Chapter 2587 The City of Art
The next day, Zhou Buqi, Wu Yu and Ning Yaxian went to the first district on the right bank of Paris, where they could overlook the Ile de la Cité across the Seine River.
It can be said to be the most beautiful place in Paris.
It is also an ancient city center that can be traced back to the ancient Roman period, full of historical and cultural deposits.
Madame Laurent's home is here, with its gate facing the Seine.
On the way, Zhou Buqi thought this place was nice.
A very important reason is that there are almost no black brothers along the way, so the safety of this area can be greatly guaranteed.
Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Can her house be sold?"
Wu Yu pursed her lips and said, "Sell."
"Why don't you buy it?"
"Not for sale."
"What?" Zhou Buqi was amused, "Stop telling tongue twisters."
Wu Yu said helplessly: "This area seems to be in a special location. It is not sold to foreigners. It is taken over by a local French rich man. The price has been negotiated, only 7 million euros. I offered 8 million euros, but she didn't even ask." I agreed, saying that the government wouldn’t let me.”
Zhou Buqi smiled angrily, "Does the French government have such great power?"
Wu Yu said: "Other places can't control it. This area is quite special. It is the administrative center, and it also represents the image of Paris. I don't know if it is a mandatory requirement or an official suggestion. Mrs. Laurent feels that too He is quite conservative and wants to sell the house to the French.”
Zhou Buqi said angrily: "Damnable conservatism!"
Wu Yu couldn't help laughing, "You said that Europe is becoming more and more left-wing and politically correct, which is very disgusting."
"You are the only one who is smart."
Zhou Buqi laughed.
There are two main types of parties in Europe and the United States. One is liberalism, like the Democratic Party in the United States; the other is conservatism, like the Republican Party in the United States.
From an outsider's perspective, the Republican Party's philosophy is actually more in line with Zhou Buqi's principles. But once you get in and become an insider, you still have to support the Democratic Party.
The so-called political correctness is actually a compromise between the majority and the minority, the compromise between domestic people and foreigners, the compromise between the rich and the poor, and the compromise between white people and ethnic minorities.
Zhou Buqi is a wealthy man, and his pursuit of interests is more in line with the Republican Party. He can pay less taxes and reject egalitarianism.
In other aspects, the ideas of the Democratic Party are more in line with his interests as a foreigner and ethnic minority.
After going to Madame Laurent's house, we went directly to the basement.
Zhou Buqi was a little angry.
Oh shit!
It's such a waste that so many national treasures have been thrown into the basement.
There are many wooden boxes in the warehouse.
They fall together like hills.
Mrs. Laurent asked the housekeeper to take it down... The housekeeper looked to be in his fifties. Zhou Buqi quickly called the two bodyguards outside, and he also joined the battle, and everyone moved the things together.
I opened a wooden box at random and found it wrapped in torn cotton and old newspapers.
Open the newspaper...
The entire basement warehouse seemed to be shining brightly.
It’s a large porcelain vase!
There is a green and red glaze on it.
The shape is full of charm.
Zhou Buqi didn't quite understand what it was. He just felt that when he saw this bottle for the first time, he felt his heart beat faster and his blood connected.
Depend on!
This is something from Chinese civilization!
It must be taken back!
Wu Yu had been studying it, but it was only at a half-assed level. He pretended to say: "This seems to be the export porcelain from the Qianlong period. The glaze is quite gorgeous, in line with the style of the Qianlong period. My husband turned it over and let me take a look at the bottom."
Zhou Buqi almost laughed, so he moved the bottle and looked at the bottom of the bottle, which read "Daoguang Year System".
Wu Yu's face turned red and he said stubbornly: "Well, Daoguang's is similar to what I saw. It's basically from the same period, late Qianlong and early Daoguang, both are similar."
Zhou Buqi said carefully: "Sister, if I remember correctly... Qianlong's son is Jiaqing, right?"
Wu Yu was furious, "I said yes!"
Zhou Buqi nodded repeatedly and said seriously: "There are so many things here, I think it is best to invite some experts from China. I know you understand, it is always more reliable to invite more people to come and look at it, you say Right?"
Wu Yu's face turned red and he rolled his eyes.
