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"By the way, now that you have money, you should consider starting a family and starting a business. You can solve the house here as soon as possible, and take your parents over to enjoy the happiness earlier... I'm not saying that the country is not good, but the family is only tidy, so it's like a home!"

Fang Bo said to Jin Muchen, and Jin Muchen nodded.

"Well, when the holiday is over, I will go to Manhattan to check out and contact the real estate agent there."

"I think it's OK. Your kid starts better than me. Haha, you go to Manhattan in one go. That's a good place. It's a good place to do antique business. If there are more wealthy people, the market will naturally be better."

Fang Bo said with a smile, but Jin Muchen suddenly said at this time.

"Brother Fang, I plan to buy a big house in Manhattan this time, and I plan to open a store there. When I saw you, you can move to my place, so we can take care of each other. Moreover, if I open an antique store in Manhattan, the store still lacks an appraiser in charge. You also know that I am a young man, and I am not stable enough and like to run around. There is always someone at home who can help you see the store, right? Why don't you go over and help me!"

When Fang Bo heard Jin Muchen say this, he looked up at his serious eyes and couldn't help but feel warm.

How could he not know Jin Muchen’s kindness?

He himself has no children and is over 60 years old now. Although he looks healthy, he is old. On the one hand, he is afraid of loneliness, and on the other hand, he is afraid that no one will take care of him. Otherwise, no one will know if he gets sick that day.

Jin Muchen said he was asking him to come over and help him, but in fact he just hoped that he would go over and help him with his old age and see him off?

When Fang Bo thought of this, he felt a warm feeling in his heart: "Okay, when your store opens, Fang Bo will go over and take a look for you."

They are all family, and there is nothing to be pretentious about. Jin Muchen was very happy when he heard Fang Bo agreeing, and this matter was settled.

After breakfast, it was already eleven o'clock. The two of them planned to go downstairs. Fang Bo wanted to sit downstairs, while Jin Muchen planned to go out for a walk.

But I had just arrived at the first floor. Before I could reach the door, a black shadow flashed outside the door. A middle-aged man wearing a beige windbreaker suddenly appeared at the door of the store.

Jin Muchen was startled by the guy who suddenly appeared, and then pointed to the sign hanging at the door, saying that he would not open a store to do business today.

But the foreigner had no intention of leaving, but knocked on the door and signaled him to open the door and talk.

Jin Muchen opened the door in confusion. The foreigner quickly took out a business card from his arms and handed it over to Jin Muchen.

"Hello, sir, I'm Andrey Carter from Christie's."

"Christie's? We have no contact with you?"

"Ah! Sir, this is what I saw. I saw this painting online. Did you hang it up?"

While saying this, Andre took out an Ai Pi from his bag, then opened the e-bay website and called out a page. It happened to be the oil painting of the Hungarian painter Cas Arnolds that Jin Muchen hung on the website one day to take action.

"Uh...yes, I hung it up."

"That's right, sir, we were on the phone a few days ago, do you remember?"

After Andre said this, Jin Muchen remembered that after hanging the painting online for auction a few days ago, he received several calls for inquiries the next day, all of which were inquiring about the details of the oil painting. He answered carefully one by one. A few of them were very interested in the painting and asked his address, saying that after the New Year's Day holiday, he wanted to come and see the painting himself.

Jin Muchen also told them the address, but originally thought that someone would come after the holiday, but unexpectedly, there were still several days left during the holiday, so the Christie's people came to the door first.

It feels like you have a house for sale online. You originally wanted to face the buyer directly, but unexpectedly the agent came to the door first.

"Okay, come in first!"

Looking at Andre's red nose, it seemed that he had been outside for a long time. The temperature in New York these days has been extremely low. Jin Muchen gave up Andre in first. Andre quickly thanked Jin Muchen and then entered the house.

He said hello to Fang Bo, and then took Andre to the second floor. The first floor was mainly the area of ​​the store and there was no room for reception.

The area on the second floor is not small. In addition to the kitchen and dining room and Fang Bo's bedroom study, there is also a relatively large living room.

Jin Muchen gave Andre a cup of coffee, and then the two of them sat down.

