Easy Tycoon

Chapter 849 Gallery Vault

It is located in the southwest corner of Midtown New York, on the east bank of the Hudson River in Chelsea.

Founded in the [-]th century, it was originally a suburban residential area in New York. However, with the industrialization of New York, many meat processing plants and many other factories appeared here, so this area has a strong industrial feature.

It is for this reason that in the 90s, it attracted a large number of artists to live here, and now it is the most artistic neighborhood in New York, with more than 350 galleries alone, mainly distributed from West 18th Street to 24th Street, No. Between 10th and 11th avenues.

If you don’t see it with your own eyes, it’s hard to imagine that there are so many galleries in this area less than 500 meters long and less than 300 meters wide.

Accompanied by Old Mike, Yang Jing got off the car in front of a building on 20th Street.The five-storey building with exposed red bricks in front of me looks like it used to be a factory building of a certain factory, but now, this building has been completely occupied by artists.

"Cole, there are 23 galleries in this building alone. The two galleries I bought are also here." Old Mike stood beside Yang Jing and said in a low voice, while Nathan Brown led Four bodyguards stood guard around.

Yang Jing looked up at this building full of quaint taste, and then looked west, and found that the west side of the building was the 11th Avenue, and after the 11th Avenue was the Hudson River, and there happened to be a pier on the bank .

"This place is nice, and it feels quite quiet." Yang Jing said lightly, but Old Mike could hear the appreciation in his tone.

"Hehe, since a group of artists came here six years ago and began to encircle the land, in just six years, this place has become the place with the highest concentration of artists in New York. No one would have thought that 100 years ago, it was still a factory area and This area in the workers' residential area will become the most artistic place in New York 100 years later." Old Mike said with a smile.

Afterwards, he shrugged his shoulders again, "But there is another point I don't agree with, that is, in addition to the gallery district full of art museums, this is also the most famous gay gathering area in New York. Cole, on 23rd Street in the north The High Line Park and Chelsea Market on the east side used to be very famous among tourists, but now they are completely occupied by gays.”

Yang Jing squinted at Old Mike with a smile, "Why, do you hate homosexuality?"

Old Mike is in his 60s, so he is naturally more rigid. He nodded and said: "I don't like them very much, but I can't prevent this from happening. So, I usually pretend not to see it. But , I plan to move these two galleries out in a while. Anyway, the private museum I bought on Museum Avenue is about to be renovated, and I will move these two galleries there after the renovation is completed. Here I have fed up!"

Yang Jing asked, "You bought a private museum on Museum Avenue?"

The so-called Museum Avenue actually refers to the middle part of the famous Fifth Avenue.Fifth Avenue is very long, but it is between 80th Street and 105th Street, because there are many places such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the Solomon Guggenheim Museum In addition, there are more than 100 national or private museums of different sizes, so this section of the avenue is called "Museum Avenue" by New Yorkers.

Old Mike shrugged his shoulders and said: "If you don't buy it, you can't do it. If you don't buy it again, there will be no place to put the antique artworks I bought for you!"

Yang Jing pointed at himself with a confused face, the meaning was obvious - are you sure it's because of me?

Old Mike rolled his eyes angrily and ignored Yang Jing.

It was only then that Yang Jing realized that since he knew Old Mike and made a lot of profit by speculating on London Gold, he seemed to have entrusted Old Mike to purchase all kinds of precious antique works of art around the world.It has been 1980 years since 17. With the vision of the old Mike and the financial resources of the Dragon Fund, the old Mike must have collected a museum of antiques.

That's why he bought a private museum on Museum Avenue, otherwise the antique artworks he bought would really have no place to put them.

Yang Jing, who wanted to understand this, said with some shame: "Okay, Mike, I apologize for my expression just now."

The old Mike in his 60s is more and more like an old child. Hearing this, he just shrugged his shoulders and walked towards the gate of the building without saying a word.

The two galleries bought by Mike Sr. are side by side, both on the fourth floor of the building.There is a 24-hour security guard at the entrance of the gallery. Seeing the arrival of Old Mike, he immediately greeted him respectfully.

After entering the gallery, Yang Jing saw a large number of paintings hanging on the walls on both sides of the gallery, including oil paintings, watercolor paintings, prints and sketches. Although Yang Jing is not very proficient in Western paintings, he can also see that the gallery The paintings hanging on the walls are very ordinary paintings.

