"Miss Baring, I believe what Mr. Mike said is true, but now your Morgan family may only have one company, Morgan Stanley?" Li never answered this guy's question directly. After all, this matter is really too big.

Although the Morgan family and the Rockefellers are very powerful, they are no longer what they used to be. In the past few decades, instead of developing, you have declined a lot, especially since the Rockefellers have basically begun to disappear. Of course, there are still forces behind the scenes.

Yes, it’s just that they were also suppressed by the Skull and Bones Society.*1*1*

"Yes, Mr. Li, we have successfully negotiated. Our family currently has no other family among the world's top 500 companies except this one." This girl looked very shrewd, but at this moment

It seemed that I couldn't say anything anymore, so I told Li Cong the truth directly. I had no idea about this Li Cong. I thought before that this woman would have all kinds of words waiting for me. Maybe she would

Tell me something useful. Unexpectedly, she didn't say anything and just admitted it. Seeing the diamond chain in this woman's hand, Li Cong suddenly thought of an idea, something that could save his 6,000 tons of gold, but still

Something to get them going...

"It doesn't matter, Mr. Mike, you have proven your strength to me. I very much believe that you can bring bad luck to the Skull and Bones Society, but my gold reserve is very useful, at least it cannot be taken out now.

I have to use it to pay for my huge international settlement. This is necessary, so I can't take it out." Li Cong's words are correct. International settlement refers to the international political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military affairs.

The settlement of claims and debts or the transfer of funds in the place where exchanges or contacts among other aspects occur are expressed in currency. It is divided into tangible trade and intangible trade. The international settlement caused by tangible trade is international trade settlement. The international settlement caused by intangible trade is non-tangible trade.

Trade settlement. International settlement can promote international trade transactions, serve international economic and cultural exchanges, and promote international financial integration, thereby prospering the entire world economy. At the same time, it can also generate income and accumulate foreign exchange for the country, introduce foreign investment, and rationally use foreign exchange. Export funds abroad.

Investment plays a role in consolidating the country's currency exchange rate and providing the country's external payment capabilities.

In the past, some strong currencies could also be used as a method of international settlement, but after the world war, the world seems to have returned to a society a long time ago. People like to use precious metals such as gold or silver for settlement.

The final settlement is done. Of course, if not, you can also use the things produced by the energy group for settlement, because in people's eyes, it is the same as gold.

"Mr. Li's words mean that our cooperation cannot be carried out or what?" Mike's face showed some dissatisfaction. Li Cong clearly looked down on himself. He was also the leader of a party after all. He also knew that

There is a big gap between him and people like Li Cong, but why can't he even catch up with 6,000 tons of gold? In fact, in Li Cong's opinion, this guy would definitely not be worth the price if he didn't have such an organization under his command.

What Li Cong wants to do is use diamonds to accomplish everything he needs. After all, there are too many diamonds in that mine. He can treat diamonds like stones. Fortunately, it has not been announced yet. If it were, it would probably be

There will be a big price cut for diamonds around the world.

"I don't like Mr. Mike's tone very much. This is not what friends should have. Besides, I just won't cooperate with you. What can you do to me? Although this is your headquarters, I want to go out.

If so, there should be no one here who can stop me. Even if I have no ability to resist, do you really dare to attack me? Then you will face the world's top pursuit, not just you, but also probably my subordinates.

Everything you know will be wiped off the face of the earth. I guarantee that all this will be completed within a few days, so to cooperate with me, you need to follow my path. Mr. Mike is also a sensible person, and this society

This is an era of the jungle. It makes no sense that I am so powerful that I have to listen to you?" Although Li Cong said with a smile, his domineering expression directly made Bahrain and Mike feel a strong pressure, as if they were in front of them.

This man is like God, and his words are like the rules of this world. We mortals have no room to resist.

