ca-book Chapter 146 Treasure Hunting Condor Eagle Village
Chapter 146 Treasure Hunting Condor Eagle Village
Chapter 146 Treasure Hunting Condor Eagle Village
Wu Xia saw Liang Teng studying a dilapidated wooden house with great interest, thinking that he had never seen this style of building before, and was rather curious.
She didn't think about other aspects.
Even if she has an extremely rich imagination, she can't connect the dilapidated wooden house like a pile of "garbage" with more than one billion.
The wooden houses that Wu Xia had seen in some scenic tourist areas before were really the scale of the entire village.I'm used to it, I don't think it's anything special.
Especially when she was studying abroad, a large proportion of overseas country villas were built with wood.
Unlike rich people in China, few villas are willing to use wood as the main material.Chinese people feel that the houses built without bricks, stones, and reinforced concrete will not be strong and firm.
In fact, in addition to being afraid of fire, wooden villas are equally comfortable to live in.
Pay attention to fire prevention work, it can still be used for dozens of hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years.
Wu Xia has even lived in wooden villas abroad, and the novelty of the initial contact has long since disappeared.These unadorned, rotten wood-like wooden houses in China look even more ordinary.
Some of her friends, when they saw the wooden house for the first time, the reaction of surprise and praise made Wu Xia secretly wonder: Isn't it just a wooden house?As for this?
Liang Teng seemed to be "fascinated" by the dilapidated house in front of him, and Wu Xia was also arbitrarily attributed to his "rare and strange" performance.
Next, Liang Teng even further "upped the price" and said to Wu Xia: "Wu Xia, I want to buy this wooden house as a whole. You have rich experience. What do you say you need to pay attention to? In order to avoid the owner's Take the opportunity to drive up the price?"
Wu Xia looked at Liang Teng in surprise.
Such a dilapidated wooden house, does Liang Teng still regard it as a cultural relic with a history of hundreds of years?
Is that too underestimating the rarity of "precious cultural relics"?Or are you overestimating your luck?
In the "rich circle", it is more popular to collect expensive furniture in recent years.
A rich entrepreneur like Wu Zhenting naturally has a broader vision. In the early years, he has already collected a whole precious wooden house with a history of more than 300 years.
Unfortunately, we only collected a few of them, but we found several authoritative experts to "examine and appraise" them, and they concluded that the value was no more than one million.
Either it is not old enough, or the wood is not rare and valuable enough, or the wood is not well preserved and has suffered extensive corrosion... In short, all kinds of problems have been encountered.
As a result, the actual value of the wooden houses purchased by Wu Zhenting at a high price is very low.
Of course, buying a few wooden houses and losing tens of millions is not worth mentioning for an entrepreneur of Wu Zhenting's level.
Wu Xia has seen this kind of thing many times, and he knows that wooden houses made of precious wood are hard to come by over time.
A certain deep-rooted concept made her believe that the probability of Liang Teng hoping to find a real priceless wooden house was so small that it was almost negligible.
Now Liang Teng can be regarded as one of the "rich people". It is hard to say what other major uses he has for collecting some furniture and antiques. At least he can "cultivate temperament".
Wu Xia did not object.As long as you don't "make ends meet" for collecting, you'll be fine.
Wu Xia looked very experienced, carefully looked at the wooden house in front of him, and commented: "Although the wood is a little faded, there is no sign of decay. It is considered to be well preserved in the wooden house that has been in use. But Looking at the shape of this wooden house, it is not grand at all, and does not show any special ingenuity or artistic skills... This proves that it is actually just an ordinary residential building, not a work of art carefully crafted by rich people with skilled craftsmen."
"In the antique collection industry, there is no comparison between antiques with artistic value and antiques that lack artistic value. Generally, no players are willing to buy the latter. Even if you are greedy for fresh collections, it is impossible to give too high a price .”
Liang Teng slowly understood.
