Chapter 0393 – Stud

Shu Wen couldn’t help but freeze for a moment when he heard Zhuang Rui’s words, and re-examined the young man in front of him.

Although as a foreigner, Shu Wen has been staying in Hong Kong since the seventies, and has studied the traditional Chinese culture very thoroughly, the whole is a Chinese.

Shu Wen knows the Chinese introverted, polite, everything modest, like in Hong Kong in the circle of tycoons, the Superman obviously very satisfied with their own son, but call his son, often in front of the title to the failure or dog son and other words.

Shu Wen in Hong Kong tycoon circle is also regarded as the old generation, those two or three generations of rich businessmen see him is respectful, now by Zhuang Rui clip gun with a sarcastic sentence, or never had a thing.

Only to Shu Wen’s identity, even if he is not very satisfied with Zhuang Rui this young man, but also will not go to fight with him, then smiled, looked to Zhuang Rui side of the several paper boxes, said: “I heard that Niu Hong lost a few pieces of the old master left behind before the object, those things are I gave to my father-in-law, but also my family’s heirloom. It’s very commemorative, I still hope that Mr. Zhuang can cut me some slack and let me buy them back again, I don’t know if it’s possible?”

“It’s Dr. Shu’s family heirloom? That’s not right! These few objects have been passed down from our old ancestors, I wonder what is the relationship with Dr. Shu’s family?” Zhuang Rui frowned after hearing Shu Wen’s words.

It was impossible for him to return these things, and after hearing Shu Wen’s words, Zhuang Rui also sort of knew where these objects ultimately came from, and at that moment, he sneered and said, “Can I interpret Dr. Shu’s words in this way, that is, some robbers ran into someone else’s house and snatched away something that belonged to someone else, and then they can call it their own family heirloom? ”

Shu Wen is an Austrian, and more than a hundred years ago Beijing experienced that havoc, it is also precisely with the participation of Austrians, Yuanmingyuan was destroyed, Beijing City, all the princes and ministers of the home was ransacked, millions of pieces belonging to the Chinese nation’s treasures were shipped abroad, which is to let all the domestic antique line of the people, are heartbreaking, Zhuang Rui naturally is no exception.

“This ……”

Shu Wen was instantly dumbfounded by Zhuang Rui, his grandfather did participate in the Eight-Power Allied Forces, came to China in the early part of the last century, and these few things, are also Shu Wen’s grandfather snatched from within the Yuanmingyuan, and then Shu Wen knew that the old king of the ship liked these antiques, only to take them out of the house and give them to the king of the ship. He knew that part of history extremely well, so he simply could not find any words to refute.

However, Austrians and Germans alike can face up to their past history, what is done wrong is done wrong, and will not be like a country on some isolated island that is despicable and shameless to falsify history, so Shu Wen did not get angry at what Zhuang Rui had said, and said, “I am sorry, Mr. Zhuang, it was my slip of the tongue.”

Seeing that this foreign old man admitted his mistake very dryly, Zhuang Rui had some good feelings for him in his heart, smiled and waved his hand, saying, “Those things in the past, have nothing to do with you personally, Dr. Shu, but for these things, I think it’s better for me to bring them back to my country.”

Hong Kong is a free port, although it has been returned to China, but it still has its own laws and regulations, and there is no so-called cultural relics smuggling crime, those cultural relics in the mainland that are prohibited from leaving the country. In Hong Kong is not subject to any restrictions, Zhuang Rui does not want to let these precious national treasures, from their own hands again flow to foreign countries.

“This ……”

Shu Wen did not expect Zhuang Rui will say so, to know, Shu Wen previously did not know that Niu Hong to get these things to the gambling ship, and he himself to the old ship king feelings are very deep, to the old ship king’s relics naturally do not want to fall into the hands of others, just these objects in black and white has been signed an agreement, from the law is also attributed to Zhuang Rui all, so that Shu Wen is quite a headache.

“Let’s put it this way! Mr. Zhuang, you are sold with 10 million of these things, I use 20 million to buy back, always can it?” With nothing else to do, Shu Wen made a suggestion that even he himself didn’t really believe that Zhuang Rui would agree to.

“Hehe, I’m sorry, Dr. Shu, these things are our country’s treasures, in the case that I have the ability to do so, I am definitely going to bring them back to the country, it’s not a matter of money, I hope you can understand my feelings.”

As expected, Zhuang Rui righteously rejected Shu Wen’s suggestion, not to mention twenty million dollars, even fifty million dollars, Zhuang Rui wouldn’t sell it, one hundred million dollars? Uh, maybe it will be considered! But that gweilo couldn’t possibly offer that high a price.

“Xiao Zheng, you see ……,” Shu Wen turned his gaze to Zheng Hua, wanting him to speak up and persuade him a few times.

“Uncle Shu, this matter, it’s all because Niu Hong was a little too impulsive ……”

It’s not that Zheng Hua didn’t want to help Shu Wen, it’s just that he specifically inquired about Zhuang Rui’s origins in the past few days, and knew that he had once participated in an issue of private appraisal of cultural relics in China, and was considered to be a person in the antique line, and trying to get him to give up on these things, Zheng Hua reckoned that he didn’t have that big of a face yet.

