Happy Tycoon
Chapter 264: Operation Yenching
Yang Jing is very satisfied with Mike Aller's work. The precious antique relics and works of art in front of him prove that Mike Aller has not slackened during the nearly two years.
In the vault of a Swiss bank in Cayman, Yang Jing saw 16 oil paintings. All of these oil paintings were from some famous painters in Europe and America, but the number of works by American painters was the largest.
Among these oil paintings are the works of Andrew Wise, the most famous American painter of the last century, the works of Henri Matisse, the famous Fauvist painter who is as famous as Picasso, and the famous French courtist art in the first half of the 17th century. Representing the works of Simon Hue, and the works of American realist painter Norman Rockwell who has just passed away three years in this era, and the works of Albert Bierstadt, the most famous American landscape painter in the last century. work......
And what surprised Yang Jing the most was that Mike Aller even bought a Picasso painting.
This is an amazing work. The size of this piece is 244 cm * 234 cm. It is a rare large-scale work in Picasso's works. It’s just that Yang Jing knew that this work was originally collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, but he didn’t know why it was bought by Mike Aller.
Seeing that Yang Jing was interested in this painting, Mike Aller said with a smile: "This painting was in June this year. I learned that there was a Picasso auction in Cannes. I took this painting at a price of 10,000 U.S. dollars. This painting is also the one that I spent the most money on in the past two years."
"Only 2 million US dollars?" Yang Jing asked in surprise.
"What's the matter? 2 million is already very expensive, okay?" Mike Aller said with some excitement, "It was only when I bid with a lot of people to take it. If you hadn't given me so much money, this painting would have It won’t make it to me, and I still have all the formalities of the auction at that time.”
Yang Jing raised a hand and said, "Sorry, Mike, I didn't mean that. You may have misunderstood me. I was just surprised that this painting is so cheap, only 2 million US dollars."
In 205, a Picasso painting was sold at Christie's New York auction for a sky-high price of $79 million, and it was also the most expensive painting in Picasso's life. However, both in terms of size and artistic quality, this one is generally recognized as inferior to that one. It's just that this work has always been collected by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and no one knows what sky-high price this work will be sold at.
Yang Jing looked at this painting carefully, only to see some unusual signatures in the lower right corner of the painting—Picasso, the first edition.
found these words, Yang Jing suddenly realized. The old Mr. Picasso painted tens of thousands of works in his life. This has a lot to do with his frequent paintings of the same painting several times. For example, Picasso painted a total of fifteen works.
Since Picasso has this habit, it is no surprise that there are two paintings. The most important thing is that this painting is still the first edition, so it is even rarer, and its value is even higher than the one in the collection of the New York Museum of Art!
But now this painting has actually fallen into the hands of Mike Aller, and the price is only 2 million US dollars, which is really a bit of a surprise.
But after Yang Jing thought about it, he was relieved. It is only 9 years now, and Picasso has passed away less than ten years. At this time, the price of Picasso's works is far lower than that of later generations, and it is 2 million US dollars in this era. It is also a huge sum of money.
It is not an exaggeration at all. In 9 years, 2 million US dollars will definitely not be worse than the 0.2 billion US dollars 30 years later!
"BSS, I like the job you gave me, but it also upsets me a lot." Watching Yang Jing admire the sixteen oil paintings there, Mike Aller started to complain.
"Huh? What's the matter? Does the matter of spending money also make you feel distressed?" Yang Jing turned his head and asked with a smile.
"Sometimes there is too much money to spend and it is also a kind of distress. This is what I want to say." Mike Aller said with a wry smile and shook his head. "BSS, you have a lot of money in your hand. Spend, this is really a kind of happiness, but also, you gave me too much money, you set me the goal of spending 100 million US dollars a year, but now, two years have passed, I There are still 70 million dollars I don’t know where to spend..."
Yang Jing stopped admiring those oil paintings, but patted Mike Aller on the shoulder and said, "Mike, don’t worry about these things. How much can you spend? I'm very satisfied with what you are doing now, so In the next few years, I hope you can continue to do this and strive to acquire more such oil paintings."
"BSS, are you making an investment in art?" Mike Aller considered for a while, and finally asked the question in his heart.
Yang Jing smiled and said, "You can think the same way. In fact, under the current circumstances, investing in art is also a pretty good investment project."
"Well, BSS, this kind of investment, that is, a billionaire like you can afford it, I can only serve you..."
Yang Jing smiled and said, "How are you doing with the other thing I told you?"
"Are you talking about China Yanjing?"
Yang Jing nodded. After finishing the London Gold investment last time, when Yang Jing was about to leave the Cayman Islands, he discussed with Mike Aller and formulated a plan called "Yenjing Operation". Now Yang Jing is asking about the status of the implementation of this plan. .