"Haha, Mr. Li is serious. That's not what our leader means. It's just because he hasn't had a good rest recently. I think today is not very suitable for negotiation. Isn't it the first time for Mr. Li to come to Philadelphia? Why don't you let me take you?

How about taking a look around?" When Bahrain saw this, things were going to be bad immediately, and he immediately proposed that he would take Li Cong to look around. It was very good to have such a beautiful woman leading him, and Li Cong

I also felt that it was not the right time to continue talking. Even if his plan was feasible, the guy in front of him would definitely think that he had some hidden agenda. That would not be good for cooperation, but Li Cong didn't think about it when he was thinking about it.

What I saw was that Mike looked at Balin with resentment.

In fact, Mike has been coveting the girl Bahrain for a long time, but Bahrain is not an ordinary person, and he is not someone he can fall in love with. Moreover, Bahrain is also very useful to him, helping him settle a lot of things, and he doesn't want to.

Without this assistant, Bahrain's rescue today can be said to be very good, but in Mike's eyes, Bahrain feels that the person in front of him is stronger than himself. How is this guy stronger than himself? Isn't there a force that is number one in the world?

, I will have it in the future. Isn’t this kid taller than me? I’m taller than this guy even if I put on high heels. Isn’t he more handsome than me? This is called intellectuality, even though he is still imagining it.

By that time, Bahrain and Li Cong had already gone out. When Li Conglin went out, he looked back and looked at him. Mike immediately put on a smile. In fact, it was not just because of Bahrain's incident, he was also somewhat frightened by Li Cong.

, which of what this guy just said is absolutely possible to be true? I have never heard that people who offend Li Cong can live longer.

Mike suddenly felt like he was a dog when he smiled at Li Cong. How could he be so shameless? This man took his beloved woman out, and he even smiled at her. Am I too cheap?

A little bit off, but this guy's ability to comfort himself is also good. He quickly thought that Bahrain would soon take down Li Cong, and then he would be able to cooperate with the number one person in the world. Then his

Your career will make great progress. Are you still afraid that Bahrain will not fall in love with you? Thinking of this, this guy feels a lot more comfortable.

"Mr. Li was so awesome just now. I really admired this little girl. I only said this to you." Bahrain said with a blush. Li Cong naturally understood what people said. This woman is

It's not simple, but it doesn't look like she's being fake. In fact, it's Li Cong who got it wrong. Like other girls, Bahrain has indeed liked heroes since she was a child. In the past, her idol was Washington, the founding president of the United States.

Yes, it’s just that in the future, we will see more and more villains and fewer and fewer heroes in this society. Although Li Cong cannot be regarded as a hero, especially for his country, but what he said just now

The tone she gave out when speaking was definitely one of awe-inspiring. She had met a lot of big shots, but those people seemed to be lacking compared to Li Cong. The talent in front of her was slightly different from the hero in her heart.

Right on the spot, the heart that had been sealed for more than 20 years and almost 30 years seemed to suddenly come out, but the long-term cultivation still did not allow her to do anything extraordinary.**(..)

"Haha, what's so great? In fact, it's just a habit. To be honest, I was the most surprised when I came to you. To be honest, our group's technology should be more advanced than your country's, and so are my glasses.

As long as I bring it, even if you take me to the hospital to test everything about me, you won't be able to tell that it's mine. I didn't expect that you would find out as soon as I entered the door, you know? At the beginning, I

Do you really think your boss has super powers?" Li Cong was not lying about this. He was really shocked when he walked in.

"This is something we didn't expect, Mr. Li. It's rare for me to come out and see it. How about I invite the world's number one man to go shopping with me?" Li Cong has not done anything like shopping with a woman for a long time. Recently, he has not done anything like this.

The most recent time was when I went out with my wife a few years ago. At that time, I was so tired that I fell asleep. Li Cong was really speechless about going shopping with a woman. When he was about to refuse, Bahrain had already pulled Li Cong into the car.

, the car is a Beetle, although it is not very luxurious, but for a girl, this car is enough.

