Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Manhattan in the evening is still the most prosperous urban area in New York. On the streets densely packed with banks, companies, shops and offices, the tall buildings towering over the night sky are like cold peaks, and the walls made of transparent glass are like crystal palaces. The ladies walking in the period Walking in the courtyard is like browsing the buildings of the World Expo.

The colorful street lights are flickering, high and low, far and near, and the dense land traffic like a spider web makes people almost forget that this is the Great Depression. Shixian is like this plane, this time and space.

The stars are like tadpoles, at a loss, slowly. Reflecting people of different skin colors and nationalities on the sidewalk is full of fun.

Walking down the ancient Greek circular staircase of Chase Bank, Huang Xuan wiped his face vigorously, as if he wanted to wipe away his fatigue. He hadn't slept all day and night, sitting with these world-renowned shopping malls, the pressure almost squeezed out his strength The chest was squeezed, but the bones stubbornly supported the body.

Hans glanced at Huang Xuan worriedly, and asked softly, "Go back to Hilton now?"

"Go to West 47th Street." Don't leave things on the last day. Huang Xuan understood what his mother meant by saying this. Instead of hoping that everything will go well, it's better to try to finish the work before the problem.

West 47th Street in New York isn't better known than Fifth Avenue, but you're sure to hear these words from a gentleman or lady when you need them: Antwerp Station, West 47th Street in New York, London's Hatton Gardens, the high-rises of Tel Aviv's Ramat Gan, the Opera District of Mumbai and the "Diamond City" in India.

Yes, they both sell diamonds.

Unlike the later locations, West 47th Street in New York also sells other jewelry. Huang Xuan doesn't care what it sells, among the information given by Lorraine, this is the place that best meets Huang Xuan's requirements. Although the diamond certificate issue is very annoying, it will never be more annoying than having no money itself.

Huang Xuan felt that this might be the most unscrupulous time in his plane travel career. If he wanted to print money, he had to meet too many requirements: there must be no other plane bases, and he must be in an era with money. It must be in an age when it is easy to modify printing presses, and it must be in an age when commerce is flourishing. It must be in a place where there are materials to buy￣￣All of this indicates that madness cannot be infinite...

But as long as you live in a crazy age. In the crazy New York, Huang Xuan would not waste even a little chance, printing money also has a cost.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Nordstrom's business is still open, just like those businesses that rose after the Great Depression, the boss Nordstrom is working harder than usual, and he patrols the counter. Encourage every employee and talk to guests frequently to introduce even a $30 ring.

Hans gently pushed open the glass door for Huang Xuan, and the brilliant light reflected from countless jewels seemed to have stabbed his eyes. Huang Xuan laughed.

Nordstrom immediately spotted the tall Hans, and he took two quick steps. Coming to Huang Xuan who was still watching, he said, "Sir, do you need jewelry?"

"Yes." Huang Xuan had already changed into a small dress from Messi. Dressed like a gentleman about to attend a banquet, even Hans put on a well-fitting round neck suit. "A few rags are worth $3,000." ￣￣When buying clothes, Hans said so.

The short answer did not dampen Nordstrom's enthusiasm, his face was still full of youthful vitality, he opened his right arm in the unique way of westerners, pointed straight ahead, and said: "Welcome to Nordstrom Thron \u0026 Co. I'm the boss, Nordstrom, and if you're looking to buy jewelry, you can't go wrong with Nordstrom."

It's utterly American, assertive, confident but not necessarily sure. Huang Xuan smiled, handed the hat to Hans, and said, "I want to buy some accessories to take home for my family and some friends."

"Yes." Nordstrom pronounced the final "s" very long, and clenched his fists. It seemed that he also understood that this was a big client.

"Are you a diplomat? Japanese?" Nordstrom led Huang Xuan directly into the private room and asked while the waiter was picking up the jewelry.

Huang Xuan smiled, but said, "My surname is Huang."

Nordstrom didn't seem to notice, and introduced it to Huang Xuan. When the waiter brought the jewelry, he became even more excited.

In fact, in the early 20th century, the price of pure jewelry, that is, brand new jewelry without historical origins and antique properties, was not high. Taking diamonds as an example, the most famous diamond in the world, "Hope", was also called bad luck. The big blue diamond was bought by Turkish Sultan Hamid II for $400,000 in 1908. In 1911, it was resold for $114,000 to Washington Postmaster McClane of the United States. In the new century, Its value could probably increase by more than 10 times, if the Smith Institute is willing to sell, and if someone is willing to buy it.

But while the value of jewelry didn't fall during the Great Depression, it never rose in value. The price of diamonds from Nordstrom is usually more than 400 US dollars, and the higher one is about 2000 US dollars. This does not meet Huang Xuan's requirements, because all the supporting documents issued by the bank will be torn off eventually, and Huang Xuan cannot take them with him. However, without supporting documents, the price of these lower-value diamonds will be reduced several times, and may even not be sold at all. In addition, Lorraine also needs a lot of energy to transport diamonds home. Although diamonds are made of pure carbon atoms, their consumption is not very high, but in the face of tens of thousands of degrees of energy, the price is less than 100,000 RMB , equal to a loss.