"These paintings are very ordinary, what do you do with these paintings?" Yang Jing asked puzzled.

"Hehe, you don't know that, do you? The main reason is that I have bought too many famous paintings over the years, and I can't let them go, so I put some paintings here that are not very valuable. Of course, It is not hung here, but stored in the warehouse here. However, although the value of those paintings is not as high as those famous paintings, they are still valuable. In order to conceal the existence of these paintings, I simply bought two galleries, and then Use the gallery to disguise the existence of those paintings."

After a pause, Old Mike complained, "Cole, do you know that I have racked my brains for the past few years for those antique artworks you want."

Yang Jing made an embarrassed smile, but didn't answer the question.

Yang Jing knew that Old Mike actually liked antiques, otherwise Yang Jing would not have entrusted him to buy antiques all over the world.Old Mike bought these antique works of art, and he would take them out to appreciate them when he was free, and he couldn't get tired of them.

Old Mike asked a security guard who followed in, "Is Mr. Robert not here?"

The security guard shook his head, "Sir, Mr. Robert made an appointment with a client today, and he went to that client's house."

Old Mike didn't ask again, but explained to Yang Jing in a low voice: "Robert is the host of this gallery on the surface, that guy is a painter, I met him ten years ago, and then I bought this gallery After that, let him take charge of the day-to-day work here."

While speaking, Old Mike led Yang Jing to the vault of the gallery.

Compared to the size of the gallery, this vault is too big.

"This vault was newly built after I bought these two galleries. The outside is covered with wallpaper, but the inside is made of reinforced concrete and steel plates. It is solid. The ground and roof are also specially reinforced. In addition, there are 24-hour security guards on duty. Ordinary thieves can't do anything to this safe."

Old Mike was very sure, but Yang Jing still felt a little unreliable.

To put it bluntly, this kind of gallery is a kind of alternative store, but it is not as complete as the goods in the store. There is only one kind of commodity sold here, and that is the gallery's paintings.

There are many foreign painters, but there are very few painters who can become famous and sell their works at a high price. It is unlikely that there will be a painter of the level of Picasso or Cézanne among a hundred thousand people. Therefore, the vast majority of painters Life is still relatively boring.

But there are also some well-known painters who usually use their own funds or other people's sponsorship to open galleries, and display their paintings in the gallery for those rich people to choose.

But no matter what, the value of the paintings in the gallery is far inferior to those famous paintings enshrined in the museum. Similarly, such a gallery will not have much good security force.

Most of the paintings that Old Mike bought on weekdays are famous paintings by famous artists. Even if the paintings in the gallery vault are not as valuable as those famous paintings, the minimum price for a random painting is at least [-] US dollars. .

Is it really appropriate to put these paintings in such a vault?

But looking at Old Mike's excited expression, Yang Jing thought for a while and finally didn't say the question. When Old Mike opened the door of the vault, he took two steps back and turned his head to Nathan in a low voice. Brown said: "In the future, the two galleries will increase their security forces, both in terms of personnel and equipment."

Nathan Brown is a very shrewd person. His ability to manage the huge hidden shield in an orderly manner is enough to prove his ability, so he nodded straightforwardly. Although he didn't ask anything, Yang Jing believed that he could Make the security here better.

Old Mike opened the door of the vault, and then Yang Jing saw that the door disguised as an ordinary family security door turned out to be an explosion-proof door made of fine steel. Although it was not thick, it was definitely not an ordinary person It can be broken by force.

"Haha, can't you tell? This door looks ordinary, but it is a genuine explosion-proof door for bank vaults. To open this door, passwords, iris scans, and fingerprints are indispensable. The three If any of the verifications are wrong three times or all three are wrong once at the same time, the door will be completely locked immediately, and only I can change the password again and open the door. So, Cole, don't worry The paintings in this vault are gone, I heard a little bit what you said to Nathan just now." Old Mike playfully made a face at Yang Jing, just like a child.

Yang Jing spread his hands helplessly, "Okay, Mike, you won. But it's better to increase the security force here, after all, we have our own hidden shield, and there are all the most professional security guards."

Old Mike thought for a moment, finally nodded, and walked into the vault.

(End of this chapter)