After arriving at the place, Li Cong knew where this girl was going. It turned out that what he went to was not the fashion store or jewelry store in Li Cong's impression, but an antique store. To be precise, it should specialize in selling Chinese antiques.

It's a place, but the store is relatively large, and there are many other things, but the valuable things must be those Chinese antiques. Li Cong was puzzled, why the hell don't he have these things, but they are all here with the foreign devils?

, this is also something that can’t be helped. Who told us that it was useless back then.

Different from domestic shops, what we pay attention to in China is to concentrate on professional counterparts. Jade shops sell jade, porcelain shops sell porcelain, and of course miscellaneous items at most. But American antique shops are not like this. They can be said to be all-inclusive.

, although there are some that specialize in selling a certain kind of items, most antique shops can be described as a "kaleidoscope", with everything from living furniture and pianos to needles and threads, clothes on the body, hats on the head, belts on the waist, etc.

The lace of skirts, jewelry, handmade dolls, and even bicycle accessories are all included. Even baskets, shovels, randomly placed scissors, and buttons that we despise are all included in their collection and sale. As long as

Since they are old, they are always put in the store. As a result, they often start to get dazzled as soon as they enter, and they don’t know what to look at.

Of course, these collections of items for sale are often not the result of one collection. They also divide work and cooperate. The items collected by several collections are gathered together, and they take turns to visit the store. The prices are clearly marked, and the discounts are very small. If you encounter bargaining, you often see

The shopkeeper then called and asked the owner of the item if he could sell it at this price. It was as if what Bahrain was interested in now was a pottery figurine said to be from the Western Han Dynasty of China. This was so nonsense that Li Cong could tell at a glance.

Realizing that this thing was a fake, Li Cong came here because of nothing else but because of the group of boys below, "During the Western Han Dynasty", Li Cong was puzzled, why the hell are all fakes like this, and it's all a routine,

Did you know thousands of years ago that there was another Eastern Han Dynasty? Poor Miss Bahrain was still looking at it stupidly. She asked Li Cong from time to time, as if this Chinese man could give him a correct answer.

After Bahrain's introduction, Li Cong learned about some of the Chinese stockholders' stores in the United States. As the saying goes, things are rare and valuable. In the United States, perhaps because of the short history of the founding of the country, people attach great importance to things with historical value, and antiques are especially popular.

Americans favor it. It is said that the city with the most antique shops is New York, followed by Los Angeles. In the culturally rich Hollywood area, there are also many large and small antique shops. There is no way around it. What can a country that has been founded for two hundred years have?

Antiques, are those chopsticks, pots and pans used by Indians? Those are not for people in mainstream society.

Chinese antiques have become the darling of the antique market because of their unique cultural connotation, long history and exquisite workmanship. Therefore, regardless of whether they deal in Chinese antiques, stores will put Guanyin statues and several Arhats in their windows to attract customers. As for

They don't care whether these things are antiques or not. Anyway, this trick is very useful and can always attract people.

According to Mr. Zhou Dezhao, president of the US-China Collectors Association, the price of Chinese antiques in the US market has been on an upward trend. A blue and white bowl from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty can be sold for hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. Calligraphy and paintings by famous artists such as Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian,

Prices are also constantly setting new records in the auction market. Judging from the current market conditions, the most valuable ones are ancient Chinese porcelain. Then there are bronzes, celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and then jewelry and jade. Rosewood furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties is also very valuable.

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In Los Angeles, in addition to fixed antique shops, there are also some small vendors who also deal in Chinese antiques. They usually operate in flea markets. The business staff is huge, including local Americans, as well as Mexicans, Eastern Europeans and Chinese who have immigrated here.

The prices of antiques on the flea market are not high and can meet the needs of collectors with average family income.