With a sense of superiority in IQ, he asked back: "Wu Xia, what do you mean, this antique wooden house is just an ordinary house. Even if it is quite old, it is still not worth much money?"
Wu Xia nodded: "That's right. Ordinary dwellings, the older they are, the more dilapidated they become, and the closer they are to being destroyed. How much can they be sold for?"
Liang Teng thought to himself: I didn't intend to buy a dilapidated wooden house as an "antique" or "art" to collect!What I fancy is the nearly 10 tons of precious "small-leaf rosewood".The price of the wood itself is a scary figure.Not to mention how many sets of expensive mahogany furniture can be made from these woods... If I can really buy this wooden house at a low price, I will make a super windfall!
Liang Teng thought of his joy, and asked with bright eyes: "Wu Xia, just tell me, if I want to buy this wooden house, what price do you think the most I can offer?"
Wu Xia thought about it.
Mainly recalling the authoritative experts his father hired to assess the value of various wooden houses.Wu Xia also used the opinions of those experts as a reference for the price of the wooden house in front of him.
Wu Xia pointed to the wooden house in front of him: "This wooden house is about 200 square meters, right? Among the six pure wooden houses my father collected, one of them was about the same size as this one. At that time, he spent 200 million, which is equivalent to 1 square meter. It is worth 1 yuan at most. It is worth 50 yuan because the wood used in the wooden house is lattice wood. Calculated according to the market price of lattice wood raw materials The price of that wooden house, so give a price of 50 yuan! If the wood of the wooden house is only cheap fir, it is not even worth 50 yuan."
Liang Teng was a little surprised: "Even if it's a wooden house made of fir, it's not that cheap, right? Now it costs thousands of dollars to make a fir gate. The wood for a wooden house must weigh several tons, right? How is it worth it?" Twenty thousand?"
"A wooden house made of fir is exposed to the wind, rain and sun, and is prone to decay. In addition, the price of the raw materials of the fir itself is also cheap. To be honest, it is not easy to find a buyer who can buy a fir house for 2 yuan. I want to sell , you still need to wait patiently. How much do you think you can really sell?"
Liang Teng thought about it and accepted Wu Xia's point of view.
He continued to return to the topic: "Then how much do you think the wooden house in front of you is worth?"
"What kind of wood is used in this wooden house? I'm not very good at it, so I can't say for sure."
Wu Xia said honestly: "But for people in the mountains, the wooden houses passed down from their ancestors are probably nothing more than building them by themselves in their own mountains and forests using local materials! What kind of precious wood can this 'Condor Mountain' produce? Even if it can produce a few I guess no one would want to use ten precious trees to build a wooden house, right? I guess these woods that I can’t understand are just ordinary goods. A wooden house built with it is worth hundreds of thousands. Liang Teng If you are determined to collect this wooden house, budget for the base price of 50. If it exceeds, there is no need to buy it."
Liang Teng secretly kept her opinions in mind.
Of course he himself knew the real value of the wooden house, but when no one else knew, he had to negotiate the price given by Wu Xia.It is not easy to arouse suspicion.
It's just an ordinary shabby house, but you gave it a "sky-high price" in the eyes of the public. It's easy to make people wonder whether the wooden house is undervalued?
Chinese people don't have much of anything, they just have a lot of suspicion.
In terms of "quotation", there must be no room for "fantasy".
After discussing with Wu Xia about the purchase of the wooden house, Liang Teng felt that he was somewhat in the bottom line.
In addition to asking Wu Xia to give a reference price that is "acceptable to ordinary people", Liang Teng is quite satisfied with one thing, that is, with Wu Xia's "well-informed" vision, he couldn't see the price of this place immediately. The value of the cabin.
It is estimated that Chen Yongbin and his elder brother, who grew up in this dilapidated wooden house, are even less likely to have a whim, thinking that they both live in a dilapidated wooden house, and they can suddenly become precious antiques in the eyes of the rich. .