Ning Yaxian pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I have already contacted him, and he will be here in a few days."
There are just too many boxes.
The space is not very big.
A few people picked the key points, opened dozens of boxes, and took a brief look at them.
Not to mention, there are so many types.
In addition to porcelain, there are inkstones, pen holders, seals, rosewood boxes, jade rings, jade pendants, jade swords, and many agate, jade and other beads, which should also be used to decorate clothes or hats.
Next to it there are thick oil paintings stacked vertically against the wall.
Some were placed in wooden boxes, some were wrapped in cardboard, and some were simply covered with a simple layer of red cloth. A thick layer of gray fell on the red cloth.
It can be seen that it has been left there for who knows how many years.
Zhou Buqi was very curious, so he walked over and lifted the red cloth.
Ho!
It is indeed a great piece of art!
Paris is truly the capital of art!
This is a typical salon painting from the late eighteenth century, showing two naked women standing at a dining table. One is older, a charming and beautiful woman; the other is younger, a young girl.
How beautiful!
Then, Zhou Buqi had a feeling.
It turns out that I have continued the aesthetics of the European salon period. The women in this painting are all hairless, smooth as jade, and cleanly shaved.
It seems that I also have an artistic flair.
If Aunt Xue uses this point to refute herself in the future, or if she doesn't want to shave anymore, she can use this reason to subdue her.
There is no signature on the front of the oil painting.
Zhou Buqi turned around and found a few lines of words, but they were in French.
Just go and ask Madame Laurent.
She came over to take a look and said that this painting was created in 1792. The two women in the painting were Mrs. Moreau and Miss Moreau, a mother and daughter.
Ho!
Zhou Buqi immediately became in awe.
It is indeed a city of art!
An aristocratic wife took her daughter and asked a painter to create a nude painting as a souvenir. This kind of thing is probably something that romantic and unrestrained Paris can do.
So artistic.
This painting should be treasured.
It would be best to hang it on Aunt Xue's bedside and let her see the pattern of Parisian ladies more than a hundred years ago and learn from it.
…
Zhou Buqi did not discuss the specific price.
I just had a friendly communication with Madame Laurent about my future life in New York.
After all, he is the richest man in the world.
Being famous has an invisible influence.
At noon, I met Tang Binchen, who had contacted the French operator Orange. He was also a busy man and was ready to return to London.
Zhou Buqi asked with a smile: "How is it?"
Tang Binchen said: "That's it. As you said, we can't cooperate. I told him that Ziweixing has no idea of focusing on the development of video websites in recent years. This industry cannot make ends meet and it is difficult to find a correct and profitable business model. ."
Zhou Buqi nodded, "Yes, it's either like Netflix, which only paid members can watch. Or it's like Hulu, which is an 'advertising + membership system'. Ordinary content can be watched for free and benefits from advertising; high-quality content You still have to pay. YouTube can lose 1 billion US dollars to Google a year. If YouTube wants to make money in the future, it will have to adopt the 'advertising + membership' model."
Tang Binchen said: "Well, I thought about it last night, and it's really like this. Unless the Internet infrastructure service fees can be significantly reduced, the profitability of long videos is really an unsolvable dilemma. Unless it is a category with extremely high advertising fees, Things like cars and games. Video websites for cars have no place to stand, but video websites for games have a chance to survive."
The cost of long videos is too high.
If you want to make profits through the "free + advertising" business model, the advertising fees must be very high.
The highest advertising costs are cars.
Games are also an important industry for attracting money.
If you become a user of a regular app through advertising, the profit of the platform may be only 5 US dollars; if you become a user of a game app, the profit may reach 10 US dollars.
Further up...
That's a liar.
They trick you into managing your finances, they trick you into gambling, they trick you into buying fantastic insurance packages, and they also rely on adult content to attract links to other channels. Many small video websites or pirated video websites can survive very well, and they basically follow this direction.
Zhou Buqi will definitely not let himself down.
On the video website, he only approved two projects, one is the American game video website Twitch, and the other is the Japanese two-dimensional website Niconico.
A longer-term vision for the video industry should still be in the field of mobile short videos that will mature in a few years.
