mousepad-d2 Chapter 157
Chapter 157
Chapter 157
On the way back to "Shenying Mountain", perhaps because the sky was getting darker and the visibility on the mountain road was reduced, Yan Qianyu's driving speed also slowed down significantly.
Seeing the "cliff" on the right gradually melt into the night, Liang Teng also had to admit: he was indeed a bit too "worried".
With the visibility of this dangerous mountain road in front of you, there are still people who want to go to the top of the mountain to steal your wooden house. That can really be described as "daring".
It cannot be said that there are no such bold "desperados".
But it must be based on knowing the true value of the wooden house.
If you don't even understand the value of the wooden house and risk your own life to "steal" it, that would be an outright fool's errand.
The more the wealth skyrocketed, the more he cherished his life.
Liang Teng felt that it was really hard work for him to frequently go in and out of such "dangerous" mountain roads in just a few days in order to earn money.
After emptying the mountain of his valuables, Liang Teng vowed that he would never go to the "Shenying Mountain" again in his life.
Every time I'm nervous.
The "Chen Brothers" thought that he was like those foreign rich people who are keen on "adventures" in the wild, longing to spend the night in the barren mountains.Who knows that Liang Teng doesn't actually have a cold at all.
It's not that he's not interested in "overnight stays", but that he's not interested in anything that is dangerous.
He believed in the ancient traditional concept of "a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall".
When Liang Teng's wealth becomes too much to be used up in the future, he will not be like a certain foreign billionaire who spent hundreds of millions of dollars and took a spaceship to travel in space for several days and nights.
Wu Xia is much better than him in this aspect.
She turned a blind eye to the winding and narrow mountain road and didn't care at all.
She is in a good mood now, and she talks more.
The topic she talked with Liang Teng the most was how to make use of the rare trees that the company had acquired?
Maximize their value?
If Qianyu's "uncle" is reliable, he should be able to find her ideal "yellow rosewood" to make a birthday sofa.
If you can't find it in a short time, this "golden camphor wood" can also be used to make furniture.
If it is the latter case, of course there is nothing to discuss.
If it is the former, the "golden camphor wood" obtained from "Shenying Village" will not be used. Wu Xia suggested that you can invite skilled craftsmen to carve the stories of famous books.
She once heard in the circle that some wealthy people used "golden silk nanmu" to carve stories from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the entire nine-meter-long tree was carved.There are rich people who are not satisfied with this, and plan to move the other three famous works, "Journey to the West", "Water Margin", and "Dream of Red Mansions" into the tree body carvings of "Golden Silk Phoebe".
Chinese people always pay attention to large and complete.The story woodcarvings of the four great classics are collected like this, and the material used is the precious "golden silk nanmu". After the finished product, it is naturally invaluable.
"Golden nanmu" is very rare.Wu Xia looked at the photos of wood carvings from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that were "posted" on WeChat among the wealthy circles. She felt that they should be "golden nan", not the most expensive "golden nan" among nanmu.
The nearly ten-meter-long "golden nanmu" tree is not so easy to find.
But even "golden nanmu" is quite valuable.
It is also a manifestation of strength to be able to get nanmu of this size.In short, Wu Xia's father was quite envious.Because he is also keen on the collection of precious wood carvings, he has asked someone to find them.
He still hasn't found any wood that satisfies him.
Wu Xia talked about the suggestion of "carving classic stories" during the chat, which also inspired Liang Teng.
He has been hesitating, how should he use the 230-square-meter wooden house made of "Little Leaf Rosewood" after dismantling the wood and moving it back to the "King's Mansion" in the "Open City"?
Could it be that it has been kept "secret from others" and is kept in the super duplex on the top floor of the "King's Building"?
At first, Liang Teng planned to store these valuable items in the "penthouse duplex" for a few years.
Of course you can find a skilled craftsman to process some "red sandalwood furniture".
With several sets of "small leaf red sandalwood furniture", his "super large duplex" home also has a "treasure of the house", and the quality of it instantly increased more than a hundred times.
But the key point is that too much wood was removed from this wooden house, weighing several tons.Making furniture only uses a small part of the material.
The rest, Liang Teng originally planned to make part of it into furniture, is up for sale.
Part of it will be used as his own wealth reserve and will continue to be treasured.
Making furniture and selling part of it to "realize" has always been an indispensable part of Liang Teng's plan.
After all the hard work, I got such a "windfall" and just sold some of it in exchange for real money, but I felt like I couldn't truly reflect the value of the wood.
Besides, Liang Teng will soon plan to build a 2.5-kilometer pavement along the street in the "Open City".
This also requires a huge investment before it can enter the harvest period.
Liang Teng is now ready to get closer to most of the "big bosses". That is to say, he has endless money and owes a huge debt.