"Mr. Jin, you must already know my purpose. My purpose is to come for that oil painting. In February, Christie's will have a special photo shoot on oil painting. Currently, you are collecting items. I wonder if you are interested in giving this oil painting?"

In addition to appraisers, Andre's work at Christie's also has another task, which is to collect as many lots as possible for sale. The nature of the property is very similar to that of housing agents who pull houses and bank tellers who pull deposits.

In recent times, because the US economy has improved and the auction market is not active, many rich people have invested their funds into the financial market. As more and more people make money, the more they have more cash, the less they need to take out the antiques and treasures at home to cash out.

So for auction companies, there have been very shortage of lots on the market in recent times.

Moreover, the two arch rivals, Sotheby's and Christie's, are both based in New York, and they are competing for the market in this area very fiercely.

Because the goods are short, the staff of the two companies cannot wait at home for customers to come to the door to ask for auction. They will use various means to find things from various places, and then encourage the treasure owner to take the things to their company for auction.

After all, when one company has many items and another company has nothing to buy, this can reflect the strength of an auction company.

What's more, in the New York area, there are already a large number of auction companies. In addition to these two giants, there are dozens of small and medium-sized auction companies in the United States, and dozens of overseas auction companies in various sizes. Everyone is making a living in this market.

Whenever the economic performance worsens, it is often the happiest time for auction companies, because those treasure owners will come to them with a lot of treasures to auction and cash out.

If it were then that time, Christie's would not have sent anyone to such an oil painting with a small size and medium price. However, now in the good economic environment and the shortage of items, Christie's did not care about such reserve at all. Andrei didn't even care about holidays, so he came to Jin Muchen to collect things. Because he received the wind yesterday, people from Sotheby's might have come today, so he waited early in the morning at the door of Jin Muchen's store.

"Well... this, I really didn't think about giving this painting to shoot before..."

"Mr. Jin, you can't think so. Don't look at the size of this oil painting, but this is the work of Cass, a well-known European hyperrealist painter. Many people in the United States like this work very much. If you hand it over to Christie's for operation, don't worry, we will definitely give you a good price..."

Andrei gave Jin Muchen a breath of breath, and Jin Muchen was really hesitant at this time.

At this moment, Fang Bo's shout suddenly came downstairs: "Mu Chen, someone is looking for him!"

"Who?"

"I don't know, one said it was Mr. Vince from Sotheby's?"

When Jin Muchen heard this, his eyes rolled, and then shouted downward at the entrance of the stairs.

"Okay, let him come up!"

He quietly swept behind him from the corner of his eyes. When Andre, who was sitting behind him, his face changed when he heard the name Vince, and his butt began to twist, as if he was very uncomfortable.

"Hey! Hello Mr. Jin, it's great to meet you, I'm Vince Carrington of Sotheby's Auction, we've been on the phone before."

A young white man in a casual suit soon walked up the stairs. He looked about thirty years old, with a medium figure and a kind smile. He introduced himself enthusiastically when he came up.

Jin Muchen replied with a smile, then shook hands with him.

"Please, Mr. Carrington."

"You're welcome, you'd better call me Vince. Oh! Look at who I've seen? Isn't this Andre? Hey, I heard you're not doing well at Christie's? Why, haven't they fired you yet?"

Vince had just walked two steps behind Jin Muchen when he saw Andre sitting in the living room. He hurriedly said hello, but although he was smiling at this time, the greeting was not very friendly.

And Andre here is also not to be outdone.

"Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Sotheby's dog, Vince Carrington, will your dog's nose be very effective then?"

“Haha, each other, each other.”

Vince was quite thick-skinned at that time. When Andre said this, he was not angry at all, but he looked proud.

Andre was older than Vince, and he looked like the old tradition. Seeing Vince not getting angry, he couldn't help but laugh at him again and said.

"Hmph, Sotheby's dog's face is indeed thick-skinned. It seems that they are all trained by kissing their boss's butt. By the way, since you are doing so well at Sotheby's? Why are you here for? This painting by Mr. Jin seems not worthy of your Sotheby's people!"

Andre's counterattack made Jin Muchen stunned. From now on, it was full of gunpowder. It seemed that the grudge between him and Vince seemed to be quite serious.
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