At this critical juncture, there's no need to worry about acquiring land in Casino.

More people than usual are choosing to sell their houses and land recently, and the prices are slightly cheaper.

Compared to Hong Kong a few years ago, this is nothing, only a small matter. The main group choosing to leave are European Caucasians.

With current land prices in Casino, you can buy with your eyes closed; it's clearly like catching the bottom.

Considering the potential for appreciation.

So Yieh Hou only suggested that Nong Qingying pay attention to it recently and preferably choose her target near Bishop's Hill or Taipa Island.

Previously, he had also proposed joining hands with the East Phoenix Group and other companies to prepare for the development of a new casino in Casino.

Zhao Yimeng's parents didn't seem interested in this idea. After all, it's still hard to say whether new gambling licenses will continue to be issued in the future. The businessmen who choose to stay are watching the development of the situation.

One thing led to another.

So Yieh Hou also chose to give up for the time being.

He already has Qide Digital Port and Qianxin City. It seems unwise to allocate funds to the real estate industry again.

Moreover, running a casino and dealing with gamblers all day long is inevitably full of difficulties. In terms of income, it's actually just so-so. If you put aside the appreciation of real estate, the development potential is not even comparable to the domestic liquor industry.

The reason why Lisboa is profitable is that it currently monopolizes the market. In the future, when gambling licenses are divided into several, competing with each other, profits will be difficult to guarantee.

What's more, he has been busy with many big projects this year.

Although he has money on hand, there are still many places to spend money next, so he doesn't plan to continue tossing around for the time being.

Since entering September.

Even though he still takes time out to deal with official business every day, So Yieh Hou is in a relaxed state close to vacation. Nangong Tian, Jiang Yu, and Nong Qingying are all busier than him every day...

Also in this state is Grandpa Tang.

Due to health reasons, So Yieh Hou's maternal grandfather has retired and spends his days drinking tea with friends, playing cards, and chatting.

Since discovering that his grandson is particularly rich, he has also acted as a "buyer," buying his favorite treasures for him and playing with them for a few days first.

It just so happens that So Yieh Hou's small castle lacks ornaments, so he didn't refuse at all, and successively took down a blue-and-white five-clawed dragon pattern jar from the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, a large Ding kiln bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty, and a bronze taotie patterned fangzun from the late Shang Dynasty.

Together with the treasures collected by the old man, they were placed in the small castle on the garden hill.

After eating with Nong Qingying, So Yieh Hou went to visit his maternal grandfather. When he arrived at the Tang family's old house, he found that the old man had a jade *pixiu* (mythical wild animal) hand piece, which was very pleasing.

Saying he was borrowing it to take a look, So Yieh Hou casually put it in his pocket.

Seeing this scene.

Grandpa Tang's mouth twitched, and he scolded with a smile: "Every time you come to my place, you feel uncomfortable if you don't take something away, right? I just got it in my hand and haven't warmed it up yet, and it's been taken away by you?"

So Yieh Hou said calmly: "The *pixiu*, only eats money and doesn't spit it out, so we businessmen need it. Grandpa, you're retired, it's more appropriate to find someone to carve peaches and persimmons."

"Persimmons? I've never seen anyone play with persimmon-shaped *ba jian* (small objects for playing with in the hand) in my life. Is there a saying about this?"

"Of course, everything is safe, everything is satisfactory."

"..."

As soon as Grandpa Tang heard it, he knew that So Yieh Hou was talking nonsense again.

After all, he is his grandson, the only direct male descendant in the family. He glanced at his bulging pocket and finally gave up, only reminding him: "The material of the *longshi zhong* (dragon stone species) is something I found at a great price, so just play with it and don't throw it away. It cost me a total of two million including carving. This kind of material is getting harder and harder to find."

Taking out the hand piece to look at it, it was indeed different from the imperial green. So Yieh Hou said casually: "The color is very beautiful, but I still like this kind on my neck. Grandpa, you know a lot of carvers, can you customize another plaque for me?"

"You pay for it, no problem, what kind of style do you want to carve?"