In this case, it is possible to make the precious "small-leaf red sandalwood" into wood carving art, sell a small part to realize it, and then put it into the construction of a "commercial street" with a super high return rate.That's even better.
Without the windfall of "Xiaoye Zitan", Liang Teng originally planned to "pre-sell" commercial street shops, withdraw part of the assets, and then borrow part to develop the "commercial street".
Now that he has seen the good thing of not having to borrow money anymore, Liang Teng is of course very happy.After all, borrowing money requires paying huge amounts of interest.
The pressure on Liang Teng's body suddenly felt greatly relieved.
Liang Teng also put aside his concern about dangerous mountain roads, and instead discussed with Wu Xia, what kind of wood carving art should be made to maximize the value of the precious wood itself?
This is an issue that Liang Teng is very concerned about at this stage.
He has the rare wood "Small-leaf Rosewood" on hand. Anyway, he wants to process it into items for sale. If he can process it into something with a high price, of course he doesn't want to process it into something with a low price... This is all human nature.
The energy and time spent are similar, and of course I hope to make more profits.
After Wu Xia inspired his idea, Liang Teng asked her with great interest: What is the market price of a piece of wood engraved with famous stories?
After in-depth discussion, Liang Teng was a little discouraged and found that the "Small Leaf Red Sandalwood" he had on hand was worth nothing, and the price was not a little bit lower than the price of "Golden Silk Phoebe".However, the biggest disadvantage of "small leaf red sandalwood" is that the diameter of most logs is more than 10 centimeters.
Even if the tree is hundreds of years old, its diameter, if it can't grow up, it can't be helped.
No matter how thick it is, there is a high probability that "small leaf red sandalwood" will appear "hollow".
The "Golden Phoebe" is different. It can be found everywhere with a diameter of [-] centimeters, which is very common (it does not mean that its larger diameter is necessarily more valuable than the smaller "Small Leaf Rosewood". The price of precious trees, in addition to The size of the material also depends on how rare it is).But there is no doubt that larger wood is more suitable for carving.
Especially the "golden nanmu" purchased by the rich man has a diameter of 1.3 meters.
After it is cut into two sections, there is a lot of room for engraving stories of famous novels on it.
Of course, that work is a "relief".
Although Liang Teng has a large amount of "small-leaf red sandalwood" on hand, the "diameter" of the "red sandalwood" limits the possibility of "relief" stories from famous works.
Relief works, the most important thing is that the area is large enough, at least 80 cm wide, and a long piece of carving is like looking at a long picture scroll, which is pleasing to the eye and never tires of tasting.
Of course, the "golden camphor wood" found in "Shenying Mountain" and now belongs to Liang Teng has a "diameter" of at least 90 centimeters by visual inspection.It is very suitable to use it as a "relief sculpture", specially engraving the stories of famous books.
But Liang Teng and Wu Xia feel that the "golden camphor wood" is inferior to the "golden nanmu" embossed masterpiece stories that rich people have already acquired.
The grade of "small-leaf rosewood" is higher than that of "golden nanmu", but it is not suitable for making "relief" works.
Wu Xia didn't know that Liang Teng had obtained several tons of "Small Leaf Red Sandalwood" right under her nose.So she was not as upset as Liang Teng.
Liang Teng was genuinely annoyed—there was no way to use such a precious "small-leaf red sandalwood" to carve the stories of famous books.
The loss is real and heartbreaking.
Liang Teng pondered for a while, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
He was a little unconfident, so he asked the well-informed Miss Wu for advice: "Wu Xia, if you use some particularly precious wood, please ask a skilled craftsman to carve it into a small three-dimensional sculpture, but use an ordinary large-diameter tree to carve it. Acting as a 'tray', those numerous small three-dimensional sculptures, with mountains, waters and figures, deduce the story of the famous book on the tray... You said that the value of such a three-dimensional wood carving work should not be higher than that of the popular one 'Relief' low?"
"It must be worth money. If the carving is exquisite, the three-dimensional wood carving is of course more valuable than the relief."
Wu Xia blinked and said in an unquestioning tone: "Just like when a commercial house is sold, a mold of the entire building will be made in the sales hall. The three-dimensional mold is more attractive than the flat rendering, right? ?'Relief' is just an upgraded version of the plan view. In terms of artistic value, it is still inferior to three-dimensional carving... Of course, there is a premise here, which is the carving craftsmanship of the two and the wood used in both. Under similar circumstances.”
Hearing her analysis, Liang Teng felt confident.
Liang Teng owns several tons of "small-leaf red sandalwood" wood. In his future plan, he may not necessarily make three-dimensional engravings of famous stories and stories, nor may he not do it.There are two possibilities for this matter.