Seeing Huang Xuan shaking his head, Nordstrom was also a little anxious, waved the waiter away, and said, "What is Mr. Huang thinking?"

"There are very few metal decorations. Diamonds must be carat diamonds. The 4c ​​grade must be high and have a strong ability to preserve value. Simply put, even if I peel off this diamond, it must be easy to sell. For other jewelry, I personally I prefer rubies, and sapphires should have a more uniform color. You don’t need to bring crystals.” The so-called carat diamonds are diamonds higher than 1 carat. Although they are only 0.2 grams, the larger diamonds are always far less than the small ones. Prices also vary widely.

Nordstrom's eyes are about to pop out. Among the gemstones, red and blue are the most expensive, and the slightly better ones cost tens of thousands of dollars. Not to mention diamonds, the price of 4c grades will increase sharply with each increase. He took another look at Huang Xuan's attire. Still nodded and said: "Then please wait a moment." Then, he got up and left the room.

Huang Xuan crossed his legs and drank tea. No rush at all. Before coming here, he had already spent $3 million in other jewelry stores. By tomorrow, there will probably be rumors in the jewelry industry that a rich man from somewhere in Asia has raided New York. .

In the next three days, Huang Xuan kept meeting with Stephen, Sloan and Rockefeller, and sold 4 more blueprints. It is estimated that in the next few years, the European auto industry will suffer heavy losses.

After all, Rockefeller did not take away his coveted Boeing 307 design. And the amount paid by Ford and GM is also getting higher and higher. The final design drawing of BMW 326 sells for as high as 1.2 million US dollars, but it is only a drop in the bucket for the 50 million worth of hundred-dollar bills produced by the Beta factory every day.

Although they didn't get much profit from the sale of the later design drawings, the three companies protected Huang Xuan's financial security in every way, except for the 120 million US dollars in assets that passed through Chase Bank one after another. Citigroup issued a deposit certificate of 80 million US dollars for Huang Xuan, HSBC received 48 million US dollars, and United Bank of America received 28 million US dollars...

In the American spirit. Before it was confirmed that Huang Xuan's banknotes were black money, no one would reject a big customer~~If it was proved, they would not lose anything. Of course, Huang Xuan would not lose anything.

The money has been continuously purchased all kinds of jewelry, oil paintings, antiques, stamps and other kinds of art. The only criterion is the profit rate. If Lorraine estimates that the price of a commodity can be sold for 1 million US dollars in the new century, then The energy consumption in the plane channel cannot exceed 100,000 US dollars worth of electrical energy. Later, this standard was changed again to $10,000, and then to $5,000. Because the total amount of electricity stored and available at the base does not exceed 200 million kilowatt-hours, that is to say, only 150 million kilowatt-hours of electricity can be used to transport materials, that is, electricity worth 10 million U.S. dollars. Since there is no trustworthy person in Brazil, it is impossible to temporarily increase the energy reserve, Huang Xuan had no choice but to regretfully discard most of the porcelain, enamel and the remaining tens of millions of dollars in p101, and they were all sent back to China , As for who is the recipient, there is no need to delve into it.

Of course, the value of many works of art is far more than a hundred times the profit, but in just one week, the quantity that can be bought is not too much.

Walking out of Hammer's department store for the fourth time, Armand Hammer is already Huang Xuan's best friend. He sold Huang Xuan's works of art worth 89 million US dollars, most of which came from Russia. During this period, "The generous Chinese" Huang Xuan never negotiated a price with him. Except for those artworks that overlapped with Huang Xuan's plane, all artworks that had been lost or could not find collectors were caught by Huang Xuan. It is said that the red capitalist also fulfilled his profit target in the Great Depression ahead of schedule: 4 million dollars. Lorraine estimated that his profits may have exceeded 20 million, but what did it matter.

The classic car twisted like a mayfly, and the colorful curtains were hidden behind the windows. Red agates, crisp jaspers, and yellow bronzes were displayed in the bright windows, just like Huang Xuan's mood at the moment.

He shook Hammer's hand again, and said, "So, I'm going back to China. I hope that Mr. Hammer can go to China one day."

"Definitely." Hammer also held his hand tightly.

"My country is not peaceful now. I don't know when it will develop. I may not be here at that time, but I hope that Mr. Hammer can visit it and help me take care of him."

Hammer became sad unexpectedly. This kind of unexpected future is what every American in the Great Depression feels most. He couldn't help but hold Huang Xuan's hand tightly, and just said, "Definitely, definitely."

Huang Xuan walked into the car with a smile, Hans closed the door expressionlessly, and the Ford Model T spewed out a puff of smoke, like the dust of history. .