Wumian to fan the flames and create external publicity and hype.
At this moment, there was a knock on the side door of the yard, and someone shouted across the wall:
"Boss Fan! My mentor asked you to go to the museum! He asked me to tell you that this Xi Jia Plate is real!!!"
"!!!?"
Pu Jiajing's eyes almost popped out of her head: "No way, you can take advantage of this!?"
Passing by her and opening the door himself, Fan Wumian smiled and said:
"Look, even God is on my side and will slap you in the face any minute. It can only be said that different people have different destinies. Maybe my ancestors have accumulated virtues and were good people in their past lives, so the blessings should be on me."
Rather than saying it is picking up a bargain, it is more like taking advantage of the information gap.
Since we know in advance that the priceless Xi Jia Plate is still out there, then there is a possibility that every Xi Jia Plate that is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake is actually an authentic one.
Others might turn a deaf ear to such news, but Fan Wumian would rather spend some money to take a gamble than miss any possibility of missing out on the treasure.
Back to last night.
While Fan Wumian was having dinner with Gangzi, Uncle Qian and others, the manager of the Valentino flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York landed at Yanjing Airport by plane.
Seeing such a large bronze artifact in the suitcase, the customs staff immediately took the store manager, Sabrina Martin, for a separate inspection and questioning.
Because the brainwashing of the American media was too severe, Sabrina Martin was frightened. She quickly revealed her identity and said in a panic that she was helping Fan Wumian deliver something, shouting that she did not want to go to jail.
This made the customs staff very upset and they became even more suspicious that there was something wrong with her.
While making a phone call to verify, he poured tea for Sabrina Martin and learned the details.
After discovering that she was really an employee of Valentino, some young girls couldn't wait to ask Sabrina Martin if she could help them buy new Valentino bags in advance.
soon.
An employee of Bandit King Media had not received any contact with Sabrina Martin and even thought that she had run away with her boss's things, so he hurriedly asked the airport staff about the situation.
Fan Wumian's face still works well.
Just a few minutes later, customs officials took the Bandit King Media employee to meet Sabrina Martin.
It was not surprising that the customs staff were cautious. The main reason was that the "copper pot" mentioned by Sabrina Martin looked like some kind of valuable bronze heavy object, with 133 inscriptions densely engraved on it. Even in the National Museum in Yanjing, it was difficult to see so many inscriptions. The staff of Bandit King Media called the special exhibition hall of the museum and worked until nearly 10 o'clock in the evening before they were able to successfully release the items.
Until this morning.
Upon hearing the news, several veteran experts rushed to the special exhibition hall on Di'anmen West Street at around six in the morning and asked the person in charge to open the door.
After seeing the item, several old experts unanimously scolded the idiot who had applied olive oil on it countless times, and then compared it with the rubbings of the Xi Jia Plate left over from their early years, carefully finding faults in it.
Apart from the fact that the plate was coated with olive oil to make it shiny, all the evidence indicates that it is a historic bronze ware from the late Western Zhou Dynasty.
The Xi Jia Plate was unearthed as early as the Southern Song Dynasty. It was passed down in an orderly manner for thousands of years until its whereabouts became unknown in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China.
The means of counterfeiting are becoming more and more sophisticated. Whether in the island country or the Hong Kong city, there have been reports of the birth of treasures before, but they have all been proven to be false.
Compared with the identification of other bronze artifacts, it is relatively easy to identify the Xi Jia Plate because there are authentic rubbings of it in existence, making it extremely difficult for counterfeiters to succeed. The 133 inscriptions on it cannot all be the same, so there will always be clues left.
After discussion among several experts, they all concluded that this was the authentic Xi Jia Plate.
Some old experts even joked that since it was bought by Fan Wumian, it was most likely gone.
Including the Qianlong Shroud, the museum's special exhibition hall already houses several fine cultural relics personally owned by Fan Wumian, each of which is a rare treasure.
Everyone in the industry knows that he is lucky. Others may not come across such opportunities in their entire lives, but Fan Wumian has them all. In the eyes of outsiders, it can only be explained as "good luck", so the old experts will make a few sarcastic remarks in addition to envy.
After opening the door and chatting with his assistant who was studying for a doctorate, Fan Wumian hurried to eat breakfast. After packing up, he got into the Bentley Argyle 728 and found that the interior space was much more spacious than that of Argyle R and Phantom, and the sense of luxury was maximized.
The luxury car, which is worth 1200 million RMB, is more expensive than his Ferrari Enzo. When he walked on the road, all the drivers around him behaved themselves. They neither cut in line nor honked their horns, but just kept keeping their distance.
When Fan Wumian arrived, he drove the car directly into the yard, got out and went to an office. There were already twenty or thirty people gathered at the door.
"Congratulations to Mr. Fan for buying another treasure!"
"Xi Jia Plate, this is a real national treasure! Your luck is so good that it makes people envious."
"Young man, do you have a girlfriend? My granddaughter is studying at Yanda University, and she is at the right age to date."
Everyone was talking.
Fan Wumian walked in with an awkward smile. There were quite a few people in the office, but he only knew two or three of them.
When an expert asked him why he bought this item, Fan Wumian replied that he had seen a replica at the Chinese University of Hong Kong before, and accidentally learned of its whereabouts from Italy. He thought it was another fake, so he bought it.
Everyone, you say something to me.
Later we found out that the Xi Jia Plate was actually a broken piece of artifact. During the Yuan Dynasty, someone sawed off the legs of this bronze artifact in order to use it as a pot.
Cai Guosheng, an expert who had been seen on the show "Appraising Treasures", couldn't help but ask out of curiosity:
"Mr. Fan, excuse me, how much did it cost you to recover this national treasure?"
This issue was also of concern to other people, and everyone remained silent after hearing this.
Fan Wumian was surrounded by a group of old men. He looked around and said, "I'd better not tell you. Are you worried that your heart can't take it?"
"It's okay, just say it, everyone here has seen money after dealing with babies all day long."
"Yes! I brought quick-acting heart pills and blood pressure medicine. If anyone needs them, come find me."
Fan Wumian hesitated to speak, but finally told the truth:
"1 dollars. I thought it was just a work of art and the seller might not know much about it. I paid him 1 dollars."
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"???"
"Hey! Master Cai, you shouldn't ask. My blood pressure went up immediately. The biggest bargain I've ever made in my life is just a seal by Wu Changshuo."
"Master Liu, at least you still have a Wu Changshuo seal. I have traveled extensively for thirty or forty years, and the only thing I have that I can show off is a Chen Mingyuan six-sided palace lantern pot."
(End of this chapter)