It would be nice to have more "options".
After having an idea, Liang Teng seemed a little absent-minded.
His mind flew to the peak of the "Shenying Mountain", that unremarkable dilapidated wooden house.
It was hard to wait until the "Highlander" drove to the destination and parked in the relatively empty open space on the top of the mountain.
It was completely dark at this time.
When Liang Teng got out of the car, he needed to turn on the flashlight of his mobile phone, and saw that the wooden house was standing there silently.Even the iron chain on the door button was well locked, the same as when they left at noon.
Until this moment, Liang Teng finally let go of his heart completely.
Liang Teng worried that the wooden house that already belonged to him was "unattended", so he insisted on going to the deep mountains and old forests to "sleep overnight".
Now the wooden house is still standing "safe and sound" in place.Liang Teng took the key given to him by the "Chen Brothers" and opened the wooden door with the illumination of his mobile phone's flashlight.
Only now did Liang Teng realize a real problem: this desolate mountain hut has no conditions for electricity.In the dead of night, when there are no stars and no moon, the inside and outside of the house are pitch black, and you can't see your fingers.
I imagined the extremely romantic overnight stay in the mountains, but when I actually experienced it, I found that it was not romantic at all.
This kind of "darkness" shrouded like an iron cage is actually the best natural protection for the wooden house.
It is not easy to steal large items in the darkness when visibility is almost at its lowest point.
The two daughters, Wu Xia and Yan Qianyu, obviously expected this situation earlier than him.
When the two of them were purchasing supplies from the nearest "supermarket" to this mountain village, they especially bought a bunch of lighting supplies.
Certainly not candles.After all, what you want to live in is a house made of pure wood, and you have to be careful to avoid fire and candles at all times.
Once it catches fire, it is a pity that the priceless house will be burned down. If the two protagonists who are worth billions of dollars and spend the night in it also encounter accidents, it will be an immeasurable loss.
The lighting items the two women purchased were large portable flashlights that could be turned on for 24 hours after being fully charged.
This rechargeable flashlight is about the size of a "cabbage".The light that comes out can illuminate half the room.Wu Xia purchased ten of them in one go.Enough for everyone to take photos all night without charging.
In the 230-square-meter wooden house, Liang Teng finally regained a sense of city life after the faint light was lit up.
Even though the light illuminated dilapidated wooden walls and some rough-made tables and chairs, the dilapidation of the house was not so eye-catching against the not-so-bright light.
Yan Qianyu felt that the three of them were lucky.
In other words, it should be a blessing to have an old wooden house for shelter from the wind and rain.Like Missy's bodyguard team, there are five other members.They can only stay at the intersection that must be passed to the top of the mountain.
The two cars were parked at the fork in the road, and the five people huddled in the car to rest.
Only two of them were left on "night watch".The other three huddled in the car to rest.
Just spending the night huddled in a cramped car, that's fine.After all, who is responsible for security work and has never had the experience of having to "fight" continuously for more than 24 hours while taking a short break in a car?
The problem is that it might rain.
Yan Qianyu saw that the weather in this mountain was a bit fickle.I am worried that if it rains, it will be a bit of a dilemma for the bodyguards who have to get out of the car every once in a while and go up the mountain to inspect the surroundings for danger.
Yan Qianyu really has the potential of a "crow's mouth".
The thought of "raining" flashed through her mind, and there was faint thunder and lightning from the sky.
The mountain wind began to blow.And there is a trend of intensification.
Both Wu Xia and Liang Teng were experienced people. Looking at the signs of changes in the celestial phenomena, they came to a judgment: not good!I'm afraid there will be strong convective weather visiting this area!
Severe convective weather usually lasts only one to two minutes from the outbreak to the end.
However, the amount of rainfall formed in a short period of time can reach a terrifying 100 mm or more.Even if this is the top of a mountain, it is impossible for rainwater to accumulate in such a place and not drain, but such a high-density rainfall, I wonder if this wooden house, which does not look solid, can bear it?
In addition, heavy rains are always accompanied by strong winds.
The top of the mountain encountered a strong wind, because unlike the city where there are many buildings blocking it, the wind speed will appear to be more violent if the wind speed is slowed down.
On the top of the mountain, it is estimated that the strong wind of level ten can be encountered, right?
Will it just overturn the wooden house?
This was just a worry for Wu Xia and Liang Teng at first.
In less than half an hour, there was a strong wind, and their worries gradually became reality.
The situation was even worse than imagined. The mountain wind was so strong that it seemed that the house would be overturned in the next moment.
Liang Teng and Wu Xia couldn't help but start researching: Is it safer to hide in "Highlander"?This dilapidated wooden house creaked again and again, as if it was about to be blown apart in the next second.
