Movie Variety Show: Starting from a New World

Chapter 442 Nine Gates Admiral

It was another Monday. When Zhao Cheng arrived at the house of the Broken Marquis, he saw a familiar stranger. He was familiar because he had seen the same person twice before, but neither was older than him. He was unfamiliar because he knew the stranger's name, but they had never met.

"Director Zhao, you're here? Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Guan, the governor of the Nine Gates. He is the biggest collector in our area. His good stuff can fill up this whole room!" Pian Ye was the first to speak. He was a quick-witted and straightforward person.

"Oh? You are Mr. Guan? I have heard of your name, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet you!" Zhao Cheng greeted Mr. Guan with a smile.

"I, an old man, have heard of Director Zhao's reputation, but I didn't expect that Director Zhao is also involved in the antique business?" The Nine-Gate Admiral had a smile on his face, but the doubt in his tone was genuine.

"It's not really a dabbling. I buy antiques just to wait for their value to appreciate in the future! That's why I told Pian Ye and the other guy not to buy things like precious national treasures. It would be a waste if they were in my hands!" Zhao Cheng didn't care about his questioning of himself.

A policeman suddenly became interested in antiques. Zhao Cheng had been acquiring antiques for such a long time, but in the eyes of those who knew the business, all the things he collected were garbage! There was nothing worth praising at all.

But what Zhao Cheng cares about is not his value, but what he can show in the future.

Zhao Cheng's family must find a better way to dispose of the gold, otherwise it might depreciate and be lost one day.

As for why gold depreciates, don't you see how volatile its price is? In peacetime, gold generally had little room for appreciation. It wasn't until the 20th century, amidst international turmoil, that gold experienced a surge in value.

The rest of the time, the value increases slowly, and it is incomparable to the appreciation rate of antiques! This is why Zhao Cheng wants to exchange the gold for antiques.

"Director Zhao, to be honest, the things you bought from us may not be able to bring you much room for appreciation in the future, right? Just like those paintings by Zhang Daqian and Qi Baishi? Antique furniture and so on. To be honest, these things may be a bit old for your own collection, but you want to sell them for cash. They may not be worth much." Hou Polan also said.

In the opinion of these three people, when collecting antiques, one must collect those rare and precious pieces, as those treasures are truly worth collecting.

Zhao Cheng9 couldn't possibly tell them that these things of mine will appreciate in value by a hundred thousand or a million times the price they were bought for now!

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can exchange it for money, it's better than selling the small yellow croaker for 200 yuan now and 2,000 yuan in ten years, right?" After Zhao Cheng said this, the three stopped persuading him.

Today, the Nine Gates Admiral came and wanted to sell off a few of his collections so that his children would know that the things he spent his family fortune to collect were not all useless.

Unfortunately, after he arrived, he felt that if these things were sold to Zhao Cheng, they would probably not have much value. Maybe one day Zhao Cheng would sell them at a lower price, so the old man gave up the idea.

"What's the matter? Grandpa wants to sell some good things?" Zhao Cheng also saw the old man's concerns, so he asked curiously.

"Director Zhao, my children are always arguing with me, saying that I have squandered all our family fortune and all I got back is a bunch of junk. So I want to sell a few things to prove their value and to make my children less critical of me. But from what you said, you don't plan to keep these things yourself, but to sell them later. This is a bit conflicting with my idea, so I won't make things difficult for you!" The Nine-Gate Admiral laughed it off.

"Haha, old man, your worries are unnecessary. I'm not a fool. I can accept treasures. If you trust me, I can even accept all the things in your home in cash. Even if you want to buy these things back in the future, that's no problem!" Zhao Cheng certainly knew that the Nine Gates Admiral and the Marquis of Broken Gate had a lot of good things in their homes, and many of them were national treasures that could not be sold.

Zhao Cheng didn't mind helping to preserve it for now. After all, he had the money and the place, and it wouldn't hinder Antique's promotion in the future, so why not do it?

Zhao Cheng's words made the Nine Gates Admiral and the Broken Marquis' eyes light up. They actually had the same idea. After all, it was impossible to not even eat in order to collect these things, right?

"Let me think about it and go back to take a look!" The Nine Gates Admiral was very tempted. As for the issue of Zhao Cheng defaulting on his debts, they had been cooperating for more than a year, and considering Zhao Cheng's usual reputation and deeds, they still trusted him.

Zhao Cheng was also very happy on the way home. He didn't expect to encounter such a good thing. Those national treasures can't be sold for much money now, so it's no problem to offer them ten times the price.

But if they want to buy it back in the future? Zhao Cheng is very conscientious if he offers a price hundreds of times higher!

After Zhao Cheng returned home, he did not go out again, but sorted out his remaining gold and money, as well as the use of his space.

Because the flow of time in this space is exactly the same as that in the outside world, Zhao Cheng is not worried that the antique will remain the same as it is now after staying in his space for a long time.

And according to what was left behind, this space will always exist as long as he is alive. If he dies, it will collapse directly, because this thing has been passed down for too many generations and has changed too many owners, and it has reached the limit of its service life.

Besides, this thing requires very high physical fitness. Only you can withstand the power of the space. Anyone else would have been sucked to death by the space long ago.

Now, apart from the guns and ammunition, the only things left in the space are antiques and gold. Everything else has been disposed of by Zhao Cheng.

The most abundant items in Zhao Cheng's space were silver dollars and coins from various dynasties. Silver dollars were still worth a bit, but not much, and were only slightly more expensive than silver jewelry.

But those ancient coins are in a terrible situation. They are basically sold by pound, and fifty cents per pound is considered a high price.

There are also some tables, chairs and benches, made of huanghuali, red sandalwood, mahogany, etc. Zhao Cheng also plans to buy some precious medicines like Angong Niuhuang Pills and various precious medicinal materials when he has time, as those non-renewable things will be the most expensive things in the future.

Zhao Cheng was a bit troubled looking at the dozens of boxes of guns and ammunition in the space. What should he do with all this stuff? Should he just keep it forever? It wouldn't be very useful anyway. With society becoming more peaceful, he wouldn't need so many things anymore.

"It seems that the children have to consume it first, otherwise it would be a waste to keep it!" Zhao Cheng thought secretly.