"The progress over there is very smooth. As you said, Huaxia is in urgent need of US dollars. I went there twice and I have truly experienced the urgency."
After a pause, Mike Aller continued: "I went to Yanjing last summer as you ordered. I have to say that it is really a beautiful and quaint city." Mike Aller praised. "And the authorities over there really need U.S. dollars. I just told the local government that when the Dragon Fund was going to invest 10 million U.S. dollars in public welfare funds to invest in the Three North Shelterbelt, it immediately followed what you said. It alarmed the senior leaders, and when I transferred 10 million US dollars of funds to the designated account, a deputy prime minister over there even came forward to meet me in person...Oh, this is me. It’s the first time I met such a high-level leader and I was very excited."
Yang Jing thought: "Can you not alarm the top leaders? In the late 1970s and early 1980s, China’s demand for foreign exchange was the most prosperous period, and that period was also the period when China’s foreign exchange reserves were the least. Don’t say anything else. In the 90 years last year, China’s entire dollar reserve was less than 100 million U.S. dollars. Even in nine years, China’s dollar reserve was only 2.7 billion U.S. dollars. I asked Mike Aller to throw out this million. The U.S. dollar was definitely a great foreign exchange for China at that time."
Mike Aller was still a little excited, "When the Deputy Prime Minister met with me, I promised to invest another 20 million U.S. dollars, and what I wanted to do in Yanjing became extremely simple."
"According to what you said, I bought a huge manor behind that famous imperial city near a lake. The manor is really big, I guess it will be more than 25,000 square feet at least. Because I bought it with U.S. dollars, it turned out to be only half a million dollars. Oh, Maiga, I can’t imagine that such a big manor would only need such a small amount of money. It’s just that the manor is too dilapidated. I invested a full two million dollars to renovate the manor, and now it is estimated that the manor has been repaired."
For Mike Aller, that courtyard with an area of more than 3,000 square meters is a manor.
Hearing this, Yang Jing nodded in satisfaction.
When Yang Jing traveled here last month to invest in London Gold, he took time to visit Yanjing and stayed in Yanjing for more than a week. In fact, he was looking for a suitable courtyard house.
Because the Holy Ring once said that as long as the property rights of the courtyard houses in the original time and space belonged to the public or foreigners, then Yang Jing's purchase in the shuttle time and space would not trigger the paradox of time and space, so Yang Jing chose the best place in the original time and space. The famous courtyard house.
The courtyard house is located on the north edge of Houhai, separated by a small road from Houhai. That courtyard was the famous Hai Sihe courtyard, which was bought by a Russian oil tycoon in 2007 for RMB 100 million. It was the most expensive courtyard in Yanjing that year.
Even if the courtyard was put in 207, it was still the top yard in Yanjing. With an area of more than 3,000 square meters, it is also among the top private courtyards within the second ring of Yanjing. In 207, the value of that courtyard was said to have exceeded 500 million yuan.
Such a good yard, Yang Jing is naturally unwilling to let it fall into the hands of foreigners.
Damn, you, an old man, went to the capital of our country and bought the best courtyard house in our capital. What makes us feel so embarrassed?
Therefore, Yang Jing naturally set his sights on the astronomical Hai Siheyuan for later generations.
However, Yang Jing still doesn't plan to shoot by himself, UU reading www.uukanshu. For things like com that involve various property rights in the original time and space, it is safest to let Mike Aller take the shot.
However, Yang Jing is not without paying for this yard. Of course, this kind of effort is nothing to Yang Jing.
In the name of the Evil Dragon Fund, he invested 30 million U.S. dollars to develop the Three North Shelter Forest, which itself is of a public welfare nature. Yang Jing is very clear about what the environment of Yanjing will be like in later generations, but now that he has made a lot of money from foreigners, Yang Jing thinks it is quite meaningful to give back to his motherland.
I didn’t have this ability before, but now I have this ability. As a descendant of the Chinese Emperor, Yang Jing thinks it is necessary to give back to his motherland’s environmental protection cause.
The most important thing is that with this kind of pure public welfare investment, it will be more convenient for Mike Aller to do business in China.
Using the money earned from foreigners to contribute to the environmental protection cause of one's motherland, by the way, making things more convenient for oneself, this is simply killing two birds with one stone.
If it were not for this $30 million charity investment, Mike Aller would have never wanted to buy the courtyard house in Yanjing, let alone buy some old things in Yanjing.
And now with this investment, Mike Aller not only easily bought the courtyard house, but Yang Jing confessed to him that he would buy old things in that era, and it went well.
Although Yang Jing hasn't seen those old objects yet, through Mike Aller's introduction, he knows that the "Yenjing Action" plan that was formulated is still going well.
PS: Bow to thank "Purple Flame Tianjiao" and "Ice Town Octave" 00 for their rewards.