It's right that everyone looks down on this wooden house.
Looking down on it, Liang Teng's hope of a successful acquisition greatly increased.
Thinking of this, Liang Teng didn't plan to stay longer in front of the wooden house.
It is estimated that Chen Yongbin's eldest brother just went out for a walk and will be back soon.I heard "Uncle" say that Brother Chen Yongbin has always stayed at the old site of "Shenying Village".
If Brother Chen Yongbin bumps into a group of strangers like you in front of his house, sneaking around and making judgments, although it is not a big deal.But Liang Teng was used to being cautious, and he was also worried that this kind of behavior would arouse the other party's suspicion.
Liang Teng would try his best to avoid anything that would lead to further changes in the plan to acquire wooden houses.
A group of three people finished watching the wooden house.Finally, he went to the mountain that Wu Xia wanted to visit the most.
This mountain is exactly the mountain that Chen Yongbin and his eldest brother were assigned to.About 18 acres more.
The mountain forest under the names of the two old brothers is not too far from the wooden house where they live.
There is a small fork on the left side of the wooden house, go down this fork, walk for a few minutes, walk a few hundred meters, and you will arrive.
The two brothers own nearly 20 mu of mountain forest, which doesn't seem very big among the vast mountains.It even gives people the illusion of "quite small".
Of course, this mountain forest is not all original trees.
There are parts of old trees.But no more than two acres of area.
The rest of the contracted forests are all kinds of trees planted by the two brothers and his deceased father.
After two to 30 years of growth, the trees planted by his family have also grown quite tall (there were also timber merchants who came to purchase the trees several times during the period).
When Chen Yongbin built a new house for his two sons in the "Shenying New Village", the wood used to support the roof of the building was cut from his own hills.
It's just that the wood in my own home doesn't cost money, and the shipping cost to get it out of the mountains is directly worth the price of buying support wood outside.
Some time ago, a timber dealer also proposed to Chen Yongbin that he wanted to pay 15 yuan to buy the nearly 10 mu of hills under his name.
Chen Yongbin thought the other party's bid was too low, so he did not agree.
From this point, it can be seen that Chen Yongbin's family is far from worrying about money and needing to sell the "mountain land".
This is understandable.
His two sons, the eldest built a 140-storey building covering an area of 3 square meters by himself. He bought the land and built the main body, including decoration, which cost a total of 45 yuan.
Nominally, the youngest son built a 70-story building on a 3-square-meter land, including decoration, which cost 25 yuan (in fact, his parents paid for it).
This family spent 70 to get in.
Others, such as marrying a daughter-in-law for my son, cost another nearly 10 yuan.
In the past few years, the Chen family spent money like water, but they survived in the end.I haven't seen his family borrowing money or selling off the contracted mountain land at the former site of "Shenying Village".
Liang Teng had a premonition: According to Wu Xia's estimated price, he might not be able to buy the wooden house where Chen Yongbin's family lived for three generations.
In terms of feeling, Chen Yongbin seems to be a relatively nostalgic person.I don't really want to sell the things that have been passed down from my ancestors.
Of course, Liang Teng might be thinking too much.
Maybe people think the price is not right and don't sell it.
If he can break through the other party's psychological price, he might be eager to make a deal with you.
Liang Teng really overestimated the nostalgia of the Chen family.
When they came to the nearly 20 mu of mountain land contracted by Chen Yongbin's family, Liang Teng and Wu Xia couldn't help being taken aback by the lush greenery in front of them.
The number of trees planted per mu in other places is almost only one-third of that of Chen Yongbin's family.
That is to say, for the same acre of mountain land, Chen Yongbin's family has planted at least nearly 2000 trees.In other people's mountainous areas, there are at most 700 trees per mu.
There is no need to carefully count the trees. By visual inspection, you can see that the density of tree planting on this hilltop is much higher than other places.