Shu Wen frowned at the words, from the time he took charge of the global shipping, or for the first time so out of the mouth to beg, did not expect to be repeatedly rejected, on Zhuang Rui’s impression can not help but a few points worse, thought for a moment, said: “I remember that there is a rule like this in China, right? That is, gambling accounts gambling return, gambling table output to go things, is not also able to gambling table win back?”

“Grandma, after all is said and done, don’t you still want to get back the scene?”

Zhuang Rui cursed in his heart, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, this kind of money given away for nothing, he doesn’t mind too much, at that moment he nodded and said, “That’s right. Could it be that Dr. Shu is also as proficient in gambling as Duke Niu?”

“No, no, no, I’ve never been into a casino a few times in my life, except for once when I went to cut the ribbon for a Macau casino. I was thinking of this, since these antiques were lost in the casino, then I will put up a representative to bet against Mr. Zhuang, if I win then Mr. Zhuang will hand these antiques back to me, if I lose this matter will not need to be mentioned again, of course I will come up with the money that is equal to these antiques.”

Shu Wen and Macau King of Gamblers relationship is very good, he knows that the King of Gamblers there is a very skilled gambler, right now would like to borrow that person and Zhuang Rui gambling, in his opinion, although Zhuang Rui good luck, but really meet the master, win or lose will not be luck can be decided.

Zhuang Rui gave Shu Wen a rather playful look and said: ”Oh? I wonder how much Dr. Shu thinks can be worth the same as these antiques?”

“Thirty million Hong Kong dollars!”

Shu Wen had called to have their market value assessed immediately after learning from Zheng Hua’s mouth what kind of antiques these were, just now he had offered twenty million dollars but was just trying to save some money to take it back, but now if he said twenty million dollars again, it would seem like he was being petty.

“Dr. Shu, I personally don’t lack money, if you’re using money to make a bet, then forget it!”

Zhuang Rui slightly skimmed the corners of his mouth, that Lang Shi Ning’s painting alone was estimated to fetch around 25 million dollars, and the price of those two pairs of porcelains would not be less than 15 million dollars, Shu Wen’s bid was not very decent, and he really didn’t want to gamble any more, having a lot of money burned his hands! Especially with this way of earning money, but also let Zhuang Rui heart not implement.

“Then let’s do it this way! I’ll take out three more pieces of porcelain and two ancient paintings to bet against Mr. Zhuang, what do you think?”

Shu Wen’s purpose was not only to get back those pieces of antiques, but also had the meaning of saving some reputation for the Niu family in it, that’s why he decided to use his own collection to bet against Zhuang Rui.

“Oh? That’s fine, but the things you brought me I have to look at first, if the value is equal, the bet you just proposed can be carried out.”

Zhuang Rui’s eyes lit up, it seems that this foreign devil has quite a lot of good things on his hands! He guessed correctly, Shu Wen’s grandfather was the commander of the Austrian army that invaded China back then. The things that were snatched back to the country, it was all pulled by carts, although in this nearly a century, a lot of them were lost, but in Shu Wen’s hands, some of them were still preserved.

“Of course, the antiques that I take out will definitely be equal to the value of these pieces, excuse me, I’ll make a phone call first.” After Shu Wen saw Zhuang Rui agree, he picked up the phone and walked out of the box to make a call.

“Zhuang Rui, let’s forget about this! I see you’re going to become a gambler.”

Qin Xuan Bing just in order to maintain Zhuang Rui, has not said, now see Shu Wen out, hastily pulled Zhuang Rui to one side, she is very understanding Shu Wen this person, business is never fight without certainty, now and Zhuang Rui gambling, Qin Xuan Bing is not very optimistic that Zhuang Rui can win.

“Xuan Bing, these money I can not, but these things, I must take back, they can be the treasure of the Chinese nation ah! Falling in the hands of foreign devils is nothing, it’s okay, your husband I’m lucky.”

Zhuang Rui’s first few words were said in a dignified atmosphere, of course he wouldn’t tell the mind of filling up his own treasure room, but even if it is placed in his own basement, that’s better than placing it in a foreigner’s collection room, isn’t it?

“Fine! As you wish, these things are all won anyway.”

Qin Xuan Bing thought for a while after, also did not continue to persuade, her brain is still a little confused now, this afternoon, Zhuang Rui’s wealth actually skyrocketed nearly one hundred million, if not looking at the stacks of chips on the gambling table, Qin Xuan Bing still can not believe it!

“Mr. Zhuang, the gambling game will start tomorrow morning, two people betting against each other on pokies, I don’t know if you have any comments?”

At this time, Shu Wen also made a phone call and re-entered the gambling hall, he had just contacted the King of Gamblers, and betting on pokies was the advice given by the King of Gamblers.

“Stud?”

Zhuang Rui frowned when he heard this name, but immediately stretched out, those Hong Kong gambling movies of his were not watched for nothing, for the play of poker, in addition to fighting the landlord and playing upgrades, Zhuang Rui is most familiar with it, it should be the pokies.