"A Guan Gong version of the God of Wealth, that is, a muscular hunk of a God of Wealth, with a Green Dragon Crescent Blade in his hand, so that both sides can bless me. Hundreds of years later, future generations will definitely praise me for being talented."

As soon as So Yieh Hou finished speaking, he saw the old man raise his hand to hit him.

His maternal grandfather scolded with a smile: "Don't joke about the God of Wealth, be careful to cut off your wealth. Also, the Sotheby's autumn auction invitation has been sent to my hand. There aren't many interesting items this year. There is a Qing Qianlong Imperial White Jade *Gan Zhu Yunlong Wen Ti Shi Ruyi* (A scepter with dragon design and imperial poem), and another Qing Qianlong Imperial Bright Yellow Satin Embroidered Rice Bead Cloud Dragon Twelve Chapter Patterned Dragon Robe. A friend has Lan Ying's "Landscape of Thousands of Miles," do you want it?"

The focus of So Yieh Hou's attention was not on this, and he asked with a strange expression: "How do you remember such long names?"

"I had a stroke and have difficulty moving, that's all. I don't have Alzheimer's. I'll remember it if I often understand it?"

"...Awesome, is the Dragon Robe you're talking about a real dragon robe? Is the "Landscape of Thousands of Miles" the same as "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains"?"

"Of course it's different. The color of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" is special, much more beautiful than it, but the one in my friend's hand is also good. He also has a Qing Dynasty imitation of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"."

Throughout the dynasties, more than one copy of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was imitated. So Yieh Hou had seen the original in the Forbidden City.

He immediately became interested and asked the old man to buy the Qing Dynasty imitation.

It was already September. This year, except for spending some money on ordering a yacht, other large expenses were mainly for collecting, which can barely be regarded as an investment, which can be kept as a family heirloom in the future.

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A few more days passed.

So Yieh Hou openly took the little girl and Jiang Yu to attend Miss Vera's art exhibition.

To this, he can only say that he has too many debts to worry about, and too many lice don't itch. Anyway, it has long been rumored outside, and the tabloids have not taken So Yieh Hou as the cover character.

In terms of private life, his attitude is neither to clarify nor to justify, let others say what they want.

After all, he's not married, so it's not too much.

The location of the art exhibition was arranged in Vera's family's gallery.

The location is the forty-ninth floor of the Central Plaza Building, which was just completed last year. The entire floor was bought by Vera's family, with a total area of more than 2,800 square meters, divided into a wine trading company and a gallery.

Looking around at the moment, Nangong Tian said: "Is the Andrade family so rich? At the price of Central Plaza, this floor probably costs 200 million Hong Kong dollars, how many oil paintings do you have to sell to earn it back?"

Jiang Yu has a better relationship with Miss Vera, and explained: "Her family represents many European wine brands, and the business has reached Southeast Asia. The conditions are indeed very good."

The entire Central Plaza has a total of 73 floors above ground. Overlooking the Victoria Harbour scenery in the evening, the view is excellent.

So Yieh Hou interrupted with a smile when he heard them discussing:

"Selling wine is very profitable. The raw material cost is just grapes. Maybe her family took out a loan to buy the building, keeping it for their own use while using this floor as an investment? Central Plaza was only completed last year, which means they seized the opportunity. The purchase price should not be too high. I remember Mrs. Andrade's afternoon tea is coveted by the ladies of Casino. Since she is qualified to manage relationships, she must have some strength."

"Guess wrong."

Zhao Yimeng just wanted to come over to say hello to Jiang Yu, and happened to hear their conversation, explaining:

"Vera's family has a large piece of land in Lisbon, Portugal, which used to be used to raise cows. Part of it was劃划into the financial new city area. After the official repurchase of the land, they compensated her family a large sum of money, which was just used to buy this floor."

"It's good to be a noble, the predecessors planted trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade. It turns out to be a demolisher, no wonder she bought Central Plaza as soon as she made a move."

After So Yieh Hou finished speaking.

Zhao Yimeng turned a deaf ear and ignored him.

The anger she had been holding for more than half a month had actually dissipated a long time ago, but Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu were both here at the moment, and she was a little embarrassed, so she deliberately chose to draw a line...