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The cooking skill of North Jiangsu is only ordinary, but as a gluttonous person who has lived independently, his cooking skill is better than that of ordinary people, above the standard.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the limited cooking skills in northern Jiangsu that the delicacy of the food materials is more highlighted.
At dinner, Zhou Liyi and Peng Suqi almost swallowed their tongues. Both the fish in Zishan Lake and the vegetables in the yard were delicious. Zhou Liyi, in particular, is engaged in high-end food business. He has never eaten anything good, but he never thought that a common carp and a common vegetable could make him eat with such relish. It seems that the dishes made in northern Jiangsu are particularly delicious, much better than the carefully selected ingredients in his restaurant.
As a senior gourmet, Zhou Liyi seems to have found a treasure hidden in the mountains. He was so excited that his appetite soared. After eating three bowls of rice, he calmed down, but he kept talking about food with Subei in his mouth.
"Nowadays, whether in the world or in China, the market for high-end food ingredients is growing. Now that people have money, they naturally want to eat something good. And there are many good food and wine among those super rich. A friend of mine attended an auction in the United States some time ago. Do you know the price of the most expensive bottle of red wine?" Zhou Liyi said, His mouth spouted.
Su Bei listened with a smile, and Su Ming beside him asked, "How much is twenty thousand?"
Zhou Liyi shook his head with a smile and said, "Although the auction was not a food and wine themed auction, it was just a few bottles of wine, but the price of the most expensive bottle of wine was the third highest among all the auctions. The two bottles of tequila finally sold for 8.2 million dollars! And it was still dollars!"
"More than eight million dollars? Isn't that more than sixty million yuan?" Su Ming was stunned by Zhou Liyi's price.
Even Subei, who had been prepared for this, was shocked by the price. He thought that the wine that could be auctioned would be very expensive, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive. Two bottles of wine cost more than 60 million yuan. What kind of wine can you drink.
At first, Su Bei was amazed at the price of wine, but later he thought that Zhou Liyi's third most expensive item in the auction could reach more than eight million dollars, and the most expensive one might exceed ten million dollars. Such an auction should not be hosted by an ordinary auction house. He soon thought of the three Van Gogh paintings he put in the space, As long as Subei wanted to sell those three paintings all the time, but they were delayed because he was not familiar with foreign auction houses. Such paintings must be sold at a high price in China, and he had to rank them abroad.
Three paintings, two landscapes, and one character. If according to the online information of Subei, once they are identified as authentic, they will be at least more than ten million dollars.
At the end of the meal, Subei kept thinking about whether to ask Zhou Liyi about the foreign auction house.
In the evening, Su Bei found Zhou Liyi and asked him about the auction house in detail. He learned that the auction house Zhou Liyi participated in was hosted by a very famous auction house in the United States. The auction house is headquartered in Los Angeles, and is very famous in North America and Europe. It is less famous in Asia, but it also has a branch in Hong Kong. When Zhou Liyi went to the United States several times, he played several times under the guidance of his friends.
After learning about it, Subei asked Zhou Liyi to ask for the details and contact information of the auction house. Perhaps out of gratitude, Zhou Liyi agreed on the spot.
The next day, after Zhou Liyi and his wife said goodbye, Subei began to apply for visas in hand.
On the third day after Zhou Liyi returned to the provincial capital, some information about the auction house was sent to the mailbox of Subei. That night, Subei took many photos of three paintings with its own high-definition camera and sent them to the mailbox of the auction house, asking the other party to be firm and expressing its intention to auction.
Of course, you have to use English to write this kind of email. Subei used to have a good command of English, especially in writing, but poor oral English. I believe this is a common problem of Chinese students.
Su Bei is very confident about his three paintings and thinks that he should receive a reply from the other party.
Sure enough, four days later, Subei received an email from the auction house, which was all in English. Relying on its English background, Subei checked the English Chinese dictionary and soon found out the contents of the email.
The email asked Subei to take more photos, and also asked for many angles. Subei complied one by one. In the following week, the two sides exchanged several emails, and finally the other side sent an email saying that it was very possible to judge the three paintings were authentic through photos, but if you want to make sure, please ask Subei to take the paintings to the auction house for on-site identification, or leave a more detailed contact method, and the auction house will further contact Subei.
Subei didn't leave a more detailed contact information, but returned an email to make an appointment, saying that he would go to the sand shaker with his paintings about half a month later. If the other party is convenient, please welcome him.
Soon, I got a positive reply from the other side.
Su Bei smiled with satisfaction. He knew that a large number of photos in several emails made the other party think that the paintings in his hands were authentic, so he agreed to receive them.
Considering that this trip is intended to spend more time outside, in the next few days, Subei has made proper arrangements for several projects in the village, calling most of the things on several uncles, cousin Su Jun and cousin Su Ming. Su Huai, on behalf of North Jiangsu stationed in Zishan Village.
After Su Bei asked Zhou Liyi to get a tourist visa from a travel agency, he felt that the provincial capital was a star city. He didn't contact his classmates or friends in the provincial capital. He just met Zhou Liyi. After getting the visa and the address and contact information of Zhou Liyi's friends in the United States, he flew directly to S City.
After changing a few dollars in S City, we set out from S City and flew directly to Los Angeles.
After a long flight of more than ten hours, North Jiangsu finally set foot on foreign land for the first time.
At the exit, Subei saw the person who came to meet him, a tall white man in his thirties, dressed in suits and shoes, holding the sign of "subei".
"Welcome to the United States, I'm Jim from SP Auction House." After confirming the identity of Subei, the white man at first warmly extended his hand to say hello, but after looking at Subei, his eyes became a little strange.
Subei's spoken English was really poor. After a few words of reluctance, he refused to help him with his luggage and asked to go to the hotel for a rest before going to the headquarters of the auction house.
Jim, a white man, drives a car that Subei doesn't know what name it is. It looks very high-end. From the other party's dress, Subei estimates that Jim's position in the auction house should not be low.
On the way to the hotel, Jim said, "Sue, you know, unlike your country, everything in our country is business. If your paintings are not authentic, you may have to pay for some fees." After saying that, he glanced at Subei again, and then looked at her suitcase in the back seat of the car.
Su Bei smiled and said in his broken English, "No matter where it is, it should be the same in my country. Don't worry, Jim, even if my painting is authentic, I will pay for my own expenses, including identification fees and hotel fees."