Miss Baring heard from Mr. Zhou that there are three main ways to obtain Chinese antiques: First, they are bought from the auction market. There are antique auctions in New York and Los Angeles every month. Second, antique dealers collect them from American folk. Because of history

The reason is that there are many Chinese antiques scattered among the American people. Some of these antiques are in the hands of collectors, some are sold around, and finally acquired by antique dealers. The third channel is to collect from abroad. The operators of such antiques

Basically, they are Chinese. At present, many Chinese antiques on the American antique market are shipped directly to the United States from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China. A large part of them enter the United States through illegal channels. Criminals usually come from China.

Antiques collected in the mainland are smuggled to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, and then trafficked to the United States, or various means are used to evade inspection by Chinese customs and shipped directly to the United States. These illegal antiques come either by air or by sea.

, and even mailed through the post office. For example, the stone sculptures from the Song and Ming Dynasties unearthed in many antique shops in the United States were shipped from certain customs in China. When passing the customs, the criminals declared furniture or other goods, but

Hidden inside are antiques and cultural relics. American law stipulates that antiques are tax-free, so antique dealers openly sell these smuggled items in their stores. When he heard this, Li Cong wanted to kill all the smuggled goods. Mom

Our ancestors left us such a small memory, but you still have to bring the Yankees here, do they understand?

Due to the popularity of Chinese antiques, many copies and fakes have appeared. In order to distinguish the authenticity and improve the credibility of authentic Chinese antiques, the American Collectors Association specially invited Shi Shuqing, the president of the Chinese Collectors Association, to the United States to appraise some collections.

I did find some treasures. For example, a well-preserved yellow jade cong in the hands of a collector in Los Angeles (cong, made of yellow jade, is one of the ritual vessels for worshiping gods), was evaluated as a first-class national treasure. Previously, this

The collector didn't know its value. It wasn't until Mr. Shi confirmed that the yellow jade cong was a cultural relic from the Chinese Neolithic Age, 7,000 years ago, that the collector knew he was already a millionaire. In addition,

In addition, Mr. Shi also discovered Guqin from the Han Dynasty and Qingzhou stone carvings from the Northern Wei Dynasty. While Mr. Shi was in Los Angeles, many antique shops closed down. Because there were many fakes there, they were afraid of being exposed; although some shops were not closed,

But the antique shop was changed into a handicraft shop. These fake things also came from China, and Li Cong was very happy with it. When he defrauded foreign devils of money, this guy agreed, and Bahrain on the side was very puzzled.

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Collectors and buyers of Chinese antiques include both Americans and Chinese. Among Americans, most are people who know a lot about Chinese culture. A few years ago, a reporter visited an American friend's house in Washington.

The reporter was shocked: there was an old Chinese canopy bed in his living room, with a long footboard beside the bed. There was an old Chinese printed long pillow on the bed. When he went to the second floor, the reporter was even more surprised.

The entire first floor and even the corridors are filled with large and small Chinese wood carvings, old furniture and other antiques. One of the rooms actually displays the Eighteen Arhats of China. The reporter could not believe that a blond foreigner would like China so much.

Antiques. Asked how he collected them, he smiled and said: "It's a long road and a long story." He has been interested in Chinese antiques since he started learning Chinese, and it took many years of hard work to have these collections. Of course.

There are also some Americans who do not know much about Chinese history and culture, nor do they know much about antiques. They only buy Chinese antiques as a kind of decoration.

Out of their love and inheritance of traditional Chinese culture, overseas Chinese naturally collect more antiques. Among them are professors, experts and scholars, engineers, doctors and ordinary citizens. Most of them are immigrants from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

But whether they are Americans or Chinese, there are always some people who collect for the purpose of preserving value, because Chinese antique calligraphy and paintings are relatively valuable, especially when the stock market falls and bank interest rates decrease, buying and collecting antiques can be regarded as a kind of savings. Bahrain is

One of these people, her assets are not very large, but she has billions of dollars. She is also a branch of the Morgan family. Their branch is not that big. But she is the only descendant of this generation. There are dozens of
To be continued...