No wonder some timber merchants are willing to pay 15 yuan to buy the 9 mu of mountainous land that belongs to Chen Yongbin alone.This is already a relatively high price.
It is estimated that he also took a fancy to the fact that there are more trees on the top of his house.
In the long run, the income from selling timber is higher than other mountain people's contracted land.
This is not surprising.
Chen Yongbin has an eldest brother who is a widower. He has been staying at the old site of "Shenying Village" and refused to leave his hometown.This stubborn old man's greatest pleasure when staying in the mountains is planting trees.Once the trees have grown to a certain level and some simple maintenance is performed, they will grow well.
The mountain land contracted by Chen Yongbin's family has far more trees than other villagers, which is also reasonable.
However, Liang Teng has a doubt: if the value of these mountains is calculated simply by the number of trees, the possibility of having valuable trees here is relatively small.
Why did Qian Yu's "uncle" believe that there are valuable trees in the mountain land contracted by Chen Yongbin's family?
Liang Teng told Wu Xia his doubts.
Wu Xia didn't think as much as he did.
She said directly: "Whether there are valuable trees in the nearly 20 acres of mountain land contracted by the two brothers Chen Yongbin, we have all come here, can't we know if we look for it carefully?"
"If you can find precious trees, it proves that you are the lumber merchant who bid 15 yuan. Did you make a mistake? Nowadays, many low-end lumber merchants only know how to purchase some artificially grown wood to make furniture. They don't even dare to think about it. , to purchase precious wood that has grown naturally for hundreds of years and make high-end furniture. Even the wood boss should be divided into grades, okay?"
When Wu Xia said this, Liang Teng thought it made sense.also approved.
Nearly 20 acres of land, if it is in a plain area or an open place, if the "line of sight" is not obstructed, it will not look too big.
But there are dense trees planted on the top of this mountain. If you have to walk several times with your feet, it feels quite big.
Liang Teng and Wu Xia couldn't walk too fast.
It's too fast to be identified carefully. Among these artificially planted and naturally grown trees, are there any precious trees growing in them?
Besides, Liang Teng and Wu Xia are not experts in tree species.
Wu Xia was among the three of them, and because Wu Zhenting was keen on collecting precious mahogany furniture, she knew quite a few precious woods.
But what she recognized was some wood that had been peeled off and the grain of the wood could be seen.She may not recognize the original tree like wood.
So every time you see a special tree, you need to use your mobile phone to search for relevant "pictures" and "information".Come to "prove" what kind of tree is that?
According to the superficial knowledge of these three guys on tree species, they can only jointly come up with a solution that is not a solution: if the trees are similar in appearance and large in number, they should belong to artificial planting.It is estimated that it cannot be a valuable and precious tree species.
And there are some trees that are not so neatly arranged, and are rare in number and "unusual in appearance", which are probably wild trees.
In addition, wild trees are generally much thicker than "artificially planted" trees.This is not difficult to understand.
After all, some wild trees are hundreds of years old.
Having said that, trees that grow particularly thick are most likely wild tree species.But a wild tree species does not mean that it must be valuable.
Only those rare and valuable trees are valuable.
Of course, wild trees are always more valuable than artificial ones.
It is not useless to live long and thick.
Wu Xia, Liang Teng and Yan Qianyu are not botanists.The only way is to screen out the "wild tree species" first, and then use the mobile phone to search and slowly verify the names of the trees.
This sounds like a lot of work.
But it is not as difficult as imagined to operate.
Artificially planted trees are relatively neat, similar in appearance, and have a large planting area.It can be eliminated piece by piece.Liang Teng and the others often walked a long way before they accidentally discovered a few wild tree species among the neat and dense "artificially planted trees".
These are the objects that they need to focus on and study.
In fact, the time spent searching for such a large area is not unacceptably long.
Most of the time is spent identifying tree species.
Liang Teng and Wu Xia felt that there was no need to see the 20 acres of mountain land contracted by Chen Yongbin and his brothers.