Like Yan Qianyu, as a martial arts woman, she is not afraid of the sky and the earth.But now she shoulders the heavy responsibility of the eldest lady's safety.When the wind outside the house reached its peak, Yan Qianyu couldn't help but began to worry that the wooden house's endurance was approaching its limit.
Liang Teng suffered the most.
In addition to worrying about the personal safety of the three of them, he also had to "fear" for this dilapidated wooden house.
This is not an ordinary dilapidated wooden house, it is said to be worth more than 10 billion.
And the most critical point: this wooden house now belongs entirely to Liang Teng.
Not to mention that the wooden house was blown away, even if a few wooden walls were blown away, or even part of the wooden windows were blown away, Liang Teng would feel heartbroken.
If the market price of the wooden house is correct, if a window is broken by a strong wind, the loss can be calculated in "10".
The more you worry about something, the more it will happen.
The strong wind blew into the room with all its strength, causing the tables in the room to shift and the chairs to flip over.
All kinds of things are in a mess.
Because Liang Teng and the others didn't close the window in time, the "hinge" of a window was blown off.
A window was hanging there.
Seeing this, Liang Teng, Wu Xia, and Yan Qianyu were so frightened that they hurried to close the window.
Fortunately, everyone was going down the mountain together to go to the city for notarization. Most of the seven windows of the wooden house were closed.Only the two windows in the living room were left open.
After struggling to close the two windows tightly, some of the three people's clothes were wetted by the raindrops brought by the strong wind.
This is not the end.
After the wind blew for a while, the heavy rain finally came.
The rain contained fist-sized hailstones, which made the roof covered with gray tiles crackle.
The sound of hailstones hitting the tile roof was sparse at the beginning, and then became dense like a continuous cannonball.
It made a series of crisp and dense sounds, which not only hit the tiles, but also hit the hearts of the three people.
I am really worried that the tile roof will be pierced directly.
The rain can be described as "heavy rain". If it directly hits a person, it only takes three seconds to soak a person's entire body.
However, the large amount of hail carried in the heavy rain can beat a lively person with a black head and a swollen face.
One thing Liang Teng can be thankful for for the time being is that this rather old wooden house did not just build a "thatched" roof in an attempt to save trouble, but a tiled roof that is relatively more sheltered from wind and rain.
The quality of this tile roof is quite good.
With such heavy wind, rain and hail, the closed doors and windows occasionally spilled water from the gaps.As for the tiled roof above the head, there is no leak in any place.It proves that the quality of this roof is very good.
Liang Teng didn't know.When the wooden house was first built, it did have a "thatched" roof in order to save money.Just like the house of the ancient poet Du Fu’s family, the thatched roof was used, and the fate was surprisingly consistent. The thatched roof was directly blown away by a slightly stronger autumn wind.
Of course, the tiled roof that the ancestors of the Chen family repaired afterwards was compact, and the work of preventing rain and leakage was done quite well.So far no water leaks have occurred.
While listening to the thunderous hailstorm in the house, Liang Teng secretly praised the quality of the wooden house.It has been built for decades, and it has experienced dozens of storms every year, at least to say the least. It is hard to see any obvious corrosion or damage.
Perhaps, this has something to do with the use of wood that is hundreds of years old to build houses.
The texture of old wood is fine and firm, and it is not easy to rot.
Despite this, every time the storm and hail damaged this precious "red sandalwood house", it was like cutting a knife into Liang Teng's body, which made him extremely heartbroken.
In fact, even if the tiled roof was broken and the heavy rain rushed into the house, at most it would make everyone miserable.Its loss is far less than directly blowing and blowing the walls, doors and windows of the wooden house.
After all, the walls, doors and windows are made of genuine "small-leaf red sandalwood", and the tiles on the tile roof are just fired products of some ordinary tile kilns.
Can gray tiles that cost four yuan a piece be compared with doors and windows made of "rosewood wood"?
I wonder if Liang Teng responded with a "contemptuous" attitude towards the gray tiles and suffered some so-called "retribution"?
In the torrential rain that fell from the sky, there was finally an unusually huge hailstone wrapped in it.
The huge hailstone was as big as a melon.
After a "click", a heart-wrenching sound, a tile on the roof was smashed.
Liang Teng, Wu Xia, and Yan Qianyu's expressions changed at the same time.
What everyone was most worried about finally happened.
The roof tiles were directly cracked, and when there was slanting wind and drizzle, it might not cause water leakage.
But now the torrential rain is like spraying water directly with a high-pressure water gun, and the crack in the tile roof is like turning on a faucet, and the water is rushing straight into the house.
According to the speed of the water inflow, when the rainstorm stops and the scene is visited at dawn, it is estimated that it will be soaked in a mess by the big water.
(End of this chapter)