Their purpose is to find valuable trees to make furniture.
As long as the valuable tree species can be found, the purpose of this trip will be accomplished.
For the real overall search work, wait until the "uncle" comes forward to contact the Chen family brothers, and then officially come over.
At that time, we will find a convertible car, and we will go to the mountains by car.In addition, there is a well-informed "uncle" on the sidelines to give advice, saving the time of checking the phone, and the efficiency is definitely higher.
What Liang Teng and Wu Xia are doing now is to initially confirm that there are precious trees that they both admire on this hill.
If there is even a lack of more outstanding mahogany, Wu Xia and Liang Teng should make plans early, ask "uncle", or Wu Xia contact their "connections" in person, and look for high-quality valuable trees.
As for the "Divine Eagle Village", Liang Teng will definitely have to come again.
But at that time, the sale price of the sandalwood house had already been negotiated with Chen Yongbin brothers, and Liang Teng specially sat on the "heavy truck" to carry the wooden house with the car.
The three people searched for information on about five "wild tree species", but unfortunately they were all just ordinary "wild tree species".
After being made into a pure wooden sofa, it can be sold for seven to eight thousand yuan a set.
However, furniture of this price and grade obviously did not fall into Wu Xia's "sight of eyes".
Since even Wu Xia doesn't think much of him, it's even more impossible to win Wu Zhenting's favor.
Wu Xia would definitely not choose those.
Finally, I came to a broad-leaved tree with thick stems and thin branches.
Before they got close, the three of them smelled a faint fragrance that refreshed their hearts and lungs.
This time Wu Xia didn't need to look up information on his phone, he recognized it at a glance: What is the origin of the broad-leaved tree in front of him?
Wu Xia seemed a little surprised: "This, this should be camphor. It is also the most valuable 'golden camphor' among camphor trees."
Liang Teng has never seen the actual "Golden Camphor", but of course he has heard of this famous tree species.
He couldn't help but look up and down: "It is said that the texture of golden camphor wood is relatively hard and not easy to wear, so it is very suitable for carving. Moreover, golden camphor wood contains extremely heavy 'oil' and 'iron'. Under high-speed grinding, it will emit a special smell different from ordinary wood. The oil and iron can make the 'camphor wood' not easy to deform, anti-acid, anti-alkali, moisture-proof and anti-corrosion..."
"What's even more amazing is that after the 'Golden Camphor' is polished, the surface color of the wood can be transformed into a golden color through photosynthesis and oxidation reactions. It looks noble and magnificent. The furniture made of this 'Golden Camphor' is used to celebrate birthday , is also a good product.”
Wu Xia nodded, and added: "The thing I like about 'Golden Camphorwood' is not only its good appearance. The most important thing is that its smell can remove peculiar smells like 'formaldehyde' .Camphor has a very strong health care effect on the human brain, and also has a powerful anti-cancer effect..."
"For elderly people, send a set of furniture made of pure 'golden camphor', which has both health care and anti-cancer effects. I decided that in addition to sending flowers and pear sofas, I also want to make another set of 'camphor furniture' To Dad."
Wu Xia seemed that the "golden camphor tree" in front of her was already in her pocket, and she was already planning what kind of birthday celebration furniture would be made with it.
Liang Teng's goal is only the wooden house made of "Little Rose Sandalwood".
He doesn't pay attention to these other precious trees.
As the saying goes: an inch of red sandalwood is an inch of gold.The entire wooden house made of "small leaf red sandalwood" is not much different in value from the "golden house" made of pure gold.
Liang Teng was satisfied to have this sandalwood house in his pocket.
As for the valuable trees hidden in the mountains contracted by the Chen Yongbin brothers, Wu Xia had to carefully select them.Liang Teng didn't plan to get involved again.
How could Wu Xia know the change in his mind.
She is still thinking about how many precious trees she needs to buy to make furniture?
(End of this chapter)